Guest Of Sheehys Honored At Seasonal Luncheons
Mrs. Charles Hogan of Minneapolis visits Cedar Rapids hosting two luncheon events in honor of her sister in law the Mrs Edward Sheehy and the Sheehys. Local hostesses host small groups at private homes and clubs during the Christmas season with gift exchanges and piano talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hogan
Minneapolis
Edward Sheehy
Sheehy
Knollwood Drive
Verne Marshall
Hogan
Sheehys
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Music Study Club
George W. Hearn
Ridgeway Drive
Edna Barrett Jackson
James W. Bell
Country Club Parkway
Scott McIntyre
College Grove Avenue
Seventeen Camp Fire Girls meet at church to craft cards
Seventeen members of the Anakiki sin Camp Fire group met Monday at the First Congregational Church. After a business meeting, the girls spent time making Christmas cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anakikisin
First Congregational Church
P. E. O. IH Chapter Meeting Hosts Notables
Thirty members gathered Tuesday afternoon at 540 Knollwood Drive SE for chapter IH of the P. E. O. With honored guests from across the state including Katherine Mann Mount Pleasant Loretta H. Jones Clin ton Moray L. Eby Cedar Rapids and Norma B. Stafford Chariton. Mrs. Ernest R. Moore of chapter DK attended and Mrs. George F. Miller assisted the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Coquillette
Knollwood Drive
Katherine Mann
Mount Pleasant
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Loretta H. Jones
Clinton
Moray L. Eby
Cedar Rapids
Norma B. Stafford
Chariton
Ernest R. Moore
George F. Miller
Chapter FO PEO hosts talk by state organizer
Chapter FO of P E O met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Wayne J Foster home 2304 Hillcrest drive SE. Thirty five members and four guests attended and heard a talk by Mrs Norma B Stafford Chariton state organizer. Tea followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.E.O
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Marshall Hickman
Ione Johnson
Norma B. Stafford
Chariton
Mrs. George Gibson Leaves for California
Mrs. George F. Gibson departs early Thursday morning to spend the winter in Los Angeles. She has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Walter E. Dunshee and Mr. Dunshee at 2214 Mount Vernon Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
George F. Gibson
Walter E. Dunshee
Mr. Dunshee
Mount Vernon Avenue
Bates Family Visit In Des Moines Area
Mrs. John Bates of Des Moines and her son Jennings Crawford Bates are visiting Mrs. Bates' parents Dr. and Mrs. Jennings Crawford at 232 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE this week in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bates
Des Moines
Jennings Crawford Bates
Mrs. W F Protzman Guest of Peschaus
Mrs W F Protzman of Omaha and former Cedar Rapids resident arrived Tuesday to spend the week as a guest of Dr and Mrs W E Peschau at 2401 Fourth Avenue SE in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Protzman
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
City
W. E. Peschau
Fourth Avenue
Margaret Hadley to Be Married in Ackley
Mr and Mrs R R Hadley of Ackley announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Margaret of Cedar Rapids to Richard K Preston of Washington DC son of Dr and Mrs F M Preston of Radcliffe The wedding is planned for late January in Ackley Miss Hadley attended Coe College and Delta Delta Delta sorority She is employed by McKesson Churchill Drug Co Preston is a Coe graduate member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and works with the United States Department of Agriculture
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Hadley
Ackley
Margaret
Cedar Rapids
Richard K. Preston
Washington, D.C
F. M. Preston
Radcliffe
Miss Hadley
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
McKesson Churchill Drug Company
Preston
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
United States Department of Agriculture
Mrs E K Wheeler Visits Glenn Wheelers
Mrs. E K Wheeler arrives to spend part of the winter with her son and daughter in Cedar Rapids at 2165 Blake boulevard SE. She visits her daughter in law Mrs Larry Odlin and Commander Odlin of Honolulu and will stay until after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Wheeler
Inlaw
Glenn C. Wheeler
Blake Boulevard
Larry Odlin
Commander Odlin
Honolulu
Cedar Rapids
Ytsen to Sing in Chicago This Week
H. A. Ytsen son of Mr and Mrs P N Ytsen of Cedar Rapids will travel to Chicago Monday to sing in a theater. A baritone, he performs classical and semi classical numbers and previously filled engagements in Chicago last summer. He plans to return to Cedar Rapids for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Ytsen
P. N. Ytsen
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Mr. Ytsen
Birthday Surprise For Charles John On Route 3
A surprise party was held at Charles John’s home on Sunday evening for his birthday. Games followed by refreshments from Mrs Olga Bena and others, gifts presented to the guest of honor. Attendees included Edward Jandl Ernest Miller Dorothy Allison Mariann Miller and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles John
Olga Bena
Alma Vavricek
Barbara Suchomel
Edward Jandl
Ernest Miller
Dorothy Allison
Mariann Miller
Leo Bena
Julia Bena
Louis Drahos
Ralph Sharf
Anna Snenicka
Bob Wislishel
Dorothy Hartl
Harold McGowan
Mary Drahos
Lumiz Pisney
Marjorie McGowan
Charles Petrak
Florence Bena
William Bena
Wilma Loenicka
Joan Lnenicka
Emily Bena
Tommy Olga
Johnny Bena
Frank Stehlik
Women of the Moose plan Christmas party and quilt project
The Women of the Moose met on Monday to organize a Christmas party at Mrs. Otto Carlson's home on December 11. Homemaking chairman Mrs. Grace Chambers asked members to bring print pieces to the party for a quilt destined for Mooseheart in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Otto Carlson
Grace Chambers
Mooseheart
Volunteer Circle Christmas Plan Noted
Members of Volunteer Circle of the King's Daughters met at 1801 Grande Avenue SE. Mrs. Karlan reported on the Linn County Union meeting and led devotions on Happiness. They planned a Christmas party and voted to help needy children during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle of the King’s Daughters
George Wiley
Grande Avenue SE
Ralph Karlan
Linn County Union
Hundred Club Christmas Banquet and Dance
The eighth annual Christmas banquet and dance of the Con genial Hundred club will be held in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel Monday at 6 30 p m. A local orchestra will play during the dinner hour and for dancing. A short business session will follow to elect officers for 1940. Committee: A H Aukerman chairman Dr Hoyt Thomas William Crissman Ed Cohrs Harold Millhiser T Hugh DeWees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundred Club
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
A. H. Aukerman
Hoyt Thomas
William Crissman
Ed Cohrs
Harold Millhiser
T. Hugh DeWees
P. E. O. Honors Mrs Stafford at Chapter Meeting
Chapter II of the P. E. O. honored Norma B. Stafford state organizer with a gathering at Mrs. Leon A. Meyer's home after a dinner at the Commonwealth tea room. Mrs. R. W. Manatt led the social committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma B. Stafford
Chariton
Leon A. Meyer
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Commonwealth Tea Room
R. W. Manatt
Mrs C F Luberger Heads Home From Visit
Mrs. C F Luberger departed Wednesday morning for Cincinnati after a week visiting her sister Miss Charlotte Pinney at 519 Indian Road SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Luberger
Cincinnati
Charlotte Pinney
Indian Road
Mrs. R. F. Torstenson Hosts Dinner at Home
Mrs. R. F. Torstenson will entertain a few friends at dinner Wednesday evening at her home 1947 Blake boulevard SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Torstenson
Blake Boulevard
Mickels Attend Publicity Convention and Ozarks Trip
Mr and Mrs Ernest Mickel left Wednesday to attend a three day American College Publicity Association convention at The Elms in Excelsior Springs Missouri. They planned to visit the Ozarks over the weekend and return to Cedar Rapids Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Mickel
American College Publicity Association
the Elms
Excelsior Springs
Ozarks
Cédar Rapids
Czech Fine Arts Society to Meet at Mrs Stark Home
The Czech Fine Arts Society will meet with Mrs. Helen Kacena Stark at 2016 Fourth Avenue SE on Thursday at 8 p.m. The gathering is a local cultural event led by a named organizer in a specified residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czech Fine Arts Society
Helen Kacena Stark
Fourth Avenue SE
Reeds and Houghs Host Dinner Gathering
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Reed and Mr and Mrs Ray Hough entertained at dinner Sunday at the Reed home. Guests included Cedar Rapids visitors J W Snyder Harold Corwin Hugh Snyder and Billy Orrin Knapp Mrs George Smith Phyllis Snyder Vern on Brockman from Monticello and others from Iowa City Marion and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Reed
Ray Hough
Reed Home
J. W. Snyder
Harold Corwin
Hugh Snyder
Billy
George Smith
Orrin Knapp
Cedar Rapids
Earl Snyder
Phyllis
Iowa City
Vernon Brockman
Monticello
Gerald Reed
Joyce
Engagement Announced for Josephine Pavlicek and Edward Rocarek
Mr and Mrs John W Pavli cek announce the engagement of their daughter Josephine Elea nor to Edward W Rocarek son of Mr and Mrs William Rocarek. The couple plans a wedding on December 30 at their respective addresses in SE and SW regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Pavlicek
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Josephine Eleanor
Edward W. Rocarek
William Rocarek
Hamilton Street
Charles Stevens Named Associate Patron of Malta Chapter
Charles Stevens has been elected associate patron of Malta Chapter No 415, O E S. The election occurred Saturday night in the Masonic hall with members present for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stevens
Malta
Masonic Hall
Women Voters Group Discusses Equal Rights Topic
The department of legal status of women of the League of Women Voters met Tuesday morning at the Montrose hotel to discuss Equal Rights or Human Rights. The chairman was Mrs. H. L. Haase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Legal Status of Woman of the
League of Women Voters
Montrose Hotel
H. L. Haase
Thanksgiving Basket Report At Louise Leibert Circle
Members of Louise Leibert circle of the Kings Daughters met for a dessert luncheon Tuesday at 1802 Fourth avenue SE. A report of the Thanksgiving basket was given and Mrs. Howard Benninghoff was installed as Dr. Jennie McCowen representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Leibert
The
King’s Daughters
F. W. Niesz
Fourth Avenue SE
Howard Benninghoff
Jennie McCowen
Nina Chinka Camp Fire Visit at Scutter Mansion and Brucemore
Seventeen members of the Nina Chinka Camp Fire group met Monday and, with guardian Mrs. A I Mason, observed the Americana Camp Fire birthday honor by touring the Scutter mansion. They also visited Brucemore with permission from Mrs. Howard Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Chinka
Americana Camp
Scutter Mansion
A. I. Mason
Brucemore
Howard Hall
Christmas Program Held By Guardians Of Camp Fire Girls
Guardians association of the Cedar Rapids Camp Fire council held a Christmas ceremony Monday evening led by Mrs Wells C Peck on International Peace. The program included candle lighting for service brotherhood unity and peace with carol singing. Numerous guardians received service and rank honors including Torch Bearer and Trail Seeker while Mrs Wood was named service honor recipient. Special guests included Mrs Hesser Floyd Knapp and Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardians’ Association of the
Cedar Rapids
First Congregational Church
Wells C. Peck
A. J. Anderson
Gay Wood
Holland
Orville Mercer
France
Spain
A. L. Hinton
Clifford Lawrence
Norway
Italy
A. I. Mason
Marie Peck
van Vechten Shaffer
W. C. Tenney
Germany
Wood
Guardians’ Association
Anna Bukacek
Beulah Long
Edna Nilsson
S. E. Temple
Bess Scott
J. S. Skien
John Pavlis
Martha Stolba
Trail Seeker
M. R. Bishop
Mercer and Wood
Jay W. Hesser
Council
Anderson
M. R. Warren
Henry van Dyke
Miss Witwer Speaks for Phi Sigma Iota Event
Miss Rachel Witwer a Franklin high school teacher speaks on Medieval France and Italy at Zeta chapter Phi Sigma Iota Coe college Thursday at 4 p.m. in the library staff room. She has traveled in Europe and spent last summer in France and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Witwer
Franklin High School
France
Italy
Zeta
Phi Sigma Iota
Coe College
Europe
Witwer
Harry M. Gage
James E. Hamilton
Gertrude James
Arthur Poe
Isaac B. Smith
Margaret Birkett
Ann Crull
Jonjon Perkins
Honor for Mrs Bertha Davis Before California Trip
Friends held a dinner at Harmony cafeteria then a theater outing to honor Mrs Bertha Davis of 322 Sixteenth Street NE before she leaves for a few months in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Davis
Sixteenth Street
California
Harmony
East Side W C T U Christmas Picnic at Earhart Home
The East Side Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a Christmas luncheon at Mrs. Charles Earhart's home 402 A avenue NW Tuesday afternoon. Decorations and cello wrapped popcorn favors were used. Gifts of cash for the Benedict home were given and devotional and review segments followed including "We the People" and Evangeline Booth's message as she left England for the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Earhart
Avenue NW
Benedict
Ruth Otto
Europe
George Faun
Eva Neubauer
Evangeline Booth
England
United States
O. W. Compton
Meeting Notice Shifts Pay Luncheon to Second Tuesday
A notice states the jan 2 meeting changes to a pay luncheon on the second Tuesday in January. The place remains to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Anderson
Camp Fire Dance Cancelled by Guardians
The camp fire dance sponsored by the assistant Camp Fire guardians planned for Friday evening has been canceled.
D. H. I. Club Picnic Meeting Planned
The D. H. I. club will hold a picnic luncheon Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Mrs. Martin Wiley's home one-half mile west of Edgewood No. 1. All women in the community are invited and attendees should bring picnic requirements. There are no clues provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. I. Club
Martin Wiley
Edgewood No. 1
Yataka Camp Fire Gifts Dressed For Christmas
The Yataka Camp Fire group met at Westminster Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon to prepare Christmas gifts. Dolls were distributed to be dressed for the needy at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anakikisin Camp Fire
Mrs. Foster
George Gibson
Crawfords
Canton Cafe
3Rd Ave
Peschaus
S. Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
Alligator Call
Tweedies
Margaret Hadley
Thompson
Glenn Wheelers
Stafford
Mrs. Luberger
Ernest Mickels
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Lodge No
Hasek
Marie Novak
Rebekah Assembly of Iowa
Praha No. 5
Star of Maine
Decorah
Oelwein
Mary A. Neff
Letha Williams
Ferne Irene Berry
Rebekah
Bessie Allen
Anna Hawkins
Elsie Henry
Perl Wertz
Pauline Griffith
Ella Scott
Ada Stone
Verbena Gosnell
Lillian Neff
Odd Fellowship
Rose Stoddard
Gertrude Jackman
Margaret Melshy
McKabe
Dows
Josephine Paviicek
Women Voters
Nina Chinka Camp Fire
Guardians of Camp Fire Girls
Miss Witwer
Mrs
East Side
Selznick
Leslie How
Edna
Uitoducimgingrié Sergman
United Artists
Yataka Camp
December
Mreon
Prastka
Jewelers
China
Higbee
Dickerson and Laird Schobers
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
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