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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1940

Page

11

Union Now review for YWCA group concludes series

The YWCA current events group wraps its season with a Wednesday 2 p.m. meeting at the association building. Miss Alice B. Story, head librarian, reviews Union Now by Streit, with Mrs S C Stookey guiding. music by Beethoven club members and soprano solos by Gladys Barker. Membership committee chaired by Mrs E E Fisher invites all members.

Alice B. Story Public Library Streit S C. Stookey E. E. Fisher Beethoven Club Lucy Ambroz Helen Hickman Arensky Gladys Barker Ambroz

Calendar of events across Iowa with lectures and performances

Cedar Rapids hosts Francis Chapin exhibit at the Art Association gallery and public library through May 7. Cancer control drive by Linn unit of Town Women’s Field Army, led by Mrs Frankel. Community Players perform Both Your Houses at D Playhouse starting Monday. Iowa City features The Texas Steer at University Theater through April 20 and UI Salon of Photography through April 26 at Memorial Union. Rudolph Edmund discusses the Geology of the Teton Range at Coe College Kelvin meeting. Cedar Rapids Symphony at Memorial Coliseum 8 pm, free. Dubuque Carthage College choir to sing at St Mark’s Lutheran at 8 pm. Margaret Hindee soprano recital 8:15 pm at T M Sinclair Memorial Chapel, Coe College. League of Women Voters state convention through Thursday at Montrose hotel. Des Moines Frank Knox speaks at Economic Club on America’s relations with South America Thursday. Cedar Falls Winterset at Iowa State Teachers College through Saturday. Ames twelfth annual Student Leadership Conference at Iowa State through Saturday. Iowa City Midwest Forensic League conference through Saturday in senate chamber Old Capitol Pharmacy prize prom. Mount Vernon Iowa Academy of Science meeting at Cornell College through Saturday. Cedar Falls conference on play production at Iowa State Teachers College Sunday. Iowa City H W Janson speaks on Contemporary American Oils at 4:15 pm in the art building.

Cedar Rapids Linn Women's Field Army Mr. Frankel Maxwell Anderson Community Players Community D Playhouse Iowa City Texas Steer University S UI Memorial Union Rudolph Edmund Teton Range Kelvin Meeting Coe College Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Memorial Coliseum DE Witt—County Dubuque Margaret Hindee Ames Iowa State College Senate Chamber Old Capitol Iowa Memorial Union Mount Vernon Iowa Academy of Science Cornell College Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College H W. Janson DAR_ state radio committee KFJB Marshalltown Washington Nelson Whitehill WSUI WMT W. R Armstrong L. B. Schmidt KSO Des Moines

Service Club Holds Friday Meeting at Community House

Sewing for St. Luke's hospital occupied the Service Club after their Friday gathering at the Community House. Members exchanged flower slips. Mrs. O Boyd hosted with assistance from Miss Marvel Foster and visitors including Mrs. Mary Church. Two members recently moved away Mrs Edith Brown to Traey and Mrs Hattie Schanke to Mechanicsville.

St. Luke’s Hospital Service Club O Boyd

Elmore and Stoner Wed in Church of God Ceremony

Valena Mae Elmore and Marvin L. Stoner wed Friday at 7:45 p.m. at the Church of God with 125 relatives attending. Rev. R. N. Coolidge officiated, and Rev. L. S. Barnhart led the invocation as Mrs. Barnhart sang. The couple will reside in Cedar Rounds after a brief wedding trip to Chicago and Milwaukee while Stoner works in Link Belt Speeder Co. engineering.

Valena Mae Elmore

Mildred Morgan to Speak at Cedar Rapids Club

Mrs. Mildred Morgan of Iowa City will address the Business and Professional Women's club of Cedar Rapids on Tuesday evening at 7 30 p m at the Roosevelt hotel. Her topic Health Is Also a Matter of How You Think and How You Feel centers on mental health and good life adjustment.

Mildred Morgan Iowa City Business Professional Women's Club Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Hotel Morgan Teachers College Columbia University

Mother and Daughter Dinner At St Pauls Church

Grandmothers and great grandmothers of St Pauls church will be honored at the annual mother and daughter dinner in the church dining room at 6 p m April 25. Tables will feature pastel shades and an old fashioned theme with toasts and music paying tribute to mothers of yesterday.

St. Paul's Church Girls’ Work Committee A. W. Plock Walter Miller Robert C. Armstrong G. A Johnson Russell Knapp A. J. Killian Marvin Gard J. W. Barnett Hamilton H Morse W H. Bailey John R. Battin

Maquoketa Federated Clubs Meet at Public Library

The annual meeting of the federated women's clubs of Jackson county will be held in Maquoketa’s public library club rooms on Wednesday with hostesses from Woman's Outlook Tuesday and Robert Millikan clubs. Delegates include Woman's clubs from Baldwin and Preston, and speakers Mrs Henry Kruse and Rev Paul Brown. Melbourne, Ellis, Green, Schroe der, Schmidt, Rosenberg, Snell, Peters, and Snell will preside.

Federated Women's Clubs Jackson County Woman's Outlook Robert Millikan Maquoketa Woman's Club of Baldwin Woman's Club Preston Henry Kruse Hale Paul Brown Olin Louise Swigart Ellis H. D. Green L. C. Schroeder M. G. Schmidt Beatrice Rosenberg George Schmidt Beverly Snell Margaret Peters

Tipton Tipton Chapter 367 C E S School Of Instruction

Tipton chapter No 367 C E S holds a school of instruction Tuesday morning with Mrs Betty Fraseur in charge. Mrs Edna Wingert worthy matron to entertain officers and guests at luncheon at 1 PM in the Tipton hotel. Dinner at 6 PM then a meeting in the chapter room at 8 PM.

Tipton Betty Fraseur Edna Wingert

West Branch women host social club gatherings

Mrs. W. G. Enlow, Mrs. W. H. Erb, and Mrs. E. C. Branson entertained the Centerdale Women's Club at the Enlow home on Wednesday. Mrs. Glenn Brown and Mrs. T. A. Kinsey hosted the Home Social Club at the Brown home on Wednesday.

W. G. Enlow W. H. Erb E. C. Branson Centerdale Enlow Glenn Brown T. A. Kinsey Home Brown

Pageant marks WHMS anniversary session at Cedar Rapids

About 200 members gathered at Trinity Methodist church Cedar Rapids for a full day session marking the 60th anniversary of the national Woman's Home Missionary Society and the 58th Upper Iowa conference. Guest speakers included Mrs Merle N English national president of the Wesleyan Service Guild and Mrs Thomas Nicholson national president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. The program featured a pageant of the six national WHMS presidents and a 60th anniversary tea with a cake and candles. The convention served Methodist congregations across Upper Iowa with Mrs Earle A Baker of Cedar Falls as president.

National Woman's Home Missionary Society Upper Iowa Trinity Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Merle N. English Chicago Wesleyan Service Guild Thomas Nicholson Mount Vernon Woman's Foreign Missionary Society The Methodist Church R. S. Toogood Rutherford B. Hayes Robert Armstrong John Davis Everett C. Pratt James E Patterson Clinton B. Fish C. G. Hover George O Robinson Wilbur Thirkheld J. Elves Wise C Goode Charles Laurance Mary Beth Collister J W Ensign Upper Iowa Territory Earle A Baker Cedar Falls

Camp Fire Girls Pass Various Tests and Ranks

Forty-two Cedar Rapids Camp Fire girls passed trail seeker tests while six earned wood gatherer rank at the awards meeting. The doughnut sale to April 27 will fund a new cabin at Camp Huaga. other notices include P E O chapter FO tea, St Matthew's Catholic Women council event, and Trinity Methodist John Wesley class banquet with magic tricks and a World’s Fair movie.

Cedar Rapids Camp Committee of Council Shirley Alderman Norma Allen Ruth Anthony Helen Baker Margaret Baker Joan Barron Betty Barta Patricia Champa Dorothy Conn Doris Craven Virginia Dautremont Dolores Fee Peggy Fehleisen Kathrine Fitzpatrick Mary Fitzpatrick Ramona Gordon Barbara Hamblet Margaret Counterman Noreen Hiland Rose Jun Ann Nelson Patricia Pratt Nadine Wilson Camp Huaga Smith John Wesley Trinity Methodist Church William Williams Carl Koehn R. H. Allen Ralph N. Coolidge Church of God W. Glenn Rowley Buttons C. W. Browning R. C. Lehmkuhl Roy Stevens

Flelen M Johnson and Wm Williams Married March 20

Announce the marriage of Helen Marie Johnson to William Lloyd Williams on March 20 at Kahoko Missouri. They were attended by Lois McBroom and P W Hansen. Mrs Williams is Roosevelt high school graduate employed at the board of education. Mr Williams also Roosevelt alum, attended Coe College and Iowa State, works at the city sewage plant. They will reside in Cedar Rapids.

Joe Johnson C Avenue Helen Marie William Lloyd Williams D. L. Williams Seventeenth Street Kahoka Lois McBroom P W Hansen Williams Roosevelt High School Board of Education Coe College Iowa State College Ames Cedar Rapids

A X D Mothers Club Luncheon Planned at Sorority Room

A 1 o'clock luncheon for the Alpha Xi Delta Mothers' club will be held Tuesday at the sorority rooms 1261 First avenue E. Hosts include Mesdames T P Boone Carl Stookey and B Haynes. American Legion auxiliary to Hanford post No 5 will attend at Memorial building. Reservations by Monday noon. Cards and table prizes, rummage sale planned for May.

Alpha Xi Delta Mothers’ Club Sorority First Avenue T P Boone Carl Stookey B Haynes American Legion Auxiliary Hanford T A Norberg Myrs A Holbrook Frank Nalley E W. Lundquist

Newcomers Bridge Party At Roosevelt Hotel Ballroom

A bridge and tea party for newcomers is planned next Thursday from 2 0 4 3 0 p m at the Roosevelt hotel ballroom. Auction and contract bridge will be played along with other games and tea served late in the afternoon. Hostesses include Mesdames Leland Glade Willard D Smith D L Trowbridge Dwight Ferrell Wil ford Struve F C Howard and J C Eikelanner. Tau Kappa Epsilon Mothers club meets Wednesday at 1 pm for luncheon at Mrs Cyrus Metcalf 617 First avenue E.

Roosevelt Hotel Leland Glade Willard D. Smith D. L. Trowbridge Dwight Ferrell Wilford Struve F C. Howard J. C. Eikelanner Tau Kappa Epsilon Mothers’ Club Cyrus Metcalf First Avenue E

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