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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
3
Special to The Gazette Oelwein Frank D Davies died Wednesday evening when he fell asleep in an arm chair while smoking a cigarette. Davies is survived by his wife and two sons.
Iowa files will contest in Davenport to safeguard a $250 000 legacy to the University of Iowa College of Medicine. J H Bendixen died December 3 1940 leaving an estate around $400 000 with the medical college to receive residuary bequest after the widow. Peter Bendixen and Agnes Bendixen contest the will while Agnes J. Bendixen named as sister. The state prosecutes the challenge through the attorney general’s office.
Lloyd N. Rahn resigns after nine years as Lisbon public schools chief at the board of education reorganization meeting. No successor named. Stuart Franks joins the board. Orville Crawford serves as president.
Mr and Mrs Bern hard Trumpold of East Amana celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary this Sunday. Trumpold born 1867 in Saxony and Lina born 1867 in the same province moved to East Amana with parents in 1869. Family and relatives from Cedar Rapids Davenport and East Amana plan to attend including Bernard Durland stationed as a second lieutenant in the U S air corps in Baltimore.
Miss Evelyn Fillmore will marry Amos Stewart on March 28. A miscellaneous shower at the Manson home honored her with prizes won by Mrs. George Michel Mrs. Carl Cherry and Mrs. Carl Clyver. About 30 guests attended with pink and white refreshments. Dean spoke on Recreation and Leisure Time at the Marion township PTA meeting in Lincoln auditorium.
The Marion Defense Bond Committee meeting at the Chamber of Commerce discussed tentative plans for a parade to precede the residential drive for defense bonds and savings stamps. A booth at the chamber will receive $100 for installation and decoration, and the chamber will cooperate in sponsoring the parade.
Elizabeth Persues 89 of Mt Vernon died Thursday at 5 am in Reamer Rest home 1223 Fourth avenue where she had lived a month The body was moved to Neff funeral home Mt Vernon Activities note Bridgettes club entertained by Mrs T A Barkwill prizes and travel prize awarded to Mrs Herbert Price Mrs Elmer Neff High prizes to Mrs and Mrs Harry Cloud plus hair product ad fragment follows.
Mrs Sam L Bear of 2727 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids is critically ill at her home. The Bears recently moved from West Marion neighborhood to Cedar Rapids. Western Auto Associate Store runs an advertisement for fence chargers, insulators and related electric fence supplies.
Sixty five members gathered Wednesday afternoon as the Friendly guild sponsored the program. Mrs. Louis C. Ross reviewed World Outlook articles on missions in China Borneo and the Philippines. Mrs. K V Murdoch read poems Prayer by Louis Untermeyer and Spring Cleaning by Eleanor Connor. Kathryn B Blinks division hosted.
The Electa circle of King's Daughters will convene Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs D B Storck. All members are urged to be present as important matters will be voted on.
Mrs Dora Morgan of Hopkinton is visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs James Fairley.
Recent guests at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hart included her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Sam Walker and their son Jerry from Burlington calling on the occasion.
R J Martin age 22 died Tuesday from injuries at a Clarksville Tennessee plant. He was a grandson of Mrs Myrtle Snyder of 1060 Fifth avenue and a former Marion resident.
The Jolly Dozen club meets Saturday at 2 p.m. with Betty Peck at 125 Fourteenth Street. Dr and Mrs Herbert Gerstman head to Chicago Friday to visit the Townsend club. No. 2 meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. bring sandwiches and enjoy entertainment. I T ri Missionary group meets Friday after school with Myrna Stimson at 984 Sixth Street. bring crayolas and an old hymnal. Mrs Lee Voorhies and Mrs R D Conley hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs Gene McDonniel with visitors from Anamosa and Cedar Rapids. W E Failor H Wuerth and Bernard Schenken returned from Cambridge and Tama on business. Ig Pasee spent the week in Cedar Rapids home of Mr and Mrs John Crawford. Mr and Mrs George A Hutchison went to Des Moines to visit Mrs Atchison’s sister. Iowa State college students from Marion visit parents this weekend. Jeanne Bowdish and Betty McBride return Thursday night. Robert Lary comes home Wednesday, Robert Hense and Ma Lary arrive Friday and Aid Hanna Saturday. Mrs Charlies A Ward entertained the Women’s Association of the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon. A J Keyes led the devotional.
The lessonTolerance in Brotherhoodwas presented by Mrs Norman J Waffle Tea was served by the hostess Mr and Mrs Andrew P Munsen returned Wednesday from a Mrs Munsen at Cincinnati and with Mrs Munsen s brother For rest Fisher at Huntington WV Miss La Verne Seikora a student at Iowa State College at Theodore Davis 941 Second Avenue was given a permit Wednesday to re roof his residence at a cost of 107 Mrs Minnie Whitehill who has been seriously ill in a Cedar Rapids hospital was taken to the home of Mr and Mrs Warren Hoff 896 Eighth Street Wednesday
August Bart els, a lifelong Lost Nation resident living on a farm three miles south of town, died by suicide at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. He shot himself in the head with a revolver and was found by his wife in an out-building. He had been ill for some time and is survived by his wife and two sons Herman and Edward. Body sent to Balster funeral home.
John W. Snyder 74 a farmer northwest of Manchester died Tuesday night at the Home for the Aged. Funeral at Silver Creek Methodist church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Wendlandt. Burial in church cemetery. Born in Bremen Germany he came to the U S at 17. Survived by widow four stepchildren nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Shellsburg consolidated school grades seven to present operettas Peter Rabbit and Tom Boy Jo Friday at 8 p.m. Directed by Miss Edna Lenicek with Thelma Dripps as accompanist, Peter Rabbit features first three grades with fourth to sixth grades in casting.
Clarence Arters, a 53 year old father of six, fought extradition to Iowa for a 1921 escape from a state prison. He pled his innocence, claimed good service records, and said he would rather serve aboard a tanker than return to jail. He was arrested in Philadelphia after an anonymous tip.
Des Moines AP report quotes David R. McCreery asserting every escapee must be recaptured and returned to custody. He cites Iowa’s seven prison camps housing 350 or 400 men and warns of an additional five year sentence for escape. The governor’s office has no official word on Arters extradition fight.
Center Junction hosts a mother and daughter banquet with Ruth Hansen as soloist and Mrs. Harm Dirks presiding. Ryan reports a chicken house fire at Jack Mangolds farm destroying about 500 five weeks old chicks. North Liberty announces the marriage of LaVonne Hines to Pvt. Carl E. Files of Brownwood Texas. Elgin double wedding of Frieda Miller and Russell Nelson. West Union to hear commencement address by James I Dolliver with school closing actions to aid farm work. Riverside elects Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters officers. Columbus Junction church rally planned. Belle Plaine marks 23rd American Legion anniversary with a supper for members.
Oklahoma newspapers mobilize readers to press Congress for a repeal of the 40 hour work week in defense plants, end to strikes in war work, and removal of racketeers from labor ranks. Campaign letters flood the delegation as residents hope the drive spreads nationwide until victory.
Carrier boys promote defense stamps and bonds with a two month effort. They have sold nearly a quarter of a million dollars in stamps and bonds, supporting wartime financing.
When constipation causes discomfort after meals stomach upset bloating dizzy spells gas and bad breath the bowel movement is sluggish. The remedy promotes a laxative with pepsin and syrup to aid digestion and soothe a touchy stomach.
Blairstown brothers join the United States naval reserve and are assigned to the same company with identical ratings for recruit training, serving together in the same unit.
DES MOINES INS reports the Iowa state guard at Camp solved the trousers mystery. Lieut. John T. Lonsdale announced the long awaited shipment arrived Thursday morning, currently somewhere between Delaware and Iowa, ending the search.
Mrs. A. M. Wenholz of Winthrop, longtime organist at the Vinton Presbyterian Church, has resigned after driving about 87,260 miles over 12 years to make biweekly 140 mile round trips, a tire shortage cited as the reason.
Iowa City announces a Civil Service funded course in explosives analysis for junior inspector positions. Led by Henry M. Shafer with supervision by George H. Coleman, the program requires three years of chemistry or equivalent experience. Evening sessions start March 27. no tuition, text books extra.
Aviation Cadet Keith E. Dougherty, son of Mr and Mrs Dougherty of Williamsburg, moves from Goodfellow Field to an advanced training school in Los Angeles Texas to learn to operate more powerful war planes. Upon completion he will be commissioned as a flying lieutenant and assigned to a combat unit. He previously studied at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Special to The Gazette reports a local death with survivors including a widow, two sons Earl A. and Paull, two daughters E Frazier and Mrs John Kak, and two Iowa City sisters Mary Dolmage and Ellen Geriits. Maurice Friedman and Susie Michael announce a Jewish music program at the University of Iowa. County Attorney Edward F. Bate filed charges against Everett Robinson for breaking and entering. A Johnson County ruling by Judge Gaffney upholding an information against George Paul for DUI is confirmed by the Iowa Supreme Court. Judge Gaffney fined Laurance Schnoor of Garwin $300 for DUI with most of the fine suspended for good behavior.
In Des Moines Dr. Gerald Wendt forecasts synthetics will replace natural silk and rubber after the war due to similar costs. He warns communities should anticipate television adoption soon, predicting a transformative 20 year span ahead.
Eleanor Hoyt Brainferd, Iowa born author, died in Pasadena after a three year illness. Her notable works include The Love of Mary Ellen and A Little Old Lady. The body will be sent to Iowa City for burial.
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