Welcome 1937 Parties Mark Mount Vernon New Year
Mount Vernon residents welcomed 1937 with numerous New Year celebrations and festive gatherings. Families and groups hosted parties, dinners, and bridge clubs at homes across the city, with some guests visiting from Cedar Rapids and Chicago.
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Mount Vernon
New Year Dinner Attendees In Shellsburg and Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg hosts Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Strait with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Fredin and family of Ottumwa and Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Miller of Cedar Rapids. Reuben Senft held a New Year’s picnic for friends and relatives at his home with Cecil Bixby and family, Jesse Bixby of Cedar Rapids, Harold Inman of Des Moines, Jesse Perry, Merle Weir and Janet, Howard Williams and family, Mattie Johnson, Amanda Elson, Ida Bixby and Kirk Bixby among the attendees.
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The
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Alma Moots
Bernice Becker
Ames
Louise Allen
Richland
Cedar Rapids
Ardis Stinger
C. W. Neff
F. A. Bauman
Charles S. Carley
George Carley
Chicago
Homer Carley
Loren Carley
George Wilhelm
R. P. Ink
Grange Gables
C. S. Miller
O. Z. Wellman
Katherine McKee
Blanche Howe
Lloyd McCutcheon
Sibley
McCutcheon
James McCutcheon
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Margaret Benesh
Laura Platt
Dr. Robinson
John Becker
A. J. Strait
Oliver Fredin
Ottumwa
Oie G. C. Miller
Cedar Rapds
Reuben Senft
Cecil Bixby
Jesse Bixby
Harold Inman
Des Moines
Jesse Perry
Merle Weir
Janet
Howard Williams
Mattie Johnson
Amanda Elson
Ida Bixby
Kirk Bixby
Church Groups Schedule Various Meetings Across Grande Avenue
A roundup of church circles and societies with meetings at homes and churches on Grande Avenue and nearby streets. Activities include luncheons, picnics, desserts, and program evenings led by members such as Mrs. W. Lawrence, Mrs. J. Irwin, and Mrs. M. P. Beck, plus guest speakers and special music.
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W. Lawrence
Carlos Miller
Falling Leaves Quilt Pattern and Walnut Lore
The piece blends seasonal walnut lore with a Nancy Page quilt pattern for Falling Leaves. It gives block tracing, applique steps, leaf color guidance, and fabric tips, plus a note on obtaining the pattern leaflet. The Cedar Rapids Gazette 1937 copyright is noted.
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Ovid
Nancy Page Quilt Club
Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Church Class Schedules And Circles For Friday And Beyond
A list of church activities includes the Philathea class meeting at 2 30 p m in the church parlors with Kensington, Berean class luncheon at 12 30 p m in the small dining room, and a 6 p m supper and business meeting for the business men's class at First Baptist. Other circles meet at homes or local buildings on Friday and Monday with luncheon or study programs led by various hostesses and helpers.
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C. C
F. L. Bokerney
Johnson Avenue
M. F. Harmon
Ladies Aid Society
F. M. Beck
Kenwood Methodist Church
Trinity Triangle
Elton D. Wells
John Wesley
Leverne Morningstar
Otto Slapnicka
Saint Elizabeth’s Circle
P. M. Lattner
J. F. Stephan
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Evangelical Church
Frank Lange
Fourth Avenue SE
F. W. Adams
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Women’s Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
W. D. Toof
Grace Sargent
Ralph Gearhart
The
Missionary Society of
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Ray Anderson
Avenue
C. T. McWilliams
Stanley Stookey
China
H. E. Kensinger
Ray Roth
T. W. Colby
E. S. Smith
L. Willson
Mahala Pratt Guild
Orville Rust
Forest Drive
Harold Millhiser
M. H. Douglass
W. C. Danforth
C. S. Johnson
Susannah Wesley
J. D. Wardle
Second Avenue SE
E. A. Mabon
E. L. Pritchard
C. L. Anangst
C. A. Laurance
Protheon
Sam Christenson
Bever Avenue
Earl Birney
George Helscher
L. W. Minehart
S. C Wiles
Kensington
G. W. Smith
Twenty-third Street
F. X. Guyott
E. F. Thompson
J. E. Kill
Berean
W. L. Sleight
R. T. Kells
M. Cress
G. C. Babcock
Church
M. R. Heath
T. Frank Hersch
G. H. Nix
T. K. Hefner
O. R. Patrick
Este Heath
E. R. Moore
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Charles Loomis
J. T. Brice
Twentieth Street
Ronald Rawson
Ninth Avenue
H. R. Rieke
P. L. Newbold
R. W. Frahm
W. C. Schrodermier
R. L. Clapp
First Avenue E
Congress action needed to reinstate DC police officer
An act of congress is required to reinstate a policeman from the Washington DC police force. The report notes the reinstatement cannot proceed without federal approval.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tipton
A. E. Rumble
Fay Wagner
Kilcare Klub
Leland Kent
Joe Johnston
Golden Jubilee Circle of Kings Daughters
Mary Templeton
Joe Maley
Harry Gerber
Luke
Mesdames Nell Nephew
Lucy McCormick
Irma Nesmith
Martha Shaffer
Claire Treadwell
W. E. Hutchinson
W. H. Schneekloth
H. D. Borts
Foster Melson
Edith Buck
Ray Zimmerling
Chamberlain, S. D
Mechanicsville
Elmer Littig
W. J. Meliquham
Melsiquham
Mason, Mich
F. L. Wilson
Monday Bridge Club
Roy D. Stoffel
Masonic Hall
Chelsea
Eldeen Club
Haven Methodist Church
Frank Stone
Oscar Baker
Jack McNall
James Heik
Flint
William Clark
Edward Grey
Ford Reed
Maxine Wirslaw
Allan Graham
Charles Horrigan
Edward Novak
Irving Arnold
Ada
Helen
Carol Stone
Fred Cram
Chelsea Fire Department
Z.C.B.J. Hall
Anna Bartachek
Edward Benda
F. J. Stanek
Guy Allee
Lola Comte
Emma Vitek
Shellsburg
Grande Avenue
Elizabeth Gordon
Helen Murch
B Avenue NE
Mesdames S.arghm
Glenn Holm
Trinity Methodist
Immaculate Conception
Oliver Presbyterian
Lydian Society
Gertrude Kettler
Fourth Avenue SW
Avenue W
Nettie Sisam
Effie Owen
J. L. Lupton
Anna Chapman
St. Agnes Circle
J. R. Fitzgerald
St. John’s
St. Elizabeth’s Guild
C. W. Irwin
Fifth Avenue SE
St. John’s Guild
O. S. Johnson
Seventh Avenue SE
R. Hromek
St. Margaret’s Circle
Joseph Toman
G. Blencoe
R. C. Folsom
Grand Avenue Sun
W. E. Mickel
T Am the Fox
Winifred van Etten
Missionary Society of Olivet Presbyterian Church
Home For
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
First United Brethren Church
J. A. Wilson
C Avenue NE
H. W. Ward
First Evangelical
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. P. Beck
First Presbyterian
St. Rose Circle
J. L. Kiebel
Sixth Avenue SE
V. Johnson
Westminster
Women’s Missionary Society
W. E. Peschau
William Hughes
Hugh Hillerege
L. R. Swab
F. E. Manatt
W. B. Smith
the Missionary Society
Florence la Ganke
Black Weint
Nancy
Arthur Taylor
America
Y.W.C.A
Central Park
St. Matthew’s
St. Joan’s Circle
T. W. Troy
Seventeenth Street
St. Paul’s
Inger, Harry Hoyt
George E. Sweeten
First Baptist
Ladies Missionary Society
F. I. Baldwin
Twelfth Street
Kenwood Presbyterian
S. B. Miller
First Avenue
A. L. McClenahan
Free Methodist
Woman’s Missionary Society
Onalee Edaburn
C Avenue NW
Mary Chapman
Paris Academy
Third Street
Charles Greenberg
Greenberg
Lapins
Hudson
Second Street
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