Blueprint fever hits Cedar Rapids new home surge
Cedar Rapids leads the Midwest in building activity with Fort Dodge and Waterloo reporting strong gains. Notable projects include Jerome Gearhart’s near finished white frame home on Meadowbrook Drive SE with three bedrooms and a stone fireplace, and the Lyon residence on Blake Terrace SE a Cape Cod brick home in progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Iowa Cities
Jerome Gearhart
Meadowbrook Drive
Blake Terrace
Wallace D. Lyon
Cape Cod
Honor Two Couples At Social Affairs This Weekend
Cedar Rapids society prepares for weddings and related events. Miss Edith Knox and Dr Kenneth Bogaard plan a Wednesday evening ceremony while Mr and Mrs Wendell Delzell wed April 13. Host Harold Graves hosts a breakfast for Knox Bogaard guests.
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Edith Knox
Kenneth Bogaard
Wendell M. Delzelt
Harold N. Graves
Linden Drive
Miss Knox
Dr. Bogaard
Local Folk On Visits In Other Cities
Late winter travelers return home while city residents plan getaways. Mrs. E P Ristedt leaves for two weeks in Cincinnati to visit sister Mrs C F Luberger and Mr Luberger. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Frederick C Fisher and grandson Billy Lavery visiting relatives in Hinsdale and Evanston, Northwestern students Phyllis Sheehy Patricia Salter and Betty Hamilton staying with Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters Jeanne and Barbara Marshall at 532 Knollwood Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Ristedt
Country Club Parkway SE
Cincinnati
C. F. Luberger
Luberger
Frederick C. Fisher
The
Commonwealth Apartments
Billy Lavery
Fishers
Clyde Lavery
Robert P. Gordon
Gordon
Hinsdale
Phyllis Sheehy
Patricia Salter
Betty Hamilton
Jeanne
Barbara Marshall
Verne Marshall
Knollwood Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pi Beta Phi
Engagement of Adeline Taylor to John S. Vavra Planned
The Cedar Rapids couple announce the engagement of Adeline Taylor of Cedar Rapids to John S. Vavra son of Mr and Mrs John J Vavra of 210 Sixteenth Street SE. The wedding is planned for late spring with both families active in local universities clubs and organizations.
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Adeline
Cedar Rapids
John S. Vavra
John J. Vavra
Sixteenth Street
Miss Taylor
Grinnell College
University of Iowa
Gamma Phi Beta Social Sorority
Theta Sigma Phi Journalistic Sorority
Gazette News Department
The
Gazette
Vavra
University of Chicago
Doe
Iowa State Colleges
Phi Kappa Psi
Ernest Kosek
Prof Hart to Address A A A W Tuesday in Cedar Rapids
Prof Clyde W Hart of the University of Iowa sociology department will address the American Association of University Women Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 2058 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. The event includes a 6 30 dinner at the Commonwealth tea room and a business meeting to elect officers.
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Clyde W. Hart
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
American Association of University Women
Frank V. Orr
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Hart
Gee College
John Parke
Ethel Orr
John B. Heidel
Carl W. Kirwin
Jenna Strahan
Commonwealth Tea Room
G. Y. Swartzendruber
Otto Schluter
Allen Sterling
Karl Stiles
Stanley Nicol
Mariana Sackett
Mildred Shelton
Jane Slavata
Alice Snyder
Evelyn Stoakes
Evelyn Street
Nettie Sisam
Ethel Ryan
Bernice Wechsler
Anna -Marie Painter
Powell Family Welcomes Daughter Sandra Rae
A daughter Sandra Rae Powell was born April 13 at Mercy hospital Anamosa to Mr and Mrs Thomas B Powell Jr of Anamosa. The father is son of Judge and Mrs Thomas B Powell of 412 Seventeenth Street NE. the mother is former Miss Geraldine Graves Coe College graduate. Mrs Merton F Seely has returned home after four months absence from Florida and resided with Mrs Arthur A Taylor at 1720 Second Avenue SE. Mrs Taylor has gone back to Cedar Rapids after a three month California visit. On return trip she visited Omaha at her cousin Mrs James Adams.
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Ajaimics
Miss Knox
Cedar Rapids Country Club
del C. Porter
Woodland Drive
Edwyn Clapp
Twenty-sixth Street
Jerome Gearhart
Carlton Apartments
Delzet
Roosevelt Hotel
Mr. Delzell
Milford Delzell
Grande Avenue SE
Lois Lockwood
Mar
Sandra Rae
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Thomas B. Powell, Jr
Powell
Thomas B. Powell
Seventeenth Street
Geraldine Graves
Coe College
Merton F. Seely
Second Avenue SE
Florida
Arthur A. Taylor
Taylor
Cedar Rapids
California
Omaha
James Adams
Local Women Host Club Meetings and Tea Events
Mrs John M Ely 2213 First Ave E hosts Junior Art Club Monday at 2 45 p m Mrs Louis D Burkhalter reviews News Is My Job by Ellen Booker A bridge tea for Ash ley Chapter D A R junior group is set for Tuesday 2 to 5 p m at 2385 Blake Blvd SE with Mrs R K Stoddard as hostess Assisting hostesses include Mrs Leonard Porter Mrs R W Manatt Mrs A W Loftus and Misses Margaret Grissel Thelma Boegel Maxine Boegel Tea table will feature jonquils yellow candles and spring green accents.
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John M. Ely
First Avenue E
Louis D. Burkhalter
Ellen Booker
Ashley
R. K. Stoddard
Blake Boulevard
Leonard Porter
R. W. Manatt
A. W. Loftus
Margaret Grissel
Thelma Boegel
Maxine Boegel
Two Events Will Honor Harold Wests
The Holmes residence at 369 Forest Drive SE hosts a tea from 5 to 7 pm to honor Mr. and Mrs. N Harold West of 425 Twentieth Street NE who will relocate to Kansas City. About 35 guests, including Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts executive board members and their wives, will attend with Mrs. Holmes assisted by Mrs. Fred J. Poyneer and Mrs. Eugene M. Pinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
Holmes
N. Harold West
Twentieth Street
Kansas City
Boy Scouts of Cedar Rapids
Fred J. Poyneer
Eugene M. Pinney
Dinner Parties Mark Social Affairs Of Saturday Evening
Saturday night featured intimate gatherings as several dinner parties took place. The largest Dutch treat group of forty met at the Roosevelt hotel, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Perrine with guests from Madison Wisconsin. additional dinners included eight at the Newton residence and sixteen at the Hillier Elks club bridge event followed by more at the Hillier home.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Deane L. Adams
William B. Miller
Madison
Wis
B. T. Perrine
Crescent Street
Rockey T. Newton
Ridgewood Terrace
Guy E. Hillier
Meadowbrook Drive
Bridge Club
Elks Club
Hillier
College Club Book Groups Meet This Week
The College club announces two book group meetings. Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. hosted by Mrs. S. W. Wilder at 2005 B avenue NE, with Mrs. A. C. Strohmeyer reviewing The Man Who Came to Dinner by Kaufman and Hart. Thursday at 2:15 p.m. at 2021 Grande avenue SE, hosted by Mrs. Paul E. Strate with Mrs. Randolph Hart assisting and Miss Rachel Austin reviewing The Trees by Conrad Richter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Club
S. W. Wilder
B Avenue NE
A. C. Strohmeyer
Kaufman and Hart
Paul E. Strate
Grande Avenue SE
Randolph Hart
Rachel Austin
Conrad Richter
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Carl Dueser
Mrs
Mrs. Cowles
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road
Quarton
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines
Dorothy Hathaway
Herbert L. Killians
Herbert L. Killian
Vernon Drive
Marybel
Jane
Eliot Waples
Waples
F. C. Waples
Doris Cone
Marvin D. Cone
Fifth Avenue SE
Rebecca Hallman
Barbara Barry
Joanne Crawford
Patricia Marshall
Joan Yessler
Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace D. Lyon
Adeline Taylor
John Vavra
Channing Pollock
van Vechten Shaffers
Washington, D. C
Executive Club
van Vechten Shaffer
Frank V. Orrs
Nellie Elliott
Genevieve Johnson
Junior League of
Montrose Hotel
Mrs. Cutler
Harry O. Cutler
Ridgeway Drive
Grace Sargent
C. H. van Dellen
Pella
FP. E. O
Thomas F. Suchoemel
Dr. Suchomel
Hecker
Prof. Hart
Iowa U
A.A.A.W
Harry W. Dunker
Thomas RB. Powells, JR
John Ely
Harold Wests
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