Funeral Services for George R. Snider Held Today
Iowa City notices report 84 year old George R. Snider will be buried in Kalona cemetery after a 2 pm service at Cathout chapel. Surviving daughters Jessie Adams and Nora Beard, and sisters Ed Hay and Tena Dawson are listed. Mary Kelly Finnegan noted with birth in Waukon on April 11 1896 and marriage to Thomas Finnegan in 1921.
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Iowa City
George R. Snider
Cathout
Kalona
Jessie Adams
Los Angeles
Nora Beard
Ed Hay
Tena Dawson
Oklahoma City
Waukon
Thomas Finnegan
Ames
St Paterick's Church
Mt. Olivet
Mary Kelly
John F. Kelly
Harper's Ferry
John
Leo
Mary
Billy
Lenore Layer to Marry on Easter
Lenore Layer daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Layer Blair's Ferry road announces engagement to Richard F Alexander of Redwood City California son of Mr and Mrs William Alexander 1480 Fifth avenue Marion. The marriage will be Easter Sunday at the First Baptist church in Redwood City. Both graduates of Marion High School. Miss Layer employed in the office of Fred E Collard company Cedar Rapids. They will reside in Redwood City.
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Roy Layer
Blair's Ferry Road
Lenore
Richard F. Alexander
Redwood City
Calif
William Alexander
Fifth Avenue
Marion
First Baptist Church
Miss Layer
Mr. Alexander
Marion High School
Fred E. Collard Company
Cedar Rapids
New Library Additions at Marion Public Library
Miss Whitcomb reports new circulation items at Marion Public Library. Adult non fiction includes Return to the future Undset Lou Gehrig Hubler Mission to Moscow Davies. Adult fiction lists Corn in Egypt Deeping Pied Piper Shute New Hope Suckow On the long tide Krey Dragon Seed Buck. Light fiction mysteries westerns and replacements also purchased.
Concord club hosts all day meeting with picnic luncheon
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sebern welcomed Concord Agricultural and Literary club members for an all day gathering. A 40 person picnic lunch was served by a committee led by Mrs. James Woodworth. The program featured songs by the club, readings, and a talk by Mrs. Ben Tylee.
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W. B. Sebern
Concord Agricultural and Literary Club
James Woodworth
A. J. Taube
Clyde Kearns
C. C. Scott
Carroll Roberts
America
Sebern
Harley W. Erwin
Leslie Dunn
Ben Tylee
Basketball Lettermen and Local Club Notices
Coach Eldon Coffman awards basketball letters to Marvin McCalley Marvin Smith Lodell Lehdigh Elwood Kramer Burton Kellogg Norman Miller Dale Lary Marvin Peterson and Ted Davin manager Gene Jacobs receives honorary captain after shoulder injury Red Cross asks return of all articles to the Red Cross room and lockers Monday 1 to 4 p m Tennyson club meets essay review planned Cary club and Women of the Wilderness review at meetings Amelgo club hosts luncheon Martin's Creek Community club and Ladies Aid and Women’s associations announce meetings and hostesses Memorial Union Sigma Chi banquet for new initiates and their parents O O P club meets with They Came to a River review
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Eldon Coffman
Marvin McCalley
Marvin Smith
Lodell Lehdigh
Elwood Kramer
Burton Kellogg
Norman Miller
Dale Lary
Marvin Peterson
Ted Davin
Gene Jacobs
Red Cross
A. A. Hardin
The
Schedule of Red Cross Classes Announced This Week
Civilian defense Red Cross classes listed for this week with locations at the public library auditorium and private homes. Instructors include Mrs J F Parsons Mrs KE Cornell Mrs W H Ray Mrs Albert E Bragg Mrs H W Wiggins Mrs Marie Stimson and Mrs J R Strong. No surgical dressings while materials run short.
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The
Red Cross
Public Library
Marion
J. F. Parsons
KE. Cornell
Mothers Club
W. H. Ray
R. N
Albert E. Bragg
H. W. Wiggins
Garden Club
Pleasant Grove
J . Parsons
Marie Stimson
Fifth Avenue
J. R. Strong
F S Fairley
K. E Cornell
Charles A. Engel
Local Notices and Social Glimpses From Cedar Rapids
Obituary notes Charles W Sherwood 76 died at home on Fifth Avenue and Thirteenth Street. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Community notices include card club gatherings at Knight residence and Sorosis club meeting at Nevah Prior’s Cedar Rapids apartment. Various rentals and advertisements appear alongside club events and church group activities with members invited.
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Charles W Sherwood
Fifth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Yocom Chapel
Sorosis Club
Nevah Prior
Commonwealth Apartment
Cedar Rapids
Frank Goodrows Golden Wedding Today Observed
The Goodrow family marks the fiftieth anniversary of Frank Goodrow and Emma Kuhn, married March 16 1892, at Emma’s parents home. The couple reside in South Tama street Linn county life partners for decades with children grandchildren and great grandchildren attending a family observance.
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Frank Goodrow
South
Tama _ street
Mr. Goodrow
Emma Kuhn
Philip Kuhn
West Cedar Rapids
Goodrow
Linn County
Mrs. Goodrow
Louisa Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Martha Kingery
Mt. Carroll
Esther Windsor
Fremont
Ned
First English Lutheran Church of
Marion
Donald Dukek
Hemet
Calif
Raymond McBride
Coast Guard
Fort Worden
Wash
Goodrows
A. J. Kingery
Clinton Davis
Theodore Davis
Muscatine
Belle McLeod
Palmer
Marion Community Calendar Updates and Club Meetings
Mr and Mrs Albert Hyde relocate to Marion with son Clifton Paul. Local clubs schedule meetings from Tuesday to Saturday including Marion Choral group rehearsals, American Legion post events, the Merry Mix Pinochle Club, Marion Fish and Game Club, OES instruction at the Masonic temple, and Catholic church circle activities. Details include chairs and hostess lists for dinners and picnics, with reservations due by Wednesday.
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Albert Hyde
Clifton Paul
Marion
Burlington
Booster class elects officers at Presbyterian church
Toledo report shows the Booster class selecting officers on Wednesday with Amy Hill as president, L. J. Branson as vice-president, May Davidson as secretary, Inez Crawford as teacher, and C. E. Townsend as assistant teacher.
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Toledo
The
Presbyterian Church
Amy Hill
L. J. Branson
May Davidson
Inez Crawford
E. Townsend
Nan Wood Graham in Iowa City Hospital Satisfactory
Mrs Nan Wood Graham of Los Angeles admitted to University hospital March 6 is reported in satisfactory condition by Dr E D Plass. Saturday her brother Grant Wood will present a painting titled Portrait of Nan featuring the subject.
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Iowa City
Nan Wood Graham
Los Angeles
University Hospital
E. D. Plass
Graham
Grant Wood
Nan
Iowa News in Brief: Divorces, Drafts, Marriages, Events
INDEPENDENCE Lucille Hamilton seeks divorce from Raymon Hamilton in district court for cruel treatment and custody of three minor children with $1,000 permanent alimony. Eleven men to be drafted to Fort Des Moines March 25: Krebesbach, Callahan, Neal, Smith, Gissell, Rummelhart, Emerson, Kelley, Giesmann, Goforth, Houck. Brandon reports 100 attendees at a father and son banquet with Rotary-style program and guest Rev. Paul R. Brown. Oxford Junction reports two marriages with plans to live near the Benhart farm. D. J. Meade notes Joe Crabtree wounded at Pearl Harbor. Meyers-Gordy-Pippett Legion to host war bond carnival with bingo and defense stamps. Elberon offers a Red Cross first aid course starting March 19 for 10 two-hour sessions. Anamosa Men’s Club supports a Boy Scout troop. interviews planned with families.
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Independence
Lucille Hamilton
Raymon Hamilton
Masonsville
Fort Des Moines
Jerome Krebesbach
Hazleton
Lloyd Callahan
Winthrop
Russell M Neal
Aurora
Edward M. Smith
Fayette
Kenneth W. Gissell
Leo J Rummelhart
Iowa City
Russell R. Emerson
Jesup
Bernard C Kelley
Erwin Giesmann
Charles I. Goforth
St Joseph
Herbert N. Houck
Elberon
The
Red Cross
Community meeting invites boys and parents at courthouse
A meeting is set for 7.30 p.m. Monday in the courthouse community room. Barber Dr. F. C. Frank and others listed invite all interested boys and their parents to attend.
Iowa City ready for navy training center boom
City business leaders anticipate a spillover from the navy training center expected to relocate officers and families, filling hotels and restaurants, boosting gas stations, furniture stores, and dry cleaners as 300 officers plus families move into campus housing and city homes.
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Ernie Keunzel
Jefferson Hotel
Keunzei
University
Iowa City
Navy
Hillcrest
Chance of Losing Cars Scares Out Bootleggers
Des Moines AP report notes bootleggers fear vehicle confiscation under liquor enforcement. Officials state losing a car, tires, and license could end illicit runs, as rationing limits new vehicles and state stores dominate legal sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
State Highway Patrol
Bureau
Iowa Liquor Commission
Steers Hit 15.40 as Week Ends in Chicago Market
Chicago cattle market opened sluggish with most steers 10 to 15 cents lower. Tuesday saw top bids reach 15.40 per cwt for a few Iowa steers, the highest since 1941 for a March day. Wednesday also 15.40, Thursday slower by up to 25 cents, heifers in strong demand, carload top 13.50, cows up 10 to 15 cents, bulls steady, calves up 50 cents, replacement cattle brisk with feeder offerings largely cleared.
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Chicago
OPA
Iowa
CCC Loans on 1941 Corn and Wheat Announced by USDA
The Commodity Credit Corporation reports 85,403 corn loans totaling 364,326,269 on 1941 crop corn as of Feb 28, with 35,503 loans in Iowa. Wheat loans reach 514,745 on 355,933,094 bushels, including 117,775,740 stored on farms and 238,157,354 in public warehouses. Iowa wheat loans total 3,025 on 784,137 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Department
CCC
Iowa
China Seen as World Power After War Ends
Dr. Harold H. Morris of Shanghai's St. Luke's hospital says the postwar China will emerge as a world power. He cites Chinese unity under Chiang Kai-shek and rising self funding for charity as evidence of national strength and resilience.
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China
Philadelphia
INS
Harold H. Morris
St. Luke's Hospital
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Morris
Jury meals raise limit in Polk County in relaxed rule
Des Moines reports the Polk county board of supervisors removed the 50 cent meal limit for district court jurors after Judge Frank S. Shankland called the cap inadequate. The measure aims to improve juror meals and reliability during service.
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DES Moines
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
Frank S. Shankland
Nazarene Church Buys 50 Passenger Bus For Services
East Liverpool Ohio AP reports the Church of the Nazarene in Chester West Virginia has bought a 50 passenger bus to transport rural members to services reducing tire wear and increasing attendance.
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East Liverpool
Church of the Nazarene
Chester
W. Va
Minister Uses Theatre Pageantry In Lisbon Methodist Services
Rev. William Bostrom of Lisbon Methodist Church blends drama with worship. He writes scripts, uses local talent, and staged pageants such as Christmas Through 100 Years and Forward Through the Ages to enrich church programs.
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William Bostrum
Lisbon Methodist Church
Cornell College
MT. Vernon
William Bostrom
Cornell College Little Theater
Cornell
Maeterlinck
Little
Lisbon
Bostrom
State Fair Budget Cut Tweaks 1942 Plans
Iowa State Fair board trims 1942 budget by ten percent while preserving premium awards and admission prices. The fair will run ten days with eight grandstand shows slated. harness racing set for three days. rodeo auto races and dancing are still under consideration.
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Des Moines
INS
State Fair Board
Lloyd Cunningham
Cunningham
Pasture and Hay Should Be Figured In 1942 Crops
Adequate pasture and hay for livestock top the 1942 cropping plan says Carl C. Malone ISU farm management specialist. He urges improved pastures to save labor reduce hay needs and improve soil. advise legume silage from sweet clover. recommend corn up to allotment soybeans flax oats barley or wheat with nurse crops to insure next year’s hay and pasture.
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Gazette
Ames
Carl C. Malone
Iowa State College
Malone
Standard 4-H Girls Clubs Ranked in Iowa Counties
Certificates issued for 1941 standard clubs announced by Mrs Edith Barker in charge of 4-H girls work at Iowa State College Dallas led with 15 standard clubs Benton and Shelby tied for second with 11 each Linn followed with 10 while Black Hawk and Scott had nine each Clubs earned standard status by meeting home economics project goals meeting attendance community event participation and keeping records and reports
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Ames
Edith Barker
Iowa State College
Dallas
Benton
Shelby
Linn
Black Hawk
Scott
Barker
Postmaster Flooded With Letters for Shamrock Stamp
The St. Patrick community in St. Patrick Missouri asks for help as mail floods in seeking a green shamrock cancellation stamp for the St Patrick’s Day celebration. Geral dine Fitzgerald a Warner Brothers starlet will serve as queen for the day. A mass banquet and night show will mark the event in Clark County near Keokuk Iowa.
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ST. Patrick, Mo
INS
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Warner Brothers
St. Patrick
Clark County
Missouri Line
Keokuk
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Don Rollins
Eighteenth Street
E. E. Godwin
Hugh Gordon Ay
Drummond
Seventh Avenue
Polo, Ill
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Harley W. Edwin
Twelfth Street
Women of the Wilderness
Margaret Bell
Mark Woodward
Martin's Creek
Ninth Avenue
Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Clayton Pitcher
Theodore Peck
Amelgo Club
Emery J. Miller
Sixth Avenue
Women’s Association of the Congregational Church
Charles A. Ward
Fourteenth Street
Memorial Union
Sigma Chi Fraternity
John S. Miller
Frank Cleveland
Eleventh Street
rearl’Welsher
Allis @icKay
Charles Sherwood
Miller Apartments
Dick Reed
L. N. Martin
Farmingdale, L. I
Grend
Harlan . Knight
Leo Levasseur
E. R Michel
A. E Miller
Stanley Selkor
Virginia Jackson
University of Iowa
Mrs. W. A. Jackson
Marion Township
P.ta
Lincoln Auditorium
L. C. Dean
Hutchinson’s
Shamrock Center
Owen's
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Barbara Fitgerald
Bonnie Carey
June de Wees
Jean Stamy
Mary Alice Kemble
Patricia Peck
Mary Ives
Phyllis Lanning
Kathleen Mullaley
Marilyn Fontaine
Dorothy Lee Dumbalton
Charlotte Smith
Entre Nous Club
Fred M. Blakeslee
Seventeenth Street
W G Bowen
St. Louis
Marion Lodge No
A.F
Masonic Temple
Arthur H. Kirkwood
Iva Kirkwood
Martha Jane Snell
Hazel Snell
Marlon
Frank B. Cornelius
Frank Claeys
Frank Charles
Sixteenth Street
Mrs
Earl Welsher
Knoxville
Methodist W. S. C
Kathryn Blinks
Friendly Guild
General Aid and Missionary Society
Ben F. Gill
Central Avenue
R. J. Williams
Merle Knight
Hugh Gordon
Emma Klein
Frank Goodrows
J. Ray Roberts
DeWitt
Roberts
W. H. Roberts
George A. Schrimper
Richard
Claire
Janette
Charlies Grandle
Maude Secrist
Keith Jacobs
Springville
Mr. and Mrs. Goodrow
Marion Choral Club
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Erwin Lanning
O W. McBride
Z N. Lundy
Melvin Schmidt
J. A. Clay
T. A. Newman
O. O. Kieckhaefer
Lumer Lorence
Fred D. Ross
R. B. Watters
Marion Fish and Game Club
Charles Dye
Marion Chapter
School of Instruction of Malta
St. Mary’s Circle
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
G. Howard Christianson
Sergt
Ray Sell
Fort Leonard Wood
Rolla, Mo
Harlan F. Knight
Cheerful Companions
Christian Church
Ray C. McCalley
Walter Erwin
William Stroope
Kenneth Pearson
J. L. Roberts
Iowa News
Brandon
John Ball
Charles Rogers
Richard Wagner
Walter Senft
Walter Stirm
Supt Dayle Frame
Bernard Murphy
Paul R. Brown
Methodist Church of
Oxford Junction
Blanche Jensen
Christ Hamdorf
Massillon
George Benhart
Frank J. Benhart
Kohaka
Benhart
Here
D. J. Meade
Joe Crabtree
U. S. Navy
Crabtree
Tama
Dysart — Meyers-Gordy-Pippett Legion Post
Exodus
Nebergall
Tis
Nethergall
Illinois
Kansas
USDA
Hall OF Waters
Excelsior Springs
City of
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