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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1941
Page
1
Mrs Hubert E Paxton presided as officers were elected with Harry C Burmeister as worthy patron and Mrs Oliver D Stucker assisting. Chapter plans purchases and Tea Cross work for Christmas activities with a December event scheduled.
Advance sales of Rufus Rose marionette production reached 3500 Friday. Cast for Community theater play Seven Keys to Baldpate is set for January. Puppet show includes Snow White and acts from the International Puppet Review with no box office Saturday at 9:39 a.m. seating remains for 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. shows.
Mrs E J Carey of 2317 Grande avenue SE returned Wednesday after a week with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H Gordon DeLay of Winnetka Illinois Mrs DeLay and her daughter Susan accompanied Mrs Carey home and will stay for a visit
Mr and Mrs Sidney P Moore of 357 Park Terrace SE returned home Thursday after a 10 day visit in the East They visited Mrs Moore s brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs F H Loftus in Pittsburgh
Mr and Mrs F C Waples of 331 Forest Drive SE and their daughter Diane will travel to Chicago Saturday morning to attend the opera and return to Cedar Rapids Sunday evening.
The Kappa Delta sorority held a Christmas tea in the chapter rooms at 1215 First Avenue East. Miss Lucille Speer chaired the event honoring patronesses Mesdames Hillier Grayston Klinger Stansbury Dunker and Kosek.
Members and friends gathered Tuesday for a church picnic meal. Rev E D Wells delivered the invocation, community singing followed led by Mrs Eugene Brown. George Triebel played trombone with Carol Ann Holmquest. Mrs Brown sang with Ruth Collister on piano. De votional period led by Mrs M T Daywitt and Mary Alice Whitehair. Roosev elt High baton twirlers Marion Nosek and Miss Whitehair performed with Miss Collister at the piano. Mrs Don Mann led games. Kitchen committee included Mrs Daywitt Miss Hattie Snell and Mrs W J Haworth.
A luncheon at Mrs. J. C. Lindsley’s home in St Paul honors Mrs C L Hargrave who retires as chairman of District No 10. Fifteen guests attended and presented an oil painting titled The Homestead by Mrs O A Prather to the guest of honor.
Mrs. Glenn W. Higbee and John C. Lozier assisted hostesses. Bertha A. Pownall gave devotions. The group voted to donate a Christmas basket. Gifts were given during carols. The next meeting is set for January 14.
Mrs Twogood presents two recitals featuring pupils in in home programs at 812 Wel street. The first program includes duet and violin performances by students such as Marie Morlan and Shirley Mead, with pieces by Tschaikowsky and MacDowell. The second program highlights solos by Sarah Johnson and Dorothy Cook among others, offering a varied selection including a Scotch Poem.
Defense savings stamps were sold at the luncheon and Christmas party of the Luckies club Thursday noon at the home of Mrs. Anton Mrkvicka 425 Center Point road NE. Those present were Mesdames Frank Sullivan A Getlin George Riley G Buri Eldon Martin Charles Hermanek Harry Haller and Mrs Haller's grandson Everett White.
Fifteen members of the Cantekeya Camp Fire group gathered at Arthur School on Wednesday for a business session and handcraft work.
P T A members heard Nellie Kenison deliver the Christmas message. Dora Blake sang two carols with Mrs. Lorenzen at the piano. Mrs. Berger discussed Rossetti and Mary Moss wrote a Christmas story. Mothers of fourth graders, local officials, and the Cleveland P A attended. 85 members paid. two Camp Fire groups and one Bluebird group to be sponsored.
A venison dinner for 60 guests was held Friday at the Roosevelt hotel hosted by the Bixiers as part of a hunting trip in Canada. Myrtle Fisher hosted a card club gathering Thursday at 1240 Third Avenue SE with a Dutch treat dinner and Christmas gift exchange. Guests included Elmer Fisher and the Otises Miller Sundberg and Greenawalt couples.
Harrison school Cub pack entertained 83 guests at a Christmas party on Wednesday. John Mann won the wolf award and Robert Fryear the bear award and the gold arrow. Thomas Just Garland Wagner and Dale Bertrand were initiated. Gifts were exchanged and a present given to Cubmaster Harley Bowser. Scout commissioner F W Boile attended as a guest. Den mother Mrs L P Atwood had the most patents present. Charles Dorsey and Robert Pierson will be graduated into Scouting next month.
Mrs. Frank V. Orr read The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller at an entertainment for Sigma chapter Beta Sigma Phi. The event at Miss Lucile Dose's home 1724 Second Avenue SE included introductions by Mrs. Isabel Schluter and planning by Mrs. Harold Hall and others with Mrs. C. R. Biddick at the punch bowl.
Mrs Leslie Rawson of 350 Elev enth Street SW entertained the Dot and Dash club on Wednesday afternoon with a gift exchange. Guest Mrs James Benson received a prize at bridge along with Mrs Drex Benedict. The next meeting is set for January 8 at the A J Emmerich home 718 Second Avenue SW.
Miss Kay Cusack at 256 Fifteenth Street NW hosted the gathering with 11 members present. The group planned the next meeting at Miss Vivian Wilsons home, 312 Eleventh Street SW.
Members of the Companions and Foresters and their families gathered for a Christmas party Wednesday at the Odd Fellow hall on 109 avenue SE. Mrs Lillian Heral led carols. Miss Sadie Vinch and Mrs a Morehouse planned the program. Santa Claus arrived with gifts for the children.
Za-hi-ti-yam Camp Fire group held a Christmas council fire Wednesday evening at the guardian Mrs. Gene Ellis home. Mothers of the girls attended as guests. Christmas stories poems and carols were read during the ceremonial.
Girls presented gifts to mothers, followed by games and refreshments. Miss Joan Buscho, field executive, awarded trail in rank to Marilyn LeMar and promoted rank to Shirley Marsh er, Ruth, and Alice Kenyon.
Mrs. John L. Smith of 107 Thirteenth Street SE returned Thursday from Des Moines where she joined a party for superintendents and their wives. Her husband serves as a superintendent at the ordnance plant in Ankeny.
The annual Christmas party for Past Noble Grands members of the IOOF occurred at Maine lodge hall on Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Schamberger and her committee organized luncheon, while Mrs. Bessie Ehrenberger arranged the holiday table. Mrs. Margret Noblett directed the program and gifts were exchanged by three members named by president Mrs. Anna McCreedy: Mrs. Stella Marek, Mrs. Beatrice ee, and Mrs. Emma K. Hofer.
Ten members of the Sulitanni Camp Fire group met at the workshop of First Presbyterian church Tuesday. They worked on their notebooks. Present were Mary Clements Connie Cornwell Barbara Boyd Freida Connard Willa Dean Howells Nancy Dean Harriet Ohlman Karen Kaufman Ellen Kopecky and Sharon Miller.
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