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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1938
Page
8
A Cedar Rapids page features hip pocket humor and local curiosities. A man awkwardly tries to dispose of a frozen cat bundle, the conductor returns the package with lunch of a rump roast, and the tale ends with bemused neighbors. Nonsensical vignettes include a bus shoe tying gesture, park mishaps, and playful notices about anniversaries and pets.
Mr and Mrs J Rayner Harper 404 Twenty first street SE entertained guests from Ottumwa during a brief visit. Pi Beta Phi alumnae held a picnic luncheon at Mrs E W Spence’s Fairfax Road SW home with Mrs G O O'Brien assisting.
A Peoria group linked with Caterpillar Tractor Co. arrives at the Roosevelt hotel for a social weekend with their wives. The men toured Europe with a marimba symphony and stopped in Cedar Rapids after attending the national open golf tournament at Cherry Hills Golf Club in Denver.
Mrs Ida Frances Clarke of Deer Lodge Mont and Helmer Gayhart Kirkelie of Kalispell Mont will wed in a First Methodist church ceremony with a single ring service. The bride to wear a knitted black and white outfit and carry a Colonial bouquet. A luncheon will be served to eighteen guests at the bride’s cousins home.
Announcement reports the marriage of Frances Helen Olson of Vermillion South Dakota to John Dornan of Harlan Iowa at the Dalesbury Baptist church in Vermillion on a Thursday. Families hosted a luncheon afterward and guests included Ralph D. Gray and others. Dornan, a Coe College alum and former Theta Nu Epsilon member, teaches commerce at Harlan High School and the couple planned an eastern motor trip.
The Gibbs were the honored guests at a Saturday noon buffet hosted by Mr and Mrs Sutherland Dow at their home on Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE. Later a typical Iowa party for the Gibbs and the Files couple at 2165 Blake Boulevard SE featured a steak fry for sixteen guests at the Stamats farm. Sheehy hosted a dinner at the Cedar Rapids Country Club honoring Mr and Mrs Clark and a small group of friends.
The wedding of Miss Larrabee and Mr. Mitchell continued from page one features a cream lace gown for the bride and blue accessories. Attendants include Miss Mary Louise Cutler and Miss Alice Quigley, with Dr. James Larrabee as best man. The ceremony overlooks iris and gladiolas, with Drexel Mollison playing the organ. The reception occurred at the Memorial union with green and white décor and a punch table centerpiece. Afterward the couple departed for Beverly Hills for a two week honeymoon before settling in Evanston, Illinois.
Grace Gordon a Sioux City girl becomes Cedar Rapids Girl Reserve secretary and learns to play the marimba to join an international 100 player symphony led by Claire Omar Musser. The group, two-week Greenbriar stay and five-week tour, performs in Paris Brussels and Carnegie Hall with 70 players in Chicago and 30 in Pennsylvania.
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