Jean Engelman to Be Honored at Supper and Shower
Miss Jean Engelman bride elect of Robert S. Safley will be guest of honor Saturday evening at a buffet supper and shower hosted by Mrs Woodrow Bockhaus at 1335 Third Avenue SW. Guests include Miss Anne Dunlap Miss Christine Mull Mrs Chris Schamberger and Mrs Roger Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Engelman
Robert S. Safley
Agnes Safely
Twenty-fourth Street
Woodrow Bockhaus
Third Avenue SW
Anne Dunlap
Christine Mull
Chris Schamberger
Roger Conrad
Shower Honoring Betsy Jane Bridge Bride Elect Betsy Jane Bridge
Mrs. Frank O Farmer hosted a Wednesday evening shower at 1031 Second Avenue SE for Betsy Jane Bridge, the bride elect of Leslie P. Farmer. Bingo prizes went to Mesdames Myri E Bridge M W Farmer Todd Graham Theresa Minnehan and Betsy Bridge among other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank O Farmer
Second Avenue SE
Betsy Jane Bridge
Leslie P. Farmer
Myri E. Bridge
M. W. Farmer
Todd Graham
Theresa Minnehan
Miss Bridge
Leland Hite
Orville Carter
William Uleh
Harry Mendenhall
Hugh Coyle
Joanne
C. A. Reed
Harold Thompson
Dolores Motsch
Elizabeth Houghton
June Bridge
Millie Seifert
Pazdernik Family Returns From West Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs Frank Pazdernik and daughter Mildred travel back home after a three weeks journey through the west. They visited in Los Angeles with Mrs Pazdernik's sister Mrs H C Pansford formerly of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pazdernik
Twenty-first Avenue
Mildred
Los Angeles
Mrs Bird Hosts Late-8 Bridge Club Evening
Mrs Dewey Bird of 114 Fifth Street SW hosted the Late-8 bridge club Thursday night. Prizes went to Mesdames Dale Crosier Helen Mumma and Don Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Bird
Fifth Street
Dale Crosier
Helen Mumma
Don Wallace
Forrest Heddinger
Dessert bridge hosts of St Rita's circle at tea room
Mrs Margaret White and Mrs Katherine Bollard hosted a Thursday dessert bridge at Mrs Cunningham's tea room. Guests were the members of St Rita's circle of St Matthew's parish. Six tables were set for the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret White
Katherine Bollard
Cedar Rapids Eagles Lodge Prepares 303 Initiates
The Cedar Rapids Eagles lodge will host the first initiation of the Central Iowa District of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. It will feature 303 candidates from Cedar Rapids and guests from Waterloo and Marshalltown with Frederick Helm of Racine as principal speaker. A Des Moines Ritual team leads, plus band concerts, supper at 6 pm, dancing, and plans to feed 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Des Moines
Doilies Edging Pattern 2902 Promotes Needlecraft Sale
The Cedar Rapids Gazette advertises crochet doilies and edging pattern 2902 with directions, illustrations, materials, and a photo, offering it for 10 cents from its New York office. Richard Strauss showed piano talent from age four and produced multiple compositions by age six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Department
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Richard Strauss
New Horticultural Society Formed For Cactus Growers
The first meeting of the Cactus and Succulents society was held Wednesday to promote cooperation between growers and students. Officers elected included Melvin G. Kuba as president J L Prochaska as vice president and Mrs Nina Happel as secretary-treasurer. The next meeting is set for Oct 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cactus and Succulents Society
J. L. Prochaska
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Melvin G. Kuba
Prochaska
Nina Happel
Service Club Chooses Leaders at Community House Meeting
Seventy five sheets were hemmed at the Friday Service club meeting with ten members in attendance. Guest Mrs. Blanche Brennaman. New president Mrs. C. J. Paulsen appointed committee chairmen and plans for the coming year were finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Club
Blanche Brennaman
C. J. Paulsen
Unity Center Prosperity Night Meeting Report
Members of the Unity Center gathered Friday for a fellowship dinner in the recreation rooms at 1015 Second avenue SE, followed by chapel services. Miss Mabel K. Swanson spoke on There is a lavish supply to meet my every need and announced incorporation, new office equipment arrival, and October literature availability. Chester Jeffrey sang He’s Standing By Me All the While and In the Garden. The last Friday of each month is set for family suppers and get-togethers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Center
Second Avenue SE
Mabel K. Swanson
Chester Jeffrey
Sidelights of U S Rearmament from A Reporter s Notes
Deep sea tanks plan to arm America's merchant fleet with anti tank guns as defense insiders call for 37 millimeter and Bofors 40 millimeter guns. Dual purpose weapons suit armored air and sea threats. lightweight, decks adaptable, and capable of high explosive or armor piercing fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lumber Company Sues Over $9000 Damages for Price Discrimination
The Jewett Lumber Company of Des Moines sues United States Gypsum Company of Illinois for $9,000 alleging price discrimination. The suit filed in federal court on the last day of September claims Century Lumber was charged $2,400 less for identical materials, enabling fewer bids for Kuchara Construction in 1938 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewett Lumber Company of
Des Moines
United States Gypsum Company of
Illinois
Jewett Company
Century Lumber Company
Kuchara Construction Company
Business Women Hold Dinner at Goudy’s Tea Room
Seventeen members of the Business Women's Sunday school class of the First Christian church held a dinner at Goudy's tea room in Mount Vernon Thursday evening. Herbert Westrom played piano and Robert C. Moody showed films from trips to Alaska and Yucatan. Hostesses were Misses Gladys Swangler Ethel Kern Eva Walker and Mrs Edith Harbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Women’s
First Christian Church
Goudy
Mount Vernon
Herbert Westrom
Robert C. Moody
Alaska
Yucatan
Gladys Swangler
Ethel Kern
Eva Walker
Edith Harbit
Hope Circle of the Kings Daughters elects vice president
Mrs Donald Brown of 1037 G avenue NW hosted the Hope Circle meeting with all members present. Brown was chosen vice-president. The next gathering will be a dessert luncheon on October 9 at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs Everett A Clayton 616 Fifth Avenue SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brown
G Avenue NW
Hope Circle of the
King’s Daughters
Brown
Everett A. Clayton
Fifth Avenue SE
Harmony Circle Plans Monthly Meeting and Red Cross Sewing
Harmony Circle of the King's Daughters met at 2111 Fifth Avenue SE for a dessert luncheon. Mrs. A W Daniels hosted and devotionals were led with the national president's message read by Mrs. A C Hines. The group approved monthly business meetings and a full Red Cross sewing afternoon at the other mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Circle of the King’s Daughters
A. W. Daniels
Fifth Avenue SE
A. C. Hines
Red Cross
Hayes P T A galloping benefit breakfast report
Hayes P T A held a morning benefit breakfast in the school auditorium from 7:30 to 9:30. About 150 mothers attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes P. T. A
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners Quiz
A short etiquette quiz asks five questions about social manners aboard planes and readers’ actions. It includes guidance on criticizing tastes, pretending to read best sellers, conversing with passengers, accepting coffee invites, luggage checks, and how to thank a kind airline hostess with a gift rather than just a tip.
First Christian Church Rally Day Program Details
The First Christian Church presents a Rally Day program on Sunday featuring a processional God Bless America led by Berlin, Mrs Ethel Livingston, organist Winston Williams and cornet, The Lords Prayer, audience music Rock of Ages, Toplady Jean Todd Teddy Todd, address by C E Beems, trombone by G W McSkimming, and Benediction by Walter Shupp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Christian Church
God Bless America
Berlin
Ethel Livingston
Winston Williams
Cornet
Toplady Jean Todd
Teddy Todd
C. E. Beems
G. W. McSkimming
Walter Shupp
Churchill's Daughter Enters War Service
London AP reports Mary Churchill youngest daughter of the prime minister has joined the wartime service becoming a private in the women's auxiliary territorial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
War Office
Mary Churchill
Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service
We, The Women- Short Skirts for National Defense
Gazette special writer reports women ready to sacrifice for defense but oppose shorter skirts to conserve material. They argue fashion training since WWI favors modest hemlines, preferring floor-length gowns for evening. If defense requires, women will choose skirts over men’s street shorts, accepting male discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense
Italy
Permanent group planned to block land speculation
A conference of farm mortgage lenders voted to form a permanent committee to curb land speculation. Recounting Secretary Wickard's caution on lending to farmers, the plan calls for a cross‑section of farm organizations, mortgage bankers, insurers, the federal land bank, and related agencies to guide policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
A. G. Black
The
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Bank
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4791 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4791 is offered for misses and women in sizes 14 through 42. Size 16 requires 342 yards of fabric at 54 inches. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department of The Cedar Rapids Gazette at 243 West 17th Street New York for the pattern. An extra ten cents buys the new fall and winter pattern book with a Free Gift Pattern for a hat and bag set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N.Y
Eye for an Eye Senator Clark Flayed in Rebuttal
In Reviewing Stand With Henry McLemore the writer denounces Senator Clark for defending ignorance as a courtroom tactic during a senate subcommittee probe into the movie industry. He mocks Clark’s French mispronunciation and suggests such ignorance would ruin education and even produce unqualified senators.
Cemetery Marker Case Up To Court
Judge C J Haas hears injunction bid by Ralph E Johnson to place a granite marker at Cedar Memorial Park. The case tests reasonableness of the cemetery rule requiring bronze tablets and whether Johnson's 1939 contract or purchase voids the rule. Court heard four days of arguments. briefs due in seven and ten days respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Haas
Ralph Elnor Johnson
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cemetery Association
Cedar Memorial Park
Association
Johnson
Haas
Sight Five Rafts Bearing Survivors Of Wrecked Ship
Navy patrol planes sighted five rafts carrying nine shipwrecked men presumed survivors of the freighter Ethel Skakel which sank in a hurricane off Aruba. Planes could not land due to rough seas. a destroyer and coast guard vessels moved to reach the men as visibility hindered initial rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ethel Skakel
Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
Noted engineer dies in Erie at age 82
William Le Roy Emmett, an internationally known engineer and pioneer in turbine development, electric ship propulsion, and the mercury vapor power generation process, died in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday after suffering a heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie, Pa
William LeRoy Emmett
Red Cross Committee To Solicit Volunteer Workers Has Meeting
A Red Cross volunteer service committee met Friday at the Red Cross headquarters led by chairwoman Mrs Paul Huston. Staff assistants were named under Mrs Glenn Higbee with Miss Mary Frances Lee assisting. Additional corps plan for hospital and recreation Gray Ladies led by Mrs J F McBaith, who will visit towns to expand local service and recruit volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Federal Building
Paul Huston
Glenn Highee, Jr
Mary Frances Lee
Higbee
J. F. McBaith
Radio Drama and Varietyillin: Ross Joins The Sap Cast
WHE World of sports blends with drama this Saturday as Barney Ross a former boxing champ appears as himself in The Sap on Knickerbocker Playhouse air at 6 p.m. John Hodiak plays the fighter with Ross as his second and Louise Fitch as his girlfriend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Ross
Knickerbocker Playhouse
The
Sap
Tom Byrnes
Chicago Daily News
John Hodiak
Ross
Louise Fitch
Radio Schedule Highlights From Sunday September 28 1941
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WGN WLS WMT WENR and more shows daily and evening lineups. Notable items include news shows Morning and Night, musical programs like Hawaii Calls and Barn Dance, and talk segments with John Flynn and Gene Baker along with sports and religious programming throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
WGN
Green Hornet
WLS Ramblers
Knicker
WLS
Peter
Pat
WGN Hawaii
Heatter
Wes Nat B
Nat'l B. Danc
Pam
Chicaro
Foot
Bindwason
John Flynn
Gov't
Nat
Iowa
Iowa B. Dance 8:45 Pte Wmt News 9:00 P.m. Wmt Gus Lombar
WMT City Desk
Ginsbursh
Wene
George Fisher
Ander
WMT World Today
WGN Bleacher
Leadorf
Col Symphons
Cubs
WUNR
Drummond
Gildersleeve
Advice From Mary Manners on Love and Waiting for Marriage
A 1941 column presents reader questions on dating while a sweetheart serves in the army, young love, and whether to marry early. Advice urges patience, building a home, and avoiding impulsive unions. A separate notice announces the incorporation of Dads Root Beer Bottling Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with stock details and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad's Root Beer Bottling Company
2 Corporation
Dade Root Beer Bottling Company
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Dad's
Ita
Salda
Harry E. Turner
H G Turner
Bronno Mulder
H. G. Turner
Dad's Root Beer Housing Company
Deacon
Sargent & Spangler
Attorneya
Eee
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Mrs. Farmer
Frank Pazderniks
Mrs. Bird
ST. Rita
Cedar Rapids Eagles Lodge
Laing Wheeler
Horticultural Society
U.S
W W. Chaplin
INS
Lumber Company
Hope Circle
Harmony Circle
P.T.A. Meetings
T. M. Rec
Rutm Millett
Gazette Special
Henry McLemore
Worth D, Clark
Darth We Dark
Clark Dark Worth
Tor
Len Clark
Dark
Worth
Senate
Morris
Idaho
Tokio
Sen. Clark
Howard Dietz
Loew's, Inc
Boiseman
Clark
Joe Jacobs
Schencks
Red Cross Committee
Radio
John T Flynn
Russia
Latrene
Julius Mattfeld
Fumagalli
Capocci
Hollywood Whispers
Fisher
Harry Flannery
CBS
William Shirer
United States
Lisbon
Howard Smith
Norman Weiser
New “Writers
Walter Winchell
Walter Gross
Gilbert Mack
Guy Lombardo
WENR
WGN Symphony
Irene Rich
Alan Scott
Stern
Alan Score
Good Will
D Courtner
Bradley
W. L. Welk O
E. Roosevelt
Jurgens
Bursing
Les Brown
Raeburn
Cras
Thornfall
Barron
Bob Grant
Jimmy Joy
H Busse
Nelson O
John Hnodiak
Nancy Martin
Peter Who
Jim Poole
WS A.m
WGN Piano
WLS Meditations
Tam
WMT Organ
Ames
WMT Family
WGN Church Hour
Chuck Acree
Aim
Crean Loft
S A.m. Wer Bible Class II Review
Stand Wes Millwheel
WHO Christian
Y. Hiroski
D. Courtney
G. Williams O
Fiseg
Quirt
Freedom
C. McCarthy
W. Winchell
Merry
Ryas
Parkera
Orlans West
WLI
Wis
WSUI
Mary Manners
Tusa
Elsa
Miss Manners
Dode
Miss Mannerst
Little Boy
Blue
Charles
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