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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1941
Page
4
A chaotic mix of gossip column notes and letters to Miss Manners. It includes commentary on a flirtatious woman chasing taken men and threats of social backlash, plus questions about broken relationships and advice to repair or move on.
Mrs William Leichsenring hosted a Monday evening shower at the Ox Yoke for Mrs Edmund Gunzenhauser of Bear Homestead. A buffet supper accompanied guests including Mrs Joseph Maunder of Newport Ky and many Amana residents and relatives.
Central City notes Mr. and Mrs. Francis Goldsberry celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a lawn dinner for sixty. Relatives and friends gathered as Mrs Ray presented the couple a silver gift from the Eastside Rimrs group.
Anamosa Mrs G A Turner hosted a dessert bridge Tuesday noting her Lansing Michigan niece Mrs Chartes. Prizes went to Mrs Wright S Fenster and Mrs Weber. Mrs G B Kinser hosted an evening event with high score prizes to a Wilson and Mrs Carl. Mr and Mrs Don S Ruhl held an outdoor supper Monday with four tables of bridge. high scorers were Mrs Norman W Plath and Verne Purcell. A large Wapsipini county club card game drew a crowd Wednesday with men’s high scores earned by Lee Sanner and I C Musgrove.
Oxford Junction hosts recognize a birthday and celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berner s fifth wedding anniversary from the previous week. Patty Shedek hosted an eighth birthday party at her parents Otto and Betty Shedek s home with friends. Delta Delt bridge club enjoyed a riverfront steak dinner. Peerless chapter E S and families hold an annual Crystal Lake picnic with noon dinner. A Friday shower by Mrs William Barnhart honored Mrs Wilbur Barnhart with guests from Olin present.
Center Junction resident Miss Mary E. McDonald of Cedar Rapids was honored Thursday with a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George McDonald east of Center Junction. Mrs. Harry Chase and Mrs. F. G. Tyrrell hosted a Wednesday breakfast at Mrs. Chase’s home. about thirty guests attended on the lawn.
Springville Mrs Albert Taylor led the Progressive club gathering Friday. Mrs O J Emmons hosted the Minor Music club at a Butler park picnic Friday evening. Virginia Hunte and Anita Calvert entertained the Epworth League of the Methodist church Thursday evening.
Miss Irma Rohr hosted a Tuesday tea at her home honoring Mrs. W. W. Wallace of Falls. Mrs. Theodisia Pulver and Mrs. Albert Stuhler presided at the tea table during the event.
Lamont Mr and Mrs C C Dickey entertained Monday in honor of Mrs Art Adolphs of Waterloo. Three tables of 500 were in play after supper. Friendly evening included card games and light refreshments.
The writer advises soaking soil before weeding to aid moisture retention and shade roots. Use a light sickle to cut weeds at crown, leaving roots to avoid disturbing soil. Not all weeds harm. some like pigweed hold moisture and may even benefit the bed.
Mrs J L Rhea notes cucumber vines thrive with deep watering and shaded foliage stays green longer. She highlights native flowers for midsummer cutting including Queen Anne's lace wild carrot Liatiis Kansas Gay Feather and Rudbeckias Trifolium and Cimicifuga with white spikes. Milkweed Asclepias shines orange and blooms in October as wild asters close the season.
Invitations for the Aug 2 wedding of Marjorie Bates and Lt. John W. Paulger are noted along with the Bates family in Oak Park Illinois. Other notices include marriages of Mrs Fanny Duren to J C Boyd in Evanston and Harriet Needham to Alford Johnston in Mount Vernon. The piece also mentions theater attendance, social events, and school staff moves in nearby towns.
North Liberty Mrs Maude Chidester entertained twelve guests as a pinochle event at the Methodist church, with Standard Bearers of the church in attendance.
Women from the Alburnett Christian Church gathered at Mrs. Frank Schanitz home on Wednesday with Mrs. Harry Wenger assisting. They planned a drive to fill a box for the Christian Home in Omaha and held a brief Sunday school class update.
Married Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson and Jacob Burian were solemnized yesterday afternoon at their respective addresses 1127 Fourteenth Avenue SE and 1632 Fifteenth Avenue SE.
Belle Plaine hosts several pre nuptial parties for Eleanor Kurth who will wed Robert Wilhelm of Cedar Rapids on July 27. A luncheon at Mrs E K Clear’s home drew 16 guests with Mrs Byrle Petters and Mrs John Burrows as assistants. An additional bridge party and shower honored Miss Kurth with out of town guests Mildred Manuel Des Moines and Les Ealy Blairstown. A country club ladies day featured golf and luncheon with a committee including Mesdames Swee McCune Hereik and Jane Ealy.
Solon The Community club will hold a social meeting for all members at the club rooms on Tuesday evening. The Women s Catholic Order of Foresters will host its annual birthday party Monday evening at St auditorium with hostesses Mrs Margaret Cahill and Misses Margaret and Ada Anws.
The engagement of Adella Ullerich of Van Horne to Carol Mathers of Cedar Falls was announced Wednesday afternoon at a gathering hosted by Adella’s mother. A wedding is planned for August 7 at 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Laithere Church in Van Horne.
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