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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1939

Page

17

Holiday Parties At Mt. Vernon Gather Town Figures

Mt Vernon events highlight family reunions and social gatherings. Notables include Prof. and Mrs. T. R. McConnell and others from St Paul Garwin Dubuque and Cedar Rapids plus plans for New Year celebrations at Grange Gables and the Hahn anniversary. Community groups meet for teas picnics and club activities at 519 Fifteenth Street NE and elsewhere.

Mount Vernon Kegley T. R. McConnell St. Paul Alice Kegley Garwin C. E. Kegley Grace Kegley Dubuque R. A. Nelson McConr Cial Tohn Maddox John C Marjory Milns Zen Carleton Bradley Frank Hahn Samuel McLaughlin Marjorie Hartung Hillis Blood Hartung J. R. Eyre Baker House Marilyn Scarbrough P.E.O E. C. Pratt J. D. Bowers Allan Whitney Akron Bernedine Burge Newton Fifteenth Street Frank W. Barta

Gardening On Paper and Coal Ashes For Garden Use

A gardening column encourages planning on paper to optimize yard layout and makes practical notes on soils and soil improvement. It reviews books on garden science and notes coal ashes and pulverized coal as soil conditioners with benefits such as improved texture moisture retention and erosion control. The piece highlights pollination propagation plant hormones and winter reading ideas from America’s Garden Book and Earth’s Green Mantle.

America Louise James Bush-Brown Sydney Maughan

Church Organizations Meet Across City Venues

A dense notice lists multiple church groups scheduling meetings this week. Circles from First Baptist Westminster and St Matthew’s plan luncheons, discussions, and guest speakers at various homes and church rooms in the city.

Anniversary club hosts party at Horstmann home

The Anniversary club men hosted a party at the Horstmann home with card scores earned by Ardess Timm, Mrs. Ernest Reynolds, Mrs. Gus Griebel, Lotus Malmanger, Martian O'Neill and Lars Nerbus. The Enoroidery club met next day. prizes awarded to Mrs. John Mueller and Mrs. George Wagner. January 11 meeting planned with Minnie Walker. Mayor Virgil A White and wife entertained the Evening Beste Yette card club. prizes went to Mrs. Joseph Yarolem, Mrs. John Hayes, Joseph Yarolem and Eli Petersen.

Cora Adolph Horstmann Ardess Timm Ernest Reynolds Gus Griebel Lotus Malmanger Martian O'Neill Lars Nerbus Josie Buell John Mueller George Wagner Minnie Walker Virgil A. White Evening Beste Yette Card Club Joseph Yarolem John Hayes Eli Petersen

Christmas Tales From Cedar Rapids and Beyond

A Cedar Rapids Christmas features gifts signed by University of Iowa stars including Nile Kinnick and Coach Eddie Anderson. Other notices recount toy organ exchanges, a broken gift box recovered, and a Cedar Rapids dinner with the Lunts at the Hotel Blackstone in Fort Worth. family telephones link relatives across cities, and local clubs and circles schedule meetings this week.

University of Iowa Nile Kinnick Eddie Anderson Suddie Dows Robert Downing Cedar Rapids Lunt- Fontanne Blackstone Fort Worth Lynn Fontanne Santa Claus S. P. Moore Fred Loftus Pittsburgh C. J. Loftus Chicago J. L. Loftus Los Angeles Kansas City Florence Loftus West Union Moore

P.T.A Council and Related Meetings Schedule

P T A council meetings set for Tuesday at 2 p.m in the Board of Education building with Sergeant Clarence Day of the highway patrol as speaker. Magazine chairmen gather Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at the Board of Education. Fillmore parent education class meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the school. Members should bring the December magazine. Mothers Chorus meets Thursday at the Y W C A.

P. T. A. Council Board of Education Clarence Day Highway Paetrol Fillmore

Church meetings and guilds listed for week in local notices

New Year gatherings at Kenwood Presbyterian Grace Episcopal Immaculate Conception and other churches include fruit desserts luncheons picnics and tea. Circles auxiliaries and missionary groups meet at various times and locations such as 227 Johnson avenue 113 Crescent street SE 2250 Bever avenue SE 1301 Sixth street NW and 1155 K avenue NW with hosts named for each event.

Libbie Worden Sarah Baird Sixth Street Ladies Aid Alice Crawford K Avenue NW

Miss Weld Engaged to Karl Swanberg of Boston

Dr and Mrs LeRoy D Weld announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Virginia L to Karl Everett Swanberg of Boston She is a Coe college graduate and assistant editor of The Boys World in Elgin Ill He attended the University of Iowa and serves as pastor of the Valley View Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh Pa while studying at Western Theological Seminary

LeRoy D. Weld Blake Boulevard Virginia L Karl Everett Swanberg Boston Miss Weld Coe College Delta Delta Delta Sorority Phi Kappa Phi Phi Sigma Iota Boys’ World Elgin Ill Swanberg University of Iowa

How's Your LO on Catty Disposition

Ruth Millett presents a cattiness quiz and notes a zero score if none of the 10 items fit. The piece leads into local club notices and holiday events including the Creative Writers Group of the A A W meeting at Mrs. Frederick G Murray’s home and American Legion auxiliary meeting details, with tidbits of a Christmas party at Sokol hall.

Myra Dorothy Mary Davis Creative Writers Group of The A.A. W Frederick G. Murray B Avenue NE Elsie Magnusson

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Mt. Vernon Children’s Home Louis Cullman W. L. Hoffer Charles Korous H. L. Nehlis C. A. de Lano Mrs. Layer Husband Lawrence Layer Eighteenth Street Layer Charlie Blecher Roland Pierson Harvey Manuel Wyoming Lee Poncin C Avenue NW Czech Fine Arts Czech Fine Arts Society Z. C B. J Hail Board OF Managers, Home For Aged Women the Home For Aged Women Ambassador Ambassador Circle of the King’s Daughters E. Russell Wolfe Third Avenue SE Woman's Club Chorus Marvin Gard W. Kluber Paul Gard M. Everhart Cardinal Wilbert Walton Weir First Christian May Frick John Hockaday K Avenue NE Missionary Society First Baptist Philathea E. E. Reynolds First Avenue E Elsie Lester Thirty-third Street F. C. Reid Central Park the Missionary Society Warren A. Hansen Twentieth Street Arthur Baxter Ladies Missionary Society Oliver Presbyterian First Congregational Woman's Association William A. Jacobs Claude Krebs Lester Thompson Twenty-fourth Street W. H. Nelson E. R. Moore R. W. Frahm Second Avenue T. K. Hefner F. E. Bramhall Howard Britton J. W. Hopp Lydian Society Gertrude Kettler Fourth Avenue SW Grande Avenue Elizabeth Gordon Helen Murch Westminster Women's Missionary Society W. J. Barngrover Japan St. Matthew's St. Rita’s Circle William Ryan Woman's Missionary Society Chester S. Johnson Twenty-seventh Street Drive First Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society Carl D. Thomas Washington Avenue SE Kenwood Methodist Ladies Foreign Missionary Society J. J. Calkins Thirtieth Street Aid Society Missionary and Industrial Societies Harry Meyer F Avenue NW Trinity Lutheran Church Paror Trinity Methodist Hi-Y's Boy Scouts Stunita Guardian H. N. Steele Thirteenth Street NW Wahandaka Ladies’ Aid Society Calamus Tattle-Tales Lou Jerry Gearhart B. F. Crenshaw Miss Fontanne God Save the King Mary Daddy” Martin Lunts Anna Fayhin R. C. Blinns Mrs. R. C. Blinn Waterloo Mrs. Blinn Mrs. H. J. Minehart Windermere Apartments Westwood Club Westwood Community Club Ed Nolans Fourteenth Street SE King’s Daughters Howard Funk Seventeenth Street P.T.A. Meetings Magazine Mothers’ Chorus Oda Wakichi F. L Johnson Avenue Kenwood Presbyterian St. Joan’s Circle F. W. Franey Crescent Street SE Grace Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary Guild J. G. Pauba Bever Avenue SE Immaculate Conception St. Margaret's Circle Killian’s Tea Room St. Paul's Missionary Societies Mahala Pratt Guild L. A. Buse Meadowbrook Drive Bethany Congregational Edward McQuiston J. Stuart McQuiston Twenty-sixth Street Young Edward Owan Monona St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Monona High School Collette Bentien Alumni Association Lloyd Drahn Mervyn Pape Raymond Hopfer Shirley Ferguson E. G. Kettlekamp Robert Jasman Kettlekamp Lutheran Sewing Circle Ed Cordes Harry Wiethorn Glen Crain O. G. Glesne Mark Loveland L. D. Anderson O. H. Kirkler George Wiethorn Maxine Horsley Columbia, Mo G. W. Tappe Rosary Liciete St. Patrick’s Church I. O. O. F. Hall Eve Montrose Ruth Millett American Legion Auxiliary Meeting American Legion Auxiliary Hanford Post No Memorial Building Adelphia Circle Sokol Hall FS Mitwalsky & CO Lial Rapids
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