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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1942

Page

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Music Week Theme Tied Into War Activities in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids launches a citywide Music Week tied to wartime unity and morale. Sponsored by the recreation department, events span Mount Mercy Chapel, Memorial Coliseum, Sinclair Chapel, and the YWCA with choirs, orchestras, recitals, and community sings led by local schools, colleges, and religious groups from today through Saturday, all open to the public.

Cedar Rapids USIC Americas United Nations City Recreation Department Judd Dean Helen Kacena Stark John E. Hutchins Leo Peiffer Sister Mary de Lourdes

Chorus Broadcast and Coe Recital Mark Music Week in Cedar Rapids

A 4:30 pm WMT radio broadcast by the Womens club chorus and a Coe senior recital lead Cedar Rapids Music Week events. The Coe program, at Sinclair Memorial chapel, features Miss Marybei Jacobson soprano with Betty Jane Nelson as accompanist, under Prof. Schumann Ray and Prof. Max Daehler. A second 8:15 pm Edna Dieman studio ballet program follows at Immaculate Conception auditorium with dancers including Jo Prantricia Schaber and Alice Ruth Mikasa among many, plus a brief dance showcase. Admission charged for the dance recital.

Woman's Club Immaculate Conception School Sister Mary Leo Miss Meloney Beethoven Club Y.W.C.A Ohmann Edna Mae Sila Musicians of Cedar Rapids William Vesely Red Cross Coliseum Betty Jean Stephenson Sinclair Chapel Beulah Wessale Mount Mercy Franklin High School Roland Moehlmann Helen Keith McKinley Wilson Paul Anthony Woman’s Club Chorus Coe Edna Dieman WMT Grace Meloney Lulu Engelman Welty Sidney L. Myers Marybei Jacobson Paul Schumann Ray Betty Jane Nelson Max Daehler Sinclair Memorial Chapel Immaculate Conception Fourth Avenue SE I Viennese Bailet Strauss Joyce Blaine Libdal Jo Prantricia Schaber Jane Weeger Verry Nevins Merya Schumann Alice Ruth Mikes Patricia Ufmen Marilyrn Ladd Beulah Detwilerary Jane Hubbard Jean Eaten Aliayne Konecny Pierrot Joan Lattner K. Poerette Alice Ruth Mikasa Vaise Fran Koube Marilyn Ladd Mertirn Alyce Mary Chadima Joan Lattner Mary Jane Hubbard Jean Denton Peggy Threlkeld Allayne Konecny Alice Ruth Mikas Beulah Detwiler Marilyn Morehouse Phyllis Darby Jane Nelson

I C Seniors to Present Comedy On Friday Night

Immaculate Conception high school seniors stage the Yale production The Crab Apple a three act comedy next Friday at 8 15 in the I C Auditorium Cast includes McVei as Mr Hunter Lorraine Reding Jim Jerry Glaza George Dick De Marah Amy Elaine Thoennes Shirley Westinghouse Paddy Bill Crowley Dr John Barbara Elder directs Don Fox and Dick Curley stage manage and a large crew builds a modern set with Mary Delores Pusateri chairpersons and Dorothy Funkey in charge of costumes with several student helpers named in the production team

Immaculate Conception High School I. C Yale McVei Mr. Hunter Lorraine Reding

OPA Warns Against Hoarding Gasoline

Washington based Office of Price Administration warns hoarding gasoline ahead of rationing is unpatriotic and invites serious fires. It cautions against storing gasoline in cans in basements or garages, calling gasoline a dangerous explosive. The warning follows input from fire insurance and protection experts.

Washington Office of Price Administration OPA

Des Moines Bank Fraud Suspect Receives Concurren t Sentence

James I Barnett 55 of Tulsa Oklahoma, already sentenced by Judge George C Scott for defrauding Merchant National Bank, received a second similar three year term from Judge Charles A Dewey in Des Moines. The sentences run concurrently at Leavenworth federal penitentiary.

James I. Barnett Tulsa Okla George C. Scott Merchant National Bank Des Moines Charles A. Dewey Barnett Central National Bank and Trust Company Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary

Mount Mercy Music Program And Cedar Rapids Concert

A multi-venue music program unfolds tonight at Mount Mercy Chapel and Memorial Coliseum with Mount Mercy choir organist Mary Elizabeth Soreghan and director Sister Mary de Lourdes. Additional performances include Bethel AME choir, Mount Mercy choristers under Helen Kacena Stark, St Paul’s Methodist quartet, Coe reading chorus led by J Dale Welsch, and a First Baptist church participation. The program features hymns, spirituals, and classical selections with Frank Bates on organ, Martha Lekse Novak on piano, and Donald Kroll as song leader, ending with a Coe recital by Phyllis Darby and Jane Nelson.

Mount Mercy Mount Mercy Chapel Mary de Lourdes Mary Elizabeth Soreghan Cedar A Symphony Orchestra Joseph Kitchin Memorial Coliseum Frank Bates Steven Barwick Virginia Ohmann Paul Miner Grant Anderson Wibur Bakehouse Phyllis Darby Betty Jane Nelson Sinclair Memorial Chapel Mounterey College Coe Cedar Rapids Symphony Wilbur Bakehouse Martha Lekse Novak Donald Kroll Martin Hickman Dominic Loferski Bethel A. M. E Edith Atkinson Mary Lee Parks Pianis Helen Kacena Stark Gloria Zamenek Richard Keen St. Paul's Andrea Johannsen Clyde Sanborn Harold Kofron Marvin Gard Marshall Hickman J. Dale Welsch First Baptist Church Evie Martin Eae Jerusalem Ampin Martini Pueri Hebraeorum Palestrina Meeiing Malotte Richard Ao Garrett Ed Paui

Symphony Concert Today Features Younger Talent

Cedar Rapids Symphony led by Prof. Joseph Kitchin opens Music Week with a 3:30 pm Memorial Coliseum concert featuring young soloists Frank Bates organist and Steven Barwick pianist. Bates, St Johns church organist and Coe graduate, studies under Eleanor Taylor Wendland. Barwick, Coe senior, studies under Max Daehler and plays with the Cedar Rapids Symphony and Coe band. both soloists reflect the season’s emphasis on emerging local talent.

Cedar Rapids St. John’s Episcopal Church Eleanor Taylor Wendland Bates Coe College Barwick L. H. Barwick Lincoln Neb McKinley High School Coe Max Daehler Cedar Rapids Symphony

Ambulance Attendants Take National Defense Training Course

Ambulance service attendants study in a special national defense training program led by city and county law enforcement officers and defense officials. Sheriff Jim Smith and Linn county coroner Dr. R. E. Munden have led sessions on defense emergency procedures. Captain Gordon Hughes of Cedar Rapids police will lead next, on War and Urgency Traffic Conditions, next Thursday at 7:30.

Jim Smith R. E. Munden Linn County Gordon Hughes Cedar Rapids

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