Cedar Rapids Folk Head Out For Cooler Escapes
Local residents plan trips to Estes Park Colorado Atlantic Lake Okoboji and Leland Michigan to escape heat. Families including Toms Savery McKay Higley Dunshee and Crabbe travel for vacations and reunions while others return from trips to Chicago and Canada with tales of cooler breezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Toms
Grande Avenue
Marion
Howard R. Green
Bever Avenue SE
Nancy
Polly
Estes Park
Colo
Cheyenne
Clyde Lavery
Scarsdale
N. Y
Billy
Atlantic
Mr. Savery
Lake Okoboji
Okoboji
Leland
Fred M., Higley
Robert
Walter E. Dunshee
Barbara
Patricia
Georganne
C.H. Chandler
Thomas L. Crabbe
Grande Avenue SE
Chicago
Crabbe
Canada
Martha Beardsley to Return from East
Miss Martha Beardsley of 2149 Linden drive SE will return Thursday from the east where she has visited with friends. She has been a guest in Rochester New York Pittsburgh and New Haven Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Beardsley
Linden Drive
Rochester
N. Y
Pittsburgh
New Haven
Conn
Mrs Miley to Visit in New York State
Mrs George Miley of 1400 Second avenue SE will leave Thursday for Chicago to join her parents Mr and Mrs Vernon Cassard. They will travel to the Cassards summer home in the Catskill mountains at Woodland New York for several weeks visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miley
Second Avenue SE
Chicago
Vernon Cassard
Cassard
Catskill Mountains
Woodland
N. Y
Miley
Foster family travels to Chicago for visit
Dr and Mrs Wayne J Foster of 2304 Hillcrest drive SE and guests Mr and Mrs J Howell Smith of Longview Texas left Tuesday morning for Chicago to spend several days there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
J. Howell Smith
Longview, Tex
Chicago
Holmes Family Vacation Plans to Gull Lake
Mr and Mrs Stewart Holmes of 369 Forest Drive SE and their sons James and Bill will travel Thursday to Gull Lake Minnesota for a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Hal Rothchild of St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
James
Bill
Gull Lake
Minn
Hal Rothchild
St. Paul
Mrs. W. E. Brown to Return Wednesday
Mrs. W. E. Brown of 1915 Fourth avenue SE is expected to return home Wednesday after a weeklong trip to Chicago and Elgin Illinois. In Elgin she visited with her uncle W. C. Watson and aunts Ella and Anna Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Brown
Fourth Avenue SE
Chicago
Elgin
Ill
W. C. Watson
Ella
Anna Watson
Siebke kin from Detroit visits the Siebkes
Harrison Bird of Detroit Michigan, nephew of G J Siebke, arrived Monday at 2025 Blake Boulevard SE to visit Mr and Mrs Siebke for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Bird
Detroit
Mich
G. J. Siebke
Blake Boulevard
Mrs. Siebke
Katherine Stark to Wisconsin for Month's Vacation
Miss Katherine Stark daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard E Stark 2141 Linden drive SE left Monday for Milwaukee Wisconsin where she will visit a month with her grandfather Robert Brenk and her aunts the Misses Alice and Lorraine Brenk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Stark
Leonard E. Stark
Linden Drive
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Brenk
Alice
Lorraine Brenk
Mrs Glenn Schodde and Son Visit Here
Mrs Glenn W Schodde of Des Moines and her son Stephen arrived Sunday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs George G Clements at 1833 First avenue SE. Mr Schodde will join them Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn W. Schodde
Des Moines
Stephen
Miss Ruth Barth Visits New York City Friend
Miss Ruth Barth of New York City arrived Sunday to visit for a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Barth at 365 Forest Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Barth
New York City
A. J. Barth
Forest Drive
Rahe Family Return From Wisconsin Trip
Mr and Mrs E H Rahe 2048 Fourth Ave SE and their sons Junior and Theodore returned from a week in Wisconsin visiting Rev P J Wagner cousin of Mrs Rahe They toured Wagner rock garden grotto and other relatives in Os sian Caledonia Minn La Crosse and Coon Valley Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Rahe
Fourth Avenue SE
Junior
Theodore
Rudolph, Wis
P. J. Wagner
Rahe
Lourdes
Wagner
Caledonia
Minn
Joseph Dockendorff
la Crosse
Wis
Mary de Shantal
Mary Aniceta O.S
Coon Valley
Nandells Return From Lake Trip Via Wisconsin Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Howard Nandell of 329 Twenty first Street NE recently completed a vacation itinerary that included Lake Kabetogama near International Falls Minnesota. Their route took them through Wisconsin north woods and lake districts with brief stops in Elkhorn Stevens Point Duluth and Little Marais Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Nandell
Twenty-first Street
Lake Kabetogama
International Falls
Minn
North Woods
Wisconsin
Lake
Elkhorn
Stevens Point
Duluth
Little Marais
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids welcomes visiting daughter from Miami for summer
Mrs. Albert C. Thompson of 525 Seventeenth street NE leaves Monday for Chicago to meet her daughter Mrs. Vincent J. Welp of Miami Florida who is traveling from Florida to spend the summer with her parents in Cedar Rapids. They will arrive Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Chicago
Vincent J. Welp
Miami, Fla
Florida
Cedar Rapids
Thompson
Welp
Luncheon honors Dorothy Williams before August wedding
Miss Dorothy Williams of 558 Knollwood drive SE, set to wed G. Sharp Lannom III on August 15, was feted at a bridge luncheon and shower hosted by Mrs. Joe Danziger at the Hotel Roosevelt. Attending were her mother Mrs. George T. Williams, her grandmother Mrs. Sarah Stedman, and many friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Williams
Knollwood Drive
G. Sharp Lannom, III
Miss Williams
Joe Danziger
Meadowbrook Drive
Hotel Roosevelt
Sarah Stedman
George T. Williams
Frank Krider
Max Mildenstein
George W.swab
George Ramsay
M. L. Hahn
Edgar V. Tapper
Leo Ulch
Leo Peters
H. J. Peters
O. F. Paulson
Charles Rubins
E. G. Kriz
Mary E. Baker
C. J. Rees
Harry Dunker
D. H. Lackey
E. A. Hazelton
H. J. Manchester
Picnic Surprised Abe Abraham at Bever Park Birthday
Abe Abraham was surprised on his birthday Monday at a picnic supper at Bever Park hosted by employees of the Madeline beauty shop. Those present included Mrs. Abraham, Miss Beatrice Plistil, George Neff, Miss Barbara Lindsey, Morey Nassif, Miss Maxine Elliott and Emil Bartosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Abraham
Bever Park
Madeline Beauty Shop
Mrs. Abraham
Beatrice Plistil
George Neff
Barbara Lindsey
Morey Nassif
Maxine Elliott
Emil Bartosh
Mrs Frear Returns From Beloit Wisconsin
Mrs Ella L Frear 41642 Center Point road NE returned Monday from Beloit Wisconsin where she spent three weeks as the guest of Mr and Mrs F S Barr former Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella L. Frear
Center Point Road
Beloit
Wis
F. S. Barr
Cedar Rapids
Nassif Anniversary Honored by Nearly 200 Guests
Nearly 200 friends and relatives attended the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George A Nassif at St. John s Orthodox church hall. Rev. Hafiz of Worcester led a program with 35 entertainers and silver gifts were exchanged. The Nassifs have three sons Sabin Floyd and George Jr with out of town guests Carl Orlando Rashid and families visiting from Sioux City Fort Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Nassif
Eighteenth Street SE
St. John’s Orthodox Church Hall
Benjamin Hafiz
Worcester
Mass
Nassif
Sabin
Iowa University
Ladies Aid Meeting at Kenwood Park Methodist
The Ladies Aid society of Kenwood Park Methodist church will meet Friday at 2 p.m. at the church. Hostesses will be Mrs. C. P. Hanna, Mrs. W. D. Potter and Mrs. Alta Stephensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
C. P. Hanna
W. D. Potter
Alta Stephensen
Froman Family Guests Visit Faribault and Hallendale
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Froman, 624 C avenue N, last weekend included Mrs. S. Froman and Carroll Froman of Faribault Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. David E. Froman of Hollendale Minnesota, and their daughter Ina Irene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Froman
C Avenue N
S. 2. Froman
Carroll Froman
Faribault
Minn
David E. Froman
Hollendale
Ina Irene
Mrs. Margaret Breece Visit In Clayton Smith Home
Mrs. Margaret Breece of Iowa City visits Clayton P. Smith at 125 Thirty third Street NE with her daughter Miss Myra Breece staying in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Breece
Iowa City
Clayton P. Smith
Thirty-third Street
Miss Myra Breece
Meeting of the L A to the B of R T Wednesday at 2 p.m
The L A to the B of R T will convene on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The luncheon planned before the meeting at 12:30 has been postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
B. of R. T
Clifford Wurtele Here Visit With Mrs Doolittle
Clifford Wurtele of Chicago spends the week with his mother Mrs Rena Lahn Doolittle at 323 Sixth avenue SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Wurtele
Chicago
Rena Lahn Doolittle
Sixth Avenue SW
Former Holland Furnace Employees Hold First Reunion
A group of former Holland Furnace company employes and their families met Sunday at the Daniels park pavilion for the first reunion. Plans were made for a next summer gathering. Organizers included Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Stepanek with Mrs. A. Schenken of Marion assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Furnace Company
Daniels Park Pavilion
E. D. Wallace
E. W. Stepanek
Cedar Rapids
A. A. Schenken
Marion
Lancaster delegation travels to Iowa letter carriers convention
Mr and Mrs Howard Lancaster of 624 Third Avenue SW attended the Iowa state letter carriers convention in Storm Lake as Mr Lancaster served as a delegate and as secretary of the local post office branch 373 ASC. They expect to return late Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lancaster
Third Avenue
Storm Lake
Lancaster
New Rail Equipment Displayed in Cedar Rapids Wednesday
National railroad week peaks Wednesday in Cedar Rapids with air conditioned passenger and express equipment shown by six railroads at Union Station from 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m A luncheon at the Montrose hotel features Samuel O Dunn editor of Railway Age addressing luncheon clubs and the Chamber of Commerce Representatives from each railroad will guide visitors through the exhibit and explain modern features The equipment formed into one train will head south from Union Station visitors enter from the Third avenue end then pass through to Fifth avenue Decorated stations nationwide mark the occasion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Railroad Week
Cedar Rapids
Union Station
Montrose Hotel
Samuel O. Dunn
Railway Age
Chamber of Commerce
Third Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Linn Auto Dealers To Meet For County Unit Formation
Auto dealers of Linn county plan a Thursday meeting to organize a county unit of the Iowa Automobile Dealers association. G O Fletcher, county director, announces the gathering at Rapids Chevrolet garage with Walter Ferrell leading the session. Topics include mass selling, used cars, and finalizing the 1937 legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automoile
Linn County
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
G. O. Fletcher
Linn
Rapids Chevrolet
First Avenue E
Sixth Street
Walter Ferrell
State Association
Old People's Picnic May Face Postponement
The Sunshine Mission sponsored event at Bever Park may be delayed Friday due to extreme heat after 27 years of always being held as scheduled. The organization asks for cakes salads and money donations and directs reporting to Rev. Thomas H. Hinkin at 28632 for preparations and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Mission
Bever Park
Thomas H. Hinkin
St Ludmilas Church Hosts Kolach Festival
St Ludmila s Church holds a kolach festival at Frolic Field school playground Thursday through Saturday evenings. After 8 p m Thursday State Representative B B Hickenlooper will speak. Free kolaches and admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ludmila’s
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hopkinton Storm Ravages Town and Surroundings
A severe electrical storm with high winds hit Hopkinton area Sunday morning. It brought over an inch of rain in an hour, felled trees and vegetation, killed a cow by lightning at George Walmutt farm, and a team of horses belonging to Duane De Shaw northeast of town. The storm reached tornado intensity near Castle Grove, six miles southwest, leveling corn fields and scattering oats along fences over about a two mile wide path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Duane DeShaw
George Walmutt
Castle Grove
Epworth Leaguers Head to Clear Lake Institute
A group from Brandon led by Mildred Bender Pauline Trezona Jean Demaree Marjorie Weart Arelene Shaffer Donald Hausner Richard Weart and Helen Hausner will spend a week at the Clear Lake Methodist Institute leaving Monday morning. Rev Russell Phillips will supervise with Mrs Phillips as house mother and cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Clear Lake Methodist Institute
Epworth Leaguers
Mildred Bender
Pauline Trezona
Jean Demaree
Marjorie Weart
Arelene Shaffer
Donald Hausner
Richard Weart
Helen Hausner
Russell Phillips
Della Bolton
Funeral for Ece Sypherd in What Cheer
The funeral was held Monday at his home conducted by Rev John A Ludemann. Sypherd aged 78 lived in What Cheer the past five and a half years. He is survived by wife Sarah A Sypherd who has been in bed the last several years due to a broken hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ece Sypherd
John A. Ludemann
Sypherd
Sarah A. Sypherd
Dream of Flying Guides Mrs Higgs to Escape Relief
Mrs Higgs feels youthful and carefree as she flies in a dream over Plaintown while her son has a job and they live apart. the piece ties dreams to escape or relief and promotes a 40 page booklet Interpreting Your Dreams by a psychiatrist from The Cedar Rapids Gazette Home Institute in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Higgs
Plaintown
Higgs
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Home Institute
West 19Th Street
New York
N. Y
Dolly Madison Star quilt block inspired by a presidential year
In a Nancy Page column, Dolly Madison is highlighted as a hostess credited with introducing ice cream. The piece details the "Dolly Madison Star" quilt design, listing piece counts for an eighteen inch block and options for color schemes, with directions obtainable for three cents via a stamped self addressed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Madison
Florence la Ganke
White House
United States
Nancy Page
Nancy
Decorah Obituary of Isaiah Wise 60
Isaiah Wise 60 died Saturday from heat prostration. Funeral services were held Tuesday with Dr. James P. Burling officiating and burial in Phelps cemetery. Born August 11, 1875, he was a lifelong invalid and survived by ten sisters and two brothers including Mrs. Ellingson and Mrs. Rima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Isaiah Wise
James P. Burling
Phelps Cemetery
Mr. Wise
Samuel Wise
Albert Ellingson
Charlies Rima
B. E. Bucknell
Julia Jueffrey
M. E. Anderson
Co. L. Ostrander
Oscar Grindeland
Fred Bracewell
Elizabeth and
Mayme Wise
Allen and
Sylvester Wise
Waterloo Is Named New Home For Traffic Assistant
Charles R. Smith, longtime Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce traffic assistant, leaves for Waterloo to become manager of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Traffic association. His predecessor at Waterloo, Clarence Hanson, takes a post with the interstate commerce commission in charge of truck regulation in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Company
Hall Manufacturing Company
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Jack Neve Victim of Home Fall at 73
Mrs Jack Neve aged 73 fell at her home Saturday suffering a fracture to her right hip. She was transported to Vinton hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Jack Neve
Vinton Hospital
Transient Knocks Down Merchant Cop and Escapes
Fred Goodhue a merchant policeman notified the police at 1 30 am Tuesday that he was assaulted by a transient in the Limback Lumber offices. He knocked him down after taking him to the office while calling for a patrol car. The hobo, about 60 years old and six feet tall, wearing a blue shirt and overalls, escaped after injuring Goodhue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Goodhue
Limback Lumber Company
Goodhue
Limback
Deny Request For Residence With Less Than Legal Setback
Frank L. Buser’s petition to build at 315 Twenty third street NE with a reduced setback was denied by the board of adjustment after a heated session. A substitute motion to grant with restrictions failed as votes were insufficient. Lorence left before the ballot. Action on Kouba retirement establishment and a field house at 350 Twenty first streets NE was deferred pending legal classification and revised plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Buser
Twentythird Street
Board of Adjustment
Lumir Lorence
George Farmer
Vernon E. White
Lorence
Farmer
White
L. C. Knolk
Ed Kouba
Frank Kouba
Mount Vernon Avenue
City Legal Department
City Recreation Department
Twenty-first Streets
Nevin Nichols
Fire destroys large barn on Ellison farm in storm
Lightning started the blaze at 1 30 a m Sunday on the S H Ellison farm northeast of here destroying a forty two by thirty six foot barn loaded with about forty tons of clover hay and some machinery. Heavy rain aided in preventing other buildings from catching fire and strong winds toppled corn and scattered shocks.
Plans Set for Iowa Judicial Convention Balloting
Delegates from 3,005 Republicans gather at Cedar Rapids Memorial building to nominate three candidates for the state supreme court. Among contenders are Justice E. G. Albert Judge A. B. Lovejoy Judge T. G. Garfield Judge Norman R. Hayes Judge John M. Rankin and former Justice William L. Bliss. The morning program includes invocation and a keynote by Floyd E. Paul. Balloting to follow in the afternoon, with registration in multiple hotel lobbies and Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
E. G. Albert
Jefferson
State Supreme Court
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
T. G. Garfield
Ames
Norman R. Hayes
Knoxville
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
William L. Bliss
Mason City
A. A. Brooks
Singing of
America
John B. Turner
Knights of Pythian Band
Carl Cook
Glenwood
State Republican Central Committee
Floyd E. Paul
Denison
Paul
Montrose Hotel
Harriett Ballard
Second Congressional
Linn County
Montrose and
Roosevelt Hotel
Fire guts Iowa highway truck cab in Marengo
A Marengo fire destroyed the cab of an Iowa highway commission truck about 1 p.m. Monday. Driver H. C. Hoyt parked the vehicle in his garage to eat dinner. a girl alerted him and he moved the truck outside. Flames broke all windows, the gasoline tank under the seat blew no. The roof of the garage burned through and firemen contained the blaze with chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa Highway Commission
H. C. Hoyt
Hoyt
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Froman
Mrs. Breece
Rebekah Lodge
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge
Maine Lodge Hall
Ethel Koster
Nannie E. Hannen
Mount Vernon
Amelia Smid
Noble
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Helen Vedder
Ella Moody
Lettie I. Talbott
Doris Russell
Christine Earhart
Alice Andrle
Inside Guardian
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Outside Guardian
Maude Phillips
Bessie Bachman
Alma Farley
Margaret Noblett
Alta Woodside
Hazel Neal
Netta Chiverton
Elizabeth Meyn
Lou Hemminger
John Farley
Walter L. Neal
Smid
Clara Schaad
Hemminger
Holland Furnace
Linn Auto Dealers
Stubby
Wm. M. Scholl
Dr. Scholl
Dr. Schell
Krall Shoe CO
First Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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