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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1932
Page
8
A domestic advice column discusses wives maintaining individuality through reading, friendships, and continued effort. It notes husbands feel lucky to have chosen these wives, urging steady pursuit and intelligent upkeep to keep attention and cheer in marriage.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette item describes a Virgo themed quilt block project by the Nancy Page quilt club. Members transfer Virgo related words onto blue and white blocks, outline with careful embroidery, and discuss Virgo traits and colors. Nancy offers virtues coaching and cites Bible verse about judgment.
Cedar Staff Club meets Tuesday evening at Mrs W J Nelli's home with assistant hostesses Mrs Sam Alton and Mrs Fred Holcomb. Linden Camp 145 M A to sponsor a dinner at 6 30 p.m with December birthdays honored. Past Presidents of Star 4 J D of H meet at Mrs Louise Smith's home Monday at 2 p.m with ten cent gift exchange. Home Rebekah Lodge 79 meets Monday at Rpminl OOF hall with regular business then a Christmas party for members and families. Court Cedar 3 Foresters of America holds a social meeting Wednesday at 8 30 p.m in Ben Hur hall with a damp arrange and Foresters wives and Companions invited.
Keane School Workers Seventh division plans a Tear meeting Tuesday evening in Keane hall. Speakers include Mrs James Cusack and Mrs Maurice Curry. Mary Steele Guild hosts annual Christmas party at 73 Tuesday at the home of Mrs Lee Lalthriner. Mrs Murray Robertson assists. The Womans Home Missionary society of Trinity Methodist church listed.
Kalona society notices list Mrs Banche Envder and Mrs Exneut Feizke among hosts. Women gathered for club dinners and meetings with many local residents including Mrs EV Snoderasa and Mr Forrest Strickler attending.
Priscilla club hosted by Mrs J Fred Moore with 6 30 dinner. W M B&B class and Philathea class held Christmas parties at church. Shellbark and Half Hour clubs met at homes with programs led by Mrs W G Lewis and others. Next meeting on Jan 3 at Mrs W A Lam's home. tomb Handicrafts of Czechoslovakia led by Mrs JoH Huston. roll call responses feature Emerson quotations.
Mrs Ida S Clarke entertained in honor of Mrs Sadie Seagrave with guests including Mrs Clarke Mrs Wy McL Swwar Mrs D R Webb and others. Proves were awarded to Miss Raton and Miss Clark and a guest gift given to Mrs Seagrave at a small card party.
Riverside Mrs William O Loughlin entertained the Senior Needle club with a program titled A Trip to Foreign Lands awarded to Miss Estelle Critz. A Christmas program directed by Miss Ruth Stolley will be at Big Springs School with performers Florence Forbes Donald Hamilton Mildred Eden James Forbes Warren Forbes Vera Eden Junior Nicholson Wayne Forbes Carmen Hamilton Ruth Eden and Faither Stoliy.
Walker and MacDonald hosted a bridge club Tuesday with Fred Ondler scoring and Blanche McPeek low. Guests included Chaser Ross Wiley Leusen McPeek and Graves. C V Graves hosted the M O H club Wednesday with a program by Rainville Kent and others, ending in a tableau.
Mrs Andrew Kuhn Eva Kent Charles Laughlin Alice Listzbarger Marshall McCalley Myrtle McCalley Carl Rainville Mariette Winsor Rebecca Horak Trude Speake Etta Shakel ford and Keith Vawter were guests.
Mechanicsville notes report the Gracia guild hosted a dinner for husbands and friends in church parlors on Tuesday. The D C Bridge club met with Miss Genevieve Beaman the same day. Ella Conner had high score with Mrs J Cook second. Guests included Misses Dorothy Norris and Alene Norris. Mrs Sara Maurer hosted the Self Culture club Christmas party Monday evening assisted by Marguerite Ayers Lottie McGeorge Alice Peak and Jennie Taylor.
Mrs H F Boysen entertained the auxiliary to Magnus A Merkel post American Legion at her home. Mrs Edward F Bernstorf hosted the Ladies' Literary club Christmas meeting with Mrs Bernstorf, Mrs W A Donnan and Miss Leola Schlarbaum presenting a lesson on Christmas in Story and song. Ladies' Kensington met at Mrs L F Wiese's home. Eureka club to meet at Mrs Roy Miller's home. Married Folks bridge club met with Dr and Mrs F Wieben. Easy Aces bridge club planned pajama party and Christmas box at Miss Pauline Miller's home. Mr and Mrs George Pickering hosted dinner for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Roy Picking, plus guests Frank Braksick and family, Marion, Leonard Pickering of Keystone, Prescott Edmonds of Van Horne, and Naomi Kuleper of Belle Plaine.
Clarence Miss Evelyn Miller was surprised at Mrs. Harry Cashman home Monday evening during a miscellaneous shower. A mock wedding featured Miss Jenna Beadle as bride and Mrs. Elmer Koch as groom with Mrs. Harry Cashman performing the ceremony. Gifts from Joan Twachtman and Donald Smith were given while Miss Myrle Miller and Miss Marjory Hecht served refreshments.
Request for ten cents per missing Old Almanac Quilt block from the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Include stamped addressed envelope and mail to Nancy Page care The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Olin The Altruist group met at Mrs. Tessa Jurgensen's home with Mrs. Lynn Strait assisting. The Twentieth Century club and West Side club held Christmas parties with various hostesses and music. Bridge clubs, Bible reading, sleigh party and oyster supper were noted among campus and community groups.
Onslow The Ladies guild of the Presbyterian church met Wednesday at the J. R. Kennedy home with Mrs Kennedy Mrs Roxie Bullock Mrs Eva Chatterton and Mrs Lou Barnes as hostesses. The business meeting was in charge of the president Mrs Harriet Lamey. Mrs A K McMaster was hostess to the teachers and officers of the Presbyterian Sunday school Monday in honor of Mrs Edna Orr Hamilton.
Members of the D R B club in Rowley and their families attended an oyster supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Maurice Grover on Wednesday. Attendees included the Angelo family, Kress family, Rehberg family, Rollins Shaver family, Lloyd Gains, Arthur Young, and Anthony Koranda.
The report notes the marriage of Misa Viola Kostrecka of Olin to George Tenhart in Rock Island Den with attendance by multiple relatives and a postnuptial tribute at the high school gym. Also listed is the wedding of Mildred Fritz and Lyle Willert in Anamosa with Harold Willert present, and plans to reside with the bridegroom’s sister.
Hopkinton events list social gatherings with multiple hostesses. Mrs J D MacAllister led Clo club with Jenny Ferguson and Betty MacAllister among guests. William Edgar hosted sessions with F E Allen and many others. Presbyterian Ladies Aid met at Mrs C S Morton with W S Johnston Forrest Hutton Lee Marolf assisting. Embroidery club held its annual Christmas party hosted by Grace Hucker.
The LeRoy Luckies 4-H club celebrated Christmas at Henry Grunewald home with reading by Laura Radeke and performances by Dorothy Grunewald Berenice Hartz and Doris Wright. Ethel Shuck marked her twenty first birthday during commencement exercises and gifts were distributed to mothers and participants. A $5 donation was sent to the Orphans' Home in Council Bluffs.
Harriet Coughlan and officers led an afternoon program with tea served by Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Siegfried Guyan. Dr. Asa Lambert hosted a bridge dinner for loser's group and winners with high scores by Mrs Earl DeShaw and Dr Lambert. Fortnightly Bridge Club met at Mrs Asa Lambert with high score by Mrs Arch Grimes and guest Mrs Lowell Hicks of Detroit.
Shellsburg Mrs. 8. M. Thompson hosted the Happy Twenty club at a Christmas afternoon party. Next meeting set for Jan. 11 with Mrs. Mere Spurgeon. Miss Dorothy Easterly hosted a Christmas and bridge party at Bert Sheeley’s home with guests including Ruth Eldridge, Geneva Watters, Leona Hayes, Ines Freeman, Mildred Holmes, Helen Rousslow, Margaret Walker, and Margaret Gardner. Freeman won high bridge score. Mrs. J. M. Hayes hosted a Methodist Ladies Aid all day quilting party with Mrs. Mattie Cripps as president. Red Cross sewing for the needy also ongoing.
Wyoming members of the Midland Homemakers Club hosted a Thursday luncheon at the Frank Nowachek home. Mrs Lavica Adams, retiring worthy matron of the Wyoming chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, hosted officers at a Friday dinner. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs S F Schaefer’s home with several hostesses assisting. Inez Countryman was elected Oracle of the Royal Neighbors with officers named. The Royal Neighbors surprised Mrs Lavica Adams at her home, and the Adams family plan to move to Bailes during the holiday break.
Ainsworth Miss Alcidene Spencer and Orville Foss of Washington wed Wednesday evening at the Baptist parsonage in Washington with Rev. A A Vina officiating. Attendants were Miss Reba Spencer and Donald Foss. A dinner followed at the bride’s parents home in Ainsworth. The bride and groom, both graduates of 1931, are children of local families. The D A P club met with Mrs Audra Pearson for an afternoon of quilting and luncheon hosted by Mrs Mary Lord.
Miss Cecilia Daniels daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Daniels of Columbus married Alvin Smith of Conesville in a December 10 ceremony at St Josephs rectory Rock Island Monsignor Durkin officiated The brides sister Felicitas Daniels was maid of honor cousin James Furlong best man The bride wore gray canton crepe with pink rosebud bouquet Afterward the couple settled in Coneaville where Mr Smith works as foreman for the Natural Gas and Pipeline Co
A Fairfax Sunday dinner party at Mr and Mrs Louis Dubishars featured card games as the main activity. Prizes went to Mrs Ben Dubishar and Fred Smith for first and to Mrs Frank Staskal and Ben Dubishar for low. Attendees included the Chalupskys Michaleks Bruskas Staskals Melsas Dubishars and their children.
Manchester groups hosted Christmas parties and bridge sessions at homes and clubs. Members read papers on the French Revolution, with Mrs. E L Bolsinger and Mrs. F A Doolittle leading discussions. Anniversary celebrations and cantatas were announced for local churches.
Wilton Junction hosts a birthday dinner for Henry Schnack with family guests from Bennett Davenport and Wilton. The Wilton Bridge club meets with high scores won by Mrs. M. M. Harding and Mrs. Henry Schnack. G. G. Leith entertains O. E. B. officers at a Christmas party. The Pollyanna class holds a Christmas Rostine at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. L. O. Adams hosted first and second graders for Lowell Adams seventh birthday gathering with many classmates. Mrs. R. L. Brown held a party at the Methodist church for Robert Brown sixth birthday. The Searchlight club met at Mrs. J. Ramer’s home with Mrs. E. C. Green leading the program.
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