Social events center on out of town summer guests
Cedar Rapids hosts welcome diverse visitors from across the United States as summer wanderlust fills the town. A Wednesday dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club honors Dr. and Mrs. James H. Allen of Iowa City and guests, with Mrs. Elsenbast arranging a luncheon for six travelers earlier in the week. Out of town guests include Mrs. Stavik of Seattle, Mrs. Jackson of Denver, Miss Johnson of El Reno, and others visiting local families.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Esa Orm Rma
Avl
Wis
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
James H. Allen
Iowa City
Allen
Hightower
Dallas
Tex
J Elsenbast
Grande Avenue
Table Bridge
A. IL. Stavik
Seattle
Wash
J. B. Terry
George Jackson
Denver
Colo
J. G. Pauba
Bever Avenue
Janey Lou Johnson
el Reno
Okla
C Cu Cunningham
Twenty-sixth Street
M. W. Pugh
Canton
Ohio
Oriel Simes
Upland Drive
Hubert Schimberg
Peoria
M. J. Busler
Nineteenth Street
Mildred Houck
E. B. McConkie
Fourteenth Street
Newtons Return Home After Holiday Trip
Mr and Mrs R T Newtons 333 Crescent Street SE came home Tuesday from Marble Lake Michigan where they spent five days visiting They were joined by Mrs Newtons mother and sister Mrs J W Hatch and Mrs Lyons Wickland of New York City who left Marble Lake to return east
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R T Newton
Crescent Street
Marble Lake
Mich
Michigan
Newton
J. W. Hatch
Lyons Wickland
New York City
Mrs Denabel and Mrs Hall Leave Harrison Home
Mrs William B Hall of Denver Colo left Tuesday after visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W L Harrison 324 Nassau Street SE Another daughter Mrs E J DenAbel and Mr DenAbel with children Helen and Martha of Bartlesville Okla left Wednesday to visit in northern Minnesota before returning home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Hall
Denver
Colo
W. L. Harrison
Nassau Street
E. J. DenAbel
DenAbel
Helen
Martha
Bartlesville
Okla
Minnesota
Mrs McQuiston Heads for Indianapolis with Conners
Mrs J Stuart McQuiston of 2318 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE sails Thursday for Indianapolis accompanied by her parents Dr and Mrs H M Conner of Rochester Minnesota. They will visit Mrs Conner and Dr Ochsner in Indianapolis for a week before returning to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stuart McQuiston
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Indianapolis
Ind
H. M Conner
Rochester, Minn
McQuiston
Conner
If C Ochsner
Dr. Ochsner
Conners
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Mae Zalesky and William E Cornish Wed
Lew Zalesky of 1557 Park avenue SE announces the marriage of his daughter Evelyn Mae Zalesky to William E Cornish. The ceremony was held Saturday at 2 pm at Rev W A Montgomerys home on Hillcrest Drive SE. The bride wore a blue flowered chiffon dress with a white picture hat and carried white sweet peas and tea roses. The couple left for Chicago after the ceremony and will reside at 957 Center Point Road NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Zalesky
Park Avenue
Evelyn Mae Zalesky
William E. Cornish
W. A Montgomery
Hillcrest Drive
Cornish
Chicago
Center Point Road
Halpins Return After Northern Motor Trip
Con and Mrs F Halpin and daughter Frances of 1731 Fourth Ave SE return home Tuesday night after a motor trip through Michigan Wisconsin and a visit in Minneapolis They were joined by son Dr Lawrence J Halpin of Cleveland who recently completed a Cleveland Clinic fellowship
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Con
F. Halpin
Frances
Fourth Avenue SE
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mainneapolis
Lawrence J. Halpin
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
DeWitts Visit In Hartford Family Return
Mr and Mrs J Doyle DeWitt of Hartford Connecticut arrive with their children John and Patricia to spend three weeks visiting Mrs DeWitt's parents Mr and Mrs G T Everett at 2244 Mount Vernon Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Doyle DeWitt
Hartford, Conn
John
Patricia
Mrs L E Stark Returns From Milwaukee Visit
Mrs L E Stark of 2141 Linden Drive SE returned Tuesday evening after a ten day visit with friends and relatives in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Mr Stark accompanied her home after spending the weekend there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E Stark
Linden Drive
Milwaukee
Wis
Stark
Mrs. Stark
Mrs Bell Hosts Bridge Club At Knollwood Drive
Mrs Robert P Bell hosted a bridge luncheon at her home on Knollwood Drive SE with club members gathered Wednesday afternoon for cards and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bell
Bridge Club
Robert P Bell
Knollwood Drive
Waltermans Guests In Frank L Martin Home
Mr and Mrs Frank L. Martin of 512 Vernon Drive SE host Mrs Martin’s sister Mrs John Walterman and Mr Walterman with their son Bobby from Milwaukee Wisconsin for several days as house guests in their home.
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Frank L. Martin
Vernon Drive
Martin
John Walterman
Walterman
Bobby
Milwaukee
Wis
Credit Women's Breakfast Club Meets at Roosevelt Terrace
Twenty six members attended the regular meeting of the Credit Women's Breakfast club on Wednesday morning at the Roosevelt hotel terrace. Miss Pearle Ilinkley, president, reported on the national convention held in Seattle last month.
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Credit Women's Breakfast Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Pearle Ilinkley
Seattle
Wash
Miss Bernice Blin Hosts Mrs George Geise Shower
Miss Bernice Blin at 1630 Sixth Street NW hosted a shower for Mrs. George Geise formerly Leona Mohrbacker. The evening featured games with prizes to Mary Alice Forsythe Clara Switzer and Marion O'Dell. A two course luncheon followed gifts presentation and guests included Luella Gises Cora Farr and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Blin
Sixth Street
George Geise
Leona Mohrbacker
Mary Alice Forsythe
Clara Switzer
Marion O'Dell
Luella Gises
Cora Farr
Miss O'Dell
Mary Stevenson
Gladys Blin
Miss Switzer
Lydia Kindel
Frances Johnson
Miss Forsythe
William Blin
Glen Curl
Weekend guests visit from near and far
Mr and Mrs Allen Stamy hosted Mr Stamy's aunt Mrs Carl Miller of Omaha over the weekend at 1700 Park Avenue SE. Mrs Miller left Tuesday to visit her son in Minneapolis. Miss Mary Ellen Stamy entertained Miss June Briseno and Miss Kathryn Martin of Minneapolis, who are serving as counselors at Camp Hitaga this summer.
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Allen Stamy
Park Avenue SE
Stamy
Carl Miller
Omaha
Minneapolis
Mary Ellen Stamy
June Briseno
Kathryn Martin
Camp Hitaga
Hattons Return From Three Week New England Motor Tour
Mr and Mrs Norman Hatton and daughter Phyllis of 1500 Third Avenue SE returned Sunday after a three week motor tour through New England states and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hatton
Phyllis
Third Avenue SE
New England States
Canada
Knights Creses Return From Minnesota
Dr and Mrs B L Knight of 2219 Grande Ave SE and their daughters Jean and Ruth, along with Mr and Mrs Omer E Cress of 1741 B Ave NE, have returned after a ten day visit at Annandale Minnesota.
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B. Ll. Knight
Grande Avenue SE
Jean
Ruth
Omer E. Cress
B Avenue NE
Annandale
Minn
Miss Wicke Returns Home From Los Angeles College
Miss Mary Ellen Wicke daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Wicke of 1805 Blake boulevard SE returned home Sunday from Los Angeles where she has attended college during the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Wicke
J A Wicke
Blake Boulevard
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club health education meet at Kenmore
Members of the Cedar Rapids Health Education Department of the Woman's Club will gather for golf Friday at 9 a.m. at the Kenmore Golf Club.
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Kenmore
Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids
Miss Agnes Coleman Visiting In Brother's Home
Miss Agnes T Coleman of Chicago visits her brother Andrew T Coleman and Mrs Coleman at 512 Fifteenth Street NE. She will return home Friday. Mr and Mrs John E Lapes at 502 Twenty-third Street SE hosted fifty guests Tuesday night for their twenty sixth wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes T. Coleman
Chicago
Andrew T Coleman
Mrs. Coleman
Fifteenth Street
John E. Lapes
Twenty-third Street
Wagner Couple Visits Daughter in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs HE Wagner of Des Moines spent the weekend in the home of their daughter Mrs Harry S Johnson and Mr Johnson at 1785 Washington avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE. Wagner
Des Moines
Harry S. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Washington Avenue
Cedar Rapids Residents Return From Chicago Visit
Mr and Mrs Harold Millhiser and Mr and Mrs Henry S Duttweiler returned Monday evening from Chicago where they spent the weekend as guests of former Cedar Rapids residents Mr and Mrs Arthur L Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Millhiser
Twenty-seventh Street
Henry S. Duttweiler
First Avenue
Chicago
Arthur L. Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Higgins Family Embarks on Three Week Northern Trip
Mr and Mrs D A Higgins and their son Larry departed Saturday for a three week tour through the Black Hills and North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D A. Higgins
Eighth Avenue
Larry
Black Hills
North Dakota
Milwaukee social visit over holiday weekend
Miss Gwendolyn Haub of Milwaukee Wisconsin spent the holiday weekend in the home of Miss Golden Rose Broussard at 1222 Ninth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Haub
Milwaukee
Wis
Golden Rose Broussard
Ninth Street NW
Booster club meeting at Myrtle Waverka home
The SLA Booster club will meet at Mrs Myrtle Waverka's home at 1229 Memorial drive SE on Friday at 6 30 pm for a picnic supper.
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SLA Booster Club
Myrtle Waverka
Memorial Drive
Cedar Rapids Girls Lead State King's Daughters Camp Attendance
Cedar Rapids sent the largest number from any county in eleven years to the two week session at the state King’s Daughters camp in Bluff Park Montrose. Patricia Rice Elaine Helm Bev Aly Wright Mary Louise Robinson Kathryn Phillips Marilyn Van Dewalker Eva Norman Mary Ellen Stickles Lucille Johnson represent the city with accompanying chaperones and officers. Camp runs until July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bluff Park
Montrose
W. H. Dodge
Fort Madison
Patricia Rice
Elaine Helm
Beacon
Bevaly Wright
Bluebird
Mary Louise Robinson
Kathryn Phillips
Sunbeam
Marilyn van Dewalker
Eva Norman
Mary Ellen Stickles
Lucille Johnson
Walter E. Roebush
Linn County
L. L. Owen
Silver Cross Circle
Helen N. Roy
Crusaders’ Circle
J. H. Rhoads
H B Wright
Hemmers Host Fish Fry for Choir at St James
Mr and Mrs William J Hemmers 1808 Second Street SW entertained St James Methodist church choir members Tuesday evening with a fish fry at the church. Hemmers, director of the choir, recently returned from a fishing trip at Mooselake Minnesota. Thirty three attended the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Hemmer
Second Street
St. James Methodist Church
Hemmer
Mooselake
Minn
Mrs Hargrave Honored At Bridge Luncheon
Mrs. Harry S Johnson hosted a bridge luncheon at her Washington avenue SE home to honor Mrs. Eugene Hargrave of St Paul who is visiting the home of Mrs. James F Curry at 2416 B avenue NE. Mr Hargrave formerly managed the Cedar Rapids ball club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S Johnson
Washington Avenue
Eugene Hargrave
St. Paul
James F. Curry
B Avenue
Hargrave
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Blaine Mostess Birthday Party Held
Miss Dorothy Blaine hosted her Sunday school class and Camp Fire group Tuesday evening to celebrate her birthday. Attendees included Mesdames Mitlan Blaine Thompson and several Misses Hawke McCune Omelik Root Bliss White Mittan Meaney Hauskins. Mr and Mrs Pope of Carthage visited Davenport relatives during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Blaine
Third Street
Mesdames R Mitlan
May Blaine
Anna Thompson
Betty Hawke
Mary McCune
Iris Omelik
le Nella Root
Lorraine Bliss
Alo White
Edna White
Ardis Mittan
Mary Ann Meaney
Diane Hauskins
Guests in Webster Home Suitcase of Trips
Mrs H N Anderson of Minneapolis and Mrs J A Logan of Waterloo visited Mrs H L Webster at 2733 Second Avenue SE for several days. Mrs Webster drove to Chicago Saturday to join Mr Webster who had been traveling in New York City Buffalo Niagara Falls Canada and Cleveland. The couple returned Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Anderson
Minneapolis
J. A. Logan
Waterloo
H. L. Webster
Second Avenue SE
Webster
Chicago
New York City
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Canada
Cleveland
Mrs Mlyers Visits Hooks In Southeast Home
Mrs E J Mlyers of Hollywood California arrived Monday to visit in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs C W Hook at 1346 Fourth Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Mlyers
Hollywood
Calif
C W Hook
Fourth Avenue SE
Mrs Rieke Leaves for Fort Scott
Mrs Earl Rieke of 918 Seventh SW Jeff spends the day traveling to Fort Scott Kansas after announcing her departure from the area.
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Rieke
Earl Rieke
Jeff
Fort Scott
Kan
Gene Mullin Returns Home After Chicago Glencoe Trip
Gene Mullin of 515 Ninth Street NW returned home Tuesday evening after spending two weeks in Chicago and Glencoe.
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Gene Mullin
Ninth Street NW
Chicago
Glencoe
Franco Seeks Recognition By World Powers
Franco demands recognition as belligerents from world powers and warns of economic reprisals against nations denying his regime. He says Germany and Italy aid the nationalists but do not seek territorial gains in Spain, while Britain France clash shapes international policy. Loyalist attacks near Madrid repulsed as rebels report heavy casualties and 16 government planes down.
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Salamanca
Spain
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Franco
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
France
Spanish
Bayonne
Ins
Madrid
Villanueva de Canada
Pardillo
Santander
Franco demand seen as propaganda by London officials
London officials on Wednesday attached little importance to General Francisco Franco's demand for recognition as a belligerent, treating it mainly as propaganda rather than a substantive political move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Francisco Franco
Montreal professor warns of whipped cream laughing gas
A Montreal paper cited a McGill University professor saying some restaurant owners inject laughing gas into cream to make it whip faster and yield twice as much whipped cream. The professor was unnamed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
McGill University
Anne Adams Pattern 4451 Charms Summer Frock Trend
This ad promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4451 for a flattering summer afternoon dress with short sleeves V-neckline and flared skirt. Sizes 34 through 48 and fabric options include chiffon prints. Pattern includes illustrated instructions and costs 15 cents, with order details and size information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Summer fabric hints and sewing patterns offer
Age tots juniors and teens included. Profit by timely hints on summer fabrics, on accessories, and how to keep flower fresh. Send for your copy now. Book 15 cents. Pattern 15 cents. Twenty five cents for both when ordered together. Send your order to The Cedar ment, 243 W. Seventeenth St, New York, N. Y.
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Cedarment
Seventeenth St
New York
N. Y
Weed Seed in Eye Delays Cedar Rapids Trip
Joyce Shieres, 79, undergoing treatment at St Luke’s hospital after a weed seed lodged in her eye during a drive from Chicago to the west coast. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon en route through Cedar Rapids from Mt. Vernon New York, following a hotel stay Tuesday night with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mtt. Vernon
N. Y
Joyce Shieres
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Shieres
Chicago
Jap Heavy Guns Believed On Way To Siberian Line
TOKIO reports say hundreds of heavy field artillery pieces moved through the capital before dawn on a Siberian frontier route. Officials say the destination is secret as Manchurian and Soviet patrol clashes intensify near the Amur border. Moscow protests accompany claims of cross-border actions by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian Line
Tokio
INL
Siberian
Amur
Far East
Moscow
Manchukuan
Siberia
Recorder's Office Sets New Record in Linn County
Linn County supervisors approve the second quarterly reports from County Recorder Dempsy Jones County Auditor Robert M Wesely and Clerk of the District Court Edwin W Lundquist for the period ending June 30 1937. The recorder’s office shows the largest three month volume in county history with 7937 instruments and 5236.35 in fees including homestead tax exemption filings. Ledger details show deeds 1013 $58870 mortgages 434 $627.30 chattel mortgages 4487 $1308.90 releases and assignments 458 $229.55 miscellaneous records 1537 $2526.30 and certified copies eight $5.60. Auditor Wesely reports total receipts of 5502.94 with tax sale redemptions 3446.51 and 1937 taxes paid in advance 1609.48. Clerk Lundquist notes district court fees 2092.79 probate 2395.30 marriage licenses 372 fines 223.71 sheriff’s fees 120 and reporters and jury fees 279.13 total fees 632.43. Estate deposits in partition proceedings reach 2959.24. A final note states Kansas has the nation’s largest flour milling industry averaging over 13 million barrels annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Dempsy Jones
Robert M Wesely
Edwin W. Lundquist
County Recorder
Vesely
Lundquist
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G. T. Everett
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Second Ave
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Johnson Home
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King’s Daughters
W. J. Hemmers
Mrs. Hargrave
Dorothy Blaine Mostess
R. O Pope
Carthage
S. D
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A. E Dammatt
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