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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1939
Page
9
A nostalgic portrait shows pets groomed for Easter, including Spring cleaning muds on IDO the dachshunds Hansel Gretel and other dogs. Mrs J Max Widmer and son Max admire two four footed customers while Dunder the Great Dane lends a paw. Thompson Photos.
Local residents answer spring's call to the open road taking trips by car and plane. Families plan visits across the country from California’s world’s fair in San Francisco to Washington DC and Milwaukee with Easter holidays in mind. Names, addresses, and travel companions include Herbert L Kilshan and family, E F Boynton, Mrs Herbert B Hunting, Gordon Fennell, C Louis Fontana, and R R Epler among others, indicating a broad pattern of weekend and holiday travel.
Miriam Lovell of Monticello, a Ferry Hall student from Lake Forest Illinois, was honored with social events. Miss Jean Ashby hosted a tea for 25 guests, while Miss Kathryn Dennison gave a dessert supper featuring Ashby, Hovey, and Wallflower club members.
Local spring break brings mornings of sleeping and shopping, afternoons of bridge and chats, and evenings of dancing or movies. Northwestern students Jean Killen Esther Yothers Jeanne Marshall Don Kessler Joan Miller David Barry Martha Beardsley Henrietta Dows Peter Dows Bill Brown Gardner Quarton Geanie Trumbull plan return trips from Evanston Ruxton Marion Ithaca Beloit Harvard and more with families as vacations continue.
The Cedar Rapids Country club social committee announces a spring formal dinner dance for the evening of April 15. Mr and Mrs P A Stover head planning with the full committee meeting Monday to select honorary hosts and plan entertainment. An excellent orchestra is secured for the event.
Cedar Rapids residents Mrs C C Olney Mrs George Gibson and Mrs W C Howe hosted a tea and reception in Los Angeles at the Ansonia hotel serving LA society with Cedar Rapids connections. Notables included Mrs Richard Lord and Mrs Ben H Witwer among Cedar Rapids visitors, with daughters and guests arriving for spring visits. Mrs George W Brock returned from Chicago after a month away.
Miss Eleanor Hunting, an instructor in Neenah schools Wisconsin, arrives for a week's spring vacation with her parents at 2800 First Avenue E She visited her sister Miss Marian Hunting in Oak Park The Ladies Literary club meets Monday at 230 pm with Mrs J K Von Lackum Mrs Ethel Pinney Rlstedt reviews Austria and Central Europe books Mr and Mrs Hugh W White return from a three week motor trip to Mexico Des Moines guest stays until May first Miss Margaret Ann Hallgren elected to Beta Gamma Sigma at University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids hosts its annual hobby and fine arts show April 21 22 and 23 in the art gallery of the public library. Exhibits include league members items and outside contributors may showcase hobby collections old silver jewelry maps tapestries fabrics and crafts. Children exhibits will appear in the library print room. Contacts include Mrs James H Yuill and several others for Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. James Coquillette leaves for Pomfret school after a two week visit with his parents.
Mrs. Crabbe's father James R Shaffer and Mrs Alonzo Keene with their children Mary Ann and Jimmy of Downers Grove Ill are spending the weekend at 2144 Grande Avenue SE with Mr and Mrs Thomas L Crabbe. Mrs Shaffer will return to Downers Grove with the Keenes and Mr Shaffer. Mrs Atherton B Clark returned Friday from New London Conn after visiting her son Lieut James S Clark. Martha Marquis circle Coe College faculty will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs LeRoy D Weld 1838 Blake Boulevard SE with a 1 p.m luncheon.
Mrs Harrison E Spangler of Cedar Rapids traveled to Chicago with Charlotte Pinney to attend the eighth annual Chicago Dog Show at the International Amphitheater. Their imported Trish terrier, Champion Culbahn Conor, is entered in competition. The visitors plan to return to Cedar Rapids Monday as Easter holidays unfold.
Several local students spend spring break away from home visiting cities and taking cruises. Princeton and Mills College students travel to New York, Bermuda, Los Angeles, Havana, and Mexico City. The Ely, Cook, Blaise, Pickford, Carey, and Lyon families are noted with their destinations and origins.
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