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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1946

Page

16

Birthday Week for Camp Fire Girls Cookie Contest

Camp Fire Girls celebrate a cookie contest for ages 10 to 14 during Birthday Week. Entries due by 10 30 am Saturday at the Camp Fire rooms in the Paramount building. Recipes must be sugar saving. cookies rolled dropped or refrigerator types. Judging by local teachers Miss Kathryn Kendall and Miss Virginia Stauffer on appearance texture and flavor. Winners receive first and second prizes in each age group and cookie type.

Camp Fire Paramount Building Kathryn Kendall McKinley School Virginia Stauffer Roosevelt School

Marriage Announcement for Miss Juanita Battles and Charles Lerch

Announcement of the marriage between Miss Juanita Battles of Godsden Alabama and Charles Edmund Lerch son of Mrs Ray Tapper 1625 Grande avenue SE. The ceremony occurred March 14 in Godsden. Lerch recently discharged from the army served three and a half years. They will reside in Waterloo.

Juanita Battles Godsden Ala Charles Edmund Lerch Ray Tapper Grande Avenue Lerch Waterloo

Mrs Chamblee Visits New York. Headed to Florida

Mrs M M Chamblee of New York City spent the weekend with her mother Mrs D A Gardner at 716 Sixth avenue SE. She is enroute to Jacksonville Florida to join her husband and the couple will live in Florida permanently.

M. M. Chamblee New York City D. A. Gardner Sixth Avenue SE

Notice of Appointment of Executor Iowa Linn County 1946

No. 28438 notice states that on March 2 1946 D Dean G Cooper was appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Lucinda Cooper late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay the estate and those with claims should file them with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll, Attorneys.

State of Iowa Linn County Lucinda Cooper Jews, District Dean G. Cooper Elliott Shuttleworth Ingersoll

Stastny and Merta Wed at Hus Memorial Church

Bernice A Stastny daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Stastny and Lumir J Merta son of Mr and Mrs Frank Merta of Fairfax wed at Hus Memorial church on Saturday at 2 pm The ceremony featured Rev Zdenek F Pauk and music by Frank Troyak The bride wore a lace bodice net gown a fingertip veil pearls and carried white flowers The couple were attended by Miss LaVerna Stastny and Jerome V Brejcha Ushers were Robert J Jules and Arnold E Fields After a wedding dinner the couple planned a Chicago trip and will live at 1702 Second Street SW

Bernice A. Stastny Frank Stastny Twenty-first Avenue Lumir J. Merta Frank Merta Fairfax Hus Memorial Church Zdenek F. Pauk Frank Troyak LaVerna Stastny Jerome V. Brejcha Miss Stastny Robert J. Jules Arnold E. Fields Chicago Merta Wilson High School Wilson and Company Navy Broulik Brothers Second Street

Four Score club plans March meet at YWCA

The Four Score club announces its next meet ing scheduled for March 29 at the YWCA. A musical program features the Collins Men's chorus under Miss Maurine Hamblin and Mrs G J Lorenzen and Nancy Kay Zearing as pianists. Chairman Mrs Darwin Palmer with assistants Mines John Nyquist Roy Olson Paul Wulfsberg Phane McConnell Noble Hale. Bruce Bucknell entertained with marionettes at Friday’s meeting. Chairman arrangements Mrs Ernest Pappenius. The women’s group has a strict 80 member limit.

Four Score Club Y.W.C.A Collins Maurine Hamblin G. J. Lorenzen Nancy Kay Zearing Darwin Palmer John Nyquist Roy Olson Paul Wulfsberg Phane McConnell Noble Hale

Seventh Birthday Party for Carol Talbot Held on St Patrick’s Day

St Patrick s day themed party honored Carol Talbot on her seventh birthday Saturday afternoon. Daughter of Wayne E Talbot and wife, they live at 840 Tenth street SW. Guests included Marice Schluntz Margot Anderson Patsy Barrett Betty Snodgrass Carol Benn Karen Davis Jean Walsh Mary Hey Mary Lynn Morrison and sisters Juanita Marilyn and Billie Fay Talbot.

St. Patrick’s Day Carol Talbot Wayne E. Talbot Tenth Street Marice Schluntz Margot Anderson Patsy Barrett Betty Snodgrass Carol Benn Karen Davis Jean Walsh Mary Hey Mary Lynn Morrison Carol Juanita Marilyn Billie Fay

Chapter IH P. E. O. officers listed in error

Chapter IH officers are President Mrs Irving Churchill Vice president Mrs Homer Hill Recording secretary Mrs George Dilger Corresponding secretary Mrs W G Basler Treasurer Mrs Grant Miller Chaplain Mrs Floyd Knapp Guard Mrs Burton H Day was correctly listed but misattributed in Sun Day Gazette to Chapter IF.

P.E.O Irving Churchill Homer Hill George Dilger W. G. Basler Grant Miller Floyd Knapp Burton H. Day

Carrot Loaf and Spaghetti Casserole in 1940s Home Kitchen

Over the Back Fence offers recipes including Carrot Loaf using carrots corn flakes and white sauce, a Layered Spaghetti Casserole with hamburger tomatoes celery and cheese, and Baked Brussels Sprouts with white sauce and buttered crumbs. The column suggests varied vegetable dishes and meat substitutes for family meals.

Mary Haworths Mail Prison Record Stumbling Block

A 21 year old woman asks advice about confessing a prison past after a two year petty larceny sentence. She has a good new job and fiancée from navy circles who are in love and plan to marry. She worries his family’s reaction and whether to reveal the secret now or later.

Mary Haworth

Specially Sweet Easter dress pattern 4677 with jacket

Anne Adams offers pattern 4677 for an Easter dress with jacket and a sunfrock option. Available in sizes 2 through 10, the size 6 frock requires 15% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept in Chicago for details.

Anne Adams Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept N. Clinton St Chicago

Advice on marriage and concealment of past prison term

A reader seeks whether to tell a fiancé about a prison term before marriage. The adviser urges seeking spiritual guidance, not concealment, noting laws vary by jurisdiction. A third party with spiritual authority could ease the decision whether to disclose or not and help the fiancé forgive the past.

K. C M.H

Names of Yellows As Fancy as Color In Spring Fashion

New York fashion writer Barbara Bundschu surveys yellow hues in spring styles. Forsythia, mimosa, butter scotch and butterfly yellow headline palettes alongside pale brass and other shades. Designers pair sunny yellows with black and spring browns, including Fira Benenson’s yellow wool suit for Bonwit Teller.

New York Fira Benenson Bonwit Teller

Yellow Dress Trends Highlight Spring Runway Show

The collection features lime and chartreuse yellows from Mainbacher and Henri Bendel, with black on yellow silks and mustards. Sally Milgrim debuts a two piece suit with clever pockets, while Hattie Carnegie showcases a chiffon evening gown. Bright blue accessories paired with yellow dominate the looks.

Mainbacher Sally Milgrim Henri Bendel Jersey Hattie Carnegie

Bong Widow Faces Four Career Offers After Husband's Death

Pretty Marjorie Ann Bong, 22, widow of Maj. Richard Bong, has four career offers surfaced within 48 hours: modeling in Beverly Hills, a film studio contract, a newspaper syndicate serializing her book about Bong, and a coaching role to teach young women “walk with dignity.” The Su perior, Wisconsin native, a former school teacher, says she does not want to cash in on her husband’s name and hopes to build a future based on her own qualifications after his death in a P-80 crash.

Hollywood Marjorie Ann Bong Maj Richard Bong Superior, Wis Bong Beverly Hills

Cedar Rapids Gazette March 18 1946 item

Front page note from The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated Monday March 18 1946 accompanies local notices and headlines reflecting postwar civic events. The brief item highlights community matters and ongoing city affairs.

THE Cedar Rapids

Armistice Bride Plans Film and Memoir Project

The widowed wife of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, married six months ago during his home leave, works on a planned memoir titled An Angel Rode Piggyback. She has clippings and letters, with pals contributing war memories, aiming for serial publication then a book. She also teaches at the Dorothy Preble Model Agency after a two month course.

Tor Dorothy Preble

Glassmaking in England Begins in Sixteenth Century

The text notes that glassmaking dates back to ancient Egypt but did not begin in England until the 1500s, marking a early development in English industry.

England

Noxzema Special Trial Offer for Nurses Hands

Nurses with sore chapped hands discover Noxzema speeds healing. Clinical tests show badly chapped skin improves overnight with this medicated formula that soothes, softens, and helps heal tiny cuts. Don’t suffer. buy a jar at drug counters during the trial offer.

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