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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1939
Page
35
Cedar Rapids marks 1939 with two New Year observances as hotels host watch parties and breakfast gatherings at the Country Club. Notable hosts include Miss Frances Blaul and numerous local couples sharing dinners, Dutch treat tables, and arrivals from Pomona College and Evanston, Illinois.
Photographs capture a series of holiday gatherings with Jeanne Rowe and Jean Killen hosting, featuring attendees such as Henrietta Dows Don Hersch Betty Mae Sommer Peggie Bode Ned Sheehy and others. New Year events include a brunch dance at Cedar Rapids Country Club and an open house hosted by Miss Margaret Barnegrover with about 75 invites.
A surprise party Saturday evening honored A J Barth at 365 Forest Drive SE with a picnic supper. Guests included Mr and Mrs Hans N Boyson Mrs Elizabeth Travis Mr and Mrs A W Carlton Dr and Mrs Charles J Bready Judge and Mrs Herbert C Ring Dr and Mrs B Harrington and Mr and Mrs Barth. On Sunday Chester A Barth of San Francisco will visit his parents Mr and Mrs A J Barth. Also listed are Mrs John Lincoln Porter and Miss Rachel Witwer among others visiting over the holiday weekend.
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club social committee organized arrangements for a Mexican fiesta luncheon and program set for January 8 at the Roosevelt hotel. Mrs. John J. Hecker hosted the meeting at 1803 First Avenue East. A guest speaker will present souvenirs from Mexico and discuss the Indian and peasant classes. Committees and reservations are being finalized.
City hosts welcomed out of town guests for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Betsy Quarton and Gardner Quarton entertained in honor of Miss Ann Poor of Boston and fiance George Lindsay. Virginia Collins hosted an open house for Miss Poor and Mr and Mrs Edmund Welch Miller Jr. Holiday travel included Vivien Buser joining a winter sports party near Eagle River Wisconsin. Fred Beerstecher and wife left Cedar Rapids after visiting their daughter Worth Averill.
Dr and Mrs Lawrence J Halpin of 125 Eighteenth Street NE will leave Tuesday morning 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. Miss Diane Waples daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank C Waples of 331 Forest Drive SE will return Monday after two weeks at Palo Alto California with her brother Robert Waples a Stanford graduate student. Her parents accompany her to the coast and will remain longer.
Two local groups planned progressive dining events to welcome the new year. The first group will start at George M. Bird’s home and proceed to Gilbert Bates and Harry Cutler homes for courses with multiple couples. A second group of students will dine at Mary Spencer’s and Spencer’s daughter Kathryn Claassen’s homes, ending at Kenneth Lindsay Jr.’s house as midnight approaches.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Holmes and their sons Bill and Jimmy return Friday from a two week motor trip in the south visiting New Orleans Biloxi and Natchez on the way home to 369 Forest Drive SE.
Miss Martha Trewin daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold R Trewin 1950 Fourth avenue SE left Saturday to resume her teaching position in Scottsdale Arizona after Christmas with her parents The Trewins son Jim Trewin left Saturday to visit in Boone before returning to Iowa State College where he is a student
Mrs L T Jackson and Mr and Mrs Neil Montgomery host visitors over the weekend. Mrs Strehlow from Peoria Illinois and Mr Strehlow are among the guests. Mr and Mrs Sam H Nigh of Minneapolis visit with Mrs Nigh’s mother.
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