Elizabeth Harris Abernathy announces wedding plans
Mrs. Wilna Harris Abernathy of Baton Rouge announces the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth to David Howell Brown of Baton Rouge son of Mr and Mrs W J Brown. The couple will wed next Thursday at First Baptist Church Baton Rouge after which they will motor to Colorado and then visit Cedar Rapids before settling in Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilna Harris Abernathy
Baton Rouge
Elizabeth
David Howell Brown
W. J. Brown
First Avenue E
First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids Society
Mr. Brown
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
Colorado
Cedar Rapids
William Brown
Susan Brown
Niece Honored at Dessert Luncheon and Bridge
Mrs Otto A Kohl hosted a dessert luncheon and bridge at the Cedar Rapids Country club on Friday in honor of her niece Miss Barbara Brown of Des Moines. Guests included Mrs John Koffron Mrs Arthur Naibert Mrs Dorothy Henderson of Toddville Mrs E L Luglan Mrs William T Mc Connell and Mrs Bertha Fahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto A. Kohl
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Barbara Brown
Des Moines
John Koffron
Arthur Naibert
Dorothy Henderson
Toddville
E. L. Luglan
William T. McConnell
Bertha Fahan
Breakfast Party Honoring Miss Ida Evans At Mrs Montooth’s Home
Mrs C S Montooth hosted a Friday morning breakfast at 2610 Grande avenue SE complimenting her sister Miss Ida Evans of Pittsburgh PA. Attending were Mesdames Leah Frazee V Craven Shuttleworth Charles H Wilkins H E Kepler C C Kaldenberg J A Phillips and Roy Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Montooth
Grande Avenue
Ida Evans
Pittsburgh, Pa
Leah Frazee
V. Craven Shuttleworth
Charles H. Wilkins
H. E. Kepler
C. C. Kaldenberg
J. A. Phillips
Roy Carnegie
Mrs Winterberg Leaves City for Edinburg Ind
Mrs. Frank Winterberg, previously visiting in the homes of Dr. W. E. Owen and Mrs. J. B. Northcott and with the Lee B. Winterbergs in Sioux City, has departed to return to her residence in Edinburg Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Winterberg
Edinburg, Ind
W. E. Owen
J. B. Northcott
Lee B. Winterbergs
Sioux City
Edinburg
Ind
Courtesy breakfast for Miss Dorothy Smith in Clinton
Mrs. R. K. Keech hosted a small group at her home 357 Park Terrace SE to honor Miss Dorothy Smith of Clinton as a guest in the residence of Mrs. Roy E. Choate 2375 Blake boulevard SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Smith
Clinton
Roy E. Choate
Blake Boulevard
R. K. Keech
Park Terrace
Mrs Carl F Jordan Hosts Bridge Club Luncheon
Mrs Carl F Jordan entertained her Friday bridge club at her home on Linden Drive SE. Luncheon was served for eight, with covers set for eight guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Jordan
Linden Drive
Helm to Spend Month in Fresno With Son
E N Helm of 1627 Second Avenue SE leaves Friday for a month with his son Richard in Fresno California. He will view the San Francisco world’s air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Helm
Second Avenue SE
Richard
Fresno
Calif
San Francisco
Will Honor Jean Files At Buffet Dinner
Miss Jean Files of Syracuse is celebrated at a buffet dinner hosted by Miss Marion Reiff and Horace Hedges Jr in a yard gathering at 1962 First avenue E. Forty-two guests attend before a roller skating party at a local rink reserved for the young group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Files
Syracuse
N. Y
Susan Brown
First Avenue E
Marion Reiff
M. O. Reiff
Third Avenue SE
Horace Hedges, Jr
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street SE
Miriam Armstrong
Joan Yessler
Kathleen James
Patricia Smith
Jean Daniels
Jean Fahrney
Allayne Kenecny
John Jacobs
Jim Battin
Dick Chadima
Bob Taylor
Wallace Darling, Jr
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Ralph Gearhart
Bob Tucker
David Keehn
Gordon McKay
Dick Pinney
Bill McPartland
Dick Sheehy
Eugene Pinney
Weston Ralston
John Foster
Bob Magnuson
Henry Ristedt
Lee Thomas
Bryce Fisher
Bill MceCollister
Everett Chandlers Return After Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Everett Chandler of 1803 Ridgewood Terrace SE have come home from a motor trip through Michigan and Wisconsin. In Jackson Michigan they visited Mrs Chandler s sister Mrs Carl Johnson and Mr Johnson and at Crystal Lake Michigan they stayed with Mr Chandler s nephew Rundell Kelly and Mrs Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Chandler
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Michigan
Wisconsin
Jackson, Mich
Frank Gates Attend Commencement at University of Iowa
Mr and Mrs Frank Gates of 927 Sixteenth street NE attended the University of Iowa convocation Friday where their son Richard Gates received his M A degree in the school of fine arts. His pictures hang in the main lounge of the fine arts building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gates
Sixteenth Street
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Richard Gates
School of Fine Arts
Fine Arts
N. O. Club Formulates Plan For August 1940 Meet
The N O club met at Ellis Park duck pond after a picnic dinner. A committee to organize the August first Thursday gathering was appointed with Mrs Muriel Gurley and Mrs Opal Preston in charge. Next year’s meeting will also be in Ellis Park. Members present included Virginia O Brien Marge Stickly Vera Henningsen Violet Mefford Madaline Milligan Elizabeth Anderson Myrtle Sprague Minie Hermanek Hannah Wiley Margaret Geyer Lucy Finch Katherine Holmes Lillian Voorhies and Laura Prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. O. Club
Duck Pond
Ellis Park
Muriel Gurley
Opal Preston
Virginia O’brien
Marge Stickly
Vera Henningsen
Violet Mefford
Madaline Milligan
Elizabeth Anderson
Myrtle Sprague
Minie Hermanek
Hannah Wiley
Margaret Geyer
Bernice Beyer and Lloyd Milke Wed in Church Ceremony
Bernice Beyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph R Beyer and Lloyd J Milke son of Mr and Mrs William S Milke wed at Huss Memorial Church in a palm and fern decorated ceremony. Officiant Rev Benjamin Paroulek presented guests at a reception for 75 on the bride's parents lawn. The couple will reside at 66 Twenty second Avenue SW after a northern motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice M. Beyer
Joseph R. Beyer
Twenty-second Avenue
Lloyd J. Milke
William S. Milke
C Avenue
Huss Memorial Church
Benjamin Paroulek
Mildred Cunningham
Johanna Hill
Edward Person
Mrs. Milke
Dorothy Dawson Shower Honored Bride Elect
Mrs. John Barnett and Mrs. W. J. Heery hosted a surprise miscellaneous shower for Dorothy Dawson, bride elect of Charles J. Barnett, at Mrs. Joseph Barnett’s home. Bridge and banco were played. prizes awarded to Mrs. Tony Naso and Mrs. Nettie Hahn. Attending were Mesdames Naso Cunningham Hahn D Autremont Palmer Barnett and the Barnett and Erger Marquardt Hilton Cunningham Josephine Barnett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnett
W. J. Heery
Joseph Barnett
Dorothy Dawson
Charlies J. Barnett
Banco
Tony Naso
Nettie Hahn
Mesdames Naso
William Cunningham
Albert Hahn
Norbert D’autremont
Paul Palmer
Mary Barnett
Eleanora Erger
Lorraine Marquardt
Mary Hilton
Lillian Cunningham
Josephine Barnett
Tenley Reunion Held at Eagle Point Park Clinton
The eleventh Tenley reunion was Sunday at Eagle Point park in Clinton with 61 attending. Represented were Anamosa Lisbon Mount Vernon Stanwood Morley Tipton Olin Mount Carroll Lanark Ill and Mount Carroll. Officers named for the year include President Hat tie Domer Tipton Vice President Kenneth Tenley Mount Carroll and Secretary Treasurer Nellie Hinrichsen Lisbon. The oldest attendee was Joe Tenley 78 and the youngest Darrel Hora 5 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenley
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Anamosa
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Stanwood
Morley
Tipton
Olin
Mount Carroll
Lanark
Ill
Hattie Domer
Kenneth Tenley
Nellie Hinrichsen
Joe Tenley
Darrel Hora
Leave After Visit In J. J. Hall Home
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hall and children Edvin Jr and Barbara Jean left Friday for Decatur Illinois after visiting Mrs. Hall's mother Mrs. J. J. Hall at 510 Forest Drive SE. They had toured Banff Lake Louise and Glacier National Park. Miss Anna Gillig of Peoria is visiting Mrs. Hall's sister Miss Margaret Stauffer at 510 Forest Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hall
Edvin, Jr
Barbara Jean
Decatur, Ill
Mr. Hall
J. J. Hall
Forest Drive
Banff
Lake Louise
Glacier National Park
Anna Gillig
Peoria
Shower Honors Mrs De Los Seaton At The Kendall Home
Miss Thelma Kendall hosted a Tuesday shower at 325 Thirty-second Street Drive SE for Mrs De Los Seaton formerly Miss Barbara Holmes. A long list of attendees included Mrs De Los Seaton and Mrs Harland Hopkins along with many other named guests and young honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Kendall
Thirty-second Street
de Los Seaton
Barbara Holmes
Mesdames de Los Seaton
Harland Hopkins
Charles Hoskins
D. W. Ross
Robert Seninger
Herman Miller
Carl Hattberg
Ed Siver
Harry Holmes
O. E. Kendall
J. A. Spaight
Ladona Schraeder
Glen Johnson
Walter Glew
Del
Stoner Family Returns From East Trip
Beth Marvin and Dean Stoner at 414 Sixteenth Street SE return after three weeks visiting the world’s fair eastern cities and Niagara Falls. Miss Valena Elmore and Miss Maxine Humphreys accompanied them. In Milwaukee they were hosted by Mrs. Lowell Galt and Mr. Galt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Marvin
Dean Stoner
Sixteenth Street
Valena Elmore
Maxine Humphreys
Niagara Falls
Canada
Milwaukee
Stoners
Lowell Galt
Mr. Galt
Elizabeth Baldwin Weds Alan Magary in Chicago
An announcement from Cedar Rapids reports the marriage of Elizabeth Baldwin of Chicago to Alan Magary of Elgin Illinois. Elizabeth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Edward Henry Cutter of Chicago. The ceremony occurred in Chicago on July 28. Dr Alvin E Magary of Brooklyn is her groom’s father and a former minister of Cedar Rapids First Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Edward Henry Cutter
Chicago
Elizabeth Baldwin
Alan Magary
Elgin, Ill
Alvin E. Magary
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. E. Magary
First Presbyterian Church
Mrs M George Visits Memphis Relative at 252 Fortieth Street
Mrs M George of Memphis Tennessee arrived Thursday evening to visit in the home of her daughter Mrs G E Kemper at 252 Fortieth Street.
Irene Plucar and Edmund Bontty wed in Cedar Rapids
Irene Plucar of Cedar Rapids and Edmund Z. Bontty of rural route 2 were married at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jan Hus Memorial church with Rev. B. J. Paroulek presiding. The ceremony featured garden flower decorations, organist Martha Leksa, and vocalist Helen Berdecny. The couple, presented by the bride’s father, planned a trip through Michigan and Minnesota, with a reception at the Plucar home and dancing at Swisher pavilion. The bride, a Reed City and Cedar Rapids Business College graduate, and groom, a Washington high school alum, will reside on the groom’s farm southwest of Cedar Rapids after August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Plucar
Cedar Rapids
Frank Plucar
Edmund Z. Bontty
Aaron Z. Bontty
Jan Hus Memorial Church
B. J. Paroulek
Martha Leksa
Helen Be
Martha Lorence
Ely
Evelyn Kudina
Joe Cerveny
Leo Koutny
Louis Cerveny
Plucar
Beatty
Swisher Pavilion
Michigan
Minnesota
Reed City High School
Reed City
Mich
Cedar Rapids Business College
Washington High School
Mary Chess
Camp Wapsie Youth Camp Fire Recital
Grace Hicks, Julianne Friend, and Betty Ensign presented camp news at Camp Wapsie Y. A scavenger hunt followed with judges from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. Glenda Hodge read nature poems, Flavis Richards sang, and Grace Gordon and Mary Beth Collister performed a duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Jean Hicks
Iowa City
Julianne Friend
Betty Jean Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Camp Wapsie-Y
Edith
Ethel
Bette Towner
Charlotte Conaway
Maxine Wood
Doris Fink
Jalene Plank
Glenda Hodge
Flavis Richards
Handel
Grace Gordon
Mary Beth Collister
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Members Dine at Roosevelt Hotel
Members of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority held a Thursday dinner in the Florentine room at the Roosevelt hotel. Guests included Minerva Terwilliger Florence Nemec Evelyn Collier Earla mond Collier Irene Sibert and Lillian Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Business Girls’ Sorority
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
Minerva Terwilliger
Florence Nemec
Evelyn and Earlamond Collier
Irene Sibert
Lillian Stewart
Betty Jean Sanders Betrothal to Raymond F Neary
The wedding of Betty Jean Sanders daughter of Mr and Mrs S A Sanders and Raymond Francis Neary took place at the Immaculate Church with Msgr John M Molloy presiding. Attendants included Margaret Neary and Leo OMeary. ushers Edward N Wathan and LeRoy M Wolfe. The couple will reside in Jumwa where Neary works for International Harvester after a wedding breakfast at the Sanders home and a brief honeymoon at Clear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Sanders
S. A. Sanders
Fifth Avenue SE
Raymond Francis Neary
John M. Neary
Thirtythird Street
the Immaculate Church
John M. Molloy
Pridegroom
Margaret Neary
Leo O’meary
Iowa City
Jumwa
Mr. Neary
International Harvester Company
Mrs. Neary
Immaculate Conception
Guests Visit the Broadston Farm Home in Kansas City
Kansas City guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J LeRoy Farmer at 2179 Blake Boulevard S are spending the weekend. Mrs. G A Broadston and daughter Virginia Broadston will accompany them home after a month visiting the Farmers. LeRoy Beane, a nephew, left Friday after a prior visit and will travel to Detroit before returning to Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
G. A. Broadston
J. LeRo Farmer
Blake Boulevard S
Virginia Broadston
Miss Broadston
Farmer
LeRoy Beane
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Medinan Athletic Club
David H. Brown
Mrs. Montooth
Mrs. Keech
Miss Smith
MRS
Hladky’s
R‘e Bread
Jones Sausage
4Th Ave
Dial
Everett Chandlers
Allion Mei Arm
St Avenue E
Bernice Beyer
Lloyd Milke
Tenley Reunion
Mrs. Seaton
George A. Nassif Newman
Neumode
Hosiery
Second Street
McCready
Second Ave
Edmund Bontty
Schamberger's Bakery
Ike
Third Ave
Providence
J. Leroy Farmer
Lipton’s
Shakey Ee
Meriden
Conn
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