Marriage Licenses and Local Records May 21 1941
Lloyd C Peterson Dysart and Dorothy A Junge Keystone granted marriage license. Births note Rosemary May daughter of Marion Beaty and spouse at 1604 Thirty-fourth St SE May 17. Mercy hospital reports a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Robertson at 913 Seventeenth Ave SE May 21. Local speeding and traffic fines include Le land Wise 616 G Ave NW 10 cost for 40 mph, O Andreas 933 Center Point Rd NE 10 plus 2 for stop sign, Lloyd Whit ing Palo 10, John Mehegan 10, H L Barr Iowa City 2 for stop sign, Boyd Clarahan 1024 Second Ave SE 25 for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Beaty
Thirty-fourth Street
Rosemary May
Mercy Hospital
William Robertson
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Herbert Rawson
Leland Wise
G Avenue NW
O. Andreas
Center Point Road NE
Lloyd Whiting
Palo
John Mehegan
Grande Avenue SE
H. L. Barr
Iowa City
Boyd Clarahan
Second Avenue SE
John Vondracek
L. J. Vondracek
Maplewood Drive
Tom Pickford
R. H. Pickford
Forest Drive
Bob Sanborn
C. R. Sanborn
Franklin
Charlotte Trewin
H.R. Trewin
Fourth Avenue SE
Dean Stucker
O. B. Stucker
First Avenue E
Richard Solvie
A M. Solvie
Bever Avenue
Phyliss Leacox
Harold Leacox
Center Point Road
Stucker
Court actions and divorces noted in Cedar Rapids area
Judge denies LeRoy Low a new trial in $20,000 Ford Hopkins case tied to Mary G. Low’s 1938 store fall death. Also: fine for drink disorderly in Center Point. divorce filings for Sara Russell and Myrtle Hanson. J J Booth appointed administrator of Charles Mentzer will. Helen Lewis seeks divorce from E A Lewis. probate of Frank Keyser will with Maud Keyser as executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy Low
Mount Vernon
Low
Ford Hopkins Drug Company
Mary G. Low
Ford Hopkins
Sara Janet Russell
Don L. Russell
Myrtle H. Hanson
William E. Hanson
Frank H. Keyser
Maud M. Keyser
Fire destroys carbon shed at waterworks plant
Fire destroyed a carbon storage shed at the city waterworks shortly after noon Wednesday. The 12 by 12 structure near the intake held carbon and treatment equipment. Superintendent H F Blomquist cited total loss about 500 dollars, could not determine the fire’s cause, and said the shed was not in use. Firemen noted the carbon burned with great heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Blomquist
Blomquist
Ambulance Service to Demonstrate Inhalator at YMCA
Don Condon of the Ambulance Service will demonstrate the inhalator at 7 30 pm Wednesday in the boys lobby of the YMCA. The event ties into the life saving institute being held at the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Condon
Y.M.C.A
Life Saving Institute
Deaths and funeral notices for Dinsmore and Ling
Death notices announce Roger Hamilton Dinsmore of 1920 First Avenue NE died at home after a brief illness. His body will be taken to Sibley Iowa for services and burial Thursday. Friends may visit Turner chapel Wednesday. Also listed are funeral services for Dr Louis A Ling of Spokane to be held in Beatty chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial. arrival in Cedar Rapids early Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hamilton Dinsmore
First Avenue NE
Iowa State Highway Commission
Sibley
Turner Chapel
Louis A. Ling
Spokane
Wash
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
George A Stauffacher
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Charles Wakefield Black
Funeral services for Charles Wakefield Black, who died at his home on Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Barta chapel with Rev. Morton Hickman and the Knights of Pythias officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery, and friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wakefield Black
Sixth Avenue SE
Barta Chapel
Morton Hickman
Knights of Pythias
Linwood Cemetery
David Herb is Dead at Linn County Home
David Herb aged 70 died Wednesday at 115 a.m. at the Linn county home where he had been a patient since 1934. Formerly of Palo, his relatives are asked to contact Yocom Funeral home in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Herb
Linn County
Palo
Yocom
Marion
Gazettes Photo Wins in Inland Contest
Inland photo contest results list multiple winners across classes and sections. Notable acceptances include First Name entries like First Open Season by Jack Kennedy and First Lullaby in a Ditch by Ed ward Harris Jr. with other top picks such as Stalking a Murderer by J W Bunker and Soldier's Farewell by Harold Benzing receiving honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Edward Harris, Jr
Richmond
Ind
Palladium Item
J. W. Bunker
Greeley
Colo
Tribune
Harold Benzing
Marshalltown
I.a
Times- Republican
Louis Fandrick
Manttowoc
Wis
Herald-Times
British Nab Egyptian Officers in Cairo Arrest Wafdist Officers
Budapest dispatch says the British general staff in Cairo ordered the arrest of 150 Egyptian army officers linked to the forbidden greenshirt wafdist organization. The report comes via Syria on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
INS
Syria
Cairo
Greenshirt
Wafdist
Cedar Rapids High School Musicians Dominate National Contest
Cedar Rapids high school musicians earned nine division 1 ratings at a national regional festival in St Paul. Cedar Rapids entries included McKinley Roosevelt Wilson and Franklin with multiple division 1 2 and 3 honors and named performers such as Leonard Burns Irene Gianedakis and Ruth Hemmer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Paul
McKinley
Wilson
Roosevelt
Franklin
Leonard Burns
L. F. Burns
Twentieth Street
William Moore
Bass
W. D. Moore
Glenway Drive
Irene Gianedakis
C. Gianedakis
Eighth Avenue
Miss Gianedakis
Eleanor Mitter
C. W. Mitter
Sixteenth Street
Ruth Kubik
Wesley Kubik
Louella E. Zervas
E. Zervas
Seventh Avenue
Ruth Hemmer
Piano
W. J. Hemmer
Second Street
Vernon Kriz
Drum
Charles Kriz
Nineteenth Avenue
Humane Society Acts to Prevent Cruelty at Local Rodeo
Linn County Humane Society directors vote to take legal steps to prevent unlawful cruelty at the Midwestern Championship rodeo at Hawkeye Downs beginning May 29. They oppose steer roping except at Cheyenne and object to bulldogging calf roping and goading animals into fighting fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Hawkeye Downs
Miss Zick
Humane Society
Witwer Grocer Wins Wage-Hour Dispute
Marshalltown Iowa AP Louis Hecht sued Witwer Grocer for 768.28 claiming wage hour law violations. Judge L R Sheets denied the damage suit finding the firm not engaged in interstate commerce and exempt from the Wagner act. It marked the second similar wage hour ruling in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Louis Hecht
Witwer Grocer Company
L. R. Sheets
Jay Countryman Funeral Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Jay A. Countryman sales manager of Cedar Rapids Auto Supply will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Turner chapel with the Rev. D A Loferski officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. He died in a local hospital Tuesday. Friends may call at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay A. Countryman
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Auto Supply Company
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Ballot Box Stolen In Cue Student Council Election
coverage recalls a burglary during student government race with factions forming coalitions. Tau Kappa Epsilon led a torch parade on campus ending at Voorhees quad. candidates Nelson and Eugene LeClerc spoke to women residents watching from dorm windows. Delta Phi Epsilon backed Hank Moss with campaign literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cue
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Voorhees
Nelson
Teke
Eugene LeClerc
Manchester
Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Moss
Hank
Driver Who Hit Parked Car Faces Speed Charge
Alec George, 22, of 933 Four teenth avenue SE, faced speeding charges after a 2 a.m. accident in which his car struck a parked machine in front of 2501 First avenue E. The owner, Hubert Lyman, said his car was shoved 40 feet by the impact. George said he briefly fell asleep at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec George
Fourteenth Avenue SE
George
First Avenue E
Hubert Lyman
Lyman
Grinnell Student In Serious Condition After Auto Crash
Grinnell high school junior Joan Evans remained in serious condition after a skull fracture from a student picnic trip automobile accident. The car was driven by her brother Max Evans. another girl, Gerry Phelps, had a leg injury while four others were bruised and shaken. Mount McKinley is ice plated for 14 000 feet below its summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Joan Evans
Grinnell High School
Max Evans
Gerry Phelps
Mount McKinley
North America
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Center Point
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Harlan Snyder
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J. J. Booth
Charles G. Mentzer
Chicago
Mr. Mentzer
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Marie Ellen Mentzer
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E. A. Lewis
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Roger Dinsmore
Dr. Louis Ling
Charles W. Black
Patty Berg
Harold Hanson
Sioux Falls
S. D
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Gazette
Siinto Wessman
Superior
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Everett A. Streit
Clinton, la
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McKinley-Wilson
Roosevelt and
Marvel Dulin
J. E. Dulin
Twelfth Street
Richard Dice
L. E. Dice
Seventeenth Street
Glenn Athey
Harold Athey
Dick Brabbit
Charles M. Brabbit
Avenue NW
Brabbit
Cornet
Chester Ehrenberger
F. F. Ehrenberger
E Avenue NW
Mary Ellen Dennis
Louis D. Dennis
O Avenue NW
Ronald Diehl
Amos Diehl
Sixth Street NW
Ellen Myers
S. L. Myers
Witwer Grocer
Craemer
Coats
Jay Countryman
Craemer's
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Anette Cockbesklet
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