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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1934
Page
4
A husband preoccupied with budgets risks losing his wife as a columnist advises rekindling romance. The piece contrasts financial worries with the need for balance and affection in marriage.
Miss Ferne Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Harris Webster marries Walter Greiner son of Mr and Mrs Peter Greiner Keota at St Marys church Keota Attendants include Miss Faye Harris and Franklin Griner After a Chicago trip the couple will live on a farm three miles south of Keota Other items note Anabelle Winegarden fifteenth birthday surprise Helen Sturdevant slumber party guests Kathleen White Faye Harris Lucile Griner Ednare Sorden bridge party hosted by Mrs George White Bernice Roe Audrey Bair Josephine Wheeler Mary Jane Wheeler Lu cile Griner Helen Sturdevant dinner hosted by Lucile Griner High score Bernice Roe Faye Harris second place.
Ossian Mrs Martin Larson entertained guests on her birthday Wednesday. Attendees included Mesdames Mary Gunder son Ole Hauge Otto Anderson Fred Anderson H P Nicholson N H Larson Ole Hendrickson B J Nesvik Louis Lee Glen Mundt and Hartvig Knutsvig. Mr and Mrs Edward Brown announce the marriage of Billie Brown to Theron Boyer of Cedar Rapids. Billie is a Ossian High School graduate who studied at the University of Town and Cedar Rapids and has worked there the past year.
Sorosis club attendees were entertained Thursday at Mrs. W. A. Farris home southeast of town with Mrs. Lou Chambers in charge. Mount Auburn Past Noble Grand association met Friday at the Struve home in Vinton with Miss Loréna Strive and Mrs. Elmer Rice hosting.
Instructions explain the modern crossed arrows quilt design with eight 10 by 10 inch white squares, ten white leaves per square, and eighty dark leaves. Builders are guided to cut leaves, baste edges, and position pieces before next week’s arrow patterns.
A Czech continuation night school may reopen one or two classes if enough students sign up. Details to be worked out later.
The membership committee agreed at its meeting to mark the eighty first anniversary of the CSP organization now the CSA with a two day celebration in early March. This Czech fraternal group traces its origins as the first such organization in the country.
Readers are asked to mail ten cents per missing Festoon Quilt block and a stamped, addressed envelope to Nancy Page care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1934.
A 75 year old St Louis feature suggests simple heat cures. Wear flannel underwear next to the skin to absorb perspiration and calm evaporation. Do not drink before 2 p.m to curb thirst and finish the day hydrate free.
In Lansing Kansas chicken thieves stole 50 young chicks from Mrs Paul Carahan and returned them the next night for feeding when officials found they weighed only one pound each, too light for sale. The incident highlights the thieves feeding the birds rather than marketing them.
Miss Florence Wiebold daughter of George Wiebold of Marengo and Frank Ahrens Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ahrens of Conroy wed at the home of Rev Hempel on Tuesday afternoon. They departed by auto for a honeymoon trip to Yellowstone National Park.
The article notes the marriage of Helen C. Bing to Stanley H. Smith on August five at her parents’ home with Rev. J B Ackman officiating. Attending were Melve Bing and Gordon Sanford. the couple will reside in Ryan after a brief wedding trip. It also covers Marguerite Fettkether and Harold J Corkery wedding in Chicago on August one with local Oelwein attendees. Corkery is a drug store operator in Chicago and a University of Iowa graduate. Additional society items list club meetings, birthdays, and social events in Oelwein including Maple Grove, Sacred Heart activities, and a country club August dinner and dance with out of town guests.
Wilton Junction reports two weddings in Rock Island and Muscatine with Elizabeth Marolf marrying John Birkhofer jr at Broadway Presbyterian church and Lenora Prien tying with J Terrill Young at Grace Lutheran. Rural grocery operator J Terrill Young wed Lenora Prien in Muscatine. The community hosted a large flower show by Methodist Foreign Missionary society and various club meetings.
A wedding breakfast was held at the bride's home. The bride is a local high school and Brown's business college graduate who attended Muscatine junior college. The bridegroom is a farmer educated in the local school. The home will be here.
Ruth Book daughter of Hawkeye Mr and Mrs Levi Book to wed Thomas S Smole son of Fred Smole of West Union on May 20 in Galena Illinois. They will reside with the Levis. Edward Heiserman to marry Ruth Burnstedt today and reside in Monticello where Heiserman has a law office.
Wheatland Mr and Mrs Edward Hamdorff were greeted Monday by Bennett Bridge club members and their husbands on Mrs Hamdorfs birthday. Prizes went to Clark Ridesel Mrs Ethel Stevenson and Mrs Hamdorf. The annual St Pauls Reformed church picnic followed at the Riedesel timber led by Rev Albert Fischer and others.
The Friday Afternoon club gathered with Mrs. Frank Gitchell. Rebekah lodge held a social after its meeting with guests Mrs. James Watts and Mrs. W Briggs of Fayette. Swastika club was entertained by Mrs. Erwin Phranger. South Side Community club met at the home of Mrs. James Chapman with a list of hosts and guests including Mrs. Carnall and the Manchester family and others for Mrs. Chapman's birthday. The Peppy Pals of Putnam township met at Mrs. George Bassett's home with their seager in attendance.
Two farewell courtesies were held for Mr and Mrs Fred Loppnow before they move to Brillion Wisconsin. The men and women from St Pauls Lutheran church and local church groups hosted or attended the events with various leaders in charge of devotional program business and social duties.
Amber Mrs H D Dirks hosted a Tuesday celebration for her daughter Doris on her ninth birthday. Guests included Evelyn Harms Ruth Kofoed Vivian Englebort Wanda and Shirley Siebel Maxine Harms Engle Scheer Marvin La Vera and Dale Englebort.
In the hot weather readers are urged to dine at Bishop Cafeteria praised for air cooling and a wide selection of cool nourishing dishes. The piece notes fruit desserts drinks and iced tea as appealing options for relief from the heat.
An advertisement extols the New Process laundry for cleansing and pressing summer suits including linen and palm beach styles and advises professional laundering for pique dresses. It notes fabric longevity and features the phone number 6131 for service. It also mentions knitted suits, dresses, and shirtwaist wool plaid options for students.
A friend praises the Florentine Room in the Roosevelt for a relaxing lunch and fine service. The note highlights forty five cent luncheons praised for women’s tastes and appealing surroundings. Also mentions simple evening gowns, velvets, and furs in fashion.
Hawkeye Tin Shop showcases an air conditioning system that cools and dehumidifies in summer and heats with an oil burning unit in winter. The setup promises healthful, filtered air, offering relief for hay fever sufferers and a year around home comfort. The shop invites inquiries for more details.
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