Harvest Spread and Youth Choir Election at St Pauls
The Church of Youth Choir at St Pauls held its annual harvest spread and elected new officers. Delores Paulsen was named president with Barbara Risk as vice-president and Jean Gray as secretary.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1939
Page
3
The Church of Youth Choir at St Pauls held its annual harvest spread and elected new officers. Delores Paulsen was named president with Barbara Risk as vice-president and Jean Gray as secretary.
Sixty members of the health education department of Cedar Rapids Woman's club and guests gathered for a picnic luncheon at the club house Friday. Miss Juanita Kenesick, dietitian at Children’s Hospital Iowa City, spoke on Safe and Sane Eating. Introduced by Mrs. George King, program chair, luncheon committee included Mesdames Edgar McNall A M Dunlop Allison Hines W R Foot and R B Burch. Tables formed an L shape and were decorated with yellow and white flowers.
Mrs. Marc Lahey and Mrs. Arnold Layer hosted a miscellaneous shower Thursday night for Miss Marie Petersmith, whose marriage to Joseph W. Kremenak is set for November 29. Guests included Renata Kremenak, Mary Griffin, Bernice Biederman, Marguerite McDonell, Lucille Mann, Virginia Ann Yoder, Alice Hartley, Grace Mumma, and Mesdames Scott Buchan, Fred Feller and Milo Prezek. Games produced prizes for Mrs Prezek, Mrs Buchan, and Miss McDonell. Refreshments followed.
Mrs J W Comstock of 400 Memorial Drive SE entertained at a dessert bridge Friday afternoon honoring Mrs Seiden Linderman of Greybull Wyoming. Guests included Mesdames Jessie Hayward James Hruska Louis Bredle W P Comstock Louis Trunecek Frank Sedlak Lumir Kleri E W Kriekard Charles Hruska and Edward Bruna. Prizes went to Mrs W P Comstock Mrs Kriekard and Mrs Bruna.
Mrs. Viana Dahn and Thelma Dahn were honored at a housewarming at 3242 Vine avenue SE. Bingo provided entertainment and a gift was presented to the guests, with refreshments served. Attendees included Mesdames F. A. Ingram, Alice Hutton, M. D. Owen, Larry Jacquet, Carrie Young, and Misses Leona Wood, Jane Honzik, Rosamond McGowan, Mildred Cach, and Dorothy Scott.
Daughters met Wednesday evening at 435 Tenth Street NE with Betty Van Dewalker leading devotions on Kindness. They planned a Thanksgiving basket and spent the evening sewing. The next meeting is set for December 13 at Murrel Clapps home.
In Linn County Iowa plaintiff Charles E Raiber sues W L Dracker Robert Drackett William Raber Edith Heichert Kawara Chaori William Houseman Jr Theima Kav Hazel Mousiman William Maren Margaret Mareh Shirley Maret Charles Marsh Albert Marsh Jack Marsh Leonora Gevel Irene Gabel Earl Gavel Clara Scinster Kenry Schuster Raymond Grether Arthur Gretner Clarence Grether Lottie Get Lewis Greiner Joan Gretner George Sizer Louis Sizer Elmer Siser Lawrence Sizer Alfred Sizer Stella Vermilye Harvey Sizer Wititew Gouin Pearl Goulg Wesley Korver Neilie Jones Ficora Hasselbeck Charles Rater William Sharp Howard Sharp Charles Sharp defendants To The Above Named defendants You are notified there is a petition on file alleging each owns an undivided one tenth in two parcels in Cedar Rapids described as Front of Northwesterly 37½ feet of Lot 5 and Lot 61 Original Town Cedar Rapids and Northwesterly 50 feet of Lot 12 L M Greene's Subdivision of Outlet 6 Cedar Rapids Said petition seeks sale of the real estate and division of proceeds or other equitable disposition as defendants cannot agree on division The petition prays for process and decree and that the real estate be sold and the proceeds divided Attorney for Plaintiff Thompson
Twenty members attended a luncheon meeting of the Ce dar Rapids Woman's club nature and garden department at the club house. Hostesses were Miss Anna Calderwood and Mesdames T. K. Hefner H. M. Holte and Fay Schwarzentruber, followed by a tour of the Coe college museum.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Kacer were feted Friday evening at a surprise party marking their eighteenth anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Bravlock and many others from Walford Traer Fairfax and nearby. Entertainment featured a mock wedding, singing and dancing.
Hostesses Betty Jones and Iota Grier entertained Friday evening at the Dochterman home 1532 B avenue NE. Bunco awarded to Betty Ones. Refreshments served. Guests included Bernice Cook Ma ble First Ellen Kokemiller Selah Mock Lydia Lohman Norma Lohman Esther Grier and Aden Sheriff jr.
Mrs. Joe Schwirtz acted as hostess to her card club at her home on Friday night. Prizes were won by Mrs. Al Prucha and Mrs. Gordon Hughes. Other attendees included Mesdames C. Feeples, Gus Winter, Mike Wachal, Bob Burianek, Leonard Kohl and Mrs. O. Wichman of Tipton.
First and Saron Lutheran churches hold a public Thanksgiving service at 10 a.m. November 30 in First Lutheran Church on Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE. Rev. F. J. Carlson of Saron will deliver the message Constant Thanksgiving. The choirs will perform Maunder's Praise the Lord and Zingareili's Filled With Thy Praise.
The annual Women’s Missionary Day service at Second Christian Church will be held Sunday at 7 30. Miss Mabel Epp of Des Moines, state secretary of Women’s Missionary work of the Christian churches, will be the guest speaker.
At Sunshine Mission Evangelist O G Lewis will discuss Great Things of the Cross on Sunday evening. An oil painting The Old Rugged Cross will be shown with special music by the Hinkin family under Rev T J Hinkin. Gifts to attract new pupils will be given during Sunday school to those bringing a new pupil and an extra award for the person bringing the most pupils.
The annual Thankoffering service will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the First United Presbyterian Church. The Women’s Missionary Society led by president Mrs. George C. Keyes will preside with choir music and a reading by Miss Lubbock. Short talks on world missionary work will be given by Mrs. W. Greer McCrory, Mrs. Ira A. Moore and Mrs. Harry C. Whisler. Thank offerings will be collected.
The newly organized Youth choir directed by Miss Margaret Hindee will debut at the 11 o clock Sunday service. A robe-clad 25-voice choir will perform Now Thank We All Our God and the church quartet will sing He Sendeth the Springs Into the Valleys. Miss Grace Gordon plays Thanksgiving at Harvest Time, London Derry Aire, and more.
The Rev. Grant F. Anderson will speak on So Should We at the event featuring a grand chorus in B flat. The speaker and program underscore a civic cultural gathering with musical and oratorical elements.
The senior and young people of the Christian Endeavors plan a meeting in the reformatory at Anamosa Sunday at 2 p.m. Attendees meet at the church at 12:30. Kenneth Gee leads a discussion on "Using Our Privileges" with Herbert Westrom on piano and Miss Eleanor Hall, Senior Endeavor president, in charge.
The First Christian church plans its annual all church bazaar and turkey dinner on Thursday December 14 at the church hall. Funds raised will support church programs and community outreach. Local families are invited to attend and enjoy meals and shopping.
Washington AP reports Britain will pause nearly 20 American products under wartime trade limits, totaling about 21.22 million dollars in 1936. France also demands permits for imports and blocks apples and tobacco into colonies. Officials caution time is insufficient to gauge overall war orders impact on U S producers.
London reports that Stefan Starzynski former mayor of Warsaw during the German assault and the occupation has been sent to Dachau. Disturbances in Warsaw led to executions and arrests as authorities sought to quell further disorder. Starzynski gained fame for his radio broadcasts and defiant stance, earning the name Stefan the Stubborn.
A Sunday column outlines menus for a family of five—two adults and three children—targeting about $12 per week. Guidance covers balanced calories, protein, minerals, and vitamins, with thrift tips like repurposing Thanksgiving leftovers into soup, making French fried crusts from bread crusts, and avoiding cinnamon if serving with meat.
Readable item list shows ingredients and portions: 12 pounds of cranberries with sugar, 3 cups cooked oatmeal, and 10 slices of bread. Indicates a simple meal plan or preparation guide with basic pantry staples.
A mail debate between Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred M. Lilienthal over American Youth Congress influence is highlighted by Lilienthal's request to appear before the Dies committee. Mrs. Roosevelt defends the congress as democratic, while Lilienthal cites alleged communist ties and urges public testimony.
Turkey soup yields two quarts water rice celery parsley and salt. Tomato cheese fondue blends tomato juice breadcrumbs sharp cheese butter eggs and salt. Chocolate wheat cereal dessert uses cracked wheat evaporated milk sugar cocoa butter vanilla and water. French Fried Toast Sticks referenced. Syrup mixes brown sugar and water. Shredded lettuce with mayonnaise uses lettuce and mayonnaise. Ginger snaps weigh ginger snaps. Cocoa uses cocoa milk and sugar. Cost per day about $1.33.
Police sought a thief who borrowed a car on Cobbancourt SE and returned it Thursday night minus the radio connections, with torn spark wires and a broken left rear spring. Owner E. G. Abodeely reported parking near McKinley School between 7:45 and 10:10 p.m. and finding the vehicle damaged upon return half a block away.
A. W. H. Lenders arrived home today after a week in New York. Francis E. Woolridge of Marion and John C. Janu of Irving were bruised in a rear end collision at First avenue and Third street west. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klinger travelled to Des Moines for the golden wedding of Frank Klinger. The St. Wenceslaus parish Young Peoples club staged the play Dead Broke with Charles Andrle in the lead.
Oscar A. Anderson was reelected president of the Pilgrim s Brotherhood of the First Congregational church at today s annual banquet and meeting. The Nine G club hosted a farewell dinner for Mr and Mrs John Moore at the Chadima home before their move to Los Angeles.
The Rev. Violet Heefner and her party will close their seven day evangelistic campaign at the Second Evangelical church Sunday night. A half hour of sacred music directed by Miss Anna Sudenga features the xylorimba and other instruments. The male quartet from First United Brethren church will perform, with additional vocal numbers. Heefner will deliver her final address after the concert. A missionary service is set for Sunday at 10 30 a.m.
Dale Harris, 19, of Lisbon was hurt when a shotgun discharged as he climbed a fence while hunting about 4 p.m. Friday. Buckshot struck his left leg and he is listed in fairly good condition at Mercy hospital after initial care in Lisbon and Cedar Rapids.
A simple batter beats eggs with cinnamon and salt then milk. Bread crusts are dipped in the mixture and fried in hot fat at 375 degrees for about three minutes until gold brown. Drain and serve with or without syrup.
Tenderize 1 pound round steak and cut into pieces to wrap around 5 medium potatoes. Salt potatoes, wrap with steak, flour them, brown in hot fat, and bake in greased covered casserole 1 hour 20 minutes at 325 degrees. Pour hot water during baking to prevent drying. Catsup may glaze before serving. Serves 5.
A legal notice records Malissa J. Finson granting to Lena Pratt a deed interest to 9 Goldsberry and adding Marion with $1 and other consideration dated May 5 1937. The brief entry notes the conveyance and consideration.
The Girl From Rector's served as the Thanksgiving attraction at Greene's Opera House. The Cedar Rapids area notes mention school board efforts to resolve high school space, with options on St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church property and other lots in the south half of the block. The plan uses the $60,000 approved for an addition. J A Wicke of Van Horne heads to Dallas to drive a Moline car on a long run and is a Cedar Rapids figure. Miss Margaret Langham of Cedar Rapids joins a recent Cedar Falls teachers college graduation class.
Internal Revenue Department employees welcomed the Thanksgiving regime but faced confusion over a second holiday. Treasury guidance allows excusing employees in states observing Thanksgiving on November 30, and the notice now interprets November 30 as a holiday for the internal revenue office.
Warm Springs Georgia AP report covers a dedication of a new community building named for Sara Delano Roosevelt. President Roosevelt speaks briefly amid jokes about a possible third term and political implications. Local mayor Rev W G Harry and Women’s Civic Club host the ceremonies with musical tributes and light banter.
Ottawa Finance Minister J. L. Ralston told a nationwide radio audience that Canada's first year of the war would cost about 315 million dollars, about 50 percent above all war spending to March 1916 and near the peak level of 1917-18. He noted the war supply organization had contracted or negotiated for 25 million dollars in purchases and spent 10 million for U S airplanes, 9,000,600 for special equipment and 25 million for railroad gear.
Washington AP Senator Vandenberg says extraordinary defense spending should be paid for on a pay as you go basis and paralleled by special taxes to preserve public credit. Senator King counters against large army navy expenditures. Committee chair Harrison avoids detail.
Atlantic City AP Dr Stringfellow Barr president of St John s College Annapolis urges the Middle States Association to stop educating for democracy Teachers have a higher calling to liberate the human spirit He says teachers conventions focus on training children to appreciate democracy He warns that if the public wants fascism in the 1940s he will educate for fascism He advocates first hand study of the world s greatest books and how authors minds worked
City briefs note the South Side Civic club will convene Monday at 7 30 p m at C S P S hall to discuss plans for the annual civic dinner followed by a lunch. A Want Ad for Thanksgiving sales is urged via the Sunday Gazette dial 2 1121 before 8 o clock tonight. Donald Broulik, 10, injured his right leg below the knee during a neighborhood football game at 9 45 a m Saturday and received treatment at Mercy hospital.
Mrs Clark B Zimmerman aged 55 of 1555 Sixth Avenue SE sustained a fractured right leg when she fell on cellar steps Friday at 4 30 p m. She was taken to Mercy hospital where her condition was listed as good Saturday.
Carl Ettinger assistant manager reports a 22 inch black leather ladies fitted suitcase stolen from a luggage display on the first floor between 2 and 4:53 p.m. The incident was reported to police Friday afternoon.
Investigation by the Y W C A shows the coat at 527 First Street SW was not stolen as reported in the May 18 Gazette. The owner later found she had left the coat elsewhere.
Western Auto manager M. C. Stevens reported the theft of 11 French chamois skins from a rack in the store at 422 Second Avenue SE. The skins, valued at 24.86 dollars, were taken sometime between 8 p.m. Thursday and 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Two Cedar Rapids youths about 15 were suspected by Williamsburg and Cedar Rapids police after a 1936 blue Ford sedan was stolen Friday night from a Williamsburg street. Patrolman O'Donnell, alerted at 8 pm, noted the boys, one with a red cap, the other in a zipper jacket, had only 50 cents and sought a hotel room nearby.
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