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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1957

Page

2

Elmcrest Sportswear Dinner Dance Event

Elmcrest Golf and Country Club hosts a sportswear dinner dance Saturday with 200 reservations. Dinner from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by Leo Corte Miglia orchestra from 9 to midnight. Chairs are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove with a committee including Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. McLaughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Eberhart, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schmidt.

Elmcrest Golf and Country Club Leo Cortemiglia Frank Cosgrove Howard W. McLaughlin Herbert Eberhart Donald Schmidt

Mrs Thorne Delighted with Series of Visiting Parties

Mrs William J Thorne of Syracuse New York arriving to attend the wedding of Miss Sally Files to James Hub bard is being hosted by relatives in the area Numerous social gatherings are planned including a buffet brunch at Lindenhill for 24 guests a coffee for 20 a luncheon at Cedar Rapids Country Club and additional coffes and luncheons hosted by local residents during her visit.

William J. Thorne Syracuse N.Y Sally Files James Hubbard Thorne B. J. Moon Fifth Avenue SE

Van Vechten Shaffers Return from Europe

Mr and Mrs Van Vechten Shaffer of 2001 Linden drive SE returned home Thursday from a seven week trip to Spain. Mrs Lloyd Shawber and children Toby and Carl traveled from Mansfield Ohio to visit for three weeks in the Shaffer home. Mr Shawber will join them June 21 and return to Mansfield a week later.

van Vechten Shaffer Linden Drive Spain Lloyd Shawber Toby Carl Mansfield Ohio Shaffer Shawber

Bruce Dixons Plan Summer Home Trip

Mr and Mrs Bruce Dixon and their children Francis and Bruce Dixon and Mahala Burck will leave Thursday for a summer home in Charlevoix Michigan. Mr Dixon will stay four days there while Mrs Dixon and the children remain through the season. Mahala Burck returns tonight from Poughkeepsie New York to resume studies at Vassar College. Douglas Dixon arrives tonight and will be a UCLA senior in the fall.

Bruce Dixon Francis Mahala Douglas Borden Burck Nineteenth Street Charlevoix Mich Dixon Mahala Burck Poughkeepsie N. Y Vassar University of California At Los Angeles

Country Club Enrolls Girls and Boys This Season

Parents attend a Sunday meeting at 4 p.m. in the EDAR Rapids country club to enroll children in the Girls and Boys clubs. The Boys club starts June 17 with Mon Wed Fri sessions. the Girls club begins June 18 on Tue Thu Sat. Activities run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 6–12 and include swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and Red Cross lifesaving lessons starting June 24. Registrations will be accepted at the meeting.

Edar Rapids Country Club Red Cross Fred ;Glanville Frank Byers, Jr

Local residents named in community notice

Five individuals are listed in a public notice: Mrs. Sam Johnson, John Chehak, Henry Gundling, Robert Waples and Leo Klinger. The document identifies them as participants or stakeholders in a local matter.

Sam Johnson John Chehak Henry Gundling Robert Waples Leo Klinger

Walter Skielvig Visit Planned at Cedar Rapids Home

Lt Col Walter H Skielvig Mrs Skielvig and two children Gunnar and Devenny arrive in Cedar Rapids to visit Mr and Mrs Peter McHugh at 315 Nineteenth St SE before heading to San Francisco. They recently lived in Puerto Rico and visit relatives in Old Greenwich Conn. Gunilla Wickman to speak at Priscilla Alden Chapter event in Roosevelt hotel luncheon. Reports from state assembly to be presented.

Walter H.skielvig Gunnar Devenny Cedar Rapids Peter F. McHugh Nineteenth Street Puerto Rico Skielvig Max Widmer Old Greenwich Conn San Francisco Pamela Shackell Priscilla Alden Daughters of the American Colonists Roosevelt Hotel State Assembly

Peggy Welch and James Meek Pre Nuptial Parties Reported

A sequence of pre nuptial events honors Peggy Welch and James Meek who plan to wed June 22 at St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Hosts include family members in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with showers, luncheons, dinners, and gifts organized by relatives and friends. The couple’s families are listed with addresses and involved hosts.

Twilight Golf at Elmcrest Opens

Twilight golf begins at Elmcrest Golf and Country Club with a 4 pm start. A Friday evening golf buffet runs 8 to 8 30 pm and a golfers dinner is 6 to 8 30 pm. Chairmen for the season are Mr and Mrs Roy Putnam with a Friday event team led by Mr and Mrs Ernest Pappenius and Mr and Mrs Ralph McCreary.

Elmcrest Golf and Country Club Cedar Rapids Country Club Elmcrest Roy Putnam Ernest Pappenius Ralph McCreary

Julie Allen to Entertain at Supper-Dance

Julie Allen hosts an informal supper-dance for 75 guests at 6 30 pm Thursday in the club ballroom with an orchestra. She is the daughter of A W and Mrs A W Allen of 3131 Cottage Grove avenue SE. Guests include Kingswood Cranbrook classmates Sara Jane Kirk and Joby Frederickson.

Iss Julie Allen Cedar Rapids Country Club A. W. Allen Cottage Grove Avenue Miss Allen Kingswood School Cranbrook Bloomfield Hills Mich Sara Jane Kirk Flint Joby Frederickson Birmingham Allen J Cedar Rapids John B. Turner William Cormack Fred C. Fisher, Jr O. H. Tousey

Ann Walsh Hosts Farewell Luncheon for Catherine Foster

A luncheon for 14 at the Elks club honored Miss Catherine Foster who with the Elmer Fosters will move to Minneapolis next week. Miss Ann Walsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Walsh, hosted the event for her schoolmates from Arthur School.

The Elks Club Ann Walsh John C. Walsh First Avenue Catherine Foster Elmer Fosters Twenty-second Street Minneapolis Arthur School

Cedar Rapids residents plan broad European trips in summer

Ellwoods and Mrs. Cook depart New York by plane for a continental tour visiting Norway Sweden Denmark Germany Switzerland France and England. Mr Ellwood joins in Copenhagen July 1 and returns with the family in early August. Nancy Noell sails from New York aboard the United States with a group to tour England Scotland France Switzerland Italy Austria Germany and Denmark. Descriptions include dates flights and accompanying family and college groups.

Cedar Rapids Europe William P. Ellwood Sutherland John Blake Boulevard Ellwood Robert S. Cook Roosevelt Hotel New York Norway Sweden Denmark Germany Switzererland France England London S. S. United States Ee Nancy Noell Cee Noell Twenty-fifth Street Drive Scotland Switzerland Italy Austria Holland Charles W. Bray San Antonio Texas University of Texas Stanford University Ambhurst College Noell Copenhagen Anthony E. Sowers Baltimore Sowers Lee Cooper Lynn Pryor Lambertville N.J New Jersey Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Miss Cooper Belgium James L. Cooper Glenway Drive

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Wm. J. Thorne Bruce Dixons Country Club Lilyette Mabel Bailey Third ST. SE Walter Skielvigs McHugh Gunilla Wickman Arnold's Beauty Second Ave Peggy Welch James Meek St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Miss Welch Frank C. Welch First Avenue SE Meek Stanley R. Meek Washington Avenue SE Mr. Meek T. A. Parks Lennox Avenue Gene D. Carson C Avenue NW Paul J. Stewart Third Avenue Carson Mary Kern Los Angeles John W. Bell Joe M. Hoyt Hoyt D Avenue NE Mrs. Ormsby F. E. Ormsby Second Avenue SE Vancouver Wash Portland Ore Garden Grove Calif Going Bruce Catton John Foster Dulles John R. Beal Adenauer Paul Wyman James Russell Wiggins Hitler Secret Service Walter Schellenberg Walter Lord Ned Bradford Lincoln's Commando Ralph J. Roske Charles van Doren Charlie Charles MacArthur Ben Hecht Tommy Armour John Bentley Ted Kesting North America Michael Cramond Ty Cook John McCallum Waldermar Seunig Fred Schwed, Jr South Pacific James A Michener A. Grove Day North Atlantic Alan Villiers Ogden Nash Charles Neider Ted Key Phyllis Fred Allen Benet Cerf Gerald Green Anton Myrer These Thousand Hills A. B. Guthrie, Jr West Frank Norris Mountain Peak John Masters Norman Vincent Peale Jim Bishop Circle of Faith Marcus Bach Life Twilight Golf Julie Allen Ellwoods Mrs. Cook Cc. R. Garden Club A. Perry West George Wilhelm Garden Club of America Garden Club W. J. Foster Hillcrest Drive Payern Fiace Sett Prast Paramount
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