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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1941

Page

4

Traveling portrait exhibition opens at Cedar Rapids gallery

A show of 39 uncommissioned portraits painted as seen will open Saturday at the Cedar Rapids Art Association gallery on the second floor of the public library. Leon Zeman will lecture on the portraits Sunday at 3:30. Exhibition hours are 11:30 to 1:30 and 3:30 to 5:30 weekdays, 2:30 to 5:30 Sundays. Aleph Club hosts Parents and Founders Day at Temple Judah.

Cedar Rapids Art Association Public Library Leon Zeman Franklin High School Wall AZA Aleph Club Temple Judah Stanley Greenberg Morris Estes T Eon Jerome Greenberg W. A. Jacobs First Congregational Church

Harmony circle hosts dessert lunch and installs officers

Harmony circle of the King's Daughters met for a dessert lunch on Thursday with Mrs A W Daniels at 2111 Fifth Avenue SE. Mrs Henry E Haegg, county president, attended and officiated. officers installed were Mrs Daniels president, Mrs P T Rachman vice president, and Mrs A B Hird secretary-treasurer. The Jolly Neighbors met with Mrs Nellie Scott at 1020 Thirtieth Street NE. Bunco prizes went to Mrs Mildred Johnson and Mrs Ruth Hines. guest Mrs Etta Hopker attended. Next meeting set for May 22 with Mrs Mildred Woode at 1502 E Avenue NE.

Harmony Circle of the King's Daughters A. W. Daniels Fifth Avenue SE Henry E. Haegg FN. Eaton Daniels P T Rachman A. B. Hird Nellie Scott Thirtieth Street Bunco Mildred Johnson Ruth Hines Etta Hopker Mildred Woode E Avenue

Junior Red Cross Picnic Set for Saturday Morning

The Junior Red Cross plans a picnic this Saturday at 10 am in Bever Park large pavilion. Members should bring their own lunch. If rain occurs the event will move to the following Saturday.

Red Cross Bever Park

We the Women by Ruth Milelt urges concrete roles for defense work

The article argues American women need specific duties assigned by government rather than vague advice. It cites a mother and daughter dinner at First Baptist Church and praises women like Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt who could shape a national program. It contends organized leadership motivates women to contribute through nursing, first aid, and fundraising to support defense efforts.

Was EN Franklin Roosevelt

Mrs McAllister Honored At Bridge Club Dinner

Mrs Arthur Birney and Mrs Robert D. Wilson hosted a dinner for the bridge club at 881 Oakland Ave NE to honor Mrs Warren W McAllister who will soon accompany Lieut. McAllister to Fort MacArthur, California. A gift was presented and guests later gathered at 1526 Seventh Ave SE for more bridge.

Marian Rahe Henry Teahen Immaculata Circle Immaculate Conception Church Cunningham Bernice Rahe Ruth O'Brien William Sedlak L. L Augustine Leonard Vlach Ed Cuyler Bernice Esther Nelma Rahe Leona Webber Mary Adrienne Brady Margaret Mackin Eleanor Scntt Isla May Reichel Ruth Garrett Florence Hughes Mary Margaret Hoff Corrine Borman Marcella Comisky Margaret O'Brien Marguerite Broghammer Mary Louise Kiffe Alice Colgan Rosaline Collins Arthur Birney Oakland Avenue NE Robert D. Wilson Warren W McAllister McAllister Fort McArthy Calif Margaret Watt Seventh Avenue SE Cecilia Johnson Iola Mentzer Frank G Mary Paul Novak Arthur Mehaffey

Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet at First Evangelical Church

The Gamma Delta Sigma class sponsors a banquet for mothers and daughters at the First Evangelical Church dining room on Monday at 6 pm. Reservations can be made by dialing 2-2314, Mrs. N. P. Carr.

First Evangelical Church Gamma Delta Sigma N ‘Pt Carr

Young Peoples Hard of Hearing Bowling Party At YMCA

The Young Peoples Hard of Hearing society invites members and friends to a bowling party at the YMCA Wednesday evening. Those planning to attend should call 2-1606 by Sunday.

Socety YMCA

Odaka Camp Fire Members Honor Mothers at Tea

Odaka Camp Fire members and their guardian Mrs W C Forsberg will honor the mothers with a tea and program Saturday at 2 30 PM at Grace Episcopal Church.

Odaka W. C Forsberg Grace Episcopal Church

Firecracker Blast Spurs Ford Plant Probe

Detectives say a giant firecracker wrapped in brown paper exploded in a Ford plant shower room, blamed on a prankster. Police report no tool or die damage possible. FBI said to be reviewing similar reports.

Detroit Reuben Orr Dearborn Police Tool Ford Mote Company Rise 9 C WW Slamer Metroit FBI

Explosion at Wannamaker Plant Kills Worker in Orangeburg

An explosion at the Wannamaker chemical plant in Orangeburg on Friday killed at least one worker and injured several others. The cause of the blast was not immediately determined.

Orangeburg Scc Wannamaker

Chicago Attorney To Address Linn Bar Ladies Night

Chicago lawyer Stephen Love will speak at Linn County Bar association Ladies Night dinner on Friday at 6 30 pm. The North Western university law school staff member will present Anecdotes of the Grievance Committee and help plan the state convention set for Cedar Rapids June 13 and 14. Griner of Cedar Rapids will intro duce him.

Stephen Love Chicago Northwestern University Law School Linn County Bar Association Mr Love Illinois Bar Associations Wolf Cedar Rapids Love George R. Griner

Playground Outing For School Children Saturday

The Playground and Recreation Commission schedules a Saturday hike for city school children eight and older. Participants meet at Fillmore School at 9 am with lunches. meals cooked over open fire. WPA staff Norman Reid, Charles Filling assist. destination Fil l s Park for games. return to Fillmore by 3 pm.

Playground and Secreation Commission Fillare School Nettie Rosenberg Norman Reid Charles Filling WPA Fils Park Fillmore School

Americans In Iraq Safe At Seaport

The American legation in Cairo informed the State Department that all American women and children in Baghdad and Lake Wanbi nyah Iraq were believed safe and well in Basra port at the head of the Persian Gulf.

Washington Cairo State Department Bagdad Lake Wabbaniyah Iraq Basra Persian Gulf

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