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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1938
Page
13
The piece notes a jewelry comeback with lapel pins and hat ornaments in Cedar Rapids shops. It highlights black enamel seals, fruit and vegetable motifs, tropical designs, and charm bracelets as fashionable options, plus upcoming ear jewelry trends and quirky clips on opposite ears.
A church social at the First Baptist hosted by the married peoples class turned into a design auction. Women nam ed five to ten qualities on slips that men purchased, then designers transformed the Gazette into wearable hats for their winners.
Mrs J J Runner of Iowa City head of Cornell College sociology speaks to Cedar Rapids College club at Mrs Royal Holbrook home. She says there is no decline in marriage and few women desire a career. She supports home life but urges housewives seek useful activities after children grow.
The Women's Interdenominational Missionary Union of Cedar Rapids sponsors two World Day of Prayer services on Friday March 4 at First Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids. Rev. David I Berger of Muscatine will speak at 10 30 a.m. and 1 15 p.m. each one hour long open to the public. Townspeople across denominations attend.
Listings from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Des Moines and Mount Vernon show campus and community activities. Vespers at Sinclair Memorial chapel feature Dr William McClung Evans with a cappella and vesper choir. Jubilee Singers perform at St Pauls Methodist. Iowa City hosts hospital relations talk and University Club supper. Theatre Musical performances include You Cant Take It With You at Iowa theater and Stage Door by Play-Hoan. High school music contest elimination in Iowa City. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Mu Phi Epsilon concert in Coe College chapel. Delta Delta Delta spring dance in Cedar Rapids. senior hops and Lark opera events noted. Karl Andrist violin recital in Mount Vernon.
Mr and Mrs Earl B Wilson announce the engagement and coming marriage of Lucille Marcella Wilson to Dale E Dripps. The couple will wed on the evening of April 1 at Trinity Methodist Church.
The social club of the Methodist church met at Mrs. May Fay's home on Tuesday afternoon for a Washington birthday party. A farewell party for the Fred Fisher family was held Monday as they plan to move March 1. The Christian home social club hosted Mrs. Nina Carson on Thursday and the ninth grade sponsored a Washington's birthday party with twenty five guests at the schoolhouse Tuesday night.
The A A A W group announces multiple study groups this week. Literature, creative writing, and family relations sessions are set for Monday through Thursday at various homes in the city. A. D. Kessler and family plan to move to Joplin Missouri where he will manage the Buick dealership.
The X Ray club and Lefebvre Corporation employees and families held a Thursday evening banquet at the Y M C A with seventy members in attendance. George Washington themed decorations, a Maddigan school floor show, and prizes in ping pong swimming dancing and bowling highlighted the program. Named prize winners were Faye Stewart and Mrs C A Newman.
Mr and Mrs C R Bird of Springville announce the marriage of their daughter Eileen Hartsock to Lance Dailey on January 30 in Anamosa Attendants were Phyllis Dailey and Ted Egan The Daileys reside at 888 Center Point Road NE A shower for Mrs Dailey was hosted by Frances Buchan and Phyllis Dailey at 894 Daniels Street NE Twenty guests attended including Janet DeLa Hunt Twylah Huston and Mrs C R Bird A board meeting of the Home for Aged Women is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 am at the Home SCHOLZ FAMILY LEAVES Mr and Mrs O O Scholz of Oelwein and their son Robert visit with Mrs Scholz's parents Mr and Mrs W H Morse at 1935 Bever Avenue SE The Morses recently returned from a two month visit in California
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