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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1932
Page
10
Monticello residents gathered at the country club for a bridge party with seven tables and high scores for Miss Mary Lovell in bridge and Mrs. Hicks in dominoes. Hosts and guests included families from Monticello and nearby towns, with social events at homes, picnics, birthdays, and a church missionary society all noted among the club’s weekend activities.
Center Point residents hosted a party for Mrs Flora Landing with about thirty five members of the Woman's Relief corps and Comrade John A Fleming. A buffet luncheon was served by Nellie Dennison Daisy Hoglan Lillis Stauffer Erma Silver and Gertrude Travis with many attendees listed including Mrs J F Wormer Maude Newland Faye Floyd and others.
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Oelwein residents participated in a busy week with Griffith Aid meetings at city park and a WCTU hostess event. St Marys and St Ann circles met, Garden club lessons were given, and Strawberry Point invited the Oelwein group to a July 13 picnic at Backbone State Park. The Oelwein Country Club held July events and a Goldsberg reunion drew thirty relatives. Dinner followed for seventy attendees and junior prizewinners were named. The Willing Workers Guild hosted a slumber party at the Lenius home.
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Victor Michalek and Alice Aiken were married Thursday at Parnell by Rev. Mr. O Neil. Thelma Schilesselman and Fred Kuby served as attendants. The couple will live with Michalek’s parents on a farm east of Victor. The local Eastern Star chapter hosted Marengo and Belle Plaine chapters with about seventy attending.
Mrs. Vernon Alden hosted a dinner honoring aunt Mrs. George Fry of Vinton. American Legion auxiliary held an annual park picnic with nine members serving and entertaining children. Distinct reunions and picnics are planned: Lower Stone homecoming on Aug 15. Seden reunion Aug 7 near Brandon. Nabholtz reunion Aug 22 at Frank King’s Shellsburg home. Happy Twenty club picnic July 27 in the city park.
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Wheatland events include the East End Sewing club hosting on Tuesday with Mrs. Charles Patterson due to entertain in two weeks. The Ladies Cinque club met at Mrs. Ernest Diedrich home with high score Mrs. Edwardee and runners up. A family reunion at the Ben Petersen residence in Calamus featured Fred Krakow visiting, aged 98 and in good health. Vivienne Buxton and Newell S. Carver plan a July 20 wedding at the Presbyterian church in Princeton with close family and friends in attendance.
D. R. B. club members and husbands gathered at Ralph Kress home with Maurice Grover Arnold Armagast Howard Angelow Perry Sloan Lester Hand Charles Grover and the Kresses. E A Johnson celebrated her seventy second birthday with family. Out of town guests included Elmer and Mrs Baker and Frank Henry of North Liberty and William Johnson family of Independence. The Kings Heralds of the Methodist church hosted guests at Paul and John Bernisse home. Epworth League hosted a Brandon league party with forty attendees.
Wapello hosts a miscel laneous shower for Mrs. Max Bumgardner with guests including Miss Naomi Rhodes and Mrs. Abbie Brown. Kill Timers Klub enjoyed bridge with high scorer Rose Peters and attendees Zella Vollmer Frances McCullough Cecile Rukga ber Allene Murray Jennie Havenhill. Grace McCoy of Lincoln Nebraska joined as guest. W. W. Chatterton's Thursday club met at a country home with out of town guest Mrs. Frank Wright Mediapolis.
Strawberry Point Mary Knight Chapter D A R met at the state park on Wednesday with hosts Mesdames Harriet Harwood Dorothy Gill and Lucile Dunfrund. Mrs Mertie Welch read on The White House and Leora Norris discussed The George Washington Calendar June events. Attendees included Mrs Hood Mrs Kammerer and Barbara of Independence plus Welch Gleim Harwood Gill Dunfrund Norris Scofield Rawson Buckley Dunfrund Gill Matthews and others.
A family gathering at the Lampdman home honored a79 year old guest. John Mohr hosted dinner for his son Henry on his birthday. Grace Reformed Missionary Society held its annual guest day with Mrs. C J Fick. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church met at the parsonage hosted by Mrs. W J Moore and Mrs. A C Baumgartner.
Montour hosts were Mrs. R M Coller Mrs J & Franks Mrs Mina Cronk Mrs A D Paxton Mrs Sam Tvedt and Mrs Dale Winders of the Methodist Aid society who entertained the community women at the Methodist hall. Mrs Cronk led the devotional service with musical solos by Betty Lou Buchanan and Marie Sturtz and contests closing the program. Out of town guests included Miss Crawford of Des Moines Mrs John Dick Mrs Will Seamons of Marshalltown and Mrs C W Kellogg and Miss Ruth Stephenson of Le Grand.
The John B. Hancox Relief Corps Aid is hosted Tuesday afternoon at the Knights of Pythias Castle hall by Mesdames Catherine Anderson Anna B. Lee Myrtle Adams Nellie Criswell Josephine Shurtleff Dora Hinkle and Julia Guinn. Mrs Mary Wentz hosts the Past Chief's club Thursday evening. A reunion of the A J Ryan family was held Sunday at the A J Ryan home with twenty five present.
Newhall Mr and Mrs Floyd Boddicker of Kenvil New Jersey visit relatives Mr and Mrs Joseph G Boddicker Mrs R M Harder Mrs G J Freeman and attend Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting Wednesday at Mrs Harder s home The August meeting will be at Mrs H E Fuller s home.
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