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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1961
Page
4
Cedar Rapids records a 17 below zero cold snap on December 13 and notes past Decemb er highs as warm as the 60s. article relays weather history and a 1936-1931 pattern while detailing local civic efforts on charity and foreign goodwill via ham radio contacts and airport snowstorm impacts.
Elmcrest Golf and Country Club hosts a senior teen Christmas dance for Elmcrest and Cedar Rapids teens from tenth grade through college on Friday evening. Music is by the Leo Corti miglia trio from 8 to 11. Mr and Mrs Robert G Hahn coordinate. reservations are requested at the club.
Several couples hosted social gatherings around Cedar Rapids with cocktails and dinner for numerous guests. Notable homes include Prof and Mrs Edmund Whiting at 3300 Adel Rd SE and Mr and Mrs Cole McMartin Jr at 3295 Adel Rd SE. Additional events featured guests from Mills College and family homes in the area.
Home from Lindenwood College in St. Charles Missouri is Miss Mary Kay Kinsey daughter of L R Kinsey of 1021 Third Ave SE She will return to school January 2.
Miss Ann Parke, a student at William Smith College, returns for a two week visit with her parents Dr and Mrs John Parke of 521 Fairview SE. She arrived Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Cameron Oxley and Mr and Mrs James McDonald will host a neighborhood open house starting at 4 PM. Twenty five couples are expected to attend the event at the McDonald home.
Miss Gail Duncan will be honored at a miscellaneous shower and coffee Saturday at 10 30. Twenty four guests will attend the courtesy by Mrs Burle E Ruston and her daughter Heidi 3125 Adel st SE. Miss Duncan daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Duncan 347 Park Terrace SE will be married Dec 30 in Westminster Presbyterian church to Norman Crook of Madison son of Mr and Mrs Jay Crook of Clearwater Fla.
John L. Wagner, son of John H. Wagner, and his houseguest John Callahan of New York, will arrive home from Creighton University Friday for a short visit at the Wagner residence. Shakespeare Grove schedules meets.
The Monday Shakespeare club meets at 1 PM for lunch at Bishops. The introduction to Pericles Prince of Tyre will be read and discussed. Mrs. J. P. McLaughlin leads the discussion of Sonnet IV.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Gaines of Anaheim Calif arrive Saturday to visit their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Joseph Kindig 621 Thirty fourth St SE The Kindigs host an open house for 40 guests today celebrating the visit The Gaines plan to return home Jan 15 An annual Christmas open house by Mr and Mrs Charles E Loomis Jr 2333 Blake Blvd SE hosts 20 couples at 5 PM Also 7 interns and their wives at St Luke s Hospital were honored at a Christmas dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club with James Heck visiting parents and planning a Milwaukee trip next week
Elmcrest Golf and Country club will host the annual children’s Christmas party on Thursday starting at 5 15 pm with dinner at 5 30 pm Reservations must be made by Wednesday evening Santa Claus will attend the event and activities include games and colored movies Mr and Mrs George Ahern and Mr and Mrs Robert E Johnson lead the organizing committee Mr and Mrs J L Dalton and family plan a two week east holiday trip leaving Friday visiting Philadelphia Warren Pa and North Haven Conn
Book notices review Rosalie Packard Love in Question as a tale of Sara Finch an English girl adapting in London with psychiatry guiding. Ann Hebson’s The Lattimer Legend described through diaries reveals Virginia aristocracy during Civil War days.
The Linn County Republican Women's club will meet Tuesday at 9 at Bishop's. Mrs. J. S. Houx will deliver a Christmas message. Christmas music will be provided by the Ladies' Bell Ringing choir of the First Congregational Church. All Republicans are invited to attend.
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