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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1940
Page
8
A collage of Humorous and oddball vignettes spans a summer day. Livestock judges Rex Conn and Ray Anderson chase a hat mix up during a farm shoot. A Cedar Rapids Democrat jokes about bets while a Willkie telegram tale unfolds from the Kansas delegation.
Two boys, Jack Brown and Victor, run a summer youth program in northeastern Iowa with daily sessions from 10 am to 4 pm. They lead nature study swimming lunch story hour crafts hikes and sports at a cabin and take trips to state parks museums and civic sites.
About 1 200 Elks members and families will gather at Elks Park today at 11 a.m. for the annual picnic. Cedar Rapids playground committee supervises games, adults use tennis courts, bridge tables for women, and lunch will be served at noon. William P Whipple is general chairman of the committees.
Doris Mae Kadlee daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Kadlee of Ely and Omer Phillip Miller son of Mr and Mrs Schuyler Yeller of Solon were united in marriage Wednesday at the Bohemian Brethren church in Ely. Rev Ludwig Burian officiated. The bride wore a white Marquisette gown with a fingertip veil and carried orchids, white Killarney roses and bouvardia. Her bridesmaid Adelaide Kadlec Iowa City wore yellow chiffon with pastel flowers. Helen Kadlec daughter of the bride was flower girl in pink organdie. Music was provided by Ruth Hemmer pianist and Mrs William Hemmer soloist. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s parents’ home and that evening a dance was held at the Paramount pavilion Swisher. The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids after a trip to the Black Hills.
Announcement for the tenth annual state contract bridge tournament to be held at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines August 16 17 and 18 under the Iowa State Bridge League. Events include Des Moines Teachers pair Davidsons teams of four and Tri City pair with schedule of sessions and elections of trustees and officers. Also notes Mildred Seeger visiting from Cedar Rapids and Dale Barnhart linked to Pasadena Community Playhouse.
Social notes recount a surprise birthday party and picnic supper honoring Ellen Myers on her sixteenth birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L Myers at their 610 Thirty-third Street NE home. Guests included Doris Stone Jean Stamy Dorothy Funkey Betty Like Ted Fluegel and others. Public notice also lists Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha meeting and Velma Petersen engagement news.
Mr and Mrs L R Sherman hosted a dinner last evening for Miss Geraldine Robinson and George H Harmer Jr whose wedding is set for next Saturday. The silver and crystal table was adorned with pink and white flowers and eight silver tapers. A gift was presented to the honored guests by the host and hostess.
Mrs Hilda Mathews of Los Angeles announces the marriage of her daughter Helen to Jack McKinney of Cedar Rapids. The 2 PM ceremony at the First Congregational church parsonage was performed by Rev W A Jacobs. Attendants were Paul Fidler. both spouses have Idaho ties and academic honors. They will reside at 722 F Avenue NW.
Announcement of Evangeline Christie Dennis marriage to George Weeks Pierce of New York City at Grace Episcopal Church New York. Attendant Miss Margaret Dennis of New York, best man Prof Richard Claire of Harvard. After a trip to Monhegan Maine the couple will live in New York. Served breakfast at Hotel Lafayette. Bride formerly with Fashion Digest staff. groom Harvard and UC alumni.
The American Legion auxiliary to Hanford post No. 5 meets Tuesday at 8 p m in the Memorial building for an August publicity month program. The executive board gathers at 7 15 p m. Doris Newman plays accordion solos. Harriet Swain discusses publicity. Delegates to the Dubuque department convention Aug 6 7 8 meet after the program. Refreshments served. Meeting date change noted.
Five youths completed six weeks in the Summer session at the University of Iowa attending speech classes. The group includes Tom Grayston Ben Wolverton Dick Chadima Jim Holmes and Mee Cenella Daly. One traveler plans a Salmon Idaho stay with relatives, others returned from New York City and Midwest stops with varied family ties.
Miss Mary Ellen Stickles of 213 Sixteenth Street SE returns from a two month vacation spent in Chicago and the south. She stayed with Miss Carol Evelyn Roy Miss Marilyn Brown and Miss Mary Marie Weidenfeller in Chicago, and joined by her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Ragsdale of Cedar Rapids for the last two weeks. The trip included Florida Mississippi Dallas Texas and Springfield Missouri.
Local residents join a string of travelers leaving for summer trips. Estelle Bachelder heads to a geology camp in Dubois Wyoming. others set off for Estes Park Colorado and trips to Regina Saskatchewan, the Black Hills, and Ozarks regions. Robertson Little returns from Roosevelt Hospital internship in New York City.
At a Monday birthday party for Harley Gladwin at his home on C street and Quarry road SW, he and Miss Lucille Keyes, daughter of Mrs. Laurana Keyes, announced their engagement. The couple plan to marry Sunday afternoon, Aug. 18, at the Nazarene church.
Fifth period campers at Hitaga will perform a history pageant at 7 oclock open to the public. The week featured unit scarves, skits on manners, a threshing farm trip for Aponita juniors, staff voting, marionette Rumpelstiltskin, and an Indians themed banquet and council fire.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Huntington of 1946 Fifth Avenue SE host a dinner for ten at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with their son Robert Huntington of Des Moines and Miss Jane Watkins of Chicago as weekend visitors. Mr and Mrs Robert W Black of 2418 Grande Avenue SE were among the guests.
Lor raine Nelson will wed Dr. William Bruner in California this fall. Friday a shower at the Charles Burianek home honored Miss Nelson with nuptial court whist and a Saturday breakfast at Marion Golf Club hosted by Catherine Crane and Ida McQuin for invited guests.
Beverly Wright a Coe College student will travel to Chautauqua New York July 31 to August 2 as the Chautauqua girl from Iowa for the King's Daughters conference. Phyllis Bottome will speak. Mrs. Henry S. Eley is international president. theme Forward With Youth. Hostess Ruth Creighton Mediapolis was a 1939 scholarship girl.
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