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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1941

Page

25

Visitors Return After Easter Holiday Travel Flows In

Visitors returning home after Easter fill Cedar Rapids. Mrs Wentzle Ruml and Mrs Emma Challed arrive from Laguna Beach California. Others travel from Syracuse New York Chicago Minneapolis New Orleans and Iowa City as spring visits wrap up.

Wentzle Ruml Fifth Avenue SE Emma Challed Fourteenth Street Laguna Beach Calif Henry M. Files Syracuse N. Y Cedar Rapids Mr. Files Chicago Mrs. Files

Continental Luncheon Planned at Roosevelt Hotel

The Roosevelt hotel will host another continental luncheon Thursday at noon in the Florentine room. The program will include a style show.

Roosevelt Hotel Florentine Room

Loras College Student Spends Easter at Home in Dubuque

Frank Lana of Loras College Dubuque is spending the Easter holiday at his home located at 115 Hayes Street SW.

Frank Lana Loras College Dubuque Hayes Street

Wyoming Girl and Local Man Wed

Miss Marie Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Allen of Wyoming and Kent Williams son of Mrs Harry Williams wed at 2 pm Saturday in Monmouth Methodist Church. Ring ceremony performed by Rev Robert Marshall with Kenneth Allen singing and Mrs Shelby Arris at organ. Reception at bride’s home. couple to live at 619 Fifteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids.

Marie Allen Lee Allen Wyoming Kent Williams Harry Williams Thirtieth Street Robert Marshall Monmouth Kenneth Allen Shelby Arris Dale Mayberry Williamsburg Esther Buck Elsie Trimble Fifteenth Street Cedar Rapids Monmouth High School Williams Bellevue High School LaPlant-Choate Company Helen Howard Williams Carroll Faas LeRoy Williams Lewis Williams A. I. Kent Grand Mound Jesse Allen Maquoketa Kate Kegley George Trimble Clyde Allen Albert Buck Andy Trimble Waterloo

Party Honors Two Brides Elect At Cedar Rapids

Esther Yothers and Audrey Jones were feted at a Monday breakfast hosted by Mrs. William G. Isom and Miss Lydia Ann Courtwright at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Eleven guests attended the event before a bridge game. Gifts were presented to the brides elect, with Yothers set to wed John J. Locher Jr on April 26 and Jones to marry James D. Bever on May 3.

William G. Isom C Avenue NE Lydia Ann Courtright Fifth Avenue Cedar Rapids Country Club Esther Yothers Audrey Jones Bridge Miss Yothers John J Locher, Jr Miss Jones James D. Bever

Mrs Bickel Hosts Tourist Club Meeting This Wednesday

Mrs. Robert Bickel of 2241 Grande avenue SE will host the Tourist club gathering at 2 30 p.m. The program features Amos Melberg speaking on the American Friends Service Commission.

Robert Bickel Grande Avenue SE Amos Melberg American Friends Service Commission

White Shrine Kensington Meeting With Mrs Baldwin

Mrs Lester Baldwin of 820 Seventeenth street SE will host a White Shrine Kensington meeting on Wednesday at 2 30 p m. Mrs Stella Smith as hostess chairman will be assisted by Mesdames Irene Sopousek Gertrude Scheck Fay S Schwartzendruber Clara Zalesky Oliver Knickerbocker Lilian Stolar Collette Scott Ida Miller Jeanetta Augustine and Evelyn Hines.

White Shrine Kensington Lester Baldwin Seventeenth Street SE Stella Smith Irene Sopousek Gertrude Scheck Fay S. Schwartzendruber Clara Zalesky Oliver Knickerbocker Lilian Stolar Collette Scott Ida Miller Jeanetta Augustine Evelyn Hines

Weekend guests brighten Adelbert Benders home

Mr and Mrs Adelbert Bender hosted weekend visitors including Mr and Mrs H D Borcherding of Hampton and their daughter Wilhelmina and Mr and Mrs Harry Borcherding of Sheffield bringing family company to 3260 Third Avenue SE.

Adelbert Bender Third Avenue SE H D Borcherding Hampton Wilhelmina Harry Borcherding Sheffield

Chi Omega Alumnae Dinner Meeting Announced

Chi Omega alumnae plan a dinner gathering Wednesday at 6 30 p m hosted by Mrs Richard Buresh at 427 Gwendolyn Drive NE Assistants include Mesdames Chester Affeldt Robert Mineck Ruth Whisler and Miss Ardyce Woodside

Chi Omega Richard Buresh Gwendolyn Drive Chester Affeldt Robert Mineck Ruth Whisler Ardyce Woodside

Sacred Heart Foresters Install New Officers

At a W. C. O. F. No. 727 meeting of Sacred Heart court of Foresters the following officers were installed Chief ranger Mrs. Mary Erlacher vice-chief Mrs. Elizabeth McNamara recording secretary Mrs. Tucy Simkavitz treasurer Mrs. Elizabeth Burke financial secretary Helen Convey conductors Mary Hogan and Marieta Cunningham sentinels Marjorie McDonald and Eleanor [surname truncated]

Sacred Heart Court of Foresters Mary Erlacher Elizabeth McNamara Tucy Simkavitz Elizabeth Burke Helen Convey Mary Hogan Marieta Cunningham Marjorie McDonald Eleanor

Merrifield Meeting Closes With Prayer Then Cards

The session at Merrifield ended with a prayer led by the vice-chief and concluded with attendees playing cards for the rest of the evening.

Easter weekend guests visit Tonis Cullman home

Mr and Mrs Tonis Cullman of 428 Nineteenth Street NE hosted Mrs Cullman’s niece Mrs Roy Tarter and Mr Tarter from St Louis with their daughter Vera Ruth over the Easter weekend.

Tonis Cullman Nineteenth Street Cullman Roy Tarter Mr Tarter St. Louis Vera Ruth

D A R Radio Schedule Announced For April And May

Mrs J C Lick the state D A R radio chairman has announced a series of programs to be sponsored this month and in May The line up includes KFJB Marshalltown WSUI Iowa City WMT Cedar Rapids KVFD Fort Dodge and WOT Ames with a play Maiden Voyage Great American Mothers and a date for KSCJ Sioux City and KMA Shenandoah all to be sent to D A R chapters.

J C. Lick D.A.R. Radio KFJB Marshalltown WSUI Iowa City WMT Cedar Rapids KVF

Miss Frances Sebern Heads to Washington for DAR Event

Miss Frances Sebern left by plane Sunday morning for Washington D C where she will sing for the fiftieth annual Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution She will perform at the Junior breakfast Iowa luncheon and with the Junior Staff chorus Sebern studies with Ralph Lee and belongs to Ashley chapter DAR.

Frances Sebern Washington, D. C Iowa Miss Sebern Ralph Lee Ashley Chapter D A. R

Thompson Family Returns From Detroit Visit

Mrs Albert C Thompson and Mrs Belden Thompson with their sons Albert and Carl spent several days in Detroit visiting Mrs A C Thompson si l son in law Mr Kenneth Duncan and other relatives before returning home at 825 Seventeenth Street NE and 807 Twenty-first Avenue SW.

Haverly V. Jones Blake Boulevard Penelope Minneapolis Fergus Falls Minn H. E Pfeiffer Third Avenue Florida Clarke van Meter Twenty-first Street New Orleans The Ozarks Milo E. Wenger Linn Boulevard SE Elizabeth Wenger Chicago W. H. Tenney R. W. Tenney Phyllis Albert C. Thompson Seventeenth Street Belden Thompson Albert Carl Twenty-first Avenue Detroit A C Thompson Kenneth Duncan

Lip Reading Class Tonight in Cedar Rapids Clubrooms

The Cedar Rapids Society for the Hard of Hearing will conduct a lip reading beginners class this evening at 7 30 at the clubrooms apartment A 12642 Third Avenue SW All members are invited. The practice class will convene Thursday at 2 pm at the clubrooms.

Cedar Rapids Society For Third Avenue

Circle of the Kings Daughters dessert luncheon set

Jane Boyd circle of the Kings Daughters will meet for dessert luncheon Thursday at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs QO M Bundy 1920 Washington avenue SE with Mrs Lydia Burke as assistant hostess.

Jane Boyd King's Daughters QO M. Bundy Washington Avenue SE Lydia Burke

Masters and Journeymen Barbers Meet Wednesday

The Master and Journeyman Barbers will convene on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Gas company Glow room. Hostesses will be Mesdames Clarence Johnson, Fred Hunt and Guy Kapple.

Gas Company Clarence Johnson Fred Hunt Guy Kapple

Mizpah Circle to Convene All Day at Mrs Morey Home

Members of Mizpah circle of the King’s Daughters will hold an all day meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. Raymond Morey, 907 D avenue NW.

Mizpah Circle of the King’s Daughters Raymond Morey D Avenue NW

Junior Circle Formed by Ella Hungerford Sponsors

Members of the Ella Hungerford circle of the Kings Daughters sponsor a junior circle organized after a Thursday meeting and picnic at Mrs. Paul Hanson home. County president Mrs. Henry E. Haegg and county junior circles superintendent Mrs. E. W. DecNio were present. Dawn Hanson Marilyn Mills and Patricia Robinson pledged as new members. group leader is Mrs. L. P. Mills.

Ella Hungerford The King's Daughters Paul Hanson Carroll Drive Henry E. Haegg E. W. DecNio R. C. Karlan Haege Dawn Hanson Marilyn Mills Patricia Robinson L. P. Mills

Edgewood P T A Groups Plan Meetings and Events

Edgewood school community groups schedule events and talks. EHI club hosts a picnic luncheon at Mrs E T Harris home Tuesday at 12 30 p m. PF T A meets Wednesday at 2 p m with Mrs R K Stoddard speaking on The Family in the Present Emergency. Wilson P A to hear C R Van Nice speak on They Didnt Do That When I Went to School after open house. Polk P T A met for a program by 5A pupils with officers elected led by Mrs C F Perems ky and others. Rev Grant Anderson spoke and Mrs Posegate and Isabel Doty sang.

EHI. Club Edgewood School No. 1 E. T. Harris Westwood Arthur PF. T. A R K. Stoddard Radio Council C. R. van Nice Topeka Kan Wilson P . A Polk P. T A C. F. Peremsky Harry Strothers Harold Smith Fred Stanford H. R. Hickey Fred Mason Fred Doetzel J. H. Gray John Nicholls Neely Hill Grant Anderson M. Posegate Isabel Doty Paured

Notice of Proposals for Concrete Paving with Integral Curb

City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for seven inch reinforced concrete paving with integral curb on 1th Street Northeast from E Avenue to JT Avenue. Work to start by May 10 1941 and finish by July 10 1941. Bids open May 1 1941 with 10 percent bid bond. City reserves right to reject all bids.

Cedar Rapids Towa Linn County Iowa E Avenue JT Avenue L. J Storey

Notice for Concrete Paving Proposals Cedar Rapids 1941

City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for reinforced concrete paving on Alley between C and D Avenues Northeast from 18th to 19th Street with expansion joints and a V type metal edging. Bids due May 1, 1941. must include 10 percent certified check. council may reject all bids.

Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa C Avenue D Avenue 18Th Street 19Th Street L. J. Storey

Ingram Bixlers Host Bridge Club Dinner

Mr and Mrs Ingram Bixler of 2392 Blake boulevard SE will entertain 12 members of their bridge club at home with dinner and bridge on Tuesday evening.

Ingram Bixler Blake Boulevard

Camp Fire Girls Hike to Rockford Road Picnic Grounds

Wetomachick Camp Fire group members hiked to a Rockford road SW picnic area on Friday and played games. Kath erine Murphy and Ellen Souchek joined the hike and activities.

Wetomachick Rockford Road Katherine Murphy Ellen Souchek

Also Mentioned on This Page

Catherine Redmond Joliet Ill Harvey E. Lynch Virginia Lampe John B. Heidel Twelfth Street Gilbert Boyson Marilyn Boyson Flora M. Kaupke Farm Dairies Core Ee Farm Dairies Mrs White Shrine Kensington CHE Omega Alumnae Sacred Heart Louis Cullmans Washington, D.C Hearing Society Meets U. S. Government Research Bureaus Alberts Informan Renair Miter DIAL Barber Auxiliary Mizpah Circle Ella Huungerford Circle P.T.A. Meetings Edgewood No Arthur Paris Academy Third Street Cedar Rapids, Iowa Ingram Bixlers Fete Bridge Club Wetomachick Camp Newman Cotton Shop Mary Miles RAYON Gabardine Seersucker Newman's
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