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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1937

Page

23

New Officers Installed By Malta Chapter Of O. E. S.

Malta chapter No. 415, Order of Eastern Star, installed new officers led by Louise Padley as worthy matron and George H. Cockburn as worthy patron at the Masonic hall on Saturday. Distin guished guests included past grand matrons Maude Keyser and Edna Duncan and past grand patron Paul N. Clark as well as other officers and retiring matron Daisy Johnson and patron Albert Diserens. The ceremony featured music by a harpist and singing, with floral gifts, pledges of support, a floral charge on emblems, and a concluding dinner and dance with pink roses and blue tapers.

Louise Padley George H. Cockburn Malta Order of Eastern Star Masonic Hall Helen Lundin William E. Groepper Emily Walbrand Jean Vondracek Helen Dunker Betty Suchomel Hattie Henderson Gladys Doolittle Milo H. Runkle Flora Boyd Adah Agnes Carlson Ruth Winona McFarland Esther Florence Felten Martha Grace Stanley Electa Lena Nelson Carroll H. Nelson Sentinel Daisy Johnson Albert Diserens Johnson Diserens James Ralston Jennie

Annual Meeting Of Pilgrim Fellowship Groups

The Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship groups meet this evening at 6 30 in the church house led by Walter H Staves to discuss completing the recreation room and present officers and committees for both junior and senior groups. A separate note mentions the Minerva Delphian meeting and a Jolly Eight 500 club gathering with prize winners reported.

Pilgrim Fellowship Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship Walter H. Staves Church House Virginia Hillock Dick Staves Jean Hedberg Lois Grissel Jean Cash Rush Benson Charmian Chapman Tom Barry Rose Marie Blomquist Myron Bonsib Jack Swan Doris Hill Charles Knox Ruth Jane Hubbard Joe Ainsworth Carol Blodgett Gray Alan Wilson Evelyn Northcott Laura Belle Platt Social Jane Dunlop Woman’s Benefit Association No. 26 Moose Hall Star No. 4 D. of H. Protective Association Mable Woods Twenty-second Avenue SE

Bobsled Party Honors Four Birthday Celebrants

A Dutch bobsled party Saturday celebrated the birthdays of Robert Pierson Culver Kuhens Ruth Ann Kenyon and Violet Thorson. Guests gathered at the Pierson home for an oyster supper after the sleigh ride.

Robert Pierson Roland Pierson Ellis Boulevard NW Culver Kuhens Carl D. Kuhens Eighth Street NW Ruth Ann Kenyon Henry J. Kenyon Ellis Boulevard Violet Thorson Otto Thorson Ninth Street Pierson Mrs. Pierson Robert Patty Mrs. Rubens Culver Mrs. Kenyon Ruth Ann Mary Alice Ivadelle Thorson Jimmy Usher Tommy Dunlop Joyce Sorenson Emily Reed Rosalind Reed Helen Shields

Cozy and Hawthorne Club Activities Reported

Wyoming Mrs Claude Sears hosted the Cozy club Friday with prizes won by Mrs Lester French Mrs Gordon Marshall and Mrs Lyle Jenkins The Hawthorne club met Monday at Mrs Charles Marshalls home with a program by Elaine Scarcliff Mrs W B Brown and Mrs L M Koch plus several others The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church had hosts Wednesday The Progressive Womans club met Tuesday at Mrs W S Roushs with a program by Mrs C E Wherry Mrs C H Rogers and Mrs W W Bronson

Claude Sears Lester French Gordon Marshall Lyle Jenkins Hawthorne Club Charles Marshall Elaine Scarcliff W. B. Brown L. M. Koch E. R. Marshall Ellen Marshall Elias Anderson Nelson Brownell Walter Edwards Earl Mallicoat

Seven Groups Of Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Meet This Week

The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club schedules meetings across seven groups this week. History and Literature plans a biographical sketch of Dr. Mary B. Harris and a review of The Golden Lady. Other departments cover talks, singing, reports, and a grandmothers appreciation program with a one act play Grand Ma Old Style and refreshments.

Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club H. C. Ring Mary B. Harris Federal Industrial Institution A. C. Loepp Dorothy Gardiner The Club

Parties Honor New Pledges At Cornell

Cornell social notices recount multiple women groups and clubs hosting events. Mrs. Rhea Davis birthday dinner and various society gatherings include Ladies Aid division meetings, Methodist parsonage luncheon, Altar Society, Presbyterian choir dinner, and Shriners auxiliary picnic. Several installations and officer elections conclude the list of activities.

Harry Hoffman Rhea Davis Lloyd A. Gustafson Methodist Ladies Aid John Bryant H. W. Scott Wesleyan Service Guild Miriam Freer Abbie Prebasco Maude Parsons Altar Society St. John’s Catholic Church Frank Young Presbyterian Choir Lloyd Neal Franklin Township Linn Township Kenneth Litts Takonte Dorothy Dobson Charles Hedges Sorosis C. L. Rich S. L. Chandler Lloyd McCutcheon E. G. Hunt W. H. Hoover M. W. Fussell J. B. Ringer F. M. McGaw Bertha Swim Nicholas Knight D. T Agnes Bartholomew F. G. Brooks

Star of Maine Rebekah Installation Honors Officers

Ruth Pierson was installed as noble grand of Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge No. 221 at a Thursday meeting. District deputy president Gladys Ballard and Gladys Derflinger of Marion led the ceremony with staff. New officers include Emona Hammond and Beatrice Bonham among others. Gifts, corsages, and flowers from members and visitors followed, with decorations featuring gladiolas from Braden ton, Fla.

Ruth Pierson Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge No. 221 Gladys Ballard Gladys Derflinger Marion Emona Hammond Beatrice Bonham Thedis Holmes Grace Berlin Grace Hanson Nettie Chiverton Elizabeth Meyn Noble and Gertrude Artis Azel Neal Clara Hemminger Bessie Bachman Lodge Alma Farley Noble Grand Emma Hammond Bradenton Fla C. B. Shaade

Girls' Friendly Society Secretary To Hold Conference

Miss Margaret D. Jefferson, field secretary, will lead a regional conference on the society's work at St. John’s Episcopal church starting 10 a.m. with a luncheon at 12:30 and an afternoon session at 2 p.m. The society, affiliated with the Episcopal church, has 29 000 members. She previously directed religious education in New York and led Girl Scouts in Pelham New York.

Margaret D. Jefferson Girls’ Friendly Society St. John’s Episcopal Church Miss Jefferson Pennsylvania College For Women Grace Church New York City Y.W.C.A Episcopal Students New York University Girl Scouts Pelham N. Y Midwest Jefferson Episcopal Church

Engagement of Marian Clark to Ross L Wilson

Mr and Mrs Marshall E Clark of 1535 B avenue NE announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Marian to Ross L Wilson of Milton Cedar Rapids. The wedding is set for February 1 Miss Clark a Coe college graduate active in Beta Phi Alpha Phi Sigma Iota and Crescent societies Mr Wilson a Dodge Radio College graduate and WMT engineer. A dinner and shower honored Miss Clark with guests listed including Dorothy Rowles Bernice Monahan Genevieve Long Marjorie Beach and others.

Marshall Edgar Clark Avenue Marian Ross L. Wilson Cedar Rapids Lincoln Wilson Milton Miss Clark Coe College Beta Phi Alpha Phi Sigma Iota Crescent Wilson Dodge Radio College Valparaiso Ind WMT Clark Dorothy Rowles Bernice Monahan Genevieve Long Marjorie Beach Thomas Hepner George Medhurst D. Pirie Beyea Charles Andrie Elmer Norton Allen McKee

Dinner Dance by Beta Sigma Phi Groups

About sixty five couples attended a Saturday dinner dance in the Crystal room at the Montrose hotel. Members of Beta Sigma Phi’s Sigma and Lambda chapters entertained with a showy devil’s head entry and red lighting. An eleven piece band provided dancing and group singing. Guests included Ida McQuin, George Newland, L H Gardner, and F W Damour.

Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Phi Business Girls’ Sorority Montrose Hotel Ida McQuin George Newland L. H. Gardner F. W. Damour Fern Cherry Frances Brown Lucille Barber Margaret Gould Thora Herr Martha Warner

Ethel Evans Circle Hosts Dessert Luncheon in NW Home

The Ethel Evans circle of the King's Daughters will hold a dessert luncheon on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Paul B. Gard, 1738 Maple Drive NW.

Ethel Evans King’s Daughters Paul B. Gard Maple Drive

Home Builders Group Meets at West Branch

The Methodist Sunday school class met Wednesday with members including Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Larson Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Eells and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sorensen. The L. A. L. club was entertained at Mrs. Glenn Brown’s home Tuesday with co host Mrs. Glenn Hoffman. The County Line club enjoyed hospitality at Mrs. E. R. Hayslet's Thursday.

Methodist Sunday School L. E. Moore Alfred Larson C. Eells Philip Sorensen Glenn Brown Glenn Hoffman County Line Club E. R. Hayslet

Couple to wed in Paris after engagement announced

Local notice confirms Miss Audrey Ames of Yakima Washington engaged to John Joseph Cook son of Mrs Ellen Richardson of Washington D C The couple's plans include leaving Yakima January 7 and sailing from New York January 13 with the wedding set for Paris Cook has links to Cedar Rapids and Washington D C while Ames is a University of Washington graduate and Herald Tribune writer in Paris

Audrey Ames A. A. Ames Yakima Wash John Joseph Cook Ellen Richardson Washington, D. C Mr. Cook Cedar Rapids J. P. Cook John Cook Eighteenth Street Miss Ames University of Washington Delta Gamma Sorority Mortar Board University of Vienna New York Herald Tribune Paris France George Washington University Air Moscow Russia New York

City Missionary Union Set Friday Meeting at Trinity Church

The City Missionary Union will hold its annual all day meeting Friday January 22 starting 9 45 a m at Trinity Methodist church Third avenue and Fifth street SW Mrs M K McCleary of Flat Africa will bring principal messages A peace play Wooden Soldiers will be presented by Mrs LeRoy D Weld and Mrs W E Lichtenstein Luncheon and social hour follow with afternoon session at 1 15 p m Installation of officers to be conducted by the Rev J Renwick McCullough of Westminster Presbyterian Church Women of Westminster Church will present a play Our Great Possession at the afternoon session Several local women named to participate and a full program listed with devotions reports and prayer services.

M. K. McCleary Flat Africa City Missionary Union Trinity Methodist Church Third Avenue Fifth Street LeRoy D. Weld W. E. Lichtenstein J. Renwick McCullough Westminster Presbyterian Church Westminster Church R. R. Williamson Everett E. Fisher J. A. Stolar Ben H. Peterson W. J. Barngrover J. W. van Orsdol J. S. Skien C. R. Omundson Galen T. Lehman Elton D. Wells H. E. Kensinger O. S. Johnson Clay Phillips John T. Massey Christ Wells Kensinger Cave Selo Pua James E. Waery Our Missionary Society P_ W Jacobson Merun McCleary

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Padley Moniteur Minerva Delphian Murray A. Fawcett England A. E. Chase A. E. Einen L. S. Vane F. L. Bokerney H. S. Johnson Jolly Eight R. H. Burns Center Point Road Jolly Eight 500 Club Melvin Harbert W. O. Blake Leo Slaughter Anne Donnelly Pearson Reed L. D. Corkery Rowley Fifth Avenue SE Magnus Hotel Aremne Circle Areme Circle of Cedar Johnson Avenue NW Jim Sloan Ed Byers Ed Nelson J. L. Wilson Owen Faires Jim Halpin G. Dusdicker A. O. Lattimer Marshall Clark Wyoming Carl K. Linge Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery H. G. Heiserman Germany C. E. Roberts Pacific Leota Swem Spain Helen Kacena Stark Lulu Engleman Welty Guy McKibben Leota Swemn P. W. Davis John P. Mills Philanthropic Dramatic Art Department R. J. Allen Grandma Walter Prichard Eaton Robert Campbell Charles Shepard B. Harrington F. D. Snyder J. P. Mills J. E. Ives Cornell EL Kahir Women’s Auxiliary Shriners’ Hospital For Shrine Temple W. H. Workman C. R. Nelson Joe Danziger Mary Novak John Sanket R. M. Menary Penelope Mary Kanellis Alethea Emma Cringos Mary Santos Blanche Chukas Sophie Siamis Helen Siamis Athena Costas George Folion Antonia Petrakes Helen Thomas Beulah Raftis Esther Zervas Bessie Stefanakos Virginia Carter Annezina Folion Anna Santas Eleanor Bellas Miss Star OF Maine Rebekah Marian Clark and Thompson Miss Marian Clark Rebecca Alexander Norman Sutliff Rebecca Alexander Tent Daughters of Union Veterans of the Terrace Alma E. Owens John Heaton Aldebaran Court Ben Hur Life Association Second Avenue SE Fidelity Life Fidelity Life Association First Avenue E Rebekah I. O. O. F. Hall Progressive Circle Carrie T. Z. Cook Memorial Hall Jan Hus Jan Hus Lodge Odd Fellows Standard Life Standard Life Association No Sunshine Circle L.A.P.M Lena Borschel Washington Avenue SE U. C. T. Auxiliary United Commercial Travelers Ladies Auxiliary No. 36 Helen Fay Townsend Park Avenue SE Walter Mott Jack Maize Earl Wilson Praha Rebekah Praha Rebekah Lodge Sokol Hall Foresters of America Court Cedar No C. R Cedar Rapids Lodge Mercy Division No. 51 G.la B. of L.E K. P. Hall Mary Harper Grande Avenue SE Maud Roth Typographical Union No. 192 F. Hall George Peacock Emil Novotny Rebekah Lodge No I.C.O. F. Hall Thomas Wildley St. Mary’s Court Immaculate Conception Linn Ioway Hive Maccabees Cedar Cedar Auxiliary Clarence Wheelan Sixth Avenue SE Blanche Gray Margie Rosenberger Linden Camp No Woodmen of America Odd Fellows Hall Hugh A. Orchard Andrew Peterson Star of Maine Circle Maine Lodge Hall Kate Wink Hazel Smith Rosa Comport Clarice Bort Cecelia Schultz Celia Cozart Beauty Shop Lydia Wehmeier Perkins West Branch Star's Sisters At Mount Mercy Don Ameche State Lasswell Photo Mary Jane, Catherine and Mary Jane Catherine Ameche Mount Mercy Academy St. Berchman’s Seminary Columbia College Dubuque Catherine Hardendorf Third Avenue SE Rev Mr. Wells P.haldy Cedar Rapids IA Lustre Evenes Kitterman DIAL RETEX Sta-Press Glover RCA Victor Victor Hilterunner Music Company First Street
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