Community Chest Campaign Opens in Cedar Rapids 1947
The 1947 Cedar Rapids Community Chest drive starts October 15. An outside visitor lauds the city’s public welfare work and explains the Chest structure founded in 1914 with 12 member agencies. The public welfare bureau coordinates funds, reports, and campaigns under the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel W. Higgins
Community Chest
Cedar Rapids
Public Welfare Bureau
Shirley Bechtel
I of Commerce Headquarts
Home For Aged Women
Sunshine Mission
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Chamber of Commerce
Jane Boyd Community House
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Community Nutrition Service
Salvation Army
Public Health Nursing Association
Society For the Hard of Hearing
William Barron
L. P. Boudreaux
Lester Chadima
Henry Kling
James Plumb
Harry Boyd
Robert Armstrong
John Berger
Richard Carne
John W. Miller
Rollo S. Pickford
Robert O. Bickel
J. C. Blodgett
Edwin C. Evans
E. E. Fisher
Charles Hobbie
William P Whipple
County Relief and
Soldiers’ Relief
Council of Social Planning
Women Will Canvass Homes for Cedar Rapids Chest Drive
Cedar Rapids 1946 Community Chest drive to raise 142000 plus via 21 residential teams led by Mrs. John D. Fandall and Mrs. Shirley F. Bechtel. Meetings set for Tuesday 7:30 pm and 4 pm, with industrial division planning and a total volunteer force over 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Red Feather
Chamber of Commerce
Shirley F. Bechtel
Public Welfare Bureau
John D. Fandall
Forest Drive
William D. Bayless
George Hearn
John W. Miller
Walker
E Willson
Char H. Parr
John @ohweeiteer
Hwei
Wipe Harris
Annes Steele
C. M. Altermatt
Harold Vv le Voce
Um” " Robinson
D. Hubert Neilson
Ws Morgan
Robert C .Ox
Bill Sters
W. L. Brows
C. Shuttleworth
Russell Hess
Clauss
Men and Women In Service Highlights Local Veterans
Lewell A. Pirnie of 337 Twenty-second Street NE was discharged from the army at Camp Beale California. Dick Lehner of 220 Fifteenth Street NW, promoted from seaman second class to seaman first class, stationed at Honolulu Naval Hospital and returning to San Diego for training. service since April. Cpl Raymond Derby of 950 Center Point Road NE home on terminal leave after 13 months at Oahu Hawaii. to discharge at Fort Sheridan October 7. Sgt Thomas M. Cours of 623 Fourteenth Street SE completed a Switzerland tour with air transport service in the European zone. finance clerk at Eschborn Germany. McKinley graduate entered service June 1945. Overseas since January, Wallace Post of 2324 Fruitland Boulevard SW stationed in Korea since July and recently promoted to corporal. clerk typist with adjutant general's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewell A. Pirnie
Thomas Pirnie
Twenty-second Street
Camp Beale
Calif
Dick Lehner
Vernon E. Lehner
Fifteenth Street
Naval Hospital
Honolulu
States
San Diego
Cpl
Raymond Derby
Vern Derby
Center Point Road
Oahu
Hawaii
Fort Sheridan
Thomas M. Cours
Albert M. Cours
Fourteenth Street
Switzerland
Air Transport Service
European Zone
Eschborn
Germany
McKinley
Decem
Turtle marked 1920 found near original catch site
Jesse Kirkbride in McConnellsville Ohio discovered a turtle bearing the year 1920 carved on its shell. The reptile was captured about 26 years earlier, and was found only 200 yards from the original catch location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcconnellsville
Ohio
Jesse Kirkbride
War Not Over Red Cross Seeks Volunteers In Linn County
Mrs. Wells C. Peck explains the Linn County Red Cross remains active with a full annual production program. New chairs and workers fill sewing, knitting, and packing duties as they prepare boy s shirts for refugees abroad and care for servicemen with fracture pillows and cast-toe socks. Five sewing machines boost output, but volunteer staffing is needed for sewing and knitting in the Granby building. The Gold Star Mothers plan monthly sewing sessions on the first Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Thomas Gulbrandsen
Red Cross
Hadavig McFaddin
Gold Star Mothers
F. W. Oxley
Philip Shive
Joseph Chmelicek
Granby
The
Gold Star
Peck Sai
Retirement of Dr William Brady M D
A long serving railroad conductor retires after 50 years and moves to God's country with his wife. He enjoys good health but shows weight loss and low blood pressure after retirement. The piece questions why men work so long and hints at the need for play and hobbies in later life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God’s Country
The Art of Play in Later Life and Anhedonia
The text argues older adults, even retired professionals, struggle to enjoy life due to overwork and emotional repression. It defines anhedonia as inability to feel happiness and urges daily physical work or play to protect health. It contrasts right mindedness action with anhedonia emotion and lists related concepts.
Fairfax State Savings Bank Balance Sheet 1946
Balance sheet excerpt shows assets totaling 1,331,014.28 with loans discounts and fixtures plus deposits and liabilities. Signatories include C. J. Lynch Chas A. Elson J. L. Krall and Edna DeLang. Date noted is the 2nd day of October 1946 in Linn County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Er. Taner
C. Ie Ieee Ae
State of
Tore
Linn County
Chas. We. C. J. Lynch
Elson
oEralt
Erie
Edna Sas
Bank Abo
C. J. Lynch
A. Elson
J. L. Krall
Edna DeLang
Five U S Warships to Attend Chilean President Elect Inauguration
Washington reports five U S navy vessels will attend the inauguration of Chilean President elect Gabriel G Videla on November 4 and 5. The ships include the 45 000 ton battleship Wisconsin the 27 000 ton aircraft carrier Leyte and destroyers Massey Douglas H Fox and Joseph P Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Gabriel G. Videla
Navy
Valparaiso
Wisconsin
Leyte
Massey
Douglas H. Fox
Joseph P. Kennedy
Ancient Greeks Linked Beans to Insomnia and Nightmares
Folklore from ancient Greece held that beans could trigger sleep disorders. Philosophers and healers warned that consuming certain beans caused wakefulness and vivid dreams, shaping dietary and medicinal beliefs of the era.
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Victor Raymond
Chapousky
Zeman
August Kozel
Car Spi
Stanley
Ce Paulsen
Doris Edwards
Francesca
O. H. Lundquist
Iver Peterson
Edward Johns
Charles Johnson
Melvin Wessel
Paul Gardner
Lester Monroe
Gus Soi
Mh Turdik
A. Leehenes
Alma James Dun
D. Riley
Charles
James Kirchner
Schaeffer
Robert Mitchell
Marvin Bishop Harrington Bain
Elmer Hedin
Evan Henry
Mike Hunn
Marie Ferguson
Super Service Oil Company
DIAL
Tenth Street
Hladey
Romar Oo
Cambell's Tomato Soup
Lipton's
Libby
Hladey's Grocery
Morrell
Vienna
4Th Ave
Wallace Post
W. W. Post
Fruitland Boulevard
Korea
Adjutant General's Office
Bindler's
South Side Shoe Store
Harold Hockaday
Sixteenth Avenue
William Brady, M
Hilterunner's
d/prumner
Irs
First Street
Conch Fairfax State Savings
U.S
Chile
SRD
Peone
Rts
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Baby Stuart Brand Pork & Beans
Lux
Raa
Roy
Borden’s
Tea Garden
PAPCO
Sunshine Market
First Avenue
Fifteenth St. SE
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