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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
5
A Marion drive for the United Service Organizations raised 696.05 dollars toward an 800 dollar quota. Volunteers counted donations from local residents and businesses as the campaign nears its scheduled close.
Milwaukee Service club will face Springville to close the first half of the softball season on Wednesday night. Two postponed games are slated for Tuesday at 7:45 p m Milwaukee versus Alburnett and CIO Packers versus Team. Standings note Wahl's Taxi Service as sponsor with contact.
A new business site at 970 12th Street hosts LeClerc Beauty Service for Monday operations. Contact by phone 799W for appointments and services in the updated location.
Civil engineer F. L. Striebel of the Milwaukee railroad has been transferred to Chicago. Mrs ae will remain here for fieldwork and duties.
Aoo and Kayringfield plan a trip to visit relatives. The fragment provides limited readable detail about travel intentions and family connections.
Mrs Guy W Miller will be among attendees at a compliment to Mrs A J Elder of Savanna Illinois later this season. The event gathers community members to pay tribute to Elder and her civic work.
An advertisement invites readers to let Audrey try a fresh hairstyle at Harts air conditioned Beauty Salon. The ad emphasizes comfort and grooming in a modern setting.
John L Peters and Frances Vo choska marked their Golden Anniversary, noting their 1891 marriage at Oxford Junction. He ran a creamery at Simpson's Springs near Olin and farmed near Clarence. They have ten grandchildren one great grandchild and a son August Peters in Milwaukee.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Cone are scheduled for today. Interment will follow at a local cemetery with family and friends attending.
A warm weather display advertises ripe black raspberries or strawberries for dessert in Hutchinson’s Gi Package ice cream priced 13c a pint and 25c a quart at Owen's Cut Rate Drug.
Kyle Gott of Malden Missouri arrives Monday to be the guest of his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs W J Atz over the Fourth of July.
Church groups gather with Mrs B I Wooldridge at 252 Eighth Avenue on Wednesday at 2 30 PM Mrs Charles Granger will be Harry Hammond Marion Mrs Jack Oxley and Mrs Mae Gano will be joint hostesses
Casa Blanca advertisement promotes private dining room space for parties in a public venue.
The Marion Merchants baseball team is scheduled to play Walker at 2 p.m., with the matchup set for the afternoon.
Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 calls a special meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the L O O F hall to initiate new members. All officers and members are urged to attend.
The event calls for degree staff to wear white attire and invites all Rebekahs to attend, indicating a formal gathering or ceremony. The invitation emphasizes unity and pageantry among members.
Today Clear appoints a dean for the fifth season to lead the Clear school for ill. Mrs Henke and Dale Henke left for camp on Friday.
Liberal offers a reward for the return of a boy’s maroon bicycle stolen near 287 street. Police appeal to residents to aid in locating the missing bike and the boy, urging prompt contact with authorities.
Jack Ellis of Muscatine arrived here Saturday evening to join the ongoing gathering. This brief notice places Ellis at the event location as part of a larger local schedule.
Mrs. nie Timson will act as joint hostess. The second and third divisions of the Ladies Aid society to meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. John Grote. Mrs. W. G. Neill and Mrs. Mary Gleason will be joint hostesses.
The Emma Kendall and Adel iza Daniels circles of the Congregational church plan a 1 p.m. picnic at Mrs. Jesse B. Howell’s south of Marion to honor Mrs. Howard Chalmers of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. A. M. Chalmers chaired the tea, serving 16 guests. Ozburn and Henry Grady expect a ten day Camp Claiborne furlough. Covers for 21 guests. Business and professional classes begin at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Walter Reinsch and daughter Margaret Ann are mentioned.
See Ssee at Sunset Beach on Portage lake, Bena, Minn., were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baker, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Den No. 2 of Cub Scout Pack No. 58 will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the home of the den mother, Mrs. Louis C. Ross.
The Rural Garden club will meet on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. D. B. Storck for a neighborly gathering. Local members are invited to discuss upcoming garden tours and spring planting tips.
Beginning July 1 the Marion public library will close at 8 p m through July and August. Mrs Richard Straley and Mrs D D Cory of Marion and their Jooklyn tea will entertain tonight at a family dinner at 1141 Twelfth street in observance of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. One hundred twenty children have enrolled in swimming classes at the American Legion pool. Plans are being formed to hold evening activities.
Washington AP report says officials told by civilian conservation corps advisers that reconsidering the order to close three Iowa CCC camps is impossible. Eldora Red Oak and Lake View were slated for closures after protests from local communities.
The notice states the action was necessary due to reduced appropriations and that no discrimination was being made as to locations.
Park custodian funeral services will be held this afternoon in Iowa City as neighbors and city workers gather to pay respects to the late employee. The service details were announced in the Gezette, noting the community’s regard for the deceased’s years of service.
Grant Wood splits time between Iowa and Hollywood where he discusses art with Knight and other writers. He aims to express inner feeling through two new paintings while launching a self designed gym routine to improve his physique after years of being labeled pudgy by Life magazine.
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