Weather and funeral notices from a Midwest town
Frigid Friday and weekend storm chances with low temperatures and light precipitation described. Funeral services listed for Don Munger in Elkader and Mrs Donald Lenz in Vernon with burial and church ceremonies noted. Also a still alarm due to a leaking refrigerator and gas spill near 860 Camburn Court SE and 4300 First Avenue E with responders on scene.
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Camburn Court
Company 7
First Avenue E
Driver Mills Fined For Reckless Driving In Cedar area
Wayne F Mills 22 of 3106 Circle Drive NE was fined 25 dollars and had his license suspended 60 days after a car he drove skidded and rolled 211 feet on First Avenue East near Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friday around 10 30 p.m. Witnesses said speed was high as the westbound car rolled nearly three times and ended upright on its top. Mills was treated for facial abrasions at St Luke s Hospital by witness Abner M Hall. The penalty was imposed by Municipal Court Judge Charles Benesh Saturday morning.
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Wayne F. Mills
Circle Drive
Mills
First Avenue
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
St. Luke’s Hospital
Abner M. Hall
Eighth Street
Charles Benesh
Multiple Traffic and Civil Court Entries From Iowa Communities
A list of fines and sentences from Iowa individuals for speeding failing to stop at a signal leaving an accident scene and disturbing the peace. Civil suits filed include claims for merchandise and services with various plaintiff defendants and monetary amounts. Funeral notices list services for Marie I Newton Henry Whitford Marshall Cook with locations in Brant Volga Center Point.
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Delwein
Marie I. Newton
Brant Funeral
Volga
Henry Whitford
Methodist Church
Body
Gill Funeral Home
Strawberry Point
Center Point
Marshall Dean Cook
First Christian
Burglar Apprehended Three Minutes After Break-In
Tex Longhorse Canyon a 19 year old from Burlington Wis was brought before Judge Charles Penningroth on a breaking and entering charge. Canyon was appointed an attorney and given until 10 am June 3 to plead. Bond set at 1000. He was arrested by Officers Ralph Gearhart and Ivan Dorman for breaking into Meyers Service station at Twenty second avenue and Sixth street SW and stealing 698 in cash a flashlight and a pack of cigarettes. Officers said Canyon was stopped three minutes after the break in during routine patrol and later admitted the theft.
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Tex Longhorse Canyon
Burlington
Wis
Charles Penningroth
Canyon
Ralph Gearhart
Ivan Dorman
Meyers
Twenty-second Avenue
Sixth Street
Gearhart
Dorman
Will of Ralph D. Hunting Filed for Probate
Ralph D. Hunting, Cedar Rapids lumber dealer who died May 16, left his wife 150000 plus her interest in their home at 2800 First Avenue East, business property at 407 411 Second Avenue SE, an automobile and personal effects. The rest of his estate goes in equal shares to their three children Marian John B and Ralph D Hunting Jr. Miss Hunting and her mother are executrices without bond.
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Ralph D. Hunting
Cedar Rapids
Juvenile Court Transfer in Cedar Rapids Car Theft Case
Two teen-age boys charged with stealing a car in Cedar Rapids last Friday night had their district court case moved to juvenile court by Judge Charles Penningroth. Police say the youths were arrested in Pittsfield Illinois where the car was found abandoned. The transfer cited the youths' ages. Three civil suits filed Friday and Saturday include Fox versus Happ for 242.08, St Luke's Hospital versus Lester and Florence Kelsey for 252.15, and Asco Loan vs Herman and Betty Flowers for 300. Stancel dismissed a promissory note suit against George Stancel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Pittsfield
Ill
Penningroth
W. R. Fox
H. J. Happ
Perma-Stone of
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lester H
Florence Kelsey
Asco Loan Company
Herman
Betty Flowers
Put Off Too Long. Adams Faces License Charge
Andrew H. Adams, charged with driving without a license, told Judge Carleton E. Jewett he had "just put off" getting one for 24 years. He was fined $25.
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Richmond
Llp
Andrew H. Adams
Carleton E. Jewett
City Briefs Highlight Local Health and Community Events
Residents receive updates on hospital stays and memorial services while local workers seek barbers and wait for Memorial day market hours. Police report a hotel fraud warrant and a Sunday luncheon is planned by the Health Section with Des Moines officials speaking. Cub Scouts and award ceremony noted at Central Park Presbyterian church.
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Central Park Presbyterian Church
Jack Marchant
Richard Raymond
John Mayfield
Steven Durr
James Davidson
Ricky Sadilek
Daryl Spivey
Michael Forbes
Tim Troskey
Terry Schamberger
Robert Pike
Richard Beaty
Wayne Silka
Dennis Teeter
Randal Heim
Deaths Vratislav Horacek 76 Cedar Rapids
Vratislav Horacek of 501 Edgewood Road SW Cedar Rapids died at 8 10 p m Friday after a long illness. Born April 5 1879 in Piskova Shota Czechoslovakia he was a retired printer and member of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Printers local No 447 Karel IV No 13 ZCBJ and the Sokols. Surviving are his wife Pauline Horacek two daughters Mrs Charles Jasa of Cedar Rapids and Mrs George Tichy of Ely two sons Vratislav and Godfrey five grandchildren and a sister Mrs Marie Hlavac in Czechoslovakia Services Sunday at 2 p m in Brosh chapel with Rev Zdenek F Pauk burial in Czech National cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vratislav Horacek
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Piskova Shota
Czechoslovakia
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Karel IV
ZCBJ
Sokols
Pauline ‘Horusicka
Czech National Cemetery
Sweet Hilda Baker dies after lingering illness
Hilda Baker Sweet 1315 K street SW Cedar Rapids died at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 30 am Saturday after a lingering illness. Born Decorah December 6 1906 she worked at Wilson and Company until illness. Surviving husband Merton Sweet daughters Mrs Lester Jones Rita June Baker son Lyle Baker Portland Ore sister Mrs Oscar Raby Grand Meadow Minn brothers Clifford Bolson Decorah Clarence Pekin Ill Alfred Peoria three grandchildren. Kuba funeral home time to be announced. friends may call after 1 pm Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Baker Sweet
K Street
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Wilson and Company
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
Merton Sweet
Lester Jones
Rita June Baker
Lyle Baker
Portland
Ore
Oscar Raby
Grand Meadow
Minn
Clifford Bolson
Clarence
Pekin
Ill
Alfred
Peoria
Kuba
Cedar Rapids Widow Anna McDowell Dies at 78 in Hospital
Anna Anderle McDowell 78 of 2004 Johnson avenue NW widow of Bert I. McDowell died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 30 am Saturday. Lifelong Cedar Rapids resident she was born January 5 1877. Surviving are a son Bert a daughter Mrs Rex W Webber and two grandsons William R Webber and another grandchild.
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Anna Anderle McDowell
Johnson Avenue NW
Bert I. McDowell
Cedar Rapids
Bert
Rex W
Webber
William R. Web
Cedar man dies. funeral set for Tuesday in Cedar
The obituary notes the death of a Cedar resident on December 24, 1941. Surviving are two sisters Mrs. Bessie Carie and Mrs. Lottie Kanealy and a half sister Mrs. Tillie Gerstner, all of Cedar. The Janeba funeral home will host services at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Franklin T. Jones of Christ Church United Presbyterian. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
Gary Y. McDowell
Bessie Carie
Lottie Kanealy
Tillie Gerstner
Cedar A
Janeba
Franklin T. Jones
Christ Church United Presbyterian
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Death notice of H Wallace Robinson Cedar Rapids
H Wallace Robinson a retired Witwer Grocery salesman and Cedar Rapids resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 a.m. Saturday after a lingering illness he was born October 30 1873 in Cedar Rapids and married Emma Kuda December 4 1937 in Los Angeles. Surviving are his wife a daughter Grace McKay Ottumwa a brother Chris Robinson Cedar Rapids a sister Maude Sellens Los Angeles and one granddaughter Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at Turner chapel.
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H. Wallace Robinson
Thirteenth Street
Witwer Grocery Company
Cedar Rapids
Emma Kuda
Los Angeles
Grace McKay
Ottumwa
Chris Robinson
Maude Sellens
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Widow Mary Rogers Dies After Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mary Churchill Rogers widow of Aleck Rogers and long time Cedar Rapids resident died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home Friday at 6 45 pm after a long illness. Born November 20 1862 in Mt Vernon Missouri she leaves a daughter Mrs Sam Ri of Cedar Rapids a son Charles Rogers of California 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She belonged to the Christian church and services will be held at Turner chapel Tuesday at 10 30 am with Rev. Frank Ward. Friends may visit at the chapel after 1 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Churchill Rogers
Aleck Rogers
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Sam Ri
Charles Rogers
California
Frank Ward
Baby Hurt in Catonsville Dynamite Bombing Mystery
A dynamite blast struck a Catonsville home injuring a 15 month old girl, Mary Melissa Einstein, as seven others escaped unhurt or with minor injuries. Jacob Einstein Jr. and his wife could not explain the bombing, police said a shell surrounded the slow burning fuse, lines cut and car failures hindered the rush to the hospital.
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Baltimore
Catonsville
Jacob Einstein, Jr
Mary Melissa Einstein
Einstein
Tests Finished in Hedy Gem Riddle
Houston police announced the investigation into Hedy Lamarr’s missing jewels, valued at about 50 thousand dollars, is in early stages. Lt. Short said lie detector tests on Lamarr, her husband W Howard Lee, and four servants were inconclusive for Lamarr but showed truth for the others, with insurance covering around 39 thousand.
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Houston
Hedy Lamarr
H. B. Short
B. B. Squyres
Miss Lamarr
W. Howard Lee
Squyres
Lee
Weather tale of rainfall and warmth across Iowa
Weather continued fair to partly cloudy with warmer temperatures. Iowa cities logged rainfall amounts from 0.06 to 1.34 inches with Cedar Rapids at 0.06 by noon and a Friday high of 73 and low of 60. Gusty winds and storms moved in Friday night bringing mixed totals and hail in places.
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Bismarck
Minne Galesse
Iowa
Algona
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Davenport
Des Moines
Lamont
Mason City
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Spencer
Father Trzil to Cedar Rapids as Assistant Pastor
Catholic archdiocese of Dubuque announces priest transfers. Rev Louis J Trzil native of Cedar Rapids will join St Wenceslaus in Cedar Rapids as assistant pastor, succeeding Rev John J Benda who moves to Independence and Rowley. Other moves include Rev Alphone Birmingham to Loras College and Rev Edgar C Kolfenbach to Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Louis J. Trzil
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church
Louis Trails
Seventh Street
Protivin
John J. Benda
Independence
St. John the Evangelist Church
All Saints Church
Rowley
Father Benda
Alphone J. Birmingham
Loras College
Robert E. Moran
Ames
St. Patrick’s Church
Waukon
Edgar C. Kolfenbach
Robert P. Rahe
Salem Church Names Student Assistant Pastor
The Rev. T. R. Balm of Fort Dodge will serve as student assistant pastor at Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids this summer. He and Mrs. Balm and their son will reside in the parish house at 225 First Avenue SW. He plans to return in the fall to Naperville, Illinois, to finish seminary studies.
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T. R. Balm
Fort Dodge
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
Cedar Rapids
C R Peoples Church Re-elects Its Officers
Dr. Vernon E. Lichtenstein was re-elected president of the Peoples Unitarian Church in Cedar Rapids for another year. Other officers re-elected at the annual meeting include Manning Morrill as vice president Miss Elizabeth Low as secretary Mrs Frederick Fluegel as treasurer and William Fluegel as...
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Vernon E. Lichtenstein
Peoples Unitarian Church
Cedar Rapids
Manning Morrill
Elizabeth Low
Frederick Fluegel
William Fluegel
New Catholic Center Opens in Cedar Rapids Area
The Catholic Center at 509 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids opened last week offering a meeting space a lending library Catholic periodicals a bookstore and reading room. It operates 7 to 9 15 pm weekdays and 2 to 5 pm Saturdays and is run by lay volunteers with Msgr William H Schulte Rev E Kurt advisors and officers Wayne A Loui president Marcella Muhl coordinator John Grill treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
William H. Schulte
E. Kurt
Wayne A. Loui
Marcella Muhl
John Grill
Commencement Speaker Named for June Exercises
June 5 program to feature Dr. C. Clifford Bacon of First Methodist Church in Des Moines as speaker for the commencement exercises.
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C. Clifford Bacon
First Methodist Church
Des Moines
Dyersville Church to Be Consecrated by Bishop Binz
In Dyersville St Francis Xavier Church will be consecrated in a four hour service starting 7:30 a.m. Monday led by Archbishop Leo Binz of Dubuque and followed by a pontifical mass. Delegations from local patriotic groups will attend, with the Very Rev. M. M. Hoffman as pastor and Revs. Woels and Clark as assistants.
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Dyersville
St. Francis Xavier
Leo Binz
Dubuque
Iowa
Springbrook
Petersburg
M. M. Hoffman
David Woels
William Clark
To Be Pastor of New C R Church
The Rev. Robert Harter will become pastor of a mission church in southwest Cedar Rapids starting July 1. The exact location is to be decided, south of Sixteenth Avenue. He was called by the Board of American Missions of the United Lutheran church with Dr. Alfred J. Beil coordinating. Harter is a native of Hicksville New York and has studied at St Olaf College Witt enberg College and Hamma Divinity School. He was ordained in 1953 and is married with two children.
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Robert Harter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
Board of American Missions
The
United Lutheran Church
Alfred J. Beil
Des Moines
Iowa Synod
John Berger
Synod
State Board of Missions
Hicksville
N.Y
Harter
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Wittenberg College
Hamma Divinity School
Springfield
Ohio
New Haven
Conn
McGregor Pastor to Leave for New Jameson Post
The Rev. August Mommens of St. Pauls Lutheran in McGregor will depart next week for a new pastorate in Jameson, Nebraska. He will lead a farewell sermon this Sunday and his family will be honored at the church and Sunday school picnic. Mommens arrived in McGregor in July 1952 after graduating from Concordia Seminary.
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Mcgregor
August Mommens
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Naanly
Jameson Land Burton
Neb
Mommens
Concordia Seminary
Springfield
Ill
H. Frohn
Elkader
Independence Pastor Called to Muscatine
The Rev. I. W. H. Kettlitz, pastor of First Presbyterian Church Independence, has received a call to the First Presbyterian Church in Muscatine. He will assume duties June 5. A Monticello native, he came to Independence in 1947 after serving as a navy chaplain and studied at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He led local religious groups including the Ministerial Association Community Council and Dubuque presbytery.
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Independence
I W. H. Kettlitz
First Presbyterian Church
Muscatine
Mr. Kettlitz
Monticello
University of
Dubuque
DeShazers Return to Toddville from Japan
TODDVILLE The Rev. Jacob DeShazer and his wife Florence Matheny return to Toddville after service in Japan. The couple’s homecoming marks a long awaited reunion with local friends and church community.
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DeShazers
Toddville
Japan
Jacob DeShazer
Florence Matheny
Todd
DeShazer family returns home for Toddville visit
Mr DeShazer famed Doolittle Raider spent 42 months in a Japanese prison camp. He will lead an evangelistic service at 8 PM in Toddville Free Methodist church. The couple visit Mrs Archie Matheny and plan to attend the Free Methodist conference at Winona Lake. They also aim for Asbury Seminary study during furlough. DeShazer to speak at Cedar Rapids Free Methodist worship.
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DeShazer
Asbury Seminary
Kentucky
Free Methods
Cedar Rapids
Wave of liquor raids hits multiple Iowa towns
Police led raids on 14 Woodbury county sites and 12 Sioux City locations with four sheriff deputies sweeping Oto Climbing Hill Des Moines and Clinton. Whisky found at Blue Sail Showboat Hank’s Place and The Bomb Shelter while many venues yielded no liquor. One operator Lyle Q Schmidt charged. Alfred J Renda pled innocent. Warrants issued by Countryman and turned to Police Capt. Volz.
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Woodbury County
James O'Keefe
Sioux City
Blue Sail
Lyle Q. Schmidt
Oto
Dubuque
Shamrock
The
Bush
Vince’s
Glenn Miller
Zephyr
Alibi
Goetzinger’s
Hank's
Clinton
Reynolds Cigar Store
Office
Chaney Tavern
Keokuk
Whiting
Grant Center
Monona County
Logan
Harrison County
Des Moines
Alfred J. Renda
Iowa
Renda
Countryman
Louis Volz
Strange Tale of Confederate Yet Burial in Maine
In Gray Maine an unknown Confederate soldier rests beneath a tombstone labeled Stranger His grave is tended for Memorial Day alongside local GAR veterans The body arrived by mistake in 1862 while Lt Charles H Colley of the 10th Maine volunteers rests nearby The story notes the mix up and the liaison of communities in 1862 with a motherly hand at the site.
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Maine
Gray, Maine
Gray
George T
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles H. Colley
10Th
Maine Volunteers
Amos
Sarah Nash Colley
Hill
Cedar Mountain
Alexandria
Colleys
Gray Cemetery
Colley
Peak gasoline sales hit U S motorists 4 to 7 pm
A recent survey finds the highest gasoline purchases by U S motorists occur between 4 and 7 pm. The study highlights evening refueling patterns and consumer behavior in the domestic market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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Sarchett-Murdoch Funeral Home
Don Munger
Jhhe Witt Funeral Home
East Side
Vernon
Donald Lenz
Brosh
Solon
St. Mary's Church
Church Cemetery
C. R. Weather
Municipal
Municipal Court Police Division
David Martin
Marion
Minard Hein Graettinger
Leslie Spears
Iowa City
Delores Miller
Route 4
Stuart Fairbanks
James Billson
Fifth Street
Robert Filling
Shirley Stuefen
Melvyn Nemec
Palo
Gail Mather
Waterloo
Duane Tolson
Wisconsin Dells
Jon Ellerbrock
Wayne Mills
Ralph Rowley
Fourth Avenue
David Jones
Tenth Street
William Elgas
Avenue NW
Joe Vondracek, Jr
Vondracek
Meyer H. Schaffer
Paul Myers
Ralph Simmons
Rapid Thermogas Company
Louis Brown
Central City
John Melchert
Marvin Dircks
Springville
Ed Wilson
Superior Oil Comany Station
S. Jess Alinutt
Eleventh Street
Ace Electronics, Inc
Vic Hamilton
Papese
Kadlee Brothers
Milton R. Sills
Lapes Florists
Leland Strait, Sr
Kyle Mills
Deason
Dolf Fladiy
James Reed
John B. Turner & Son
Joseph Stancel
George J. Stancel
John E. Lopes
3Rd Avenue
Mt. Vernon Ave
Emil Pospishil
Merc
Daisies
Piersons
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Goa
Jack C. Brown
Seventh Street SE
Frank C. Byers
John Greenlee
Allen
Mercy Division 5
G.la
Division 159
B. of SE
St. James Methodist Church
Krebs
1St Ave
First Street
Avenue Bridge
Carl MacQuiston
C.S.P.S. Hall
3Rd St. SE
Council of Social Planning
YMCA
Abraham Gelprin
1St Ave. S.E
Mrs. Merton Sweet
B. I. McDowell
Baby
Pierson
Ellis
Additinal Church News
Frank R. Hruby
St. Ludmila's Church
National Catholic Workman Fraternal Association
Omaha
Frank G. Drahozal
Joseph Severa
Joseph Stourac
Edward R. Kuba
L. J. Trzil
C.R
Salem Church
C.R. Peoples Church
New Catholic Center
Simpson College Grads
Indianola
Simpson College
Jackson Burns
St. Paul’s Prebhadias Church
Cedar Raps
Murdoch
Walker
Dyersville Church
New C.R. Church
Earl Aronson
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