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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1938

Page

15

Around the Town Headlines Spur Vivid Holiday Tales

Local column shares playful dispatches from community life. Judy Boynton invites her mother to a Coquillette party. residents receive three cent Buffalo missives. Cedar Rapids bus schedule shifts spark clock woes. a weasel delays road work. a truck mishap spills coal but prompts accountability. and playful gift exchanges end with two piglets named Lessie-Wessie and Bernie-Wernie.

Win Lattner Ella Johnson Indian Creek Stables Santa Claus Ella Lattner-Johnson Farm Piggie Number Lessie-Wessie Piggie Bernie-Wernie

College Students Return To Classes Four A A U W Study Groups Will Meet

American Association of University Women Cedar Rapids branch resumes meetings this week after a holiday break. Art crafts host Mrs George Kosek at Hawthorn Hill 3040 Carroll drive SE Monday 7 30 p m. Literature group luncheon Wednesday Clara Robinsons Colonial tea room with review of Northwest Passage. Writing group meets Wednesday 7 30 p m at Mrs Frederick G Murray home. Family relations group meets Thursday 10 30 a m at Mrs Koseks home 3040 Carroll drive SE with discussion on Marriage and a Career.

American Association of University Women Cedar Rapids Art Crafts George Kosek Hawthorn Hill Carroll Drive Clara Robinson Colonial Tea Room Frank Stickney David G. Bleakley Kenneth Roberts New England Frederick G. Murray B Avenue NE William Walker Margaret Bottome The King’s Daughters Willis M. Mohn Sixteenth Street

Czech Fine Arts Society To Meet

The Czech Fine Arts society schedules a meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Terrace room of the Montrose hotel. Program includes songs and readings by performers such as Novacek Helen Masha violinist Leksa accompanist and Smetana Rose Ann Kubovec pianist. Esther Hronik will present current events and Jaro slava Holubova will read Czech literature.

Czech Fine Arts Society Montrose Hotel Prirody Novacek Helen Masha Martha Leksa Vprobuzenl Ae Ene Ee Novak Bené Ily Nedbal Mary Kopecky Beals Smetana Rose Ann Kubovec Fibich Nalady Dyaseog Helen Mokreds Esther Hronik Jaroslava Holubova

Graefe Sargent Wedding Held At Parents Home

Miss Harriet Witwer Sargent daughter of Mr and Mrs Amor H Sargent and Harry Brecht Graefe son of Mrs Harry F Graefe were married Thursday afternoon at 4 at the bride’s parents home 2237 Washington avenue SE in the presence of immediate families A short wedding trip will be followed by a home in Des Moines.

Harriet Witwer Sargent Amor H. Sargent Washington Avenue Harry Brecht Graefe Harry F. Graefe Des Moines P. F. Keehn Glenway Drive New Orleans Keehn Mexico City Florida Everett C. Hoover Eighth Avenue SE John Miami

Westwood Community Club to Elect Officers

Westwood Community club meets Tuesday at 2 p.m. at 1111 Westwood Drive NW for officer elections. O E S auxiliary to the Home for the Friendless hosts a Wednesday picnic luncheon at 1845 Fourth Avenue SE with hostesses listed and a 2:30 p.m. business session.

Westwood Community Club F. L. Dvorak Westwood Drive T. J. Whitock Fourth Avenue SE A. E. Kannewulf F. C. McLain David Ross O. W. Conwell W. E. Stoltenberg Peter McCracken M. M. Knickerbocker Stella Smith

Women Of First Lutheran Church To Meet Friday

The women of the First Lutheran church will gather in the church parlors Friday for a picnic luncheon. Afterward a business meeting will aim to unite the three existing women's organizations into one large group. Presidents of the groups and committee members are listed, inviting all church women to attend.

First Lutheran Church C. Schamberger Ladies Aid A. Mikota M. C. Kehne Mary Watts R. ¥. LeMont V. Jones Mia. O. J. Larson

Y W C A to stress keep fit classes this winter

The Y W C A Health Education department launches a winter term starting Jan 3 under Miss Lorraine Nelson. Keep fit sessions feature charted progress, with multiple time slots for adults, home women, and teens. Bowling, badminton, volleyball, dancing, and crafts also populate the schedule with instructors and room details.

Y. W. C. A. Health Education Department Lorraine M. Nelson T. M. Ingersoll Roberta Randolph

Northwestern students prepare for post holiday grind back to campus

The piece notes Northwestern University students leaving for Evanston after holidays with many traveling plans. It lists Betsy Quarton along with guests Virginia Shaw and Marjorie Listing, and mentions several other Northwestern students returning to classes. It also covers related travel plans of families, radio talks sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs, and brief notes on students from Wisconsin and Colorado.

Northwestern University Evanston Betsy Quarton Sumner D. Quarton Indian Road Virginia Shaw Oberlin Ohio Marjorie Listing Western Springs Ill Northwestern

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