Cedar Rapids Infant Mortality Rate Declines Over Decade
The Cedar Rapids infant mortality rate has fallen steadily from 1928 to 1937, with total live births reaching 9,851 and 739 deaths before age one. The report cites improved medical care, public health, and maternal care, noting still births and causes such as congenital defects and infantile diarrhea. City records, hospital advances, and early pregnancy testing are highlighted alongside acknowledgments of syphilis and maternal infection risks. The Tirzah society plans a meeting with Mrs. W. R. Parsons Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Leslie J. Storey
Margaret C. Solum
Division of Vital Statistics
Iowa State Department of Health
B.ace
Joseph Shultz
Philadelphia Record
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Shultz
Oth
Lillian Navratil and Charles Krejci Wed in Church Ceremony
The wedding at St. Wenceslaus church united Lillian Marie Navratil and Charles A. Krejci in a morning service attended by 200 guests. The bride wore white silk net and lace with orange blossoms, and the couple announced their home at 1007 Twenty-sixth Street SE after October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Wenceslaus Church
Lillian Marie Navratil
A. Navratil
Eighth Street
Charles A. Krejci
Charles Krejci
Fifteenth Avenue
Joseph Surovy
Mary Lorentia
Alfrida Bordon
Mary Krejel
Johanna Hill
Mildred Navratil
Edwin F. Navratil
Mrs. Krejci
Daughters of Isabella Party Series Opens Friday in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Laura Buck chairs the first in a series of Daughters of Isabella parties Friday at 7 45 p m in the Iowa Electric Light and Power bungalow. Committees cover general table arrangements cards prizes and refreshments with reports due by Monday eve Sept 19. The Cedar Rapids Friendly club meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the Y W C A auditorium with Ethel Bower to instruct and officers to be elected Sept 26 inviting all youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Spears
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
James McMillan
Cedar Rapids
J. T. McMillan
University of Minnesota
Robert Lamson
University of Michigan
John Downing
L. M Downing
University of Iowa
Elliot Waples
F. C. Waples
University of Wisconsin
Robert Little
Avery Gage
Harry M. Gage
Fletcher Schoool
Harvard
Tufts
Laura Buck
Unit No. 1
Daughters of Isabella
Bridge
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Buck
Betty Allen
Flora Blum
Maye F
Boston
Maye Boston
Elinor Brady
Margaret Coffey
Mary Bartling
Mary Brickley
Jennie Dale
W. E. Dale
Marguerite Burke
Neda Anderson
Lulu Cacek
Augusta Boyle
Catherine Brush
Ruth Bartling
Lucy Carney
Catherine Brems
Rebecca Dansdell
Agnes Cramer
Mae Aukerman
Mary Carroll
Christine Condon
Margaret Brady
Helen Biskup
Agnes Conley
Mrs. Buck
la Plant-Choate
Quaker Oats, Wilson and Company
Penick and Ford
Killian's
F. W. Woolworth Company
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Fourth Nighters
Gayety Gang
Emma Mitchell
Home Economics Teachers Honor Helen McCleery
Home economics teachers held a tea for Helen McCleery newly appointed supervisor in city schools. About fifty guests attended at Miss Sara Anne Brown's home 2645 Bever avenue SE with Minnie Ziesing at the serving table. The honoree recently from Waterloo had attended Cornell and Iowa State. Harold D Hess and wife of Dunreath drive NE returned from a three week trip to Washington Norfolk Lee Pure and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Witwer
Center Point Road
Monroe Township
Lucille Gove
Linn County
Arlo Stinger
Mount Vernon
S. O. Stamy
Orval Quaas
Marion
Rielly
Lind
Sam Miller
Muddy
Roland Schrimper
Buffalo
Bickel
Little Head
Jordan
Lee Morris
Loggerhead
George Morris
A. D. Brennaman
George Wiley
Helen McCleery
Sara Anne Brown
Bever Avenue SE
Minnie Ziesing
Miss McCleery
Waterloo
Cornell College
Iowa State College
Ames
Harold D. Hess
Dunreath Drive
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Lee Pure
W. Va
New
Augusta Blume Is Hostess On Birthday
Miss Augusta Blume daughter of Mrs Leone Blume 1219 Fourth avenue SE entertained three friends at a theater party Saturday afternoon for her sixteenth birthday After the theater the guests were entertained at a late luncheon at the hostess home The guests were the Misses Patricia Eckart Jane Ann Coler and Blanche Mohn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Blume
Leone Blume
Fourth Avenue SE
Patricia Eckart
Jane Ann Coler
Blanche Mohn
Contingent From Cedar Rapids Attends Legion Convention
Representatives from Cedar Rapids join fifty two departments at the national American Legion auxiliary convention in Los Angeles. Attendees include Capt and Mrs Walter A Myer and multiple local couples among others from Cedar Rapids as the session opens in Shrine auditorium. Also noted is the Tuesday Art club’s final family picnic at Bever Park with thirty two present led by committee members Mrs Fred Small Mrs Louis Cullman and Mrs Irvin Hartrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Los Angeles
Auxiliary and Legion
Shrine Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Walter A. Myer
Leo Custer
E A Hanson
Louis Dvorak
F. A. Ahring
Dale Cunningham
Bever Park
Fred Small
Louis Cullman
Irvin Hartrum
Y. W. C. A. Plans Extensive Winter Programs
Cedar Rapids YWCA outlines programs for young business women, married women, and industrial staff. Miss Marguerite Stein leads five business sections with craft classes by Miss Stein and Mrs. Bennett, beginners and advanced metal work, and weekly meetings alternating between fellowship suppers and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Y. W. C. A
Association
Young Business Woman's
Marguerite Stein
Young Married Woman
Frank Brejwin
Dorothy Svee
Marriette Struve
Manners
Billie Kutchera
Virginia Morgan
Miss Stein
H. I. Bennett
Business Girls’ Club
Ethel Bower
National Recreation
Business Girls
Industrial Girls’ League
Catherine Crane
Business and Industrial
Fun nights resume for senior high students at YWCA
Senior high students will resume Friday dances at the YWCA from 7 30 to 10 p.m. Tickets go on sale September 19 22 and September 26 29 after school. Dances will be Friday nights on the first Friday at the M Co A and other Fridays at the YWCA. The recreation room offers ping pong and shuffleboard, with music by local orchestras.
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M. Co. A
Y. W. Cla
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Harriett Swain
Cedar Ata
Kapias
Tirzah Society
W. R. Parsons
Fifth Avenue SW
Lillian Navratil
R. L. Mantz
Park Avenue SE
Lake Vermillion
Minnesota
Minerva Delphian
Commonwealth Tea Room
The
Commonwealth
H. G. Heiserman
Heiserman
Murray Fawcett
Fred Bokerney
J. H. Anderson
E. I. Heuer
Floyd Knapp
Witwer
First Lutheran Guild
George N. Breese
Blake Boulevard
Henry Scherer
California
Breese
William Rinders
William Schnek
Hess Nome
Cedar, Rapids
Newman
America
Oda
Nesta
VOGUE
Harpers
Ladies Home Journal
Pictorial
Stere
Roux
Y. W
Louise Fernow
Thirty-fourth Street
Wilson Fernow
Helen Smith
Patricia Peck
Ardell Coy
Geraldine Young
Juna Weaver
Modern
Cy Mee
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