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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1937
Page
5
Local column gathers lighthearted items from family life and community events. Tomorrows and townsfolk like Bill Gage Lattner Bloom and families in Decorah share anecdotes, marriages, new babies, icy rescues, and humorous misadventures from Tipton and nearby areas.
The Huawi class of Westminster church met at Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hird's home at 2516 B Avenue NE on Friday for its monthly picnic dinner and business session. Hosts were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Val M. Barta, who showed moving pictures of travels in Cuba, California and other places.
Silver Cross circle of the King's Daughters will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a dessert luncheon at the home of Mrs. C. J. Lynch 312 Nassau Street SE. The event ties into a Linn County Union silver tea to be held Wednesday.
The Czech Fine Arts society meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Terrace room of the Montrose hotel. Miss Alma Turechek leads events and Miss Esther Hronik presents notes with a Dumky Trio by Dvorak and works by Chopin Mozart Scarlatti Jensen.
Mrs Robert Armstrong will speak on Religion at a First Congregational Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship meeting this evening at 6 30 in the church house. Doris Hill will introduce the speaker and lead devotions. Plans will be discussed for attendance at the annual church meeting on Jan 15. All friends and members invited.
The engagement and upcoming marriage of Miss Ruth Lindsey daughter of Mr and Mrs J Elmer Lindsey of Council Bluffs to Tudor Wayne Wilder is announced by the Lindsey family. Wilder is the son of Mr and Mrs Stephen W Wilder of 2005 B avenue NE. The wedding is planned for January.
W A Larkin was installed as president and Verna Moats as worthy president at a joint installation and annual dinner of the Switchmen's Union of North America and its auxiliary. Other officers named include T F Gains Obed Bean Clyde Lybarger F Stritesky and J J Doyle. Auxiliary officers listed with Mrs Moats include Catherine Kiffe Irene McMillan Harriet McGuire Ellen Mead Nellie Lybarger Charlotte Lamphers and three board members. Dinner by Mrs John Vespers committee featured readings by Mrs George Buchan and music by Billy Boston Ruth Buske. Dancing followed with A E Charters.
Dr Alberta Munkres renowned in religious education for children will speak at a fellowship dinner and conference for children's workers at St Pauls Methodist Church Tuesday. Attendees may meet her at 5 30 p m in the church parlors before dinner at 6 and program at 7 with a round table discussion to follow. Reservations via church office dial 29126 by Monday afternoon.
A singer, a pianist, and a harpist in Cedar Rapids helped found the Music Matinee, a new informal music study club joining the Beethoven club tradition. Charter members include Mrs Edna Barrett Jackson Mrs C W Boegel and Mrs Mary Allen Woodward though she no longer resides here. The group grown from five meetings to a formal roster of about twenty members, and aims to foster musical study and performances in the community. The Beethoven club plans guest books with signatures from great musicians such as Tito Schipa and Pablo Casals and has hosted the Beethoven room at Coe Sinclair Memorial chapel. The club has sponsored Atwater Kent auditions and 4-H music memory contests in Linn County.
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