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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1936
Page
11
Guests depart after visits as Cedar Rapids residents return from vacations. Leverne Richardson and Mrs C L Kidd travel from Larchmont New York to depart Wednesday. Others, including Miss Cornelia Damon and the Mungers, also head home after extended visits and a Michigan vacation.
Mrs R D Taylor of 2038 Fourth Ave SE hosted a small luncheon Wednesday at her home in honor of Mrs F L Allen of Chicago who is visiting with her sister Mrs FE Bingham of 1800 Second Ave SE Also visiting were Mrs Lawrence Taylor of San Francisco with Mr Taylor and their son staying at the Taylor home.
Mr and Mrs Moray L Eby of 1956 First avenue E and their children Frances and Robert, with Miss Doris Fryer of 1614 Second avenue, depart Thursday for Tem ar Park Spirit Lake for a week to ten days stay.
Members and their husbands will attend a Wednesday evening dinner at Gabel's lodge in the Lower Palisades. Following the meal, cards will be played with couples listed including Sea brooke Melsa and Con don families among others.
A dinner and miscellaneous shower will honor Miss Gladys Groth of 165 Twenty fourth street drive SE at Mrs. John T. Wurster's tea room on Wednesday evening. Miss Groth, member of the bridge club, will wed Alfred Hoelzen on July 18. guests include Elsie Propst Mame Auss Helen Hibnes Florence Iton Dorothy Gray Dorothy Morris Inez Nasinec Sue Wavell and Mrs. Mary Fortsch Bess Juhl Clara Stoakes.
Miss Mildred Hewes principal of Boylan-Haven school in Jacksonville visits with Miss Ruth Augustine and Mrs. C. G. Hover among other friends. A breakfast planned in her honor by St. Paul's church missionary society at Bever Park was postponed due to hot weather.
A surprise party was held Friday by friends for Mrs. Howard Blessing. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fulton and son Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Evans of Mount Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Doty and son Junior, Lester Trachta, Juleen Lablew, and the Blessings with their children Paul Juanita and Robert of Cedar Rapids.
Washington correspondent Ed Hadley of The Cedar Rapids Gazette was honored at a Tuesday evening picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clare R. Marshall. Hadley, visiting guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hoyt, writes the Iowa in Washington column published Sundays.
Mr and Mrs William Ellwood of Cambridge Massachusetts announce the birth of a son Seymour Prescott born Wednesday morning in Boston Mrs Ellwood formerly Miss Doris Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert S Cook of 222 Crescent drive SE and Mr Ellwood son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Ellwood of 1415 Second avenue SE Mrs Cook is in Cambridge at present and the Ellwoods' address is 41 Bowdoin Street Cambridge Massachusetts
Fifty undergraduate and alumnae members of Chi Omega held a picnic at Bever Park on Tuesday. Plans for summer rushing were discussed and Phoebe Jane Nemecek the Coe College active chapter president reported on the nationals convention recently held at White Sulphur Springs Virginia.
Mr and Mrs Carl Beese and their Duluth Minnesota trip companions Mr and Mrs Irwin Cassady and daughter Sandra Jean and Mr and Mrs Glenn Jones of Maquoketa traveled back to 436 Eighth avenue SW arriving Tuesday evening after a week away.
Mr and Mrs Leo W Larson travel from 1820 Higley Avenue SE to Duluth Minnesota to visit Mrs Larson s brother and sister in law James B Carter. They will drive along Lake Michigan into Canada then return via the iron range and stay about two weeks.
The Officers club of T. Z. Cook Relief Corps No. 11 met with Mrs. Alma Farley at 626 Third Street SW for a 1 p.m. luncheon Tuesday. A meeting followed lunch. The next gathering is scheduled for August 4 at Mrs. Minnie Lukehart’s home, 344 Sixth Avenue SW.
Ronald Valenta of Los Angeles returned from Milwaukee where he visited his sister. He is a guest of his parents Mr and Mrs W A Valenta of 526 Fifth Street SE and will return to Los Angeles later this week.
Dr. and Mrs. B L Knight host a dinner at Cedar Rapids Country club in honor of Miss Anna McCollister and Miss Sarah Schoonover from Los Angeles. The event marks the seventeenth wedding anniversary of the Knights with out of town guests including Lieut Commander and Mrs M J Walker and several McCollister relatives from Iowa City.
Mrs R P Taylor of 300 Nineteenth Street SE and her sister Miss Althea Montgomery of Washington IA left Wednesday for a ten day trip to the north. En route they will visit Mrs Newton De Forest of Duluth. Miss Montgomery arrived here Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs E P Boynton of 2335 Blake boulevard SE returned Tuesday afternoon from Lake Forest Illinois where they spent the Fourth of July weekend visiting Mrs James H Douglas.
The marriage of Florence Svoboda and Dale Beck was revealed at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Hick at 1921 Mount Vernon avenue SE. The couple, who wed earlier in spring, reside at 410 Sixteenth avenue W.
Miss Marjorie Kline of Hoopeston Illinois visiting with Miss Betty Lehman of 2030 Fifth Avenue SE will be honored Wednesday at a picnic supper given by Miss Lehman at Thomas Park. Fifteen guests will swim in the American Legion pool before and after supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mach of 2507 Washington avenue SE depart Thursday with children Margaret Bobby and Adolph J. for a ten day stay at Minnesota lakes. Mrs. J B Sedlacek of 1602 Eighth avenue SE will accompany the family and will visit son and daughter in Minneapolis.
Mrs James Crissinger and Miss Iane Hardy of Oxford with George Herman of Tiffin travel Monday to Albuquerque New Mexico to visit the Lee Paul family. Mrs Paul of Albuquerque who has been visiting here for five weeks accompanies them.
Mrs W S Bergendorf of Oakland Calif visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Adren F Young entertained at a luncheon Wednesday at the Young home 371 Seventeenth street SE An out of town guest was Mrs Chauncey E Howe of Minneapolis guest of her parents Mr and Mrs W A Ball 1820 Fourth Avenue SE Guests were former classmates at Coe College and the University of Iowa Mrs Bergendorf formerly Miss Dorothy Young is visiting for several weeks with her children Ann and Jane
Mrs Mark Morton of Lake Forest Illinois departed Tuesday after visiting Mr and Mrs John S Ely at 2222 First Avenue East. She will travel to Geneva NL for several days before returning to Lake Forest.
Mr and Mrs Anthony Tschirgi of 2219 Grande avenue SE depart New York by S S Normandie on July 14 for a European tour lasting about two and a half months. The party includes eight travelers with Mr and Mrs W Arthur Strain of Dallas joining. They will visit London and travel through Germany France Switzerland Italy Austria Czechoslovakia and Romania with stays in Budapest Vienna and Prague. Mr and Mrs John R Shotliff of St Louis, guests of the Tschirgis, returned home Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs W W Crissman of 388 Seventeenth Street SE returned Tuesday from a six week motor journey through the west They visited San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Monterey and on their return stopped at Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National parks They were guests of Mr Crissman s uncle in Paonia Colorado
Mrs. N B Bell of 1548 B avenue NE entertained a surprise dinner Tuesday night for Raymond Coward. Guests included Miss Mary Jane Shelden of Iowa City Mr Don Hamblin Miss Juanita Jordan and Marvin Burkholder.
Mrs William J Lovering of Detroit is visiting here with her sister in law Mrs Dora Nunnally at 1804 Bever Avenue SE. Mrs Lovering, formerly Miss Mildred Hemphill, will return home Thursday.
The musicale featuring Miss Dora Cargin Lynn Fix and Mary Irene MacLaughlin, delayed from Thursday evening, has been postponed for two weeks because of the hot weather.
The Mothers and Daughters club will meet Thursday at noon in Riverside park with Mrs. H. A. Trapp as hostess. Members should bring picnic lunches.
Mrs H J Cosgrove of 4030 First Avenue East left Wednesday for Waukeshayl Wisconsin to visit a week at the home of B K Bass. From there she will go to Detroit and Chicago to visit her sisters.
Mrs. Peter Procok hosted a Sunday dinner at Memorial Drive SE honoring Mr. Procok on his birthday and celebrating Mr. and Mrs. Staley Procok’s first wedding anniversary with friends and relatives in attendance.
Guests at the wedding included Mr and Mrs Adolph Procok Mr and Mrs Joe Metelak Mr and Mrs Mietan Petsel and their families Robert Leo and Richard Procok Jerry Kulhavy Miss Libbie Trachta Miss se Anderlik and Earnest Telecky Out of town guests were Mr and Mrs Sam fae and their family of Iona ity.
Mrs Louis B Ryan and her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Dellman Lynn and Miss Mary Ryan of Chicago returned to their homes after visiting Miss Ryan s sister Mrs Eugene Hauser at 1807 Grande avenue SE and her brother John L Ryan at 1221 Sixth avenue SE They were honored at several affairs Grace Beacom and John Beacom hosted dinner at the Lower Palisades Mrs George Stauffacher hosted a breakfast at Ellis park for the visitors
Cedar Rebekah lodge No 494 holds draping of its charter at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall this evening in memory of Mrs Mabel Krukow who died recently A Kolach festival is announced for St Ludmila's next week Rex Root 24 of Marion receives first aid at St Luke's hospital for hand lacerations from a car headlight he left hospital later Mrs C S McShane 3309 First Avenue E returns home after thyroid operation at University hospital Iowa City her condition is good but visitors are not advised for some time
Newell Darrow reports his green motorboat stolen from its mooring two blocks above Ellis park pavilion. The craft, covered with canvas seats, features a Maytag Indian motor.
The Linn County Democratic Central Committee will meet tonight at the Hotel Roosevelt to discuss campaign plans with about forty members expected. Joe Mekota, the county chairman, will preside over the gathering.
Leslie Lawrence reports his car at Ellis Park was unlocked Tuesday evening and a nearly new oblong yellow gold strapped watch valued at forty dollars was taken from the dash compartment. Police were informed Wednesday.
A three year old boy from 1016 Fifth Street SE was bitten on the forehead and lip while sleeping on the ground at Ellis Park. He, with his father Joe Haesley, was taken to St Luke's Hospital at 11 p.m. Tuesday for treatment and did not remain in the hospital.
Evangelist William E. Ballenger of the Church of Christ opened a four week revival meeting Tuesday night in the gospel tent on the Taylor school grounds at Fifth avenue and Seventh street SW. Services begin at 8 each evening and the public is invited to attend.
Luncheon clubs and the Chamber of Commerce unite for a National Railroad Week program at Montrose hotel next Wednesday noon. Samuel O. Dunn of The Railway Age will speak as a noted rail industry authority. A Cedar Rapids train display will be open at Union Station 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Reservations urged with hotel by Tuesday night.
A $9 000 fire destroyed the Iowa theater in Madrid. Film operator Matt Kruzich was trapped in his booth by a film explosion and rescued by his brother John as the roof collapsed. He survived with non serious burns and was hospitalized in Des Moines. The blaze, blamed on a short circuit, burned past midnight. water ran low and firemen hauled water from an old well with Boone department aid. Insurance partly covered the loss.
John Richard Garstang aged 19 of Daven port died in an Illinois hospital from a broken neck suffered when he dived into the Hennepin canal on Sunday. He passed away Tuesday night.
Calamus residents Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dykema and son Robert join Miss Margaret Koster at a Koster family reunion in Estes Park Colorado. Rev S E Koster and family members from Calamus and Loveland gather with relatives in Colorado Springs, Chicago and Cheyenne including Jack Koster visiting from South America.
The Rural Electrification Administration says the Southeast Nebraska Public Power District awarded C. F. Lytle of Sioux City a contract to build 450 miles of rural electric distribution lines in Gage County Nebraska. The deal is valued at $366,597, averaging $814.66 per mile with meters and transformers included.
Mrs Barbara Beatty Munger of 348 Garden Drive SE suffered serious injuries in an automobile crash fifteen miles north of Madison Wisconsin Saturday evening. She will be transported from a Madison hospital to Cedar Rapids on Thursday.
Mrs. Munger remains home for weeks after injuries sustained in a weekend accident. Miss June Ford, less seriously hurt, was to reach her home at 221 Fifteenth Street SE. Hazel Capron, sister of Marjorie Capron who died, returned to 1110 Nineteenth Street SE.
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