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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1935
Page
9
A Cedar Rapids social event featured a no host buffet supper and dance hosted by the younger married set at the Country Club. Many out of town visitors were honored guests, with attendees listed including Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Wadsworth and Miss Felicia Cronin of New York City among others.
RS CHARLES W Boegel regent of Ashley chapter of the D A R today announces the appointment of standing committees for the coming year. Committees include Program and music, social, historic spots and national old trails, national defense, flag use, better films, Americanism and approved schools, conservation and thrift, magazine, membership, Ways and means, visiting and flowers, custodians, publicity, librarian, parliamentarian, auditor. Also lists officers: H B Lembaugh vice regent W H Morse recording secretary R Lee Taylor corresponding secretary Forrest P Ralston treasurer F D Fillmore registrar Walter R Grissel historian Zaldee Snyder chaplain.
A group from Cedar Rapids heads to Quebec to attend the Alpha Gamma Delta International convention at the Chateau Frontenac. Miss Nancy Shields serves as undergraduate delegate from Pi chapter at Coe College with Miss Ruth Coon as alumnae delegate. The five day session begins July 8 and includes travel by a Chicago special train. plans include post meeting trips through Ottawa and the Gaspe peninsula with varied return routes.
Mr and Mrs James L Bever of 29937 Washington Ave SE and their son James will travel Tuesday or Wednesday to Spirit Lake to visit Mrs Bever s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Denecke at their collage. They will then proceed to their summer home at Comet Island Lake Vermillion Minnesota for several months. The Bevers had recently returned to Cedar Rapids from Comet Island where they stayed over a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Buser and Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cadow are expected to return this afternoon from a five day stay in the Ozarks. They were joined in St. Louis by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jeffrey who accompanied them to the Ozarks.
Mr and Mrs James W Bell and their son Jack will leave Friday for Pottowattomie lodge Tomahawk Lake in northern Wisconsin where Mrs Bell and Jack will spend the summer. Mr Bell will return to Cedar Rapids early next week and later join them at the lodge.
Earle Muzzy of 530 Knollwood Drive SE was due to return Saturday night or this morning from Chicago. He landed July 3 in New York City on the Berengaria after about three months abroad.
About 2000 out of town players are expected for the state tournament at Cedar Rapids Country Club. The social committee plans a Monday dance with balloons and banners, open house for visitors, and a Tuesday stag dinner as hospitality runs through the week.
Mr and Mrs Robert Calder Davis sailed June 28 on the Malolo from Honolulu after a month at the Royal Hawaiian hotel in Waikiki They expect to return to Cedar Rapids about the middle of July
Mrs George B Douglas and Mrs Howard Hall leave by motor for Charlevoix Mich for the summer. Mrs Hall will return in about two weeks and Mrs Douglas will stay for the entire summer at the summer home.
Mrs. W. F. Johnes and Mrs. Lena Fisher entertained Saturday noon at a luncheon and bridge at the home of Mrs. Johnes 1816 Fifth avenue SE. Covers were laid for twelve guests.
Mr and Mrs John M Grimm of 952 Fourth Avenue SE will depart early next week for their summer cottage on Clear Lake to spend the coming months there.
Mr and Mrs Will J Price of Scarsdale New York and their son Billy arrive today as guests of Mrs Price’s parents Mr and Mrs Ben H Witwer at 1928 Linden Drive SE.
Mr and Mrs Grant Wood of 800 Second Avenue SE spend weekend at their Waubeek cottage with guests Mrs Wood’s son Dr Sherman Maxon of Minneapolis and Mrs Maxon and their daughter.
Mrs Lafayette Young Jr of Des Moines traveled Saturday to Cedar Rapids with Mrs John B Turner II after a brief visit with her daughter and Mr Turner. Lafay ette Young III also joined the trip, visiting in Dubuque after the Cedar Rapids stop.
Mrs. J. M. Moran of Spokane Washington, staying with Mrs. Margaret Hall at 357 Park Terrace SE, traveled Saturday to Des Moines to visit the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. John Newton Garst. She plans to return Monday or Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hunter of 1955 Blake boulevard SE host Mr. Charles P. Hunter of Newton as their guest this weekend.
Mrs L M Ford and her children along with Mrs Josephine Wandel and her children visit the Hutchinsons at 350 Park Terrace Okoboji. They plan a six week stay in the cottage beginning soon.
Mr and Mrs R W Black 2418 Grande avenue SE entertained their bridge club at the Country club on Saturday evening. Covers were laid for eight and after dinner the group went to the Black home for bridge.
House guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. Linge were hosted at multiple events. Doolittle Eicherberg Newcomb of New York and A. L. Scott and Rachel Scott of Topeka joined the gatherings including a breakfast at Ellis Park and a luncheon bridge hosted by McClaughry.
Mr and Mrs Robert B Davis of 330 Twenty-ninth street SE will return this afternoon from Milwaukee with Mrs Davis aunt Miss Gertrude Hull of Milwaukee. Miss Hull will visit Mr and Mrs D W Warren on Carroll Drive SE En route they stopped to see Mrs Fred Cook of Hillsboro Wisconsin and Mrs Cook was a UW classmate.
Cedar Rapids hosts a month of July tournaments at the Cedar Rapids Country Club and Kenmore golf course. Mrs. Frank C. Byers chairs the Country club event with assistants Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Green. Kenmore organizers include Mrs. Robertson in charge of bridge and Mrs. Boileau as ladies days chair.
Miss Mary Nissen of New York City will sail July 17 aboard the S S Europa for Germany after a three weeks visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank C Nissen of 1807 Second Avenue SE. She plans to join friends in Germany and spend the summer there and hopes to visit her parents again this fall.
Mrs. Otto Ambroz of 1010 First Avenue East departs Friday for a long visit in California. She will stay with sister Mrs. George Gable in Beverly Hills and with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs S S Chamberlain in San Diego. En route stops include Boulder Dam and the Grand Canyon, then the San Diego exposition.
Mrs. James Brawner Little of Gadsden Alabama and her son James Brawner Little Jr will arrive the first of the week to visit Mrs. Little’s mother Mrs Burgess Eckford at 1821 First avenue East.
The Rev. Dr and Mrs. J. P. Van Horn of 1825 Bever Avenue SE will depart Monday by car for Kil Dare Country Club in Spooner Wisconsin. They expect to stay for one week away from home.
Mr and Mrs B B Hickenooper of 814 Twenty first street SE spend a weekend in Chicago. A guest is Miss Antoinette Carroll of Lansing Michigan, cousin of Mrs Hickenlooper.
Mrs E B Johnson of Washington DC left Saturday afternoon after a brief visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred J Payneer at 524 Knollwood Drive SE.
Miss Marian Smith of 500 Twenty Seventh Street Drive SE hosts Miss Diana Phipps of Denver Colorado and Miss Eleanor Murphy of Nashua New Hampshire. Phipps has stayed a week. Murphy arrived Friday. Monday they will accompany Phipps to Denver. Murphy will return with Smith to finish the visit.
Miss Nelle Erwin entertained at Cedar Rapids Country Club for Mrs. Walter Murphy of Texarkana Arkansas who will visit Chicago before returning home. Guest Adrienne Boucher of New York City joined for a luncheon and plans a monthlong stay with Miss Erwin.
A family picnic and reunion will be held today at the home of Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Knight at 153 Twenty-fifth street drive SE. Out of town guests include Mr. and Mrs. Leon K. Knight and daughter Helen Louise of Decorah and Homer N. Knight of Chicago visiting Mrs. Lucy A. Knight at 1635 Third Avenue SE. Homer Knight will return home this evening.
David Hedges of New York City son of Mr and Mrs Horace G Hedges 825 Seventeenth street SE left Friday night for New York after visiting here for two weeks.
Mrs D M Taylor of 353 Pleasant Drive SE is expected to return Monday or Tuesday from the Alpha Chi Omega sorority golden jubilee convention. The meeting, which was held in Chicago Green Castle Indiana White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Washington DC and New York City, lasted about two weeks.
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