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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
7
Cedar Rapids hosts fill the week with visitors as Mrs. Warriner plans informal tea for Mrs. Cleaver and friends. Col Robert W. Stewart of Chicago, a Coe College trustee, stays with the Hamiltons while other guests arrive from Evanston Los Angeles and Norman Oklahoma for weekend visits and events.
Miss Wilferene Konecny daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Konecny of 1929 Park Avenue SE received civic recognition for scholastic achievement at a court of honor banquet for honor graduates of the University of Minnesota. She will graduate on June 14 and will be accompanied home by her parents after commencement.
Mrs. Ralph D. Spears hosted nine members of her bridge club Thursday for a luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.
Edith Reed Atkinson leading a Mozart Club program at the Y W C A auditorium with an American music theme. Performers include Norma Jean Johnson and Virginia Plender, with pieces by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, MacDowell, and others under the direction of Max Daehler and Charlotte Trewin.
Mrs H Hahn of 2526 Country Club Park Way SE and Mrs Lawrence J Halpin of Cedar Rapids depart Thursday for Wisconsin. They will visit Madison for a June 14 wedding where Miss Joan Reynolds becomes matron of honor. Suzanne Hahn will be flower girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell I. Hess and Mrs. Anna M. Hendricks of 400 Fairway Terrace SE hosted Mrs. H. M. Schmidt and Mrs. Fred M. Schmidt of Battle Creek Indiana. The visitors attended the brain derby in Iowa City and the university program Wednesday where Duane Schmidt received one of nine jeweled keys. he is the son of Mrs. Fred Schmidt and nephew of Mrs. Hendricks.
Mrs Imogen B. Emery of 361 Twentieth Street SE was named adviser of the national D A R committee on national defense through patriotic education. The appointment was made by President General Mrs William H Pouch, noting she has served three years as chairman of the committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Kubicek announce the engagement of their daughter Lois May to George J. Novak son of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Novak. The couple plans to marry in late June and will reside in Toledo Iowa where Mr. Novak will practice law after July 1. Lois May is a graduate of Washington high school Iowa State Teachers College and Cedar Rapids Business College and has worked at Linn County Abstract. George Novak a Redwood Falls High School graduate attended St Thomas College and earned his B A from the University of Iowa and a law degree this year.
Mrs. W. L. Weeks of 1319 Fifth Street NW returned from Oakdale Louisiana where she visited her son in law Capt Leo G Severn his wife and their daughter Carol Lee. She also visited Camp Claiborne and Galveston Texas and attended a Cedar Rapids officers wives party hosted by Mrs John Parke.
The Ashley chapter Daughters of the American Revolution honors top home economics students in each senior high school. Winners: Kathleen James Franklin Betty Curnutt Roosevelt Mary Ellen Dill Wilson Joanne Snenicka McKinley. New junior officers named Jane Scott chairwoman and others. A summer story hour will be held in city parks through the DAR patriotic education program.
Cedar Rapids Country Club hosts a guest day next Monday with a 1 PM luncheon and a bridge afternoon. A Newmans style show follows the luncheon, and members may invite Linn County guests. Mrs. A J Diebold chairs the committee.
Mrs Etta Lefebure and her son Leland of 414 Fifteenth Street SE traveled to Des Moines Monday morning where Mr Lefebure joined a party heading to Los Angeles. Mrs Lefebure returned Tuesday evening after visiting Dr and Mrs L F Richardson at Collins.
Miss Virginia Smith of 200 K avenue SW hosted eight members of the Cyclettes club on Tuesday evening at her home. Miss Laura Johnson attended as a guest.
Ruth Millett profiles a fifty year old wife who is independent yet devoted to her husband. The piece highlights her thirty years of marriage, her humor resilience and garden pride, and the mutual respect that sustains their partnership despite teasing remarks.
Local families prepare to welcome college students home for the summer as several area students return from Northwestern University Rosemont College University of Arizona Lake Forest College and the University of Nebraska. Entries include Jeanne Marshall Barbara Marshall Bonnie Mae Diebold Jeanne Puckett Tamar Meister Barbara Shonka.
The Women's Round Table of Iowa Electric Light and Power marked its 14th annual party in the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room with 40 attendees. Outgoing officers were honored. new officers elected include Esther Smith as president and Bernice Milligan as treasurer. Music and magic entertained guests from Mount Vernon DeWitt and Des Moines, with local organizers leading the event.
Delegates from Cedar Rapids Post 788 and auxiliary attended the second district VFW meeting at Monticello Sunday. Guests included Emil Erickson W. F. Shaner Harley Huff Harry Concannon William White Frank Berry Foushee Emil Vodoska Paul Horan Zelina Wiese Marlon Madson Harrison Barger Gene Larsch Lon Starry Arthur and others.
Buckner Otto Riggs Ray Harbit and Dan Hartman attended with guests Mrs. Mary Hunt of San Diego California Mrs. Edith Morris Olson and Miss Irma Klopp at the function.
The Cedar Rapids Boat Club Auxiliary held a Monday evening session at Mrs. George Shearer Jr.’s home 2400 Ellis Boulevard NW. Members present included Mesdames Joe Estes Charles Sergeant Matthew Miller Bud Olsen George Mueller William Radloff Norman Scott and Harold Hess.
The marriage of Miss Wilma Keller and Lowell B. Cubbage is indefinitely postponed. Announcement came Wednesday via erroneous information received by relatives. Cubbage is stationed at Camp Claiborne Oakdale Louisiana. Keller worked as a clerk in Alexandria Louisiana and will return to Cedar Rapids soon.
Mrs. Bertha Spencer and Mrs. F A Burchard hosted Mr. and Mrs. Henry C Spencer of Martinsville New Jersey. Mr Spencer returned home last week and Mrs Spencer concluded her visit on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. J Ernest Corey, guest at the John Magnuson home, returned Wednesday from Fairfield where she visited Mr and Mrs Melvin H Corey. She will depart early Friday for her Albuquerque New Mexico home.
Mrs John Phillips was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs L Kalinsky and Mrs H L Thompson at 1608 C avenue NE. Ten guests attended with banco prizes won by Mrs L E Dawson Mrs W E Workman and Mrs A L McEnany.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Giesking entertained at Keene on a Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. J. M. Van Ells of Milwaukee. Guests included Mrs. Della Taylor Mrs. Zella Clark Mrs. Helen Mercer Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Boone and Miss Alice Birch.
Mrs. Lewis Ross of 1505 Fifth Avenue SE will return this weekend from Marshalltown where she is visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. E. B. Kearns of 401 Twenty second Street SE welcomes her daughter Mrs. Paul Clemons of Minneapolis and her children Nancy and Jimmy for a ten day visit starting this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kennedy of Oskaloosa and their sons Victor and Ronnie left Tuesday after attending the Iowa Bandmasters convention. They stayed in Oskaloosa as house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wood at 129 Nineteenth Street NE.
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