Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1939

Page

11

Local Club Hosts Houghton Address and Double Ring Wedding

Mrs. Houghton is set to speak at a Woman's Club event hosted at the Cober home, 929 H Avenue NW, while a double ring ceremony unites Miss Evangeline Shenafelt and Raymond Cober at that residence. After vows, a wedding supper was served. the Cobers plan to reside in Waterloo where Raymond works as a sign painter.

Donald Cober H Avenue Evangeline Shenafelt Harley Shenafelt Waterloo

Mrs Wiedersberg Hosts Shower for Betty Stauffer Bride-to-Be

Mrs O F Wiedersberg entertained at a miscellaneous shower for Betty Stauffer with many guests listed, honoring her upcoming marriage to Robert Smith next Sunday. The C and NW Women's club plans a meeting at 2 PM Wednesday at the YWCA to elect officers and delegates for the Chicago convention in May.

O. F. Wiedersberg Elmhurst Drive Betty Stauffer Robert Smith Lillian Repstien Gordon Buckley Paul Hanson Don Bob Wiedersberg Peggy Yuza Gerald Byron A. L. McClenahan N. W Chicago

A A A W Group Meetings Highlight Weekly Gatherings

The art craft group meets Monday at 2 30 p m at Mrs John W Barry 210 Twenty third street drive SE Reading The reading group gathers Wednesday at 2 p m at Mrs M R Warren 2008 Fifth avenue SE Mrs John Parke assists the hostess Mrs John Rieniers reviews A Southerner Discovers the South International Relations group meets Thursday at 9 30 a m at home of Mrs Carl N Ettinger 2635 Bever avenue SE Bill Brown of Des Moines has returned after a trip through the west and will stay in Tuc son for several months Susan Brown will stay with her grandparents Dr and Mrs Stout The Pi alumnae chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will meet in Coe chapter rooms 1261 First avenue E for a dessert dinner Monday at 730 p m The Suburban Co-Workers meet Thursday afternoon in the Glow room of the Gas company Hostess Mrs Anna Probst assisted by Mesdames William Hughes M Everhart and Grant Newport notice a change in meeting day from Wednesday to Thursday.

John W. Barry Twenty-third Street Drive Reading M. R. Warren Fifth Avenue SE John Parke John Rieniers South Carl N. Ettinger Bever Avenue C. A. Stout First Avenue E Bill Brown Des Moines West California Arizona New Mexico Mrs. Brown Tucson Susan Brown Mrs. Stout Southwest Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority Coe Mesdames E E_ Schenefelt Norman Polasky Robert Ure Betty Jacus Gas Company Anna Probst William Hughes M. Everhart Grant Newport

Cedar Rapids Woman’s club to vote on officers and delegates

Members will vote on officers and twelve delegates for the state biennial convention May 2 and 3 in Davenport and the county meeting April 12 in Walker. The meeting, sponsored by the American Home Department, opens Monday at 2 30 pm in the Crystal Ballroom of the Montrose hotel with Mrs Houghton as guest speaker on Our Challenge.

Cedar Rapids Wayne G. Basler Harriet Ware Amy Worth L. A. Talbott Gilbert Thompson American Home Department Howard Nandell Houghton Davenport Walker

Open House By Cedar Rapids Society For The Hard Of Hearing

The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Society for the Hard of Hearing will hold an open house next Thursday at the O R C club rooms beginning 2 p.m. with an afternoon program and tea, an evening program at 7 30 p m with coffee at 9. The society, founded in 1932, now lists over 300 supported members and runs lip reading and social adjustment activities, including sports and contests, with ongoing classes led by Mrs L B Gray and others. The organization aims to free lip reading instruction, prevent deafness, and rehabilitate individuals, inviting all impaired hearing persons to join. St Luke's Alumnae nurses meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the nurses residence for business and social hour after. Mayflower chapter of D A R seeks toy donations for its toy library at the Community House, contact Miss Katherine Franken, 3 1424.

Cedar Rapids Society For the Hard of Hearing P. M. Lattner L. B. Gray C. M. Jones Alice Pierce R N Order of Railway Conductors

Summer Wedding Plans for Miriam Rogers and Charles Overley

Mr and Mrs Joel E Rogers announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Miriam to Charles A Overley of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs J R Overley The couple both graduated from Coe College Miriam earned a master’s in nutrition at Kansas State College Manhattan and taught home economics at Alma High School and Franklin High School The groom earned a master’s in chemistry at the University of Iowa in 1936 and is a chemist with Swift and Company Chicago He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Scabbard and Blade.

F. C. Dunker Humboldt Dorothea Cedar Rapids Thurston H. Jenkins Freeman Jenkins Denver Colo Miss Dunker Iowa State College Ames and Coe College Delta Delta Delta Sorority Jenkins University of Colorado Alpha Tau Omega Indem Joel E. Rogers Park Terrace SE Miriam Charles A. Overley Chicago J R. Overley Park Avenue SE Miss Rogers Mr. Overley Kansas State College Manhattan Alma, Kan Franklin High School Kappa Delta Sorority Overley University of Iowa Tau Kappa Epsilon Swift and Company

Bleakley Twins Honored At Sixteenth Birthday Dinner

Mr and Mrs N F Bleakley entertained at a dinner party Friday evening honoring their twin daughters Audrey and Catherine on their sixteenth birthday. Guests included Allane West Maxine Darey Phyllis Haynes Doris Wage Dorothy Cline Jean Daniels Winifred Hargrave and Doris Bleakley. Greyhound club met Friday at Bonnie Westinghouse home and elected officers: Joan Nilles.

N. F. Bleakley Avenue NE Audrey Catherine Allane West Maxine Darey Phyllis Haynes Doris Wage Dorothy Cline Jean Daniels Winifred Hargrave Doris Bleakley Greyhound Club Bonnie Westinghouse Joan Nilles

Club Officers Named With Hobbies Mentioned

President Winifred OConnell and vice president Flora Blum lead the club alongside treasurer Jean Scanlan secretary Bonnie Westinghouse and scribe Frances Kennedy with all members noted as having hobbies.

Winifred O'Connell Flora Blum Jean Scanlan Bonnie Westinghouse Frances Kennedy

Community Players Stage Mystery Kind Lady in April

The Community Players present Kind Lady a mystery by Edward Chodorow adapted from Hugh Walpole with Mrs E J Carey and Harlan Endsley in leading roles. Cast includes J J Shepard Marjorie Emerson Weston Dorothy Lillick Marian Grant Howard Holman Eleanor Heath and others. Performances run April 17 18 and 19 in the YY McCA Little Theater.

E. J Carey Harlan Endsley Little Theater YY. M Cca Edward Chod Mary Herries Carey Henry Abbott J J Shepard Mr. Foster Marjorie Emerson Lucy Weston Dorothy Lillick Rose Marian Grant Phillis Glenning

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Houghton Woman's Club Strang Blanche Christensen Kenneth Strang Roosevelt Hotel Anita Hanson Margaret Shanahan Lucille Kibbie Betty Hall Dorothea White Lea Harrison Bernice Svoboda Mildred Broulck Betty Stephenson Frances Brown Paul Lockwood Commonwealth Irene Besta Sixth Avenue SE Bunco H. Brown Ellen Lockwood Arthur Bowen Everett Bowen R. Schwenck HI. Brown N. Frink Robert Cherry Eleanor Lockwood Mary Lockwood Beatrice Ament Clarice Konzen Otto Lambertsen Freeport, Ill Jane Lockwood Dorothea Dunker Mrs. Wiedersberg 000 C. and N. W. Women’s Club McKabe Gorner Second Ave Second ST A.A.A.W DR. and Mrs. Stout Alpita Gamma Delta Alumnae Ben Hazen Oscar Anderson H. N. Jerome E. M. Soboda Henry J. Hromek W. E. Mickel Frank Gates P. D. Merveaux D. M. Fellows Ruth Rydberg T. H. DeWees Mary Turner Salter Gordon Barger Pearl Curran Carrie Jacobs Bond J. C Lick Carl Schlotterbeck Mandalay Oley Arthur van Wyk Sylvia Oleg Sparks Guy McKibben L. J Kletsey T H DeWees Lazare Baminsky W Kriekord John Philip Lottsa Victor Herbert Carl Heinen George Gershwin Fannie Paschel Giannina Rudolph Frim Warren_A Hansen Diane Sng Sigmund Romberg T H. DeWees Old Man River Jerome Kern Nature and Garden Nature and Garden Department Health Education Department F. Engle Newmans Society For Hard of Hearing ST. Luke's St. Luke’s Mayflower Chapter Katherine Franken Martin's Harper's Bazaar Algiers Charles Overley Miriam Rogers Bleakley Twins Naktis ST. Paul's St. Pauls Church Girls’ Work Committee Robert C Armstrong W. H. Batley John R Battin George A. Johnson Herbert L. Killian A L. Killian C. C. Kesler Russell Knapp Carl Linge Walter Muller Bertram Puckett A. W. Plock Cultus Club R. S. Toogood Washington Avenue J. H. Woodside R R. Mayberry R. D. Chord Towanka Camp Virginia Lanning Good Housekeeping Magazine Stitute
Search Courier

Search the Cedar Rapids Gazette Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication