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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1940

Page

10

Local Briefs Roundup Cedar Rapids Notes and Quips

A Cedar Rapids interior decorator puzzled by staged furniture changes learns two girls used the store for play house. A library desk debate ends with a humorous win of knowledge. Readers discuss Iowa pronunciation Toway or Iowa and share light anecdotes. A taxi sign nudges a movie promo, and a student muses about Miss Inskeep. A well update. drilling results revised to 1200 gpm, page 4. Grandchildren argue over gum with a penny change hands.

Cedar Rapids

Hauser-Norris Bridal Party Is Announced

Invitations are issued for the wedding of Wilfreda Hauser and Robert Ralph Norris set for Friday June 21 at 730 PM in the First Congregational church. Maid of honor is Naomi May Hauser. bridesmaids Dorothy Carr and Ernest P. Mickel. junior bridesmaid Marilyn Hauser. Best man Paul Dougan. Ushers Ernest P. Mickel Ward Long Hollis Wall. Reception planned at the church. Camp Fire guardians meet Monday at 7 30 PM at First Presbyterian church.

E. B. Hauser Wildwood Drive Wilfreda Robert Ralph Norris Ralph A. Norris Sioux Falls First Congregational Church W. A. Jacobs Miss Hauser Mr Norris Marilyn Hauser Paul Dougan Cedar Rapids Mgr. Norris Ernest P. Mickel Ward Long Hollis Wall Mrs. Hauser First Presbyterian Church

Monticello Girl and Cedar Rapids Man to Be Married

Virginia Ann Matthiessen of Monticello will wed Robert A. Weir of Cedar Rapids in a July 6 ceremony at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Monticello. Weir is a Cherry Burrell sales engineer living at 411 Seventeenth Street SE. An engagement party at the Matthiessens home included guests Mary Estes McLaughlin Mary Louise Yount Mary Schoon Antoinette Noxsee Lorraine Hein Hilda Balster Loretta Lauser Kathleen Carlsen.

W. J Matthiessen Monticello Matthiessens Virginia Ann Robert A. Weir Cedar Rapids Roy Weir Emmetsburg St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Weir Seventeenth Street Cherry-Burrell Company

Community honored bride to be Jeanne Curry in June wedding

Pre nuptial events fill the day with breakfasts and showers for Jeanne Curry. A buffet supper and garden party hostesses plan festive gatherings with family and friends. The YWCA Business Girls' league schedules dinner and a motion-picture program for Monday evening.

Y. W. C. A. Business Girls’ League Association Building A. F. Harrington Ruth Jass

Gages Honor Coe Graduates At Breakfast

President and Mrs Harry M. Gage honored Coe college graduates at a Cedar Rapids Country club breakfast. Trustees and faculty members attended with guests including Dr. and Mrs Frederick G. Murray and Prof. Ethel R. Outland.

Harry MM. Gage Coe College Cedar Rapids Country Club Frederick G. Murray Herbert S. Stamats Ethel R. Outland Mary Bell Grace Swab John M. Henry Forest Rutgers Melvin Carlson

Betty Davis Sees Month-Long Visit at New York Mother's Home

Mrs. Betty Davis of New York City arrives Saturday to stay a month with her mother Mrs. George S. Davis at 1948 First Avenue. The listing details weekend visits and parties among local families and sororities, plus upcoming meetings of Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae, OES auxiliary, Alpha Xi Delta, and Gamma chapter events with Irene Copeland Luglan as guest.

Betty Davis New York City George S. Davis First Avenue E Alpha Gamma Delta Chester Crowell Howard Funk Marjorie Hunter Beryl Brookman Irene Copeland Luglan Minneapolis Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Gamma Chapter Bishop's Cafeteria Bernadine Wurzbacher Luglan St. Paul's Methodist Church

Iowa City Bride-to-Be Ruth Blair Engaged to Ralph Hughes

Engagement notice for Ruth E Blair daughter of Mrs Elsinore Blair Iowa City to Ralph E Hughes son of Mr and Mrs W J Hughes Cedar Rapids with wedding planned for July the couple will reside in Cedar Rapids.

Inter Cedar Rapids So City Ruth E. Blair Elsinore Blair Iowa City Ralph E. Hughes W. J. Hughes Wilson Avenue Iowa City High School University of Iowa University Business Office Hughes Grant High School Iowa State College Ames Cedar Rapids Nursery Company

900 Will Be Hostess At Breakfast For Mrs Niles

Mrs Harold Kolar will host a breakfast party at 9 o'clock at her home 440 Sinclair avenue SE honoring Mrs Paul D Niles of Oklahoma City who is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J S Arendts 1721 A avenue NE Also attending are Miss Nancy Shields and several local residents including Mrs William S Wherry II Mrs George Turner Mrs Ronald P Evans and Mrs Neil Thompson The Niles couple are former Coe students here for commencement activities and will return to Oklahoma Monday evening.

Jeanne Curry Donald Reid Denver H. Adams Second Avenue SE Margaret Betty French Eighteenth Street SE Ellis Park Miss Curry Pauline Frederikson Betty Mehegan Jane Nemecek Maxine Culbert Jeanette Focht Bonnie Curry Mary Nelson Janet Lothian Marion Elizabeth Jackson F. H. Christensen Donald Altang Maurice Sparks John Watson Harold Kolar Sinclair Avenue SE Paul D. Niles Oklahoma City Niles J. S. Arendts Nancy Shields William S Wherry II George Turner Farmer City Lll Ronald P. Evans Neil Thompson Oskaloosa Coe Oklahoma

Fete Miss Taylor At Pre Nuptials Dinner Party

A picnic dinner was served at seven with card play. Mr and Mrs R W Manatt hosted twelve guests at their home 1918 Park Ave SE for an informal supper before Miss Taylor's nuptials.

Miss Taylor R. W. Manatt Park Avenue SE Robert Buckingham Chicago Forrest W. Stewart Thirty Fourth Street Drive Ernest W. Curtin Third Avenue Road Stewart Edward M. Soboda, Jr

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