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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1952
Page
2
Eleanor Morden, former Clinton resident now in Cedar Rapids, will review The Gift by Madeleine Nuttall before Cedar Rapids Woman's Club. Mrs. Morden, a seasoned reader, will be joined by a chorus directed by Mrs. A. R. Locke. Several club sessions and social events are slated.
Helen A. Snyder becomes bride of Francis H. Anton at St Paul’s Methodist Church Cedar Rapids with 150 guests. The couple will reside at 1577 Second Avenue SE after a California wedding trip. The bride wore a dusty rose satin two piece dress and orchid corsage. Francis is employed by Hearn Stevenson Motor Co. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Marvin B Kober with music by Mrs Marshall Hickman and Mrs E H Krueger.
Mrs Reuben Smith of Marshalltown announces the approaching marriage of daughter Bonita Ann Smith to Daryl Thorpe son of Mr and Mrs Earl Thorpe of Ellendale North Dakota The couple are Iowa State College students with Thorpe a senior Bonita attended Coe College and is associated with ISU The wedding is planned for February 22.
The Cedar Rapids Alumnae chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon will be installed Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Roosevelt hotel by national Mu Phi officer Mrs Ray L Clark. Miss Bonesteel will be president and Miss Ohmann vice president with a dinner at 7 pm for alumnae patrons and members.
Robert L Reynolds editor of Today will speak at a Mt Mercy college press conference for the Iowa region NFCCS. The program includes a welcome by Mother Sldephonse, Reynolds talk on The Formation of a Catholic Journalist, and panels on college newspapers and the Iowa press program chaired by Miss Nancy McGuire and Miss Barbara Dolan. Tony Kuchan will preside at the 3:30 summary session. NFCCS council meets Friday at the college.
YWCA board hosts a Valentine bridge party Thursday at 2 p.m. at the YWCA with tea to follow. Proceeds fund delegates to the national YWCA convention in Chicago this spring, aiming to send youth delegates. Chairman Mrs. Theodore G Lilley leads with assistants Mrs. Carl Baumhoverner, Miss Dorothy Hovey, and Mrs. Wayne Montgomery. Mrs. Merlin Rees oversees the tea table. Also notes a Quota Club luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel and a Variety Club Orchestra engagement for an Elks dance next Saturday.
Me and Mrs. M J Rich announce the engagements of their daughters Lavon Cox and Frieda Mae Rich. Lavon Cox is engaged to Nathan Rich. July 1 wedding planned. Frieda Mae Rich is engaged to Pfc. Richard M North. no wedding date set. Both couples are linked to local addresses and employers Collins Radio, LaPlant Choate, and Iowa Manufacturing. North is stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
The Junior League Children s Theater presents The Indian Captive in a three act play set in a 1779 Pennsylvania forest. Performances are on April 4 and 5 at Coe College Chapel with Mrs John Carey as committee chair and Mrs Richard Morgan directing. This is the Cedar Rapids Community Theater s first sponsorship. One show Friday April 4. four shows on Saturday April 5.
The Cedar Rapids Newcomers Club meets Thursday for a luncheon and card party at the Glow Room of the Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. Luncheon at 1 30 with hosts Ray L Kaufman H E Crowe R S Graff W T Hjorth Wallace Loft Arthur R Christensen and William Clarke Fowler. Town Toastmistress Club meets Tuesday at 6 30 for dinner at the Montrose Hotel with officer installations and a program.
Mount Mercy college will host the Enchanted Erin dance in the gym Friday evening February 22 with the Swingtet performing from 8:30 to 11:30. Doris Cashman and Margie Mc Dermott co chair. a Colleen will reign over the party from C R Children's Home chosen by student vote from five candidates Nancy McGuire Joan Knight Barbara Dolan Joyce Mc Aleer Maureen Murphy.
Kiwanis Ladies club will hold a Wednesday 1 p.m. dessert luncheon at Mrs. Harry Jeffers home 2080 Eastern Boulevard SE. Assisting will be Mmes D G Isett Jess Birks Albert Sidwell and Ray Grimm. Mr Isett will speak on Death Valley Scotty. All wives of Kiwanians are invited.
Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae arrange a Valentine party at the Chil dren's Home for Wednesday afternoon. Steering chairs are Mrs James C Manville and Mrs Margaret Polasky. Coe College active chapter pledges will perform a skit. CHICK-WA-MA-YA GROUP. Chick-Wa-Ma-Ya Camp Fire group has elected officers led by Mrs John Elsbury with Lucille Elsbury as president Ethel Randall vice president Deanna Cheatham secretary Joyce Elsbury treasurer and Patty Klegseth scribe.
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