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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1938
Page
6
A teen tale about Bill who spends his allowance to win Helen, a popular girl 16, while rivals press for attention. His parents fear Helen is a gold digger and urge a wiser path beyond flashy gifts. The column also includes readers’ questions on dating steady relationships and social fallout, with advice on friendship and conduct.
The speaker admonishes the subject to choose between legal freedom or settling at home. They insist there is no decent basis for the current situation and describe the husband as a weak individual.
The speaker argues against drudgery and urges watching want ads to improve one’s position. They suggest placing a personal notice highlighting qualifications to attract better employment with experience and capabilities aimed at a comfortable family placement.
In Los Angeles widow Anna Laura Barnett met the eviction deadline from the Wilshire home shared with the late millionaire Indian Jackson Barnett. Officials said no action would occur until Washington decides the next step on the federal ouster order.
The American Lutheran church conference adopted a contributory pension plan at 65 for pastors professors and affiliated members. About two thousand individuals are affected with participants and congregations each contributing 4 percent of salary. Active pastors begin Jan 1 1939 others Jan 1 1940. The plan is voluntary. Nominations included Prof E J Braulick and Rev George Krueger for key posts.
Multiple notices announce forthcoming marriages in Iowa towns. Lorraine C. Coolidge weds Harold D. Roberts at Grace Methodist Oelwein on Sept 2 with ties to Upper Iowa University and Pratt Institute. Nina Butterfield to Ernest Freeman to wed Nov 7 at Quasqueton. Ann Marie Orcutt becomes Mrs Everett Mayberry at Monticello Presbyterian Church with plans to settle near Anamosa after Nov 1.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told a Mitchell South Dakota audience that democratic methods offer a solution to the farm problem and totalitarianism. He pressed Senator Vandenberg with questions about subsidies, taxation, revenue sources, and price fixing to illustrate political differences.
More than 100 state county and municipal highway workers attended a Saturday meeting of the Iowa Highway Maintenance Employee association at Hotel Montrose. Don Young secretary led discussions on seeking legislative inclusion of highway workers under civil service law with Ray Stagg presiding.
Washington analysts say the wheat and corn belt voting patterns may determine the 1940 presidential campaign more than any other area. The administration recognizes farm votes as vital and Secretary Wallace runs a farm belt campaign to retain this key bloc.
Mrs Mildred Franey spoke on Nordic and Finnish American cultural contributions before the Ingleside club Tuesday evening. Miss Bernice Gilmore covered English influence. Mrs Colbornson Boedeker and Ellis attended a Burlington district meeting. Mrs Fesler reported on the district convention at Burlington. Mrs Andrews delivered a lesson and the club voted to cooperate with Ingleside on a towel selling campaign for the School for the Blind at Vinton.
Paid luncheons invite members of Clara Bistine circle at 117 Sixteenth street NE with Mrs F P Shean and assistants. Emma Holden circle meets at 1709 Second avenue SE with Mrs R W Hubbard and assistants. Caroline Tufts circle gathers at 2018 Fifth avenue SE with Mrs Charles T Hickok and helpers. Gamma Delta Sigma class holds Thursday evening at 236 Fifteenth street NW with Ruby Scheneberger and Alice Gustafsson and assistants.
London Sunday Times diplomatic correspondent reports Anglo American trade negotiations at a critical stage with Britain facing demands for U S concessions including a ten percent preferential tariff on American automobiles and a risk of breakdown.
Mr and Mrs Boyd Kaylor of Mount Vernon road SE announce the engagement of their daughter Honey to Floyd Sheppard son of Mr and Mrs Ed Sheppard of Manchester. The wedding is set for December 27 at Immaculate Conception church.
In Wilton the Republican Women organize a club with President Mrs C N Jacobsen and officers. Various church groups plan meetings with luncheons and duties at homes across Wilton and nearby areas including Muscatine and Des Moines reporters note upcoming events and gatherings.
Rummage sale announced for Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning at 1121 Third Street SE. Mr and Mrs W E Hampton and daughter Cora Louise travel to Chicago due to Mrs Hampton’s brother Ben D Luder’s death. Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 170 to meet 8 pm Monday at Labor temple. Rev E Winslow Brown returned from Mount Pleasant Utah visiting daughter Mrs W S Anderson. Coal scuttle fire damages wallpaper and woodwork at George Pound 610 Third Street SW. Lattice fence 12 by 18 inches stolen from Mrs J W Walterick’s driveway. Cedar Rapids reports Fire Prevention Week with seven day fires and false alarms. biggest was 914 Eleventh Street NE chicken house and three sheds burned.
The Thirteenth Army Engineers and auxiliary will hold an Armistice day reunion dinner at Hotel Roosevelt the evening of Friday Nov. 11. All members and their wives in this district are requested to send in their reservations by Nov. 9.
Ralph Schindler a Linn county attorney and recent winner of the Linn county Young Republican oratorical contest will serve as district representative in the state oratorical finals to be held in Des Moines at 8 p m Thursday. The national organization offers prizes totaling 50000 dollars.
Mrs. Charles Tichy and her sister Mrs. Suchome leave for a month in California. They plan to visit their brothers Tony and Albert Bartos in San Francisco, whom they have not seen for sixteen years.
Second session of the University of Scouting training will be held in the administration building at 7 15 pm Tuesday. Topics include Troop and Patrol Programs by Larry McKay and Boy Nature by Dr. Paul C. Greene before the Principles of Scoutmastership class.
Scout Executive N Harold West discusses The Group Plan of Scouting and Fred W Neisz Scouting's Ten Year Program The Elements of Cubbing group hears Dr Greene on Boy Nature and Rollo S Pickford on Pack Committee Duties and Pack Meeting Program before the Principles of Cubbing class A leathercraft class will also meet.
The Trewel chapter No. 49 will hold a special October meeting at the Masonic hall. A 6 15 p m picnic supper for members and wives precedes a Royal Arch degree in the chapter room while women’s entertainment runs in the dining hall.
Dokie Ceremonial Ardekan Temple No 234 and Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan will hold the eighteenth fall ceremonial in the Knights of Pythias hall Wednesday night. A large class of candidates from Cedar Rapids and nearby communities will receive degree work by a team including J A DuBois Bruce Lindsay Lester P Frezek W L Dodds F M Popenhagen Francis Curran Eldon Rohn E B Gable Richard Fisher J Fred Currell Charles Stolba Joe Stoddard John Cook E E McElhinney and Frank Smith.
Marcelle Yvette Tyler daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Tyler of 306 Twelfth Avenue SE and Louis W Whittemore son of Mrs E B Byerly of Marion Road were married at 2 p m Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church by Rev James H Blackstone Jr The couple were attended by Betty Wilfong and Sam Kennedy The single ring ceremony was used.
The final organization meeting for Cub pack No. 30 of St. Pauls Methodist church will be held at the church Monday at 7 30 p m. Boys and parents will attend and four dens will be organized. All these boys will be charter members of the pack. L O Tisdale will lead the meeting and present a sample den meeting. Den mothers and den dads for the new pack will be chosen.
The session and trustees led by Dr. Robert Little plan October 23 and the next three Sundays as a homecoming period. All church groups join in with the pastor's theme Social Problems in a New Day. Next Sunday’s subject is Who Says So? on Propaganda with Miss Eleanor Taylor in charge of music. Services are public and begin at 11 am.
Members met Friday at Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Van Gundy’s home 149 Seventeenth Street SE for a social evening. An early November meeting will feature William Twenge of Minneapolis as Ninth district Optimist International governor.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wright at University hospital in Iowa City on October 13.
Washington UPI report shows rail executives arguing a 15 percent wage cut could aid recovery. Dr. J H Parmelee cited benefits including recall of furloughed workers, expanded building programs, boosted maintenance, sustained purchasing power, industry demand for materials and machinery, and improved credits. J J Pelley echoed that wage cuts are the railroad sector�s only solution, citing sympathetic officials and no other viable option.
A Y Aronson and John Praschall urged balance in staffing at the AP Managing Editors meeting in Cleveland. Aronson favored college training plus diverse roots, while Praschall predicted readers will crave vivid word pictures matching news photos. He said reporters learn from experienced colleagues and that radio expands readership.
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