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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1941
Page
2
German submarines attacking a strong British convoy protected by destroyers over several days sank 13 merchant ships totaling 76,248 tons, the high command said. Earlier reports had listed 20,000 tons and nine more ships totaling 56,248 tons were added in the latest communique.
A May Tuesday morning benefit for Bundles for Britain was hosted at Dr. Arthur Steindler’s Iowa City residence. Mrs Sherman Yates chaired the local chapter with many Cedar Rapids participants attending, including groups from the Iowa City chapter aiding civilians and English forces in wartime.
Mrs R A Donahue hosted a tea at 1953 Blake Boulevard SE for cub mothers of Den 5 Pack 30. After school the boys performed instrumental numbers and gave corsages to their mothers. Younger siblings attended. cubs present included Douglas Battin Forest Rutgers Jr Stanley Petrick Don Gatto Dick Donahue and den chief. Mrs Donahue's mother Mrs F A Small presided.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed A Mott returned to their home in Bloomington after a weekend visit with their daughter Mrs. Roy E Taylor and Mr. Taylor at 1988 Higley Avenue SE.
Miss Mary Armstrong daughter of Mr and Mrs Armstrong and Ray Ingels son of Mr and Mrs Ingels were married Saturday at 2 p m in the home of the bride’s parents Dr F G Young officiated The ceremony was attended by close family and a few friends Marion Rubins attended the bride and Ralph Ingels was best man The bride attends Franklin high school and the groom is a Skelly Oil employee
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority members hosted a Sunday afternoon tea in the chapter rooms to honor their mothers with hostesses and light refreshments.
Miss Katherine Franken will chair the event with duo piano performances by Mrs. Otto Ambroz and Mrs. Helen Hickman. The listing of participants in Monday's Gazette was in error.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Linkenback of Platteville Wisconsin formerly of Cedar Rapids are the parents of a daughter born Monday at a Platteville hospital.
The Modern Reading club will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon at Mrs Arthur Barlow's home 2190 Country Club park way SE. Mrs Barlow will review Patagonia by A F Tschiffley.
Miss Rachel McIntyre was elected president of the Hesperian club Monday night at the home of Miss Jane Houghton 319 Thirty-third street NE. New officers include Miss Blanche Hunter vice president Miss Grace Low secretary and Miss Nelle Boyack treasurer. Miss Elsie Cornely retires as president. Hunter led a program reviewing Bright Journey by Derleth about early fur trading near Prairie du Chien and Mackinac Island. The final meeting of the year will be May 26 a picnic.
Mrs. R. J. Pieracci of 3510 Elm Avenue SE entertained an informal party Monday night honoring Miss Florence Martin who will wed Lorence M. Fuhrmeister on May 26. Guests included Mrs. Frank Davis Mrs. Merrill Smith and Mrs. Robert Wood.
Mr and Mrs C Young of Des Moines and their children Ruth and David were weekend guests of Dr and Mrs F G Young at 1532 D avenue N Another guest Sunday was Miss Ella Kiefer of Waterloo.
Kenwood Methodist notes list W S C S and Missionary Society gatherings at Mrs. Co P Hanna home and Mrs P L Bornhoeft respectively. District meetings mark lunches and sew/hear events with multiple hosts, plus Cub Pack 30 picnic, Gamma Delta Sigma class, and First Baptist Women’s Missionary Society session at the church Friday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs T. D. Bowers announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Beulah Bowers to Walter Bryant of St. Paul. Walter is the son of Mrs Louise Bryant of Hewitt Minn. The wedding is set for May 30 at 7 30 in the Church of the Nazarene with plans for the couple to reside in St. Paul.
Hostess Mrs Helen Kacena Stark entertained Monday evening at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Marjorie Hungerford bride elect of Don Cook at 2016 Fourth Avenue SE. Attending were Misses Frances Swab Grace Swab Elizabeth Bohac Mary Dunlap Mary Meakins Miriam Hungerford Frankie Verbeck Bernis Pirks Frances Bailey Lucille Gove and Mesdames Hungerford Beals Stoehr Barger DeWees Welty Engleman.
Chapter HJ PEO held a Monday meeting at Mrs. Arthur Barlow home 2190 Country Club Parkway SE. Mrs. David I Berger spoke on China and Mrs. Guy E Hillier reviewed The Three Sisters by Cornelia Spencer.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Elfriede Barlon daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Barlon 1333 Gavenne NE and Joseph H Wood son of Mr and Mrs William Wood 1876 Ellis Jane NW. The ceremony took place in Kahoka Missouri on April 21 and they will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Corydon resident Mrs. George King spent the weekend visiting relatives at the homes of W. S. King 2300 Bever avenue SE and Mrs. G. E. King 1621 Washington avenue SE.
Jane Boyd circle of the Kings Daughters will meet Thursday at 1 p m for luncheon at the home of Mrs J W VanOrsdal 1513 Third avenue SE Mrs H S Per due will be the assistant hostess
The Busy Bee club met at Riverside Park Saturday for a picnic dinner. Officers elected include Jo ann Stein as president, Donna Kruse as vice-president, Jeanette Mrstik as secretary, Jean Mallas as treasurer, Marianne Link as scribe, Joann Pepin as telephone, and Ida Bean as cards.
Miss Dorris Birdsell and Donald J. Kofron wed Sunday at 2 p.m. in Mason City First Methodist parsonage with Rev. Flynn officiating. Attendants were Lucille Birdsell and Jack Robertson Jr. A 40 guest reception followed at the Birdsell home with pink and white decor and orchid corsages. The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids where he works for LaPlant Choate Co. and plan Des Moines to begin their new life.
Miss Elizabeth Bender supervisor of the Community House spoke on To Seek Growth in Charity at a meeting of chapter DK P E O Monday evening at the home of Miss Laura Turner 301 Twenty-third street drive SE. Twenty nine members were present and one guest Mrs Carl K Linge chapter GM
A linen shower was given for Miss Nettie Sisam at the H. E Viall home 1230 N street SW Saturday evening. Hostesses were Mrs. H. E. Viall and Mrs. Kenneth Broxey. Attending wereMesdames Nettie M. Sisam R A Wisely Woodrow White Cecil Koon William Sommers and Miss Edna Hopson.
The Florentine room of the Roosevelt hotel will host a continental buffet luncheon starting at 12 noon Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Albert Getlin of 1212 Eighth Street NW were honored with a surprise party Saturday evening marking their twenty first wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Husted Mr and Mrs Edward Penrod Mr and Mrs Charles Husted Mr and Mrs George Riley and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Husted.
The bicycle caravan will depart Saturday at 1 30 p m from the YWCA instead of the YMCA as announced. The class meets Wednesday 430 to 630 p m at the YWCA. The YWCA horseback riding group meets every Tuesday at 430 and 630 p m with several breakfast and moonlight rides planned.
Ruth Millett notes women in beauty parlors distract operators and others with constant complaints chatter and requests. She cites Mrs Smith Mrs Jones Mrs Brown Mrs White Miss Johnson Mrs Green and Mrs Martin as example of disruptive behavior concluding women as a group behave worse in beauty parlors than anywhere else.
Harry B. Fowler of Oxford Junction pleaded guilty to unlawful operation of a motor vehicle in district court before Judge John T. Moffitt. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs and paid the amount.
Mildred Novotny and Kenneth Johnson were married Saturday evening at the pastor E J Wykle's home. The bride, daughter of Mrs Marie Kuchynka, lives at 1330 G avenue NE and worked for National Oats. The groom, son of Mrs Gladyce Johnson and Clark Johnson of Cedar Rapids, is a Collins Radio employee and a Grant high school graduate. They greeted guests Miss Lois Keller and Wes Panek and plan a brief Chicago trip before settling at 1330 G avenue NE.
Okihi Camp Fire girls hiked to Shaver park Saturday evening and cooked an outdoor supper for wood gatherers. The camp pictures will be shown at Garfield school Friday at 4 p.m.
Mr Henry Orton and wife plus daughter Miss Bethel Zook spent Mother's Day at George Orton’s Higbee Missouri home and returned with Henry’s nephew George William Orton who is visiting.
The Silver Chain circle of the King's Daughters will hold a dessert luncheon on Wednesday at 1 p.m. hosted by Mrs. H J Sindah at 123 Fourteenth Street NE.
Service circle will meet for luncheon Thursday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. L. Capron, 1110 Nineteenth street SE. Mrs. C. H. Obye will assist the hostess.
J. H. N. circle of the King's meets at 1 30 p.m. for dessert luncheon with Mrs A W Plock at 1915 Blake Boulevard SE. New officers will be installed.
Mrs Bert Teeters hosts Ethel Evans circle of the Kings Daughters Thursday at 1 30 p m at 1633 Wildwood Drive NE. The program includes installation of officers in a domestic meeting.
The Catholic Book club will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. S. E. Mueller at 522 Forest Drive SE. Miss Minnie Patrick will review the book My Mother by the Rev. D. J. Lord S. J.
Tyler P T A schedules its final meeting of the year for Thursday at 2 pm in the school. Officers will be installed and Ruth Putnam’s class presents a dramatization with slides followed by musical entertainment from the graduating GA class.
The Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will hold a meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. hosted by Isabel Schluter of the Commonwealth apartments.
Students from McKinley Wilson Roosevelt and Franklin are set for the regional national music contest in St Paul Thursday to Saturday. McKinley carry instructors Anthony and Hamblin plus soloists Gianadakis Burns Moore and a string quartet. Wilson sends two competitors while Roosevelt accompanies several instrumentalists and a cornet trio. Franklin lists vocal instrumental soloists and ensembles with accompanying staff and a Johnson school accompanist stepping in.
Oak Hill residents resist connecting to the new sewer laid there, prompting the city council to consider legal compulsion. Installed last September at a cost, the project aims to improve public health. The city absorbed up to 40 percent of costs due to low district assessments, with total costs around 21 500 dollars.
In San Jose a draftee offered to sell his automobile for 250 dollars claiming debts forced the sale. He said he had met Iowa farm boys teaching him a new game called poker and needed money immediately to cover indebtedness.
Chicago reporters say detectives pursue traces of 200000 Bermuda on ions stolen from a Texas driven truck. Vincent White of Kansas City is named in the incident as the driver.
At the Iowa Episcopal diocese convention in Des Moines the Rev. James H. Dew-Brittain was chosen assistant secretary and the Rev. Jesse D. Griffith was named treasurer. Clerical standing committee members include the Revs Kennan Ottumwa Williams Clinton, with lay peers Meyer Clinton and Wilson Davenport. Delegates to the provincial synod include Revs Fullwood Muscatine McEvoy Iowa City Williams Clinton Shaner Sioux City Horton Clinton, with lay delegates Thompson Clinton Powers Ames Cochrane Davenport Poe Cedar Rapids Stub Harlan Meyer Clinton.
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