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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1941
Page
2
Dr and Mrs P J Krieckard of Grand Rapids Michigan finished a week with Mr and Mrs E W Krieckard at 140 Twenty third Street Drive SE. They plan to motor through Minnesota and Canada before returning home.
Several Cedar Rapids residents plan extended travel for study and family visits. Mrs J Rayner Harper and daughters Jeanne and Elisabeth depart for Dallas and Jacksonville with Mrs Harper's mother, Mrs C C Coupland, joining other families from the area in moving between Iowa City Natick and New England states for schooling and relatives.
Mrs Genevieve Carringer and her mother entertained Saturday at a party for Sally Ann on her ninth birthday at 1907 Grande avenue SE. Guests included Audrey Ruth Katzoff Martha Miller Mary Kay Stemlar Shirley Scott Carolyn Schwegler Doris McNull Demetra Costas Carol Bernstorf Ann Laure Patty Ann Smith and Jane Blake.
Lloyd C Judd Dean director of the playground commission will be guest speaker on Family Recreation at the opening meeting of St Pauls Mothers club Tuesday at 2 p.m. in church parlors Mrs Wayne Montgomery newly elected president will conduct the meeting Miss Bertha Pownall will give devotions Patricia DuToit will sing two numbers accompanied by Mrs L J Twogood On the social committee are Mrs Lawrence Rohrbacher E A Rosen berger and Walter Zimmerman All mothers and friends are invited Children will be cared for in the nursery
Mrs Mary O Hull arrived Sunday afternoon for a week's visit in the home of Mrs Louise Gilmore at 1011 H avenue NW.
After a five day stay in Cedar Rapids with Mr and Mrs John C Gor man the party departs Monday morning. Vivienne Power of Chicago is the traveler.
Members from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Davenport Des Moines and Ottumwa gathered Sunday for a get acquainted picnic. The 72 attendees planned the Business and Industrial weekend conference to be held in Davenport on November 1 and 2.
A Social 50 club meeting is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Alvin Maxwell 229 Sinclair Avenue SE. A picnic luncheon will be served.
Cedar Rapids residents recuperate from holidays as weekend travelers arrive. Mrs. Robert S. Cook and Mrs. R. E. Stephens came back from Callander Ontario and Toronto after two weeks away. Mrs. Howard M. Funk returned from five weeks near Mexico City via San Antonio New Orleans and Memphis. Mrs. O H. Adams arrived home after two weeks in Oxford Ohio with her daughter Miss Catherine Adams. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Healey returned from Cincinnati where Mr. Healey attended a life underwriters convention.
Mr and Mrs G Richard Shoemaker who will move to Schenectady were honored at a farewell dinner and bridge hosted by Mr and Mrs Cart W Kirwin at 1804 First Avenue East. Guests included Mr and Mrs L W Van Nostrand Jr Mr and Mrs RS McLeod Mr and Mrs William O Gray and Mr and Mrs John B Heidel.
Host and hostess Mr and Mrs Edward Breen will entertain supper club members Monday evening at 2523 E Avenue NE. Guests include Mr and Mrs David M Elderkin, Mr and Mrs John J Locher Jr, and Mr and Mrs Sandoe Jordan.
At the Friday picnic supper of the Married Couples’ club of Saron Lutheran church officers were elected. E. F. Stepanek became president with Forest Robbins as vice president and attendance chair, Donald Wise as secretary, Byron Haugen treasurer, Harcourt Forbes menu chair, Wendell Elfstrom membership chair, Raymond Rieck program head, and Willard Morgan flower chair. The next meeting is an anniversary dinner on Oct 17.
Mrs. L. D. Hurd of 2002 Fifth Avenue SE joins a Cedar Rapids Woman's Club ways and means benefit. The program includes Raphaelson's Skylark staged by Hurd with Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr, G Lorenzen, and Virginia Ohmann. Hostesses are Mrs. Sinaiko and Mrs. McNall at Linden Drive SE and Woodland Drive SE respectively. Reservations via hostesses.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd C Harper were weekend visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs J S Harper at 1014 A avenue NW. Harper, athletic director of Clinton high school for eight years, has accepted a civilian director of physical training post at a new air corps training center in Visalia California. He is a Coe College graduate with a master's in physical education and administration from Stanford university.
The eightieth birthday of James Wilkinson was celebrated Sunday at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank Roger 817 Seventh avenue SE. Also present were Mr and Mrs Ted Wilkinson and daughter Sharon Ann Mr and Mrs Roy Webber and sons Billie and Bobbie and Mr Mikota.
Dr S A Helebrant of 829 First Avenue SE returned Sunday evening from a two week fishing trip to Holst Point Minaki Ontario Canada. He was with a party of six from Des Moines.
Mrs. E F Byers 1236 Eighth Street NW hosted the Ella Swan circle of Bethany Congregational church on Friday with personal recordings. The next meeting is set for October 17 at Mrs. Charles Rose’s home 420 Eighteenth Street NW.
The columnist lists enduring truths about men and women, stressing self confidence for women, avoiding jealousy, and noting that attractiveness and self assurance influence men more than wealth or charm. It hints that practical comforts at home may outvalue costly beauty treatments over time.
Mrs. Howard C. Pettit was elected president of the Delta Theta Chi Midwest Council at its Clinton convention. Miss Lennah Johnston of Omaha was named recording secretary. Kansas City will host the next meeting April 18 and 19, 1942.
Navy Mothers club in the Glow room of the Gas company draped its charter in memory of Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt and Mrs. Gienna Archer. New members Florence Taylor Jessie Newell Daisy Pierce and Pearl Thomas were welcomed by Commander Mrs. Laura LeClerc. Plans for Navy Day October 27 were announced with chairmen Mrs. Hayward and Mrs. Yuza. Visitors Ida Hartkemeyer Florence Thayer Anna Aalborg and John Pease Jr. were present as the group noted sons in service and a member's illness and absence.
Mrs. Henry E. Haegg of 1746 First Avenue East invites the Margaret Bottome circle of the King's Daughters to a dessert luncheon at 1 30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Billy Charles, guests of Mrs Charles parents Mr and Mrs A W Hinton at 11914 First Street NE, departed Sunday for Norfolk Nebraska after a week long visit.
A wartime pamphlet style diet advice from Dr Mary MacFadyen urges careful ration use and portion control. She suggests weighing daily on the same scales, avoiding extras and alcohol, and consulting a doctor for tailored calorie plans or vitamins. The text includes sample menus with specific foods for breakfast lunch and dinner across multiple days.
Albert E Wiggam discusses whether eminent women achieve great work earlier than men noting masterwork ages 35 to 39 for women and 40 to 44 for men. He predicts health advances may raise both ages six to ten years and adds thoughts on prejudice and driving speed affecting safety with dietary notes interwoven.
Thirty members attended a covered dish gathering at the O W Latimer cottage on the Maquoketa river near Delhi. The afternoon activities included swimming and bridge in a Cedar Rapids health education department event.
Miss Hazel Abernathy daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Abernathy Jr of 320 Ninth Street NW left Sunday to resume her studies at the University of Iowa where she will be a sophomore this year.
Kadacio Camp Fire Group met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Arthur Norman's home 504 Ninth Street SW. Officers elected were Mary Virginia Crane president Corrine Groves vice president Geraldine Allen secretary Elaine Norman scribe and Marjorie Lowry telephone committee. Plans were made to attend the Sweater Skate Saturday.
Members of the Homecrafters club will gather Tuesday at 7 30 pm at 1041 Daniels street NE in the home of Lincoln Zarub. The invitation is open to anyone interested in attending.
A scientific note states that Earth weighs roughly eighty times as much as the Moon, reflecting the difference in size and mass between the two celestial bodies.
A record number of applicants crowded the courtroom and corridor on the third floor as Stephen A Durisch of Chicago opened interviews for final naturalization. Judge George C. Scott, presiding over the September term opening Tuesday, signed the final papers.
Dr M H Williams pastor of First Christian church learned Sunday that his sister Mrs H H Walker of Artesia New Mexico was killed in a Texas automobile crash at Weatherford Sunday afternoon. Her husband was injured and unconscious. The minister traveled to St Louis to meet his nephew Haskell Sith and they planned to proceed to Artesia.
Captain Elliott Roosevelt son of the President was ordered to remain on active duty in the air corps until October 6 1942 He has served about a year and is stationed at Kelly Field Texas on current duty in the air corps reserve.
Crown Princess Martha of Norway spent the weekend at President Roosevelts Hyde Park home after a Cape Cod summer stay and traveled back to the capital on the Presidents special train. She maintains a winter home near Washington.
J. T Templeton of Rapids Products was named state research chairman for Iowa on unemployment due to plant shutdowns. He attended an organizational meeting in Chicago with Midwest committee directors and other experts. Surveys will map affected plants and materials needed, with further talks planned with Price Administration officials in Washington.
Dr. Eric L. Clitheroe, associate Bible professor, addressed Coe College as it opened its sixty first academic year in Sinclair Memorial chapel. He urged differentiation and cooperative living, with Dr. C Harve Geiger introducing him. Music by Grant Rasmussen and Eleanor Taylor Wendland accompanied the program.
Dr. Ernest W Burgess of the University of Chicago warned that city living drives people away from population centers. He described urban life as a subversive influence that makes individuals retreat inward like turtles and grow cynical toward neighbors and life in general during the university's fiftieth anniversary events.
Researchers debate whether the skunk is a mammal or reptile as taxonomy discussions highlight how classifications evolve. The discussion raises questions about traits and evolutionary lineage in zoology.
The Rev Z Henline will succeed Rev J T Stewart as pastor of First United Brethren church Cedar Rapids and will also serve Shueyville. He was named Cedar Rapids district leader at the Iowa conference ending in Muscatine. Stewart moves to Webster City. Henline had earlier served in Waterloo. He begins next Sunday. Other eastern Iowa assignments include Suckow Castalia Hamilton Lisbon Primrose Manchester Windsor Morley Boston Olin Scott Toledo Shaffer Vinton.
In Durant Oklahoma AP report Dr Allen G Flythe treated a family of five ill with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a rare local case. He died Sunday from the same illness, leaving a physician noted for saving others.
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