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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1936
Page
23
The Linn county Eastern Star and Masonic picnic is planned for Wednesday at Ellis Park Cedar Rapids. Registration starts 11 a.m. A luncheon follows at 12 15 with coffee iced drinks and ice cream. Principal speakers include T B Throckmorton and Ada May Davis.
Arrangements are complete for a farm women’s camp at the Upper Palisades August 21 22 and 23. The program includes handcraft classes health talks demonstrations and recreation. The camp opens Friday noon and closes Sunday night with families invited to a picnic dinner. Each woman furnishes her own food and bedding. Interested women should contact Miss Lucile Gove home demonstration agent at once.
The Ladies Aid and Missionary societies of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Quaas. Mrs. George Schultz will be chairman of the refreshments committee.
Mr and Mrs George Busby and their daughter Marion will relocate on Sept 1 to the B C Busby residence at 630 Tenth Street. Mr and Mrs Dan A Stamy have rented Mrs George Oakley’s home on Ninth Street near Sixth Avenue.
Miss Helen Rasmussen will accompany her sister Miss Jo Peters to Omaha for a visit Wednesday. Miss Peters has been on a month's vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Rasmussen.
Mrs. W. D. Shank of this city and her guest Miss Pearl Ogden of Ontario California spend the weekend in Des Moines at the home of Mrs. Shank’s brother Albert Warren.
Oklahoma City visitors Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jaqua and daughters Joan and Ruth stay with Mrs. Jaqua’s parents the Revs Hart Allen en route north for a vacation. Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 holds a picnic at Thomas Park with meat potatoes and coffee provided. The Coggan band concert at Lane Legion pool and various church and school picnics fill the week with attendees bringing food and instruments.
The old Oxley barn on Eighth avenue near Eleventh street will vanish to make way for a new post office building. The adjoining sales barn, historic livery and tied to Anguss Caldwell era, cover a century of local commerce and horsekeeping with Oxley recalling a hotel like barn serving many workers and parade events.
Mrs. Ivan Gilmore hosted a luncheon for sister-in-law Mrs. Ethelyn Oakley with six guests, as Oakley’s marriage to Lenhard Holden of Ottosen draws near. Rainbow shower events, bunco games, and gift baskets marked the bridal festivities, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Oakley and Mrs. George Gilmore.
The Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway Mail association holds a gathering at Thomas Park Friday evening marking a local postal workers meet and social event.
Marion Post 298 and its Auxiliary plan a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Marion Golf Club on Monday with reservations by noon to Mrs. Richard Clark or Mrs. Joseph Boyle. A brief meeting follows to select delegates for the state convention, with reports on Clinton last week. dancing after 8 p.m. at the Legion hall.
Mrs Florence Hall of 3434 Chapman Los Angeles announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Dorothy Hall to Francis Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor Miss Hall has worked at Columbia studios in Hollywood Mr Taylor a Marion High School 1930 graduate is employed by New York Dispatch Refrigerator Lines in Cedar Rapids The wedding is set for early October and the couple will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Janet Derflinger served as hostess Friday for the Wunicket Camp Fire group gathering, inviting members to join the event at the local meeting place.
Local coal firms urge customers with overdue balances to settle old accounts. The notice lists Biddick Eastman Lumber Co, Spahn and Rose Lumber Co, Farmers Elevator Co, Castle Bros, and Geo P Whitney as creditors, emphasizing that credit is valuable even when past due.
Miss Opal McCannon, visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McCannon, left for Denver to visit friends and will return to Des Moines at the end of the week where she is employed. The Ladies Aid society of St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church is to be entertained Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Alvin Schleys home.
Mrs. Frank Allen returns to Omaha with party. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ballew, who spent three weeks visiting in Harrisburg Pa, have returned home.
Osceola lodge No. 18 I O O F will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the I O O F hall.
Miss Mary Fernow and Miss Margaret Wood are expected home today after a three week western tour visiting Lieut and Mrs Herbert Gee in Seattle and San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hagerman will entertain the Dry Creek Agriculture and Literary club Friday evening in Memorial hall, bringing together members for a social gathering and discussion.
The Excelsior Agriculture and Literary club will meet Friday for a picnic at Thomas Park. The refreshments committee includes Mrs. Alvin Schley, Mrs. Guy Martin, Mrs. K. O. Knudson, and Mrs. Frank Webber.
Miss Hazel Ross who has spent two weeks in Loveland Colorado with her sister in law Mrs Carl K Ross is expected home today.
Linn's Best 4-H club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Betty Rhinehart's house.
J. J. Creighton and his sister Miss Anna Creighton of Belleville Kansas are visiting their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Frank Hardenbrook. They arrived here Friday.
There will be no meeting of the Epworth League or Oxford club of the Methodist church this evening or Aug. 23. The notice informs members of the suspension and directs them to await further information from the church leadership.
Mrs. E. A. Garvey of Oak Park Illinois and Mrs. Sam Payden are mentioned in a fragmentary social item likely noting local residents and a social or club event. Further details are unreadable in the clipping.
Davenport visitors have departed after a stay at the John and Glenn Larkin homes and have returned to their own residences.
Mrs. A. E. Blinks travels Tuesday to Dallas Texas to visit son Albion Blinks and family. Her grandson Stanley Edward Blinks, who has been with the grandparents, will accompany her to his home.
The Ladies Aid of Prairie Chapel Church will gather Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Andy Falcon's home. Miss Lucille Colony, a missionary to India, will speak and members are asked to bring their mite boxes.
The Dry Creek Agriculture and Literary club plans its annual picnic at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday at noon. Members of the Woman's Progressive club and their families are invited, with attendees asked to bring standard picnic supplies.
The Marion Golf club faces the Eastern Iowa tournament at Tipton today. Team members include Harold Ballard Walter Van Fossen Don Wolfe Verne Balster W G Koppenhaver J V Mulvany J Lewis Papes Ralph Fitzgerald L E Hermann and M L Nolan.
A Friday Methodist church program featured a Bertram A debate on whether a college education is necessary for rural youth. Division No 1 of the Ladies Aid Society chaired by Ruth Mikulecky and Mary Anderson presented the event with teams including Helen Roselle and Melvin McBride for the affirmative and Jean Baldwin and Milford Hartung for the negative.
Democratic committeemen and women of the Second district will meet Monday at 10 30 a m at the Hallwood cafe to nominate a candidate for the unexpired term of Supervisor B C Busby. Dorothy Brickley will return to Morrison Illinois after a visit with the Voorhies sisters. Marion lodge No 6 A F and A M will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. The Wade family returned from Hawkins Wisconsin after visiting Mr Wade's sister Mrs T H Cummings. Hallwood home made ice cream ad lists several flavors. Carlton Sutliff and James Fallon Jr will leave for East Orange New Jersey midweek. Mr and Mrs R J Benedict have been in the home of their son and daughter in law.
Cornet solos by LeRoy Sorenson of Storm Lake with Helen Roselle on piano, two piano solos by Iva Mae Wetzel of Springville, a reading by F. G. Anderson, a piano solo by Velma Anderson, two orchestra numbers by Harold Lerner, Helen Roselle and Mrs. C. C. Berry, and ere by Rev. J. Bruce Eyes tone.
An afternoon program featured accordion music and a talk delivered by the Rev. L. W. Inman, pastor of the Federated Church, sharing remarks with the audience.
A Walford harvest picnic is planned for August 19 with races contests and a baseball game between Middle Amana and Walford. Music by the Walford band will accompany the event and refreshments will be served.
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