Rural Red Cross forms aid for county teachers and troops
County Red Cross board in Cedar Rapids outlined shortages in first aid kit supplies and approved funding to help rural teachers. Miss Helen Hubbard received $100 for material. new committees and a state council drive were discussed as war relief budget plans adjust for 1943. A county meeting featured leaders from Coggon Center Point and others, with 102 first aid classes and 2,107 certificates issued in nine months of 1942.
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County
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Helen Hubbard
Iowa
Linn
Sherman Yates
Des Moines
Iowa City
G. Keyes
R. K. Stoddard
Fort Dodge
Carl N. Ettinger
Red Cross Institute
Y.W.C.A
Hotel Roosevelt
St. Louis
F. A. Munneke
Coggon
Munneke
A. G. Byers
Dairydale Church
St. Paul's M. E. Church
First Presbyterian Church
Legion Hall
Center Point
Thees
Y.M.C.A
E. A. Milliken
First Aid
Coe Psychologist Enlists in Army
Dr. Ralph T. Hinton, a Coe College psychologist and instructor, left for Omaha on Thursday to report to the seventh service command headquarters as a second lieutenant in the army specialist corps. He arrives amid a vacancy in the summer faculty, having previously served as a juvenile court psychologist and supervisor. He holds a Beloit College degree, with a Northwestern University masters and PhD, and has worked at Mooseheart and Olivet College.
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Ralph T. Hinton
Coe College
Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Army Specialist Corps
Coe
Beloit College
Northwestern University
Mooseheart Laboratory For Child Research
Mooseheart, Ill
Olivet College
Olivet
Alice B Story Nominated for Iowa Library Post
Alice B Story of Cedar Rapids is nominated for vice president of the Iowa Library Association. With no state meeting this year the vote will be by mail. Story has no opposition. Ruby Taylor of Cedar Rapids remains treasurer of the association.
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Alice B. Story
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Library Association
Miss Story
Ruby Taylor
Naval Flight Board Signs 19 Recruits In Elks Club Visit
The U S naval flight selection board from Minneapolis accepted nineteen Cedar Rapids area men over two days at the Cedar Rapids Elks club from about seventy applicants. Navy recruiters said the yield was better than usual and one man out of eight considered was accepted for training. The accepted men will be called to Minneapolis on October 19 for final physicals and induction as U S naval aviation cadets.
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Cedar Rapids
U. S. Naval Flight Selection Board
Minneapolis
Navy
U. S. Naval Aviation
Testing Lane Friday On B Avenue Bridge
Motorists may have tires and other equipment checked Friday from 6 30 to 9 30 p m on the B avenue bridge. The Cedar Rapids police traffic division and the Iowa highway patrol run the lane, each driver receives a card detailing any defects. Three lanes will keep traffic moving, starting at the bridge's east end.
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B Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mission Church to Conduct Evening Services at Sunshine Mission
The Church of the Nazarene will lead the Sunshine Mission service at 7 30 p m Thursday with Rev A L McQuay as speaker. Wal ter Fellingsworth will direct the song service and Mrs G H Holtike will be the pianist. The public is invited.
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Church of the Nazarene
Sunshine Mission
A. L. McQuay
Walter Fellingsworth
G. H. Holtike
Frank Ward
Deaths Mildred Elizabeth Guy 48 former Cedar Rapids resident
Mildred Elizabeth Guy died at 6 30 p m Tuesday at her Racine Wisconsin home. Born in Cedar Rapids she was 48 and survived by sister Mrs R R Kelly and two brothers Otto W Guy of Cedar Rapids Alfred O Guy of Tama. Funeral services 2 p m Friday at Turner chapel Cedar Rapids with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Mildred Elizabeth Guy
Cedar Rapids
Racine
Wis
Cewith
R. R. Kelly
Christian Science Church
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion Auxiliary
Otto W. Guy
Alfred O. Guy
Tama
Turner Chapel
First Church of Christ Scientist
Fami
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Christina Davis at St Patrick's
Funeral services will be held at St Patrick's church at 9 a.m. Friday for Mrs Christina Davis who died Tuesday at her daughter's home. Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery. The Rosary will be recited in the Teahen chapel at 8.
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St. Patrick's Church
Rosary Society to Hold Meeting This Thursday
The Rev. D. J. Lenihan will lead the third unit of the Rosary Society on Thursday afternoon. Friends may call at the Teahen chapel.
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P.m
D. J. Lenihan
The
Rosary Society
Teahen Chapel
Funeral for Doris Ann Gillick Held at Grandmother’s Home
Private funeral services were held Thursday for Doris Ann Gillick, 4, at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Anna Strauss, 930 Sixteenth Avenue SW. Burial followed. She was born June 21, 1938 and died after a brief illness. Survived by a brother, Don Edward.
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Doris Ann Gillick
Anna Strauss
Sixteenth Avenue
Beshe
Casera
Don Edward
Eight Cedar Rapids men enlist in Navy
Ten enlistees join the Navy at the Cedar Rapids recruits station on Thursday. They include Morton at 408 First Avenue NW Donald D. Anderson of 604 Summer Street NW Francis E. Richards at 1648 A Avenue NE Paul D. Lekin 224 Sixth Avenue SW John D. Geesaman 5311 Center Point Road NE Loyd L. Mentzer Route 3 Cedar Rapids Vincent J. Doyle 126 Nineteenth Street W John B. Fryear 1305 F and Harold A. Miller 1574 Eleventh Street Marion.
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Cedar Rap
Cedar Rapids
Morton
First Avenue
Donald D. Anderson
Summer Street
Francis E. Richards
Paul D. Lekin
Sixth Avenue
John D. Geesaman
Center Point Road
Loyd L. Mentzer
Vincent J. Doyle
Nineteenth Street
John B. Fryear
F A
Harold A. Miller
Eleventh Street
Marion
Two Denominations Plan Merger in Chicago Churches
In Chicago on Wednesday a plan for merging the Congregational Christian churches with the Evangelical and Reformed Church of America was announced by Rev Louis W Goebel. A joint union committee cited constitutional steps required before completion and said the new church would blend governance while preserving core rights of churches and ministers.
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Chicago
United Church
Congregational-Christian Churches
Evangelical
Cee Church of America
Louis W. Goebel
Goebel
America’s Big Church Union Reaches 658,571 Members
In 1934 the merger of two church bodies produced a national church with 658,571 adherents. The figure reflects the combined membership of the new denomination and its reach across communities.
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America
Japan China Signed Secret Treaty At Nanking
A Chinese army spokesman said Japan and China signed a secret treaty at Nanking. The accord reportedly includes a long term lease of the island of Hainan to Japan.
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Chungking
Japan
Nanking
Hainan
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Enzler
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White Eagle Coal CO
Ist
Dial
Mildred E. Guy
Davis Services
C. R
American Gem Society
Boyson
Boyson Jewelry CO
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Couw Aeg
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