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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1939
Page
36
A light New Year dessert plan features pineapple snow with orange custard sauce and a chilled fruit compote followed by a spongy gelatin dessert. The piece also notes holiday visits and a long birthday dinner honoring Peter C. Laetare with a large family gathering.
Junior auxiliary members visited Mrs. Madge Henderson. A bridge party hosted by Mrs. L F Davis honored Mrs. Alex Evans of LaVerne. Attendees included Mrs. George Van Deusen of Iowa City and several Central City residents. Lois Hutchins Palmer married Leo White December twenty first in Manchester. They will reside in Marion. Mrs. L K Hatch hosted Tri Laura circle of O E S with Ward Woodbridge assisting.
Springville hosts a Tuesday dinner honoring Mr. F. G. Hunte and Will Sheehhammer on their birthdays. Virginia Wiley led a Sunday school party on Thursday with guests including Jean Caldwell and Mary Jean Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. L. Batchelder entertained Wednesday for Marvin Batchelder’s family from Klemme. Mrs. G W Gearhart and Mrs. R F Wiley led Presbyterian Missionary safety activities Friday with Mesdames C L Bure Pughs and Albert Pollack presenting the lesson.
Members of the Bethany Circle met Thursday with Mrs Ida File and Mrs Vernon Weeden hosted at the event. The gathering followed arranged activities and discussions in a small community setting.
Iowa City hosts two New Year open houses with the Gilmore and Voigt households welcoming guests from 3 to 6 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. respectively. The city gears up with dances, teas, showers, and anniversaries as residents gather at homes, hotels, and churches to mark the holiday period.
The Community association will host an oyster supper at the hall Tuesday at 6 p.m. under the direction of Mrs Mildred Brown and Mr and Mrs Earl Moore. An oyster supper and social hour were held at Dr Ross's home Friday before the weekly prayer meeting.
Mrs. Pearl Ivey travels to Los Angeles for the winter with her sister. Mrs. Beatrice Nichols and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith depart for California for the season. Miss Emma Hormel leaves for Cheyenne Wyoming to resume dietitian work. Boy Scout troop to receive charter Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the high school auditorium with cards and service stars. Legion supper at Legion hall Tuesday 7 p.m. followed by a movie. Red Cross totals 441 members with receipts 486 97.
Hilda Schaull and Barton Sherwood married on Christmas Day at the Rev. Carl W. Klein home in Washington. The couple, both of Sigourney, are the children of local families and will live in Sigourney after their wedding.
The Troy Mills social club of the Methodist church was entertained at Mrs. Helen Simmon home on Thursday. A miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs. Clare Washburn was held at Nancy Washburn’s home Friday with Mrs. Jean Washburn assisting.
Evening dress pattern Anne Adams 4240 offered in misses sizes 12 to 20. Size 16 gown requires 55 plus 39 inch fabric. Back skirt pleats bustle or peplum with cord sash. Send 15c for pattern, 25c for pattern book and pattern together. Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY.
Mrs L C Hekel of Quasqueton announces the approaching marriage of their daughter Donna of Cedar Rapids to Harry C Buchanan son of Mr and Mrs J H Buchanan of Quasqueton. The wedding is set New Year’s Day at the Hekel home in Quasqueton and the bride is a Mercy Hospital graduate nurse. The couple will reside at 212 Twelfth Street SE Williamsburg Lou is H Iburg announces the coming marriage of daughter Hilda to Rudolph Von Weihe son of Mr and Mrs John Von Weihe. The wedding will be Jan 3 at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev T H Joeckel officiating. The couple will live on a farm east of Williamsburg.
Grace Peck of Blairstown wed Bernard A. Bracker of Dubuque at First Presbyterian church with the ceremony led by Rev. J. C. B. Peck. Attendants and out of town guests were listed. the couple will reside in Dubuque and high tea followed.
Mrs Jerome Wilson hosted a luncheon honoring Mrs Bur dette Wilson of Waterloo a recent bride and Miss Beth Wilson a bride elect with forthcoming marriage to Robert Beebe of Sioux City. In West Union Virginia Hinsenbrock married Patrick Meskel at Holy Name church with attendants and music. Mable Carlisle and Yearl F Whyte wed in Davenport with relatives attending. the couple will reside in Davenport after Whyte joins the Davenport Besler firm.
Mrs W J Garvey hosted a birthday celebration at her Masonville home for her mother Mrs Charles Mersch. Five hundred prizes were awarded to La Venne Mersch and Mrs Mildred Van Auken with several guests including Mrs P H Dig gins Mrs Agnes McGraw Mrs M Morrissey Charles and Mollie Ryan in attendance.
Members of the Norway Commercial club entertained their wives at a Thursday dinner. Mrs. Chester Towe hosted the Norway Cemetery association at her home Thursday. The 500 club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Ralph Buchanan on Wednesday.
Mrs Blanche Shala entertained H J club members at her Riverside home on Wednesday. The gathering also celebrated the birthday of Ray Sojka with a pound shower for the hostess.
Brandon area Methodist choir members and families, directed by Mrs D H Revel, were entertained at the Everett Weart home with Mrs Ethel Stainbrook assisting. Mrs Agnes Greene announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Loretta to Hubert Osweiler of Webster. wedding set for January 18 at St Marys in Sigourney, with the couple to live on a Webster area farm. Vlasta Bezdecny, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Berdecny, announces her upcoming marriage to Ernest Sulek of Solon. wedding planned for February 3 at the Czech Reformed church. Bezdecny is a Washington High School graduate and with Western Bohemian Fraternal Association for two years. Sulek is Cedar Rapids Business College graduate and a farmer.
A party in the Alburnett school gym Wednesday celebrated the Christmas Day marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Kennedy of Cedar Rapids. The bride Dorothy Stick, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. W. E. Stick of Alburnett, wed at the bride’s grandparents home in Lafayette. Sixty guests enjoyed a covered dish dinner as the Miller family orchestra of Lafayette provided music and the couple received many gifts.
Margaret McNeill and William D. Fowler wed at the Monticello home of her parents with Rev. Samuel G. Gutensohn officiating. A reception followed and the couple will reside in Rochester after January 15. Mrs. Fowler is a Frances Shimer and University of Iowa graduate. Mr. Fowler is a University of Iowa alumnus with Eastman Kodak in Rochester.
The 1938 Williamsburg high school graduating class gathered at the town hall Tuesday with Mrs. E. M. McGrew and others in charge of refreshments. An all county American Legion party followed at the town hall Friday. St Pauls Lutheran Church honored parish women at a birthday party Thursday with fifty attendees and a program featuring Rev Bertram and local youth.
Mrs Frank Sebastian hosted the West Post Project club Wednesday. The next meeting is Jan 17 at Mrs Lawrence Dresser's home. Mrs John Burrows hosted an American Legion auxiliary gathering. Contract club members entertained their husbands with a dinner at Blue Arrow cafe and bridge at Mr and Mrs Leonard Casten's home. Thelma Johnson of Decorah and Richard Allen of Castalia wed Sunday by Rev Wm M Suchow in the United Brethren parsonage.
Calmar Mr and Mrs W W Hazelton announce the marriage of their daughter Lois Ann to Robert Shepherd of Lawler. The Sept 12 ceremony at St Ambrose rectory Des Moines was performed by Rev Father Meyers with Mr and Mrs W H Gulligan as attendants. After Feb 1 they will reside in Des Moines.
Mr and Mrs Frank Newhall announce the marriage of their daughter Mabel to Kenneth Walrick son of Mr and Mrs J Wallick of Sheldon. The ceremony occurred December 24 in Sheldon and the couple will reside there.
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