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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
2
A garbled report notes a luncheon honoring Teo Vaisitors in the city with guests from local groups and a sponsors list. The fragment mentions several names and venues but remains unclear on exact roles or outcomes.
Mr and Mrs Wilum Deacon with children Jean Eleanor and William and Mr and Mrs Lumir Severa at 529 Knollwood SE spent Christmas day with Mrs James W Good of Evanston and her sons. The group planned a return to Evanston with some members staying through the week.
Mr and Mrs Robert B Davis of Twenty-ninth Street SE will return Thursday evening from Milwaukee where they spent Christmas with Mrs Davis aunt Miss Gertrude Hull.
Eluta Tami Camp Fire group held a Christmas party Tuesday evening at Margaret Clark’s 1028 Third Avenue SW. Beverly Wright and Mary Ann Mateyu won prizes. gifts were exchanged. Attendees included Mrs Anderson Ruth Bokerney Jane Ann Herdlick Elaine Anderson Mary Ann Matelyn Audrey Anderson Verna Krogh Beverly Wright and Margaret Clark.
Mr and Mrs Coombs of 2200 Johnson Avenue SW honored their 25th wedding anniversary with a Christmas Day dinner. Guests included Olin Henry of Waterloo Iowa Tene Duden of Cho, Miss Ta Verna Hole and James Coombs.
Mrs Kathryn Kuht of 325 Second Avenue SPF entertained at an advance Christmas party. Her guests included Mr and Mrs John Nie of Clare nce, Mr and Mrs Arthur J Nie, Mr and Mrs Lie avd Bowdish, Charles Nie, Narmean Pepmeser Geo, Tavier Donald Kuhn and Miss Alving Kuhn.
Mrs Matty A Neff of 110 B avenue NE hosted a Christmas gathering with Lillian Neff, Wale ham Neff Vie, Mrs Elmer Boldt and her children Warren and Jean, MIr and Mas Paul Bishop, Charles Netf Cox Searles, and Elmer Stuaff of Springville visiting during the holiday season.
A Speen meeting of Color chapter No 18d OO S is announced for Saturday following the annig ators ceremony. After the event there will be a Christmas party to which members of the order are invited.
Stanley Kive o of Black River Forts Was arrived Wednesday to spend Christmas week with his mother Mrs Vaclav Kriz at 1212 Second Street SE.
Holiday guests at Mrs Mary E Dvorak home 1126 Third Street SW include her sister Mrs Kenneth G Anderson and children Audrey and Max of Hatfield Minnesota and Mr and Mrs Leo J Dvorak of Normal Illinois.
Mrs Join McMeel traveled back to Chicago on Thursday following a Christmas visit with Mrs Mary Mc Meel at 350 Rockford Road SW.
The event sponsored by Mrs George E Beattie was scheduled for this week but postponed. All city players may compete in the tournament set for Monday afternoon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.
Mrs. E. E. Niekirk and her niece Miss Nancy Turner of Toledo Ohio will arrive Friday morning as guests of Mrs Niekirk's sister Mrs C Hickok and Dr Hickok at 2018 Fifth Avenue SE.
Mr and Mrs Emil Pazdera of 120 Seventeenth Street SW hosted their Christmas dinner with guests Lew Zalesky and his daughter Evelyn and son Lewis, Mrs Lullian Bell, the Misses Emma and Amanda Hagenstein, Mr and Mrs Charles Munson of Marshalltown, and the Misses Lena and Erna Hagenstein of Ackley.
Ta Plant Choate Manufacturing office workers held a Christmas party Monday at Mrs Wurster's tea room. Gift exchange and bingo entertained the group. Prize winners were Katherine Bridge high and Verda Widger low.
Miss Melva Sherman daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Sherman Independence and Roderek HO Chisholm Manila son of Dr and Mrs ROB Chisholm Griswold were married Thursday at the brides parents home by Rev F EO Hamlin Dr Harry Free of Iowa City was best man. The wedding party wore fuchsia chiffon and the corsage featured nehares roses. A wedding dinner for twenty guests followed at Mill Cliff. The bride, a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, has taught kindergarten in Manila and at Lamont. The groom, a Simpson College graduate, did graduate work at Northwestern and the University of Iowa and now serves as Manila schools principal after earlier posts in Oakland and McClelland.
In Waterbury Vermont three army officers died when a blaze engulfed a Conservation Corps camp. Several more officers were injured as flames swept through the quarters where the men were stationed for holiday duties. Names of the deceased and the wounded were released by military officials as investigators probed the disaster.
Twenty nine leaders of a movement to unite Protestant Episcopal churches in America with the Roman Catholic church appeal to Episcopal clergy for support. They criticize Protestantism as bankrupt ethically culturally morally and religiously. The statement accompanies a letter by Rev. Franklin Joiner rector of St. Clements Philadelphia. The group includes 20 Episcopal clergy two religious orders members and seven laymen.
Severe weather disrupts the city skating program as snow fills the municipal rink at Manhattan Beach and nearby rinks. Officials say flood equipment and supervision are delayed by weather and funding uncertainty as WEA and NYA funds await release.
President Roosevelt returns to work at the White House after a Christmas period with his mother wife children and grandchildren. A White House party for Sara Roosevelt and relatives winds down Saturday. The family attends Foundry Methodist church and receives Christmas gifts and many presents from across the country.
An after holiday lull hit the Cedar Rapids post office as the last Christmas rush items were sorted. Seven loads of late gifts arrived in addition to the fifteen loads delivered on Christmas day while misaddressed letters were checked against the directory to locate forwarding addresses for delivery.
Dr John Colbert a prominent member of Tientsin’s American colony was released on $25 000 bail after his arrest on charges of attempting to poison his wife the former Mrs Holvey widow of a New York oil official Mrs Colbert the accused’s third wife has been hospitalized for heart trouble It is noted Colbert allegedly formerly resided in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Davenport AP report says Clinton Shoultz 31 of Tatehuadd Minnesota Joseph Neil 24 of Duluth and Marton Adams Neil 27 of St Paul were arraigned on three counts of possessing and uttering counterfeit currency. Bond set at 30000 each. Case involves activity in Davenport Fargo and Morehead with five others held for investigation.
City council canceled the transfer of a Class B beer license from the Dinette Sandwich Shop to Club Royale after alleged failure to meet building statutes. The Dinette remains closed but the original permit to Merrill stands. cancellation bars use at Club Royale and may allow a new permit if surrendered in the future.
The city council, on the recommendation of city assessor Dom Ferereisen, appointed ten deputy assessors for 1936. Named are Newell F Alderman, George M Armstrong, J Archie Bunds, Frank M Danner, Merrill Heath, Daniel Helmich, Arthur H Mott, James F Scolaro, Hans J Smith, and James Ho Woodaide. Appointments recur annually at year start.
Norman Redecker, 9, in Los Angeles played a robber and detective with a toy pistol and badge. His mother found him dead, hanging from a door with a leather leash around his neck, ending his self styled game.
Advice on keeping the poinsettia and Christmas cactus blooming at home. Notes warmth and watering needs for the poinsettia, and draft avoidance, pot size, and humidity preferences for the cactus. Promotes the Home Institute booklet Success With House Plants and Flowers with a coupon to order.
The Associated Press reports a grim Christmas with 190 deaths from disasters, crashes, fires, and violence. Tragedies include 36 killed in a German train wreck, domestic killings in Philadelphia, shootings, and infant death in Carthage North Carolina. Fires in Hot Springs Arkansas and Oklahoma claim lives. a Kansas City woman ends her holiday with carbon monoxide suicide note.
Count Nobuaki Makino aged 75, a dominant figure in the imperial court and adviser to Emperor Yorohito, resigned Thursday from the post of lord keeper of the privy seal due to ill health.
Rep Hamilton Fish Jr declares for a Borah instructed New York delegation to the Cleveland convention a bid that guarantees a free for all for the state’s 94 votes.
Thomas W Lamont, New York banker and Harvard College class of 1692 alumnus, pledged 500000 dollars Thursday to establish the first professorship under Harvard University's 300th anniversary fund plan, in Cambridge Massachusetts.
Burglars struck the Evanston residence of John M. Scott son of Northwestern president Walter Dill Scott on Christmas night. They carried off all Christmas presents silver clothing and jewelry and even removed the wreath from the front door after a final look around.
Dionne quintuplets enjoy a Christmas with gifts to last at least a year. guardians promise to replace worn toys. Dr Dafoe equips hospital with shatterproof windows and breakable dishes. Dionne family and siblings visited but did not enter nursery due to colds.
Anna Pabst a young technician and co author of scientific papers at the National Institute of Health died from meningitis after culture splashed into her eye while inoculating an animal on December 17. She fell ill while Christmas shopping December 21 and died at 7 30 p m Wednesday night in emergency hospital.
In Washington a three year old, Thomas Norris Jr, choked on a Christmas nut, died after his father drove him toward a doctor. The car ran out of gas mid journey and was pushed uphill to the physician’s residence where the boy died.
Mildred McIntyre an 18 year old student dropped her heavy gold class ring near a fire at her father's farm home in Princess Anne Maryland. The ring fell onto a field mouse breaking its back and causing instant death.
New York AP reports plans for transatlantic air service next summer with Pan American Airways flying boat and American airlines preparing airmail and passenger routes. The move aims to open new markets and intensify competition as world air routes become trade routes.
In Chicago 23 year old Alice Hayden summoned her husband James 23 and 18 year old Josephine Carden to her apartment. After James chose the younger woman Mrs Hayden shot herself near their baby in the crib, ending the domestic drama.
probate records show John P Weyerhaeuser's estate to his children Mrs Elizabeth Titcomb J Philip and Frederick K Weyerhaeuser heirs in trust after his death May 16 grandchild George Weyerhaeuser kidnapped for ransom earlier estate valued in the millions at time of transfer
Miss Helen Robison daughter of Mr and Mrs Hamil Robison of South English married Lester Stanley son of Mr and Mrs Dayton Stanley of What Cheer Saturday at the Methodist parsonage in Webster with Rev R L Brown officiating. Attendants were Miss Lillian Brower and Hamil Robison. The couple will reside with the groom's parents for now.
New York reports show pre Christmas shopping up 10 percent from last year and nearly 20 percent from two years ago as shoppers spent about 4.5 billion dollars. Fewer accidents and generally merry crowds mark the holiday.
Special to The Gazette OELWEIN John Murphy 49 prominent Oelwein merchant died here Wednesday evening after several months illness He was part owner of the M and O Bootery in business twenty years and came to Oelwein from Fairbank Surviving wife one daughter Mrs Patrick Nolan Brownsville Texas and two grandchildren Funeral set for Saturday at 9 am at Sacred Heart church.
Edith Kidd born near Preston June 3 1898 married to Edward Bearbower July 24 1923 in Grand Forks NC. She died near Shady Grove after a year long illness. Funeral at Brandon Methodist Church conducted by Rev Russell Phillips. Burial in Brandon cemetery. Survived by husband two children James Edward 9 Bernita Lucille 7 parents three brothers and four sisters and two stepdaughters.
Center Point Eldon E Kirk 44 a farmer died Wednesday at 8 p m in a Cedar Rapids hospital from pneumonia after an operation Saturday He lived his life in this vicinity Surviving are his mother Mrs Fred Kirk Alburnett his wife and four children Harold Clifford Elza and Valera at home two brothers Howard Central City and Vernon Center Point and a sister Mrs Hazel Price Alburnett Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Christian church in Lafayette with Rev Mr Brierman in charge
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