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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1940

Page

9

Miss Larimer and Mr. Delzell Wed in Candlelight Setting

Miss Helen Louise Larimer and Wendell Martin Delzell wed at 5 o'clock yesterday in the candlelit home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jones Larimer. The ceremony, performed by Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr., featured ivory faille taffeta and lace gowns, a matron of honor, and ushers from both families amid white iris and lilies.

Miss Larimer Mr. Delzell Edwin Jones L Larimer Fifth Avenue Larimers Helen Louise Wendell Martin Delzell Earl B. Delzell Grande Avenue James H. Blackstone, Jr Westminster Presbyterian Church L. M. Henry Davenport Kreisler Thomas Hudson Swiler Burlington

Nutrition Service Drive Is Planned

Junior League of Cedar Rapids plans a week long fundraiser for the Community Nutrition Service starting with a luncheon at noon Monday in the Montrose Iowa room. Miss Bernice Hopper directs the program which will include food budgeting help and nutrition classes city wide.

Community Nutrition Service Junior League of Cedar Rapids Iowa Montrose Hotel Bernice Hopper Neil Montegomery I. Cue Alvin W. Allen Ways and Means

Local visits and social gatherings across Cedar Rapids

Mrs. William B. Miller of Madison and her sons Tommy and David plan a Monday visit to Mrs. Miller's parents Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm V. Bolton in the Carlton apartments. Mr. Miller will join the family next weekend. Earle Muzzy of Chicago, former Cedar Rapids resident, guests at a Dows dinner party with twelve friends at Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE. Ladies' Literary club hosts a China program by Mrs. Neil Montgomery Monday. Cedar Rapids group to Mount Vernon for a recital and tea with hostesses Mrs. Andrist and Mrs. Richard Baker after Karl Andrist's violin recital. Invitations issued for Coe College faculty and spouses to dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Keehns drive to Ottumwa to visit Dornfife and Groupe families.

William B. Miller Madison Wis Tommy David Sutherland C. Dows Twenty-seventh Street Drive Earle Muzzy Chicago Cedar Rapids Dows W. Craven Shuttleworth Second Avenue SE Ladies’ Literary Club Neil Montgomery China MT. Vernon Mount Vernon Karl Andrist Andrist Richard Baker Eleanor Taylor Blanche Krebs Joseph H. Kitchin Max Dahhler Arthur Poe Twenty-seventh Coe College Cedar Rapids Country Club P. F. Keehn Glenway Drive Bill Ottumwa

Spring Rush Feels Like Planting Time Across Campus

A breezy spring scene features Dr and Mrs John Parke as gardening spirits while campus life showcases Frances Blaul and Charles Moes of Cedar Rapids. Doris Cone braves slush for spring air in Carl Dueser photographs.

John Parke Frances Blaul Charles Moes Cedar Rapids Doris Cone Marvin D. Cones Carl Dueser

Engagement Of Jane Huston Announced

The Huston family of 112 Twelfth Street NW announces the engagement of their daughter Jane Carey Huston to Gene D Carson of Nashua son of Mr and Mrs W O Carson of Essex with a June wedding planned Miss Huston a Coe College alumna taught at Conroy and held leadership roles in Alpha Xi Delta YWCA Crescent and Pan Hellenic Council Mr Carson a Coe College graduate coached in Nashua and led the track team at Coe A tea in honor of the bride today will be hosted by Mrs Huston with sixty five guests and out of town relatives listed

Paul H. Huston Twelfth Street Jane Carey Gene D. Carson Nashua W. O. Carson Essex Miss Huston St. Patrick’s High School Coe College Alpha Xi Delta Social Sorority Crescent Women’s Honor Society Pan- Hellenic Council Conroy Carson Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity Coe Huston Elizabeth Helscher Sigourney Gertrude Shoemaker W. J. Neuzil Frank C. Welch Kenneth Myers James Olney Jane Gene Betty Carson Robert Carson Muscatine Jane Larson Clarksville Christopher Werner Manchester Virginia Bates Walter Staves Chicago M. L. Reid Mary Margaret Huston Irene Dicken Des Moines Shirley Burr Lone Tree Ruth Olson Norway Dorothy Crowell Cedar Falls Peggy Rinker Oto Maxine Olson

Garden Club To Sponsor Three Lectures This Week

The Cedar Rapids Garden club will sponsor three lectures this week two on Tuesday and one on Wednesday morning. Guest speaker Mrs Preston Rice of Kent Hills Grand Rapids Mich will speak at 10 30 a m Wednesday in the Lincoln and Jefferson rooms Roosevelt hotel. She will stay with Mr and Mrs James E Hamilton 2345 Linden drive SE. Following the talk members will host a luncheon at the hotel. Mrs Rice is the sole woman speaker at the Men's Garden Clubs of America annual meeting and a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society of England. Also listed are visiting guests from New York City Rowe Langston and John F Tufts.

Cedar Rapids Garden Club Bruce McKay Rice Men's Garden Clubs of America Royal Horticultural Society of England New York City

Country Club Resumes Monday Bridge Luncheons

Cedar Rapids Country Club brings back the Monday bridge luncheon with a newly decorated lounge. The first event will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. Reservations are urged at the club. Mrs A W Doubras ky chairs the committee, assisted by Mesdames B B Hickenlooper Roy E Choate Edward F Moor man and Edward F Winslow.

Cedar Rapids Country Club A. W. Doubrasky B. B. Hickenlooper Roy E. Choate Edward F. Moorman Edward F. Winslow

Sumner Quartons Welcome Des Moines Visitors

Mr. and Mrs. Sumner D. Quar ton at 514 Indian Road SE host weekend guests from Des Moines, Mrs. Quarton's sister Mrs. D S Kruidenier and Mr Kruidenier staying with them for the weekend.

Sumner Quartons Des Moines Sumner D. Quarton Indian Road SE Quarton D. S. Kruidenier Mr. Kruidenier

Nautical Breakfast Planned for Miss Fryer Shower

A nautical breakfast in Worster tea room at 10 30 honors Miss Doris Fryer on her upcoming marriage to Lieut Robert Brice Moore of Quantico Virginia. Guests include Mrs Franklin Fryer Mrs K V Turner Jr Miss Mary Manning Miss Theresa Christianeeld and others amid navy and white sea green decor.

Doris Fryer Juanita Jordan Grande Avenue SE Worster Tea Room Fryer Robert Brice Moore Quantico Franklin Fryer Packwood K. V. Turner, Jr Mary Manning Theresa Christiane Eld

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Rush Roxy Dr. Parke Mrs. Parke Low Waek AS Acta S Miss Blaul Mr. Moes William Millers Boltons S. C. Dows Ladies’ Literary Shuttleworths Arthur Poes COE College Group Jane Huston E. E. Shenefelt Vernon Drive Shenefelt John F. Tufts Rowe Langston Henry R. W. Greene Helen Henry Anne Marilyn Shellsburg Bever Avenue SE Country Club Miss Fryer
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