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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
24
A total of 696.05 dollars has been collected in Marion's United Service Organizations drive. With the quota at 800 dollars, further effort is needed this week to reach the goal. Local chairman K. E. Cornell asks women volunteers to help and contact him.
No games Friday due to rain in Marion. First half of the softball season ends Wednesday with three Monday games: Allen Motor vs CIO Packers, Alburnett Oilers vs Whittier, Coast-to-Coast vs Score Board. Milwaukee Service Club vs Springville on Tuesday at 7 45 p m. Standings list Springville Merchants at 6 1 000 and Wahl's Taxi Service ad also noted.
Mr and Mrs John L Peters of 2293 Fifth Avenue celebrate fifty years of marriage tomorrow. Married June 28 1891 at Oxford Junction to Frances Voe choska the couple lived at Simpson's Springs and farmed near Clarence before moving to Marion thirty five years ago. They retired from the Milwaukee railroad four years ago after thirty seven years of service. They have three daughters Mrs Alfred Johnson Mrs Louis Olney and Mrs Milo Davin all of Marion a son August Peters in Milwaukee ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Cone 53 who died Friday in a Cedar Rapids hospital are set for 2 p m at Yo cum chapel. The Rev C V R DeJong will officiate with Marion chapter 183 performing O E S services. Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery.
Multiple Methodist W S C S divisions gather for noon picnics at homes of Mrs. E E Badham Mrs R O Pinch and others with joint hostesses and meals. Loyal and Sunshine divisions hold afternoon and Tuesday sessions with program leaders and hostess teams.
Washington AP says Sen. Guy M. Gillette’s office reports CCC officials advised against reconsidering a plan to close three Iowa camps at Eldora Red Oak and Lake View after protests from communities.
The notice states the action was necessary due to reduced appropriations and clarifies that no discrimination is made regarding locations. It emphasizes uniform handling across all sites and cites authority guiding the measure.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Adams funeral home in Ames for Dr. G. H. Humphrey 49 custodian at Lake Macbride state park who died of a heart ailment in an Iowa City hospital Friday Burial will be in Ames cemetery He was a practicing dentist in Ames for 24 years and is survived by four children William 19 Margaret 17 Robert 16 and Donald 13
Grant Wood, on leave from the University of Iowa, splits time between his secret studio and his red brick house with Eric Knight. He finished January, a winter cornfield scene bought by King Vidtor. Toward Sundown is owned by George Cukor and Daughters of Revolution by Edward G. Robinson. He also started a new physical program with gym work to reshape his figure after Life magazine labeled him pudgy.
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