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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
3
June wedding planning in Cedar Rapids centers on wartime constraints. Brides seek white gowns across styles from formal brocade and lace to sheer eyelet and taffeta looks, with informal lengths gaining favor. Designers feature short sleeves, pearl buttons, and light blue eyelet edging for a restrained, elegant effect.
A garden tip advises planting pole beans near a fence to climb and avoid stakes, with tepee pole arrangements described for support. The column then shifts to wedding fashion, recommending a colonial bouquet rose at the waist, blue accessories, and outfits like a light blue two piece with a blue ruffle skirt, plus simple corsage ideas for after the ceremony.
Seventeen Garfield students took part in a Monday evening banquet titled A Day With The 6A Class. Participants included Harley Kephart Jimmy Davis Darrell Harris Barry Herron Jimmy Mc Curley Jay Bruce Jean Leoni Dixie Peterson Marilyn Kramer Clairis Beeson Frank Hladky Kenneth Packingham Marilyn Chapman Robert Quinby. Miss Belle Campbell principal spoke and was introduced by Robert Peterson. Geraldine Leonard presented the class gift. Miss Genevieve Jensen led the homeroom for the program with mothers coordinating decorations and refreshments.
Miss Josephine Verderber secretary for attorney Thomas L Woods has been selected as one of 45 girls from seven states to attend a business and industrial girls conference at Camp Montebello St Louis Missouri held by the YWCA. She will depart Friday for the sectional meeting June 3 to June 9. DDT rules limit attendance this year. Verderber came to Cedar Rapids from Manchester about a year ago and is active in the YWCA as Les Amies club chair and former basketball captain and notable in other sports and activities.
Washington report on the Prayer Wing shows growing membership drawn from civilians worldwide. The group is open to men who work or are stationed anywhere and play at least once daily for complete victory, with origins traced to the Army Transport command ferrying division.
Ruth Millett notes how wives of soldiers rapidly reduce their weight fix up the house and prepare for their partners return. They seek permanent waves new curtains fresh paint and organized meals while awaiting orders and passage home. Their efforts illustrate how women prepare for life’s big moments with careful planning.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz welcomed the British fleet to the Pacific and rejected claims the United States resented their presence. He spoke to British officers on the quarter deck of the battleship King George V, stressing that Washington has long welcomed the visitors.
The King George V arrives with destroyers Troubridge Tenacious and Termagent to confer with Admiral Nimitz. Apra Harbor at Guam has been strengthened into a major Allied naval stronghold capable of housing large capital ships and numerous vessels.
A fragmented wartime snippet mentions British attacks near Sakishima and Japanese losses from within, with references to ships at anchor and efforts to activate airfields. It hints at ongoing operations around Okinawa and the broader Pacific theater during a period of tense supply and deployment.
The Memorial Day period saw only 24 accidental deaths, marking the safest observance in years. Officials note a four day stretch last year and that this year’s holiday fell on a Wednesday, with most activities condensed to one day.
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