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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1933
Page
4
Prof W H Ogburn of Coe College organized a Cedar Rapids group to foster creative writing. Twenty eight members attended at the Little Gallery. Mildred Fowler Field read poems, Edward B Rowan shared works by Iowa poets, and a poetry committee formed to critique member submissions.
Mrs. Edward H. Bingham hosted a tea Tuesday afternoon at her 1800 Second Avenue SE residence for Mrs. Robert S. Sinclair of Indianapolis. The Sinclair couple, staying since Friday night, plan to depart Wednesday with a small circle of close friends in attendance.
Mrs Thomas C Yarnall and Mrs Otto Dvorak host a Friday luncheon at the Yarnall home for Mrs Raymond Rutherford prior to her departure to Florida to spend the rest of the season.
Members of a picnic supper club were entertained Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George E Beattie 315 Nineteenth street SE. The evening was spent playing cards.
Mr and Mrs Edward Sheehy of 2051 Linden Drive SE returned Monday night from Chicago after being called there by the death of Mr Sheehy’s grandmother Mrs Mary Harney who passed away last Friday.
Mrs Howard R Green of 2003 Bever Avenue SE will entertain a luncheon card club at her home on Wednesday.
The Ridgewood bridge club was entertained at luncheon Tuesday by R. R. Epler of 1930 Linden Drive Ee.
The Kreisler Music Club met Monday evening at the Maddigan School of Music. Members present included Betty Womacka Daryl Keith Catherine Cowan Charles Montenaro Hollie Kelly Lyal Sutts Dorothy Bailey Betty Shafer Kathryn Dennison Carleeta Swanson Elenora Gunderson and Miriam Armstrong. Guests attended were Geneva Reed Carolyn Engel Betty Jane Burrows and Marion Keith.
Three Camp Fire groups from the First Christian church entertain their mothers with a Saturday tea in the church parlors from 3 to 5 pm. Jonquil centerpiece graced the prettily decorated tea table. A varied program featured Betty Slocum Marguerite Hyten Alice Fisher Patricia Rice Ruth McMonagle Esther Compton and others.
Chapter HJ of P. E. O held a Monday gathering at 216 Twentieth Street NE with Mrs. H. H. Doolittle as assistant hostess. Mrs. Dwight Krumholtz led a constitutional quiz on supreme and state by laws in a spelldown style. winners were Mrs. Frank V. Orr and Miss Florence Morse. Mrs. Carl D. Thomas presided at the tea table.
A Saturday evening birthday gathering for Mrs. Frank Tordik at 1833 D Street SW featured card games and prizes awarded to several guests including Mrs Lloyd Hendrickson Mrs Wilson Smith Mrs Robert Kennedy Mrs W J Tampir and Amos Trachta. A picnic supper was served.
Mrs E St Germain hosted a Tuesday surprise party for her daughter Irene A. A treasure hunt yielded a Dorothy Thompson Bunce high score won by Madora Murtauch. Attendees included Alice Brainerd Thelma Brayton Eleanor McCosh Frances Brown Betty Vanda Calista Miller Hazel Williams Wilma Randall Annette Holland Pauline McCune Fern Sturm Josephine Fellwock and Bessie Scott. Helpers S Miller and W L McCalley assisted with refreshments.
Town Epsilon chapter of the University guild will meet at the Hotel Roosevelt Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
St Johns Circle of St Matthews Church gathers at 936 Eleventh Street NE Thursday at 7 30 pm. St Roons Circle of Immaculate Conception plans a 7 43 pm gathering at 316 Sixth Street NE Wednesday. Kenwood Presbyterian Young Womens Guild meets at 610 Thirty third Street NE Tuesday evening with Mrs H Nause man and Mrs D Finnegan assisting hosts.
An old home remedy promises relief for coughs using two cups of bran tea with water and two ounces of Potives, mixed with sugar to create a syrup. It claims soothing effects on throat membranes, easing breathing and aiding sleep with a Norwegian healing agent.
Dr Nelson Vance Russell of Coe College will discuss the economic social and political status of women in Turkey in a Wednesday 4 pm talk at Mrs Isaac B Smiths home 500 Country Club drive. The lecture is part of his series on current international problems and will briefly describe the work of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
St Theresa's circle of the Immaculate Conception church presents The Uninvited Member at its meeting on Wednesday at 2:30 pm in the school parlors. Cast includes Betty Venhorst Betty Giblin Mary F Husak Eleanor Heath Betty Jane Sanders Margaret French Janice Mealy Elizabeth Retz Helen Becker Eileen Hennessey Agnes Ernest Maurine Mealy will tap dance Eugenie Kelly will read Little Dickie Two songs The Moon Song How Deep is the Ocean will be sung by the sextet Esther Lattner Helen Muma Mary Van Damme Delores Fagan Ruth Neary Marian Grant.
The Old Maids' Association, a one act comedy sponsored by the Alice Korteling guild of Central Park Presbyterian church, will be presented in the church auditorium Friday at 7:30 pm. Miss Ruth Threlkeld directs a cast of twenty one guild members.
The Junior Hadassah will host a Bridge party for members and friends on Wednesday evening in Temple Judah recreation rooms. The social committee plans the event with Miss Ruth Kushner as chair.
The Woman's clo met history and literature department held a Monday meeting with forty four members present. Miss Anna Woitishek and Mrs. Meyer Avedovech reviewed 100000000 Guinea Pigs by Kollett and Schlink and Mrs. Fischer's War by Schutze.
Mrs Parke Parks of 3503 Elm Avenue SE hosted a small gathering Monday evening honoring Mrs Clarence Reece. Miss Genevieve Parks of Waterloo, Mrs Reece's twin sister, was an out of town guest spending the weekend at the Parks home.
The Art group of the American Association of University Women will meet at the Little Gallery Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m.
Kiddies fashion: pattern 2288 with scaoped shoulders and win ning panels for sizes 2 4 6 8 10. Also Bloomers in cottons or wash silks. The Spring Fashion Book with 32 color pages shows Paris inspired models for all needs. Catalog and pattern together twenty five cents. Send 15 cents for pattern and book to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York City.
The First Presbyterian church will hold its annual meeting Wednesday at 7 pm in the chapel. Elders to be elected for three years include five new members to replace the late C J Deacon. Retiring elders are E P Boynton Ira T Carruthers Fred J Kluss and Dr W E Owen. A 6 15 pm supper will be served by the Mary A Ely guild. Washington's Birthday will be observed with patriotic decorations.
The cooking school attracted 1800 women as Miss Cooley demonstrated cake and pie making at Paramount theater. Doors opened at 8 with the show starting at 9. Exhibits in the lobby showcased homemaking displays and prizes included twelve large grocery baskets and a grand Estate electric range. Local merchants partnered for supplies and demonstrations.
The annual Beethoven club concert is set for today at 8.15 p.m. in Sinclair Memorial chapel Coe College. Featured artists include Ruth Ebling Massey contralto and Lucy Bushnell Ambroz pianist. Student and adult tickets will be sold at the door.
The I H N circle of King's Daughters will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. C. Hayes located at 1803 Grande avenue SE.
The Mercy hospital auxiliary will meet at Mercy Hospital on Wednesday at 1 PM to continue sewing activities and plan upcoming volunteer work.
W T Bartosh waived preliminary hearing on an information charging larceny from an unoccupied house at 1421 Mount Vernon Avenue SE. Constable William Fleming nabbed Bartosh after a search of his home turned up two window shades and a clothes rack from the next door residence owned by John M Grimm of 852 Fourth Avenue SE. Bonds set at 1500 dollars.
James Woods, a Chicago hotel clerk, tried to prove the safe was locked by pulling its handle. The safe opened, and the gunman escaped with $46.
A large crossword style list combines England geography and history clues with a vertical and horizontal grid. Entries include governmental terms, gemstones, foods, and common phrases reflecting a quiz from a period newspaper.
Central Park Presbyterian church marks forty years with a dinner program Wednesday at 6 15 p m at the church on B avenue and Seventeenth street NE The observance recalls its 1893 organization and 1893 incorporation. The program features music reminiscences by former pastors Dr William M Evans and Dr P W Jacobson of Coe College and a history review by R J Brodie.
In Des Moines the Iowa state senate voted 27 to 23 to table Frailey's request for a special committee to draft prohibition reform bills. The move ended a bid seen as a probe into prohibition strategies. The defeat shifts focus to the Hartman constitutional convention proposal in the house and pending beer bills in the senate.
Shriners host jazz luncheon at Y cafeteria Wednesday noon. L W Dunlap left for Wichita. Mrs J H Gatens now at Mercy hospital. Pioneer council 163 meets Tuesday 8 p.m. at Sokol hall with card tournament. Patches of shingles burned homes of George Andrews and W A Blum from chimney sparks. R E Simmonds jailed for intoxication after being found asleep in car near Sinclair park. Fred Kluss to speak on George Washington at Kiwanis Wednesday noon. Schools dismiss at noon Wednesday for George Washington's birthday half holiday.
Richard White a 14 year old runaway from Waterloo was detained by police Tuesday forenoon and turned over to juvenile authorities after patrolman Milke arrested him at Union station. Church Night Program at First United Presbyterian set for Wednesday at 6 30 p m includes picnic supper devotion and social hour with games. Jack Martin and Frank Amerine both 37 were jailed for 30 days for intoxication and disturbing the peace after a downtown disturbance Monday evening.
Firemen tackled three small blazes at dusk and evening on Monday. A roof fire broke out at the Joe Bednar home 1601 L street SW at 5 55 p m a chimney fire occurred at the Donnie Harrelson home 925 Eighteenth street SW at 7 15 p m and another chimney fire erupted at the A R Lynch home 2516 A avenue NE at 9 05 p m. Ed Smith 21 of 1206 Twentieth avenue SW was held by police for
At 6:40 am Tuesday a squad car investigated a man near Tenth Street and Fourteenth Avenue SW. The man, identified as Smith and living with Port Stickel, had four chickens in a sack taken from the Stickel henhouse.
The municipal skating rink will be open tonight despite sunny conditions. A free hockey game is planned with Drew's versus the Knitters at 7 30. If temperatures hold, eight games will be played Wednesday at 7 30 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
O. F. Pickart of Watkins was fined $25 and costs by Justice G. S. Lightner for uttering a false $2.22 check to Rude Auto Co. Lightner revoked a prior suspended sentence on Aug 12 1932 and ordered 34 days in the county jail.
Daniel Shadle 81 a retired railroad engineer visiting daughter Mrs. Lawrence Wilson in her home 41214 F avenue NW suffered a head gash and back of head injury in a fall after fainting early Tuesday. He was reported recovering Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev. O. C. Gatrell warned that the world owes man nothing and that neglect leads to doom. He said Christ provided redemption and many face hell due to neglect. Sunshine Mission hosts evening meetings at 7 30 with delegations from Calvary Baptist Church and others.
The Little Gallery will be closed all day Wednesday in observance of Washington's Birthday. The closure applies to the entire premises as the holiday is observed locally.
Kenneth Mathis and Irene Lockhart of Fairfax John Anderson and Helen Jakubec of Cedar Rapids Wayne Bain and Jeannette E Stryker of Linn county M Konik and Frances Peters of Marion listed as licenses applied for indicating a local civil records activity.
Alva Hunter 21 of Rockford road SW was arrested at 10 pm Monday and charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car collided with a parked truck near Third street and Twelfth avenue SW. The truck belonged to George Berry 633 Third street SW. George Tehel 37 of Norway was fined 100 dollars and costs in police court Tuesday for a drunk driving charge after being arrested at 3 35 pm Monday on B avenue NW near Twelfth street.
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