Engagement of Maxine McAnulty to John A Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. N R McAnulty of Toledo announce the engagement of their daughter Maxine to Aviation Cadet John A Bailey son of Mr. and Mrs E C Bailey Memorial drive SE No date set for the wedding The bride elect is a Toledo High School graduate who studied at Coe College and served as secretary to Attorney Willard F Russell Cadet Bailey a Franklin High School graduate attended Coe College until enlisting in the naval air corps He was a Tau Kappa Epsilon member and last June transferred to the army air corps and is now stationed in San Antonio Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. McAnulty
Toledo
Maxine
John A
E. C. Bailey
Memorial Drive
Noate
Toledo High School
Coe College
Vesper
Coronet
Willard F. Russell
Bailey
Franklin High School
Coe
Naval Air Corps
Tau Kappe Epsilon
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Buttons Fashion the War Era Wardrobe Trends
A Chicago style column notes buttons gain practicality and decoration as zippers dwindle. It highlights carved plastic and wood buttons on dresses, a South American inspired linen suit, a grey beige wool dress with Chinese embroidery, and a fox hunt red club coat plus patent accessories. It also mentions sweater dickeys, plaid teen fabrics, a trundle stick for shopping trips, a Honolulu Lil lapel pin novelty, and a rose cream mask on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utton
Button
Church Groups Plan Meetings and Socials Across Parishes
Local church groups schedule weekly gatherings at St. Pauls Methodist Immaculate Conception and St. Matthew areas. Activities include Bible classes missionary society luncheons picnic luncheons potluck suppers and guest speakers with hostesses named for each event.
Variety Marks Social Events At Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon reports a busy week of social happenings led by an A A U W reception for Cornell college senior women at the president Mrs J H Ennis home with officers in attendance. Ensign Charles Hokonson and wife hosted a navy school dinner in Wooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Cornell College
J. H. Ennis
Elizabeth Myers
Ensign
Charles Hokonson
Wooster
Ohio
James Macauley
Dana Wilcox
Wilcox
Don Pringle
Esther Barber
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Midkiff
Lydia
Hattie Miller
Agnes Vrooman
J. Kidder
Pfc
Howard J. Peterson
Miami Beach
Onslow School Faculty Hosts Directors At Superintendent Home
The Onslow faculty entertained school directors and families at Supt and Mrs Wilson Briggs home on Tuesday. Bridge games awarded prizes to Mr and Mrs Alva Streeper Mrs George Paulsen and Mrs Kenneth Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow School
Supt
Wilson Briggs
Alva Streeper
George Paulsen
Kenneth Kennedy
Miss Black Bride of Mr. Humston in Elkton Maryland
Clara Belle Black daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Shea of Cedar Junction and Raymond L Lloyd Humston of Washington Iowa were married March 4 in Elkton Maryland. Mrs Humston is a former Washington resident and nurse trainee now a clerk in Chester Pennsylvania. Mr Humston, seaman second class, is assigned to a cruiser and the couple will live at 1608 upland Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Belle Black
Ben Shea
Oe Junction
Raymond L. Lloyd Humston
Washington
Elkton
Humston
Teachers High School
Cedar Falls
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Baldwin Locomotive
Chester, Pa
Washington, Ia
Upland
Chester
Center Junction club meetings hold at schoolhouse
The Men's Community club met at the school house last Tuesday with Mark Risinger leading the business session followed by social time and light refreshments. Mrs Boyd Christensen hosted the Woman's club Tuesday with Alene Easterly presiding. Olive Bender Ella Clark and Thelma Christensen discussed "Three Great Ancient Religions."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Risinger
Boyd Christensen
Alene Easterly
Olive Bender
Ella Clark
Thelma Christensen
Rosella Hessenius Marries Corp Everett Fruendt
Miss Hessenius and Corp Everett Fruendt wed March 10 at Trinity Lutheran church Laos. Rev I F Hoddle performed the double ring ceremony. The bride wore a navy street length dress with American beauty roses. attendant Mrs Marvin Dencklan wore brown. Corp Dencklan served as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Hessenius
van Horne
Rosella
Corp
Everett Fruendt
Henry Fruendt
Guernsey
Trinity Lutheran Church
Laos
I. F. Hoddle
Marvin Dencklan
Fort Dodge
Dencklan
Benefit card party aids ambulance project for Iowa service
A Masonic and Eastern Star benefit card party at the Masonic hall raised funds for the worthy grand matron project to purchase an ambulance for Iowa men in service. The school board swore in new members with B. H. Johnson elected president. other directors are Elmer Baxter K. F. McNiell P. G. Mills and T. W. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Masonic and
Eastern Star
Iowa
B. H. Johnson
Elmer Baxter
K. F. McNiell
P. G. Mills
T. W. Lewis
Marriage Announcement for Charlotte Leonhardt and Cecil Disterhoft
Announcement lists the marriage of Charlotte Leonhardt of Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin to Private Cecil Disterhoft son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Disterhoft of Williamsburg. The ceremony was performed by Father F C Frechette at the Catholic chapel in Fairfield Ohio on March 6. A 25th wedding anniversary dinner for Mr and Mrs William Heitshusen was served to 14 guests last since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Leonhardt
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Cecil Disterhoft
Clarence Disterhoft
Williamsburg
F. C. Frechette
Fairfield
Ohio
William Heitshusen
Notable Views on Sinclair Lewis From Sauk Center Historian
A historian compares Sauk Center's academy of instruction with the Sorbonne and argues that Sinclair Lewis wrote about one side of Main Street. The remark suggests a selective portrayal of the town through Lewis’s lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk Center Academy of Individual Instruction
Sorbonne
Sauk Center
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Main Street
Faces at War excerpt praises vivid German invaders description
A reader quotes a passage from Lorna Lindsley’s War Is People praising the vivid imagery of German troops during the French occupation. The reviewer notes the prose captures horror and dehumanized soldiers, contrasting their indistinct faces with French soldiers, while recalling Lindsley’s travels in Spain during the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oana Lindsley
France
Barcelona
Palestine
Montparnasse
Harding Davis
War ration notices outline March allowances and expiry dates
Rationing details cover coffee, sugar, gasoline, and food items with coupon validity from March 15 to April 30. Sugar and shoe coupons extend to June 15. Fuel oil controls remain separate with adjusted office hours from April 1. Linn county war price and rationing board, A. T. Pleune, administers operations from the American building with stated hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County War Price and Rationing Board
A. T. Pleune
First Avenue
Second Street
Bank
War and Pearl Harbor Reflections in 1943 Novel Reviews
A reader notes Margaret Mackerang MacKay’s For All Men Born set against Pearl Harbor and wartime upheaval. The plot follows Katharine Lathrop en route to America with Hawaii as a pivotal stop, while depictions of the Ambrose family and Primrose Grey enrich the wartime backdrop. The reviewer praises the characterization and vivid Hawaiian life, while criticizing the slim plot and occasional blue pencil needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mackerang MacKay
United States
China
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Katherine Lathrop
America
MacKay
Suny
Ambroses
Sophia Ambrose
Herr Prof. Frankel
Austria
Primrose Grey
Lonedon
Peter Ambrose
Britain
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John Bailey
Louise
Les Femmes
Fox Hunt
Mary Mothers
Junior
Honolulu
St. George Orthodox
Calvary Baptist
Women’s Missionary ‘Society
Guild
Westminster Presbyterian
Protheon
James Killian
Pleasant Drive
Second Christian
G. K Strausser
Third Street
Walter Lake
C Avenue NW
Ernestine Cheney
St. Paul's Methodist
Church
Forest Rutgers
Blanche Carrier
Mothers Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Frank Guyott
Lloyd Douglass
Wsc.s
Circle
Ladies Aid Society
Saren Lutheran
Women’s Missionary Society
van Vechten Guild
Elmer Curry
George Holmes
General Alliance of Women Organizations
Sudhindra Bose
Iowa City
India
Immaculate Conception
St. Rose Circle
Emma Callahan
Julia Delaney
St. James
Gleaners
J. A. Hayward
Fifth Street NW
Grace Episcopal
Woman's Auxiliary Guild
George Witlack
Fifteenth Street SE
Trinity Methodist
C. L. Morningstar
Third Avenue
Lyle Finefield
B Avenue NW
Charles Roy
First Avenue NW
J. L. Jarboe
Division 5
Floyd Alderman
St. Matthew's
St. Gertrude’s Circle
the Light Company
First Presbyterian
Chapel Society
S. G. Platt
David I. Berger
St. Martha's Circle
Leo Custer
G. E. Estill
Central Park
Martha
A. C. Robbie
Bever Avenue SE
Bethany Congregational
Phoebe Lamb
St. John’s Episcopal
St. John’s Woman's Auxiliary
Guild Hall
Park Avenue
Nineteenth Streeet
William Damour
Frank Kellogg
O. Johnson
Gertrude Denlinger
First Christian
May Frick
Merrell Smith
Wildwood Drive
Kenneth Hastie
Women's Forum
A. J. Barth
Eighteenth Street
Clubs
Companions of the Forest
Forester Hall
B. of
L. E
B. of L. E
K. P. Hall
V. F. W. Auxiliary
V. F. W. Post No
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge No. 221
I. O. O. F. Hall
Star of Maine
Rebekah Lodge No. 221
IL. O. O. F. Hall
Women of the Moose
Women of the Moose Chorus
Margaret Biencoe
Alyce Syers
Community House
Lydia Shultz
Paramount Theater
Royal Neighbors of
Valley Camp
R.N.A
Maine Lodge Hall
Star of the West
Star of the West Lodge
Pythians
Pythian Hall
The
Maccabees
Linn
Ioway Hive
Sokol Hall
Maccabees Court
Sokol Haill
Mercy Division No
G.la
K.P. Hall
Division No. 159
Division 159
Alli B
G.I.A
Carrie Morcombe
Tirzah Club
Joe Stang
Standard Life
Standard Life Association No. 172
Charles Cozart
A Avenue NW
Praha Rebekah
Praha Rebekah Lodge No. 5
Tom Menary
Cedar Rebekah
Cedar Rebekah Lodge No
General Dodge
the Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Building
Degree of Honor Protective Association No. 4
Sohol Hall
Fidelity Booster Club
Richard E. Stevens
Fourteenth Street
Marion
T. Z. Cook
T. Z
Millie Osborn
Mary Judd
Janie
King Solomon
DIAL
Miss Black Bride
Mr. Humston
Raymond Humston
Center Junction
Gina Ho
Sete
Amenca
Killian Company
Miss Hessenius and
Corp. Fruendt
Central
Lorna Lindsley
Houghton Mifflin
Ration Board
Island Romance
John Day
E. A. Kriz & Son
First Street
Brabbit-Taylor Music CO
King Band Instruments
Columbia Records
Music Appreciation Records
Martin-Senour
Second Avenue
Martin's
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