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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1941
Page
3
The Good House and Marion Home Entry Magazine awarded state prizes for originality in home recreation spaces. Mrs Law acore Seventh ine and Mr Bigger won for their Better recreation room over an store apartment featuring a glass holiday window and seasonal plant displays.
Brief services for Louise Elliott Burgin a former Marion resident who died May 1 at her Hollywood California home were held Saturday at Hall Home for Funerals. Rev D A Loferski of St John's Episcopal Cedar Rapids officiated burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery out of town relatives attended Curtis Elliott New York City Mrs Mary Beaven Mr and Mrs C F Hilman Mrs Mary Redhert Mr and Mrs Isaac Preston and J Elliott Davis Cedar Rapids
The Federation of Women's Clubs holds its final season meeting Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the public library auditorium. Miss Sara Nott will report on the biennial Fort Dodge convention. Each club sends a representative to participate in the program.
Colfax circle of Grove City Re L kah lodge No 35 will meet at 2 p m in the IL O O F hall. After a brief business meeting bingo will be played. Mrs John O Kelly is chairman with a list of helpers and all Rebekahs and friends are invited.
Mr and Mrs Richard A Hatt of Marshalltown arrived here Saturday to spend Mother's Day with Mrs Elizabeth Hatt, the couple’s mother.
Marion Township educators plan a wiener roast near Mount Vernon on Monday. All attendees will meet in the Marion city park at 5 p.m.
Mrs. D. S. Stewart will be a Mother's day dinner guest of her son Glenn D. Stewart and his family in Cedar Rapids.
The Iowa Children’s Home society announces a tag sale in Mari on May 17 to raise funds. Local organizers invite residents to donate items and attend for support and proceeds benefiting the home.
The Robert Mitchell W R C No 126 schedules a benefit party Tuesday at 8 p m in Memorial hall. The corps holds its regular meeting at 10 am and a picnic luncheon will be served at noon.
Mother's Day observance centers at Mrs. Robert S Oxley home 880 Fourteenth Street Marion with Mrs G O Pyle from Hollywood Fla and Mrs Harry Horn of Mount Vernon. Also present are Oxley's son Harrison and family, eight grandchildren including Mrs B W Schenken and Miss Helen Pyle student at the University of Iowa. Mrs Oxley a Linn county lifelong resident born in houseplants is fond of sewing and needlepoint.
A family gathering at Mrs Grace Wehrend’s home will mark the birthday of Mrs Elmer Tiedemann of Luzerne. Attending are Mr and Mrs Tiedemann and their son Elmer John, Mr and Mrs Fred Kromminga and daughter Grace of Monti cello, and other relatives from Davenport and surrounding areas.
The Musical Literary club schedules a Monday 7:30 p.m. gathering at Mrs. J. T. Christie’ s home 1567 Eighth Avenue. Both divisions will perform on the program and officers will be elected.
Chapter CS P. E. O. plans a 7:30 p.m. gathering at Mrs. Fred M. Seventeenth Street home. Mrs. J. Papes will present an illustrated talk on Mexico.
George Barnoske, longtime roadmaster for the Milwaukee railroad, marks 50 years of service on April 15, 1941, with a career starting in 1881 as a boy in Indiana. He recalls early work on the old Chicago and Atlantic line, rising from section foreman to roadmaster before age 21, and values the railroad as central to his life. His wife notes he would rather ride a train than take a pleasure trip anywhere.
Mrs. G. O. Pyle, on an extended visit with her mother Mrs. Robert S. Oxley, will leave for Hollywood Florida and return home on Wednesday.
A silver tea to aid Presbyterian efforts will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at the church. Mrs Walter J Barngrover of Cedar will speak on Poetry Psalms. Mrs W P Enright Cedar Rapids press ident will review Russian ary News. All women and friends invited. In charge are Mrs D B Storck Mrs P A Osborne and Mrs Celan Rollins.
The Marion Choral club will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs Earl Broc northwest of Marion. Officers will be elected.
Mother's day guests in the home of Mrs. Edward McGuire included her children and their families from Ottumwa Clinton Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction and one guest from Cedar Rapids. Edward Jr. and David McGuire are noted among the visitors.
The Excelsior Agricultural and Literary club will meet Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Martin. Refreshments committee will be Mrs Lewis Weis, Mrs. Ben, and no Ur. S. circle will meet Forrent furnished apartment 420 Ninth street. Mother's Day dinner guests include G F Happel Central City and others at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Langhoff home. The Marion high school junior senior banquet is set for Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the Montrove hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Oxley of Ottumwa host Mr. and Mrs. George C. Oxley and Miss Kathleen Oxley, a Grinnell College student, visiting today.
A fragment notes a Metho class reunion item mentioning K B B. No further details provided to identify full event scope or participants.
The Etecta circle of King's Daughters will convene Friday at 2 30 PM at Mrs James A Pringle’s home 412 Fifth Avenue. Mrs Bertha leads the group in arranging the gathering.
The Marion Nature and Garden club will hold its May breakfast at 8 30 am on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Fred J Lang. Cub Scout No 58 will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the Legion post.
J B Howell Mrs Biddick and Mrs C D Burns head the committee for a benefit party at Memorial hall north of Marion. Mrs Frank Straley leads a poetry lesson. Edward Voorhies, student at the University of Iowa, is mentioned. The event is set for Tuesday at eight o'clock.
A catalog of works across genres listing Fox book Pedalling to Adventure, Goetz Neighbors to the South, Marston Bible Comes Alive, Franck and Lanks Pan American Highway. Adult fiction includes Lance Falls in Love Hauck and Who is This Girl Miller. Juvenile Renfrew Flies Again Erskine. Mystery Death Slams the Door Cade and Suspicious Characters Sayers.
Henderson of Brooklyn asserts final authority on hog prices and cites no obligation to follow Wickard. The reserve bank chief defends parity for agriculture as sound, calling for a fair link between farm income and industrial wages while maintaining a healthy, solvent farming sector for national defense.
The Prairie Chapel W S C S will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at the church. Hosts listed are Mrs Clyde Scott Mrs Glenn Platner Mrs Wilmar Richardson and Mrs Oscar Busenbark.
Taine will be Mrs Fontaine's parents, Mr and Mrs J H Fielman of Newhall and Mr and Mrs J C Quinn of Des Moines and Mr and Mrs J C Barnhart and their sons Donald James Ivan and Harold of West Branch.
The Marion chapter will hold a meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Bob Burns. The gathering aims to discuss local fishing and game activities and plans.
The Marion chapter No 10 Royal Arch Masons will gather Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the Masonic temple for a scheduled session.
Miss Flora Schweitzer of Independence will visit Sunday as guest of her sister Miss Louise Schweitzer at the W. C. Dubbs home.
DeLux and Fresh Strawberry Brick Ice Cream priced at 35 cents and Gingham Package Brick at 13 cents for pint and 25 cents for quart at Owens Cut Rate Drug. The Fun C Club meets at Mrs Ralph Beckner's home Tuesday afternoon. Curtis E F of New York City previews the trip of Mechise Elliott Burgin to Maries Follywiwed, California. Businesswomen invite steak fry Tuesday noon via Alice Hyde or Wyoma Carey. Pleasant Grove Community breaks until May 20. Martin's Creek Club hosts guest day Thursday at K V cafe. members unable to attend should notify Mrs Jesse Scott. A dessert luncheon will be served.
Aegra: Cedar Rapids families visit Amana today. Mr and Mrs Albert Jelinek and their son Robert join Mrs Pardubsky and her parents Mr and Mrs B J Pardubsky for a day trip. Guests include Mr and Mrs Harley W Erwin and their party, and Mrs Elwyn Miller with her son.
Martin Birrer, born 1842 in Alsace Lorraine, now 98, lives with son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Joseph W Meliecher. He came to America in 1845, witnessed early rail travel from Albany to Rochester, and recalls crossing oceans in a sailing ship. His family, centered in Riverside and Johnson and Washington counties, includes 141 descendants with three Montana sons.
Fairfax public school presents The Lit Tuesday at 8 15 p m in Fairfax. Reading roles are Annalou Unzeilig and Bruce Claflin with Anna Barsa Maxine Cerveny Lloyd Buresh Doris Odgers and Clarence There. Music by the orchestra under Mr Ayers direction and Nellie R Krueger leads the play.
Orders issued Saturday assign eastern Iowa reserve officers to active duty. First Lieut. Donald M. Harris in medical from Manchester to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on May 23. First Lieut. Clarence J. Nemmers in dental from Guttenberg to Camp Stewart Georgia on May 28.
The Tipton Junior College hosts the Eastern Iowa Junior College Music Festival on Tuesday with seventy visiting musicians. Events in the school auditorium judged by Lloyd Oakland of Cornell College and in the Tipton Presbyterian church judged by Mrs. Paul Hultquist. Schools entered include Waukon Junior College 22 entries, Iowa Lakes Junior College 16, Elkader 14, Lenox Junior College 18. Beginning at 7 15 p m the boys and girls glee clubs and mixed choruses perform before trophy awards.
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