Vernon Artist to Exhibit Paintings in New York
Alma Cooley of Vernon will exhibit works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from December 7 to February 22 under Artists for Victory Inc. One canvas depicts the Old Stone House at Clinton 1833 with a history tied to the area and Civil War era routes. The second piece shows Cedar Rapids men at a spring fishing opening near Manchester.
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New York
Iowa
T. Vernon
Alma H. Cooley
Metropolitan Museum of Art
City
Artists For Victory, Inc
Clinton
C. P. Chase
Pony Express
Davenport
Dubuque
Josiah Russell
Clinton Herald
Ward Cooley
Chase
Cooley
Bluff
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Cornell
Alma Cooley
Mt. Vernon
New York City
Old Stone House
Infant Fatally Burned At Keokuk Home
Funeral services were held Saturday for Judith Fanet Lumberg seven months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Lumberg. She died Friday after being burned while playing in her crib at home seven miles north of Keokuk.
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Keokuk
Judith Fanet Lumberg
Clarence E Lumberg
Wendorf Appointed Student Director of Military Band
Harold A. Wendorf of Chicago is named student director of the Coe college military band by Capt. Stanley Vesely. A senior and clarinet soloist, Wendorf previously led as a lieutenant and student conductor at Austin High School. He studied with Jerry Stowell and has won three national contests, later joining Northwestern clinic band and all Chicago high school band, and serves as treasurer of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
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Stanley Vesely
Coe College
Harold A. Wendorf
Chicago
Wendorf
Austin High
Jerry Stowell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Northwestern University Clinic
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Kitterman’s Dry Cleaners Closes After 25 Years
Cedar Rapids business Kitterman’s Dry Cleaners ends 25 years of service. Owner Jess A. Kitterman opened in 1916 in the Jim block, built a 23-worker plant at 209 Third Avenue SW, and will keep the office open until Wednesday. He plans no future venture.
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Cedar Rapids
Kitterman
First Avenue
Playground Commission
Masonic Lodge
the Elks
First Evangelical Church
Coe Homecoming Festivities Start October 30
Coe college announces a three day Homecoming starting Friday October 30. The Grinnell football game leads events with sorority candidates Peters Peggy Howland Mary Towne Lucile Speer Caroline Benesh and Coronet. The schedule lists chapel parade sessions dances and vespers with alumni coffee hour honoring Dr. and Mrs. Anderson and an art exhibit by Marvin Cone.
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Coe College
Grinnell
Peters
Seventeenth Street
Chi Omega
Peggy Howland
Independence
Alpha Gamma Delta
Mary Towne
Burlington
Delta Delta Delta
Lucile Speer
Freeport
Kappa Delta
Caroline Benesh
Cicero
Cee- Grinnell
Two Sue for Divorce One Decree Granted
Two district court divorce petitions and decrees are described. Doris Louise Shekelton seeks a divorce from Robert Charles Shekelton citing cruel and inhuman treatment, filed in Cedar Rapids. Ella Melissa Beebe sues Ivan Beebe for cruel treatment in Central City, with Manchester dating, while Colonial L Sample is granted a divorce from James Donald Sample for cruel treatment. assets include house furnishings to the plaintiff and a taxicab retained by the defendant.
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Doris Louise Shekelton
Robert Charles Shekelton
Cedar Rapids
Ella Melissa Beebe
Central City
Ivan Beebe
Pga
Manchester
Colonial L. Sample
James Donald Sample
Iowa City
Depot in Cedar Rapids Collects Old Paint Brushes
Old paint brushes are consigned to the Sherwin-Williams store at 216 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids for government reuse. Stiff or dry brushes may be bought at government prices or donated and placed in the front barrel for civilian use and for making pounce used in uniforms and blankets.
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Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
APPEAL FOR CLOTHING SHIPS TO BRITAIN RELIEF
The American Friends Service Committee issued an urgent appeal for new and used clothing to aid the aged and children of Britain. The appeal calls for shipping donations promptly to support wartime relief efforts.
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Philadelphia
INS
American Friends Service Committee
Britain
Steege Leaves Bethany Lutheran for Readlyn Post
The Rev Mark J. Steege will preach a farewell sermon November 1 at Bethany Lutheran and be installed at Readlyn on November 8. He has served Bethany since the church’s founding in Cedar Rapids, growing from a two-room parsonage chapel to a building at 2044 First Avenue NE with about 120 members and 200 souls. Steege and his wife have five children. A call meeting will determine a new pastor for Bethany.
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Mark J. Steege
First Avenue NE
Bethany
Readlyn
Steege
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran District Organization
Funeral services set for Mrs. Mary Verink at Beatty chapel
Mary Verink died Friday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Beatty chapel with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the Beatty chapel.
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Beatty Chapel
Mary Verink
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Mt. Vernon residents set
Dr. Glen Rowley and the Rev. Bruce Eyestone of Mt. Vernon will conduct funeral services in Mt. Vernon for the man who died Friday. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Glen Rowley
Bruce Eyestone
Mt. Vernon
Linwood Cemetery
Gustaf A. Johnson Dies at 73 in Lafayette Home
Gustaf Adolph Johnson 73 a retired farmer died suddenly at his Lafayette home at 9 a m Saturday. Born in Sweden November 14 1868 he came to the United States in 1881 and has lived near Lafayette the past 32 years. He married Alice Youngquist at Monmouth Illinois March 10 1892 and was a member of the Swedish community.
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Gustaf Adolph Johnson
Lafayette
Sweden
Alice Youngquist
Monmouth
Ill
Funeral service for longtime Baptist church member
Survivors include his wife and two sons Harold of Alburnett Oliver of Marion and three daughters Mrs Mableson Grand Forks ND Mrs Ina Etzel Alburnett and Mrs Edna Worley Cedar Rapids along with 11 grandchildren Funeral serv.
Raymond Blair Rites Set For Marion Relative
Raymond Walter Blair 28 died after a brief illness at his parents home in route 1 Marion. Survived by parents two brothers Merl and Roy and a sister all of Marion. Funeral at 10 30 a m Tuesday Buffalo church with burial in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the Moen chapel for details
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Raymond W. Blair
Raymond Walter Blair
Walter Blair
Bagne
Marion
al He
Merl
Roy
J. K. French
Buffalo
Shiloh
Moen Chapel
Parsley Funeral Services Set for Stephen S Parsley
The Rev. W. L. Languist of Moline will conduct funeral services at 3 30 p.m. Monday in the Moon chapel for Stephen S Parsley who died Friday at his home 636 Eighth Street SE Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Parsley
W. L. Languist
Moline
Moon Chapel
Stephen S. Parsley
Eighth Street SE
Oak Hill Cemetery
Venezuelan diplomat to tour seven South American nations
Dr C of Venezuela leaves Sunday on a diplomatic mission visiting Brazil Argentina Chile Peru Bolivia Ecuador and Panama. The trip aims to strengthen regional ties and discuss bilateral issues with each country.
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Caracas
INS
Dr. C
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
Panama
Cedar Rapids Club To Hear Roberts on Women in War
Cedar Rapids Sunday Evening club will hear T Hew Roberts at the Roosevelt hotel at 4 45 p m today. Roberts is an assistant professor at the University of Iowa College of Education and a former RAF member. He will discuss women in the current conflict focusing on Britain Russia and China.
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T. Hew Roberts
College of Education
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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