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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1936
Page
28
Readers discuss how constant arguing in families harms relationships and the attempts to reconcile May and Tom. The dialogue suggests inviting the pair to a friendly gathering to foster understanding and a hopeful reunion. A separate letter praises marrying someone close in age for lasting happiness.
Lucy Elizabeth Anderson and Edgar C. Rogers wed at the bride’s parents’ country home six miles southwest of West Liberty. The ceremony was attended by fifty relatives and friends with music by Ames and Muscatine participants. The couple will reside in Muscatine after a two week honeymoon to the Black Hills.
In Decorah the Oneota Golf and Country Club inaugurated women’s sport events on May 27 with a two ball foursome match. The first club social is set for June 2 at 6 30 p m. Mrs Ed Holmberg and daughters Dorothy and Mildred plan a trip to New York then Norway for a Scandinavian summer. Agnes Driscoll and Monica Cahalan hosted a shower and bridge luncheon for Dorothy Wright whose marriage is set for this summer.
Forty eight members of the Lutheran League attended a last week meeting with Mary Louise Hardt Marvin Jarmis Allan Eldo and Gladys Johanningmeier leading the program. Mrs Arno Kaiser hosted the Lutheran sewing circle in the church parlors on Wednesday. The Rosary Society of St Patricks church held their May meeting in the IOOF hall on Thursday.
Sigourney Mrs Henry F Wagner hosted a 1 PM bridge luncheon at her home on Wednesday. The decor featured large vari colored peonies and three tables of bridge with buffet style luncheon. Prizes went to Mrs J L Doyle and Mrs R C Yoder. Guest was Mrs W H Needham recently returned from Alhambra California.
The Colesburg consolidated school faculty hosted a supper Wednesday at Superintendent Wayland Osborn and wife in honor of Miss Edna Murley a local teacher who will marry this summer.
Mrs W J Horton entertained guests at a bridge gathering in Calmar on Wednesday evening. Out of town visitors included Miss Marguerite Herr of Cedar Rapids and Mrs David Beck of Algona. Miss Herr, a bride elect, was presented a gift.
Mrs Foster M Beck of Montour received a farewell shower Wednesday at the home of Mrs Frank Vana Jr as part of her Sunday school class social event.
National syndicated writer Elsie Robinson was taken to Park Emergency Hospital in San Francisco after an overdose of sleeping potion. Doctors said she is out of danger. Her husband Benton Fremont, grandson of Gen. John C. Fremont, said she mistook the dose during a nervous breakdown from overwork.
In Los Angeles a paper folder from the Whitaker estate is presented as evidence linking Samuel Whitaker to his wife's death. James Culver testified the gun used was Whittaker's and that Whitaker plotted the crime for a $9,000 life insurance payout. Police experts noted a wound likely came from Whittaker's gun. The elder musician faced a fatal motive after his bank balance dropped from 2000 to 100 in a year.
The Sinclair Memorial chapel at Coe College in Cedar Rapids has hosted the majority of graduates since its 1911 dedication. The class of 1936 is among those whose diplomas were awarded in the chapel, reflecting a period of rapid expansion in buildings enrollment and faculty since its construction.
Anne Adams pattern 2749 offers a three piece cape ensemble with a yoked two piece frock and cape. Sizes 12 to 40 available. fabric yardage listed for 36 inch material. Order form and pattern book details included from The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
William E. Stallings 39 a relief worker and his sister in law Erma Williams 21 are questioned in the death of Edna Stallings 36. Stallings held for first degree murder and Williams for accessory before the fact. Autopsy attributes death to strychnine poison. Insurance on the wife reported. Arraignment set for Monday before Justice of the Peace W Q Cross.
In a Memorial day address at Fredonia Kansas Assistant Secretary of War Harry H Woodring urged peaceful cooperation with other nations combined with adequate national defense. He recalled World War losses and said the nation seeks negotiation and arbitration before war and must keep a strong army and navy for emergencies.
In Syracuse the 148th assembly approved an 8 million dollar budget for 1936-37 despite fundamentalist protests. Rev. Robert Vining urged striking 11200 for the Federal Council of Churches, deeming it modernist. Protesters vow formal action as factions clash over commissions and church funding.
Emergency ambulance service. Fire company No. 1 responded to a small fire in the awning at Luberger's Furniture. The third annual Wisconsin-Linn Picnic association will hold a picnic at Bever Park pavilion on Sunday June 21. Bungalow Canning School advertises Wednesday classes at Two. National Union for Social Justice Unit No. 35 meets at 2:30 this afternoon in Kingston hall with a speaker. Townsend club No. 3 meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Adkins to speak. Cedar Rapids Fish and Game club meeting rescheduled to June 8. Sanford Kerr, Illinois Central freight agent, to take a three month trip to Canada Alaska and the Pacific coast. Lost and Found ads accepted until noon Monday for the Gazette. Dial 2-1121.
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 141, I O O F, will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. for officer elections for the next term and grand lodge officers. Refreshments will follow the gathering.
Judge H C Ring in district court grants a divorce to Phyllis E Phillips from Douglas E Phillips aged 34 on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple married May 31 and have three children.
The Maine lodge of Odd Fellows will elect officers at the regular meeting Tuesday evening in Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue East. A ballot will also be held on grand lodge officers. The second degree will be conferred.
Clarence S. Edgington asks district court for divorce from Pauline Ington on cruel and inhuman grounds alleging marriage in Iowa City in 1933 and a September 1935 Linn county separation and remarriage soon after. Other cases include Fern D. Miller versus William Gene Miller from a 1922 marriage and Adelbert A. Clevenger versus Lulu May Clevenger from a 1929 Missouri union.
Howard H. Cherry Jr son of Mr and Mrs Howard H Cherry of 305 Nassau Street SE will graduate from Culver military academy at commencement exercises June 10 He holds cadet sergeant rank in company D and is color sergeant of the regiment Active in athletics he played center on the varsity football team last season and was stroke on the rowing crew He is a member of the honor guard composed of cadets with highest infantry proficiency
Receding flood waters in eastern Colorado Saturday night left two dead, more than a dozen wrecked railroad bridges, flooded streets and basements in several towns. Don C. Gates, 31, was swept to his death attempting to drive across a flooded draw between Burlington and Seibert. his wife and daughter escaped. Mrs. John Dyatt drowned after entangling in a fence while seeking higher ground near the Smoky Hill river. The Arkansas and Republican rivers swelled, threatening towns in Kansas and Nebraska and the anniversary floods recalled past disaster.
The plane piloted by Howard Stark disappeared in January and was found in Lost Creek canyon 12 miles northeast of Morgan Utah. Fred Weyland of Salt Lake City found the craft during a mountain hike. No body was located and officials say Stark likely survived a forced landing but perished in a midwinter blizzard.
Cedar Rapids pairs Donald Sewall with Dorothy Chess and Beverly Taylor with Gladys Miller. Cog gan resident Gerald Morgan Boone weds Minta Mae Fuller of Central City. Roanoke Illinois resident Clarence Lester School weds Fay Imogene Reynolds of Eureka Illinois. Marion couples Carroll Fallgalter with Marie Martens and Jack Collins with Alice Hewitt of Cedar Rapids and Des Moines respectively. Marion resident Cecil A. Lewis weds Doris May Clark of Springville. Waterloo pairs J A Fitchpatrick with Laura Black Vaughn and Iowa Falls couple Frank K Levett with Eloise Strutz.
The American Federation of Labor faced a stalemate as John L. Lewis and his industrial group push for a mass-organization approach. An executive council dissolution order sparked threats of suspending nine major unions allied with Lewis, preventing votes on the horizontal-vertical reorganization plan at the upcoming Florida convention. Thomas Kennedy of the UMW criticized the council’s authority, urging the federation to allow constructive work toward industrial unionism.
Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich plans to separate from her 11 year old daughter Maria next fall as Maria enters a boarding school in England. Dietrich will sail to Europe soon after finishing her current film and will travel to Paris and London for rest and work before returning alone to fulfill contracts.
Mrs Hale W E Jones presided as hostess for a Wednesday ladies aid gathering in Olin with guests Mrs Lucy Dodge Mrs Ada Vrooman Mrs Olga Cruise Mrs Mabel Vrooman and Mrs Ada Easler.
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