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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
5
Miss Diana Brokaw entertained at her home on Bever avenue SE with a kitchen shower and tea party honoring bride elect Miss Bette Harger. About thirty guests attended as Miss Ruth Williams and Miss Dorothy Metela presided at the tea table.
Cedar Rapids hosts plan social visits as spring weather remains ideal. Mrs. Gilbert Temple travels to Champaign Illinois for summer with her daughter and plans further visits with the Salters and other relatives. A luncheon in the Commonwealth tearoom honors several out of town guests. David Warren marks sixteenth birthday with a dinner party for friends. Kenneth Bogaard and H B Carley host events including a second anniversary dinner and a bridge gathering.
Ill Miss Rose Lena Ruegnitz of Iowa State Teachers college cannot judge piano entrants in the southeastern zone music contest sponsored by Federated Music clubs in Cedar Rapids Saturday. Miss Louisa Hagerman of Waterloo will replace her, bringing prior judging experience in state and zone contests.
Members met at Mrs. C. S Krause 504 Vernon Dr SE after the final Shakespeare garden gathering in Ellis Park. Presiding officer Mrs. John E. Stansbury welcomed guests. speakers noted club history, plantings of a white rose bush, sundial project, and next year’s reading plan as tea concluded with pink carnations.
Cedar Rapids College club observes guest day Saturday at 2 15 p m in the Coe college Playhouse. After a brief business session the dramatic art department will present a studio performance of a Twentieth century play.
Miss Carmen Grennan of 1500 Fourth avenue SE departs Thursday evening to stay two weeks in Memphis with Mr and Mrs Howard Murphy and Robert Murphy of Memphis Tennessee.
James B Hodgson Jr pianist son of Rev and Mrs J B Hodgson 516 Twenty third Street SE will give a senior recital Sunday at 4 PM in the TM Sinclair Memorial chapel. Grace Swab of Coe College music department presents him with Phyllis Crosby Fort Dodge mezzo-soprano Darreen Worthman Oxford pianist and Eleanor Taylor Wendland organist. He is a premed student Knox scholarship zoology prize member of Phi Kappa Phi Kelvin Society Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Scabbard and Blade and ROC adjutant. He was named Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. The program opens with Beethoven Concerto No 3 Allegro Con BrioLarco.
After a three month southern vacation Mr and Mrs D M Taylor of 353 Pleasant drive SE returned home Wednesday night. They visited Tucson Phoenix and Hot Springs and were joined by their son Corp William Taylor who is stationed at Fort Riley Kan.
Rush and Elaine Benson arrive Friday from Iowa State College to spend the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Benson at 1812 Blake Boulevard SE. Elaine, a junior and member of Kappa Delta, will attend the sorority state day Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel.
Mrs B P Mavis hosted a dessert luncheon for the Friendship circle of the Kings Daughters at 1968 Second Avenue SE. Guest Mrs Roy Porter attended. President F J Hollands led business. Toys were collected for Shine Mission playground and a rummage sale netted 13.44 dollars. Officers elected: President Mrs Carl Helming, VP Mrs Harold Woito, Secretary Mrs James V Prouty, Treasurer Mrs Raymond Pollock. Woito reviewed Day Of The Trumpet by David Cornel Dejong. Installation set for May 16 at Cedar Rapids Country Club.
Mrs. Gale Postel entertained the Reminiscent club Tuesday at luncheon. Bridge was the diversion, with guests including the Mines, Lloyd Eckert, Elsie Bradley, Harold White, Edward Penrod, Grace Daley, Frank Swanda and Marguerite Jensen.
Miss Elsie Tefer daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Tefer of 1415 K street SW wed Clarence R Vander Meulen son of Mr and Mrs C H Vander Meulen of Pella at 4 pm Wednesday in the First Baptist church. The service featured palm decorations and gladioli. Attendants included Vera Machovsky and ushers Donald Waechter and Martin Heerema. A reception followed at the Roosevelt hotel. The couple will reside in Windermere apartments after a wedding trip to Minneapolis.
Mr and Mrs Randall Waddington of 1316 C avenue NE received word their 11 year old granddaughter Elma Jean Batchelder daughter of Mr and Mrs I L Batchelder of Kansas City and former Cedar Rapids residents won a superior vocal rating at the Missouri State Junior Federated Music club contest held at Excelsior Springs last week.
Lieut Gladys Bernstorf of the Army Nursing Corps at Selfridge Field Michigan arrived Thursday night to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Bernstorf at 1138 First Avenue NW A open house will be held Friday from 7 30 to 10 p m at their home with assistance from Mr and Mrs Leslie Grigg and Mr and Mrs W C Bernstorf
The Jolly Neighbors gathered Thursday at 1020 Thirtieth Street NE for a brief business meeting and Bunco. Prizes went to Mrs. Ted O'Brien Mrs. Julius Hepker and Mrs. Harry Quimby. The next meeting is May 14 at 1601 C Avenue NE hosted by Mrs. Ralph Hepker.
Forty three members of the Business and Professional Women's Bowling league gathered for a buffet at the Roosevelt hotel. Spring flower decorations and score card favors with poems highlighted the event. Officers elected were Mary Parks president Leota Mikesell vice president Ilva Pazdera secretary Erma Hlavaty treasurer and Marian Putnam sergeant at arms. Prizes went to Newman’s Morris Plan Patterson Dental Supply Sam Stohl Insurance W. T. Sands Printing Roosevelt hotel Butterfly cafe Bever and company. Leta Nezerka state president elect attended as a guest.
At the Elks club Wednesday the Lincoln Majorette Bowling League elected officers and awarded season prizes. Medals were given to Star Jewelry Witwer Grocer and Merchants National Bank teams. Officers named include Rose Hansen president Helen Boquist vice president Lydia Kriz treasurer Mrs. Robert Parents secretary and Mrs. Donald Laird sergeant at arms.
The Saron Lutheran Missionary Society met Wednesday at Mrs C Kullander's home 213 Johnson avenue NW with Mrs Anna Erickson as hostess. The meeting was a farewell courtesy for Mrs Hulda Fjellman who will leave May 11 to make her home in Minneapolis. A gift was presented to the honoree.
Seventy teachers and Hayes school parents attended the PTA pot luck supper and program on Wednesday night. Charles Barlow of Coe College performed sleight of hand, while baritone Wendl Andrle sang two numbers. Principal Mrs. Roger Sherman received a farewell gift as she leaves to join her husband Lieut. Sherman in Washington DC after three years at Hayes.
Jean L Boysen daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Boysen and Verne D DeFore son of Mr and Mrs J E DeFore wed in Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian church. Candle lit service at 8 pm featured singing by Mrs Gerald Olmstead and Marvin Harmon with music by Elizabeth McGowan. The couple will reside at 716 Second Avenue SW after a brief wedding trip.
Mrs James Taylor entertained 25 guests at a Wednesday evening shower on 719 First Avenue SW in honor of Mrs Arnold W Layer. Games were played during the event.
Mrs Arthur Miller hosted the Cedar Rapids Cyclettes on Wednesday evening at 217 Seventh Street SE. Officers for the next six months were elected: Roscoe Pilgrim president Thelma Hutchings vice president Robert Ladage secretary George Clifford treasurer and Orval Schmitt scribe. Other attendees included Mrs Eileen Ellsworth Miss Frances Svoboda and guests Doris Clifford Alice Ellsworth.
The Young Married Couples class of First Lutheran church hosted a Thursday dinner with 45 guests to honor Rev H G Schwegler who will report April 28 at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Hosts were Gerhart Clemenson Rudy Eggert Feiden and Ernest Fisher couples.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club philanthropic department held its annual party and luncheon on Thursday. Hostesses included chairwoman Mrs Warren Hansen and members Mrs H Oxley Mrs Clarence Smith Mrs P M Davis Mrs R A Weir and Mrs A H Aukerman. The clubhouse featured flowers and lace luncheon cloths with flower centerpieces and tapers. Mrs Oxley introduced the new officers and Mrs A E Heinrich and Mrs Dora Cargin Blake performed songs with accompaniment from Mrs C J Lorenzen.
The JZ 12 club met Thursday with Mrs. Joe Kremenak at 719 Fourteenth Street SE. Prizes were won by the Mines John Coombs Kenneth Dieterich Ralph Hardin and Kremenak. Guests were Patty Kremenak Dee Ann Winne and Cynthia Wharton. The next meeting will be May 7 at Mrs. Coombs home 714 E Avenue NW.
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