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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1934

Page

12

Junior League Launches Day Nursery Campaign in Cedar Rapids

The Junior League of Cedar Rapids will launch a fundraising campaign tomorrow to support the Day Nursery and Nutrition Center at the Community House in Montrose hotel. Volunteers will be organized into teams to raise $3000 by week’s end, with reports to captains and Miss Ella Jolson.

Junior League of Cedar Rapids Grouse AC Montrose Hotel Dpm Ella Jolson Chu Romain Nice Dav Marsy Isabel Scroggie Federal Day Nursery Mount Vernon Mowe Fa Hh Sundern Ames Margaret Larimer Junior League of Cedar Panics Pinter League Cedar Aplds National Federation of Day Nurseries Orly Eugene Clout Hamilton Bell James Y Canfield Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc John W Barry Junior League van Vechten Shaffer Richard Killian Verne Marshall Edward Sheehy

Personality School to Be Sponsored by Gazette

Miss Janette Serrac, a noted lecturer on charm and personality, will conduct a four day Personality school sponsored by The Gazette at the town theater starting Monday September 24. The program includes lessons on complexion care, voice, etiquette, nervousness, fashion, happiness and success, with guidance on poise, conversation, fashion tips, and managing weight.

Personality School Gazette Janette Serrac Iowa Theater The Cedar Rapids Seerar Miss Serrac United States

Contractors Gather in Des Moines for National Construction Code Meeting

Des Moines hosts a September 24 meeting of contractors from the Cedar Rapids area and beyond. The event, directed by a representative of the Construction League of the United States, aims to discuss the national construction code and its implications for careers and trades.

Des Moines Cone Area Towa Des Aonerai Ng National Consracton Hedan Fort Des Moines Tite Lenge Iwal Ularverd Ferser Crasman Cedar Rapids Atate Piertreal Aines Conrarture Atntang Electra Gracirg Wenelara Gam

Dinner Sept 24 To Open City Boys Work Program

The Cedar Rapids area churches and boys work leaders plan a September 24 dinner to launch the 1934-35 season. Forum discussions will cover program and technique for the new work, with reservations via pastors or the Y. Belle Plaine: Rats Ro Baus becomes secretary of the Workingmans Building and Loan Association, filling the vacancy from J F Park’s resignation.

Hess Welfare Councy Ian Belle Plaine Rats Ro Baus Workingmans Building and Loan Association J. F. Park

Hold Scout Court of Honor September 25 in Cedar Rapids

An area wide Boy Scout court of honor for Benton, Jones and Linn counties will be held at Immaculate Conception school auditorium on September 25. A board of review is set for September 22 at Scout headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building with training for commissioners beginning September 18.

Cedar Rapids Benton, Jones and Linn Immaculate Conception Scout Chamber of Commerce Area Council Henry Files W Mee Roosevelt Hotel Field Commissioners Board of Review W A Suthers Nelson C Odreter

Deaths Hold Funeral Rites For Mrs Foster

Funeral rites for Mrs Jennie M Foster of J C Foster will be held Monday at Trinity Methodist Church at 1920 am with Rev J P Van Horn presiding. The body will be moved to Bradford MI for further services and burial. Mrs Foster, a long-time resident, formerly served on the board of education. The family will receive friends at 324 Flesenth Street SW this afternoon and evening.

Furrral Jennie M Pater J C Foster Frida Trinitys Methodist Church J P van Horn Bradford Ml Fenter Aerty X Yeats Board of Education Freedas Mav Cai Flesenth Street

Merriam Funeral Service Set After Cowardly Shooting

Robert M Merriam 67 of Beser avenue SE died after a shotgun attack Friday night as he tried to save his car. Funeral services will be held at Ryan Merriam Funeral Service and Metheorist Church at Ryan Bartal with burial at Cedfarnts. Merriam was a longtime local real estate dealer in the area.

Robert M Mernam Beser Avenue Gavellar Mernam Ryan Rvan Bartal Merriam Hyan

Herring Criticizes Income Tax at A F L Picnic

Gov Clyde L. Herring defended the three point tax program as the fairest way to adjust Iowa taxes and warned that a large income tax would not yield revenue. He credited sales tax for relief funds and property tax relief, argued against an income tax, and contrasted current economies with the Turner era as wasteful.

Cedar Gardens Federation of Lavor Clyde L. Herring State of Iowa Roosevelt Herring Iowa

Christian Education Meeting at Bertram

The sixty seventh annual convention of the Linn County Council of Christian Education will be at Bertram Methodist Church starting 9 am with registrations by Mrs. S B Miller. The theme is Lord, Teach Us How with sessions on worship education mission youth work and leadership training plus an exhibit and no registration fee.

Linn County Council of Christian Education Methodist Church Bertram S. B. Miller Joseph Yates Walter Hutton Des Moines Corwin Hartzell Mount Vernon C. G. Herbrecht Hutton James Gallagher Springville Church School Elda Kemp Marion O. G. Herbrecht Linkletter O G. Herbrecht Council of Christian Education I. E. Linkletter

Mt Mercy Junior College Enrollment Rise at Mt Mercy

Enrollment at Mt Mercy Junior College increased as classes resumed on Wednesday. The Sisters of Mercy staff include Rev Dorrance Noonan and instructors Louise Smith Thelma Kenefick Catherine Manning and Ben H Peterson with degrees from Columbia Iowa Iowa Vassar and the Sorbonne among others.

Mount Mercy Sisters of Mercy Dorrance Noonan Columbia College Catholic University of America Louise Smith University of Louisiana University of Iowa Thelma Kenefick Catherine Manning Vassar College Columbia University Sorbonne University of Madrid Ben H Peterson S. Coe College

What You Asked For Days A Cedar Rapids Merchants Event

Cedar Rapids merchants stage What You Asked For days offering readers requested items at or near the prices named. Ads in The Gazette show items with reader prices, confirmations from August 12 contest replies, and cars can display guest cards for out of town shoppers.

Cedar Rapids Sunday Gazette Gazette The

Six More Cartoons Published in Tunes and Cartoons Contest

The Gazette prints six additional cartoons in the Tunes and Cartoons series this issue, bringing total to forty eight. A 25 prize pool offers cash prizes and theater tickets for correct cartoon titles. Contest runs through Oct 31 with deadlines at 6 p.m. Entries must include five-word statements from ad boxes and be submitted to the Tunes and Cartoons editor.

The Gazette

Meeting For Community Play Back Stage Work Will Be Held Monday

Community Pinay Productions invites all interested in back stage phases to a Monday 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Community Playhouse 104 Fifth Street NE. John Carey, technical director, leads, with plans for set design properties and back stage direction. Rede decorating progresses toward tryouts for See Naples And Die by Elmer Rice set for October 22 23 and 24. Tryouts likely next week.

Community Playhouse Fifth Street John Carey Elmer Rice

Townsend Old Age Pension party to visit Des Moines

DES MOINES The Townsend Old Age Pension party brings a 118 day national tour to Des Moines on Saturday September 22. The plan offers a permanent $200 monthly pension to suitable citizens aged 60 or over who abstain from remunerative labor and spend the entire pension in the first month while having no criminal record.

Des Moines United States

Textile Strike Sparks Public Stand Against Johnson

Gorman and supporters denounce General Johnson as unfit for office amid textile worker strikes. They condemn his alleged ties to code authority bosses as mills vow to fight on. The leaders defend the strike as a response to worker abuses and say mills may sign individual agreements if they meet strikers demands.

Johnson Cotton Textile Code Authority Code Authority McMahon Gorman Norman Thomas

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