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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
4
A reader worries if her fiancé still loves another girl and if she should marry him. Miss Manners advises taking time, since he may be pursuing her to prove he can find someone else, and to wait until her own certainty emerges.
The last day of June featured social entertainment for guests from out of town and the return of residents from early summer vacations. Mrs. F. Wallace Darling hosted a luncheon for Mrs. Frank B. Race of Coral Gables Florida, who are summering in Cedar Rapids at 2320 Grande Ave SE. Also noted were visits by the Latimers and Halpins from Des Moines, plans for the Fourth of July weekend, and compliments to Barbara Lloyd of Mitchell South Dakota with Miss Barbara Lloyd a guest in the Hanson home at 2233 First Ave SE.
Mr and Mrs Thomas P Korab celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a surprise party at their Cedar Rapids area home. Friends attending included numerous couples such as Mr and Mrs Mike Novak Mr and Mrs William Barta and Dorothy and Pauline among others, who presented a gift.
Mothers of sorority members were honored at a Sunday breakfast at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. A blue and white delphinium bouquet centered the table and each guest received a red rose corsage tied with red, white and blue ribbon. Miss Ruth Rich opened the program.
Sixty two relatives and ten guests attended the annual Farnum family reunion Sunday in Bever park. Officers elected are J B White ident E V Gillin vice president Dorothy White secretary treasurer and Mrs Hazel Babcock Mrs Clifford Springer and Mrs Richard White kitchen staff. Out of town guests include Perry Buxton Newell Carver Frank Buxton Mrs Kenneth Buxton and children Wheatland Fred Farnum Marshalltown Lon Rose Ralph Stokes family Morris Adams and daughter Waterloo.
Naomi Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs J O Smith of Moulton and Dick T Cox son of Mr and Mrs A C Cox of 409 Thirty fourth street NE were married on June 20 at Lancaster Missouri. The ceremony was officiated by Irene and Eugene Smith the bride's sister and brother. Cox works at La Plant Choate Manufacturing and the couple live at the groom's parents home.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Sadilek hosted a Saturday party at 1544 D avenue NE for the neighbor hood children to celebrate Bobby seven and Shirley three birthdays. Guests included Barbara Landis Charles Landis Roger Owen Joan Morgan Robert Mentzer Bruce Spivey Billy Saunders Jimmy Saunders and others.
A bridal dessert supper and linen shower was hosted by Mrs. Ray Beals at 2012 Meadowbrook Drive SE for Miss Bea Shumacher. She is set to wed Marvin Prochaska on July 6. Guests included Mary Catherine Reilly Marie McCann Muriel Gahan Altice Irvine Mary Margaret Hoff Mrs. Joe Sevcik Mrs. Kent Kim and Mrs. William Shumacher.
Members of the L M E club meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at 1441 Second Avenue SE. Hostess Mrs Roy Pearson is assisted by Mrs Norman Sutliff and Mrs William Lana, with Mrs Alfred Lary leading. Members are asked to return club books.
Miss Dorothea White of 623 Third Avenue SW travels to Hazelhurst Wisconsin to serve as camp secretary for The Joy Camps on Lake Raymond. Ruth Houstman of Mt Vernon acts as general counselor while both pursue college studies at University of Iowa and Cornell College respectively.
Sunday afternoon at 5 in Houston Mrs Viola Shepherd and Hugo E Schenken of Dallas were united in marriage at St Pauls Methodist Church. Attending were A J Grather and Catherine Manatt. The couple dined at the Rice hotel then planned a South wedding trip and will reside in Dallas.
Miss Lillian Baldwin of Cicero Illinois and Frank Strand to marry July 18 in a ceremony in Illinois. A bridal shower Monday hosted by Mrs. Lester Baldwin at 820 Seventeenth Street SE included guests Ada Baldwin W C Hach Jack Sayers Ed Kvitek Fred Vosmek Robert Conrad Richard Straley Frank Brejcha Russell McBurney and others. Prizes in court whist went to Miss Baldwin and Mrs McBurney.
Miss Helen Narber, faculty member at the Teachers College in Mankato Minnesota, arrives to spend the summer at her sister Miss Grace Narber’s home at 1607 Maple Drive NW Cedar Rapids. She attended the University of Chicago reading conference before coming to Cedar Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Nemec of Allegan Michigan, former Cedar Rapids residents, stay two weeks with Mrs. Mary Nemec at 816 Fourteenth Street and with Mrs. Helen Guess at 1634 C avenue NE. Mr. Nemec works in the radio intelligence division of the Federal Communications Commission at Allegan.
Mr and Mrs Guy L Rich of Seattle visit Mrs Guy C Rich at her home on 1934 Washington Avenue SE. He is identified as a former Gazette newsboy and a naval serviceman stationed in Seattle.
Mrs. Dale Berryhill and Miss Marie Wolf have returned home after visiting Mrs. Darryhille husband, Private Berryhill, stationed in the army air corps at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
Judy Boynton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas F Boynton of 524 Knollwood Drive SE, will host a supper party Tuesday evening for friends. Attending are Sandra Stud Orstenson Connie McClary Mary Lou Marshall and Diane Skinner.
Courtesy event for Mr. John M. Tosh and former Miss Ersell Price at 2753 First Avenue SE. Mrs. Max Hollingsworth hosted the dinner and crystal shower Monday evening with guests including Mrs. Wilbur Bakehouse Mrs. Ralph E. Maryk and several Misses Fothergill Martinsen Waddington Doyle Hootman Lensch along with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Weis.
Miss Betty Jo Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Cox of 409 Thirty fourth street NE and Howard F Lupton son of Mr and Mrs J L Lupton of 830 B avenue NE were united in marriage June 23 at the home of Rev Herbert B Rhodes in Waukegan Illinois The bridegroom is stationed at the Great Lakes naval training station and they will reside at 1008 Washington street Waukegan
Miss Lucille Funkey daughter of Mr and Mrs E W of 1812 Bever avenue SE has received a civil service appointment to the staff of the navy pre flight training school at Iowa City. She began work Monday.
A Sunday gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Wesley included Russell and Cecil Gersh brothers from Williamsburg Mississippi Miss Treva Scanridge from Marengo and Miss Dorothy Smith from Vic tor. The guests enjoyed a picnic at Ellis park in the afternoon.
The regular meeting of the E. H. I. club, planned for Wednesday, has been postponed until a later date this month.
In the second installment Mary MacFadyen offers a home summer exercise plan for vacationers. It includes figure focusing routines for hips abdomen and legs, along with daily walks of at least a mile. Activities like bicycling swimming golf and tennis are encouraged and backyard routines such as a three foot stick stretch and scissor kick exercise are described.
A reader asks Miss Manners about dissatisfaction at home and how to view a husband perceived as cruel. The letter outlines personal frustration and questions decorum in handling a troubled engagement situation.
A Czech patriot sabotages a Nazi freight train in occupied Czechoslovakia using fountain pens loaded with explosive ink. The operation, ordered for four ten a.m., destroys a coal oil and ammunition train, injuring about 800 German soldiers. The account, relayed by the American Friends of Czechoslovakia, frames the act as resistance against Nazi oppression.
The Office of Price Administration tightens civilian tire controls and extends eligibility to additional groups. Chiropractors and osteopaths gain the same access as physicians, while ministers' eligibility is broadened to cover professional use.
The newly elected Colombian president Lopez has received a formal invitation from President Roosevelt for a visit to the United States. Officials announced on Monday that discussions are underway regarding a possible trip scheduled around mid July.
Army bombers under Adm. Nimitz conducted a long range attack on Wake Island, hitting all targets and setting the main building on fire. Col. Art W. Meehan, a West Point alumnus, praised navigational precision and reported the mission left no casualties besides a single anti-aircraft fragment hit.
A phenomenon occurs as flashes strike the earth continuously at about 50 times each second, totaling roughly 2 billion flashes per year. The rapid events create a persistent light pattern visible across large areas.
A three member panel endorsed a wage increase and union security in steel industry disputes affecting about 157,000 employees at Bethlehem Republic Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. The panel found a $1 daily raise justified but did not set an amount, and submitted findings rather than recommendations.
New York based radio reports fifteen additional Czechs were sentenced to death for allegedly approving the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Victims include a town mayor, two lawyers, a music teacher and a doctor.
The diplomatic exchange ship Drottningholm reached her pier in Jersey City on Tuesday on the second Lisbon return with 949 passengers. Among them are over 500 American nationals exchanged for Axis citizens, including evacuees from concentration camps and embassies. The ship also carries 42 Canadian and Latin American nationals and a group of junior U.S. diplomatic officials.
Chinese forces claim a major victory in Henan after two and a half weeks of fighting, with at least 10 000 casualties inflicted on Japanese troops. The military communique says 5 000 Japanese were killed or wounded in battles across Henan province as Chinese forces held a mountainous pass and faced heavy artillery and air support from the Japanese. Japanese efforts to secure the Changsha corridor and a Siberia invasion objective are noted, while in Chekiang, Japanese forces reportedly burned homes after capturing Lishui and its airfield.
The navy announced the sinking off the Atlantic coast of two United States merchant vessels. One ship left six of its 38 crew saved, the other 11 of 35 crew were lost. Earlier a large American tug was sunk by an underwater explosion near land, with 14 lives lost and suspicion it hit a mine.
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