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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1945

Page

5

Darlene Payne Crowned Queen at Coe May Fete

Darlene Payne senior Cresco was crowned queen of Coe College May fete by Dr. Alice B. Salter on the campus green. Four senior attendants and six representatives from other classes attended the event, with 75 Coe women performing dances themed around the months. Notable soloists included Janet Shimerdain Ruthanne Herrald and Alice Ruth Mikas, under the direction of Ethel Ryan and Ruth Zika.

Senet Darlene Payne Cresco Coe Alice B. Salter Hez Ceeen Gladys Christensen Glencoe Doris Cone Cedar Rapids Mary Meacham Corner Glen Ellyn Jeanette Miller Belwein Queen Marvilla Benbow Fort Madison Doris Glantz Burlington Jacqueline Jones Hootman Eldora Kathryn Loomis Marc Miller Betty Lou Moore Oelwein Anne Barbara Koenig Myron L. Koenig Nancy Patterson Pamela Patterson Wade Patterson Doris Jean Newell H. J. Newell Lynne Thomas Leo R. Thomas Margaret Churchill Irving L. Churchill Cee Janet Shimerdain Ruthanne Herrald Alice Ruth Mikas Robert Bannister Chicago Ethel Ryan Department of Physical Education For Women Miss Ruth Zika Velma McMillan Gazette

Fourteen to Receive Gray Lady Certificates Sunday

A class of 14 will be presented certificates as Gray Ladies in a Sunday ceremony at 2 p.m. in Mercy hospital auditorium. This brings total certificate holders to 63, with 52 active in Cedar Rapids hospital service.

Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids J. F. McBaith Hospital and Recreation Corps Mary Mercy E. T. Gough St. Luke's Hospital Mabel Chase Verba Kun Paul H. Huston Mary Elaine Mercy Gray Ladies Marian Roberts St. Luke’s, Area Sisters of Mercy

Veal Shoulder Roast Dinner and Sides Menu

A family dinner menu features rolled shoulder veal with gravy, potatoes, cauliflower, and spinach or asparagus with hollandaise. Prepare the roast in a slow 300 degree oven, and consider week two meals like veal pie or veal and ham combos. Also included are Rosemary Spoon Bread and Mock Hollandaise as complementary recipes.

Charles Spurrier to Be Honored on 80th Birthday

Charles H. Spurrier will be honored on his eightieth birthday with an open house Sunday at the home of his daughter and son in law, Claude W. Frutchey, 2047 B avenue NE. He has lived there since his wife’s death in 1934. Four children will attend: Harold K. Spurrier, Mrs. Robert L. Johnston of Portland, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard K. Frutchey of Houston, Texas. Born in Iowa county, Spurrier farmed there before serving as rural mail carrier from Fairfax 1901 to 1919, then moved to Cedar Rapids to run a grocery, later owning a gas and oil business and currently managing a parking lot.

Charles H. Spurrier Claude W. Frutchey B Avenue Frutchey Harold K. Spurrier Gwendolyn Drive Robert L. Johnston

Notice of Appoint of Executrix for Ernst J Wenty

In Linn County Iowa on May 24 1945 Bertha I Spencer was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Ernst J Wenty late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All indebted persons must pay promptly and those with claims should file duly authenticated in the office of the Clerk of Linn County Iowa District Court with Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll attorneys.

State of Iowa Linn County Ernst J. Wenty Towa

Kitchen Gadget Inventor- A Woman, Yet-Visits Here

Inez H. Peirce an inventor with several patents and an electrical background visited Cedar Rapids at Mrs. N. E. Bunting’s home. She described her work at Automatic Telephone in Chicago and her coffee maker patent later licensed to Sunbeam, plus a tea kettle patent and a coffee maker strainer. Her son Ensign Robert H. Peirce works on Navy ship radio installations in Philadelphia.

Inez H. Peirce Cedar Rapids N. E. Bunting Forty-second Street The Automatic Telephone Company Chicago Sunbeam Company Chicago Flexible Shaft Company New York Hitler Europe Bessie South Sea Islands Peirce Ensign Robert H. Peirce Navy Yards Philadelphia

Medical Care Assured for Needy Vets

Major Thomas M. Nialy discusses Veterans Administration medical care for veterans, noting limits and that care is not free. He uses ex service man Jack Brown’s experience with Form P-10 to show how financial status affects eligibility and access to VA hospital services. The piece promises further guidance on Form P-10 and the disability compensation process.

Ajashington Veterans Administration Jack Brown

Gardening tips from ARSEN TIP for tender plants

The note advises setting plants such as hotab vay cabh in soil with enough dew to cover roots and warns wind may topple. For stability use a protective cover, place shorter rocky plants and set tomatoes with only 3 to 4 inches of stem above ground.

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