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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1940

Page

17

Dinner party week ends with social gatherings at Cedar Rapids clubs

A Cedar Rapids week of public entertainment winds down with dinner parties. Mr. and Mrs. Balcom Luberger hosted at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with bridge afterward. Other hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Don Hines and Coe College coeds celebrated Washington's birthday with a Colonial ball attended by many notables.

Coe College Cedar Rapids Country Club Balcom Luberger Second Avenue SE Lubergers Bridge Don Hines Forest Drive COEDS George Washington

Fashion Show At Cedar Rapids Country Club Bridge Luncheon

A spring preview fashion show by Martin's department store will open a series planned by the Cedar Rapids Country Club women's bridge committee. Miss Mary Zuercher and nine others will model outfits for spring. luncheon starts at 1 pm in the club ballroom followed by bridge.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Martin’s Department Store Women’s Bridge Committee Mary Zuercher Eugene C. Hoyt Harold J. Rowe Harry W. Dunker William G. Isom Esther Yothers Elizabeth Clark Audrey Jones Harold R. Trewin A. W. Doubrasky Edward F., Winslow E. F. Moorman B. B. Hickenlooper Roy E. Choate

Van Der Vort To Make Home Here

Mr and Mrs V R Van Der Vort formerly of Hammond Ind have been visiting the Young family at 1824 Grande avenue SE and are now making their home at 1551 B avenue NE Mrs Van Dervoort is Marjorie Young and Mr Van Dervoort is associated with Penick and Ford.

V. R. van Dervoort Hammond, Ind

Sam Nighs to Return After Western Trip

Mr and Mrs Sam H Nigh residents of Commonwealth apartments will return Monday after a three week trip to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles They visited Nighs brother William H Nigh in San Francisco Otto A Kohl of 1730 Third Avenue SE left Friday for a business trip to Cincinnati Alpha Gamma Delta pledges of Coe College hosted active sorority members at a table themed Easter parade with miniature hat boxes and ribbons A gardenia was given to each active member Alpha Xi Delta pledges hosted luncheon at Miss Jean Knights home 15 pledges and activities followed By motel trip plans Mr and Mrs C J Lynch will spend a month in Hollywood and Miami accompanied by their son Paul and Mrs Lynch Guests at 1627 Grande avenue SE include Mr and Mrs Philip Taylor and daughters from Waterloo.

Kappa Delta Sorority Coe College Commonwealth Tea Room R. L. Potter Schaller J. D. Wardle Mothers Club Dorothy Manchester Adele Weymouth Collin Keir Wendell D. Barrett Potter Keir Helen Mary Knox Ruth Ann Potter Kathleen Potter Mary Rovelstad Jean Wilson Maisie Sanderson Harry E. Narey Spirit Lake D. A.R Roosevelt Hotel Peter Narey J. C. Lick Twentieth Street Elks Club John W. Altfillisch Nineteenth Street H. L. van Winkle Fifth Avenue SE Bridge Club Sam H. Nigh Commonwealth Apartments Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Mr. Nigh William H. Nigh Otto A. Kohl Third Avenue SE Cincinnati Alpha Gamma Delta Mildred McKeely Margaret Twogood Sara Lee Hesbacher Harold Kolar Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Jean Knight Grande Avenue SE C. J. Lynch Nassau Street SE Hollywood Miami Fla Paul H. Lynch Lynch St. Paul Cedar Rapids Fred A. Winter Philip Taylor Susan Ellen Jean Waterloo Tri-Delta Mary Jean Scruby Thurston Jenkins Patricia Salter Mary Jane Murdock Betty Gage Jane DeNio Fairview Drive Mary Jane Plate Margaret Massey Miss Scruby Tricia Salter Miss DeNio Hawaii Ruth Goodwine Elizabeth Colton Marjorie Reaney Frances Crozier Noama Hall Dora Jane Hamblin Margaret Birkett Bonnie Schermerhorn Frances Blaut Dorothy Forsyth Shirley Engelbert Betty Lou Erickson Patsy Kelly LaVerne Jessien Betty Szicar Margaret Assey Mary Towne Dorothy Nelson Mary Ellen Oldag Clark McCornack Rodger Brown Andy Anderson Jay Cravens David Pickford Bill Lattner Peter Dows Keith Bixler Bill Norris George Oldag Howard Smith Arnold Brokaw Francis Halda Dick Hootman James Crawford Raymond Hibbing Phil Evans Frank Bates George Masterton Fred Wooster Keith Cold Bill McGuire Leland Grimes Lyle Gunderson Early Clay Wilbur Ashman Ernest Mickel Ellsworth Burker Clement Carney Vernon Elslager

Tri Delta and Delta Phi Epsilon Plan Busy Initiations at Coe

Coe college activities center on sororities and fraternities with dances open houses and teas this weekend. Delta Delta Delta hosts a tea led by pledge captain Mary Jean Scruby while Delta Phi Epsilon honors pledges with a paddle swing, both events featuring faculty guests and pledge committees.

Coe College Delta Delta Delta Delta Phi Epsilon

Mildred Flower Field Accepts Eastern Position

Miss Mildred Fowler Wield leaves this week for Orange New Jersey to become admissions secretary at Miss Beard's school after five years as field secretary for Mace College in Jacksonville. She has been staying with her sister at 2256 Bever Avenue SE.

Mildred Fowler Wield C. W. Perkins Prof. Perkins Bever Avenue SE Orange N. J Miss Beard Miss Field Macoe College Jacksonville

Hobby Day Sessions At Cedar Rapids Woman's Club

Public invited to a community hobby day hosted by the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club. Afternoon and evening programs feature speakers from Coe College and Westminster Presbyterian Church on hobbies benefits and religion in the home, with hobby displays on the club house second floor.

Woman's Club Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs J. P. Mills Cedar Rapids American Home Department State Federation Paul C. Greene Coe College Lulu Engelman Welty James H., Blackstone, Jr Westminster Presbyterian Church E. A. Hunt Des Moines National Consumers’ Tax Commis Contin’d

Cornell Faculty Member To Give A A A W Program

Miss Etta Lee Hicks of Burlington visited Cedar Rapids and stays with the White family as the guest of Jean Incidents for the A A A W meeting feature a program on the lives of Queen Elizabeth Mary Queen of Scots and Mary Tudor presented by Mrs Albert F Johnson of Mount Vernon a Cornell college drama department faculty member The meeting opens at 8 with Mrs Wayne J Foster presiding Guests include senior Coe college students and a hostess committee led by Miss Ruby Taylor Tuesday Book group of the College club meets at Mrs Irving Churchill's home Mrs Burton Byers presents the book review.

Dorothy Barnes Red Oak Dorothy Nelson Oak Park Ill Helen Kirkpatrick Wilmette Phyllis Rogers Cedar Rapids Betty Mae Sommer Anogene Faris Mediapolis Phyllis McKellips Alcester Margaret Mineck Ruth Chalmers Highland Park Mary Ellen Ford Marion Primrose Selden Jean Lehdigh Adele Weymouth Rockford Virginia Self Dorothy Carr Jacquelyn Clay Maxine McAnulty Toledo Dorothy Stookey Bonnie Schermerhorn Des Moines Betty Winn Peggy Lee Britt Eloise Helfenstine Joyce Dollman Betty Pfandhoefer Evanston Bonnie Curry Elizabeth Colton Omaha Peggy Threlkeld Jeanetta Hatfield Betty Flanagan Lorena Musgrave Martha George Washington Joel E. Rogers Winifred Murray Frederick ©. Murray Etta Lee Hicks Burlington Mrs Vernon White Fairway Terrace SE Miss Jean White American Association of University Women Public Library Albert F. Johnson Mount Vernon Dramatic Art Department Cornell College Johnson Queen Elizabeth Mary Queen of Scots Mary Tudor Wayne J. Foster Association Coe College Ruby Taylor A. C. Naibert Frank V. Orr Hazel Evans Marcella Klein Adeline Montillon Helen Murch Ethel Orr Alice May Ote Tilie Ethel Outland Alice Page Alice B. Story Catharine Redemond Grace Lambert Evelyn Zerzanek College Club Irving Churchill Knollwood Drive Richard L. Naibert Burton Byers

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Photos By Carl Dueser Club Bridge George R. Liddle Reviewers’ Club Scott McIntyre Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn P.E.O Mrs. Anderson Ray Anderson B Avenue NE R. G. Austin Frank Brooks Joan VanCleve V. R. van Dervoorts Sam Nighs Otto A. Kohls Alpha XI Delta C. J. Lynches Florida Fred Winters Carolyn Knapp Russell F. Knapp Twenty-first Street Knapp Louise Barry Owen Winterberg Jimmy Olerich Jane Killian Nancy Nichols Montelle Sylvia Knapp Edgewood John Knapp Cecil Fennell Gordon Fennell Cecil G. Fennell Phoenix, Ariz Blake Boulevard Scribblers Edith Knox Junior League of Pleasant Drive Woman’s Club Gilbert Thompson C. C. Hillhouse Linn, Jones and Scott Counties Cornell Jean White
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