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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1938
Page
8
A light column sketches small town vignettes from a driver bribing a justice with a five dollar note, a Good Samaritan who stops to rescue a robin, a grandson prompting an ice cream sundae, and a bakery scene where a boy jokes about a picnic.
Selections from a social page note Miss Fawcett honored at a 3 to 5 tea hosted by Mrs. Frederikson and Miss Frederikson in the sunken garden at 3325 Mount Vernon Ave SE. Seventy-five guests attended, with Mrs. Grant F. Anderson and Miss Edina Donohue at the tea table. Out of town guests include Miss Florence Shover and Miss Katherine Simonton. Altah Mideke will depart Monday after a two week stay with Miss Dorothy Morehead. Beta Phi Alpha holds a Monday picnic at Ellis Park river pavilion followed by a meeting at the Wells home.
Francis Smith and Carl Von Voltenburg were married Saturday morning at the Marion Methodist Parsonage with Rev. E. T. Gough officiating. The couple, attended by Genevieve Oakley and Richard Kadlee, plan a Cedar Rapids home after August 8 and enjoyed a wedding breakfast at Bucknell's.
The Shanghai Lil camp for older girls opens Monday at Wapsi Y. Cedar Rapids lists numerous campers from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Belle Plaine Marion Gladbrook Manchester and Tama The staff and weekend visitors from Cedar Rapids Albert Lea Minn Cleveland Toledo and other locations are noted with several addresses and names.
Mildred Miller the sole woman hydroplane racer in Cedar Rapids shows skill and grit. She handles boats with mechanic know how and packs spare spark plugs for each race. Miller and husband Matt share a boat passion and run T N T team gear as they chase trophies despite the sport’s dangers.
A list of residents leaving for two week vacations with relatives and friends. Mrs. S. W. Rockwell travels with her daughter to Chicago. Marion Reiff and Mrs. Grace F. Luberger head to Bluffton Indiana. Lelia Johnson visits Toronto. The Fisher family plans a Lake Huron trip via Sarnia Canada. Chandler and Foster couples motor to Leland Michigan for two weeks with Mrs. C. H. Chandler.
Mr and Mrs J S Arenats announce the engagement of their daughter Nedra Mary to Paul Dickerman Niles of Oklahoma City son of Mr and Mrs J D Niles of Minneapolis The couple plan a September wedding in the near future.
A former Cedar Rapids resident Harlan Taylor of Los Angeles, son of Mr and Mrs T E Taylor, married Lorraine Looney of Burning Canyon Utah at St Vincent s Catholic church in Los Angeles Friday. A Biltmore breakfast followed. They plan ten days with Mr Taylor s Cedar Rapids relatives before returning.
Mrs Arthur Huntington of 1946 Fifth Avenue SE returns Friday after a four week trip to Santa Fe Grand Canyon California and the Canadian Rockies. accompanied by her sister Miss Sara Knapp of Norwalk Ohio who will return home midweek. Alpha Xi Delta and League for the Hard of Hearing plan meetings with picnics at Bever park. Paul I Rutledge of Columbia Missouri joined Mrs Rutledge and sons Billy and Tommy visiting at the Sarset home on Blake Boulevard SE. they plan to return to Columbia early next week. East Side W C T U meets at Ellis park river pavilion for picnic dinner with current events from Union Signal. L H Ounsworth and wife return to Wilaura apartments after two weeks at Utopia cottage Manitowish Wisconsin.
Social calendar lists two picnic events this weekend at Shaver park with several couples as attendees. A Sunday evening picnic gathers a younger crowd including Jeanne Reynolds and multiple local guests. Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae plan a 7:30 PM meeting at Linn boulevard SE with Mrs. Donald Kleitsch in charge.
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