Local Masonry Degrees Highlight Cedar Rapids Trip
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Carris and others returned from Cedar Rapids where Council and Chapter Masons held annual convocation. Carris earned KYCH and Thrice Illustrious Master honors. Maxwell received the Order of High Priesthood. Goodin named Grand Captain of the Host. Grayson installed as Most Illustrious Grand Master. The group also reports a Green Bay trip by the Massons and a University of Iowa track meet attendance in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Carris
Don Maxwell
Russell Goodin
W. C. Bell
Wm. T. Carson
Cedar Rapids
Council
Iowa
Carris
Maxwell
Goodin
J. Ellitt Grayson
Washington
Grand Council
Betty Jean Thompson Weds Ralph Reisener at Columbus Junction
Betty Jean Thompson and Ralph Reisener wed in a private April ceremony at the Columbus Junction Methodist Church. Rev J B Pooley officiated with organ music by Dr D A Marker and solos by Dorothy McCullough. The couple will reside in Grand Island after May 1. Out of town guests from Nebraska Iowa and Missouri attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Albert Thompson
Betty Jean
Ralph Reisener
H. G. Reisener
Chapman
Nebr
J. B. Pooley
D. A. Marker
Dorothy McCullough
Newhall
Mary K. Thompson
Eldon Reisener
Urge Construction of New Keokuk Lock
Iowa and Minnesota lawmakers press immediate start on a new Keokuk lock. Rep. Thomas E. Martin asks for 2,275,000 dollars for the July 1 start. Sen. Rourke Hieckenlooper calls the present lock a bottleneck and urges a usable Mississippi system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Minnesota
Keokuk
Thomas E. Martin
Senate
Mississippi
Rourke B. Hieckenlooper
Salvation Army Aided Youth Across 1370 Centers
The Salvation Army collaborates with youth programs in 1,370 centers nationwide, expanding support and services for young people across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
United States
Methodist WSCS Circles Hold Monthly Meetings
Circles of the United Methodist WSCS met for regular monthly sessions at several homes. Circle 1 hosted 13 members. Circle 2, 12. Circle 3, 14. Circle 4, 21. Circle 6, 18. Circle 7, 28. Circle 8, 13. Circle 9-1, seven. Circle 9-2, 24. Circle 10, 17. Reports covered prayers, missionary lessons, lent offerings totaling amounts from $0.78 to $64.28, calls and cards, and planned events including lectures by Dr Clinton and a YWCA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
WSCS
Circle
G. W. Manussier
Elizabeth Young
Circle 1
Manassier
Charles Fyestone
Accie Clapper
Circle 3
Harold Mangold
Elwyn Lewis
W. S. Kyle
Kyle
Fred Downing
Nelson Thompson
Belle Rice
Rice
YMCA
Clinton
W. L. Clapp
W. B. Dupuis
China
E. R. Cox
Laura Longwell
Farm Bureau
Carolyne Carbee
Mary Lynn Messer
Mrs McCleery Recalls Trip at United Presbyterian Ladies Meeting
Mrs R H McCleery spoke of her recent trip to Colorado Mexico Texas Florida Cuba and Guatemala at the United Presbyterian Ladies meeting held Friday afternoon at the church. Ted Stewart sang Tally Ho with Wendell Rider on piano as Mrs Livingston presided with 40 members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. MccCleery
Colorado
Mexico
Texas
Florida
Cuba
Guatemala
United Presbyterian Ladies
McCleery
Ted Stewart
Tally Ho
Wendell Rider
Livingston
D. P. Livingston
The
Aid
Sara Pollock
C. A. Boice
Miss Pollock
Rail travel per person in 1947 averages five trips
In 1947 the average American made five rail trips per person with a total distance of 320 miles across these journeys. The figure reflects nationwide travel activity for men women and children combined.
Mrs Kerr Hosts Breakfast Club Meeting
Sixteen members of the VFW auxiliary breakfast club met at the home of Mrs Harold Kerr Thursday morning. Guest was Mrs George Beusch. The club will meet April 22 with Mrs Leslie Zook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Harold Kerr
George Beusch
Leslie Zook
Labor market must absorb growing city sized workforce
The speaker notes a healthy rise in business activity and employment this summer but warns the nation must plan to accommodate a yearly influx of workers totaling about 600,000, a figure comparable to Milwaukee, as the labor market expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
New York Times Reprint Highlighting January 20 1949
Reprint from The New York Times dated Thursday January 20 1949 preserves a snapshot of events, opinions, and notices from that day. The column covers political, social, and economic items with names of prominent figures and organizations of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Fur trade seeks action against cold storage racket
Retailers fur trade groups and manufacturers study united action to curb misrepresented fur cold storage. Jack Gregory of the Certified Cold Fur Association cites violations, noting summer 1948 storage violations tripled and improper storage harms fur quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Gregory
Certified Cold Fur Association
United Action
Certified Cold Fur Storage Association
Davis family visit as Cedar Rapids mother aids brother’s confirmation
Mrs. Donald P. Davis of Cedar Rapids is spending a month at her in laws’ country home south of Washington and travels to Cedar Rapids for her brother’s confirmation on Sunday. She recuperates from an operation and brings her eight month old son Robert Leslie. Herbert J. Rich of Crawfordsville has a son John William born Thursday at Memorial hospital Mt. Pleasant, first in the Rich family. grandparents are Sam Stephens Ainsworth and Joe Rich Crawfordsville. Mrs. Martin Schiff and Martha of St. Louis are weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Dusenbery. J. A Reif of Lima Ohio will visit on Sunday.
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Thompson
Franklin Gabriel
Reisener
Columbus High School
Nurses’ Training School of
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
H. G. Reisener
Ira and
Eldon
Chapman
Delmar G. Eisener
Kansas City
Frances Williams
Newhall
Ted Garrett
Letts
Donald Martin
Mt. Pleasant
Mary K. Thompson
Burlington
Carol Brewer
Circle 6
Robert Hyde
Sudan
Miss Brewer
Daryl Ross
E. S. Hebner
Circle 2
Hugh Hall
Riverside Community Center
Circle
G. F. Baird
Wesley Hall
Trinity Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lida Hunting
Hyde
Clarence Jacobs
Hunting
Donald P. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Davis
Washington
Davis
Robert Leslie
Herbert J. Rich
Crawfordsville
John William
Memorial Hospital
Rich
Sam Stephens
Ainsworth
Joe Rich
Martin Schiff
Martha
St. Louis
William Dusenbery
Dusenbery
J. A Reif
Lima, Ohio
Confidence grows that 1949 will avoid a low mood
Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson said in Milwaukee that confidence has grown over 36 days that the chance of a serious low mood in 1949 is remote. He spoke at the second annual institute for employment of handicapped persons, noting expectations for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John W. Gibson
Institute For Employment of Handicapped Persons
Gibson
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Wolf’s Flower
Clyde Fishburn
Clyde Putnam
Iowa City
George Masson
George Masson, Jr
Green Bay
Wis
Dale Carstensen
Carstensen
Massons
University Field House
E. G. Hamm
Jack and
Roger
Roy Carter
Arlene Knupp
Bob Crandall
Harry Ramseyer, Jr
Jack Fields
Mantini Modern Cleaners
Iowa Ave
Imperial
ST. R. Phillips
West Side Square
Betty Jean Thompson
Junction
Keokuk Lock
Penn College
W. J
Quakers
McConnell
Sammy Snead Blue Ridge
Chamberlin Bros
Sport Shop
Ie Paya To Play
Henry Miller
Fred Bey
Ed Squire
Alaska
Paul Deimerly
Will Jones
Circle 4
Carl Crossett
Crossett
Jay Sellers
Maynard Brown
Orville Dayton
Preston Etter
Sellers
Boyd Foster
Sylvia Geyer
Panama Canal Zone
Edna Klein
Brown
Roy Schiebel
Ralph Junkin
Tom Davis
Wylie Anderson
Walter Lance
T. F. Barker
Missionry
Barker
Jessie Brindley
Orris
Boileau
YWCA
Methodist
Dorothy Brauninger
Des Moines
Wil
Minnie Allen
Ames
National
Ywca Board
Circle 7
Ralph Bauer
Fred Miller
Walter Jarrard
Circle & Circle
Marion Augustine
Harold Klopfenstein
H. J. Brenneman
Walter Neff
Win Durst
Cloyce Crone
Christian Herald
Brenneman
Sam Sigafoose
Paul Harvey
Augustine
Glen Cuddeback
Glenn Thompson
Circle 9-1
James Birney
Preston Edmondson
Dean Luers
Verle Gallagher
Homer Birney
Harry Drake
Luers
Willard Palmer
Circle 9
J. L. Kennedy
Lyle Wilcox
Paul Mayer
Charles Kennedy
Bidwell Deaconess
Wilcox
Christian Advocate
Grace V. Watkins
Guiding Light
Clyde Thompson
World Outlook
Philippines
Circle 10
George Dare
Frank Patterson
Oscar Sheeetz
A. C. Durst
Omer Sleichter
Clayde Knapp
Dare
Hawaii
M. L. Crawford
H. H. Durst
Mrs. McCleery
Mrs. Lane
Oscar Lane
C. C. Stewart
Marion George
Neill Trotman
George Kerr
Prue 'Prees
Mrs. Kerr
Hal
MR. Halamka
Des Moines, Iowa
Cgen
Rothschild’s
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