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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1938
Page
4
Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Bixler plan a Tuesday evening dinner at the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel to honor a hunting trip in Canada where moose were secured by Mr. Bixler and O H Mendennan of Grinnell. Guests will be welcomed at a silver blue table as cards are played.
Mire John Wy Altfillisch hosted a Monday luncheon at 325 Nineteenth street NE for PE chapter IF. Mrs E Russell Wolfe assisted. For the Christmas party program Mrs George H Helscher read The Onegin of Our Famous Christmas Carols. Mrs William P Whipple read The King's Jewel by Van Dyke. All joined in carols. Guests included Mrs John Gilmore Mrs Louis Dennis of chapter FO and Mrs H N Boyson of chapter LI.
The Aowakiya Camp Fire group met at Guardian Mrs O H Mercer's home. A committee to plan the December 28 party at Barbara Bowser's home includes Mary Lou Carpenter Marjorie Els Waya Buckwheat and Barbara Bottser. The group sang songs and made Camp Fire symbols.
Mrs Kelly of 2029 Washington Avenue SE entertained guests at luncheon and bridge Tuesday in honor of Mrs Cunningham who plans to move to Des Moines later this month.
Mrs George Kosek of 3040 Carroll drive SE visited Iowa City on Tuesday to be guest of Mrs P J Leinfelder and Mrs Wilbur R Miller. They hosted a luncheon in the Iowa Union with sixty five guests sharing the cordial courtesy.
Members of the Wide Awake class of the Christian church at Center Point and friends gathered Friday night at Mr and Mrs John II Fee's home on Shaver road NE. A picnic dinner was served and bingo and games followed. attendees included Rev and Mrs Swisher and many listed couples with several out of town guests.
Jane Boyd circle of the King's Daughters will meet at Mrs. W. L. Fowler's home at 1830 Grande avenue SE on Thursday at 2 p.m. A short business meeting will precede a social hour during which members exchange gifts and ask for donations for a Christmas basket.
The Cedar Rapids Womans club home hosts the home builders study group meeting after a business session. Frank L. Buser led a tour of his new houses at the model home on 2016 D Avenue NE. Tea was served by the Killian company.
Betty Reid daughter of Mr and Mrs Oval Reid 927 Fourteenth Avenue SW was honored on her sixteenth birthday Saturday. Guests included Myrtle Tillapaugh Marilyn Omakers Ruth Nemec Arlene Showalter Dorothy Hronek Mary Stewart Virginia Johnson Mary Johnson Shirley Reid Garnett Reid and Mina Shaeffer of Center Point Chinese checkers games awarded prizes to Myrtle Tillapaugh Dorothy Hronek Mina Shaeffer and Marilyn Tomash.
J F Heabel of 606 McKinley street SE received a surprise party for his sixty first birthday hosted by numerous relatives including Mr and Mrs Anton Nemec Mrs Joe Lesinger Mr and Mrs Rob Heabel Mr and Mrs Frank Trachta Mr and Mrs Edward Trachta Mr and Mrs LeRoy O Keeffe Mr and Mrs Frank T Charipar George Bechcka and Blanche and Agnes Schultz along with Mr and Mrs JF Heather and their grandchildren Joyce Ann O Keeffe Maxine Mae Charipar and Joseph Charipar A daughter Mrs Roy Spawr of Long Beach telegraphed greetings
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club History-Literature Department hosted a Christmas program with international nods. Mrs Warren A Hansen spoke on Christmas Among the Nations while members performed and wore national costumes.
Members of the junior Silver Chain circle of the King’s Daughters held a Christmas party Monday at Mrs H Lowe’s home on Blake boulevard SE. Norma and Barbara Amply of the Community House received toys and gifts. Gifts were exchanged, Bunco was played with Elaine Nunnally and Ann Lenzen winning prizes.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra board and officers honor Dr Herbert Gould of Des Moines guest soloist after a Shrine temple benefit concert. The mezzanine reception at the Montrose hotel invites orchestra members to meet Gould and Mrs Gould with Mrs R D Taylor and Mrs Joseph H Kitchin presiding at the serving table.
Mr and Mrs Oscar A Anderson and Mr and Mrs G E Grunewald of Tipton left Tuesday to spend a week in New Orleans. In the city Mr Anderson will attend the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa annual meeting of general agents and managers on Dec 16 and 17.
Revels and reminiscences mark the fifty third anniversary of Revellved Alexander tent No 14 at the home of Mrs Frank Kirkpatrick 125 Eleventh Street NE Monday afternoon. Patriotic songs Christmas carols were sung and past presidents shared memories while members recounted earning their tent dollars. Mrs Klemme the first president presided at the tea table.
Cedar Rapids Camp Fire board members will convene Wednesday at 9 30 am in the First Presbyterian church for a regular meeting.
Garfield P T A executive committee meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the school to transact important business Hayes P T A meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium with a Christmas program Arthur Deamer as guest speaker all parents invited Tyler P T A and study group meet Thursday at 2 p m at the school luncheon postponed Buchanan P T A meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m the intermediate grades present a Christmas play The Awakening of Ebenezer Scrooge with a short business meeting
Mrs J Harold Horan gave a program on The Romance of Silk to Chapter IT of PB at a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs R W Manatt 1918 Park Avenue SE. Mrs Waples assisted. Horan displayed Chinese silks embroideries and tapestries from collections of Mrs Elizabeth Stewart Mrs Fred J Payne Mrs C Ray Chandler and Mrs Bruce West. The display featured Pekin or Forbidden stitch from Stewart’s Chinese group and items recently shown at the Joslyn Memorial Museum of Arts Omaha.
The board of deaconesses of the First Christian church met at Mrs. A J Barth's home on Forest Drive SE for a business and social hour. Mrs. F S Armstrong presided at the tea table. Special guests were the Rev Mr and Mrs Marion H Williams.
The Cedar Rapids Dental Society and Auxiliary will host a dinner party Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks Club. After dinner the evening’s entertainment will include cards.
Margaret Bottome circle of the King's Daughters met Monday at 1817 Seventh avenue SE for luncheon and a Christmas party. D. M. Robertson led a business session and devotions were by Mrs. George J. Starman who read The Story of a Long Journey from Hurlburt's Bible. Members collected food for a Christmas basket and exchanged gifts. The next gathering is set for January 9 at 307 Twenty-eighth street drive SE hosted by Mrs. Joseph W. Carberry.
Mrs Walter French hosts Cedar Rapids Catholic Book Club at 1 15 p m Wednesday for a desert luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Mrs R W Friday will review Safeguarding Mental Health by Father Raphael C.
The piece notes McCarthy, president of Marquette University, discussing a book on social adjustment and mental hygiene.
The Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers' club Christmas party scheduled for Thursday night at the Commonwealth has been postponed.
A planned dessert dinner for Kappa Delta sorority alumnae on Tuesday night has been postponed indefinitely, disrupting the event schedule for members.
Beta Delphian plans a Christmas party at the Montrose hotel on Thursday at 6 30 pm. The gathering is a social event for members and guests in a festive season setting.
DES MOINES AP Thornburg, secretary of agriculture elect, notified about seventy state agriculture department employees that their services will end after December 31. The notices, signed by Thornburg, were mailed to workers' homes as part of incoming administration changes. He defeated Thomas L Curran in November.
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