Entries In Towa Composers Contest Are Due Tomorrow
The Iowa Federation of Music clubs sponsors the Towa Composers Contest with three divisions Piano solo strings voice ensemble. National and student divisions offer up to 1000 dollars in prizes. State eliminations set for March 19 at Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Iliff Garrison
Colorado Woman's College
Denver
Colo
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
B Natural Club of
Waterloo
Ernest Hutcheson
Albert Spaulding
Lawrence Tibbett
Rudolph Ganz
Richard Crooks
Beethoven Club
Coe College School of Music
Social activities and early sewing machine tale in Cedar County
Volga City hostesses share card prizes and birthdays while Methodist circles hold meetings. A 77 year old Wilcox and Gibbs sewing machine, gifted by Mrs. Hedges family, is featured in a Cedar County nostalgia piece referencing 1860s Wilton Junction. Community groups plan meetings at Ashley chapter DAR and local homes this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Hedges
Knollwood Drive
Cedar County
I. N. Gabriel
Seven Groups Of Woman's Club To Meet
Cedar Rapids Woman's club schedules a full week with seven groups meeting over five days. History and Literature opens with a valentine program and silver tea on Monday at 2 30 p.m. Mrs. Armstrong presents Musical Romances with pianist Bushnell Ambroz and soprano Cuyler. Hostesses include Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Folsom, and others. Jay Sigmund to speak after a picnic lunch for the American Home group Tuesday. International Relations continues with discussions on government principles and capitalism Wednesday. Chorus rehearsals and luncheons follow, with current events hostesses and a picnic luncheon. Philanthropic group sews Thursday. Friday features a picnic then the dramatic art group visits Magnolia Manor for a program on The Deep South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
W. R. Armstrong
Lucy Bushnell Ambroz
Frances Norton Cuyler
Elwin Smith
R. C. Folsom
Lillian Bell
Matilda Snouffer
Wayne Basler
B. QO
Jay G. Sigmund
American Home Department
J. L. Conley
Walter Eaton
C. H. French
International Relations
Nellie Fuhrmeister
Addison Berry
W. L. Harrison
Dramatic Art Department
Deep South
Magnolia Manor
C. L. Gunn
Health Education Department Skips into National Sports Round
Cedar Rapids YWCA Health Education secretary Miss Lorraine Nelson leads the third national sports round open to all members from Feb 15 to March 15 with badminton table tennis and shuffleboard. In 1936 Cedar Rapids placed third nationally with 5 548 participants. Miss Helen McManes chairs the effort. Additionally a benefit card party at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club drew 150 attendees with prizes donated by local merchants and awarded to listed ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids Y. W. C. A
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa B P W Club To Entertain At A Colonial Ball
Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Women's Club members are invited to Anamosa for a Colonial ball at 8 p m on Wednesday with reservations via Miss Edith Scott. Attendees include women from Iowa City DeWitt and Maquoketa and district No 6 hosts Muscatine club on March 17 with guest speaker Verna DeArmond of Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Tulsa
Okla
Federation
First Christian Class Has Supper
Miss Louise Hathaway hosted the busi ness women's class of the First Christian church for a picnic supper Friday at the Iowa Electric Light and Power company bungalow. Special guests Rev. Blaine Hyten and wife spoke as he begins a new ministerial field in Kansas City. Hyten will move soon. Hathaway recently returned from Porto Rico and shared her trip. Beulah Kirkham and Vera Fifield arranged the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hathaway
First Christian Church
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Valentine
Blaine Hyten
Mr. Hyten
Kansas City
Miss Hathaway
Porto Rico
Beulah Kirkham
Vera Fifield
Mrs Northrup Honored On Seventy-Eighth Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Northrup of 420 A avenue NE was feted at a Saturday luncheon for her 78th birthday with a cake bearing seventy eight candles. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Northrup Harold Northrup Bettie Wilson and her daughter Margalen. Separately Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kopecky announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Helen Kopecky to Milo Frank Hieak of Amana performed at Waterloo on February 4. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s parents home and the Hieaks will live on a Whittier area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Libal
Frank Libal
Twenty-first Avenue
Jerry Drahovzal
John Drahovzal
Fruitland Boulevard
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Joseph Bren
Martha Kralik
John B. Drahovzal
Drahovzal
Grant High School
First Trust and Savings Bank
Sarah Northrup
Avenue NE
Frank Kopecky
Solon
Mary Helen Kopecky
Milo Frank Hieak
Joe Hieak
Amana
Waterloo
Mrs. Hieak
Whittier
Pilgrim Groups To Meet This Evening
The Pilgrim Fellowship groups hold separate 6:30 p m meetings. Senior group at Congregational church with William Chapman. speaker William V Burger on The Mystic Mirror. Junior group at 2018 Washington Avenue S E with Miss Ella S Merriman. Devotions led by Jean Hedberg and Dr Charles T Hickok to speak on Harboring Our Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Fellowship
Congregational Church House
William Chapman
William V. Burger
Coe College
Mystic Mirror
Ella S. Merriman
Washington Avenue Sfe
Charles T. Hickok
Jean Hedberg
Edna Christian of Tipton Weds Wheatland Groom
Edna Christian of Tipton married Gilbert E. Leinbaugh son of Mr. and Mrs. G A Leinbaugh Wheatland. The bride is the daughter of Sheriff and Mrs W W Christian of Tipton. The couple will reside on a farm near Wheatland after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert E. Leinbaugh
Edna Christian
Sheriff
W. W. Christian
Tipton
Mr. Leinbaugh
G. A. Leinbaugh
Wheatland
Curious Crowds Flocked To See Cedar Rapids Wave Machine
A historical Cedar Rapids feature recalls the first permanent wave machine installed by a local beauty operator. The long process required hours, heavy curls, and high fees, with summers busy for permanents and winters a slow season. Early reactions mixed skepticism and fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bennett Legion Auxiliary Benefit Card Party and Meetings
The Bennett American Legion auxiliary held a benefit card party with prizewinners listed including Ralph Weimann, Mrs. Arnold Bartscher, Fred Owen, and others. The group met to appoint buyers, plan sales, and send delegates to a Des Moines conference while a separate article discusses permanent waves and customer experiences at a local salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ralph Weimann
Arnold Bartscher
Fred Owen
William Kelting
Esther Gendlemann
Leone Schafer
H. Bachus
Herman Weihh
Helmuth Brusch
Tena Lausen
Christine Reidesel
Louie Pahl
Herman Weih
Omer Wright
Olive Pollock
William Grace
Cedar County
West Side W C T U Frances Willard Program
The West Side W C T U meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs Nettie M Sisam 1012 First Ave W for Frances Willard day. Quotations from Willard start roll call. R A Koehn speaks on Frances Willard spiritual education. Ima Geesaman leads on the Declaration of Principles 1874 and its modern parallel the Five Point Centenary Star. Merle Witt presents the Willard Memorial fund Regina Drake gives the pledge to Frances Willard. Members may bring guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Cyrus Metcalf
First Avenue E
Frances Willard
Lillian M. Stevens
L. L. Riley
West Side
W.C
Merle Witt
Willard Memorial Fund
Regina Drake
White Shrine Kensington Meeting Announced
The White Shrine Kensington will convene Wednesday at 2 30 p m at 1912 Blake boulevard SE with Mrs Richard Greenawalt hosting. Mrs Dora J Cain chairs assisted by Mesdames Dusdicker Ne mec Peterson Kere shaw Russell Winne Thompson Abbey Adams Faabord Glidden Bottome. The Margaret Bottome circle of the Kings Daughters holds a separate gathering Monday at 1013 Nineteenth street SE at 1 30 p m for a dessert luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Shrine
Kensington
Richard Greenawalt
Blake Boulevard
Dora J. Cain
Pauline Dusdicker
Emeline Nemec
Martha Peterson
Nina Kereshaw
Bess Russell
Martha A. Winne
Ellen Thompson
Anna Abbey
Catherine Adams
Freda Faabord
Lena C. Glidden
Margaret Bottome
King’s Daughters
Walter Kahler
Nineteenth Street
Tanda Camp Fire Group Hosts Village Party
Tanda Camp Fire group of St. Pauls church entertained members at a party held at the Iowa Electric Light and Power company bungalow on Saturday evening. Hostess Miss Lois Harris presided with special guests Miss Nadia Thorpe and Mrs. John R. Battin. Guardianship stood with Mrs. Nevin Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanda
St. Paul’s
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Lois Harris
Nadia Thorpe
John R. Battin
Nevin Nichols
Connie Weatherton
Margaret Twogood
Marilyn Ingham
Jean Severson
Dorothy Duncan
Virginia McLean
Lucile Harris
Wallace Hollingsworth
Keith Concannon
Sherwood Pratt
Steven Barwick
Joe Markey
Herbert Penningroth
Evan Kearney
Billy Albright
Edward Kopecky
Local Social News Highlights Set in Calamus
Mrs Lona Johnson hosted visitors from Davenport including Mr and Mrs Carl Nelson and Mr and Mrs Ray Kirwin. Mr and Mrs David Wagner celebrated their fifty third wedding anniversary. Multiple clubs met in homes with various hostesses and prize winners noted among the Embroidery and Afternoon Bridge groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lona Johnson
Carl Nelson
Ray Kirwin
Davenport
David Wagner
Methodist
Harold Shelton
John Swarms
Austin Briggs
Fred Schwennsen
Herbert Vetter
Mildred Siegmund
Miss Kathryn Saults and Charles Sellers Wed in New York City
Columbus Junction notes a marriage announced for Miss Kathryn Saults of New York City and Charles R. Sellers of Davenport on February 4 in New York. The day’s club met Wednesday with Mrs. Austin Davis as members heard a review by Mrs. H. Lee Huston and a paper prepared by Miss Frances Alsip read by Mrs. William Cecil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Saults
New York City
Charles R. Sellers
Davenport
Austin Davis
H. Lee Huston
William Cecil
Frances Alsip
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Yjnompson
Towa
Libal-Drahovzal
Ethel Evans
The
Dwight Lupton
F Avenue NW
Friendly Club
Volga City
Selma Andreae
Bess Lang
Georgia Grant
Fred Rinkert
Beatrice Eide
Clarence Zaph
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Eva Myers
Friendship Circle
Methodist Church
Regal Wilson
Pathfinder
Walter Everett
Man of
Frances Westerfield
Harmon McDonald
Gabriels
Mr. Gabriel
Harmon
Ellen
Wilcox and Gibbs
Hedges
S. L. Kay
Commonwealth Apartments
T. R. Rich
Fourth Avenue SE
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Woman’s Club
Social
Jessie Hayward
T. K. E. Mothers’ Club
Tau Kappa Epsilon Mothers’ Club
L. E. Garwood
C Avenue NE
C. B. Himmel
Hadassah
Montrose Hotel
Woman's Club
Clarence Beatty
Garden Drive SE
Beatty
C. H. Foster
D. M. Fellowes
Esther Hronik
Philanthropic
Philanthropic Department
Health Education Dept
Y. W
Anamosa B. P.W. Club
Okitachi Camp
Janet Meyer
Leon Meyer
Seventh Avenue SE
Sylvia Lehti
David W. Lehti
Twentieth Street SE
Okitachi
Lehti
Janice Owens
Dorothy Mac Carl
Nadine Moore
Ruth Jayne
Millicent Svoboda
C. A. Love
Velma Rose Love
Guardian
Gloria Lehti
East Side
W.C.T. U
First Christian
Mrs. Northrup
Kopecky-Hieak
Martin
DIAL
Edna Christian OF
Gilbert Leinbaugh
Edith Knox
Bennett
Chicago
West Side W.C.T.U
Calamus
Columbus Junction
Pete
First Avenue
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