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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1941
Page
6
Social rounds as Cedar Rapids hosts stage courtesy events for Miss Eleanor Taylor and Raymond Wendland ahead of their Saturday wedding. Numerous local and out of town guests attend luncheons and dinners at multiple homes including the Curray residence and 1801 Second Avenue.
A shower honoring Miss Erva Taylor bride elect was hosted Monday evening by Mrs. Marvin Taylor and Miss Betty Whiting at the home of Mrs. Walter Pratt. Attending were George Patterson Howard Taylor Lillian Gongwer Simon Gongwer Mawdsley Marvin Taylor Willis Whiting and the Misses Virginia Pratt Betty Whiting Evelyn Luesther Patterson Josephine tumpff Rog Mawdsley Virginia Lila Gieger Ruth Mary Maxine Walker.
A group of Prof Max Daehler’s younger piano pupils will perform Thursday at 3 p.m. at his home 1800 Second Avenue SE. Mrs K L Coltman of Manchester will open with three piano selections. The program features titles including Prom The Boy and the Brownie and The Brownie’s Black Dog.
Members of the Home Garden Club entertained their husbands at dinner at the Marion Country Club Tuesday evening. Twenty eight attended the annual affair. Mrs. Arthur L. Augustine and Mrs. James Bramwell showed movies of trips down the Mississippi and through the south. After the movies, cards were played and Mrs. O. W. Lawrence hosted the last meeting with a lawn breakfast.
Mr and Mrs Delbert R Ashby and daughter Jean return home from a week in Albert Lea and St Paul. They attended the St Paul Open golf journey during their trip returning Wednesday morning to 2520 Country Club Parkway SE.
Miss Constance Sheridan, who is vacationing, will return to her home on Eighteenth Street NE Thursday.
Mr and Mrs H Chiverton and their family including grandson James McKee returned home Monday after a two weeks trip in the Ozarks.
The Gazette begins a Sunday social feature with illustrated articles on Mistakes in Dress by Alice L. Tildesley. It explores what's wrong with fashionable attire, from gloves and shoes to hats and furs, through almost correct outfits worn by actresses.
The piece quotes Aunt Het declaring pain is real if the mind believes it. It recalls Jim's amputated foot mysteriously itching ever since the injury.
The Camp Wapsie Y held a Girl Reserves festival with canoe tests, archery, and a Water Babies swim pass list led by Alice Kru picka. Winners included Betty Koudelka Betty Thomas and Pat Zurka. honors for Robin Hood archery and governing council were earned by several girls and staff members.
Miss Virginia Roberts daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Roberts of Knoxville and Henry Vail son of Mrs Hattie Davie of 809 Third Avenue SW were married Saturday July 26 in Unionville MO by Judge J S Morgan. Attendees Irma Ersland and Harry Bell. Bride recently graduated Knoxville High School and worked as a bookkeeper.
Cedar Rapids hosts a week of hospitality as residents welcome guests. Mrs. James E. Blake hosts Miss Jean Gordon from Massachusetts en route home after vacations in Arizona and Colorado. Mrs. Stanley C. Mulholland arrives from Santa Barbara for a wedding weekend. Dr. and Mrs. Lange host Mrs. Burkland and Mrs. Ferguson with sons Paul and David until Sunday. Mrs. Alice Montgomery from Los Angeles visits with Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Pfeiffer. Miss Mary Zuercher will host Miss Mary Ingersoll from Evanston, Lindenwood classmate, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Leila K. Gossett arrives for two weeks with friends after a month in ae and Washington.
Mrs Edna Canaday announces the marriage of Charlene Beryl Canaday to Chester G Rejsa at a 4 p m service in Kahoka Missouri. Officiant Rev J M Monroe. bride wore navy print with white accessories and a Sweetheart corsage. attendants included Audrey Carie. Best man was Bud Fischer. Both graduates of Grant High School and employed locally. couple left for a northern wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs John Heaton hosted a Sunday dinner for forty five guests and their husbands at the Heaton country home near Central City. Mrs Mary Moreland assisted the hostess with the event.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club held the first in a series of benefits for the new club piano on Tuesday morning. Thirty-five tables were set for the breakfast. Lulu Engleman Welty played three selections on the piano, with Marion McWilliams on flute and G J Lorenzen at the piano. Incidental music during breakfast featured Lorenzen, McWilliams, and Paul Miner on violin. Co chairmen were named.
Mr and Mrs Gray Alan Wilson of Leon and their son Philip returned home Tuesday after spending the weekend with Mr Wilsons parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Wilson at 362 Fifteenth Street SE.
Mrs Orval Schmitt of 3216 Bowling Street SW hosted eight guests from Rapids McCarthy Heights at her grounds, a small neighborhood gathering noted in local society notes.
Leon Ethbert Gossett and Miss Eleanor Meyers married July 22 in Glendale at the Wee Kirk O The Heather. Rev H R Shaffer officiated with Earl Ewins Jr as best man and Mrs Mabel Jayne attending. The bride, a Fre ment high and Los Angeles City college graduate, wore lace and carried gardenias. The groom is to serve three years in the navy as a musician.
Alicia Hart advises readers on avoiding facial letdown caused by fatigue and eyestrain. She urges extra sleep, proper diet, good lighting, and sunglasses to prevent a wilted end of day appearance. The column blends practical tips with encouragement for healthier daily habits.
Miss Helen Parker, a junior nurse at Mercy hospital in Iowa City, arrived Monday to spend a three weeks vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Parker at 1624 J avenue NE.
The Credit Women’s Breakfast club met Wednesday at the Montrose hotel with 31 members. After breakfast they adjourned to the Corn room where Frederick E. Fluegel spoke on a credit convention he attended recently in New York City.
The executive board of Hanford unit No. 5 American Legion auxiliary will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. with J Louis F Schirm at 1722 C Avenue NW hosting in Hanford.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the will of a deceased resident of Linn County Iowa will come on for hearing for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids July 29 1941. UNDQUIST
Mr and Mrs Leslie Caldwell and Mr and Mrs Minshall of 1911 Fourth Avenue SE attended Ramsey Owens who returned to their home on Tuesday.
In Fort Collins Colorado General Ben Lear’s Yoo-Hoo incident finds no repeat among cadets at the Colorado State college military department. Cadets adopted mare Yoo-Hoo as a living safeguard and educate others by shouting at the gate for informants.
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