Social events honor local visitors at informal gatherings
Young socialites host visiting guests at private homes with a picnic and a bridge supper. Miss Mary Jane Mitchell of Cornel Bluffs and Miss Peggy Russell of Staunton are among out of town guests staying with local host families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Mitchell
Cornel Bluffs
Donald P Barnes
Garden Drive
Barnes
Peggy Russell
Staunton
Guy E Fhilier
Meadowbrook Drive
Marion Jones
Bronxville
Kathryn Eaton
Pittsburgh
Martha Beardsley
Linden Drive
Mitchell
Miss Russell
Frances Eby
First Avenue E
Mitchell, Russell
Helen Larimer
Mary Winslow
Marcella Misak
Betty Roth
Virginia Turner
Martha
Mr and Mrs Barnes set for West Coast trip
Mr and Mrs Don Barnes of 308 Nassau Street SE left Tuesday evening for Seattle Washington. They will travel down the coast to Redwood City California as guests of Mr and Mrs William Chamberlain of Winnetka Illinois, formerly of Cedar Rapids. They will spend time in Los Angeles before returning in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Barnes
Nassau Street
Seattle
Wash
Redwood City
Calif
William Chamberlain
Winnetka, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Miss Winslow Expected Home From Colorado Camps
Miss Mary Winslow of 2171 Linden Drive SE is due back Wednesday or Thursday from Cheley camps in Colorado where she has been a guest of Stephens College classmate Miss Jane Graham at Estes Park since the close of the first camp session last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Winslow
Linden Drive
Colorado
Cheley
Stephens College
Jane Graham
Estes Park
Miss Ann Tyler Returns Home After Visit
Miss Ann Tyler of Baltimore has returned home after a brief visit with Mr and Mrs Arthur Poe on Country Club Drive Neilson Poe of Princeton New Jersey will be a guest in the Poe home for another week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Tyler
Baltimore
Arthur Poe
Country Club
Neilson Poe
Princeton
Poe
Dr and Mrs Foster Return From Colorado Springs Trip
Dr and Mrs Morgan J Foster at 2249 Washington Avenue SE report two weeks spent in Colorado Springs and Estes Park, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan J Foster
Washington Avenue
Colorado Springs
Estes Park
Colo
Local Toledo hostess hosts Cedar Rapids women gathering
Mrs G H W Keedick of Toledo, a familiar figure in bridge circles, entertained twelve Cedar Rapids women at Tuncheon and held an afternoon of badge at her home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G HW Keedick
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Tuncheon
Badge
Crissman Family Returns From Wisconsin Motor Trip
Mioo and Mrs W oY Crissman and Mr and Mrs WW Crissman traveled to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin visiting large cherry orchards. They stopped briefly at Kohler Wisconsin enroute home. Cantens Denlinger hosted a luncheon on Wednesday with ten guests at Mis Wartstes fey room. guests later visited the Derliper home for pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mioo
W Oy Crissman
Fifth Avenue
WW Crissman
Seventeenth Street
Sturegeon Bay
Wis
Koller Village
Kohler
Cantens Denlinger
Avenue
Derliper
Missionary Speaks At Picnic Luncheon
More than 100 women from Cedar Rapids Presbyterial societies attended a Bever park picnic luncheon. Honored guest Mrs Paul C. Melrose of Hainan China spoke on missionary work there. The Melrose family plans to depart for the west coast around Sept 1 to prepare for China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Calif
Mlrose
Margaret Melrose
Sylvia
China
Miss Tamar Meister Returns From Hazlehurst Toy Camps
Miss Tamar Meister daughter of Mr and Mrs R HN Meister 361 Forest Drive SE has returned from four weeks at toy camps in Hazlehurst Wisconsin where she spent the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamar Meister
R HN Meister
Forest Drive
Hazlehurst
Wis
Iowa State College Alumni Picnic Sunday
All Iowa State college alumni and their families are invited to a picnic Sunday at 1 p.m near the duck pond at Ellis Park. Each family should bring its own food and dishes. Alumni may call Mrs HE Kensinger at 6043 for picnic reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ellis Park
HE Kensinger
Picimc
Birthday Party Honors Elise Kennedy Sixth Birthday
Mrs O E Kennedy entertained Tuesday at 2916 Avenue NE for daughter Elise Kennedy. Guests included Wayne Burger Jimmie Logan Bully Fox Joan Matus Theresa Zeman Dale McHugh Margaret Lientz Billy Lientz Jean Ironside Tommy Ironside Eugene Kennedy and others. Refreshments were served by Mrs Kennedy assisted by Elizabeth Deagan of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O .E. Kennedy
E Avenue NE
Eileen
Wayne Burger
Jimmie Logan
Bully Fox
Joan Matus
Theresa Zeman
Dale McHugh
Margaret Lientz
Billy Lientz
Jean Ironside
Tommy Ironside
Eugene Kennedy
Raymond Ironside
Gayle Koch
Kennedy
Elizabeth Deagan
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club Garden Dept Guests at Hawthorn Park
Twenty three members of Cedar Rapids Womans Club nature and garden department visited Mr and Mrs W E Mickel at their Hawthorn Park summer cottage for a lawn picnic. Mixed flowers decorated a long table and rooms, birds and wildflowers were observed, with plans for an August picnic supper and a wildlife school at McGregor. Participants include Mrs Mickel, Mrs Henry J Uwromek, Mrs J L Rhea, and Mrs Frank Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J L. Rhea
Frank Russell
Mrs Hach Hosts Daughters Shower At Turner Hall
Mrs W C Hach of Mount Vernon Avenue SE hosted a Tuesday evening shower at Turner Hall in compliment to her daughter Miss Bernice Hach as she prepares to marry Lester Baldwin on August 17. More than 100 guests attended with Alice Spivacek singing and La Verne Drapela presenting readings including a mock wedding by Joan Starman Billy Don Broulik Norma Joan Johnson Junior Zick and Frances Zick. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W C Hach
Mount Vernon Avenue SE
Turner Hall
Bernice Hach
Lester Baldwin
Alice Spivacek
la Verne Drapela
Joan Starman
Billy Don Broulik
Norma Joan Johnson
Junior Zick
Frances Zick
Omaha visitor stays with Mrs Rose Carlson
Mrs Luther Martin of Omaha Nebraska is a house guest of her aunt Mrs Rose Carlson at 1437 B avenue NE for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Martin
Omaha
Neb
Rose Carlson
B Avenue
Miss Lucille Torance Visits Miss Dorothy Boisen
Miss Lucille Torance of Findlay Ohio is a guest of Miss Dorothy Boisen at 130 Twenty Fourth Street Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Torance of
Findlay, O
Dorothy Boisen
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Fred Wittke Celebrated On Birthday With Friends
Fred Wittke of 807 N street SW was honored Sunday at a party hosted by friends. They then went on a fishing trip to Hartwick Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wittke
N Street
Hartwick Lake
Social visit at 1444 Devienue NE for Jack Grace guest
Miss Annamae Doun hosted a Tuesday evening gathering at 1444 Devienue NE in honor of Los Angeles guest Jack Grace. Cousins Mr and Mrs Kent attended along with other relatives. dancing and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annamae Doun
Jack Grace
Los Angeles
Mroo
Vaio Cindse Kent
Compliments Miss Busler At Party
Miss Della Taylor hosted a bridge party Tuesday evening at 353 Pleasant Drive SE to honor Miss Marie Busler who will marry Hubert Schimberg of Peoria IN on Aug 12. Penny shower and guest prize presented. bridge awards went to Mrs O J Elsenbast and Mrs Howard M Benninghoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Taylor
Pleasant Drive
Marie Busler
Hubert Schimberg
Peoria
Busler
O. J Elsenbast
Marengo
Howard M. Benninghoff
Miss Busler
Robert M. Chapman
Thomas L
High scorers in bridge game at Mrs Longueville home
E. J Carey and Phillip Leibsohn were north and south winners with Mrs A Hazleton and Miss Margaret Pratt top scorers east and west in the open duplicate contract bridge game sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Longueville Tuesday evening at 2035 Blake boulevard SE. Second north and south winners were Mr and Mrs Thomas Crabbe and Mrs Charles Barnes and Mrs Joe Latiner were second east and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J Carey
Phillip Leibsohn
A. Hazleton
Margaret Pratt
Oliver Longueville
Blake Boulevard
Thomas Crabbe
Charles Barnes
Joe Latiner
Miss Frances Schwarz and Wilmer Bowen Wed at First Lutheran
Frances Schwarz daughter of Mr and Mrs William Schwarz and Wilmer Bowen son of Mr and Mrs P M Bowen married in a single ring ceremony at First Lutheran church. Rev J Gent officiated with Miss Margrethe Le Mont singing and Miss Juanita Montgomery as bridesmaid. Reception followed. out of town guests included Mrs John Olson and daughter Lorraine and Mr and Mrs Harold Brizendine and daughter Marilyn of Burlington. The couple will reside at 318 Third Avenue SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Schwarz
William Schwarz
Fourth Street
Wilmer Bowen
P. M. Bowen
Seventh Street
First Lutheran Church
J Gent
David Mitchell
Margrethe le Mont
Juanita Montgomery
Harold Ashley
Lorraine Olson
Miss Montgomery
John Olson
Lorraine
Harold Brizendine
Marilyn
Burlington
Bowen
Grant High School
Hall Manufacturing Company
Third Avenue
J J. Gent
Fifth Avenue SE
Hutson Family Holds Lincoln Park Reunion in Galesburg
Mr and Mrs William Shimek and children Aretha and Gordon traveled to Galesburg Illinois on Sunday for the Hutson family annual reunion at Lincoln Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shimek
Hher
Aretha and
Gordon
Galesburg
Ill
Hutson
Lincoln Park
Cheney relatives visit St Louis and return home
Mr and Mrs Earl Cheney visit relatives in St Louis Missouri with their niece Miss Peggy Jane Teigraver of St Louis who has been visiting for two weeks. The Cheneys will return to Cedar Rapids at the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cheney
St Louis
Peggy Jane Teigraver
Cheneys
Cedar Rapids
Local Residents Return From Excelsior Springs and Kansas City
Mr and Mrs Al Kane of 318 Twenty-fourth street drive SE and Mr and Mrs John H Pe Walt of 111 Twenty-sixth street SE have returned from trips to Excelsior Springs and Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Kane
Twenty-fourth Street
John H Pe Walt
Twenty-sixth Street
Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
Thomp son family to spend two weeks in Canada
Mr and Mrs Howard Thomp son and their daughter Ruth, with Jean and Jim Mi Fadden, children of Mr. and Mrs. L M McFadden, plan to leave Thursday morning for Canada for a two week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Thompson
oTrvalda
Ruth
Jean
Jim Mi Fadden
Aro
L. & McFadden
Meadowbrook Drive
Canada
Surprise Birthday Honor for Teer Johnson at Home near Shellsburg
Teer Johnson was honored at a surprise Sunday birthday party at his Shellsburg area home. Attendees included numerous Johnsons, Stielners, Carlsons, Rosenquasts, and other Cedar Rapids, Van Horne, Garrison, and Shellsburg residents. Guests joined with an assortment of food and cards, and games provided entertainment for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teer Johnson
Shellsburg
Swen Johnson
A. Stielner
Juhia Streliner
Olaf Johnson
Glenn Temyre
van Horne
J Bergstrand
Garrison
Charles Johnson
Segfried Rosenquast
Harold Carlson
Joseph Carlson
Ho Lendibl
Ther
Gus Carlson
Local Social Club Meeting Ends With Prizes Awarded
Mrs Fired Donisthorpe and Muss Lucille Miner hosted the Social Fight club at 1106 Avenue NW on Tuesday afternoon. Winners received prizes as attendees enjoyed the event in Miner’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Miner
Aave-nue NW
Fired Donisthorpe
Muss Lucille Miner
Fall Hat Silhouette Harnesses Youth and Renaissance Flair
Spotlight on the fall hat picture celebrates youth and action with a high crowned brimmed hat, quill center, and stitched details. East inspired turbans refresh fashion with soft drape flattering front hairlines and aged looks. Renaissance beret trends echo Paris Exhibition fever with varied shapes and colors, especially black brown wine green rust. Rich color palettes drive upcoming dresses for autumn buoyancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Windward
Mind and dream science in a modern view
An interview style piece surveys dream interpretations as unreliable yet notes some insight from scientific psychology. It cites experts on rats and notes evolving views of the ideal woman as realistic, flesh and blood, capable of both good and bad through cooperative partnership.
Personal Problems and How to Solve Them
Dr Wiggam features a booklet by Albert Edward Wisexsam offering ten illumin ating tests to apply to money and love problems. Readers can request the booklet by mailing a stamped self addressed return envelope with three cents for printing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisgam Fells
Wiggam
Rats and Man Battle Across The Earth In Alley Strife
Dr. Zissner notes humans and rats as lifelong foes sharing the world. He cites rats' spread of disease and their resistance, describing how the animals carry pathogens such as typhus and how laboratories study them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zissner
Iowa City Doctor Pleads Guilty On Liquor Charge
Dr Howard Weatherby of Iowa City pled guilty to possession of liquor without a label in Justice Barrow's court. He received a $100 fine plus costs. a prior booking listed possession of intoxicating liquor with a July 31 hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urney
Howard Weatherby
Towa City
Fred Bartow
Young Leaves Lamont to Take Davenport Post
Paul A. Young son of Mrs D F Young of Manchester and Lamont schools superintendent departs for Davenport to serve as assistant to the high school principal with a focus on work with boys. Independence scavenge sale of delinquent tax property not held this year says County Treasurer John J Corcoran Jr. Property with two years or more delinquent taxes will be sold at the regular sale with full tax due or county bid. Title may be transferred after one year if full amount is paid per the recent legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Paul A. Young
D. F. Young
Lamont Consolidated Schools
Davenport
Mr Young
Independence
Buchanan County
John J Corcoran
New Vaccination Method Aims To Reduce Pain
Des Moines AP reports Iowa health officials push a new multiple pressure smallpox vaccination method. Dr. J H Kinnaman lists five advantages including near painless operation, no dressing, tiny scar, intact skin, and high take rates. The technique uses rapid needle pressures on a vaccine drop and yields fading marks within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
J. H. Kinnaman
Kinnaman
Allamakee County Indian Mounds Deeded to State Preserve
WAUKON The group of about thirty Indian mounds on the Fish farm in Allamakee county along the Lansing New Albin road has been deeded to the state of Iowa. The tract will become an Indian mound preserve open to the public. The mounds cover about three acres and include a highest mound of roughly eight feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Fish Farm
Allamakee County
Lansing-New Albin Road
Iowa
House Damaged By Fire While Family Is Away
Firefighters responded at 11 a m Wednesday to the home of C J Holmquist 504 B avenue NE where fire started in the living room likely from a short circuited drop cord near an upholstered chair No one was home when the blaze grew before neighbors notified the fire department Loss limited to the chair a section of floor and rugs though the house filled with smoke and heat damaged the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Holmquist
B Avenue NE
Brown Pleads Not Guilty In Check Theft Case
Des Moines AP Brown and Ray McMillan were linked in a case involving a $17.88 check stolen from the mails. Brown entered a not guilty plea while McMillan serves a year and a day. Brown had signed a confession earlier exonerating McMillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Des Moines
Leavenworth
Ray McMillan
George Brown
McMillan
Woman Uses Own Police Dept to Stop Milk Theft
Mrs. E. B. Sanford, of Fifteenth Street SE, acted as a one‑woman justice when she confronted a hitchhiking thief at 5 a.m. He returned the milk, confessed, and apologized, and she released him without police intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
E. B. Sanford
Independence Woman Remains 72 Died of Pneumonia After Fall
Mrs Arabel la Peck 72 died at People's hospital Tuesday morning from pneumonia after a broken hip suffered in an accident two weeks earlier. Funeral Thursday 2:30 at Heege funeral home conducted by Rev F E Hamlin. Burial Oak Grove cemetery. Born Arabella Edgeton in Bloomfield Indiana she came to Independence 64 years ago with her parents. Married Samuel Peck February 1 1892 near Brandon. Survived by brother William Edgeton Center Point and sisters Mrs Ann Jeanette Pennoyer and Mrs Ellen Nabholtz Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Peck
People's Hospital
Heege Funeral
F. E. Hamlin
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Arabella Edgeton
Richard Edgeton
Bloomfield
Ind
Samuel Peck
Brandon
Independence
Peck
William Edgeton
Center Point
Ann Jeanette Pennoyer
Ellen Nabholtz
New streamlined trains in Denmark feature in-seat meals
Denmarks streamlined trains now include electrical kitchens and in seat meal service arrangements for passengers, enabling meals to be served directly at seats during journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Take Your Fat Off Your Mind Marmola Ad
An advertisement touts Marmola as a weight reduction aid without dieting or exercise. It claims doctors recommended it for obesity since 1907, with over 20 million packages sold, urging readers to buy Marmola from dealers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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Morgan Fosters Return
M&s. Keedick
Crissvmans
Miss Denlinger
Iostess
Fey
Miss Meister
Nature and Garden Dept
Hwacis
Shower
Mrs. Carlson
Miss Boisen
Vaiss
Dean Itostess
Troy Laundry CO
First Street
Issimete
Tiny
Ted Steeves
Pline
Anne Adure
Schwarz-Bowen
Shemeks
Missouri
Peter Johnson
Social Eigit
Sigourney
William C Peiffur
Kenta
Motte
Directed By
Amos Parrish
Petit Palais
Paris
Hans Zinsser
C J Herrick
Albert Edward Wisexsam
D. Sc
Iowa City
Geisler’s
Hamilton Seed and Coal Co
Oakland Avenue
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