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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1939
Page
15
A jumble of clippings chronicles Osa Johnson style zeal for Africa and Itura in the Belgian Congo, plus lighthearted Cedar Rapids intrigue. NormaJohnson buys time via shopping while George Kosek seeks dinner and a Cedar Rapids package desk yields a yard of mislaid mail. A wedding license tale ends with a $2 net loss.
Miss Marjorie Engberg daughter of Mr and Mrs E W Engberg entertained a group of her school friends at a tea Saturday afternoon at her Bever Avenue SE home. The blue themed tea table with pink sweet peas was presided over by Mrs Engberg. Several guests attended including Dorothy Heimendahl Dorothy Gibb Evelyn Heins Elaine Janssen Winifred Hargrave Audrey Catherine Bleakley Bonna Heinen Esther Thurman Jean Daniels Kathleen Victorine Kathleen McGladrey Joan Jeffrey Betty Houts Dorothy Cline Edith Spencer Rosemary Smythe Jean Severn Edith Sanford Doris Wage and Phyllis Haynes. The item also lists visiting relatives and club attendees and notes the next Con genial club meeting on April 28 at Mrs Koa's Sixth Street SW home.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club and related groups host officer elections for 1939 40 at the Montrose hotel. Members vote on candidates for president and other posts, attend memorial services, and plan luncheons, teas, and a chorus musicale.
Miss Sara Ann Brown's collection of about 125 dolls from Labrador to Norway will be shown at the Junior League of Cedar Rapids annual fine arts and hobby show in the public library art gallery. Mrs James H Yuill chairs the arts department and accompanies Miss Brown pictured beside the display. The exhibition marks the first public showing of the dolls, previously seen only at private gatherings.
Social notes describe a dinner dance at the Big Country Club with Mrs Ivin Sutton of Waterloo visiting the Maxwells. The younger set enjoyed a Dutch treat dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank C Welch and other groups at various addresses. Also noted are private luncheons and visits by Wade Patterson and family, plus a Rosemont college student’s return from vacation.
Dr and Mrs C B Whelpley of 853 Fourth Avenue SE are spending the weekend in Nevada with their son Norman Whelpley and Mrs Whelpley Mrs Lutton H Stubbs of 358 Woodland Drive SE will entertain members of her reading club Tuesday with a luncheon at her home.
Cedar Rapids will be well represented at the district Camp Fire meeting in Des Moines. Lester F. Scott national executive will be guest speaker at Kirkwood hotel. Districts include Iowa Colorado Kansas Missouri Nebraska. Local delegates and executives will travel to Des Moines and join Miss Jane Garwood for a district executives meeting.
Cedar Rapids Community Players will meet Friday at the Roosevelt hotel starting with a 6 30 dinner in the Lincoln and Jefferson rooms. The meeting runs to 9 with reports then entertainment and election of new board members. Reservations to Mrs Cooper 3 1981. CHAPTER FO P E O with Mrs Selden meets Tuesday at 1 pm for lunch. Mrs Richard Rugg visits Illinois from Cedar Rapids with trips to Chicago Evanston and Minneapolis.
The home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Barlow 2520 Bever avenue SE hosts a family dinner honoring Lydia Spencer Lyon of Onslow for her ninety eighth birthday. Attending are Lyon’s daughter Harriet Lamey son George Lyon and great grandsons James and Arthur Barlow with other relatives from Onslow. Open house follows this afternoon. Lyon came to Iowa from Ohio in 1854 with parents and siblings and settled east of Onslow where she taught school.
The Newcomers Club will hold a dessert luncheon at the Glow room of the Gas Company on Wednesday at 1 pm followed by bridge and Chinese checkers. All newcomers in the city are invited. 606 Chapter II of P.E.O. meets Monday at 1 15 pm for dessert luncheon with Mrs George W Hearn at 2235 Ridgeway Drive SE with Mrs E W Spence assisting. Mrs C C Kesler will discuss Racial Variations in China.
The event features intricate works from scraps of rubber and metal, with a large display by the Wilson High School stamp club and airplane models from youths. Cedar Rapids residents and surrounding towns are invited to contribute items. contact committee members Mrs. James H. Yuill, chairman, and others for display arrangements.
Mrs. F G Brooks will serve as speaker for the A A U W fifth avenue SE unit. Harriet Mateer reviews Kiss the Boys Goodby by Clare Boothe while Mary Jane McBaith reviews The Patriot by Pearl Buck. Afternoon section meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. at 450 Forest Drive SE with Mrs. Harry E Boyd hosting. Mrs John W Barry assists. Clyde B Meffert reviews A Puritan in Babylon by William Allen White.
The twenty third biennial Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in Davenport May 2 to 4 will feature H V Kaltenborn Columbia News analyst noted for interviews with Mussolini Hitler and Chiang Kai-shek and first American to broadcast from Moscow. Dr Walter Judd will discuss America’s Stake in the Far East. Harry Hansen will cover American Life in American Books. Dr Earl E Harper will speak on The Story of Life. Agnes Samuelson will address Shall We Go to School. Grace Nell Crowell Texas poet laureate will represent the American home department. Other speakers include Dr Lyman Bryson.
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