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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1954

Page

12

Engagements and Visits Highlight Cedar Rapids News

Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul J Hosch and Richard W Prior announce their engagement with a fall wedding planned. Mrs James Dorrance sails to Germany to join her husband stationed with the air force in Bitburg. The Moyers once Cedar Rapids residents visit Paris before Germany. Families spend a week at Eagle Lake Minnesota. Camp Huaga opens its eighth week with 160 girls registered. Republican Women plan potluck supper at Bever Park with Judge Heiserman as speaker. Kennedy family visits from Texas. a Montgomery vacation near Lake Okoboji ends Tuesday.

Paul J. Hosch Bernard Mary Second Avenue SE Richard W. Prior Laura B. Prior San Antonio Texas Cedar Rapids James Dorrance America Germany Bitburg Air Force le Havre France Paris Frank S. Moyer Moyers Dorrance Beatrice May Washington Avenue Linn County Republican Women's Club Bever Park James Bromwell J. E. Heiserman Anamosa

Cedar Rapids Toastmistress Club Hosts First Guest Dinner

Cedar Rapids club plans a 6 p.m. Monday dinner at the Roosevelt hotel with Mrs. Robert Zila as toast mistress and Miss Josephine Hex dall as topic mistress. A panel including Mrs. Frank X. Guyott and several guests will be moderated by Mrs. Kaye Fulrath with Mrs. A. Ivan Mason as evaluator. Bernice Feller to give the invocation and Zila leads arrangements.

Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Hotel Robert Zila Josephine Hex‘dall Kaye Fulrath Frank X. Guyott Jean Harris Beth Rochefort Hilda Hendrickson A. Ivan Mason Mary Craft Bernice

Color TV changes fashion taste for women

Color television is expected to alter women s fashion sense by boosting demand for colorful clothing and away from black. CBS color programs will showcase flattering colors based on skin tones, with expert George Jenkins stressing contrast between complexion and wardrobe to create striking TV looks. Local social notes follow on visitors and traveling family members.

New York INS George Jenkins George CBS Broadway Hollywood TV Color Jenkins

Forthcoming Marriage Announced For Elberta Cousins Acton

The fall wedding will unite Elberta Jeanne Cousins to Rush Keith Acton son of Mr and Mrs C P Acton of Miami. Miss Cousins a Coe College graduate and medical technician trainee at Northwestern University will be employed at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Mr Acton is a senior at the university.

Elberta Jeanne Rush Keith Acton C. P. Acton Miami Margaret Joan Kunz Robert W. Daykin Walter L. Daykin Iowa City Springfield Ill Joseph Kunz Miss Kunz Sangamon Electric Company Daykin University of Iowa College of Engineering Armed Services Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity

Engagement for Alice Margaret Stenzel to Robert Easterday

Alice Margaret Stenzel and Robert Easterday announce their engagement. Alice works for Collins Radio Company. Robert attends the University of Iowa. The wedding is planned for December. The notice also reviews Norman Cousins on boredom and intellectual engagement urging active thinking and dialogue.

Robert Stenzel Park Avenue SE Alice Margaret Robert Easterday Clarence Easterday C Avenue Collins Radio Company Easterday University of Iowa

Barth Family Reunion Highlights New York Visit

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Barth of 2002 Fifth avenue SE returned from a two week trip to New York City with their son and daughter in law Chester and Ruth Barth. Herbert Ray and family from Binghamton joined for a reunion. Mrs. Don C. Cook and Mrs. Harold Waite hosted a brunch and linen shower for Miss Susan Starman at 2012 Fourth avenue SE with twenty guests. Starman to wed Theodore Hutchison on July 30.

H. L. Coats Second Avenue SE Harvey Coats Bob Jim Jack Westfield N. J Connie Sue Kula G. C. Kula Thirty-fifth Street Connie W. A. Miller C Avenue Kula F. A. Kulas Ray Kulas Marion Franklins Vinton Bowers Ann Robert Millers Debbie Wallace Nelsons Steven Ono Sheldon B. L. Ssheldon Sam. Shafer, Jr John Shafer Chilldren John Jr Barbara Milwaukee R. W. Adamson Avenue NE Adamsons Ralph Adamson Sherrard, Ill Byrel D. Jensen Debra Lee Seattle S. B. Slocum Wheeless and Tommy Menomonie H. C. Jensen Twenty-third Street Drive Richard S. Thompson, Jr Selfridge Air Force Base Detroit Jensens Janis Thompsons Ralph Schillig South A. J. Barth Fifth Avenue SE New York City Chester A. Barth Ruth Barth Herbert Ray Binghamton N.Y Don C. Cook Harold Waite Susan Starman Mrs.Cook Fourth Avenue SE Miss Starman Theodore Hutchison

Individual immunizing against the disease of boredom

A thinker argues boredom threatens the nation as comforts from appliances and design sedate daily life. He proposes personal, proactive mental engagement to counter ennui, urging both women and men to adopt active thinking as a cure.

Elmcrest Hosts Mexican Fiesta Dinner Dance

Elmcrest Golf and Country Club to host a Mexican fiesta on Saturday evening with Latin American buffet from 7 30 to 8 30 p m. Variety Club Orchestra to play on outdoor poolside dance floor, with Mexican decorations indoors. Reservations open for 200 members led by Mr and Mrs Dan L Schwitters and committee listed.

Elmcrest Golf and Country Club Dan L. Schwitters Orval W. Schmitt Ray H. Spielman Robert Crumpton Harold Hall Bill Morf Newell Engel

Slumber Party Hosted by Carol Farchmin

Carol Farchmin entertained 13 girls at a slumber party Friday evening at her home on Center Point Road NE. It doubled as a going away party for Virginia Blood Janet Morse and Judy Lorenzen before vacations. Others present included Carol Gorman Suzanne Willman Patty Jo Mallon Karen Lindquist Sue Anderson Nancy Nichols Barb Morf Susan Lawson Bernelda Fardhmin and Mrs Glanville.

Carol Farchmin Center Point Road Virginia Blood Janet Morse Judy Lorenzen Carol Gorman Suzanne Willman Patty Jo Mallon Karen Lindquist Sue Anderson Nancy Nichols Barb Morf Susan Lawson Bernelda Fardhmin Carolyn Kriz Mrs. Glanville Wisconsin

Franklin Class of 43 Holds 11th Reunion Picnic

The Franklin High School class of 1943 will hold an eleventh year reunion and picnic today from noon to 3 p.m. at Ellis Park.

Franklin Franklin High School Ellis Park

Fisher Family Returns From Europe Tour

Mr and Mrs Everett E Fisher of Meadowbrook Drive SE return Tuesday from a two and a half month Europe tour after a stop in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth they arrived in the city Tuesday. Dudley and David Dvorak of Elmhurst Illinois visit their grandparents Mrs Helen Dvorak and Dr and Mrs Grant Munger in Cedar Rapids. Dr Garth Morgan and Mrs Morgan with Howard Young and family of Omaha returned to Cedar Rapids Saturday from New York visiting Dr Don Morgan in Batavia.

Morgan Davis Meadowbrook Drive Chicago Tom Dewees Everett E. Fisher Fishers New York City Europe Eons Dudley and David Dvorak Elmhurst, al Mrs Helen A. Dvorak Twenty Sixth Street Drive Grant B. Munger First Avenue Garth Morgan Third Avenue SE Howard Young Omaha Cedar Rapids New York Morgans Don Morgan Batavia

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