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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1937
Page
26
Mrs W D Snouffer of 1531 Washington Avenue SE will soon leave to make her home elsewhere. A farewell affair was held to honor her and mark the upcoming move.
Fort Monmouth N J hosted a week of social events honoring the guest Miss Ruby Byers and Mrs Belle Butterfield. Tuesday dinner at 345 Park Terrace SE included Mrs Snouffer's son Robert and Miss Matilda Snouffer. Thursday luncheon at Colonial Food Shop with Mrs Snouffer followed by tea at 1340 First Avenue W with 70 guests. Friday breakfast at Mrs J L Berger 1407 Sixth Ave SE honored Mrs Snouffer.
Anna Kremar, 629 Fourth Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids native of Czechoslovakia, has spent eighty years in Iowa and sixty-five years in Cedar Rapids. She rises early for gardening and spends afternoons at the movies, preferring drama and all flowers though not every film.
Anna Kremar who came to the United States at age three built a life in Cedar Rapids and Solon with husband Frank Kremar. She gardened daily from dawn to noon, sewed to replace Bardweing, and crafted fifty comforters for family. At eighty three she remains active, independent, and sharp with needlework and daily routines. Her children and sisters in law assist but she already threads faster than younger kin. The piece also notes social events and gatherings with Cedar Chapter No. 8 ES members and local hosts.
A Cedar Rapids household hosted multiple birthday celebrations for Carol Kopel and others at 1802 Grande Avenue SE. Guests included Janice Bailey and Carol Curran, among many. Visitors from St Louis and Des Moines stayed two weeks and attended a lunch, theater outing, and social events. O E S auxiliary planned a picnic at 519 Fifteenth Street NE with a 2:30 business meeting.
The All-Iowa Livestock show hosts a saddle horse event with entries from Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Five gaited and three gaited classes run Sept 6 7 8 9 and 10 with hunter and jumper exhibitions. Judges include Charles P Arnold from Williamsburg Missouri and Cedar Rapids riders are encouraged to enter through Charles D Moore at the Chamber of Commerce.
A vivid slice of Cedar Rapids life from fifty years ago with Riverside Park's infancy, the Y M C A, opera house and management, bicycle ads, and fashion notes. It recalls Mr M A Holbein of England setting a cycling record, local theater props, and social scenes including weddings and dinner parties hosted by Mrs Putnam.
Mrs. Carruthers of 533 Forest Drive SE is celebrated as an experimentalist who creates new knitting stitches and rug designs when supply runs low. She learned from family, turned to rug making, and now crafts from baby socks to football officiating cardigans using imported yarns from Ayr Scotland.
Mr and Mrs Frank C Waples entertained twelve guests at 331 Forest Drive SE with bridge Saturday. J Ellett Davis and Mrs Davis hosted a Van Vechten Park picnic and a return to their home for evening entertainment. Mrs H B Hinkle of Springfield and her son Herbert left after a few days with the Higbees. Katherine Zisko, 366 F Avenue NW, departs Greenfield to teach physical education after graduation from Coe College and postgraduate work at Iowa.
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