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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1940
Page
22
A lent menu by Mrs. Gaynor Maddox outlines economical meatless meals. The recipe includes Celery and Macaroni Timbales with cheese and vegetables, plus a fruit sherbet and sponge dessert, emphasizing careful shopping for nourishment at low cost.
The Cornell campus hosted a Snow Ball with Julie Bailey as general chairman and helpers Helen Moe Alice Marie Bigger and Ivis Boyer while chaperons included Miss Alice R Betts and others. Local events featured pre nuptial teas dinners bridge parties birthdays and club gatherings across Mount Vernon with many hosts and honorees.
Vinton girl Margaret McKevitt and Frederick Schueler were married Thursday at the Presbyterian church in Vinton in a ceremony for about 250 guests. Rev. William Caldwell officiated with Elsie Schueler as bridesmaid and Reeve McKevitt as best man. A reception followed in the church parlors and a dance at Newhall. They will live temporarily at the Adam Schueler farm after a short wedding trip.
Conesville Parents-Teachers Association held a Founders Day program on Wednesday with Helen Norris in charge of the social period. Ruth and Esther Cozad played a piano duet. Daisy Kemp and several others served on the refreshments committee. A farewell party honoring Mr. and Mrs. Noa A. McCormick and family drew about fifty neighbors and friends Monday, followed by another farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Kinley Buser and their sons on Tuesday.
The Larkin club met with Mrs. Chris Gill and awarded prizes to Mrs. E. Ky Peters Mrs. Lillian Buck and Mrs. Velma Neilsen. Jens Jensen hosted a card party with prizes for Mrs. Fred Martens John Hinrichs Lois Horton and Tom Jensen Jr. Astraman club met with Mrs. W. A. Hicks. program led by Mrs. Fred Scott Mrs. C. R. Smith and Mrs. Claire Fayram. North English Mrs. Jim Lindsey hosted the Bridge club. high score went to Mrs. Jack Lavelle. Fortnightly club set to meet at Mrs. Milo Stover with notes on Current Events Propaganda and Freedom of the Press. Milo Stover elected treasurer.
Riverside Mrs Charles B Rice hosted the Y Social club at her home on Wednesday assisted by her daughter Ruth Rice. Mrs Cloyd Cress to entertain March 14 afternoon. Mr and Mrs Joseph Kern and family, soon moving to Riverside, honored at a party by H J club members southwest of Riverside.
The members of the Woman's club entertained their husbands Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Stanton for a picnic supper. The program was presented by May Himebaugh Pearl Naylor Gladys McNeilly Blanche Sutherland Grace Thompson Alwena McCammon and Ella Clark. Eunice Sanford and Mariette Stanton organized the games.
Mr and Mrs Louis Zak and Mrs Jessie Waugh entertained at home Thursday. Bunco high scores went to Mrs Lee Kostechek and Claude P Fayram. Mrs Dorothy Petersen hosted the bunco club at her home Wednesday. High score was awarded to Mrs Mertein Snyder.
A Cedar Rapids survey shows business and professional women vary on cooking as relaxation. Some embrace cooking as essential downtime, others see it as a task, with hobbies like knitting, crochet, craft, and bowling also popular.
In Iowa City Mrs E G Gross and Mrs J W Blackman host dessert bridge parties on Wednesday. March 4 brings dessert bridge events by Mrs M R Peterson and Mrs M E Steele. Local social highlights include engagements, weddings, and receptions with guests from Cedar Rapids and beyond.
West Liberty notices show P E O election at Nellie Nichols home on March 5 at 2 30 p m with officers and delegates to be chosen. Local church groups host events including Lenten dinner at First Methodist and a Colonial tea by Home Aid society with registration led by Mrs Ivan Noland and a long program of speakers.
Wapello groups held meetings at homes of Mrs. B L Christie and Mrs. Vernon Mills with election of officers planned. Legion auxiliary hosted a benefit card party at Mrs. A W Hinderman, high scorers named. W C T U met at Mrs J H Chittum, Christian church aid society entertained at Mrs Jessie Lockwood. Mothers Music auxiliary to present final 400 program March 4 at the high school with an accordion band and UI woodwind quintet. high school band recording planned.
Cenaed Mrs. John Nunn hosted the Lend-a-Hand club on Tuesday with refreshments by a group including Mrs. George Parizek and Mrs. Eugene Maske. Mrs. Fred Gegenheimer led the Needle club gathering on Friday. Rebekah lodge met Thursday under Mrs. Nelson Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters celebrated twenty second wedding anniversary with a surprise party Wednesday.
The U and I bridge club of Iowa City enjoyed a dessert bridge Monday at the home of Mrs H E Briceland. Mrs W E Chidester hosted a Washington party on Thursday for the Cinderella club in her home.
The Women's Catholic Order of Foresters held a meeting in St Marys auditorium Monday with Mrs Mary Shima serving as chief ranger. The American Legion auxiliary hosted the cast of the play Safety First at a chicken dinner in Draport on Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Hampton celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home Tuesday after a life of travel by auto and in housecar. He, a former bank executive now in real estate, and she share a Quaker romance with early farms, a Marion telephone business, and a long, shared history from Barnesville to Center Point.
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