Cedar Rapids hosts dual New Year celebrations in 1939 finale
Cedar Rapids marks the end of 1939 with two New Year observances at the Country Club and various hotels. Hosted dinners and breakfast gatherings feature Frances Blaul and a wide circle of local families, guests from Pomona College, Evanston, Toledo, and Mason City, plus many couples at Dutch treat tables. The event includes elaborate decorations, late suppers, and planned arrivals at Union Station as part of a weekend of gaiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Frances Blaul
Woman's Club Plans Mexican Fiesta Luncheon
Cedar Rapids Woman's club social committee met at Mrs. John T. Hecker's home to arrange a Mexican fiesta luncheon for January 8 at the Roosevelt hotel. The event features a Mexican themed menu decorations and a program with souvenirs from Mexico and a speaker discussing Indian and peasant classes. Committees are set and reservations will be arranged this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Visitors Bring Holiday Socials to Cedar Rapids
Visitors from Boston Lancaster and Westport help host holiday gatherings in Cedar Rapids. Betsy Quarton and Gardner Quarton host Miss Ann Poor of Boston and Mr Shand of Lancaster, with Virginia Collins entertaining guests for the Welch Miller home. Vivien Buser departs for Chicago for a winter sports house party, while Fred Beerstecher and wife return to Three Rivers Michigan after visiting Worth Averill and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Quarton
Gardner Quarton
Indian Road
Ann Poor
Boston
George Lindsay
Kenneth Lindsay
Nineteenth Street
Quartons
Jim Shand
Lancaster
Poor
Virginia Collins
First Avenue E
Edmund Welch Miller, Jr
Westport
Conn
Isaac B. Smith
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Vivien Buser
Avenue NE
Chicago
Drury Davis
Evanston
Davis Cottage
Eagle River
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Fred Beerstecher
Three Rivers
Mich
Worth Averill
Mr. Averill
Second Avenue SE
Last Of Vacation Parties Tomorrow
Dr and Mrs Halpin of 125 Eighteenth street will depart Tuesday for a three week motor trip to California. They will take the southern route and visit Mr and Mrs Gail Burck in Pasadena before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Halpin
Eighteenth Street
California
Halpins
Gail Burck
Pasadena
Miss Diane Waples to Return From West
Miss Diane Waples daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank C Waples will return Monday morning after two weeks in Palo Alto California with her brother Robert Waples a Stanford graduate student Her parents will stay longer for a visit Also noted is a frontier roundup party hosted by Jeanne Rowe and Jean Killen with local guests photographed by Cari Dueser
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Diane Waples
Frank C. Waples
Forest Drive
Palo Alto
Calif
Robert Waples
Stanford University
Jeanne Rowe
Harold J. Rowes
Jean Killen
Fred H. Killens
Stewart Holmes Family Returns From Southern Motoring Trip
Mr and Mrs Stewart Holmes and their sons Bill and Jimmy returned Friday from a two week motor trip in the south They visited New Orleans Biloxi and Natchez on the journey home arriving at 369 Forest drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
Bill
Jimmy
South
New Orleans
Biloxi
Natchez
Martha and Jim Trewin Return to Schools
Miss Martha Trewin daughter of Harold and Mrs Trewin 1950 Fourth Avenue SE departed Saturday to resume her teaching post in Scottsdale Ariz after Christmas with her parents The Trewin son Jim left Saturday to visit Boone before returning to Iowa at college where he is a student
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Trewin
Harold R. Trewin
Fourth Avenue SE
Scotsdale
Ariz
Trewins
Jim Trewin
Boone
Iowa
Local Social Roundup Hosts and New Year Parties
Mrs L T Jackson hosts her daughter Mrs Robert Strehlow and Mr Strehlow of Peoria Illinois as weekend guests. Sam H Nigh and his mother Mrs W H Nigh visit from Minneapolis. Mr and Mrs William G Isom return from Christmas in Scarsdale New York. New Year events begin as schools reopen with brunch dances at Cedar Rapids Country Club and open house at Miss Margaret Barngrover’s home. Evening supper dance at Miss Pamela Shackel’s home gathers a group of local teens and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Jackson
Neil Montgomery
Linden Drive
Jackson
Robert Strehlow
Mr. Strehlow
Peoria
Ill
Bonnie Mae Diebold
A. J. Diebold
Grande Avenue
Cedar Rapids Country Clu
Diebold
Margaret Barngrover
Walter J. Barngrover
Bever Avenue SE
Barngrover
Jeanne Cash
Kathryn Barngrover
Virginia Hendrickson
Joan Yessler
Pamela Shackel
Frances Marshall
Nancy Green
Marion Toms
Corrine Hendrickson
Rose Marie Doty
Bill Simmons
Ted Ely
Tom Pickford
Bob Fentans
Jim Lick
Larry Johnson
Jack Bell
David Derling
Sutherland Dows
Johnny Bob Horton
Gordon Fennell, Jr
Rachel Witwer
The
Commonwealth Apartments
van Dyck Fort
New York City
John Lincoln Porter
Evaneston
Allen S. Weller
Columbia, Mo
Judith
A J Barth Honored At Surprise Party
A surprise party Saturday evening honored A J Barth at 365 Forest drive SE with a picnic supper hosted by neighborhood friends. Guests listed include Hans N Boyson Elizabeth Travis A W Carlton Charles J Bready Herbert C Ring B Harrington and A J Barth. Chester A Barth of San Francisco will visit Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Barth
Forest Drive
Barth
Hans N. Boyson
Elizabeth Travis
A. W. Carlton
Charles J. Bready
Herbert C. Ring
B. Harrington
Chester A. Barth
San Francisco
Progressive New Year Parties Held Across Local Homes
Two groups plan progressive celebrations starting early in the evening at multiple homes. Hosts include Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert M. Bates, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Cutler, with additional gatherings featuring Miss Mary Zuer cher, Miss Dorothy Spencer, and Ralph Gearhart Jr. The schedule moves through courses ending at the Kenneth Lindsay Jr. residence to ring in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Bird
Third Avenue SE
Gilbert M. Bates
Linden Drive
Harry O. Cutler
Ridgeway Drive
John W. Altfillisch
C. D. Hedberg
Joe Cross
Mary Zuercher
Dorothy Spencer
Miss Spencer
C. M. Spencer
Fourth Avenue
Ralph Gearhart, Jr
Ralph W. Gearhart
Twentyfirst
Gordon McKay
Kathryn Claassen
Peng S
George C. Claassen
Woodland Drive
Horace Hedges, Jr
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street SE
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Kenneth Lindsay
Nineteenth Street SE
Lindsay
Frances Braul
Bonnie Mae Diebold
Louise Flaherty
Virginia Hendrickson
Dorothy Little
Kathryn Wandel
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Barbara Rogers
Bob Tucker
John Jacobs
Bryce Fisher
Martin Hanson
Billiom David Keehn
Eugene Pinney
Bob Taylor
Charles Anox
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Theodore F. Blaul
Carolyn White
Patricia Graves
Jack Talbot
A. H. Talbot
Miss Blaul
Talbot
Union Station
Margaret Ann Foster
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Pomona College
Claremont
Neo Host Party
Country Club
Frederick N. Lutz
Albert P. Jenkins
Reginald B. Figge
Glenn W. Hopkins
Ray J. Mills
Charles H. Breyman
Toledo
Ohio
Harry D. Durham
Alvin W. Allen
J. Elliott Davis
Lawrence J. Halpin
James Y. Canfield
Douglas F. Boynton
N. P. Craemer
Milo A. Chehak
J. J. Studer
J. Hamilton Bell
A. C. Hoblitzell
Justin W. Albright
Jerome Gearhart
R. F. McGinnis
P. A. Stover
Haverly V. Jones
Edith Knox
Kenneth Bogaard
Kathleen Carey
Ann Winslow
JoAnn Hanzlik
Della Mae Nash
Bob O'Meara
Bill Brown
George Durin
Robert Shepard
Mason City
Nash
Allen Nash
Carl K. Linge
Woman's Club
Wisconsin
Fred Beerstechers
Michigan
Mrs. Halpin
West
C. S. P. S. Corral
Henrietta Dows
Don Hersch
T. Frank Hersch
Betty Mae Sommer
E. W. Sommer
Peggie Bode
Charles Bode
Ned Sheehy
Edward Sheehy
David Pickford
Roswell H. Pickford
E. J. Carey
Bill Bloomhall
C. W. Bloomhall
Jessie Benson
Harry C. Benson
Rowe
Gun Killen
Bob Meek
Stanley R. Meek
Miss Rowe
Miss Killen
Donald Ross
Harold J. Ross
Betty Gage
Harry M. Gage
Bill Norris
J. N. Norris
Cari Dueser
Martha
Robert Strehlows
SAM H. Nighs
Minneapolis
Sam H. Nigh
Mr. Nigh
W. H. Nigh
William G. Isoms
Scarsdale
William G. Isom
C Avenue
N. Y
Isom
Edward Isom
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