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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1944
Page
15
Frances Eby Jakoubek outlines practical wartime clothing care for a limited budget. Tips cover hat maintenance, blouse and slip adjustments, and posture advice amid war-time living, plus notices of Navy Mothers Club meeting and Cedar Chapter O E S events in May.
Mrs. Louise Bina of Belle Plaine announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Irene Louise to Harold M. Barron son of Martin Barron of Keystone. The wedding will be held Wednesday at 9 am in St. Michael's church Belle Plaine with Rev. Father E S Flynn officiating.
The Y W C A announces a Tuesday 8 p.m. board meeting to review regional conference trends. Misses Stein McKnight and Hoffmann will present. Tea for room registrants is Tuesday 3 p.m. Hostesses include Mrs. Linkletter Fisher Hillman Toogood. A May 22 employer employee banquet is planned with Co chairs Brown and Britt.
Roosevelt high school presents And Came the Spring a modern youth comedy directed by Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets Friday evening in the school auditorium. Cast includes Jean Probst Joseph Fiala Velma Cook Doris Petro Robert Clyde Peggy Thorpe William Pfeffer William Cohen Lyman Bulsen Duane De Long Darlene Farnham Charles Wolfe Dolores Groff Bruce Lane Helen Robinson Mary Ellen Dennis Richard Bukacek and more.
Ensign Guinevere Barnhart daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Barnhart of Waterloo and LaPorte City will wed Pfc. Theodore Tjossem son of Mrs. Lettie Tjossem of Primghar. The May 14 ceremony will be at the Methodist church in LaPorte City. Barnhart a Drake graduate and former teacher at Coggon high school holds a Coe College B M and Smith College commission. Tjossem a Drake graduate with an M A at Iowa and membership in Alpha Kappa Kappa is in the AS TP medical program.
Mr and Mrs George Schoeler announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Lois to Arnold Hertle son of Mr and Mrs August Hertle of Newhall. The wedding will take place Wednesday.
Dorothy Kubias will take office as president of Nu Phi Mu Beta chapter June 1. New officers include Hazel Perry as vice president and Shirley Thompson as recording secretary. Four new members Thelma Norland Barbara Klotzbach Kay Maxson and Jean Carney were initiated as the Cedar Rapids group marks its charter and first anniversary.
P T A groups in Polk Garfield Lincoln and Jackson districts plan officer installations and meetings. Officers for Cleveland and other areas include President Mrs J E Norrgard and Treasurer Mrs A C Bain. Activities include kindergarten hostesses and music programs with university speakers.
The fifty second Iowa state convention of the P E O Sisterhood will meet May 16 and 17 at the Odeon theater in Marshalltown with Mrs Carl D Thomas of Cedar Rapids as state organizer. Headquarters at Hotel Talicron. Other officers include President Mrs Elizabeth M Young Waterloo and Vice Presidents Mrs Katharine C Hughes Storm Lake and Mrs Jean Turnbull Davenport.
Van Buren P T A schedules meetings with safety film talks and officer installation. The parent group plans a potluck and a discussion on The Growing Childs Budget from March P T A magazine. Several PTAs set Wednesday or Tuesday gatherings with hosts and guest teachers.
Mr and Mrs J C Blodgett of 870 Sixteenth street SE announce the engagement of their daughter Carol to Pvt Donald C Heben son of Mr and Mrs Charles Heben of Iowa City The wedding is planned for this month Miss Blodgett is a Franklin high school graduate and will finish Coe college this June Pvt Heben is an Iowa City City high graduate and a former University of Iowa student now stationed at Camp Claiborne La
Miss Adora Sykes daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Sykes announces her engagement to Frank D Jones son of Mrs Jessie Jones The couple plan a August wedding Miss Sykes a teacher at Taylor school announced at a Taylor teachers tea The couple note blue and yellow color theme and blue May basket cards Miss Sykes is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and has taught in Big Springs and Taylor schools
Miss Jeanne Cash of Oklahoma City announces her engagement to Naval Aviation Cadet Edward Burkett Row Jr of Seattle and Pensacola. The couple plans a June wedding in Pensacola. Cash is a University of Oklahoma graduate active in music and Mortar Board. Row attended the University of Washington and is a Sigma Nu member.
A large class of candidates will receive Scottish Rite degrees in Iowa Consistory and concordant bodies from Tuesday through Thursday this week. The schedule lists degree masters and degrees across Tuesday to Thursday with multiple clubs and places named. 6006 CALIFORNIA VISITOR IN KUBIAS HOME shows a Cedar Rapids social note and a separate courtesy dinner hosted by Mrs. Emma Preston for Cpl. and Mrs. Fred C. Preston with guests from nearby towns.
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