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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1939

Page

17

Ashley Chapter Marks 40th Anniversary in Cedar Rapids

Ashley chapter of the D A R celebrated its fortieth anniversary at the Cedar Rapids Woman's club house with Mrs Charles W Boegel presiding. The chapter, named for Col Samuel Ashley, highlighted gifts to the city and to national organizations, honored past regents, and welcomed guest winners from Wilson high school.

Ashley Charles W. Boegel Cedar Rapids Anna Mary Merrill Matilda Harriet Jamison Margaret Jacobs Dawley Mabel Cathryn Cook Laura Weare Walker Maria Tobey Weed Ellen Mower Harwood Mary Farwell Carpenter Luna Farwell Templeton Nellie Lockwood Carpenter Mary Kendall Fuller Col Eunice Glass Madison Mary A. Ely John F. Ely John S. Ely Third Street Second Avenue E Superior Court Room Palmer Building Boegel

Four Couples Observe June 10 Wedding Anniversaries

Four Cedar Rapids couples and their families meet at Ellis Park for a June 10 outing. Harold and Mote celebrate six years. Elmer Davis marks one year. Dominic Fiala and Yanda share three years. Fiala and Yanda born in Missouri, others in Cedar Rapids. St Luke's Nurses alumnae plan a 7 30 p.m meeting at the residence with a social hour and refreshments.

Ellis Park Harold Mote Barbara Jean James Edward Dominic Fiala Donald Eugene Donald Vanda Donald Franklin Elmer Davis St. Luke’s Nurses Alumnae Association

Josephine Batchelder Piano Pupils Recital at Home Studio

Miss Josephine Batchelder presents a group recital at 1828 Sixth Avenue SE Monday at 8 p.m. Families and friends invited. Students include Elimen Reich, Carolyn Beall, John Doetzel, Norma Jean Bedell, and others performing works from Beethoven to Chopin.

Josephine Batchelder Sixth Avenue SE Polat Wick Elimen Reich Carolyn Beall Beethoven John Doetzel

Regional meetings and events across Iowa kick off season

A Cedar Rapids district meeting of the O R C and auxiliary opens at Roosevelt hotel at 8 am with lobby registration. Eastern Iowa Publishers' association picnic is at Eagle Point park in Clinton. Waterloo hosts the Iowa Association of Postal Supervisors annual convention through Tuesday. Cedar Rapids holds the fourteenth annual session of the Iowa Grand Assembly of Rainbow for Girls through Wednesday. Coe College summer term begins with the children's workshop through July 14. Monticello opens a new youth hostel with songs and folk dancing at 7:30 pm. Grinnell College commences with a speech by Fred W. Bair of Bronxville NY. Des Moines hosts the Iowa Kiwanis state golf tournament. Iowa City summer sessions begin with hydraulics conference and writers' workshop. Des Moines holds the 1939 Council of Farmers and Businessmen initial meeting at Hotel Savery. Ames offers a five weeks safety and driver training course through July 20, and the twelfth annual Four-H girls' state convention runs through Saturday. Iowa City hosts annual physical education conference and a midwest physics professors conference through Saturday, plus a Wallace Stegner writers' round table. Grinnell Institute of International Relations runs through June 24 with noted speakers including Norman Thomas and Eduard Benes. Cedar Rapids hosts a guest night dinner dance at the Country Club. Iowa City combines several state conventions of Federated Patriotic Societies through June 21. Waubeek opens a six-week Cedar Rapids Scout camp.

Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Hotel Clinton Eastern Iowa Publishers’ Association Eagle Point Park Waterloo Iowa Association of Postal Supervisors Iowa Grand Assembly Order of Rainbow Masonic Hall Coe College Coe Children’s Workshop Monticello Tom Shover Farm Grinnell Grinnell College Fred W. Bair Bronxville N. Y Des Moines Iowa Des Moines Golf and Country Club Iowa City Council of Iowa Farmers and Businessmen Hotel Savery Ames Iowa State College Iowa State Safety Council W. W. Bauer Chicago American Medical Association Middle West Wallace Stegner Grinnell Institute of International Relations Norman Thomas League For Industrial Democracy Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia

Mrs William Smith Honors Daughter With Shower Tributes

In honor of her daughter Miss Alice Smith and her upcoming June 16 marriage to Martin M. McGuire, Mrs. William Smith hosted a miscellaneous shower at 1642 Fifth Street NW. Assisting hosts were Mrs. Clyde Lybarger and Mrs. Arthur Marchal, with many neighbors and relatives in attendance. Another shower for Miss Smith was hosted by Mrs. Myra Safely at 610 Tenth Street SE, with luncheon for six. The Wednesday Social club plans a family picnic at Ellis Park duck pond at 6 p.m. next Wednesday. members should bring picnic supplies.

Alice Smith Martin M. McGuire William Smith Fifth Street NW Clyde Lybarger Arthur Marchal George Krippner Donald Appleby William Deason William Fleming George Kerns George Meade Neil Lybarger Harry Daleske Joe H. Christian Myra Safely Charles Catshall Grant Amsted Robert Roseberry John McGuire Earl Mentzer Buffalo Wyo William Meaney George Ring Clare Murphy William Reed Clara B. Dice Roe Lucille Bradis Flora Fleming Marie Skerick Irene Lybarger Viola Ring Miss Smith Tenth Street SE Duck Pond Ellis Park

Camp Fire Awards Committee Meeting Announced

The Camp Fire awards committee will meet Saturday at 9 30 a m in the public library for the last session until fall. Applications for rank must be in the Camp Fire office by Mr and Mrs Harry L Wade 709 Memorial drive SE. An error corrected in a wedding anniversary notice credits Mr and Mrs C E Beede instead of Mr and Mrs C E Buck.

Harry L. Wade Memorial Drive Lake Kabetogama Canadian Minnesota F. E. Chehak Eighteenth Street NW C. E. Beede C. E. Buck

League of Women Voters Luncheon at Montrose Hotel

The League of Women Voters meets Tuesday at 12 30 p.m. for a luncheon at the Montrose hotel with department chairmen presenting items of interest. Mrs A E Chase reports on Porto Rico and a flag week observance program is planned. Reservations with Mrs J T Taylor at 2 7010.

League of Women Voters Montrose Hotel A. E. Chase Porto Rico J. T. Taylor

Recital by Mrs. Lorin Twogood’s piano and voice students

Mrs. Lorin Twogood presents her piano and voice students in a recital this afternoon at 4 at Dorothy Cook’s home, 1015 Second Ave SE. The program features numerous students and works from Debussy to Paderewski, with performers including Mary Jeanne Palmer and David Ring.

Lorin Twogood Dorothy Cook Second Avenue SE Matthews Dean David Ring Liebach Mary Jeanne Palmer Williams Jacqueline Bachman Little Brown Bird Grindel Desde Bentley Richard Kaufman Ale Gilmour Kenny Bernard Hog MacDowell Hog Hollerin Greg Chester Wetzel Cloud Dreams Eee Offenbach Lillian Stodola MacDowell Anne Crist Mary Rasen Palmer Scherzino Paderewski Uth Barson Beethoven Marie Morlan Punchinello the Clown Herbert David Ring Hinton Dorothy Cook Peri Chaminade Lalisonjera Jeanette Merveaux Dha Debussy Cbegg FURR Debussy Margaret Ann Twogood

Cotton Ball Largest Social Event Of The Season

The Cotton Ball dominated the social calendar with elaborate cotton decor and greens in the ballroom. Pre ball dinners and cocktail parties featured elites from local clubs and notable guests, including international visitors and prominent households at Blake boulevard SE Knollwood drive SE and Country Club venues.

The League Country Club Richard E. Killian Blake Boulevard J. Hamilton Bell Knollwood Drive SE Cedric Hahn Country Club Parkway SE John Sivertsen Minneapolis Genevieve McMillan J. T. McMillan Justin W. Albright Thomas F. Lange Warren R. Fankhanel H. E. Olerich Richard Rugg George Erbeck Helen Larimer Audrey Ivins Barbara Bloomhall Wendell Delzell Sam H. Nigh Dean Stauffacher

Woman's Club Departments meeting and trips announced

Health education department meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Bever park with bicycling and lunch at Mrs. W. R. Foot's home. Bridge in afternoon. reservations due by evening. Friday at 9 a.m. golf at Kenmore. Members travel plans include Dueser visit to Saddle Pocket ranch and Root trip to Bellefonte Newark and the New York world’s fair. Daughters of Isabella hold a business meeting Wednesday at Montrose hotel.

May Christie America Moira Carewe New York Park Avenue Greenwich Village Amos J. Houser Twenty-sixth Street Drive East Mr. Houser G. H. Kleppel East Orange N. J New York City Canada Health Education Department Bever Park W. R. Foot Avenue NE Edgar McNall Guy Hershey Kenmore Carl J. Dueser Eighteenth Street West Saddle Pocket Ranch Slater Cole Eleanor G. Root Thirty-third Street Bellefonte Newark Norfolk, Va Washington, D.C Daughters OF Isabella Montrose Hotel

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Ernest A. Sherman Franklin W. Harwood John A. Berry Irving C. Emery Julius E. Ives F. E. Stull C. L. Douglass L. R. Orr O. S. Johnson H. H. Doolittle Mary K. Fuller W. A. Montgomery J. R. Treichler C. H. Wilkins Robert C. Toms Ives Marion Toms Cogswell Oak Hill Frances Sebern Betty Jean Stephenson Emery Henry M. Robert, Jr R. B. Cronbaugh Bessie Livingood Wilson High School Marie Kibler Ruth Subotnik Betty Whipple Livingood Jennie E. Post ST. Luke’s Norma Jean Bedell Eckstein Brahms Gladys Sains Johnson Presstissimo Koelling Patricia Methven Williams Ry Louise Jesina Aes Assenet Bettilou Pycha Arbutus Eecees Lmck Eeese Davis Colleen Bedell Dale Morgan Eeeses Chopin Eeeee Godard Ruth Kohl Williams Beamies THANK Chesses Moszkowski Banjo Picker Marilyn Milner Prelude Dorris Jefferis Rondo Capriccioso Perry Woodward Rachmaninoff Mendelssohn C. A. Forsythe Sixth Street J. H. Martin L. H. Crowe G. F. Platter G. E. Dennis W. J. Kos F. H. Winters T. A. Dill F. P. Schultz Indian Creek Della Mae Nash Allen Nash George Durin David McGregor Kentucky Mr. McGregor Miss Nash Morning Glory Mr. Durin Bonnie Glee Cedar Rapids Country Club Federated Patriotic Societies Ladies of G. A. R Women’s Relief Corps Daughters of Union Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans Waubeek Harry Wades Women Voters League EL Kahir Shriners’ Hospital Woman’s Auxiliary Shriners’ Hospital For River Pavilion Edna Hutchings J. W. Thompson W. C. Benesh Amos J. Housers Eeeee Arlene Sova Sarwar Preo Enet Dean Ring Seees Renton Eeee Massenet Newman’s Zotos Jamal Newman Clare R. Marshall Sutherland Dows Edward Sheehy Horace G. Hedges Wayne J. Foster Miss Coquillette Warren Carr Robert Ray Janet Coquillette Knollwood Drive Coquillette Farm R. F. Torstenson Harry B. Graefe Robert A. Wilson Brown Apartments Woman's Club Departments Health Education Carl J. Duesers Western Dude Ranch Eleanor Root Ella Hungerford King’s Daughters Myron Reid Mount Vernon Avenue Leslie Mills Women of the Bible Good Health Paul Hanson Carroll Drive Queen Esther Queen Esther Circle Grande Avenue SE Parel Lee Sam Institute For
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