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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1942
Page
14
Evelyn Marie Fillmore of Marion is engaged to Amos E. Stewart of Marion. Mr and Mrs John H Fillmore announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter with a wedding set for March 28 near Marion.
Vintage fashion notes say 1942 Easter parade will not force cuffless or lapelless coats. Local buyers report stocks of double breasted coats and pleated trousers persist with three button coats rising by fall. Fabrics include coverts and gabardines in tans blues and blue grays. Also community notices cover a Rebekah lodge program with Betsy Ross and Uncle Sam tributes, a Red Cross pledge, and a marriage announcement in Alburnett with reception details and future home plans.
Gams Must Get Along Sans Silk by staff reporter surveys spring hose supply in Cedar Rapids with nylon and rayon shifts. Consumers may face higher prices as silk and nylon shipments dwindle and rayon dominates. Mesh hosiery offers deceptive sheer look with sturdy material and rapid rebound. Rayon drying takes long and weak when damp. Lambda Sigma Phi meets Monday evening at 7 30 at 829 Third Avenue SE. Betty Daughton and Mrs Henry Rodick to outline Realization of Life. Mrs Harry Cocker visits Michigan daughter in Grand Rapids for a week.
Mrs Lulu Engelman Welty hosts an afternoon piano recital at Peoples church at 2 15 featuring students June Lyman Dorothy Lorenc Marjorie Lorenc Marsha OBrien Cynthia OBrien Gerry Lorenzen Barbara Ann Barger Doris Kullander Ramon a Gordon Jane Baird Mary Kenyon Lavon Ra maker Anabelle Ra maker Doris Iane Peterson Andrean Lowe Thelma Trimble and Bob Rasdal.
The beauty industry plans for material shortages and substitutions as war curbs approach while wholesalers attend the International Beauty Show in New York. Shorter hair becomes a wartime trend echoing 1910s styles to boost morale and safety. England experiments with salons amid no immediate U.S. rationing. Cedar Rapids代表 Ed Hardy attends NY convention. Chi Omega alumnae party planned Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. with local hosts.
Two brides announce the marriage of their daughter Clarice Groth to William Kell on March 4 in Lancaster Missouri. Kell is grandson of Mrs Saline Clothier of Olin and both brides were graduates of Olin Consolidated school. Kell will soon leave for military service.
Thirty five new members will be guests of the American Legion auxiliary to Hanford Post No 5 Monday evening in the Memorial building. Supper at 6 o'clock followed by initiation. Hostesses include Mrs Louis F Schirm unit president Mrs Floyd Mosburg and Mrs J J Sponer. Mrs Alfred E Heinrich program chairman presents vocal and instrumental numbers by Mrs Florence Lacy pianist Mrs Dora Carginl Blake McKinley high school quartet directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin Roosevelt high school euphonium trio and original songs by Mrs Heinrich and Mrs LacyStand Up and Shout.
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