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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1938

Page

10

Around the Town glimpses from social scenes and light gossip

A collage of local anecdotes includes a St Louis Symphony moment at a downtown eatery, Wendell Delzell's fashion for Commerce Mart, a missed concert, a playful Pekingese rescue, Baxter family breakfast anecdotes, a Chicago writer’s poems, college fraternity pranks, odd delivery quirks, early morning Penick workers, and a Chicago Hedges child queries about prayers.

St. Louis Symphony Symphony

Torgeson-Brown Rites In Kimball Wyoming

Miss Gertrude Louise Torgeson wed Robert Gene Brown Saturday at St. Joseph’s Kimball Nebraska born couple will reside in Cheyenne Wyoming. Attendants included maid of honor Frances Blaul and best man Frank Burke Casper. Ushers from Kimball and Casper. A wedding breakfast followed at the Torgeson home.

Gertrude Louise Torgeson Alfred G. Torgeson Kimball Neb Robert Gene Brown Earl R. Brown Cheyenne Wyo St. Joseph's Church Frances Louise Blaul Theodore F. Blaul Woodland Drive Sonia Torgeson Frank Burke Casper Mr. Brown Leo Kronkright Leo O'Hare Joseph Burke Torgeson Brown University of Wyoming At Laramie Miss Madeira Washington, D. C Cedar Rapids Mrs. Brown Blaut James L. Bever Charles Denecke

Sally Zuercher Hosts Dinner And Theater Party

Miss Sally Zuercher daughter of Dr and Mrs A R Zuercher 1852 Second Avenue SE hosted friends at a local theater then returned to the Zuercher home for dinner with twelve places set Guests included Jane Grayston Mary Hubbard Sally Henry Patricia Benesh Janet Peterson Andrean Lowe Harriet Bernstein Jane Lyons Arline Maston Judy Anderson and Jane Taylor

Sally Zuercher A. R. Zuercher Second Avenue SE Zuercher Miss Zuercher Jane Grayston Mary Hubbard Sally Henry Patricia Benesh Janet Peterson Andrean Lowe Harriet Bernstein Jane Lyons Arline Maston Judy Anderson Jane Taylor

Franklin Students To Sponsor Dance At Club Saturday

Franklin Hi Y club plans a Saturday 8 30 to midnight dance at Cedar Rapids country club open to peers from all four area high schools. Dutch treat dinners may precede the event with home picnics for younger groups. Local orchestra to play. Dick Wildman and Bob Smythe co chairmen. Jack Talbot tickets. chaperons named.

Franklin Hi Dick Wildman Bob Smythe Jack Talbot Robert Nicholson Frank X. Guyott Ferris Clarke Orville J. Deeds Walter Estby Harry Hansen

George Millers Host Bridge Club Dinner At Commonwealth

Mr and Mrs George F Miller entertained bridge club members at a dinner party Saturday evening at the Commonwealth tea room in the Washington avenue SE area. Also noted, WCTU east side meets Tuesday at 2 PM at Mrs Guy C Richs home with a memorial program for Lillian M national president 1898 1915. Better Health Club to meet Thursday at 8 PM in Montrose hotel. Cedar Rapids Boy Scout mothers meet Wednesday at 2 PM Chamber of Commerce. Fred J Payner speaks on camping and mothers discuss camp benefits.

George F. Miller Washington Avenue SE Commonwealth Tea Room The Commonwealth W.C.T.U Guy C. Rich Washington Avenue Lillian M W.c.t .U Better Health Club Montrose Hotel Boy Scout Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Fred J. Payneer American Legion Auxiliary Hanford Post No. 5 Memorial Building W. J. Barron Linn County Safety Council Auxiliary Lloyd Grover Home For the Friendless Sokol Hall Third Street SE George Resler J. J. Kroulik Ward Vanderpools Milwaukee Thomas F. Lange Fifth Avenue SE Lancaster Esquires Ed Melcher Darrel Costello John Kassel al Kitzhaber Bill Carran Virgil Wade Bob Bixler Don Davis Bridge Dean Myron L Koenig Ernest Mickel Oliver W. Muelcher Betty H. Pritchett Minna Wikoff Kent Andrews C. Harve Geiger William V. Burger Bill and Bob Curran Ralph Preckel William Boardman Cleo Byers Arthur Vetter Don Conway Phineas James Carl Koehn Jimmy George Arden Hughes Bob Shearer Lloyd DeJong John Mansfield George Stone Wayne Baden John Prasch George Reinfeld Milford Mills Irene Bishop Betty Coe Betty Buckingham Ruth Cully Mary Ellen McLeod Marjorie Reaney Ruth Watterson Dorothy Blodgett Ruth Preston Gertrude Shoemaker Mildred Johnson LaVerge Sem Ilene Jones Freda

More Folk Leave Others Return Home

Snowy January and February trips wrap up with Lairds and Armstrongs returning home. Cruises include Empress of Australia to Rio de Janeiro and Lurline to Honolulu, with stops in Kingston Jamaica Havana and Mexico City. Others head south for extended winter travel and plan later returns.

George Laird Vernon Drive Rio de Janeiro Hudson Swiler Burlington

Nancy Green Pamela Shackell Host Younger Johnson Pups Dinner

Nancy Green and Pamela Shackell hosted a Johnson school dinner party at Miss Green’s parents home 2003 Bever avenue SE. Guests included Misses Jacqueline Wright Rose Marie Doty Corrine Hendrickson Janet Crabbe Marian Taylor Marion Toms Betsy Anderson and others. chaperon Miss Ethel Shean.

Nancy Green Pamela Shackell Johnson School Miss Green Howard R. Green Bever Avenue SE Jacqueline Wright Rose Marie Doty Corrine Hendrickson Janet Crabbe Marian Taylor Marion Toms Betsy Anderson Jim Liek Don Denny Gordon Fennell Johnny Bob Horton David Warren Arthur Gertsen David Darling Joe Parcell Larry Johnson Ethel Shean

New P. E. O. chapters elect officers

Two new P. E. O. chapters organized February 19 by state organizer Mrs. Moray L. Eby elected officers. Mrs. R. R. Williamson heads Chapter IIH and Mrs. C. V. Lehman leads Chapter II.

Moray L. Eby R. R. Williamson C. V. Lehman

Party Guests Fill Rooms at Preceding Socials

A large list of social hosts entertained hundreds at cocktail parties and Dutch treat dinners before a central event. Among the hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Killian, with numerous Dubuque Tama and Omaha guests attending at homes and clubs across the neighborhood.

Ond Country Club Robert B. “Davis Mae Fisher R. F. O'Brien, Jr Omaha Reginald B. Figge Earl P. Blaise Marvin Wright J. Hamilton Bell William S. Catlow Davenport Brown J. Elliott Davis Glenn W. Hopkins Bedford P. Lattner James Y. Canfield J. Max Widmer C. Louis Fontana Gordon Fennell Eugene C. Hoyt Herbert L. Killian Vernon Drive Deane L. Adams William B. Miller Dubuque Charles Moyer Tama William B. Quarton Third Avenue SE Harry J. Chadima T. M. Ingersoll Harold J. Rowe Lael Ray Abbott David M. Elderkin E Avenue NE Mary Elizabeth Stuhler Jane Dunlap John Locher, Jr Jack Rice Mary Entertain M. D. Marr

Miss Maurene Munger and Guests Visit Here

Miss Maurene Munger daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant B Munger and her guests Miss Maxine Baxter of Fort Madison and Miss Mildred Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh spent Saturday with Miss Munger's parents at 1921 First Avenue E. They are students at the University of Iowa.

Maurene Munger Grant B. Munger First Avenue E University of Iowa Maxine Baxter Fort Madison Mildred Fitzgerald Pittsburgh Miss Munger Miss Baxter Miss Fitzgerald University

Esquire Club Hosts Costume Ball at COE Social Weekend

COE students and guests attended a campus weekend of dances and luncheons with Esquire, a new non-Greek men’s club, hosting a costume ball in the men's gym recreation room. Sorority members and faculty guests joined the festivities as song sets and bridge entertained chaperons.

Coe Esquire COE College

Also Mentioned on This Page

Wendell Delzell Commerce Mart Iowa City WSUL Helen Larimer Wendy Helen Millie Albright St. Louis Bill Milke Bill June Provine Chicago Tribune Frances W. Moore Frances Westerfield Gazette Chi Beta Phis Teke McGregor Twins Bruce Bob Chi Betas Penick Ford Ann Budd Ann George Hedges Chicago Gertrude Torgeson MERCY Board of Mercy Hospital M. B. Dillon J. R. Stava Harry Teahen A. C. Meakins F. J. Monahan Bixlers West Side W.C.T. U Ira A. Moore First Avenue Walter Butterfield Ira Hardesty Royal Homestead Royal Homestead No. 214 I. O. O. F. Hall Priitian Neff Harriet Lee George Millers Bridge Club East Side Legion Auxiliary Ward M. Vanderpool Twenty-sixth Street Charles H. Shults Vernon Heights Club Ravenscroft T. E. Ravenscroft Fourth Avenue SE Vernon Heights Reading Club Women Voters Group League of Women Voters M. M. Thompson George L. Krabbenhoff Ashley W. R. Grissel Upland Drive Bill McCollister Kathryn Wandel Park Terrace SE Miss Wandel Jeanne Cash Nora Cocker Barbara Rogers Dick Savel Bob Brosh Kenneth Lindsay Martha Marquis Thomas Hayden J. F. Yothers L. E. Garwood Myron L. Koenig LeRoy D. Weld Evelyn Street T. F. Lange Woman’s Club C. and N. W Y.W.C.A Park Avenue SE K. J. DeBolt Silver Chain Circle of the King's Daughters Asawell Photes Herbert Killians Hoste Schoen’s Thriet Service Marion Iowa Best Street NE
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