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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1941

Page

9

Mary Ann Kramer Weds Charles L Barta in St Patrick's

Mary Ann Kramer daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Kramer and Charles L Barta son of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Barta were married Saturday at 7 am in St Patrick's church with Rev D J Peters officiating. The bride wore a Grecian style white satin gown with lace and a blush veil. Attendants wore blue and pink gowns with colonial bouquets. A reception followed at the Kramer home and the couple left for a month long western honeymoon Cabrini?

John H. Kramer First Avenue Mary Ann Charles L. Barta Joseph F. Barta Sixth Street St. Patrick’s Church D. J. Peters Anthony E. Abeln Ann Dorothy Barta Barta George Kenneth Kramer Donald Kramer Billy Boston Betty Burke Richard Barta Joe Dolan Kramer William Jensen Lamorro Clem Brandt Keiler Wis H. Kramer Ed Merald Robert Pete Riterall Dyersville

Mrs Hillier and Lancaster guest honor luncheon at Cedar Rapids Club

Mrs Guy E. Hillier hosted a luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club on Monday to honor her daughter in law Mrs Donald E Hiller of Lancaster Pennsylvania who, with Mr Hillier, is visiting here.

Guy E. Hillier Meadowbrook Drive Cedar Rapids Country Club Donald E. Hiller Lancaster Hillier

Bakers Welcome Son Warren Stannard Baker

Mr and Mrs James Stannard Baker of Ravinia Illinois are the parents of a son named Warren Stannard Baker born Saturday night Mrs Baker is the former Frances Warren daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Warren Carroll drive SE

Bakers James Stannard Baker Ravinia, Ill Warren Stannard Baker

Birthday fete for Charles Duster Jr at Garden Drive SE

Charles Duster Jr who celebrated his seventh birthday was feted at an afternoon party and dinner given by his mother Mrs Charles H Duster 355 Garden drive SE with eighteen guests.

Charles Duster, Jr Charles H Duster Garden Drive SE

College Beckons Many More Younger People From City

September back-to-school news highlights college moves for city youths. Miss Mary Bowen of Winnetka joins Coe College in Cincinnati. Miss Joanne Crawford pledges Pi Beta Phi at DePauw University Green Castle Ind. Charles Knox Jr prepares for Iowa State College Ames. Rush week and sorority activities accompany transfers and junior-year starts for several students including Elaine Rush, Virginia McLean and Leah Arne.

Delta Delta Delta Sorority Coe College Mary Bowen Winnetka Bowen Pi Beta Phi DePauw University Greencastle Ind Joanne Crawford William C Crawford Vernon Drive Ames Iowa State College Charles Knox, Jr Charles S. Knox Pleasant Drive Raymond Benson Blake Boulevard Rush Elaine Iowa State Virginia McLean Garnet McLean Second Avenue Stephens College Leah Arne Leora Arne 1849 Avenue NE Francis Shimer Junior College Mount Carroll Ill

Dr Bogaard Relative Visit From Orange City

Dr Bogaards mother Mrs H Bogaard and sister Miss Betty Bogaard arrive Tuesday to visit at the home of Dr and Mrs Kenneth Bogaard 511 Dunreath drive NE Orange City notes Miss Bogaard formerly taught in Cedar Rapids schools

Kenneth Bogaard Dunreath Drive Dr. Bogaard H .B. Bogaard Betty Bogaard Orange City Bogaard Cedar Rapids

Aunt Het Reflects on Boyhood of Great Men

Aunt Het discusses reading about the boyhood and early life of notable figures to understand what shaped them and what they now oppose. She believes early experiences reveal the sources of their current struggles.

Gladys Linkenback to Wed Fred Lenway in Calvary Baptist Church

Engagement and forthcoming marriage announced by Mrs Alta Linkenback of 211 G avenue NW. Miss Gladys Linkenback will marry Fred Lenway son of Ezra Lenway and his wife of 110 Fourth Street NW. Ceremony set for 2 pm October 3 at Calvary Baptist Church.

Gladys Linkenback Fred Lenway Alta Linkenback G Avenue NW Lenway Ezra Lenway Fourth Street NW Calvary Baptist Church

Opal Lighthart and C Adrian Bort Wed in Michigan

Word has been received in Cedar Rapids of the marriage of Miss Opal Lighthart of Holland Michigan to C Adrian Bort son of Mr and Mrs Clifford A Bort of 1266 Fourth avenue SE The marriage was solemnized Tuesday September 9 at 11 am in the East Congregational church Grand Rapids Michigan with Rev Charles Warren Hessely officiating They will be at home at 65 West Fifteenth street in Holland where Mr Bort is controller of labor for the Holland Furnace company

Cedar Rapids Opal Lighthart Raymond Lighthart Holland, Mich Adrian Bort Clifford A. Bort Fourth Avenue SE East Congregational Church Grand Rapids Mich Charles Warren Hessely West Fifteenth Street Holland Mr. Bort Holland Furnace Company

Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Holds Three Day Convocation at Coe College

Members of Alpha Gamma chapter met over three days to plan and welcome returning Coe College girls. The 1220 Second Avenue SE chapter rooms hosted the event with presiding Ruth McDermott and Pauline Huston. Dorothy Krause Reed and Jane Huston Carson attended as guests and speakers.

Alpha Gamma Chapter Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Coe College Second Avenue SE Ruth McDermott Pauline Huston Rushing Dorothy Krause Reed Jane Huston Carson Russell F. Knapp Dorothy Jane Plock Sorority Troutdale- In-The-Pines Colo

Y W C A Business Girls Hold First Meeting

The Y W C A Business Girls league held its inaugural meeting at the association building with 61 attendees. After dinner Miss Ida May Hoffmann, business girls' secretary, led the program while Miss Velma Tobin sang and Miss Ruth Jass chaired. The evening's theme was College Days.

Business Girls’ League Association Ida May Hoffmann Business Girls Velma Tobin Ruth Jass

Aviation mechanic to reenlist after Hawaii home base visit

C A Cramer Jr a second class aviation mechanic visiting his parents at 2317 Fifth avenue SE will return to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. He has served four years and plans to reenlist for two more years.

C. A. Cramer, Jr C. A. Cramer Fifth Avenue SE Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Mantz Couple Return From Eight Weeks Lake Vacation

Returning Monday evening after an eight weeks vacation at Lake Vermilion Minnesota and Canada were Dr and Mrs R L Mantz of 1545 Park Avenue SE.

Lake Vermillion Minn Canada R. L. Mantz Park Avenue SE

Linn County King's Daughters Name Committees for Year

At a Linn County King's Daughters executive meeting county president Mrs. H. E. Haegg appointed committees for the year including Devo tions, juniors, camp and publicity chairs, founders day events and program, community service, Americanism, record book, hospitality and tellers. Officers named include vice president Mrs. A E Chase second vice president Mrs E W DeNio secretary Mrs Myron Mason and treasurer Mrs Lee Beardsley. Ed Miller elected delegate to the forty sixth convention in Keokuk with Beardsley as alternate. Pearl chairman for Linn County at the state convention is Mrs Carl Goodwin.

Linn County Union of the King’s Daughters H. E. Haegg A C. Burnell Ed Miller L. R. Buffington Paul Hanson Myron Mason W. D. Elder Radio Council Lee Beardsley Haegg A. E. Chase E. W. DeNio Keokuk Linn County Carl Goodwin

Thorson-Thorson in Cedar Rapids Wedding to Richard Stalker

Mr and Mrs Otto Thorson announce the marriage of their daughter Ivadell Thorson to Richard Stalker of Des Moines. The ceremony was conducted by a Baptist minister in Princeton Missouri on Sunday Aug 31. The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids with attending relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines.

Otto Thorson Ninth Street Ivadell Thorson Richard Stalker Des Moines Princeton Cedar Rapids Theodore Thorson Richard Butters Jean Thorson Bessie Stalker Ben McCartney

Paul Lockwoods Fete Bridal CoupleElect

Mr and Mrs Paul Lockwood hosted a Sunday buffet honoring Miss Mary Lockwood and Bernard Nemmers whose wedding is set for Saturday. Attending were O H Lockwood H B Brown Louise Metzger Ellen Metzger Ellen Lockwood Elinor Lockwood and John Lockwood.

Paul Lockwood Fifth Avenue SE Mary Lockwood Bernard Nemmers O. H. Lockwood H. B. Brown Louise Metzger Ellen Metzger Ellen Lockwood Elinor Lockwood John Lockwood

Sunde Relatives Note Chicago Visit and Wedding Ties

Mrs. R. Sunde of 1618 Bever Avenue SE returned Monday evening from Chicago where she spent a week with relatives. On September 6 she attended the wedding of Ruth Sunde daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Sunde former Cedar Rapids residents and James L. Arrasmith of Sioux City.

West J J Studer Vernon Drive Mary Jo Yellowstone Glacier National Parks Victora Boc Cedar Rapids Seattle Wash Harry Arnold Anthon Limback Marion San Francisco Dean Douglas Santa Monica Martin Evans Marguerite Scroggie St. Louis Cardinal Brooklyn Dodgers John B. Terry Grande Avenue Brames James H. Yul Pleasant Drive Kohl Seventeenth Street Nesper Avenue W. DeNio Third Avenue Harry S Johnson Larry Washington Avenue Ludwig Rubek Crescent Street SE R. Sunde Bever Avenue Chicago Ruth Sunde Carl Sunde James L. Arrasmith Sioux City

Dessert luncheon for I.H.N. circle of King's Daughters

Mrs. Eugene Wasta will host a dessert luncheon Thursday at 1 30 p.m. for members of the I H N circle of the King's Daughters at 1830 D Avenue NE. Members are to come prepared to sew.

Eugene Wasta D Avenue NE I. H. N. Circle of the King’s Daughters

Service circle of the King's Daughters meeting for Red Cross sewing

The Service circle of the King's Daughters will meet Thursday at 130 p.m. at the home of Mrs. F. M. Wells on Vinton road NW for Red Cross sewing.

King’s Daughters Red Cross F. M. Wells Vinton Road

Winter temple No 78 to meet at Pythian Hall

City Briefs report Winter temple No 78 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Pythian Hall. Notices cover Cub Pack 30 fall meeting, Mizpah lodge A M meet on second degree, L A to F L A 18 619 potluck time change, Parlor City lodge initiation, state auxiliary and brotherhood meet in Waterloo, youth rally choir practice at Coe college chapel, and Sunshine Mission address by Rev J T Stewart before leaving United Brethren.

Penenay Pythian All Cub Pack No. 30 St. Paul’s Methodist Church Mizpah Lodge No A. F A. M Masonic Hall Parlor City Lodge L. A B of R. T K. P. Hall The Auxiliary and Brotherhood Waterloo Coe College J. T. Stewart United Brethren Church Sunshine Mission United Brethren Conference

Service Club Meeting Plans Basket Dinner and Rummage Sale

The Service club schedules a meeting Thursday at 6 15 p.m. at the Community house with a basket dinner and officer elections. Plans are completed for a rummage sale on September 19.

Service Club

Mrs Hoyt Thomas Hosts Ethel Evans Circle Coffee

Mrs Hoyt Thomas of 1616 Maplewood Drive NE will entertain the Ethel Evans circle of the King's Daughters at a coffee Thursday at 1 30 p.m.

Hoyt Thomas Maplewood Drive Ethel Evans The King's Daughters

Garfield P.T.A. appoints year’s committee chairs

Garfield P.T.A. held a Monday meeting at the school to announce chapter chairmen for the year. Appointments include finance chair Mrs. D. E. Beck and Mrs. J. W. Bradley. budget chair Mrs. G. N. Lodge. membership chairs Mrs. L. L. Hus ton and Mrs. W. W. Bain. and others for social hospitality publicity and more. Arthur P.T.A. will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m.

C. G. Barber Garfield P. T. A D. E. Beck J. W. Bradley G. N. Lodge L. L. Huston W. W. Bain J. G. Hockaday L. A. Merrifield W. J. Robison C. W. Tibbetts C. J. Davis L. J. Slick George Miller L. O. Fagle C. A. Berger R. F. Gott E. F. Patten J. A. Mochal Belle Campbell F. V. DuToit O. H. Baker C. M. Gordley

Car registrations rise in 94 cities in early July

New passenger car registrations in 94 principal cities for the first 14 days of July show a gain of 22.33 percent over the same period last year, indicating a strong early-month market uptick.

Noted local corrections and moves in Cedar Rapids area

The Gazette clarifies several items: corrections on names and addresses, a 30 day license surrender for William E. Howard Jr, and Mrs Clara Hayes sale at 1305 B avenue NE. It notes Selective Service board closures for Mrs Effie Dice's funeral, and updates on Maude Lupton and Lillian Kline's Buffalo trip.

William E. Howard, Jr Thirty-fifth Street William E. Howard Harry Johnson Clara Hayes W. H. Combs B Avenue B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids Gazette Gazette

Thieves Break Into Cedar Rapids Boat Club Building

Charles Mihulka of Cedar Rapids reports the Boat Club on Robbins Road NW was broken into between 11 30 am Sunday and 6 15 pm Monday. Missing items include a gasoline camp stove about a dozen water glasses and several anchors. Music box and pinball machine opened but no money found. Building ransacked after entry by broken window.

Charles Mihulka Nine-teenth Street Cedar Rapids

Miss Simpson Leads Iowa Nutrition Conference in Ames

Lucy E. Simpson head of the Cedar Rapids Nutrition Service told 800 leaders at the first state conference in Ames that plans will organize Iowa counties for the coming fall and winter with the national program. Her survey of Cedar Rapids department store employees showed 38 percent skip breakfast and only 12 percent drink a pint of milk daily, linking breakfast omission to lower muscular efficiency. She cited cost, meal prep, and fear of weight gain as reasons why young women neglect proper foods.

Lucy E. Simpson Cedar Rapids

Elect New Officers Of Crandie Display Club

The Crandie Display club of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City met at the Long home. Officers elected for the year are C. E. Irwin president Tom Hughes vice president Cliff Teeple secretary and George L. Moran treasurer. Dillon Grover of Armstrong Clothing spoke on display service. The club meets the second Monday each month.

Crandie Display Club Cedar Rapids Iowa City Fred Long Ellis Boulevard C. E. Irwin Tom Hughes Cliff Teeple George L. Moran Dillon Grover Armstrong Clothing Company Display Department

Reserve officers receive yearlong active duty orders

Omaha AP reports that orders issued Tuesday to reserve officers of the Seventh corps area call First Lieut. Willard R. Irish dental officer from Oxford Junction Iowa to Fort Jackson South Carolina for a year of active duty.

Omaha Seventh Corps Willard R. Irish Dental Oxford Junction Fort Jackson S. C

Retail Credit Group Discusses U S Law at Cedar Rapids

Members of the Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association met at the Roosevelt hotel to review new federal regulations on installment credit. Attorney B D Silliman led the session noting 72 interpretations since Sept 1 and advising retailers to add their names to the Chicago Federal Reserve bank mailing list.

Cedar Rapids Chicago Federal Reserve Bank Tive Board Floo Association

Federal Court Term Set to Open September 23

Deputy clerk Bessie Engle announced the September term of the federal court will open September 23 with Judge George C. Scott presiding. September 22 marks the last day of the old term and will focus on naturalization procedures as a record number of petitions for final papers are on file.

Federalourt Bessie Engle Naturalization Miss Engle George C. Scott

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Mary Ann Kramer Sandoe Jordan Twentieth Street Jordan Nancy Kruicemer David Kruichemer Thomas Shepherd East Orange N. J Sumner D. Quarton Indian Road SE Bob Meara Bill Brown Eugenia Kelly MM J Kelly Washington Avenue SE Santa Barbara Calif Edward Lambert Byron J Lambert Santa Barbara Catholic Church Mrs. Duster Fetelson College America’s New Ac Grocers Sterl Mabe Lasswell Opal Lighthart and C. Adrian Bort Michigan Mrs. Mantz North Stalker-Thorson Paul Lockwoods Mrs. Sunde I. H. N. Circle National Dog Week Ralph Chiverton N Street Lisbon O. P. Wilson Roy Dochterman Eighth Street David Scott Los Angeles Penick and Ford Labor Temple Aid Society of Covington Church Edith Foote Covington J. C. Railsback John Wiley Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Ugalar P.T.A. Meetings Garfield Arthur Arthur P. T.A Faye Emerson Hollywood Faye Ments Henry R. Peters Clifton M. Parker Selective Service Board Board No. 1 Board No. 2 Effie Dice Maude Lupton Buffalo J. L. Lupton 417 Avenue NW Lillian Kline C .S. Myers 349Th Infantry Camp Polk Myers Third Armored C. B. Wells Third Street NW Moline, Ill Wells United States Arsenal Springbrook Courts Montrose Miss Simpson U. S Optical Service Leonard T. Arduser C. Chambers Optical Compan Third St Dial Harry F. Tisher Pres Just Second Street
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