Eastern Iowa nurses in training at Camp Carson
Seven Red Cross recruited nurses from Linn and Johnson counties Iowa are training at Camp Carson in Colorado. The group includes Laura Mael Miller Zela Marcussen Lois Ramesbotham Roberta Rice Kathleen Bromwell Herta Gutzeit and Beryl Older all with varied Iowa nursing backgrounds. They undergo army clothes issue basic training and field exercises including gas chamber practice plus hiking and drills before serving in the Army Nurse Corps during the war. Sundays offer time to visit Colorado Springs sights including Glen Cove ski course on Pikes Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Amp Carson
Colo
Red Cross
Linn
Johnson Counties
Iowa
Laura Mael L. Miller
John W. F. Miller
Iowa City
Zela M. Marcussen
Sioux City
Lois M. Ramesbotham
Canton
S. D
Roberta L. Rice
Chariton
Kathleen Ann Bromwell
V. G. Bromwell
Center Point
Herta Gutzeit
Herman Gutzeit
Onslow
Beryl I. Older
B. V. Older
Garnada
Minn
Lis. Miller
Marcussen
Ramesbotham
Rice
Older
University of Iowa School of Nursing
Bromwell
Gutzeit
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Army Nurse Corps
Army Organization
Colorado Springs
Camp Carson
Glen Cove
Pike’s Peak
U. 8
Army Signal
Knitted vest pattern guides spring suit transition
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept offers Pattern 739 to make a knitted worsted vest with a cable stitch for spring attire. Directions cover sizes 12 to 18. Send 15 cents in coins with pattern number and your name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Needlecraft Dept, 549 West Randolph Street, Chicago 80, IL. Print plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Nurses Assigned to Cedar Rapids Area for Camp Carson
Bertha Johnson announces nurse assignments in Cedar Rapids area for Red Cross recruitment. Names include Ruth Cruikshank Audrey Cross Lorraine Lubben Beryl Older Roberta Strohman Rice Laura Miller Betty Andres Joan Marr Kathleen Bromwell Herta Gutzeit Adah Gerst Phyllis Draker. All to Camp Carson Colorado or Great Lakes Illinois or local hospitals. Also Kappa Delta Mothers Club hosts luncheon at Mrs Campbell home with covered dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Johnson
Red Cross
Ruth Cruikshank
Burt
University Hospital
Iowa City
Audrey Kathleen Cross
Lorraine Harriett Lubben
Monticello
St. Luke’s Hospital
Camp Carson
Colo
Beryl Older
Granada
Minn
Roberta Louise Strohman Rice
Chariton
Laura Mae Miller
Betty Marie Andres
Waterloo
Joan Leona Marr
Kathleen Ann Bromwell
Center Point
Herta Gutzeit
Onslow
St. Luke's Hospital
Gamp Carson
Adah Gerst
Anamosa
Mercy Hospital
Phyllis Draker
Springville
Great Lakes
Ill
Kappa Delta Mothers’ Club
R. E. Campbell
Country Club Parkway SE
Harold Pickerill
Miss Elsie Smith Becomes a Bride
Miss Elsie Smith marries S Sgt. Robert C. Ruskell at Trinity Methodist on Feb 25 in a candlelight ceremony. Attendants included Robert Smith and Mrs. Ruskell plans a reception at the bride’s home. Sgt. Ruskell to report to Hot Springs March 15 after overseas service with the 34th division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Smith
Sixth Avenue
Elsie
Robert C. Ruskell
Fred Ruskell
Jackson
Minn
Trinity Methodist Church
John DeLong
Lulu Welty
Robert Smith
Ruskell
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Sgt
Hot Springs
Ark
Callie G Dudley and Mahlon Olsen Marry in Second Christian Church
Callie G Dudley daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowella Dudley of 177 Thirteenth Avenue SW and Mahlon L Olsen son of Mr and Mrs Chauncey Olsen of Independence were married February 21 at 3 PM. Rev I E Linkletter officiated at the Second Christian church. Miss Lavena Dudley and Lavera Kress attended. A reception at the bride’s home followed. about thirty guests were present. The couple will live on a Quasqueton area farm. Mrs Olsen attended Wilson high school and Mr Olsen is a Quasqueton high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie G Dudley
Lowella Dudley
Thirteenth Avenue
Mahlon L. Olsen
Chauncey Olsen
Independence
I. E. Linkletter
Second Christian Church
Lavena Dudley
Lavera Kress
Quasqueton
Olsen
Wilson High School
Quasqueton High School
Lenten Services at Y W C A Speaker Dr Clitheroe
Dr Eric L Clitheroe of Coe College will headline a three week Lenten series at the YWCA starting Thursday at 2 30 pm. Sponsored by the religious education committee with Mrs L W Dunlap in charge. Music includes a solo The Lords Prayer sung by Mrs Lenore Topinka and a string trio by Virginia Ohmann Jean Killian and Betty Kirkman. Katherine Franken will lead the call to worship. Hostesses include the Mines I E Linkletter Wayne Foster Harold Woite and R P Taylor. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric L. Clitheroe
Coe College
Y.W.C.A
Religious Education Committee
L. W. Dunlap
Lenore Topinka
Virginia Ohmann
Jean Killian
Betty Kirkman
Katherine Franken
Mines
I. E. Linkletter
Wayne Foster
Harold Woite
R. P. Taylor
Children’s Home Board OF Managers
YWCA Notes Business Girls Meeting and Plans
The Business Girls league meets Monday at 6 p.m. for dinner and decorates for the World-Wide observance planned for Monday March 12. A La Galete club potluck is set for Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. Les Amies and the Industrial league host a travel party Thursday with dinner at 6 30 p.m. Presidents Miss Dorothy Curl and Miss Blanche Senneff lead arrangements while the Inter-club Chorus meets Monday at 8 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Girls League
la Galete Club
Les Amies
The
Industrial League
Dorothy Curl
Blanche Senneff
Canadian officer Lt Miles Dahn Marries Miss Margaret Austin
Lt Miles Dahn of the Canadian army overseas wed Miss Margaret Austin of London England on December 30. Dahn enlisted in 1941, went overseas later that year, and trained at Sandhurst before his commission on December 23. The ceremony followed by a reception hosted by the bride’s parents. The couple honeymooned in a Sussex village near Dahn’s prior station. Mrs Dahn works in the British War Office and serves as an air raid warden three nights weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dahn
Lisbon
Miles Dahn
Margaret Austin
London
England
Susses
Lt. Dahn
P T A Meetings Set With Local Hosts and Topics
P T A gatherings list study groups at Van Buren Taylor and Arthur schools with home hosts Mrs W M Brown Mrs Don Winters and Mrs George Smith plus Roosevelt group led by Miss Lucile Duncan. Association of Childhood Education meets at 4 15 pm in Board of Education conference room with speaker Harry Boyd of The Cedar Rapids Gazette on Making of the Newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Brown
Fourth Street
van Buren
Arthur
George
Roosevelt
Arthur Norman
Ninth Street NW
Lucile Duncan
Association of Childhood Education
Board of Education
Harry Boyd
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
David Ruml to Be Married March 26
Announcement of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Miss Catharine Hopkins of Chicago to Lieut. David Ruml of Baltimore. Hopkins, a Chicago University graduate and Red Cross nurse’s aide, will wed Ruml, a Syracuse medical student who studied at Chicago University where Beardsley Ruml taught 1931 to 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Hopkins
Albert L. Hopkins
Chicago
David Ruml
Army
Baltimore
W Ruml
Fifth Avenue
Beardsley Ruml
New York City
Miss Hopkins
Chicago University
Red Cross
Ruml
College of Medicine
Syracuse University
Beardsley Rum
Youth Conference To Start Friday
The Young People of the West minster Presbyterian church hold a two day youth conference starting Friday with Dr. Raymond Ludwigson of Wheaton college as main speaker. Sessions cover Come Unto Me and Jesus I Come with a Saturday worship and discussion led by Rev Allan Schoff. A youth banquet at 6 pm precedes a final 8 pm discussion. Invites extended to Cedar Rapids Protestant churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Raymond Ludwigson
Wheaton College
Ludwigson
Jesus
Allan Schoff
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg Girl to Be Married to Center Point Man
Shellsburg couple Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vogt announce the engagement of their daughter Lois Ardella to Erwin Ray Sweeting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sweeting. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Vogt
Shellsburg
Lois Ardella
Erwin Ray Sweeting
Ted Sweeting
Center Point
Past Presidents of Cedar Rapids Judge No 4 D of H Meet
Past presidents gathered at Mrs Ben Deal home Wednesday. New officers named: President Josephine Kimner, Secretary Dolcie Koffle, Treasurer Maud Archibald. Next meeting Monday 7 30 p m at Mrs Pearl Deal 616 Fourth Ave SE. Catholic Book Shelf committee to meet 8 p m at Jean Corliss 1216 Second Ave SE. Hesperian Club to meet 7 45 p m with Miss Annie Y Smith 514 Eighteenth St SE. Vivienne Robinson to present a book review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
D. of
Ben Deal
Josephine Kimner
Dolcie Kofle
Maud Archibald
Pearl Deal
Fourth Avenue
Jean Corliss
Second Avenue SE
Hesperian Club
Annie Y. Smith
Eighteenth Street
Vivienne Robinson
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Bry
Maura Wheeler
Bayt Ols
Star Jewelry CO
Second St. SE
Miss Draker
Mrs. Campbell
Kappa Delta
Robert Ruskell
Oscar Workman
Dempsey
Second Avenue
Callie G. Dudley, Mahlon Olsen Marry
Y. W
the Children’s Home
S. E. Dooty
Sixth Street
Indiana
Ruby Grubich
JDA Mansfield
Ida Mansfield
the King’s Daughters
Everett Hoover
Pore Drive
Westwood Club
Richard Prochaska
Covington Road NW
Connie Groves
Washington, D. C
E. W. Groves
Philadelphia
Arnold H Rabus
Mr. Rabus
Mrs. B. Rabus
First Avenue
YWCA
Business Girls
la Galete
the Harmony Cafeteria
Harmony
American Red Cross War Fund
American Red Cross
Harmony Cafeteria
Paul Costas
Prop
Third Street
Dahn
P.T.A. Meetings
Taylor School
Don Winters
Ninth Avenue SW
Cleveland
Victor Records
Spike Jones
Artie Shaw
Jose Sturbs
Columbia
Okeil’ Records
Revin Iwood
Les Brown
Cootie Williams
Benny Goodman
Decca Records
the Three Caballeros
Walt Disney
Poughkeepsie
Bing Crosby
Andrew Sisters
New York
Mayflower Circle
Lola
Charlotte Flohra
D Avenue NE
Mayflower
Lois Ardella Vogt
Catholic Book Shelf
Newman's
Orchestra Laboratories Inc
Gog ’ BY
Owde
Newman
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