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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1932
Page
7
The holiday includes a dinner dance at Cedar Rapids Country Club Monday with a large attendance expected. The Country Club and Stone City Artists Colony will host events as part of the Fourth of July celebrations.
Dr and Mrs H J Jones of 2021 Fifth Avenue SE with their family and Miss Helen Larimer return Saturday afternoon from Northern Pine camp at Park Rapids Minnesota where they have spent the last two weeks.
A group of friends and Mrs. George Stir observed their fifth wedding anniversary Wednesday evening at 1719 B Street West. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. William Michalek and daughter Margaret Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Staskal and daughter Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brusha and daughter Marvel of Fairfax, and several other couples from Cedar Rapids and Amana. The gathering featured playing cards.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Goodrow and their sons Donald and Marvin arrived in Cedar Rapids Saturday morning to spend three months with Mr and Mrs Henry Goodrow at Center Point road NE. They will visit Harold and Mrs Harold Goodrow on Third avenue SW and traveled from California by car.
The Ladies circle to the Ambar Grotto held a Friday evening picnic at Ellis Park for Grotto and circle members. A brief business meeting followed and the constitution and by laws were read, but no vote will occur until the September meeting.
On Friday evening Alpha Xi Delta members at Coe College held a spread in the Ausadie chapter rooms. Miss Joyce McLain and Miss Frances McLaughlin led the arrangements for the affair.
From New Mexico Mrs. Asa Holcomb of Albuquerque visits sister Mrs. L J Ford at 527 Ninth Street SW and her mother Mrs. Clara Herschel during a family stay.
A detailed menu and recipe fragment listing baked cabbage and cheese, baked potatoes, plum jelly, coconut cookies, strawberry shortcake, and a meat substitute called Baked Cabbage And Cheese. Includes measurements for flour sugar butter milk fruit fillings and baking instructions with moderate oven times.
Cedar Rapids Gazette advertisement promotes Pattern 2370 with step by step diagrams. It markets a reversible sash front coat dress with a knee flared flounce and contrasting ruffle, in sizes 16 to 20 and 34 to 44, with fabric yardage details and 15 cent pattern price. It also highlights a Spring Fashion catalog featuring Anne Adams styles and reports mail orders to The Gazette-Republican fashion department.
A fragmented excerpt highlights the Humorist noting social vanity and the idea that some women prefer refined suitors over ordinary men. The tone suggests witty commentary on class and courtship from a periodical voice.
Mrs. Mary Horak of Fourth Street SE celebrated her birthday Thursday with a party at her home. Refreshments were served to a large group of guests including Mr. and Mrs. John Prusek and daughter Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kos, Mr. and Mrs. John McCain, and many others.
Miss Doris Garner hosted a Friday luncheon in honor of her guest Margaret Handel of Majon ity. Guests included Miss Handel Virginia Kuning Helen Frantz Mae Johnson Bernice Curran tty Smythe and Muriel Morton.
Mr and Mrs A Oxley of Le City are guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Alva Hemphill at 209 Seventh Street SW for a few days. The Oxleys are former Cedar Rapids residents who left for Kansas City twenty two years ago.
The Misses Bernice and Dorothy Sisam of 619 Avenue NW depart Saturday to Kansas City and Chillicothe Missouri to visit relatives and friends for a few weeks.
Charles J. Lynott of 845 Second Street NW will return this weekend after spending a week with friends in Muskegon Michigan.
The Cedar Rapids board of education reported total disbursements of 1,150,573.46 for the year ending June 30, leaving a balance of 313,216.37. General fund outlays totaled 947,636.21 with school house fund expenditures at 166,761.75, while receipts reached 1,463,789.83, of which 1,127,596.61 came from district taxes.
A 2.1 billion dollar relief bill aims to aid the unemployed with food and work programs and stimulate business. Conferees will finalize the outline for a House and Senate vote after a July 4 recess as President Hoover is expected to sign.
The board of education directs 20 percent depreciation of buildings and equipment and cancels that amount of insurance. A coal bid advert is set for August 3 to supply about 5000 tons of nut coal plus hauling and ash removal for next winter, aiming for about $1,800 savings amid lower material and labor costs.
Pilot Dan Hunter announced a bargain offering passengers over 200 pounds travel for 1 cent per pound on Sunday and Monday with a $1 minimum fee and a maximum of one person per flight allowed to ride without charge.
The board of education honored two former public school teachers Corinne Garrett and Minnie Beenk with a resolution expressing appreciation for their years of service. Garrett had been on the retired list until her recent death and was formerly principal of Adams. Beenk was principal of Buchanan School until her death Friday.
Union services will be held at 7 30 Sunday at the First United Presbyterian church on Third avenue and Second street SW. Rev. O T Engquist of Saron Lutheran will preach, with special music by Rev. William Feller and Miss Dorothy Gearkee. Meetings run through July and August, with Trinity Methodist First Evangelical Saron Lutheran Second Christian and First United Presbyterian taking turns Sunday evenings.
Eight champions were named at the national YMCA wrestling tournament in Grand Rapids. Seven winners were accepted as Olympic tryouts, with champions including Heavyweight Rogers Flanders Stillwater OK and 191 pound Robert Van Bilari cum Columbus OH among others. the 115 pound class was not recognized for the Olympics.
A feature notes Lionel Barrymore’s art corner at MGM where he etches at home with wife Irene Fenwick supervising. It recalls his 1906 Paris sojourn with Doris Rankin, early stage work with Grandma Drew, fame in The Mummy and the Humming Bird, and later directing roles after film stardom.
The Linn County Republican convention featured strong support for Karl Fischer and Hoover as leaders. Speakers criticized the Democratic wet plank and urged voter mobilization, arguing the economy requires steady leadership. Delegates from Cedar Rapids and Linn County were named for the state convention and district committee, with numerous local figures listed as attendees and officers.
At a crowded hotel suite Smith supporters watched as William Gibbs McAdoo began a political speech that doomed the Smith for President bid. As the gavel fell and ballots were counted, staff packed banners and emblems and Smith retired to bed after the loss.
A profile of Franklin D Roosevelt noting his birth in 1882 at Hyde Park New York his education at private tutors Harvard and Columbia Law School and early political rise. It highlights his anti Tammany battles his 1920 vice presidential bid and 1929 New York governorship plus personal details including his marriage to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt five children and fondness for swimming and Warm Springs Georgia.
Public schools in Cedar Rapids increased enrollment by 271 from 1930 to 1932 totaling 10 362 with parochial and private schools down to 2 188 from 2 275. Census by A I Bailey for the board of education shows 2 782 fewer students not attending school and notes a city population drop of 249 since 1930. Harrison district remains largest with 1 040 students while Big district has 110 and 214 eligible children in the smallest district.
Felix J. Vondracek of Grand Forks North Dakota and Olga Pavlicek of Cedar Rapids apply for a license. James C. Fordice and Elinor Miner, both of Cedar Rapids, seek licenses. Co H. Simmons and Flora Wells, both of Linn county, apply for licenses.
Maquoketa school board approves general fund levy of 49.14 per pupil and 46 000 total for next year based on 936 pupils. Budget hearing set for July 28. Enrollment reached 943 for the year, the highest yet. Secretary Hillis K Lee re elected.
Mrs. George Guyan presented her class of music pupils in a Friday evening recital at her home in Monticello. Performers included Jackie Stuhler Gordon Yorx Jean Royden Bernice Havlichek Josephine Ricklefs Frances Bone Wilma Kuhns Iola Folkerts Velma Tobiason Clemma Wenger Esther Folkerts Shirley Hoag Frances Steck Antonette Coxsee Kathleen Carlsen Jo Royden Lucile George Betty Kay and Lorene Zimmerman.
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