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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1940
Page
11
A New Year round of social events marks 1940 with open house at John M. Drabelle residence 521 Fairview Drive SE from 4 to 7 PM. Several local families host dinner and buffet gatherings as part of the New Year sociability in progress.
Mr and Mrs Donald S Barry and children Patricia Donald and Margaret Ann of 1920 Fourth Avenue SE spent the weekend in Glidden. On Monday Patricia and Donald Barry will drive to Boulder Colorado where they are students at the University of Colorado.
Mrs Worth Averill of 1831 Second Avenue SE will accompany her daughter Nancy to Milwaukee to Downer School. Dudley Averill, their son, will leave next weekend to resume studies at St Johns Military Academy in Delafield Wisconsin.
Mrs. Elmer Rochlitz entertained at a theater party on Friday afternoon for her son Jimmy s eighth birthday at a movie then Ford Hopkins with green decorations and favors. Guests included Joseph Enzier Bobby McComas Benny Brog hammer Donald Boland Allen Hensley Michael Killaney Charles Beatty Bobby Fox and Jackie Scanlan.
Mr and Mrs Charles Penningroth along with their children Herbert Mary and Charlotte were dinner guests today of Mr and Mrs William Penningroth in Tip.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hamilton of 127 Cottage Grove Avenue SE will return Monday following a weekend spent in Boone with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Deering Jr.
Mr and Mrs Harold N Graves and their daughter Patricia Graves depart from 2142 Blake boulevard SE. They plan a visit in Peoria with Mrs Graves and Patricia returning to Butler College in Indianapolis.
Members of the Tourist club will meet Wednesday at Miss Esther Olmsted s home 1258 Second avenue SE. Mrs F D Fillmore will read a paper on Old Santa Fe.
The Misses Ann Dunlap and Mary Catherine Carns hosted a Saturday shower at Mrs Wurster's tea room honoring Mrs George Koehn, formerly Miss Frances Hallgren, with guests Margaret Hallgren Geanie Trumbull Christine Mull Mary Eleanor Hardiman Mary Jane Watts Jean Engleman Jean Wodtke and Pauline O'Connor.
Miss Emma Allen hosted a holiday reunion dinner Friday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs R C Allen 1806 Eighth avenue SE. She was helped by her sister Miss Ruth Allen. Guests included Misses Dorothy Jane Plock Lucy Siver Frances Rubins Josephine Beadle Arline Jayne Mary Jean Gossett Irene Christie and Mrs J D Houser. After dinner games followed the festive meal with red candle lighting.
Miss Alice Margaret Hoepner daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Hoepner Waterloo and Randall C Hart son of Mrs Robert Hart Vinton were wed at the Little Brown church Nashua in a 2 pm ceremony conducted by Rev William Kent. Bridesmaid was Mrs Glen Sanders and best man Dan Stok with ushers G C Sanders J F Stevenson. A reception for fifty followed at the Russell Lamson hotel Waterloo. She is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and a former Waterloo teacher. He is a Mt Vernon High School alumnus with degrees from ISU and Colorado State Teachers College and taught at Wilson High Cedar Rapids. They will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Laura Schultz returns to Winona Minnesota after vacation at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Euken at 630 C avenue NW.
The maritime commission approved the sale of eight ships from United States Lines to Norway’s Aktieselskabet. The ships were among ten sought for registry transfer to Panama but blocked by Roosevelt and Hull over neutrality concerns. The commission said no government obligations remain on these vessels and they will become Norwegian vessels under Norwegian law.
A guide shows a family of five can plan meals for about 12 dollars weekly. It lists menus with balanced calories and nutrients, uses rutabagas and other inexpensive foods, and includes recipes for spareribs, mashed rutabaga, toast, and desserts.
STOCKHOLM Germany plans to restart interrupted trade talks with Finland despite Russia declaring a blockade of Finnish coasts. Normal commerce should resume next week after the new year. Helsinki government appears secure as Helsinki sources note Finnish resistance remains strong.
Police investigate why Anita Hoffberg a 26 year old contractor's wife ended her life by leaping from a downtown hotel window after a 20 minute telephone plea from her mother Celia Scharff who had tried to dissuade her from the act. The tragedy followed a quarrel with her husband prompting the fatal decision. The mother spoke to her daughter for twenty minutes before Hoffberg hung up and fell to Michigan Boulevard.
Washington UP The nation's airlines closed 1939 with the best safety record in the history of commercial aviation. An analysis prepared for the United Press by the civil aviation authority found two fatal airline accidents in 1939, with nine passengers and three crew killed, compared with five fatal accidents in 1938 and 1937.
A Braniff airliner crashed near Oklahoma City on March 26 killing seven passengers and one crew member. The incident followed a winter safety accord among United Airlines American Airlines Eastern Airlines and TWA to cancel trips in bad weather. The aviation program received praise for completing a $15 000 program to improve airways with radio beam and communications systems.
Congress returns to Washington as Nance Garner, a former candidate for the 1940 presidential nomination, resumes activity in the capital. The report notes Garner’s reentry into federal political scene and ongoing campaign moves.
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