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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1939

Page

35

Ashley Chapter of D A R Marks 40th Anniversary

Ashley chapter of the D A R celebrated forty years since its June 10, 1899 founding with a final season meeting at the Cedar Rapids Woman's club. Mrs. Charles W. Boegel spoke on gifts to Cedar Rapids and Washington, past regents were named, and four Wilson high school girls won the good citizen pilgrimage contest.

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 Imogen B. Emery Committee On Ashley Chapter C. H. Cogswell J. H. Preston J. W. Jamison P. C. Madison Charles J. Deacon Frank E. Austin 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

Four Couples Observe Wedding Anniversaries at Park

Four Cedar Rapids families share June 10 anniversaries in a day outing at Ellis park. Harold and Mote celebrate their sixth, Elmer and Davis their first. Fiala and Yanda mark their third. The groups include Barbara Jean James Edward Donald Eugene Donald Franklin. 900 St Luke’s Nurses Alumnae Association meets Monday at 7:30 pm with 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 recital at home studio

Josephine Batchelder presents a piano pupil recital at 1828 Sixth Avenue SE Monday at 8 p.m. The program features works by Beethoven Chopin Rachmaninoff and more with students including Carolyn Be Sonatina in F and Mary Louise Jesina Aragonaise. Families invited. Congenial Club meets and Kentucky gate riding described afterward.

Josephine Batchelder Sixth Avenue SE Des Leonta Ann Morrison Butterfilea Era Goodrich Elemen Reich Carolyn Beethoven John Doetze Joy Danes Ooa Crawford Norma Jean Bedell Eckstein Walte Brahms Gladys Jane Johnson Presstissimo Ee Koelling Patricia Methven William Mary Louise Jesina Colleen Martin Mariette Einen Bettliou Pycha Eeeveee Davis Walts Paderewak Colleen Bedell Chopin Godard Ruth Kohl Williams Moszkowski Dale Morgan Banjo Ficker Oes Powell Marilyn Milner Rachmaninoff Dorris Jefferis Mendelssohn Perry Woodward

Calendar of Iowa Events and Meetings Today

Cedar Rapids hosts district meeting of O R C and auxiliary at Roosevelt hotel starting 8 a.m. Clinton holds Eastern Iowa Publishers association picnic at Eagle Point park. Waterloo hosts Iowa Association of Postal Supervisors convention through Tuesday. Cedar Rapids holds fourteenth annual session of Iowa Grand Assembly for Rainbow. Coe College term begins and children’s workshop opens through July 14. Monticello opens new youth hostel at 7:30 p.m. with songs and folk dancing. Grinnell college commencement with address by Fred W Barr. Des Moines Kiwanis state golf tournament at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Iowa City summer session begins. hydraulics conference and writers workshop on campus. Des Moines hosts first meeting of 1939 Council of Farmers and Businessmen at Hotel Savery. Ames offers five weeks safety and driver training through July 20. Ames also hosts twelfth annual Four-H girls state convention through Saturday. Iowa City annual physical education conference and midwest physics professors’ conference through Saturday. Wallace Stegner writers round table on novelette. Grinnell Institute of International Relations continues to June 24 with lectures by Norman Thomas and Eduard Benes. Cedar Rapids guest night dinner dance at Cedar Rapids Country Club Sunday. Iowa City combined state conventions of Federated Patriotic Societies through June 21. Waubeek opens six-week Cedar Rapids Scout camp.

Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Hotel Clinton 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. Barr Bronxville N. Y Des Moines Iowa Kiwanis 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 Writers Wallace Stegner Grinnell Institute of International Relations Norman Thomas League For Industrial Democracy Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia

Mrs William Smith Hosts Shower for Miss Alice Smith

In honor of her daughter Miss Alice Smith, Mrs. William Smith hosted a miscellaneous shower at 1642 Fifth Street NW ahead of Miss Smith's June 16 marriage to Martin M. McGuire. Attendees included many local families and guests. another luncheon was held by Mrs Myra Safely at 610 Tenth Street SE for Miss Smith. The Wednesday Social Club plans a family picnic at Ellis Park Duck Pond next Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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 Duck Pond Ellis Park

Camp Fire Awards Committee to Meet at Public Library

The committee of awards for Camp Fire groups will meet Saturday at 9 30 a.m. at the public library for the last meeting until fall. Applications for rank must be in the Camp Fire office by Mr. and Mrs. Harry L Wade 709 Memorial Drive SE. The banquet honoring Mr. and Mrs F E Chehak was misstated with the name C E Buck given in error as C E Beede.

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 Meeting at Montrose Hotel

The League of Women Voters will meet Tuesday at 12 30 p.m. for lunch at the Montrose hotel. Department chairmen will present items of interest and Mrs A E Chase will report on her Porto Rico trip. A flag week observance program is planned and reservations should be made with Mrs J T Taylor at 2 7010.

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

Piano and voice students recital this afternoon

Mrs. Lorin Twogood presents her piano and voice students in a recital this afternoon at 4 o clock at the home of Dorothy Cook 1015 Second Avenue SE The Pines. The program features Mary Jeanne Palmer Jacquelina Bachman Ruth Madrson Mary Morlan and other local performers. El Kahir Auxiliary to Shriners Hospital meets Thursday at 1 p m in Ellis Park river pavilion for a picnic luncheon hosted by Edna Hutchings J W Thompson and W C Benesh. Mr and Mrs Amos J Houser depart for a month east trip to visit relatives and attend the New York world fair returning through Canada.

Lorin Twogood Dorothy Cook Second Avenue the Pines Es Matthews Dean David Ring Musik Box Liebseh Mary Jeanne Palmer Jacquelina Bachman Richard Kaufman Williams Grindel Bentley Loomis Gilmour Kenny Bernard Hoy Wild Rose MacDowell Chester Wetzel Cloud Dreams Seacees Renton Arlene Sova Aragonaise Dean Ring Barcarolle Offenbach Lilian Stodola MacDowell Baid Crist Mary Jeanne Palmer Scherzino Prderewski Ruth Madrson Beethoven Marie Morlan Punchinello Herbert David Ring Hinton Lalsonjera Chaminade Jeanette Merveaux Debussy Margaret Ann Twogood EL Kahir Shriners’ Hospital Woman's Auxiliary River Pavilion Ellis Park Edna Hutchings J. W. Thompson W. C. Benesh Amos J. Houser Twenty-sixth Street Drive East Houser G. H. Kleppel East Orange N. J New York City Canada

Cotton Ball Largest Social Event Of Summer Season

The Cotton Ball, the era’s grand summer social, featured a ballroom decorated with green foliage and cotton bales, pale green garlands, white balloons, and parchment light fixtures. Hosts included Mrs. Clare R. Marshall and Mrs. Sutherland Dows assisting in the dining room, with numerous pre ball parties at the Country Club and private homes in the SE district. Notables at gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Killian and J Hamilton Bell, among many other guests and house parties centered around the event.

League Clare R. Marshall Sutherland Dows Edward Sheehy Horace G. Hedges Wayne J. Foster The 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 Event Notes and Meetings

Health education department meets Tuesday at 10 in Bever park with bicycling and luncheon at 11 45 at Mrs W R Foot 1420 A avenue NE Assisting hostesses are Mrs Edgar McNall and Mrs Guy Hershey Reservations due by evening Friday at 9 am the department gathers at Kenmore for golf Mr and Mrs Carl J Dueser 123 Eighteenth street NE head west to Saddle Pocket ranch Slater Cole Eleanor G Root 415 Thirty third street NE leaves for two weeks in the east visiting Bellefonte Pa Newark N J and the New York world's fair then detours to Norfolk Va returning via Washington DC Ella Hungerford circle of the Kings Daughters met at Mrs Myron Reid 2230 Mount Vernon avenue SE Devotions studied Jezebel the circle donates to Camp Good Health Sewing and refreshments followed Next regular meeting at Mrs Paul Hanson Carroll drive SE Queen Esther circle meets Thursday at 1 pm for luncheon with Mrs E Chase 2225 Grande avenue SE Daughters of Isabella hold a business meeting Wednesday 8 pm at the Montrose hotel

Health Education Department Bever Park W. R. Foot Avenue NE Edgar McNall Guy Hershey Kenmore Carl J Dueser Eighteenth Street Saddle Pocket Ranch Slater, Cole Eleanor G. Root Thirty-third Street Bellefonte Newark N. J Norfolk Ella Hungerford the King's Daughters Myron Reid Mount Vernon Avenue Leslie Mills Women of the Bible Good Health Paul Hanson Carroll Drive

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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. I. Johnson H. H. Doolittle Mary K. Fuller W. A. Montgomery J. R. Treichler C. H. Wilkins ST. Luke’s 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 Thompson May Christie America Moira Carewe New York Park Avenue Greenwich Wil Jowa Imtenests Vinsel 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 Amos J. Housers Newman's Zotos Jamal Beauty Balen Second Fleet Miss Coquillette Warren Carr Robert Ray Janet Coquillette Knollwood Drive Coquillette Farm R. F. Torstenson Blake Boulevard SE Harry B. Graefe Robert A. Wilson Brown Apartments Woman's Club Departments Health Education Carl J. Duesers Western Dude Ranch Eleanor Root Queen Esther Queen Esther Circle King's Daughters E. Chase Grande Avenue SE Isabella Daughters of Isabella Shirta Good Housekeeping Tay Young Wasvivers
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