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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1935
Page
4
Country club hosts a tennis tournament dinner dance this Saturday to honor MT Moase States players. Club members may bring guests for the social event following a summer of golf and a fall pool party.
Mrs Jack Murphy and others hosted a party at 857 Twentieth Street SE. Guests at bridge included Mrs Edgar Vassar and Miss Anita Mertens. Out of town visitors were Mrs Vassar and Mrs Viola Grapp of Iowa City. A family reunion was hosted near Sutliff with multiple households attending. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a David and Goliath quilt pattern offer and mentions Virginia Chandler and Everett Chandler spending time in Mackinac Island and St Louis.
The Camp Hitaga round-up of 1935 memories marked the final council fire at Camp Hitaga. Mrs. M. R. Warren conferred ranks on Jane Kohl Cornelia Cameron and Madge Miller, while Bessie Gallash er Janet Dennis and Mary Agnes Barker lit the fires of works health and love. Memories spanned periods The Enchanted Forest Flying Carpet Pioneer Trek and Last Round-Up with songs dances and costumes. Horse show results and camp achievements followed as wreaths and prizes were awarded and special honors given to several campers and staff.
Mrs Thomas A Engle of 1602 Fifth Avenue SE has returned from a two and a half month abroad. She landed in New York City Friday on the Bremen after leaving Cedar Rapids May 11. From Oxford to Stratford and Wales then London, Paris and the battlefields of Europe were visited before a motor trip through Devon and Cornwall. They sailed from Bremen with Mrs Von Richter of Ashland Kansas and her sister Miss Kathryn Engle joining for a farewell journey.
Beatrice Lee Woodward daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Wood ward and Robert Ellis Wood son of Mr and Mrs William Wood wed Monday night at 8 at the bride’s grandmother Mrs Margaret MacDonald home 1606 Second Avenue SE. The Rev Blaine Hyten officiated before about sixty guests with Verle Breed of Marion singing I Love You Truly. The gown was white organza with orange blossom wreath and talisman rose bouquet. The couple will reside at 1115 Second Avenue SE after a motor trip north.
A New York feature paints a playground for children and a haven from adults. It highlights pastel girl rooms with Mickey Mouse décor and rugged maple or knotty pine boys rooms with starry walls and toy soldiers. Accessories include Lampshades Mouse shades and ship motifs to suggest sea adventures.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs Emil Laschansky 45 who died Saturday after an operation. She was born December 11 1890 and married to Mr Laschansky on December 15 1909. Surviving are husband two daughters a son a sister and three brothers.
Robert Hirt of Riverside begins an upscale residence six miles northwest of Riverside featuring air conditioning and walnut woodwork. Joseph Gingerich Kalona handles building, William Cress Riverside leads heating plumbing and electrical work. Nearby, Clayton county plans a 1936 budget at 365900, with tax 11 per 1000 and revised funding for several funds. Grover Brown sustains facial injuries in a two car collision near here, while a second crash at the same site involves missionaries Paul and Mrs Melrose. no injuries reported.
Lyle Huss of 1006 Third Street SE was captured at 10 p.m. Monday by drug store owner W. B. Gatto with Federal Agent Ed Miller after Huss tried to rob the shop at 110 Third Avenue SW. Huss demanded cash, fled when challenged, and was chased down an alley. He had no weapon and was found intoxicated, flooding the store by opening water taps before Patrolman Walsh subdued him.
A barn on the Isaac Schneider estate burned Monday morning, destroying the structure with an estimated $300 in property damage. Firefighters battled the blaze, with no injuries reported.
Open air wrestling card at Cedar Park features four headline performers led by Kuss versus Plummer with Wampler facing Paul Harper, a SMU star and former tennis champion, in the backfield. Hader and Hewitt clash in opening, referee from another city backs Plummer.
Mrs L L Lininger left Monday night for a visit at Creston. Ice cream social Thursday at St Ludmila s. Advertisement about Jess Cassidy charged with child desertion. case waived to grand jury Tuesday before Justice A S Reed. Information filed by Cassidy s wife Maude.
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