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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1939
Page
5
The remark warns that a husband who withholds from his wife and acts generous to non-relatives does so to receive praise from those not related. It casts social critique on display of charity toward outsiders.
Hostesses plan breakfasts and luncheons as residents prepare to leave for vacations. Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland Dows entertain in honor of Mrs. Van Vechten Shaffer and her daughters as they visit relatives and attend the New York world’s fair. Mrs. Harold N. Graves hosts a luncheon for Mrs. Walter A. Saunders of Santa Monica with guests from Cedar Rapids Country Club and Indianapolis. A coffee at Miss Elizabeth Smith’s home gathers several local social figures before summer travels.
Mrs James Gibson of Tucson Arizona formerly Miss Evelyn Kazebier of Cedar Rapids has arrived to spend a month with her parents Mr and Mrs R A Kazebier 2011 Second Street SW. Mr Gibson will arrive in a month and they will go to Chicago where he will study at a teletype school.
Golf tournament play ended for the day as Cedar Rapids Country Club hosted a bridge party Thursday afternoon. More than 600 members and guests formed bridge foursomes after lunch with prizes awarded to Mesdames Stark West Lehti Newton Heins Zuer cher Myers D Arcy Chapleau and Miss Maresh. The social committee oversaw the event.
Mrs. W J Bakken of Chicago visiting her Palmer relatives will host a supper at 1819 Fourth Avenue SE Friday evening honoring Mrs. R L Dill of Eugene Oregon. Also entertaining will be Mrs. Earl Anderson of Chicago with guests Mrs W E Jenkinson Mrs Denver Adams Mrs J C Jordan Mrs Keith Tow and Miss Frances McLaughlin in the Palmer home.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Warren of Carroll drive SE returned after three and a half weeks in Highland Park NL at their daughter Mrs. James Stannard Baker’s home. They stayed with their grandchild while the Bakers were in California.
Miss Frances Legg of Evanston Illinois will arrive in the city Friday evening to spend a week as the house guest of Miss Tamar Meister daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Meister 361 Forest drive SE. Last year Miss Legg and Miss Meister were roommates at Lake Forest college Lake Forest Illinois.
After a brief stay at 520 Forest Drive SE, Mrs. Frank Tyrrel of Oakland and her daughter Vicky left to visit Tyrrel's father A. M. Stover of Marengo, with plans to return to California August 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert M. Bates of 2215 Linden Drive SE entertained eighteen guests at a picnic supper in Bever Park Friday evening and had hosted a similar party for eighteen the preceding Thursday in Bever Park.
Dr and Mrs J Max Widmer of 2336 Blake Boulevard SE will start a new yard fireplace by entertaining a small group of friends at a picnic supper Friday evening in their yard.
Miss Helen Harris of Fargo arrives from Chicago to spend the weekend with her aunt Mrs. J. E. Ives at 2300 Grande Avenue SE.
Miss Rosemary Fahey hosted the Social Darlings at 1529 Maglewood Drive NE on Thursday evening. Members present were Doris Stone Carol Phillips Mildred Jensen Jannan Wilson and Delores Boyle with Miss Phyllis Morningstar attending as a guest.
Friday morning gallery drew a stable crowd from the tournament including Mrs. David Beardsley and several others as Miss Mary Brummer, a Cherokee golfer, won the first honors in the championship nine hole flight with a lapel watch. Mrs. Harry Lamb broke a hundred against Virginia Knox and earned new clubs from her husband. A foursome including Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Crabbe enjoyed a lively round, with friendly banter over car repair referrals.
Lambs chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted a supper at Mildred Pazdernik's home on Twenty second avenue SW. The event honored Corrine Lackman, whose July 30 Monticello wedding to Myrie Vincent Shover was announced. twenty two guests attended and gave gifts.
Mrs. Mary Loftus hosted a miscellaneous shower for Monica Klein at the Gas Company glow room Monday night. The event honored Klein, who will wed Richard M. Loftus on Aug. 1, with many friends and relatives attending from Marshalltown and Stanwood.
A family reunion gathered Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hunt’s home 307 Sixth Street SW with twenty two members then moved to Trinity Methodist church basement for a picnic dinner. Out of town relatives included Dale Stoneking of Mount Vernon and the Dubuque Hunts and their daughter Marylin Curtis Hunt and Darline Hunt of Chicago.
Mrs. Richard Hale and Mrs. Earl McDowell hosted a surprise birthday party Tuesday at the Hale home on Fifth avenue SE for Dorothy Hale’s sixteenth birthday. Games and gifts followed a list of attendees including Virginia Snyder Dora Mae Gaskill Elaine Brague Lorraine Dew Ella Mae Canarr Henrietta Izer Mary Frances Burger Ruth Williams Ruth Johnson Myrtle Tillapaugh Gertrude Knake Helen Stepanek Evelyn Hodina Darlene Hale C M Nelson E Hale LaVerna Hale Phyllis Luse Marie Mottinger Donna Mae Grant Ruth Vinton Edrie Johns Betty Hanson Dorothy Freeman Amelia Fulmer Phyllis Tyler Evelyn Mrstik Ruth Webster.
Miss Rita Powers hosted a banco party at 1511 C avenue NW Wednesday for Marilyn Cusack turning sixteen. Adele Locher and Mary Jayne Klassen won banco prizes. Members present included Rita Spaight Bernice Pfiffner Klassen and Betty Ann Klimes. Guests included Adele Locher Mary Jane Ferguson and Etta Lee Hicks.
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority hosts a mid summer party at Miss Audrey Lea Ivins home 1832 Fifth Avenue SE from 3 to 5 pm. The event honors Sally Taylor Joliet IL rushing captain at the University of Iowa with yellow and black decor and alumnae from Iowa City in attendance.
Miss Gladys Stepaneck was honored at a Thursday evening pre nuptial shower hosted by Misses Evelyn and Virginia Hillmer and Anna Marie Probst at Probsts home for her upcoming Aug 16 marriage to Elmer Benish. Bunco prizes went to Marcella Stepaneck Dorothy Hillmer and Mary Stepaneck. Guests included many family and friends listed in attendance.
A skating party Tuesday afternoon preceded a surprise picnic supper and handkerchief shower at Daniels Park for Ellen Pollitz. Attendees included Marcell Phelan Dorothy Wiedersburg Hazel Richey Beulah Wilson Gwendolyn Wren Rebecca Stone Shirley Pegram Marion Pollitz Sally Pollitz Billy Wilson and guardian Mrs. Meryl Wilson.
Valley Camp R N A held a picnic at Bever Park on a Wednesday evening for members and families. Seventy five attended and the session was led by Mrs J M Geist with talks by state supervisor Mrs Florence Bridges district deputy Mrs Nell Sexton and the club oracle Mrs Clara Engel. The next regular meeting is set for July 26 at the I O O F hall.
George Abodeely of Lowell Massachusetts and his brother Fred are visiting their uncle Eli Abodeely at 529 Fifth avenue SE. They travel next to Dallas Texas to visit their brother Dr. Nicholas Abodeely.
Assembly No 31 Order of Rainbow for Girls holds initiation at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Masonic hall for Lois Jeanne Long Marilyn Miller Barbara Owen and Shirley Watrous.
The Past Chiefs of Winter temple held their annual breakfast on Thursday. Charlotte Fair led the arrangements with help from Edna Curran Alta Robertson and Lillian Clark. Carrie Cooper supervised the tables with colorful garden bouquets. Grace Wiles organized entertainment featuring games. prize winners were Catharine Hunt Esther Strait and Lillian Privett.
Mrs Dewey Bird at 114 Fifth Street SW entertained the Birthday Hobby club on Thursday evening. Members presented flowers used as the centerpiece and the group spent the evening playing bridge pinochle and working on hobbies with Mesdames Gerald Baugh Charles Michalek J Forrest Heddinger Mae Miller and Everal present.
Mrs Earl Shunk of 125 Twenty seventh street NE returns home Tuesday following a month in California. She spent two weeks with her son Ralph at Alameda and visited in Oakland Los Angeles and Pasadena.
The group held its first meeting at Ellis Park after a picnic dinner. Elected officers include President Eleanor Kacer, Secretary Ruth Mae Kucera, Treasurer Alice Niebuhr, Publicity Lorraine Jones, with Ruth Kubik and Dolores Kacer on the party committee and Ellen Samek on the program committee.
The American Dental Association approved a national program for dental health but rejected compulsory health insurance. Delegates representing about 46 000 members adopted a three point program on decay causes prevention and federal financing for indigent dental care. Dr Harry B Pinney was re elected secretary and Dr R H Volland treasurer.
Lorraine Blazek announces the next meeting will be a picnic dinner held at Bever Park, inviting attendees to join for informal gathering and meal.
New Orleans police report a 10,000 ton freighter the Edgar F Luckenbach struck the ferry New Orleans amidships on the Mississippi River. The vessel beached sank 10 feet in 10 minutes after crashing through 40 feet of wharf. No injuries were reported and tugs towed the ship to the river’s west side. Cause of the mishap was not learned.
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