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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1934
Page
11
The Benjamin Franklin school faculty held a party at the Palisades for Miss Ruby Byers, the principal. Miss Dorothy Gabbert attended as a new teacher guest. A corsage was presented to Miss Byers and a stunt program was staged by a committee led by Miss Lillian Clark.
Unclear ad text touts FOLEY PILLS for irritated kidneys and organs claiming quick results. It mentions flushing poisons and soothing comfort, with warnings of aching joints and weak bladder and suggests payment terms.
Mrs. Robert Little hosted the Ministers Wives association gathering with thirty five attendees. New officers were elected and several solo performances followed a tea as members welcomed new entrants and bid farewell to departing members.
The local Daughters of Isabella circle initiated eight members Wednesday evening at the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel. A buffet supper followed in the French room, decorated with jack-o-lanterns, black cats, witches, and corn stalks, as fifty-five members attended.
The Roosevelt Parent-Teacher association met with 150 parents and teachers in attendance. Plans for the annual penny supper on Oct. 30 were completed. Miss Estella Swein and Mrs. Charles Matthews reported on the district conference. The Roosevelt girls glee club performed under Miss Retha Underhill. Miss Alice Inskeep spoke on the value of music to the child. Refreshments were provided by the domestic science department under Miss Julia Tow.
Fidelity Life Juvenile Lodge No. 106 meets Friday at 7 p.m. at 838 First Avenue E for officer elections. I A of M Auxiliary meets tonight at 8 in room 4 Labor Temple for initiation. Society Scandia holds regular meeting Saturday at 8 p.m. at 838 First Avenue E followed by a card party and refreshments.
Praha Rebekah lodge holds its regular meeting Friday at 7 30 p m with a note that after the meeting there will be a social gathering. All Rebekahs are invited.
The Security Benefit association will meet Friday at 7 45 p m in Moose hall. Officers will be installed and after the meeting members’ friends will be entertained at a card party where 500 will be played and prizes awarded.
The Juveniles of Valley Camp R N A scheduled trip to Davenport on Sunday are advised the trip is postponed to November 4 by Grace McCurdy’s special request. Police Auxiliary hosts a Halloween picnic Friday at 6 pm at the A J Smith cabin 2257 Mount Vernon avenue SE. Valley Camp RK N A members of Valley Camp No 2136 R N A meet at Hotel Roosevelt at 7 30 pm.
Twenty persons were elected to the Linn county chapter board of the American Red Cross with five new members Mrs Max Bromwell Miss Alma Hartz the Very Rev Msgr J M Molloy Mrs Charles D Madison and Everett C Pratt. Resignation of Miss Nell Cherry accepted and Everett C Pratt named treasurer pro tem. Reports show 12 985 garments and 567 bedding items to 1335 families plus 50 Christmas bags for soldiers and 380 volunteers logging 2483 hours.
In Davenport orphans filled 121 Christmas boxes for foreign schoolchildren and produced 100 toy items for the Iowa City Children’s Hospital. Mrs. Metta Burd’s postwar office work totals include 7,219 interviews and calls, aiding 1,456 veterans or dependents, guiding 5,767 people to garment resources, writing 1,092 letters, and notarizing 790 papers without charge. The Modern Oxford Bible is claimed to be free of typographical errors.
Community Players announce try outs for the second season play John Galsworthy Loyalties to be held Friday at 7 30 p m at the new play house 104 Fifth street NE A large cast of seventeen men and three women will audition for many parts including English characters a Jew a society girl a law firm partners and other roles with six scenes in the action Stage workers and actors are invited to participate to showcase talents.
Herman Fehr aged farmer died at 12 30 am Thursday after a brief illness. He was born February 23 1876 in Switzerland and came to this country fifty seven years ago living three miles northeast of here. Burial arrangements are pending local officials said.
Surviving relatives include brother William Henry Fehr and sisters Mrs. J. J. Dolan and Mrs. C. O. Rowley, all of Prairieburg. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Methodist church. Burial in Oak Wood cemetery at Monticello. Poison ivy is American in origin.
This ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Off Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush waste from kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims relief from backache and nighttime urination, listing symptoms like puffy eyes and leg cramps and urging buyers to insist on the genuine GOLD MEDAL Haarlem origin.
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