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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
6
Cedar Rapids residents arrive home after extended western travels with trips to Montana Wyoming and Yellowstone Park. Families including the Van Vechten Shaffers Chandler Reiffs Binghams Knoxes and Bodes return from summer visits and plan local gatherings and college plans.
Mr and Mrs P A Stover of 520 Forest Drive SE return after several days in Chicago with Mrs Stover’s niece Miss Maxine Lefebure of Fairfax accompanying them.
Alumnae and undergraduates of Alpha Gamma Delta plan a picnic Monday at 5 30 p.m. at Bever Park Band Stand Pavilion. Mrs S T Hootman of Des Moines to be honored guest. Hostesses: Mrs L G Swaney and Miss Ellen Snyder. helpers Miss Maar-Janne Dvorak and Mrs Helen Lesson. Alumnae president Mrs A H Boileau and undergraduate president Miss Margaret Wilson.
Miss Arlene Dolores Ortmann daughter of Mrs Clara Ortmann and J Willard Heath son of Mr and Mrs Merritt Heath married Sunday at 3 in the First Baptist church. The ceremony featured palms pink and white gladiolus, organ music, and the couple to honeymoon in Minnesota before settling at 1527 First Avenue F.
Miss Zara Ann Danner Miss Betty Markey Miss Margaret Jean Duster depart Sunday for Camp Ojiketa on Green Lake Wisconsin to spend two weeks. They are accompanied by their parents and live at 319 Twenty fourth street NE 2319 Blake boulevard SE and 348 Garden drive SE.
Miss Betty Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs W N Morgan 119 Thirteenth Street NW wed Roy W Stepanek son of Mr and Mrs John Stepanek 1430 Second Street SW in a candlelight ceremony at Saron Lutheran Church attended by about 200 guests The reception followed in the church parlors and the couple will reside at 400 Third Avenue SW Both graduates of Grant High School and Cedar Rapids Business College with Mr Stepanek employed by Universal Crusher Company and Mrs Stepanek at the Masonic Library in Cedar Rapids Miss Mabel Morgan of Chicago attended as out of town guest.
Miss Frelson Fawcett, soon to wed John K Parlis, will be honored at a kitchen shower hosted by her aunt Mrs Lulu Fawcett at 1518 Bever Avenue SE Monday evening. Guests include Misses Palene Frederikson Marion Hepner Janetta Merritt Caroline Van Meter Mary Nelson Ruth Jass Marguerite Hibnes Harriett Campbell and Mrs Murray Fawcett.
Mr and Mrs EF Hauser and their daughters Wilfreda Marilyn and Naomi Mae of 3B Hauser 860 Nineteenth street SE return from a two week stay at Crystal Lake Wisconsin Dr and Mrs L L Dolson of 2247 Meadowbrook drive SE and their daughters Dorothea and Marie also return from the trip to Crystal Lake Wisconsin.
Mrs Mary Reid of Springville celebrated her eighty fifth birthday Sunday with family members including Ben and Alberta Neal Jimmie Neal Henry Neal Clarence Neal Roland Neal Lloyd Neal Bert Neal Winifred Neal Myron Minear Roy Reid William Reid Jean Ann Reid George Reid Paul Reid Kenneth Reid Verne Farley Marjorie Farley Lacock Wickham and Sherrill households attending friends and relatives gathered to honor the milestone.
Miss Helen Randa entertained Friday evening at 618 Sixth Avenue SE for Claudine Thomas of Los Angeles visiting her mother Mrs. Patrick LaVelle and Mr. LaVelle. Prizes went to Miss Marthella Schmidt Miss Thomas Miss Rosaline Collins and Mrs. Leonard Vlach. Additional guests included Miss Louise Kaiser of St Maries Ida visiting her father Albert Kaiser and several local ladies.
Mrs. AR Cornelius hosted a bridge party at 1341 1 Avenue NE on Thursday honoring her sister Mrs. Ralph Owen of Marshalltown and Mrs. Vincent Welp of West Palm Beach Florida. Attending guests included Mrs. Leo Gravy Mrs L Keyser and her son Lloyd Mrs E L Klinck Mrs George Kuba Mrs Emma Breuer and Donald Owen.
Mrs. Donald E. Voigt and her sister Miss Hazel Cook host a Monday smorgasbord at 6 30 p m on the Voigt lawn to honor Miss Marguerite Robbie whose marriage to Dr E A Kuehn of Vandalia will be Aug 8. A shower of kitchen gifts will follow with many guests attending.
Emmi Marie and Dorothy Hertle daughters of Mr and Mrs Theodore Hertle Jr Amana have returned home after spending a week with Mr and Mrs George Severn 1813 Sixth Avenue SE in the city.
Dr and Mrs C F Huber of 1732 Bever Avenue SE depart Sunday for a three week vacation trip to Alaska. They plan to tour major sights and return by the following month.
The wedding of Mrs Emily Fiecselman and Fred Resch took place Saturday by Justice H R Church ill. The bride wore a black and white gown with a gardenias and roses corsage. A reception followed at the Colonial Tea room with guests including Mrs Ruth Kohl and Fred Whitney. The couple will reside at 10242 First avenue W. The notice also covers two sisters and attendees.
From Wisconsin Mr and Mrs W A Taylor and their daughter Margaret returned Sunday from a week long camping trip at Devil's Lake Wis.
Weekend at Camp Wapsie Y featured a starlight treasure hunt led by Miss Henrietta Linde man and Miss Betty Burlanck. Sunday worship titled Meeting God at Nature's Corner included Lois Hollan and Shirley Cook in the choir with a large group, followed by field day results and various contest winners. A closing dramatization of the Wapsipinicon legend capped the program, with Indian singers and dancers among the participants. Over 1084 million women were listed as living in the US in the 1930 census, six times 1870 figures.
Miss Mary Jane Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Robinson of 1019 Seventh Street SE became the bride of Robert F Horak son of Mr and Mrs Frank Morak of 708 Ninth Street SW. The Rev Melvin Welke officiated at the Keese home 324 Eleventh Street SW with a reception for immediate family. Mr and Mrs Horak plan a northern wedding trip and will reside at 390 Sixteenth Street SE after August 14.
Mrs Carrie Balik left Friday for LaCrosse Wisconsin to visit her daughter Mrs Emil Lepsch for a week. She was accompanied by her grandchildren Donald and Junior Lepsch.
Mrs. Farl Brink entertained at 625 Eighth Street NW on Saturday for Marian Brink’s seventh birthday. After games, refreshments were served with prizes won by Edwin Brink Pearl Hartman Dickie Steel and LaVonne Long among the guests.
Elery and Marty Trout of Rock Island Illinois Harold Friedley of Waterloo Virginia Hoyt Jean and Richard Brink Maxine Wandel Betty Lou Martin and Forrest Sicel are named in a legal notice detailing parties involved and claimed interests in a property matter.
Mr and Mrs R A Mikesell of 934 Nineteenth Street SE left Sunday on an eastern trip to visit Mrs Mikesell’s brother Leo Peterson at a naval school in New York City. They will stop in Norfolk Virginia and tour Alexandria Virginia Washington DC and Bayonne New Jersey before visiting New London Connecticut and Detroit Michigan with relatives.
A Monday crash on a trestle above New York left twelve injured when an empty seven car train struck the rear of a three car passenger train departing the 110th street station on the Ninth Avenue line. Charles Marsh shouted a warning as lights failed and a fire started in the trailing car.
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