Seabrooke announces marriage of Doris Seabrooke and Cliff Edwards
Doris Seabrooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Seabrooke of 1403 First Street SW, wed Cliff Edwards son of Mrs. Nellie Edwards of Burlington in Canton Missouri on Saturday March 15 with Justice of the Peace William Downs officiating. Attendants were Miss Alice Kolda and Leonard Yanacek of Cedar Rapids. The bride wore navy with matching accessories and orchids. the bridesmaid wore powder blue with gardenias and talisman roses. Both newlyweds work at Witwer Grocery and reside at 701 First Avenue W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Seabrooke
First Street
Doris
Cliff Edwards
Nellie Edwards
Burlington
Canton
William Downs
Alice Kolda
Leonard Yanacek
Cedar Rapids
Andersons to be honored during Cedar Rapids visit
Mr and Mrs Arthur B Anderson and their son David, from Chicago and formerly of Cedar Rapids, stay with Mr and Mrs Henry S Duttweiler at 1123 First Avenue before moving to Portland Oregon where Anderson will join as research chemist for the Western Pine Association. Friday evening the Watters host a courtesy gathering for the Anders ons with eleven guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Anderson
David
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Henry S. Duttweiler
First Avenue
Portland
Ore
Anderson
Western Pine Association
R. K. Watters
Avenue
Beverly Jean Church Celebrates Fifth Birthday Party
Beverly Jean Church daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark J Church of 2926 E avenue NE celebrated her fifth birthday at a Thursday party. Guests included Mrs Ray Holston and Diane Mrs Arnold Blessing and Donna Jean Larry Horr Sally Campbell and Ronnie Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Jean Church
Clark J. Church
E Avenue NE
Ray Holston
Diane
Arnold Blessing
Donna Jean
Larry Horr
Sally Campbell
Ronnie Church
Loyal Eight Club Hosts Meeting at Mrs Zisca Home
Mrs Marie Zisca entertained Loyal Eight club members at her home on Wednesday evening. Edna Boxwell was admitted to the club. The next meeting on April 9 will be at Mrs Gail Postel’s Marion home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Zisca
Avenue
Loyal Eight Club
Edna Boxwell
Gail Postel
Marion
Past Presidents Meet for Luncheon at Cedar Rapids Club
Twelve members of the Past Presidents association of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club gathered Thursday at the club house for luncheon and a program. Hostesses were Mrs. S R Hawkins, Mrs Ben Ogden, and Mrs. F W Damour. Mrs. F D Fillmore read an original composition Retelling of the Santa Fe Trail detailing her research in Santa Fe and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presidents’ Association of the
Cedar Rapids
Dinner party honors bride-elects and guests
Entertaining at dinner Thursday evening were Mr and Mrs R R Williamson at 1715 Washingon avenue SE. Honored guests included Miss Naomi Kester bride elect of Newell Kendrick of Greenfield Massachusetts and Miss Ethel Martin bride elect of Edgar Bumpas of Windsor Massachusetts, plus Mr Williamson whose birthday is Friday. Other guests were Mr and Mrs H D Wingert and daughter Mary Louise, Miss Norma Dietrich, and Miss Laura Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Williamson
Washington Avenue
Naomi Kester
Newell Kendrick
Greenfield
Mass
Ethel Martin
Edgar Bumpas
Windsor
Mr. Williamson
H. D. Wingert
Mary Louise
Norma Dietrich
Laura Williamson
Beta Sigma Phi dinner meeting honors new officers
The Beta Iota chapter held a dinner at the Commonwealth tea room on Monday with 17 members present. Officers elected were President Eleanore Condon, Vice President Vinetta Tiffany, Secretary Paulyne Matheson, and Treasurer Mary Gibson. Bernice Monahan led the educational segment on Paths to Loveliness.
Mrs Hayward Honored At Bridal Shower
Mrs. Roy E. Hayward, a recent bride, was the guest of honor at a shower hosted by her mother in law Mrs. J. A. Hayward at 1518 Fifth Street NW. Ruth and Sybil Hayward assisted, bingo preceded gifts and refreshments, with guests including Mrs. H. E Hanson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Hayward
J. A. Hayward
Fifth Street NW
Ruth
Sybil Hayward
Theron Smith Hosts Bridge Club Gathering
Mrs. Theron Smith hosted her bridge club at 1049 Avenue NW on Thursday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. L. D Langfeldt, Mrs. Hillis Guild, and Mrs. Lawrence Rohrhbacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Smith
Avenue NW
Bridge Club
L. D Langfeldt
Hillis Guild
Lawrence Rohrhbacher
Veterans of Foreign Wars Aux honored in Davenport dinner
Mrs Irene Barry and Mrs Addie Campbell of Davenport were honored at a Wednesday dinner by VFW Auxiliary No 788 before a Memorial Building meeting. New initiates were Mrs Vern Usher Mrs Ben Elgas and Mrs Floyd Baker. The annual whiringding is set for Des Moines Saturday and Sunday. The next meeting is April 9 at 8 pm at the Memorial Building with officer reports and elections. National president Mable E Tommer of Missouri and national commander Joseph Menendez of New Orleans will attend Des Moines event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Barry
Addie Campbell
Davenport
Bishop's Cafeteria
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary No. 788
Memorial Building
Barry
Vern Usher
Ben Elgas
Floyd Baker
Des Moines
Hope circle of King's Daughters meeting report
Mrs. R. D. Wilson hosted a dessert luncheon for Hope circle members at 829 Twenty first avenue SW. Mrs. Leonard Lyon presided and discussed the county union meeting and the Silver Cross magazine. Mrs. Wilson led devotions and Mrs. E. A. Clayton spoke on the Iowa branch bulletin. Next gathering is April 10 at Red Cross sewing rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Wilson
Twentyfirst Avenue
Hope Circle of
King’s Daughters
Leonard Lyon
County Union
Silver Cross Magazine
Wilson
E. A. Clayton
Iowa
Red Cross Sewing Rooms
Brumbaugh Named Boston College Backfield Coach
Carl Brumbaugh former Bears player and scout will join Boston College as backfield coach, announced by Head Coach Denny Myers on Friday in Newton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Carl Brumbaugh
Chicago Bears
Boston College
Denny Myers
Wellman Guttenberg Rated Superior In S U S Play Festival
Iowa City noon ratings named Wellman Eldon LeGrand Guttenberg New Providence among Class C high schools rated below or above others. twelve schools including Lisbon Clarence Rowley Monona Melbourne Delmar Vinton School for the Blind What Cheer South English Mount Vernon Winfield and Dysart received excellent marks. Junior college results list Russell Bryan Red Oak and Calvin De Vries Northwestern Orange City third Michael Cuff Fort Dodge and David Carmichael Graceland in top placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iown
Wellman
Eldon
LeGrand
Guttenberg
New Providence
Lisbon
Clarence
Rowley
Monona
Melbourne
Delmar
Vinton School For the Blind
What Cheer
South English
Mount Vernon
Winfield
Dysart
Russell Bryan
Red Oak Junior College
Calvin de Vries
Northwestern
Orange City
Michael Cuff
Fort Dodge
David Carmichael
Graceland College
Lamoni
Sales Barn Operators Oppose Bill In House
Iowa sales barn operators met with State Veterinarian H A Seidell to oppose House file 472 a bill to license bond and regulate sales barns They fault a 5000 bond 25 license fee weigh bills trucker ownership and purebred stock registry Seidell warned of possible loss of current inspections if the bill fails and noted a floor hearing is desired by the agriculture department. P N Gibson of West Liberty led the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Association of Sales Barn
H. A. Seidell
Iowa
Seidell
State Department of Agriculture
Department
P. N. Gibson
West Liberty
Association
Pisarik and Craft plead not guilty on liquor law charges
Joseph A Pisarik and Donald Craft faced arraignment before Judge J E Heiserman on charges of violating state liquor laws. Pisarik, with prior convictions, and Craft, owner of the Drop Inn tavern, faced bail sets of 1000 and 500 dollars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A Pisarik
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Donald Craft
Eleventh Avenue SE
J E Heiserman
Pisarik
Craft
Cedar Rapids
Delinquent tax sale postponed to May 28
The auction of property for delinquent taxes was postponed from Friday to May 28 due to a lack of bidders. Ralph Maxon and his partner in the Service Garage in Marion are named as defendants in related matters. John C. Edwards seeks dissolution of the partnership and a receiver for the garage. Christina Prokop’s will was probated with Anna Prokop Havlik confirmed executrix without bond. A $100 bequest to Rev Wenceslaus Panek and remainder to Mrs Havlik were declared. Eugene Hepker faces a $132.21 jury verdict in an account action by John A Limbach. a new trial motion was filed and instructions excepted. Verdict date noted as March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Maxon
Marion
John C. Edwards
Anna Prokop Havick
Christina Prokop
Wenceslaus Panek
Eugene Hepker
John A Limbach
Friday
J. E Heiserman
A Trifle Early For This Sort Of Thing
Providence college students were startled when the Cowl, the daily students weekly, announced a compulsory military service registration for ages 18 to 45 with inductions in June. It was revealed to be the Cowl’s four day early April First prank edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Providente College
State Office Building Bill Passes Senate
A bill to appropriate 1 650 000 for a state office building on the capitol grounds in Des Moines passed the Iowa senate 46 to 2. It now goes to the house for action and, if approved, bids could be called after plans are prepared. The bill creates a three by three committee to work with the executive council on construction. If the project cannot proceed, funds are earmarked and cannot revert to the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Executive Council
Legislative Advisory Committee
State General Fund
John P. Berg
Cedar Falls
S Ray Emerson
Creston
Public Lands and Buildings Committee
Allied Industrial League briefings set at Y M C A
Two committees meet Friday at the Y M C A with the basketball committee at 8 pm and the horseshoe committee to convene. All interested horseshoe pitchers are invited. Eleven Baldwin high school seniors touring Cedar Rapids visited Quaker Oats Hutchinson Ice Cream Gazette plant Standard Oil and WMT. The group was led by K W C Helland Baldwin superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Industrial League
Baldwin High School
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Gazette Plant
Standard Oil Company
WMT
K. W C Helland
Baldwin
Olds high school girls tour Cedar Rapids industry
Eight girls from Olds High School home economics visited Cedar Rapids on Friday, visiting Petersen Baking, Quaker Oats, Hutchinson Ice Cream, Penick and Ford, and The Gazette. Elva Johnson led the group. In a separate event, McKinley night school Spanish classes were entertained by Los Amigos club with John Lopez as MC and a program of songs and dances by Rose, Florence, and Grace Rodriguez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds High School
Cedar Rapids
Petersen Baking Company
Quaker Oats Plant
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Penick and Ford Company
Gazette
Elva Johnson
McKinley Night School
Los Amigos Club
John Lopez
Keith Tow
YMCA
Rose
Florence
Grace Rodriguez
Joe Arce
Richard Mendoza
Mr. Lopez
Teenager held after alleged theft at waffle party
BettyPickerill an 18 year old swing was held by police after she admitted taking a ten dollar bill from Rose Falt during a waffle party at Falt s home. Detectives investigate the loss of about fifty dollars in jewelry also reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Pickerill
the Royal Hotel
Bill Kudina
Rose Falt
Seventeenth Avenue NW
Miss Falt
Miss Falr
Local draftees ordered to report for Fort Des Moines induction
George Gunderson and Richard William Niswander are ordered to report to the local draft board on Saturday morning for induction into army service at Fort Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
George Gunderson
Richard William Niswander
Draft Board
Fort Des Moines
Suspect Narcotic Addict In Slaying Of Woman Doctor
In Richmond Maine a 38 year old woman physician Dr Laverne Harris Joss was found slain in her brick colonial office home. Police pursue a bearded shabby man suspected of narcotics addiction after the husband Merrill Joss reported a stranger sought narcotics earlier that night. Investigators theorize the attacker killed her during the husband’s absence and dragged her to the cellar stairs foot where her body lay when he returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Me
Laverne Harris Joss
Colonial Office
Merrill Joss
Joss
Paul Walz is Dead in California After Long Illness
Paul Walz of Los Angeles a former Cedar Rapids resident died in a Santa Barbara California hospital after a long illness. He was the son of Rev J G Walz former pastor and presiding elder of Zion Evangelical church. He left Cedar Rapids about 1919 and had worked in a Los Angeles bank for 18 years. Surviving are his wife a daughter and his parents in Los Angeles two brothers Edward of Des Moines and Theodore of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Walz
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
Santa Barbara
Calif
Harry Meyer
F Avenue
Walz
J. G. Walz
Zion Evangelical Church
Edward
Des Moines
Theodore
Chicago
Funeral services for Charles Svec at Barta chapel Saturday
Funeral services for Charles Svec, who died at his home on Wednesday, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Barta chapel with T. B. Hlubu eek officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may visit the chapel Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Svec
Tenth Street SE
Barta Chapel
T. B. Hlubueek
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for John Arm strong Wilson
Funeral services for John Arm strong Wilson aged near unknown will be held in Moen chapel for a man who died at his home on Thursday at 126 Twenty seventh street drive SE. Local authorities will arrange burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Armstrong Wilson
Twenty Seventh Street Drive
Moen Chapel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doris Seabrooke
Bride
Arthur Andersons
Loyal 8 Club
Beta Sigma Phi
Mrs. Hayward
H. E Hanson
Margaret Hanson
Frank Elias
Donald Whitney
Orley McCune
Arthur Reed
Don Dwyer
Charles Mitchell
Joseph Schmitt
Doris Preston
Gazette-Duesor
Kathleen Hogan
Monticallo
The
Mrs. Smith
Vv. F. W. Auxiliary
Hope Circle
Natal
First Avenue E
Ritz
America
Nabisco” National Biscuit Company
Brumbaugh
Boston
Wellman, Guttenberg
S.U.S
Court House News
First Trust and Savings Bank
John F Bredl
JJ E Heiserman
Justin T Evans
Elsie E. Evans
Alex Homsey
Bred
Senate
City Briefs
Olds
Hladky
Grocery and Market
4Th Ave
Dial
First Ave
SALE
Paul Wals
J. A. Wilson
J T Stewart
Cedar Valley Lodge No
Brotherhood of Raileway and Steamship Clerks
Ce Ly
First Avenue East
Little Fellow
Eton
East Beys
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