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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1934
Page
2
The High Twelve club hosts its first ladies night of the year at 6 30 Friday at the Hotel Roosevelt. A China themed dinner and entertainment follow a guest speaker who has lived in China and a Japanese dance performance. Attendees are asked to wear Chinese or Japanese attire if possible.
The Modern Reading club meets Wednesday for luncheon at 1627 Grande avenue SE hosted by Mrs Fred A Winter with Mrs Willam Rinderknecht assisting. Mrs Edward H Kane will review No Second Spring by Janet Belth for the program.
Judge and Mrs Atherton B Clark hosted a Monday evening picnic dinner and bridge club at their home at 347 Seventeenth Street SE. Four tables of bridge were played during the evening.
Mr and Mrs Donald G Isett traveled to Iowa City early this week to spend time there after visiting Mrs Beems, daughter of Mr C A Beems of 377 Twenty first street SE. Mrs Isett spent last week here and Mr Isett joined her for the weekend.
Mr and Mrs D Warren, guests of Mr and Mrs Walter L Cherry in Chicago, will travel at week’s end to the home of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs James Seanate Baker in Chicago for a visit.
Mrs Nelle Ross of 602 Second Avenue SW has returned home after visiting relatives and friends in Kansas City for the last month.
The weekly schedule lists W B A card party at Moose Hall Wednesday 7 30pm and a follow up at 8 pm. Winter Tenute hosts a meeting and card party at Pythian Sisters hall Thursday 7 30 pm with refreshments. Various auxiliary and veterans groups meet midweek at local halls with social cards and announcements for installation and officer gatherings.
The column quotes Aunt Het joking about starting a nudist colony after jokingly noting she installed a full length mirror in her bathroom. The remark is framed as light humor within a casual household setting.
Mrs G R Cassidy hosted a small luncheon at 1817 Bever Avenue SE to honor Mrs E Wilber who departs this weekend for Missouri Valley to establish a new home. Yellow and pink flowers decorated the lunch table. Bridge followed at two tables.
Miss Eileen Reinking and Raymond Drenkhan wed in a Sunday morning service at the Lost Nation parsonage. Attendants were Miss Elsie Schroeder and Gilbert Reinking. The bride, a 1931 Lost Nation graduate, and the groom, a 1927 Guttenberg graduate, will reside in Cedar Rapids where he works for Town Electric Light and Power.
Forts-eight attended Cedar Rapids Woman's Club history and literature luncheon on Monday. Mrs Myer Avedovech reviewed Crowded Hours by Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Hardy Perennial by Helen Hull. Miss Anna Marie DeCastello and George Klumpar and friends enjoyed a surprise party hosted by Mrs Hazel Herington at 246 Eleventh Street NW Saturday night. Games and dancing were enjoyed.
Sixteen players attended a Monday bridge session at Cedar Rapids County Club. The event featured four tables in the afternoon.
Officers of Home Rebekah lodge No 78 were installed Monday evening by District Deputy President Alta Woodside and her staff. New officers included Floy Meredith as past noble grand and Viola Kopecky as noble grand with Ada Stone as vice grand and Norvella Ellis as recording secretary.
The Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the Montrose hotel Monday night. Miss Lena Vogt spoke on probation work, outlining daily problems and showing how each case requires different handling. A business meeting followed and a special meeting is scheduled for January 29.
Miss Velma King hosted a Monday evening danco party at 319 Center Point road for friends. Prizes were awarded to Betty Jean Fons naught Chalice Shores and Il sigret Weber. Other attendees included Pegey Bode Phyllis Wilber Ruth Jane Hubbard Dorothy Jane Plock Billie Young Ruth Rich Dorothy Geiger Jean Young Madonna Rush Nadine Kirkland Margret Taylor Betty Kemper Jeanne Stookey Tzetta Debe Frances Rubius and Dorothy Chapin.
Mr and Mrs John Fritz of Atkins surprised their daughter with a Sunday evening dinner party. Attendees included Bernice Fritz Audrie Jacobi Viola Topy from Cedar Rapids Elmer Moeller from Newhall Bruce Butts Robert Fritz and the Fritzs' relatives Mr and Mrs John Kohn and family Also present were Mr and Mrs P McGivern Mrs Fred Kieper and Harriet Kleper of Atkins.
Junior Hadassah schedules a Wednesday evening gathering at 8 o clock in Beth Jacob synagogue with members expected to attend and discuss upcoming community service projects.
St Rita's society of St Matthew's church will hold a pre Lent party Thursday evening in the parish hall. A supper at 6 30 p m precedes card games with prizes for high scores and a dancing session to close the event.
Mrs J E DeFore and Mrs Tom Smith hosted a miscellaneous shower at 830 Seventh Avenue SE inviting many guests. The event honored Mrs Morris Canfield nee Isabel DeFore who married on Dec 31, with prizes won by Mrs W V Carringer Miss Marie Henderson and Mrs Roy Street among others in attendance.
Miss Evelyn Johnson entertained the Aces Wild club at her home on Friday with bridge as the main diversion. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Attending were Irma Countryman Evelyn Johnson Opal McCloskey Leona Heil Dorothy Weaver Olga Serbousch Virginia Nemec Dorothy Eckert and Adeline Fieseler.
A Saturday evening party at 52 Fourth Avenue SE hosted by Mr and Mrs L L Lambertsen celebrated their daughter Anna Mae Lambertsen. Guests included Edna Stevens Marjorie Hale Mike Kells Pete Merillo Robert Lambertsen and Darwin Olmstead with games and dancing as entertainments.
George Brems was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Bakers association at a Monday night meeting in Sokol hall. August Venhorst became vice president, George Holcomb secretary-treasurer, with Walter Morris Herman Rundquist and Jimmy Benda named to the board of directors. Benda serves as chairman of the board. about twenty members attended.
Earlville Masonic Square lodge No 286 installed officers Friday evening led by installing officer Dr E A Sachs. Worshipful master Howard Iunt and senior warden J L Gibbs were named along with junior warden Glenn Slick and Louis Kuehnile as senior deacon. Junior deacon William Baskerville and stewards Roy Mil ley and Fred Hahn also named. Herman Kodine and A J Faust served as marshal.
The piece describes lingerie trends with a sheath-like dress over undergarments, emphasizing clean-cut molded body lines, minimal bulk, and bias cuts for flatness with necessary fullness. Slips reveal bust lines, some with uplift bandeau tops, while panties stay flat through the hips and snug tops remain in fashion.
The article surveys elastic front panties with various top finishes, trim limits to bindings and lace, plus new underthings including Mainbocher Jaeta Petticoats in taffeta and a long-sleeved nightgown. It notes novelty ideas appealing to readers imagining smart, long-skirted dresses and evolving home fashion.
Cedar Rapids will join the national Birthday Ball program on January 30 at the Memorial building to celebrate Franklin D Roosevelt's fifty second birthday. Proceeds support the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis treatment. Mrs W E Lamey chairs local preparations under Henry L Doherty, with details to follow.
Madame Helena Paderewska, wife of renowned pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski, died at their villa in Morges Switzerland on Tuesday. She was 74 years old.
Cedar Rapids superintendent Arthur Deamer told the board the CWA program for unemployed teachers poses complex challenges. He plans to seek input from unemployed residents to select courses, mail suggestions, and avoid duplicating night school offerings. Sixty applicants, from no training to a chemistry PhD, have applied under the CWA education program, with regulatory limits preventing hiring enough teachers.
Judge H C Ring granted a $500 judgment in district court amid a conversion action by John Vavra Jr trustee in bankruptcy for Cedar Rapids Shoe Co against J L Woerderhoff an officer and director. The four count suit alleged payments of 1400 to Woerderhoff 3200 on a lease sale 700 on a store front and 15000 on stock purchase of 120 shares.
Mrs Holland's Circle and St Johns Guild plan gatherings at multiple addresses. Mrs T Ho and Mrs Charles Hess coordinate sessions with pastors, luncheon, and study groups. Attendees urged to confirm and attend.
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