Cedar Rapids Town Notes and War Front Reflections
Local items report exterior paint mix up at a federal building with green paint corrected, plus letters from Cedar Rapids readers praising hometown visibility abroad. Anecdotes include wartime sacrifices, a Navy recruit from WAACs, and humorous notes about hats, umbrellas, and a New Yorker cover comparison to town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Candace Arsers
WAAC
Eddie Cantor
Harper-McIntyre
First Avenue
C. M. Richardson
O. H
Shorty
Adams
Newshawk
New Yorker Magazine
Broadway
Qpire
Nelsons Celebrate Golden Anniversary With Open House
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Nelson observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with open houses in Cedar Rapids. Daughters D I Roland and Mary Nelson assisted. sons Edson and Raymond attended from Cedar Rapids and Atlanta. Corp Robert Nelson is stationed in North Africa. Guests included Lars Jensen family, Minnie Cook, Mary Nielsen, and Seena Samuelson among others, with tea and a three tier wedding cake. The Nelsons have resided in Cedar Rapids 45 years and run a local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawerence Nelson
1560
Fifth Avenue SE
D. I. Roland
Mary Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Edson J. Nelson
Raymond B. Nelson
Atlanta, Ga
Corp. Robert Nelson
North Africa
Nelson
Chris Nielsen
O. E. Andersen
Minnie Cook
Charles Andersen
Nelsen
Mamie
Jensen
Marion
Alexander Marshall
Lars Jensen
Nelsons
Omaha
Neb
Mary Nielsen
Springville
Seena Samuelson
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Roland
Ann
Jack
David
Edson Nelson
Raymond Nelson
Samuelson
Caroline Samuelson
Cook
Harold Jensen
Ens Nielsen
Miss McCann Engaged to Lieut Healy of Dayton Ohio
Mr and Mrs James T McCann of Grinnell announce the engagement of their daughter Marie to Lieut J F Healy of Dayton Ohio. The wedding will be in late June in Dayton. Marie has worked for the Iowa Steel and Iron Works in Cedar Rapids and resides at 1521 Fifth Avenue SE. Healy, a former Cedar Rapids attorney, is stationed at Wright Field Ohio with the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. McCann
Grinnell
Marie
J. F. Healy
Dayton
Ohio
Miss McCann
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue SE
Healy
Wrightfield
Army Air Forces
M. M. Thompsons
M. M. Thompson
First Avenue
Northfield
Minn
Elizabeth
Carlton College
Thompson
Alice Mary
Carlton
Miss Dolson to Be Married in June Ceremony
Engagement announced between Marie Dolson and Richard Ellison Paul. They plan a June 21 wedding at First Congregational church. Marie Dolson is a Franklin high school graduate, Coe College and University of Iowa alumna, Chi Omega member, and Killian Company employee. Paul is an Anamosa high school and Cornell College, Mt. Vernon graduate, a University of Iowa medical student, and Alpha Kappa Kappa member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Dolson
Meadowbrook Drive
Marie
Richard Ellison Paul
J. D. Paul
Anamosa
First Congregational Church
Miss Dolson
Franklin High School
Coe College
University of Iowa
Chi Omega Sorority
Old Maids Club
Dolson
Killian Company
Paul
Anamosa High School
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Cotton Ball Invitations Issued for Fifth Junior League Ball
Invitations have been issued for the fifth annual Cotton Ball of the Junior League of Cedar Rapids to be held June 5 at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Hal Foreman's orchestra will play for dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mrs. Willis A. Glassgow leads the ball, with committees handling invitations decorations publicity and queen selection. The queen will be chosen by a secret committee during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Hal Foreman
Willis A. Glassgow
Reginald B. Figge
H. Cedric Hahn
Betty Beardsley
Henry H. Hamilton
Edwy J. Clapp
Hahn
Edward Breen
Charles M. Daniel
Raymond J. Vernimont
George N. Harless
Donald D. Sullivan
Herbert L. Killian
Rasley Engaged to Marry Ray H. Sell
Mr and Mrs Horace E Rasley announce the engagement of their daughter Jacqueline to Staff Sergeant Ray H Sell son of Mr and Mrs Roy A Sell. No wedding date has been set. Jacqueline a Franklin high school graduate is a supervisor at Northwestern Bell. Sell is stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo California and recently returned from a 15 day furlough at his parents. Mr and Mrs George Laird hosted ten card club members Saturday at their Vernon drive home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace E. Rasley
C Avenue NE
Jacqueline
Sergt
Ray H. Sell
Roy A. Sell
A Avenue
Miss Rasley
Franklin High School
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Sergi, Sell
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
Miss Schutte and Harold Rikhoff Wed in First Baptist Church
Miss Esther Irene Schutte daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Schutte of Kansas and Harold F Rikhoff of 375 Park Terrace SE were united in marriage at 10 Saturday morning in the First Baptist church with Rev Grant F Anderson officiating. The couple will reside at 375 Park Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Irene Schutte
Avenue NE
Henry Schutte
Kansas
Harold F. Rikhoff
Park Terrace SE
First Baptist Church
Grant F. Anderson
L. S. Hackney
Cedar Rapids
Rikhoff
Universal Engineering Corporation
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The
Gazette
Vinc Koffron
Great Lakes
Morgenthau
Century Engineering
Harrison Spangler
Chicago
Liberty
Podzimek
Alex Fidler
Man
Hanford Post
American Legion
Bill Fahey
Gus Scolaro
Jack Carney
Ed Weepie
Ray Phelan
Tank Corps
O.K
Harold Hamor
Henry Hamor
Avenue NW
Karl
Sergi
Hamar
Hamor
Ireland
Jackie Stevenson
R. J. Stevenson
Bever Avenue SE
Jackie
Karen Jo Larson
Jackie Whipple
Carlton Albright
Bruce
Robbie Boyson
John McMickle
Mary Gorman
Wendy Miller
Tony
Kay Anderson
Sara Jane Lange
John Heidel
Jerry Brokaw
Killian
Marie McCann
Fisher
Tudor Wilder
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Frederick C. Fisher
Washington, D. C
Robert E. Yaw
Forrest W. Stewart
Franklin Kemp
Mer Holloway
Robert B. Davis
Arthur
A. Collins
Commonwealth Apartments
Fort Custer
Mich
Fishers
Raymond T. Ashlock
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Ralph Hoke
Harold Simmons
TRI Delta Alliance Sonors
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
Commonwealth Tearoom
Alliance
Robert Hunnicutt
W. Burl James
Eastern Boulevard SE
Elizabeth Focht
Mines
James van Orgédol
Denver Adams
Everett Maresh
Donald Reid
Cora Hampton
Juanita Jordan
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids County Club
J.g
Alvin W. Allen
First Avenue NE
Allen
Lieut
Harvard University
Navy
John R. Northcotts
John R. Northcott
Waterloo
Mr. Northcott
John B. Northcott
Mount Vernon Avenue
Herbert Killian
Vernon Drive
Pickwick Club
Robert F. Vane
Des Moines
Lieut. Vane
L. F. Vane
Grande Avenue SE
Southwest Pacific
Jacqueline Rasley
George Lairds
George Laird
Miss Schutte
Harold Rikhoff
Quo
Richard Miller
Wendy
Richard M. Miller
Mrs. Wadsworth
Iowa City
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Blake Boulevard
John Bloom
Comdr. Bloom
WAVES
United States Navy Recruiting Station
Iowa
Navy Band
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