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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
4
Harpers Ferry reports ahead of the Iowa duck season opening next Sunday. Hunters fill inland rooms and shacks along the Mississippi while 50 000 to 100 000 ducks shelter this stretch. They expect a big northbound flight but worry about feed and shooting conditions.
Millersburg consolidated school starts its autumn cornhusking vacation with students returning to farms to help with harvest work. The district notes it is one of few in the state to observe this fall break tradition.
Betty Botkin and Kenneth Rankin of Maquoketa wed Saturday in the local Methodist parsonage with Rev. Harry D. Green officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rankin, the groom’s parents. The newlyweds will reside in Maquoketa where Mr. Rankin works with his father in the plumbing business.
W G Bowen presented to the city council a sketch of improvements to the Milwaukee railroad depot. Work will not begin before Jan 1. Plans include removing porticos on two sides and interior improvements at about 1600 dollars. Crossings over company tracks discussed. A resident sought sewer inspection and four days to clear stoppage. The council ordered removal of box elder cottonwood and poplar trees from private property and parking.
The Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid society will gather Thursday afternoon at the church. Important business will be taken up during the session.
Mr and Mrs Alonzo Kellogg of Vinton have purchased the home at 382 Sixth Avenue, formerly owned by Mrs Clara Reiter.
Mrs. James A. Pringle traveled to Chicago Tuesday morning to visit her daughter in law Mrs Frances Pringle and her three sisters Mrs Tony Dietz Mrs A Landolf and Mrs S W Monroe.
In observance of the fifty ninth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Oxley relatives surprised them Friday evening. The Oxleys received cards of congratulations, telegrams, bouquets of flowers and gifts.
Marion chapter of the Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club and all contributing members will meet Friday at 6 30 p m in Hallwood cafe for dinner. Reservations by Thursday evening with Mrs. Lloyd Stark or Mrs Lyell Sheltenbarger of Marion or with Mrs Frank Houston in Cedar Rapids.
The Men s club of St Pauls Lutheran church will meet Friday at 7 45 p m at Glenn Wickhams home 940 Seventh street. Mr and Mrs Art Lathrop of Oxford Junction were recent guests of Mr and Mrs F E Wilber. Mrs J P Oliver visiting her parents in Des Moines will return home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Jack Townsend and her son Jacky of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday as guests in the F. E. Wilber residence, sharing conversation and hospitality.
The Vinton high school football team travels to play Marion at 8 p.m. Friday at the athletic field. Miss E Priscilla Hanscom and Lieut. Commander Charles Seeley of Orange Virginia visited Miss Hanscom's mother Mrs W A Hanscom.
The Brotherhood of the Methodist church will host a stag supper Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the church. Twenty men led by Harry Robson president will prepare the meal and Troop 35 Boy Scouts will attend as guests. Scouting will headline the program. Community men are urged to attend.
Mrs. L. R. Shellenbarger spoke on Women in Modern Business at the Methodist Friendly guild meeting held at Mrs. Marvin Edison home. Co hosts were Mrs. John Byse and Mrs. Elmer Fisher. tea for 21 members and guests followed.
Mr and Mrs Ray Starry returned from a two week vacation visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Gene McDaniels in Harris. They also fished in Minnesota with a summary of family time and travel highlights from the trip.
Mr and Mrs W G Neill have returned home after spending the weekend in Chicago with their son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs J C Bailie and other relatives Their daughter Mrs C L O Kelly and her son David of Anamosa accompanied them
Mrs A E Fairhurst departs to Chicago on Wednesday for a two day visit. She will attend meetings and return by Friday.
The Fidelis circle of King's Daughters will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. at Mrs. Thomas Costello's home, 500 Thirteenth Street, to prepare mincemeat. Members should bring fruit jars. A chicken and noodle dinner will be served at noon.
Dr and Mrs H O Young and daughter Martha Ann spent weekend in Estherville with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Francis T Shadle. Mrs Clara Dunt and Mrs Frances Peterson of the Princess Beauty shop returned from Mason City state hairdressers convention. Methodist choir to meet for rehearsal Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the church. There is scarcity of Cod and Halibut oils. Buy now and save. All standard vitamin brands at Owens Drug Store. Mrs Margaret Cleland to Dubuque for a week with her brother. Lamb chops 15c bacon 18c coffee 12 1 2c a pound 2 pounds prunes 15c winter onions 59c bushel 10 pounds sweet potatoes 17c. Dickey's Foods Advertisement. Mrs Vernon Lent hostess Tuesday noon at her home north east of Marion at a picnic dinner. Present were Mrs Marvin A Edison Mrs Hillis Gill Mrs Phil J Crew Mrs L R Shellenbarger and Mrs Charles Louden. This advertisement and sc will purchase one 5c wash cloth Wednesday. Storm's Advertisement. The Rev H Livingston pastor of the Free Methodist church Fourth avenue and Seventh street continues special meetings through the week. Services each evening at 7 30 except Saturday. Public invited. Forty members of the American Legion and Auxiliary and families attended picnic supper Monday evening in Memorial hall. Bob Smith, delegate to Hawkeye Boys State last June, spoke. Marion Post No 298 membership chairman reports 121 members toward 200 quota. The bar for attendance at the national convention in Chicago in September has been received and placed onstaff of the banner. Remodeling and repairing of the Legion hall and hotel build-
An ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to cleanse the kidneys and reduce night awakenings. It claims quick relief from symptoms like backache puffy eyes and burning or scanty urine and urges avoiding substitutes. The product is advertised at 35 cents with the Gold Medal mark and origin in Haarlem Holland.
The committee reports on an Armistice Day program and a football banquet with dates to be fixed. A district meeting is scheduled for October 28 at Wheatland.
Miss Kathryn Kendall spends Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Karl W Kendall. The Priscilla guild of the Congregational church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Karl W Kendall 1048 Twelfth street with Mrs H W Wiggins and Mrs Ed Sigfred as joint hostesses.
Mr and Mrs Fred Quandt visited Cedar Rapids Tuesday with their daughter Mrs Martha Mc Cleod who has just been brought home from a Cedar Rapids hospital where she underwent an operation.
Miss Amelia Giffert and her nephew Ben Eidemiller with his wife, all of Chicago, along with Mrs. Alice Stickley, visited Harlan spending Saturday night in Des Moines before returning home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Eidemiller have resumed residence in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bristol and their son Richard joined Mrs. W. H. Hanscom for a Sunday visit at the home of Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanscom in DeWitt.
The J O Y girls of the Christian church will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the east room of the church.
Mrs N E Isaacs and her son C P Lewis of Britt arrived Monday forenoon for a brief visit in the home of Mrs Isaacs sister Mrs George M Hibner and in the Floyd Emmons home north of Marion.
Miss Elsie Chappell of Tipton, guest of her niece Mrs. Alonzo Kellogg, has returned to her home after a visit.
A 20 man delegation from Clinton Jackson Dubuque Clayton and Allamakee counties asked Gov. Wilson for support to pave U S 52 and 67 between Clinton and Dubuque. They said Iowa paving would bolster a proposed Mississippi scenic highway along the river's west bank.
John O'Brien of Marquette, an engineer on the Milwaukee railroad’s Iowa and Dakota division, celebrated fifty years in railroading. He began at 17 as a call boy in Mason City, became fireman after three years, and was promoted to engineer in 1901. Over five decades he never missed a payday, and though eligible to retire, he continues to enjoy running the engine.
Mayme Madden led the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists association convention in Mason City while Margaret Ralf, Des Moines, and Mary Strang, Cedar Rapids, were chosen as officers alongside Pauline Brown Clinton secretary Margaret Peetz Davenport financial secretary and Elizabeth Myers Cutter Mason City treasurer.
Alfred M. Landon the 1936 Republican presidential nominee will address Shenandoah in the 1939 40 Methodist Brotherhood series on November 1. He travels to present day audiences as a political figure and speaker in this community event.
EVANSTON Illinois Twenty eastern Iowa students are attending Northwestern University here a checkup showed Tuesday By cities they are Cedar Rapids David Barry Jessie Henson L Elizabeth Ely Eliza Hickok Ralph Hunting Jr Donald Kessler Jean Killen Barbara Marshall Jeanne Marshall Joan Miller and Ralph F Preckel Central City Marion Noah Pauline Miller DeWitt Marjorie Anita Harrington Fayette Azalia Knight Independence John Shellito Ruth Shellito Manchester Mollie Stepp Ossian Richard Klein Vinton Ruth Urice
A magician Marquis performing in Boone asked for a volunteer and a little girl offered a wish she whispered for a baby sister. The moment mixed humor and charm as the crowd enjoyed the unexpected request.
Ten year-old Lavern Moser of Guttenberg was shot in the back and head while squirrel hunting Sunday by Joe Moreland. He returned to school Tuesday with 16 shotgun pellets in his back and head, sustaining serious skin injuries.
Palo consolidated school junior class presents a three act comedy A Ready Made Family in the school auditorium Friday evening. Cast includes Max Melton Esther Smith Doris McClurg Betty Caryl Steffenson Mildred Saha Harry L. Mason Virginia Mawdsley Howard Yates Katherine McFarlane Bernice Pollet director Sada Green.
George W. Kays, Buchanan county's lone surviving Civil War veteran, observed his ninety second birthday Tuesday. Crippled by age he rarely leaves home. His last public appearance was at the Memorial day parade and cemetery services.
Miss Edna Marie Shedek of Oxford Junction married Patrick Perry Cook on Saturday at St Patrick Church Washington DC. Attendant was sister Helen Shedek Anamosa and brother Eugene Cook attended the groom. After the ceremony the party went to the rectory and then to Baltimore Maryland. the couple will reside in Washington DC.
Charles Bernarden, 76, a long time farmer nine miles east of La Porte City, was found unconscious by Waterloo hunters on his Spring Creek farm. He was taken to a Waterloo hospital where doctors diagnosed a stroke and head injury from a fall. He is the father of Mrs. Elmer Huck of Spring Creek township nearby.
Iowa social welfare board reports 39 counties exceeding 100000 in old age assistance for the year ended June 30. Polk leads with 990817, followed by Woodbury 437595, Pottawattamie 413136, and Linn 293433. Net pension rolls rise to 52364 after 4416 additions and 1456 cancellations. Deaths remove 4089, and 9397 new applications were approved.
Mrs. William Kane of a farm 10 miles northeast of Toledo suffered critical burns when her dress hem caught fire while soap making over an outdoor open flame. Her back arms and hands were severely burned. her son and son in law Joe Rund smothered the flames and transported her to a local physician for treatment. She is the mother of eight children.
Firefighters discovered Sunday evening a rubbish pile ignited from the furnace in the basement of Lee Motors Garage. Smoke caused most of the damage as Buzz Hackerson passed by the scene and alerted authorities.
North English students prepare for homecoming Friday with a football showdown against Sigourney as the featured event. Fests and spirit activities accompany the game.
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