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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1939

Page

3

First Aid Instructors Receive Certificates in District Notice

Thirty two men and women who completed the first aid lay instructors course will be awarded certificates. renewal and teaching certificates go to listed individuals from Cedar Rapids and Toledo. A Roman Catholic Holy Communion event honors nearly 100 Immaculate Conception and St Matthew's children with Monsignor Molloy assisting and young parishioners named in attendance.

James A. Ward St. Louis Midwest American Red Cross Leona Burke D. M. Hall Charlotte F. Hubbard Emery A. Milliken Helen G. Shive Evelyn Street Immaculate Conception St. Matthew’s

Wedding Party Helps Each Other Before Church Entrance

In a candid scene at the church, several couples and young attendants pose in neat attire. Thomas Wilson and Walter Weldon with dates 116 Twenty-seventh Street NE and 437 Thirtieth Street Drive SE assist with dresses while Ann Morrison and Marjorie Ann Rink pose nearby with families from 2735 First Avenue E and Cottage Grove Avenue SE. Billy Marsh and John Baum stand with prayer books in the foreground.

John M. Molloy Immaculate Conception Church John O’connell Twelfth Street Jack McMahon Joseph McMahon Lake Avenue Jean Hauser Walter Hauser Third Avenue Mary Marshall Lyman Marshall A Avenue Rosemarie Thoennes Otto Thoennes Peggy Stark Edward Stark Twenty-first Street Laura Mae Green Harold Green Third Avenue SE Joseph Stark First Avenue E Thomas Wilson Robert Wilson Twenty-seventh Street Walter Weldon Thirtieth Street Drive Ann Morrison Frank Morrison Cottage Grove Avenue SE Marjorie Ann Rink Raymond Rink Billy Marsh William Marsh Twentieth Street Drive John Baum Henry Baum

Harness Races Planned for Cedar Rapids June 4

Plans are under way for a June 4 harness racing meet at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids by the Eastern Iowa Racing club with Cedar Rapids Bureau of Commerce backing. Proceeds will fund the bureau swimming pool. The event features three races over nine heats with vaudeville between heats and a ticket sale by bureau members.

Young Men’s Bureau The Chamber of Commerce Eastern Iowa Racing Club Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids Bureau Thomas L. Woods Leon Drapela Fred Woolrich Herb Gilman

Golden Wedding Observance for Mr and Mrs Henry Easker

Cedar Rapids couple celebrate their 60th anniversary at the Roosevelt Hotel with their son George B. Easker and wife hosting. Mr. Easker, 70, a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident, and Mrs. Easker, born in Bohemia, married in 1889 at St. Wenceslaus. The couple remain in good health and active, with Mr. Easker recently pouring cement blocks for his grandson’s sidewalk.

Henry Easker Eighth Avenue SE Roosevelt Hotel George B. Easker Bohemia Barbara Vrba St. Wenceslaus Church Cedar Rapids Seventh Avenue SE Fred Mr. Easker John John Vrba Valley Junction Easker

Suitor's Victim Florence Gottwald Released As Cured

Florence Gottwald aged 26, shot five times in December after returning a suitor's Christmas gift, was released from a Camden hospital on Saturday proclaimed cured. The incident occurred in Camden, New Jersey, marking a notable return to normal life for the woman.

Baccalaureate Set For St Luke's Nursing Class

Rev James H Blackstone Jr will deliver the baccalaureate at 7 30 p m today in Westminister Presbyterian church for St Luke s hospital school of nursing graduates The sermon topic is A Plan For Every Life with soloist Miss Betty Belknap performing My Song Shall Be Of Mercy and the men's chorus singing In Heavenly Love Abiding Miss Marjorie Hungerford is organist

St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Westminster Presbyterian Church James H. Blackstone, Jr Betty Belknap Wilkinson Marjorie Hungerford

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Monsignor Molloy St. Matthew's Ryan Carl Dueser Clara Anderson Toledo Mae C. Aukerman Felix E. Beauchamp Leona Bezdek John H. Brague Lloyd R. Buffington Joseph A. Crew Stanley L. Davis Milo B. Hahn Leola L. Jack Frank Kalik Charles H. Landis Francis E. Luse Hilcred Miller Donald G. Neill Etta Opperud Lillian Oransky E. Colette Scott Jeanette C. Tapper Florence W. Vogel Maren Sue Walters Warren E. Walters Beryl C. Woodson Ruth M. Zieke Robert Werning William Werning Newhall Charles A. Ziegas Father Ryan J. F. Ryan St. Matthews Joan Oswald Leo Oswald D Avenue Ann Mallon Arthur Mallon H. O. Smith Star Jewelry CO Second St. SE Merchants National Bank Paramount Pharmacy Paramount Theater Building Akron Mr. Woods Howard Helscher George J. Rowan Howard M. Wilfong Howard Burns Mortimer Levy Ronald B. Moore William Crissman Straichten Krall Shoe T. R. Franklyn Dr. J. C. Landenberger Optometrist 209 3Rd ST. SE la Salle Detroit Victor O Second Avenue Tenth Street Iowa V. W. Nall Burlington St Iowa City Rev. Blackstone St. Luke’s RCA Victor General Electric First ST DIAL
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