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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1941
Page
18
Advice on handling Roy the life of the party and engagement doubts. Mary Manners notes Roy must stay funny, while readers facing doubt in engagement are advised to pause, discuss frankly, and allow feelings to settle. A reader in Los Angeles is told to follow her own judgment and include the suitor among friends.
Mrs Arthur Hamann hosted the opening meeting of the Eu reka club year on Tuesday at her home. Mrs F J Hoskins entertained a group of friends at five tables of bridge on Monday.
The Legion and auxiliary members and their families held a picnic on school grounds Tuesday evening with 44 people present. Mrs. W. I. Millen hosted a Sunday school class lawn party and luncheon Wednesday for 17 guests. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ham celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meister and their families of Delhi, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Schwartz and their family of Spring Branch.
Mr and Mrs Henry J Grunewald of Blairstown announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Marie to Royal Holt son of Mr and Mrs Henry Holt of Rippey. The ceremony will be Sunday Sept 7 at 7 pm in Blairstown Presbyterian Church.
Several Toledo and Tama women’s clubs announce their year opening plans. Chapter DF PEO and Nineteenth Century club hold first meetings next Saturday and Sunday with hostesses and papers. Tama Toledo DAR and Toledo Woman’s Club also set fall programs.
Mount Vernon hosts Labor Day picnics at the Mount Vernon Lisbon country club with the club championship two day tourney. Ladies day, bridge and golf mark Tuesday as groups plan social events with families and guests, while engagements and weddings are noted in Central City including Marie Schatzle and Verle McDowell to wed in September.
Local churches list upcoming meetings and socials. First Evangelical, Missionary society meets Friday at 2 pm at Mrs George Stauffacher’s home with a picnic lunch at the church on Thursday at 12 30 pm. Divisional Women’s council sessions Thursday at 2 pm with multiple divisions. First Presbyterian Missionary luncheon Friday 2 30 pm and First Christian May Frick sewing circle Wednesday 2 pm at Mrs Merrell Smith’s home. St Paul’s Methodist holds quarterly conference Wednesday 7 30 pm. Anna Armstrong and Rachel Kesler guilds host gatherings Friday. First Congregational Woman’s association luncheon Friday 1 pm at the church. Kenwood Methodist birthday dinner Friday 6 30 pm. WSC.S. luncheons Thursday 1 pm in church parlor with several circles meeting Friday and Thursday at various homes. Kenwood Presbyterian Women’s circle picnic lunch Wednesday 12 30 pm. Vrindty Lutheran Ladies Aid Thursday 2 30 pm. Westminster youth meeting Friday 2 15 pm. Oliver Presbyterian Ladies Industrial and Missionary societies Friday at 1 pm for luncheon at Mrs Stanley Lubbock’s home. Lydian class picnic supper Wednesday 6 30 pm at Mrs Bruce Lindsay’s home.
Mrs. W. M. Bennett hosted the Octet Bridge club with guest Mrs. Frank Rhoads. Mrs. C. N. Norris won the prize. The M. B. Bridge club gathered with Mrs. John Nile on Thursday afternoon.
The PTA council opens the fall season with a 2 pm gathering Tuesday in the school administration building. All council delegates and committee chairmen are urged to attend as plans and projects for the year will be outlined.
Actress Dorothy Comingore models a topaz earring to show how wrong accents spoil a tailored suit. Designer Edward Stevenson notes that exotic accents clash with smart ensembles and advises feminine fabrics and personality driven wardrobes for stars like Michele Morgan.
Catherine Giles Bloxham of Seattle daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank L Bloxham Arlington Wash married Guy L Rich of Seattle son of Mr and Mrs Guy C Rich 1934 Washington Avenue SE Cedar Rapids at University Baptist Church Seattle with Dr Earl A Benbow officiating. Elder attendant Ila Obert. best man Harley Boyee. After Sept 3 the couple reside at 2245 Yale North Seattle. Bloxham active in Seattle music. Rich a Boeing cost accounting employee. ex Gazette warrior salesman 1935–38.
Mrs Harold Swanson hosted the Post Noble Grand club at the Lend-a-Hand meeting at Federated church. Mrs Leonard Luebrich entered a plan for Lucille Meade to wed Reehard FE Stummel on September 3.
Washington AP report shows sustained increases in costs of 18 staple foods in the last two weeks of August. Items listed include white flour 0.8 percent, white bread 2 percent, round steak 15 percent, pork chops 3.4 percent, canned tomatoes 11 percent, coffee 12 percent, sugar 0.7 percent, and other staples.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich The sixty seventh annual convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union adopted a resolution urging the United States to stay out of war and lead the world in humanitarian and social reform.
Blairs town hosted the Benton county junior unit meeting under Mrs. Th. Thompson. Ardis Wood was elected junior president, Le Vonni Schlieman vice president, and Betty Wagner secretary treasurer, with Keystone represented by Le Vonni Schlieman and Betty Wagner.
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