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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1947

Page

7

Miss Witousek Becomes Bride at St Pauls Methodist

Miss Inez Witousek and Thomas Hartley wed Thursday at St Pauls Methodist with Rev Charles Arnold officiating. The couple, living in Western after a Roosevelt hotel reception for 36, plan to reside in Western.

St. Paul's Methodist Church Inez Witousek J. Alfred Witousek Thomas Hartley Clarence C. Hartley Mechanicsville Charles Arnold Lisbon Marshall Hickman Richard Wherry June Buchanan Dayton Ohio Don Witousek Ernest Buresh Joseph Viktor Florentine Roosevelt Hotel Collins Radio Company Hartley Army Air Forces Western

Mrs Gertrude Madison Hosts Tea at Washington Avenue

Mrs Gertrude Madison entertained Thursday afternoon at a small tea located at 1407 Washington Avenue SE. Mrs Melvin K Ferguson hosted her neighborhood club Wednesday afternoon with a dessert luncheon at 2225 Mt Vernon Avenue SE.

Gertrude Madison Washington Avenue SE Melvin K. Ferguson Mt Vernon Avenue

Thursday Bridge Club Hostess Mrs Bever Hosts Luncheon

Mrs James Bever of 2001 Park Avenue SE hosted the Thursday bridge club at luncheon with members gathered for the social afternoon.

James Bever Park Avenue SE

Mrs Allen Nash Back From Missouri Trip

Mrs Allen Nash of 2316 Country Club Parkway SE Cedar Rapids has returned after a three week visit in Excelsior Springs Missouri with no reported incidents or changes in her travel plans.

Allen Nash Missouri Country Club Parkway SE Cedar Rapids Excelsior Springs

Connie Dennison Honored At Bridge Luncheon

Mrs. Pierre A. Tracy hosted a Friday bridge luncheon at 2546 Meadowbrook Drive SE honoring Miss Connie Dennison. Twelve guests attended. Dennison is to be married February 15 to Howard C. Petterson of Tacoma.

Pierre A. Tracy Meadowbrook Drive Connie Dennison Miss Dennison Howard C. Petterson Tacoma

Mrs. Harlan Amen Hosts Friday Bridge Club

Mrs. Harlan R. Amen of 2537 Vernoncourt SE entertained her Cedar Rapids Bridge Club Friday at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with refreshments and social play.

Harlan Amen Harlan R. Amen Vernoncourt Cedar Rapids Country Club

Readers club luncheon hosted by Mrs Griffith Wodtke

Mrs Griffith Wodtke entertained the Readers club at luncheon on Thursday at 324 Crescent street SE. Mrs Charles J Lynch Jr led the program.

Griffith Wodtke Crescent Street Charles J. Lynch, Jr

Designing Woman by Elizabeth Hillyer Dressmaking Tips

This piece advises choosing generous fabric and careful finishing for dresses and dressing tables. It explains doubling skirt fulness for heavy fabrics and tripling for light ones, plus a technique for smooth heading using two parallel stitch rows and a bodkin threaded tape.

Elizabeth Hillyer

Designer’s list names ten worst dressed Hollywood women

Fashion designer Ray Driscoll ranks Judy Garland at the top of Hollywood’s ten worst dressed women. He criticizes her as a tired clubwoman and jokes that she hasn’t taken his advice. The list includes Greer Garson Deanna Durbin Jane Russell Diana Lynn Joan Fontaine Jeanne Crain Dinah Shore Maria Montez and Constance Moore with sharp quips on their styles.

Hollywood Ray Driscoll Judy Garland Driscoll Greer Garson Deanna Durbin Jane Russell Diana Lynn Joan Fontaine Jeanne Crain Dinah Shore Maria Montez Constance Moore

VA Woman's Affairs Adviser Job Abolished

Veterans Administration chief Omar N. Bradley disbanded the post of adviser on women's affairs citing lower than expected participation by women veterans. The Sunshine circle of the King's Daughters met at Mrs. Minnie McMillan's home with devotions led by Mrs. Ida Thompson.

VA Woman's Affairs Washington Omar N. Bradley Sunshine Circle of the King’s Daughters Minnie McMillan Highteenth Street Ida Thompson Lena Borschel Stanley Fockler Henrietta Boquist Ida Miller Washington Avenue

Waukaha Camp Fire Elects Officers and Meets for Dessert

The Waukaha Camp Fire group elected Joy Oliver as president, Jean Benest as vice president and scribe, Lucinda O’Brien as secretary, Marlene Dorland as treasurer, Pat Taft as junior high council representative, and Joyce Hoffman as telephone girl. LHN circle of the Kings Daughters met Thursday at Miss Lenore Beck’s home to hold devotions by Mrs. Thomas Baker and hem handkerchiefs for the Community House.

Waukaha Camp Joy Oliver Jean Benest Lucinda O’brien Marlene Dorland Pat Taft Junior High Council Joyce Hoffman Lh.n. Circle of the King’s Daughters Lenore Beck Fourth Avenue Thomas Baker

Kelly Noel Kelly Named Keen Teen King Candidate at St Patrick's

Louise Johnston reports Kelly Noel Kelly, St Patrick's senior, tall and fashionably poised, earned Keen Teen Klub selection as one of two school king candidates for the Sweetheart Ball. He once shot baskets but now roots. enjoys snooker and dancing with future college in view. The Hearty party's King Queen reveal arrives Feb 15 after profiles snapped at the Y Monday 8:30 p.m.

Louise Johnston Kelly Noel Kelly St. Pat’s Keen Teen Klub Shooter Kelly Guy Lombardo Keen Keen Teen Marion David Rose Jim Richmond Darlene Heefner Mary Ellen Dumbalton McKinley George Lehman Don Warren Patti Colvin Kathy Hodge Wilson Doug Hamilton Harold Stein Joan Woodford

Neighborhood Y activities highlight junior and teen groups

The McKinley Junior Y Teens elect Betsy Alexander as president and list officers. Wilson Hi-Yo-Teens plan a boy girl box supper to raise conference funds with square and social dancing afterward. Roosevelt Junior-YTeen potluck supper includes new member recognition. Lovell Wright to teach group song leading for girls from seven clubs starting Wednesday at 7 PM.

Barbara Hubert Roosevelt Sally Woodford Pat Pealer Pat Holsinger Norma Garner Aleda Lundquist Lovell Wright St. Paul’s Church

Credit Women’s Breakfast Club Holds Meeting

Mrs. John T. Massey of the Killian Company addressed the group. Mrs. Edna Wright urged members to register for the credit conference March 16 through 18.

John T. Massey The Killian Company Credit Women’s Breakfast Club Edna Wright Credit Conference

Ethel Evans Circle Holds Salad Luncheon in Maplewood Drive Home

The King's Daughters Ethel Evans circle met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Hoyt Thomas’s home 1616 Maplewood Drive NE for a salad luncheon. Mrs. Thomas led devotions and Mrs. W H Flickinger oversaw Bible study. Members began a new sewing project.

Ethel Evans The King’s Daughters Hoyt Thomas Maplewood Drive Thomas W. H. Flickinger

City Receives Gas Tax Transfer For Improvements

City Treasurer Walter E. Miller announced Cedar Rapids collected 11184.57 from the Iowa state gas tax fourth cent for December and January. The funds join 107000 received last month in a special public improvements fund for street and highway work, to be used when projects are economical, per Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams.

Walter E. Miller

CAIGREN Sunday pie meal and chicken bake recipe

Practical Sunday menu features baked potatoes, green beans, celery radish and onions, Sunshine pudding with apricot sauce, and a tomato soup. Detailed steps cover roasting a chicken, mushroom layers, rich biscuit dough crust, Sunshine pudding, and creamy tomato soup with milk, flour, and tomatoes.

Caigren

New Twins Raise Johnsons to 21 Children in Dallas

Eddie Johnson, 45, and Belzora Johnson, 44, celebrate twins as the couple’s 20th and 21st children. The latest birth is their fourth set of twins and their 15 living children share a nine room home in Dallas. Eddie quit promising a large family 27 years ago.

Dallas Texas Eddie Johnson Johnson Eddie Belzora

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Miss Witousek Norcross Valentines Designing Woman Sunshine Circle Circle Seo eReinn Cymonette Killian Repuiente AND Harper's Bazaar Valentine Sioppers Anal Gue Vaughn Monroe Paramount Theater Richard Violet Pied Pipers Nicholas Fats Waller Moppin’ and Boppin Betsy Alexander Carolyn Chamipar Janet Whitmore Edith Bissell Mrs. Massey Styles Ine Krebs 1St Ave Dial Revere KODAK Bell & Howell Baldridge Third Street Harmony Robbins Appliance CO Westinghouse CASCO Proctor Robbins General Electric Second Avenue Siegel Second Avenue SE Valentine
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