Around the Towns Wacky Weekend Moments and Wedding Gags
A Cedar Rapids reader recounts quirky local scenes from last week including a man seeking a monkey wrench from Senator Frank C. Byers, a girl thrilled by stitches and a playful police scene, a child’s daily task schedule, a mint julep mishap, a wedding where the groom was razzed for forgetting a kiss, a backyard alligator rescue, and a Milwaukee hotel remark about Heil cocktails. Also noted is a bride elect Virginia Ellis at a shower and a joke about calling Adolf Hitler for 19 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie G. Engle
Juneau
Milwaukee
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Moore Daughters Return After Two Week Visit
Misses Doris and Marjorie Moore, daughters of Dr and Mrs G Moore of Toledo, depart today after two weeks with relatives Mr and Mrs S P Moore and Mr and Mrs M H Wagner. A stork shower for Mrs Frank Hembera was hosted by Miss Dorothy Johnstone and Miss Donna Kelty with bingo prizes and refreshments for a long list of guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Marjorie Moore
Co. G. Moore
Toledo
S.P. Moore
First Avenue E
M. H. Wagner
Dorothy Johnstone
Donna Kelty
Frank Hembera
Avenue NE
Clara Moore
Catherine Pesek
Margaret Batten
Doris Batten
Dorothy Simon
Mary Frances Batten
Mary Stanek
Fern Roberts
Edna Howard
Alma Maass
Billy Kutchera
Martha Smith
Lucile Barber
Flora McDonald
Irma Dennis
Louise Bradley
Dorothy Wilson
Agnes Pospisil
Eleanor Johnpee Ee Paeth
Archie
Alan Bickel Hosts Eleventh Birthday Party
In celebration of his eleventh birthday Alan Bickel son of Mr and Mrs Robert O Bickel 2241 Grande avenue SE hosted a party Friday afternoon Guests enjoyed a baseball game at Bever park and refreshments at the Bickel home Willis Mohn helped organize the game and Jocelyn Bickel assisted at serving time Guests included John Hoover Bill Beck Robert Sneckenberger John Krumholtz Dick North Carl Jesina Sonny Bickel Bill Krebs Barnes O'Donnell Kim Tidd Tommy Crabbe Jimmy Powers Eldon Pugh and Jimmy O Rieley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Bickel
Robert O. Bickel
Grande Avenue SE
Bever Park
Bickel
Willis Mohn
Alan
Jocelyn Bickel
John Hoover
Bill Beck
Robert Sneckenberger
John Krumholtz
Dick North
Carl Jesina
Sonny Bickel
Bill Krebs
Barnes O’donnell
Kim Tidd
Tommy Crabbe
Jimmy Powers
Eldon Pugh
Jimmy O’rieley
Grant High School January 1933 Class Reunion
Seventh annual reunion of the Grant high school January 1933 class takes place Friday at 6 p m at the river park pavilion in Ellis Park. Women are asked to bring a covered dish and sandwiches. Table service provided by the committee. For details call Hugh Reinier at 8948 or Alice Brainerd at 31362.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant of
Grant High School
River Pavilion
Ellis Park
Hugh Reinier
Alice Brainerd
Brides Elect Honored With Multiple Weekend Gatherings
Brides elects Miss Mary Elizabeth Erwin and Miss Marjorie Young host and attend showers and breakfasts ahead of September weddings. Guests include families and friends from Marion, Oak Park, and beyond, with gifts and games at Commonwealth tea room and Jackson, Morrison, and Parlor homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Sweitzer
Farmer City
Ill
Alice Snyder
Keith Tow
Ronald P. Evans
Miss Young
Marjorie Young
W. Rand van DerVoort
Oak Park
W. L. Jackson
Fourth Avenue SE
M. H. Morrison
Second Avenue SE
Mrs Beede Hosts Wedding Eve Gathering
Mrs. C E Beede entertained at 1340 Birch Ave NW in honor of daughter Loretta whose marriage to Herman Morton is set for Sept 10. Bingo prizes to Mrs Clyde Pitsoin and Mrs Ralph Mikesell. Hostesses included Mrs D L Holley and Mrs Mary A Barnett at 718 Fourth Ave SE for Ada Egger's upcoming marriage to Robert Barnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Beede
Birch Avenue NW
Loretta
Herman Morton
Clyde Pitsoin
Ralph Mikesell
Ruth McLean
Esther Booth
LaVertia Mikesell
Betty Cline
Jane Nelson
Lorene Lake
Mary Adams
Kathleen Donavan
Alberta Meeker
Irma Beete
de Forbes
John Sanora
D. L. Holley
Mary A. Barnett
Farm Home Theme Dinner Honors Swigert and Shepard
Mr and Mrs Lyman W Jones hosted a farm home themed dinner for Miss Delores Swigert of Boxholm and Jean Shepard of Cedar Rapids whose wedding is set for Sept 23 Eighteen guests attended in farm attire with old fashioned service and rural decorations Also present were Mr and Mrs Davie Lehti Mr and Mrs John W Beck Mr and Mrs B McGladrey Mr and Mrs Richard Buresh Mr and Mrs H F Rikhoff Dean Thomas and daughter Janet Thomas Mr and Mrs J J Shepard and Mr and Mrs Hugh Sliss
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman W. Jones
Twentieth Street
Delores Swigert
Boxholm
Jean Shepard
Cedar Rapids
Miss Swigert
Mr. Shepard
Davie Lehti
John W. Beck
B. McGladrey
Richard Buresh
H. F. Rikhoff
Dean Thomas
Janet Thomas
J. J. Shepard
Hugh Sliss
Miscellaneous Shower for Miss Walters Before Wed Wedding
Mrs William Spivey and Mrs D C McCormac hosted a pink and white shower at the Spivey home 1506 A avenue NE for Miss Jane Walters ahead of her marriage to Kenneth Schoner on Thursday A bunco diversion awarded prizes to Mrs Ralph Steffa and Mrs Fred Day. Attendees included Mesdames Garth Morgan C A Kendall Day Johnson La Vera Larson H E McCormac LeRoy Berstler Steffa Don Morgan E Barber Violette Gaines Nelle Coder Jean Dunlap and Miss Marjorie Walters. Also 606 Girls in Doris Prestons Sunday school class at St James church held a picnic at Ellis Park with games and a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Walters
Kenneth Schoner
William Spivey
D. C. McCormac
Spivey
Avenue NE
Bunco
Ralph Steffa
Fred Day
Garth Morgan
C. A. Kendall
Day
Johnson
LaVera Larson
H. E. McCormac
LeRoy Berstler
Steffa
Don Morgan
E. Barber
Violette Gaines
Nelle Coder
Jean Dunlap
Marjorie Walters
Doris Preston
St. James’ Church
Ellis Park
Lois Hollan
Marion Nosek
Ruth Collister
Joyce Richardson
Luella Main
Morley
Miss Preston
Chester Johnsons to Visit in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Chester S Johnson of 345 Twenty seventh Street Drive SE plus their daughter Donna Jeanne Johnson and Mrs Johnsons sister Mrs Floyd Quick of Fort Dodge will leave today for a week in Chicago. Mrs Quick has been visiting the Johnson home and Mrs Johnson hosted a Friday tea with eight guests and a centerpiece bouquet of asters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester S. Johnson
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Johnson
Floyd Quick
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Burlington guests and multiple bridal showers noted
David Keehn and Charles Knox Jr of Burlington visited Saturday after two days with Keehn’s grandmother Mrs. W H Grape. Shown are two showers with hostesses listed for Lillian Langhurst and Ruth Converse. Henrietta Barta’s shower honored before her marriage to Ray Kloubec. guests numbered fourteen at the Bartos home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Keehn
P. F. Keehn
Glenway Drive
Charles Knox, Jr
Charles S. Knox
Pleasant Drive
Burlington
David
W. H. Grape
Gladys Barta
Dorothy Bartas
Bartos
Henrietta Barta
Ray Kloubec
Honors Jacqueline McMickle At Movie Party And Luncheon
Jacqueline McMickle of Philadelphia celebrated her eighth birthday with a movie outing and luncheon at Mrs. A C Maxwell’s home on Sinclair avenue SE. Guests included Marilyn Andrle Lorraine Perley Elizabeth Strop pel Margaret Curray Nancy Fra zee Mary Meister and Patsy Mc Mickle. Jacqueline and Patsy will travel home Tuesday with Mrs Irene McMickle joining from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline McMickle
Philadelphia
A. C. Maxwell
Sinclair Avenue SE
Maxwell Home
Jacqueline
Marilyn Andrle
Lorraine Perley
Elizabeth Stroppel
Margaret Curray
Nancy Frazee
Mary Meister
Patsy McMickle
R. D. McMickle
Patsy
Mr. McMickle
Irene McMickle
East
Open House for Newcomers Kicks Cedar Rapids Social Season
The Newcomers club hosts an open house and reception this afternoon from 5 to 8 pm on the Roosevelt hotel mezzanine to welcome newcomers. Ten executive committee members and their husbands will host an informal get acquainted party inviting all new comers and spouses to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Will Honor Miss Ely and Miss Murray
Complimentary breakfast party will honor Misses Ely and Murray daughters of Mr and Mrs John M Ely and Dr and Mrs Frederick G Murray. Miss Edith Knox will entertain this morning at their home. Guests include several local and Boston residents and several Mesdames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Helen Ely
John M. Ely
First Avenue E
Janet Murray
Frederick G. Murray
Avenue NE
Edith Knox
Pleasant Drive SE
Marian Hunting
Betty Beardsley
Alice Sundberg
Boston
Margaret Pratt
Mary Kay Jennings
Elizabeth Melberg
Harriett Swain
Virginia Knox
Patricia Burkhalter
Betty Carruthers
Helen Larimer
Audrey Lea Ivins
Robert M. Wray
George N. Harless
Wallace D. Lyon
Henry J. Adams
Kenneth Madden
Forest Rittgers Jr Celebrates Eighth Birthday At Bever Park
Forest Rittgers Jr son of Mr and Mrs Forest S Rittgers 420 Sixteenth Street SE entertained a group of boys at Bever Park on Saturday afternoon meeting at the Rittgers home the boys were taken to the park for games Birthday cake and refreshments were served with balloons and puzzle games as favors Guests included Craig Clark Dick Donahue Douglas Battin Larry McBath Willis Lamb Jr Chuck Cunningham Edwin Cunningham Jack Chadima Bobby Winter Don Gatto Herman Meis Jr Donnie Risk Jerry Padzewsky Stanley Petrick John Barlow Don Cornwell James Ferguson and James Morse The article also notes a Community Players meeting and social visits by various residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Rittgers, Jr
Forest S. Rittgers
Sixteenth Street
Bever Park
Rittgers
Mr. Ritgers
Fred A. Winter
Dick Donahue
Douglas Battin
Larry McBath
Willis Lamb, Jr
Chuck Cunningham
Edwin Cunningham
Jack Chadima
Bobby Winter
Don Gatto
Herman Meis, Jr
Donnie Risk
Jerry Padzewsky
Stanley Petrick
John Barlow
Don Cornwell
James Ferguson
James Morse
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Nineteenth Street
Third Avenue SE
Frank C. Byers
Sally Swaney
Lynn Swaneys
Sally
Jacqueline Miller
Bernard Smith
Bernard
Ollie Larson
Bob Moody
Ollie
Virginia Ellis
Matthew Stewart
Adolf Hitler
Adolf
Johnstone
Kelty
Prof. Schirmer
Mrs. Schirmer
Barlows
Byron A. Barlow
Allan Faber Schirmer
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
Berea
Ohio
W. F. Schirmer
Schirmer
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
A. T. Debows
Kansas City
Miss Culbreth
Boulder, Colo
Ruth Culbreth
H Avenue
Denver
Boulder
University of Colorado
Mrs. Opal Holloway
Marie Petras
Edith Williamson
Ella C. Horn
Ida Caryl
Holloway
Groves
Harris
Beede
Ada Egger
Miss Walters
Chester Johnsons
Charles Knox
Lillian Langhurst
Don Bailey
Nevin Miller
Fred Langhurst
Sixth Street Road
John Wessale
Ed Langhurst
Charles Langhurst
Louis Langhurst
Paul Miller
Clarence Miller
Frank Wessale
Edward Wessale
George Wessale
Oswald Brunius
Alma Brunius
Jordan Petrak
John Machacek
Alma Ziemer
J. Russell Wise
A. D. Bailey
Miss Converse
Miss Weatherton
Ruth Converse
Elgin, Ill
Constance Ee
Eighteenth Street
Harvey Lynch
Joliet
Catherine Redmond
Joliet, Il
Lynch
Honor Mrs. Wilson
The
Sunshine Mission
Hattie Gaster
Ida Wilson
Des Moines
Hazel Broussard
Ruth Hodge
Amelia Hodge
Etta Turnbull
Abbie Hatfield
Ruth Karr
Mae van Ness
Bessie Phillips
Betty West
Frieda Day
Mrs. Brend
Mary Christenson
Wilson
West Side
D. H. Milligan
Old Bertram
Otis Roads
Major
Mrs. Chase
W.E. Chase
San Juan
Puerto Rico
A. E. Chase
Grande Avenue
Major Chase
Fort Belvoir
Mrs. Kessler
L. A. Kessler
Greenwood Drive
H. J. Lundquist
Don Lundquist
Elizabeth Rowell
Roswell
N. M
Devere Smiths
Lake Okoboji
James Keevers
James F. Keevers
West Allis
J. J. Blask
Lisbon
First Christian Church
F. S. Armstrong
Marguerite Hammond
Ethel Kern
Isabelle Davis
Gertrude Stenner
Zoe Varney
Winifred Powell
Myrtle Smith
Garnet McLean
Fidelity Country Club
Harry Kindig
John van Note
LaVonne Miller
John Kindig
Geraldine Finn
Ted Rowray
Ely
Murray
Community Players Board
Community Players
G. H. Cornwell
Garden Drive
Carl Ettinger, JR
Bever Avenue
Minocqua
Kawaga
Lake K.awagasaga
J. T. Graystons
P. B. Welch
Coral Gables
Fla
Paul, Jr
Gordon
J. T. Grayston
Welches
Texas
Linn County
W.C.T.U
Thomas Park
Marion
Carl Hendrickson
Thompson
David H. Brown
Baton Rouge
Mr. Brown
W. J. Brown
David Browns
Colorado
Brown
Elizabeth Abernathy
Croquignole
2Nd Ave
2Nd Street
Zoric