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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1937
Page
5
The Old Maids club announces its first subscription dance to be held December 29 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club from 9 to 1. It follows the Yuletide tradition begun with the Shipwreck party and aims to be an annual holiday event in Cedar Rapids.
Virginia Cuddy entertained her club Friday at 328 Forest Drive SE with an evening of dancing and a prize pairing won by Betsy Blaise and Henry Haegg. A lunch followed and guests included Ann Hill Ellen Curray Susan Brown Sally Luberger Diane Waples Jane Alexander Allen Taylor and more.
Miss Vivien Buser visits Evanston Alabama as a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Drury Davis. Local gatherings include the Old Maids club luncheon with bridge, a charity fundraiser with ticket sales, and the Junior League gathering at the Montrose hotel with Miss Eleanor Taylor speaking on Taste In Music. Mrs Roswell Pickford hosts White Cross society lunch and meeting.
Miss Diane Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Clare R Marshall was honored at a Saturday surprise party at her Pleasant Drive SE home with games and refreshments. Mrs Morgan Foster returned from Chicago after visiting her sister Miss Lavenne Hansen and attended theater performances including Othello with Lawrence Tibbett and The Dolls House.
The Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild reports 4370 garments collected and distributed to local institutions this year. The junior auxiliary group supplied 701 items, with many handmade articles, led by Mrs. Ethel Pinney Ristedt and a panel of section presidents.
The White Cross society outlines extensive plans for its annual Charity ball to be held December 22 in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel. Chairmen and committee members are listed, with funds benefiting a St Luke's hospital room for working girls and potential endowment for another room.
Invitations for the Pickwick ball at the Roosevelt hotel on December 18 are being reissued by the invitations committee led by Harvey C. McClary with R. S. Johnston John B. Turner II Russell W. Lemley and Edwin H. Wadsworth. The party is a major holiday fundraiser planned by the luncheon club to aid local charitable institutions.
The note mentions Sandra Studer and Mary Louise Powell amid Christmas goodwill. Franklin Kemp and family share in the gift mood while Thompson Photos hints at an upcoming reveal by December 25. The scene centers on festive exchanges and holiday anticipation.
Mrs. Isaac B Smith of 500 Twenty seventh street drive SE plans a Christmas holiday in The Netherlands. She will sail Saturday from New York aboard the S S Volendam to visit her daughter Mrs James Noell and Mr Noell in The Hague, Holland, after visiting other daughters in New York City and Westport Conn.
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