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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1939
Page
36
Brides and brides elect figure prominently in notices from Oelwein Williams burg and surrounding towns. Geraldine Jakway and Jack Haller plan a September 10 wedding in Iowa City while Dorothy Ryan and Bernard Willard wed near Greeley in September. Other engagements span Morningside areas with prep for fall weddings and farm marriages across Delaware Clinton and Jones counties.
Mrs. Dorothy Butler will host the Dorcas circle at her North English home next Tuesday with Mrs. Lorna Harris as assistant hostess. A surprise party honored Mrs. Lide Geiger who departs soon for a westward visit, a handkerchief shower given amid refreshments.
Eighteen guests attended a farewell party at the W. E. Chidester home as Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Chidester prepare to leave for Cleveland Ohio where he has been appointed assistant professor of music and director of bands at Western Reserve University. Prizes in a guessing contest went to Mrs. A. A. LeGrand and Mrs. Lloyd Myers.
Onslow Mrs Howard Willison and Mrs. D. J. Wasson hosted a bridge event at Mrs. Willison a Tuesday gathering with prizes awarded to Mrs. George Paulsen Mrs. Russell Chaplin Mrs. C. M. Holst and Mrs. Harriet Lamey. Guests included Mrs. R. Bone of Monticello and Mrs. L. M. Smith of El Paso Texas. Dinner in Lisbon honored Mr Herbert Walmer and his birthday with Cedar Rapids guests including Mr and Mrs. Jack Gossett Mr and Mrs. Frank Graver Mr and Mrs. Lewis Baker Violet Baker and others.
Springville Mrs. H. H. Cooper with Mrs. Albert Pollock welcomed the Presbyterian Missionary circle. Rev. Herman Kregel from near Wassau Wisconsin spoke as guest and and his family visited their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hood. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Freeman hosted honors for Bertha Wild now residing in Pasadena California.
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