First Baptist Church Reports Strong Annual Meeting Gains
Enthusiasm marked the annual meeting with 175 in attendance as Rev. Grant F. Anderson nears end of his first year. Budget oversubscribed, receipts and benevolences up, all bills paid, and a constitution revision adopted. Deacons trustees deaconesses and officers for three-year terms named, with multiple current members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Grant F. Anderson
E. E. Bunce
O. R. Patrick
L. E. Sandvall
L. Thompson
Rudolph Frahm
G H. Nix
G. A. Perkins
W. H. Schultz
Arthur Deamer
E E.severn
J.F. Parks
Ronald Rawson
Ellsworth Christie
Willard Heath
J. H
H. C. Jensen
Wade H. Nelson
George B. Sherman
Claude Krebs
E. F. Heinze
R. E. Johnson
B. L. Sheldon
R. Frahm
J. S. Harper
R. E. Mellen
R. L. Clapp
Helen Main
Ruth Purdy
W. C. Schrodermier
Leo Varns
Maude Krebs
Mildred Krebs
Charles E Loomis
Roger Sherman
Dorothy Yeager
R. Patrick
Fred W. Hanvey
C B. Hungerford
Hazel Kidd
Evelyn Johnson
Joseph F. Parks
W. A. Preston
Joe Frederick
A. G
Local Officials Named For School Departments And Community News
The article lists district school department superintendents and assistants across primary to nursery levels. It also notes a nominating committee, local police court fines for speeding, a children's story hour at Kenwood library, thefts of a boat and a lawn mower, a real estate education event, barber shop ad, and a community club gathering with a 6:15 picnic. Tony Scolaro is mentioned as a resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Highlands Community Club
Cleveland School
Iowa medical group backs compulsory pre marital health test
The Iowa State Medical Society urged legislation requiring premarital venereal disease screening. Officials said the recommendation marked a historic first for the organization. The proposal would compel couples applying for marriage licenses to present a doctor certified clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Medical Group
Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Society
Disorderly conduct fined in police court Thursday
Avenue SE resident fined 100 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct with fine suspended on payment of costs after arrest at 4 20 p m Wednesday. Inter-Railway Employes association entertainment drew about 150 at the YMCA with accordion numbers motion pictures and dancing in the gym. Mrs. Rose Simmons of Oakland avenue NE treated for a dislocated right arm after injury at the Quaker Oats plant. John J Fleming fined 25 dollars for intoxication and disturbing the peace after allegedly banging hotel doors and vandalizing outside the Grand hotel. Eight year old family dog fatally poisoned near the Twenty ninth street NE home, the fourth poisoning death in the neighborhood since Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue SE
Inter-Railway Employes Association
YMCA
Elmer Young
Rose Simmons
Oakland Avenue
Simmons
St. Luke's Hospital
John J Fleming
Fleming
Grand Hotel
Otis Wilson
Twentyninth Street
Wilson
Wapsie-Y Camp Roundup At Y M C A Tonight
The final Wapsie-Y camp gathering before camp opens takes place at the Y M C A this evening. At 6 45 p m campers will swim in the Y pool and at 7 45 the Roosevelt Hi club presents a comedy titled Old Fashioned Country Store staged twice.
Miss Bessie Engle Appointed Deputy Clerk in Iowa Court
Miss Bessie G Engle of Cedar Rapids is named deputy clerk of the federal court for the northern district of Iowa in Cedar Rapids with headquarters in the federal building She succeeds Adelaide C Avery whose resignation takes effect June 1 and will move to Houston Tex Engle was appointed by Federal Judge George C Scott on recommendation of Lee McNeely clerk of the court for the northern district
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie G. Engle
Cedar Rapids
Northern District
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Federal Building
Adelaide C. Avery
Houston
Tex
Engle
George C. Scott
Lee McNeely
Registration for Wapsie Y camp discussed at meeting
Registration cards for Wapsie Y camp are urged for tonight's meeting by boys planning to attend. Special swimming periods will be arranged for this week's registrants. Wapsie Y campers may bring one guest to the planned play.
Proclamation Declares Ice Cream Week
A Thursday proclamation announces Ice Cream Week highlighting celebrations and promotions by local officials to honor frozen desserts and support regional shops across the city.
Ice Cream Week Proclaimed by Mayor F. K. Hahn
Mayor Hahn designates May 15 to 21 as Ice Cream week and credits the dairy industry with aiding Iowa dairy farmers prosperity. Clarence Reinert and Louis Kaminsky face fish snagging charges. Reinert pays 25 dollars and costs and is released, Kaminsky remanded to jail for fifteen days in lieu of a 50 dollar fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. K. Hahn
Hahn
Iowa
Clarence W. Reinert
Louis Kaminsky
Cedar Rapids
Leo Ho Logan
Court of Justice
H. R. Churchill
Reinert
Kaminsky
Three Local Boys Break Into Concession Stand
Three local youths admitted to police they broke into the concession stand in Daniels park operated by D M Pierce. The entry occurred Tuesday night with gum and candy stolen. the boys forced a rear window to gain access and were turned over to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels Park
D M Pierce
D Avenue NE
Bryson Wins Refrigerator Contract For Iowa Hospital
G B Bryson, representing an ice machine concern at 1946 Grande Avenue SE, was the low bidder and awarded the refrigeration portion of a $50,000 equipment package for the state hospital for the insane at Clarinda. The bid totaled $6,096 as reported by an Associated Press dispatch on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B Bryson
Grande Avenue SE
Iowa Board of Control
State Hospital For Insane
Clarinda
Associated Press
Bryson
Newhall Seniors Visit City Tour Highlights Class
Twenty three members of the Newhall High School senior class visited the city, touring landmarks and meeting local officials during a planned itinerary. The group included student leaders and chaperones who coordinated with the chamber of commerce for hospitality and informational sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
City
Senior class day visit ends with Cedar Rapids outing
The senior group toured The Gazette plant and WMT Cedar Rapids after inspecting the men's reformatory in Anamosa. Fr H Thompson accompanied them for a day that included a picnic in Ellis Park and a Cedar Rapids theater visit. One truck collision on the First Avenue bridge killed Clair Dice. the vehicle involved belonged to Lee R Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Company
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Fr. H. Thompson
Newhall
Ellis Park
Clair Dice
Third Avenue
Dice
First Avenue Bridge
Lee R. Thomas
Thirty-fourth Street
Thomas
Leo N. Thomas
Two Newborns Reported in Local Hospitals
A son was born to Mr and Mrs John Murphy at Mercy hospital on May 12. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs WR Grant at St Luke's hospital on May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murphy
Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
WR Grant
Mount Veryon
St Luke’s Hospital
Polish airmen delay flight to Las Vegas test run
Five Polish aviators postpone their Los Angeles to War Saw route flight to Friday and will instead perform a test hop to Las Vegas Nevada on their new Lockheed transport per Maj. Waclew Makowski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Warsaw
South America
Waclew Makowski
Las Vegas
Nev
Lockheed
Literary Digest Merges With Time Magazine
The Literary Digest, founded in 1850, will merge with Time. Time publisher Ralph McAllister Ingersoll announced the combined magazine will carry the Digest name in Time’s masthead and ship to 250 000 subscribers starting with the May 23 issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Time
Ralph McAllister Ingersoll
Isaac Kauffman Funk
Adam Willis Wagnalls
Wittenberg College
Ohio
Marmola Prescription Tablets advertised for weight loss
An old advertisement touts Marmola as a device to reduce fat caused by hypothyroidism. It claims long sales history and safety caveats while urging readers to obtain Marmola from their druggist and consult a physician for diagnosis.
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Baptists
Wrealy
Ge Bown
G H. Cockburn
James Corwin
Este Heath
Mary Bowne
M. R. Heath
Lorraine England
Pauline Frederikson
Lionel Raymond
Marian Wing
Earl Heinze
H. M. Holte
G. F Buresh
Margaret Wenger
R. W. Bates
R. Clapp
C. G. Krebs
Richard's Pharmacy
Joe L. Douda
First Street
Troy Breardon
Springville
Justice H. R. Churchill
Marcella Klein
Kenwood Library
Harold Rattorn
C Avenue NE
Cedar Lake
Fred E Collard
Park Avenue SE
Clinton
State
Allen Stamy
Sixteenth Street
Stamy
Hanna Barber Shop
2Nd Avenue
Tony Scolaro
Mount Ver
Mary Ae
Uranus
Goodrich
Silvertown
Equality
2Nd Ave. SE
M. H. Michelson
Mgr
Goodrich Silvertowns
Pittsburgh
America
Goodrich Silvertown
St. SW
U.S. Court
Lasswell
Lighthouse
Mount Vernon Road
Jerry Metela
First Avenue W
Ro Churchill
Metela
Justice Churchill
Frances Metela
Literary Digest
Aes Reese
Frost Lawn
Batiste
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