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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1932
Page
2
More than 400 members and guests will attend a pool party at the country club featuring exhibition swimming and diving, aquatic stunts, and a dinner with dancing. Mrs. Grant Collins and Mrs. T. M. Jones organize decorations with balloons and Japanese lanterns while an orchestra performs by the poolside.
Miss Alice McDaniel was honored at a farewell picnic hosted by Lora Miller and Margaret Markert at the Markert home near Louisa before she leaves this week for summer in Canada and to settle later in Auburn New York. A gift was presented and a matinee at the Paramount Theater followed. Attending were Brunetta Angell Norrine Arrington Jean Ballantyne Helen Berry Janet Coquillette Beth Courtney Lucille Currell Jean Curry Virginia Ellis Evelyn Fawcett Betty French Doris Garner Evelyn Hall Elinor Hunting Marion Hunting ton Sara Huntington Frances Jesma Mary K Knapp Mae Longueville Muriel Morton Phoebe Nemecek Margie Privat sky Elinor Sweitzer Beatrice Woodward Bernice Woodson.
Mrs. R. A. Houser and Miss Julia Toenjes hosted a Thursday evening shower at 1432 First Avenue W in compliment to Miss Martha Paulson, soon to wed Edward Van Hoene of Williamsburg. Attending were Miss Paulson and several named friends.
Emily Rose Novak celebrated her sixteenth birthday at her residence on Second Street SE. The gathering featured dancing with friends Margarethe LeMont Marie Blazek Lillian Schindier Dorothy Simon Mina Hansen Nadine Patterson Donna Kelly and Jean Clemens. Out of town guests Marie Korab from Iowa City and Marjorie Hook from Bloomfield attended.
A Thursday evening shower honored Mrs Lealand A Knowles nee Velma Thomas hosted by her mother Mrs Earl Thomas on North Avenue and Carlisle NE. Bunce game high went to Mrs Ralph Dew and Miss Berneice Bonesteel. consolation to Floyd Montague and Miss Dorothy Sullivan. Attendees included Mrs Knowles and many relatives and friends such as Mrs Arthur L Knowles, Mrs L Garner, Mrs K C Daniels and son Robert, and others.
A menu listing meals for the Davy Br. breakfast and dinner includes cantaloupe waffles and maple syrup, broiled bacon, coffee, fruit cocktail leg of lamb browned potatoes mint sauce bread butter fresh vegetable salad pineapple sherbet lemon cake coffee. The reading notes multiple courses with fruit, meat, sides, and desserts.
A recipe outlines making a two layer cake with lemon filling made from lemon juice rind sugar and flour thickened in a double boiler. It describes beating egg whites into folds and assembling with frosting that uses sugar vanilla and a fine thread syrup.
Aunt Het remarks on paternal affection with a sharp edge noting a contrast between old man Jones and his apparent lack of fatherly urge toward young girls. The exchange captures frontier humor and social norms in a rustic community.
Thirty six members attended a picnic luncheon and meeting at Mrs. Charles L. Douglass home. After lunch a review of As Husbands Go by Rachel Crothers was given. Next meeting set for Upper Palisades August 5. reservations via Mrs. Stanley Barta at 6636.
Mr and Mrs E O Olson of Fort Dodge with sons Ronald and Roger came back Friday after weeks in the Chester S Johnson home at 2011 Washington avenue SE Donna Jeanne Johnson accompanied the Olsons and will visit briefly.
Mrs. R Schoenbeck and her son Milo of 392 Nineteenth Street SE left on Thursday for Fountain City Wisconsin to visit friends for two weeks.
Miss Arlene Hovey and Mary Hovey of Olney Illinois visited their uncle E R Hovey in the early part of the week at his home located on 2340 B avenue NE.
A. F. Bond and Plora Gibert of Kansas City Missouri received a marriage license. Louis Hensley and Kathleene Marie Cruise of Linn County Iowa. Max H. Hahn and Pauline L. Melvin of Cedar Rapids Iowa also secured licenses.
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 2302 describes a girls frock with demure yoke and capelet sleeves. It lists suitable fabrics dimity voile dotted swiss lawn gandie crepe-de-chine in light shades and notes sizes 2 to 10 with size 6 needing 2 1/2 yards of 36-inch fabric. Orders require 15 cents per pattern and 25 cents for catalog and patterner from Pattern Department New York.
Dr Florence Sabin receives Chi Omega national achievement award for contributions to science and public affairs. Her work on lymphatics and blood vessels, tuberculosis pathology, and study of living blood cells underpins a noted career in research and teaching. The award panel includes Roosevelt and other prominent figures.
The second floor reading room of the public library lists new children’s books. Wings over Holland follows Hendrik the Dutch boy who dreams of flying and adventures including a stolen boat trip. The Choosing Book invites kids to decide for others. Scalawag tells of a puppy’s brave mischief. Cousin from Clare features Maire Christine and Nappy in a mystery involving a political arrest and a daring escape.
The Omaha office of the U S treasury warns police to watch for two swindlers spreading counterfeit checks drawn on the U S Treasury. Checks numbered 118821 dated June 30 range from 12 to 24 dollars payable to fictitious Iowa residents. Only a woman in the group has been sighted, with a Black Hawk county license plate.
A lawyer proposes proving an alibi with a witness at seven o'clock. The statement mentions Stockholm and a cryptic phrase tied to an event or place identified as Shem or Ua godnes ent. The excerpt hints at a legal strategy without detailing the outcome.
Grading work began late this week on the final road in Linn County three year improvement program. The dirt stretch runs from the county home road to highway No 11 and Toddville. A county crew under engineer William Behrens handles the work aiming to complete a program totaling 125 miles of highways with most roads graded and much surfacing done.
Melvin Harbert, Daniels park rep, won the boy's 15 to 19 singles and teamed with Dean Benton to take the doubles at Harrison playground. Jean Eddy, Daniels, defeated Beatrice Yuza for older girls singles and then teamed with Rose Blaizaitis to win doubles. Other winners included Bernice Bierderman in under 14 girls, and Milo Skala in younger boys.
Konrad C Testwuide Jr special Red Cross life saving field representative will visit Cedar Rapids July 27 28 to train Linn county examiners and conduct public demonstrations. Morning sessions 9 to 12 at Country Club pool and Marion Legion pool with a Wednesday Kiwanis luncheon talk.
A speech argues for recognizing or at least treaty-based trade with Russia. It cites Russia’s building boom, employment, and rail and highway projects, contrasts with reduced U.S. exports, and notes German cargoes arriving for Russia after U.S. restrictions. It urges renewed commerce with Russia despite policy and warns of lost American trade.
Richard Bennett teases about Connie Bennett birthplace and look while tracing her career from a shy start to a top paid beauty. The piece notes her October 22 1905 birth, three marriages, and later return to films after a brief studio departure. It mentions marriages to Chester Moor Head and Phil Plant and now Marquis Henri de la Falaise, with details on her appearance and weight.
The line asserts that in America a man must redefine himself as something else despite birth, civic status, and identity. It reflects a debate about national belonging and the pressure of social or personal transformation within American citizenship.
Linn county investigators free M W O'Dell after hours in jail as no trace is found of Mary Alice and Oscar James O'Dell. The two children were with the O'Dells near Cedar Rapids before vanishing and have not been heard from since July. O'Dell sought help to locate them. patrols found the children were not his. The children belonged to Mrs O'Dell from a previous marriage. Search efforts were halted days ago.
A letter from T B Hlubucek, editor of Iowsky Vestnik, notes Cedar Rapids Gazette copies reach Prague. He states readers in Prague seek news from their home town Cedar Rapids and advise keeping to the straight and narrow path while reading The Gazette.
In Paris on a rain soaked court, Johnny Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison defeated Baron von Cramm and Daniel Prenn 6-3 6-4 6-1 to give the United States a 2-1 lead in the inter zone finals. The victory boosts America's path toward a challenge round against France.
Scouts guide visitors along a half mile nature trail at Camp Waubeek on the Wapsie river labeling more than thirty plant specimens and thirty tree varieties with typewritten tags. The exhibit features fossils, beehive, snakes, ant burrows, and a forestry nook detailing fifty tree varieties. Trail opened 1931 with additions this season. list of directors and builders appears on a commemorative slab.
The Board of Directors of Robins Independent School District in Monroe Township Linn County Iowa will meet August 2 1932 at 8 p.m. at the school house Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures. G 8 Miles District Secretary.
Special to The Gazette Je N Gray editor and publisher of the Winthrop News died Thursday evening after a throat hemorrhage He was 59 Funeral services were held Saturday at the family home with Rev Fowler and Masons in attendance The Masonic rite was performed at Oak Grove cemetery Independence He was born April 12 1875 in Osawatomie Kansas later living in Independence He owned the Winthrop News for 23 years and was married Feb 27 1901 to Jessie Burnett Surviving are his widow a sister Mrs C A Altman and brothers W L and J A Gray of Independence
Frank L. Whitford former Tama County supervisor dies at Independence age 77 after three terms on the county board. He chaired the board for eight years and served twenty years on the county fair board including nine as secretary. He was active in real estate business until illness. Survived by his widow and one person. Service to be held at 2:30.
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