Minstrels of 1943 Parade Theme at Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Elks club Minstrels of 1943 will parade through the city and perform a teaser outside the Paramount theater before eight thirty p.m. April 7 and 8 as a Red Cross benefit. Orville Rennie, show director, notes costumes arriving from Chicago and more on the way. The 175 performer cast includes Robert Bannister Alyce Chadima Marilyn Morehouse Reed brothers Frank Pfaff and many others with Bill Vesely's band and Jack Parish's orchestra providing music. Tickets are on sale at the Elks club and Paramount box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Elks Club
Paramount Theater
Orville Rennie
Red Cross
Bill Vesely
Jack Parrish
Chicago
Rennie
Robert Bannister
Coe College
Alyce Mary Chadima
Marilyn Morehouse
Reed Brothers
Frank Pfaff
Dieman and Carroll Schools of Dancing
Bill Hemmer
Leo Roseberry
Red’ McGinnis
Shirley Ann Barker
The
Young Men's Bureau
Howard Snyder
Otto Ambrose
Charles Quentin
George Healey
Reuben F. Smith
Dempsy Jones
Ralph L. Hamer
Robert B. Davis
Harry Durham
W. Heck
Harold Reeves
Routine Call Sparks All-Out City Incident
Police Captain Howard Walsh shifts from routine check to alert after Mrs. J W Roberts reports an overheated water tank. Patrolmen confirm safety, a fire alarm follows, a child is struck by a car but unharmed, and the officer urges medical checkup and gas shutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Walsh
J. W. Roberts
Sixth Avenue SW
Walsh
Capt. Walsh
To Whom Macins Forgiven
Daily devotional on Luke 7 36 50 forgiveness as purging of a burdened conscience and perfected in fellowship. It notes the pardoned need ongoing grace and calls for mercy through human kindness and reconciliation. Prayer asks for forgiveness, charity, and guidance to love one another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Rubber trees ready to tap in Solomon Islands
In Guadalcanal the USP reports 20 000 rubber trees ready for tapping in the southern Solomon Islands. The trees were planted 25 years ago by plantation owners and now provide the United Nations with a new rubber source in areas retaken from the Japanese.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
United Nations
Coe College Band to Discuss Memorial Concert
The Coe College military band will host its annual home concert in Memorial Coliseum tonight at 8. Sponsored by the Czech Alliance of Cedar Rapids, the event memorializes Dr. Thomas G Masaryk. The program features Czch songs with Capt Vesely arranging Zahucely Hory, soloist Jack Parrish, and Wilson High School students performing VictOry Corps Song.
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Coe College Military Band
Memorial Coliseum
Czech Alliance Association of
Cedar Rapids
Thomas G. Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Zahucely Hory
Stanley Vesely
Coe
Jack Parrish
Harold Wendorf
Chicago
Wilson High School
Gladys Thomann
Czechoslovakia Land
Prusha
High School Victory Corps
Dvorak
Judas Mnaccabeus
Beethoven Jack Parrish
Sokol
Tryner
Land Prusha
Church and club notices fill Grande Avenue area schedule
Local church groups and societies post a dense set of meetings and luncheons across multiple locations including Grande Avenue SE, Eighteenth Street SE, Third Avenue SE, and Ninth Street NW. Speeches, circle sessions, and hostess duties are listed with specific addresses and times for Thursday through Friday events.
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John McCracken
C Avenue NE
Russell Knapp
Malaya
Circle 2
R. J. Beatty
Eighteenth Street SE
H. H. Morse
Circle 3
W. W. Boardman
Grande Avenue SE
W. H. Bailey
Circle 4
R. K. Sandercock
Second Avenue
C. J. Bready
Africa
Circle 5
C. E. Newell
Bever Avenue
Robert Armstrong
Circle 6
T .M. Nielsen
Nineteenth Street
M. R. Warren
F. J. Lightner
First Avenue
R. S. Toogood
Beard
F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
F. W. Houston
Circle 11
E. W. Rossiter
Fifth Avenue
E. D. Wells
Jesus
Circle 12
Paul Siebert
Fourteenth Street SE
J. Elves
R. W. Carfrac
Oakland Road
A. J. Snouffer
B Avenue
Augsburg
L. A. Jacobs
Steersgard
Circle No. 5
J. L. Berger
Sixth Avenue SE
Martelle Girl Weds in Texas Marine Bride from Martelle
Miss Jean Rosella Frantz of San Antonio married Corp Irvin Moos of Billings Montana on March 6 at Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio. Rev A P Shirkey officiated with maid of honor Doris Frantz and best man Sgt Robert Kovacic. The couple, living in Palm Heights San Antonio, were feted at a Bluebonnet Hotel dinner after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rosella Frantz
San Antonio
Texas
William Frantz
Martelle
Corp
Irvin Moos
Charles Moos
Billings
Mont
Travis Park Methodist Church
A. P. Shirkey
Frances Rankin
Harry Leap
Doris Frantz
Bluebonnet Hotel. Corp
Moos
Palm Heights
Martello High School
Mercy School of Nursing
Cedar Rapids
Station Hospital
Duncan Field
Frantz
Social clubs and meetings noted in Oxford Junction
Evelyn and Margaret Leslie hosted the Luther League social. Lilac Camp Royal Neighbors held a special meeting and initiated Mrs Henry Koranda. Mrs James Homolka Otto Shedek Tillie Pashek and Antone Koranda led entertainment. Sacred Heart church club met with Mrs John Sabotka. Miss Mary Lasack led the program. roll call cited a religious event. Edna Robinson hosted the Bridge club. prizes went to Macme Pasha Mrs George Shimerda and Mrs Hunwardsen. Carmel Heffron attended. Clio Study club gathered with Mrs L L McCreight. Fred C Maurer gave an illustrated South America talk.
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Evelyn
Margaret Leslie
Luther League
Lilac Camp
Royal Neighbors
Henry Koranda
James Homolka
Otto Shedek
Tillie Pashek
Antone Koranda
Sacred Heart Church Club
John Sabotka
Mary Lasack
Leo Homan
Frank Kulhavy
Edna Robinson
Thomas Hunwardsen
Macme Pasha
George Shimerda
Hunwardsen
Carmel Heffron
Clio
L. L. McCreight
Fred C. Maurer
South America
Monticello Couples Wed In Local Church Ceremonies
Mary Coxsee entertained guests while cousin Jessie Fawcett visited Mechanicsville. The League of Women Voters met and discussed Government and Economic Welfare. Ann Marie Schoon wed Corp Warner H Hurt at St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Clinton. The bride, a Monticello high school graduate, works for Hoag Duster Co. and Streeper couple plans farm life near Onslow.
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Mary Coxsee
Jessie Fawcett
Mechanicsville
League of Women Voters
J. R. Hintz
Esther Hoag
Henry Adams
Walter Brainard
Cecil Goetisch
William Tuetken
Jo Barron
Kathleen Rieniets
Gerhard Rieniets
Walter Streeper
Roy Streeper
Anamosa
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Wilma Streeper
Paul Rieniers
Monticello High School
Richland Township
Streeper
Onslow
Ann Marie Schoon
Eggie Schoon
Monticello
Corp
Warner H Hurt
Fort Sheridan
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
Clinton
Floyd Hurt
Harold Hurt
The
Hoag Duster Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minstrels
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Macins
Solomons
Grande Avenue Presbyterian
Ways and Means Society
Charles Siegfried
Westminster Presbyterian
H. J. Jones
J. M. Henry
B. L. Knight
A. F. Sander
A.S. Long
E. K. Eaton
N. H. Johnson
George A. Crabb
Jessie McCullough
R. R. Williamson
Washington Avenue SE
George H. Bruner
W. Paterson
R. Wilson
Raymond J Pollock
C Avenue
Peter Bezanson
Ralph Dresher
Jack Farwell
Dale Crosier
Daniels Street
E. D. Heusinkveld
Trinity Methodist
West Side
Girls’ World Committee
L. R. Nichols
First Congregational
Emma Holden
Bungalow of the Light Company
A. L. Woggenthaler
Louise Hathaway
Clara Bistine
L. E. Henry
Mary Owen Tufts
Blair Thomas
Church of the Brethren
Robert White
Raymond One
Sixteenth Street
Central Park Presbyterian
Ladies Aid Society
Bethany Congregational
Ladies Aid
Maxine Wagner
H Avenne NW
Emma Forney
Ona Preston
St. Paul's
Wesleyan Service Guild
Morris Sanford
Spiritual Life Committee of
W.S.C.S
Kensington
May Frick
Church
William Sharpe
Cone College
Edith Martin
H. Woodward
Clavin Ling
B L. Wylder
Women’s Forum
Marion H. Williams
St. James
Dorcas
Ooie Trimble
J Avenue NW
Ella Swan
Gordon D. Barger
Ninth Street NW
Minnie Dostal
St. George Orthodox
Crusaders
Kenwood Park
Emily Brown
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Kohl
Thirty-fourth Street
St. John’s Episcopal
St. John’s Guild
Guildhall
Park Avenue
Mabel Adair
J. P. Montillon
First Evangelical
Gamma Delta Sigma
Will Woodward
Kenwood Methodist
Howard Davidson
Ben Carson
Merlin Schrimper
Walker Whitmore
Eee
Mrs
Oxford Junction
Davenport
McNamara
Homemakers
IST
AVE. E. Dial
UA Ge “Otek Haloeens
Fenwens
Jean Nedra
Serges
Fenweys
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