Mary Circle Picnic Honors Retta Courtney's 93rd Birthday
Mary circle of the Methodist W S C S picnicked Wednesday with the Misses Retta and Belle Courtney. A decorated cake marked Retta Courtney’s 93rd birthday was served as twenty five women attended. Cpl Noel James visits on weekend furlough from Fort Sheridan with wife and son. Richard Goins family heads to Oklahoma City for Disciples of Christ convention with Nancy Sue joining relatives in Trenton Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Mary Circle
Methodist
Retta
Belle Courtney
Retta Courtney
Cpl
Noel James
Fort Furlough
Sheridan, IL
Oklahoma
Richard Goins
Oklahoma City
Disciples of Christ
Nancy Sue Goins
Trenton
Help Wanted Female for Dry Cleaning Office Check-in
Classified ad seeking a girl for an office check-in position in the dry cleaning department at Marion Laundry. Prior experience not stated. Apply to Marion Laundry advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Laundry—Adv
J. C. Kennedy
Roosevelt
eHanager’s
Montrose E Hotel
Lakeside Book Club Meeting Postponed to Oct 19
The Lakeside Book club meeting scheduled for Thursday has been postponed until Oct 19, when the club will meet with Mrs. Wayne Scott at 1521 Eleventh Street. Funeral sprays and corsages are available with reasonable prices from Goodrows. phone number 7-W.-Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside Book Club
Wayne Scott
Eleventh Street
DuBarry Residents and Club Meetings Schedule
DuBarry residents note a Tuesday 1 30 guest day at Mrs Stewart Hawk home with co host Mrs Elizabeth Gibson. Unit 29 Retired Railway Employes meets Friday 2 at K V cafe with refreshments. Trojan lodge 548 meets 7 30 Friday. Dr Herman N Strader and wife return from West trip with Denver veterinarians meeting. Church Women host lunch Thursday 12 30 with film Beyond City Limits. Osceola lodge 18 1 C C F meets 7 30 Thursday. Mr and Mrs Paul E Rose Marion and Mrs Rose's parents Robins return from Florida vacation. Stamps hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Winston at St Petersburg with visits to Miami areas. Mrs S J Thompson to enter Mercy Hospital for surgery. Weekend visit with Elmer Walton family at Troy. Methodist Friendly Guild meets 1 30 Friday. Pleasant Grove Community Club to meet with J J Albaughs Tuesday evening. E A Lagerquist shows Chicago livestock market colored films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck-a-Stitch Club
Stewart Hawk
Elizabeth Gibson
Paul E. Rose
Marion
Community group meetings and DeMolay activities listed
Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of King's Daughters will meet with Miss Bess Patterson Tuesday eve. Marion chapter 10, R. A. M., will meet at 7:30 Tuesday. Grove City Rebekah lodge 35 will meet at 7:30 Monday in the L O O F hall. Linn chapter No 900 DeMolay and DeMolay Mothers circle and families picnic at 7 p.m. Monday in the Masonic temple. Separate meetings of the chapter and circle will follow. The second degree conferment will occur during the chapter meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Bess Patterson
Marion
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Linn Chapter No. 900
Order of DeMolay
DeMolay Mothers 'Circle
Masonic Temple
Marion Water Company Transfer Planned by Oct 25
City officials were informed that the transfer of the Marion Water Company to the city will occur on or before October 25, with attorneys for the water and bonding companies finalizing arrangements. Trustees will be appointed and an operating ordinance will be adopted in the first week of November.
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Marion Water Company
Water and
Concord A and L Club Meeting Friday Evening
Concord A and L club will meet Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. E D Jack east of Marion. For sale breakfast set phone 62 adv Miss Kathleen Mullaley girls physical education director in Oelwein high school spending weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Mullaley. 2 75 complete Hudnut home permanent with curlers for 1 89 Edisons adv
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Concord A. and
L Club
E. D. Jack
Marion
Kathleen Mullaley
Oelwein High School
Edward Mullaley
Edisons
Guests at Ray Starry Home Include Maley Family
Recent visitors to the Ray Starry residence included Mr and Mrs James Maley and their daughter Mary from Boulder Colorado W R Maley of Garner Iowa and Mr and Mrs Paul Warning of Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Ray Starry Home
James Maley
Mary
Boulder, Colo
W. R. Maley
Garner, Ia
Mr. and
A. Paul Warning
Fort Wayne, N
Garden Club Meeting on Gourds at Mrs McGowan’s Home
The Marion Nature and Garden club meets at 524 10th Street with host Mrs Thomas McGowan. Mrs Stanley Thomas presents the Gourds program and Mrs C A Dykes contributes a special portion on the program.
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Garden Club
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Thomas McGowan
Tenth Street
Stanley Thomas
C. A. Dykes
Community meeting schedule from St Marys and local groups
St Marys circle of St Josephs Catholic church meets 7 30 p m Tuesday in the church hall. Pre school Study group No 1 meets 8 p m Wednesday with Mrs Leo Voss. Ivanhoe club meets 2 Monday with Mrs John Gritzner. IA dessert luncheon will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Voss
Ivanhoe Club
John Gritzner
Patmos Commandery to Confer Red Cross Wednesday Night
Patmos Commandery No. 27 K T will confer the Order of the Red Cross in the Masonic temple Wednesday night with members and attendees expected for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmos Commandery No
K.T
Order of the Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Local Club Meetings Scheduled This Week in Cedar Rapids
The W S A club plans a meeting with Mrs H C Silker at 855 Second Street NW. The Cornelian club meets with Mrs H W Leffingwell on Tuesday evening. The Wednesday Study club gathers with Mrs Weber at 7 45. Marion Federation of Women’s clubs skips this week. Methodist official board meets at 8 pm Wednesday. Milwaukee Women’s club hosts a dessert luncheon at K V cafe Thursday at 1 15 with reservations to Mrs O R Ness or Mrs A F Hutchins. New Art club meets Monday evening with Mrs R C McCalley. Four C club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Robert Elkin. Pinochle club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Clara Tilton at 827 Third Avenue.
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Milwaukee Women’s Club
K. V. Cafe
O. R. Ness
A. F. Hutchins
Clara Tilton
Third Avenue
Women Bowlers to Form Marion League Meeting
All women interested in forming a Marion bowling league will meet at the Marion alley at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Old and new bowlers will be welcomed. The North and South Marion Farm Bureau will meet in the Marion rural school at 8 p m Wednesday.
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Marion Bowling League
Marion Alley
North and South
Marion Farm Bureau
Marion Rural School
Wanted full time clerk in Vari ety store
Help wanted ad seeks a full time clerk for a Variety store. Requires selling experience and is a good job for the right party. See Mr. Storm for details.
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Variety Store
Mr. Storm
Adv
Mrs L C Dow Returns Home After East Visits
Mrs L C Dow goes home after two months visiting her son Charles in Port Washington New York and her daughter Mrs Richard Fenton in Norwalk Connecticut.
Sorosis Dinner Hosts Guests At Blakeslee Home
Sorosis club members gathered Thursday for a dinner at Mrs. Fred M. Blakeslee's home. Twenty three covers were set with fall flower centerpieces. Guests included Mrs. C. O. Ingersoll of Sioux City and Miss Bess Williams of Colville, former members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis
Sorosis Club
Fred M. Blakeslee
C. O. Ingersoll
Sioux City
Bess Williams
Colville
Wash
Illness Strikes Marion Mother in Knoxville Visit
Mrs. Nancy Jane Welsher, mother of Earl Welsher, is seriously ill in a Knoxville hospital. She had been living with her son in Marion and traveled to Knoxville to visit relatives when illness struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Jane Welsher
Earl Welsher
Knoxville
Welsher
Marion
Cheadle Family Weekend in Illinois Home
Mr and Mrs Glenn Cheadle their daughter Janet and Miss Margaret Wieczorek all of LaSalle Illinois are spending the weekend in the home of Mr and Mrs Jerry Mann and his brother Frank Cheadle in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Cheadle
Janet
Margaret Wieczorek
LaSalle, Ill
Mr. Cheadle
Jerry Mann
Frank Cheadle
Mitchell or Relief corps to meet in Memorial Hall
Robert Mitchell or the Relief Corps will meet on Wednesday at Memorial Hall to discuss upcoming activities. Members are urged to attend and bring any relevant notes or plans for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mitchell
Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
PEO Dinner Meeting Set for Tuesday Evening
The P E O dinner chapter will host a 6 30 PM meal Tuesday with Mrs Ralph P Young at 1690 Ninth Street. Mrs M A Edison and Mrs J B Howell chair the social committee and will oversee the dinner before the chapter meeting.
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P.E.O
Ralph P. Young
Ninth Street
M. A. Edison
J. B. Howell
Local Youth Enlists in Navy for Four Years
Bunting son of Mr and Mrs Neal Bunting has enlisted in the navy for four years. He will report to Des Moines for a physical Tuesday and then be stationed at San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunting
Navy
John Bunting
Neal Bunting
Des Moines
San Diego
Lack of Religion in Colleges Hit
DES MOINES AP The biennial convention of the United Lutheran Church in America urged greater religious influence in higher education. Dr Gould C Wickey said colleges reform with little regard for religion and administrators must adopt a Christian philosophy. He noted ULCA is producing fewer ministers than needed, with 128 seminary graduates but a current shortage of 264 pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United Lutheran Church’ In America
Gould C. Wickey
Washington, D. C
Ulca Board of Education
Wickey
Christian Church
Lutheran Church
ULCA
Salem inventor Nathan Read abandons steam vehicle patent
Nathan Read of Salem Massachusetts patented a steam vehicle in 1790 but abandoned the project due to insufficient public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Read
Salem
Mass
War Contract Conference To Be Held In Waterloo
Iowa congressman H R Gross and Senator Bourke Hickenlooper invite Iowa business people to a state wide war contracts conference in Waterloo Monday. The event features Q A on obtaining military and non military contracts and a session on scarce materials allocation with speakers from the defense department, General Services Administration, Senate Small Business Committee, department of commerce and the reconstruction finance corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Gross
U. S
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Philip F. Ashler
Defense Department
Jess Larson
General Services Administration
Walter Stuts
Senate Small Business Committee
Victor H. Kinston
Department of Commerce
Walter J. O’donnell
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lost and found notices and local business ads in Gazette
Various lost items advertised with rewards including a brown leather billfold with money and papers, a diamond engagement ring, a male fox hound, a beagle, a partial dental plate, and a brown cocker spaniel puppy. Also listings for monuments, jewelry repair, and local service ads.
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Montrose
Ae M. McCreedy
North Enela
Ad Pt
Gazette
E. Shearer
Iowa City
Route 6
Curtis Bridge
Andy
Peemily
Eward
Beawood
Dial
N. W
Harry B. Allen
Belle Platne
Towa
Aaa
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Joan Liffring
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ross Groves
Jess Birks
Inland Daily Press Association
The
Joe Tresnak
Donald Bading
Edward Lala
Larry Meyers
Bob Oswald
Jim Orton
Bob Peck
Jim Miller
Ronald Havlik
Dilman Beck
Cedar Rapids
Lala
Marion News
DuBarry
K. V
Trojan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Herman N. Strader
West
Dr. Strader
Colorado State Veterinarians Association
Denver
Church Women's Council
Osceola Lodge
1.C.C.F
S. J. Thompson
Eighth Street
Mercy Hospital
Ae Oene
Elmer “Walton
Troy
Methodist Friendly Guild
James Fairley
Pleasant Grove Community Club
J. J. Albaughs
E. A. Lagerquist
Chicago
Water System
Darwin Jack
Jack
Myron Mercier
Don Itse
Co. B. Livingston
Rudy Smith
Ray Nelson
Leon E. Platner
George K. O’brien
Tenth Avenue
Platners
E. T. Brockman
Thomas E. McGowan
West Coast
Walter
Phoenix
Ariz
Ruth Kruger
Oceanside
Calif
Roy McIntosh
Women’s Missionary Society of the
American Lutheran Church
Long Beach
St. Mary's Circle
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
H. C. Silker
Second Street NW
Cornelian Club
H. W. Leffingwell
Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs
New Art Club
R. C. McCalley
Four
C Club
Robert Elkin
J. V. Novak & Son
2Nd St
Probasco Y
Paace Theater
DIXON
Conoco
7Th St
2Nd Ave
Siecel’s
ELS Jewelry
Rosen's Tailor Shop
St. SE
Dia
Vines Petiona
P.O
2Nd St. SE
Mares Nursing Home
Ree
Cana
8Th St. SE
Helen Randall R.N
Hamilton Elgin
Bulova
Vincent's
ORAYV
Lulu Stoddard
Doris G. Stoddard
Hal E. Stocard
Fina Foam
Killian
Doehie
Roosevelt Hote
Ird St
Jess Manes
Kenwood Transfer
Bigelow’s
Sokol Hall
3Rd St
Spencer Cors
Ruth Myers
Cedar Raos
Rawson’s
NEW Idea
Zipper Hospitals
4Th Ave
7Th Ave
Kansas
Magawar
FISK
Cedar RA
Ellis Blvd
Ranch
Coll Falls
Ridge Riders
Lang's Barn
Lisbon
Wapsie Valley Cowboys
GOLD
Alan Leek
Ptt
Shuffleboard Ranch
FEA
Jerry Murray
Dinary
Wringer Rolls Call
Ftantess
O& Makes
Barnett's
First St. SE
Jim
Omcy Brown CO
LEAR
Thor
Pale
Std
Louis F. Whitney
Mt. Vernon Ave
Christ Anderson
B Ave
Paulson Electric CO
3Rd Ave
Rex Weaver
20Th Ave
Griffith Peather CO
Dick Alexander
Arnold Ellingson
Kinkead Construction Co
Virgil Robar
Asmes
Jack Fordice
Ancme
Ford Tractor
James Its
Phin PaNirana
Hans Arnold
Diamond Dept
the Killian CO
Mid-West Insulation Co
Sonseniees
A. W. Peterson Co., Inc
First Street
Kutchera
Aera Attedine
R. General Drainage Co
Glenn Pugh
Strawberry Point
Bill
Avenue NW
Will
Bramsen Truck Sales
1St St. NW
Cherry Burrell Corp
6Th ST
Rful
Rupertor
Greenwood
Nowa-Nebraska
Barrett
21St & Cass
St. Mo
C-203
Cer
Mobil
Montrose Hotel
Kettleman
Haegg Roofing, Co
9Th St
Ldo
East Amana Iry
Arthur Baumegarter
Amana
CFL
ING
Cottage Grove
Chas. Stegfr Real
Entelae Aftor
Truc
Dean Curthy
Amana Tm
Que
Tialini W
Turner CO
St. NE
Cedar Aids
Kemper-Thomas Co
Cincinnnati
Ohio
Parts Department Handy Man
Eberhart
Rush
Kaeser-Blair
Cincinnati
Se Habs
Oes Bos
Littleton
Bart World Great
S. Wabash
Dept
Ill
N. Petersen
Roosevelt Hotel
Master Corp
Dept. WY
Ligonier
Iself
Spencer
Ind
A. Ma
South America
Stuart St
Boston
California
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Freeport
Consolidated School
L. B. Lamb Sales Co
Woiren Metlerted
Lawrence Moore
Ainsworth
American News CO
1St St
Rapid Chevrolet Co
Clem Shay
MGR
1St Ave
Gas Island
Mee
C. M. Dumaine
Goodyear
Service Store
2Nd Ave. SE
Iowa Machine Co
8Th Avenue Bridge
LA Plant Choate Mfg. CO
Ane
Benatite
Yin
Smith
Newman
Omaha
Nebr
Ford Hopkins Drug Co
R. W Tapager Co
Independence State Hospital
Independence
Globe Machinery and Supply Co
8Th Ave
Easant
Mrecey'e
Reno
Todd
Ted
Conmatins Department
BOP
Y.M.C.A
SMC Lidiciail
Rioie
CE Mar Acres
Stan ST Orch
Universal Engineering Corp
Meat Department
Middle-West
LL A. W. Allen
Allen Motor Co
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