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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1937
Page
14
In sunny Cedar Rapids summer weather draws visitors who provide social stimulus for a range of gatherings from musicales to breakfasts luncheons teas and dinners to cocktail parties as porch and lawn furniture gleam and beverages chill on warm evenings.
Miss Larimer daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Jones Larimer of 2036 Fifth avenue SE wed Thomas Hudson Swiler son of Mr and Mrs George C Swiler of Burlington. The ceremony was at 8 30 pm in the garden of Mr and Mrs William L Phipps 355 Woodland drive SE with Rev J Renwick McCullough officiating. The couple departed by car for Leake Katherine at Hazelhurst Wisconsin.
Mrs. Isaac B. Smith of 300 Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE heads to New York Tuesday with daughters and relatives. They will join Miss Marian Smith at Smith College in Northampton on June 21 for her B A degree as the party attends commencement exercises.
Cedar Rapids residents start travels early with plans for road trips lakeside stays and mountain pack journeys. Families listed include the Protzmans heading to Washington New York Boston and the Gaspe peninsula. the Averills to Corey Lake Michigan. Mrs. Marvin Wright and daughters to Beverly Hills Balboa Beach and Seattle. Mrs. R F Torstenson and daughter to a Seattle visit. Additional notes mention Elkhart guests at Beardsley home and Wilbur Gorman visiting Forrest Stewarts in Chicago.
Members of the Old Maids club disregard the old maid code by hosting a summer picnic supper for twenty eight guests at Miss Marianne Corey’s home 356 Park terrace SE. Refreshments were prepared at the open fireplace in the Corey yard. hostesses included Patricia Graves Mary Jane Murdock Jeanne Rowe and others. Guests included Jessie Benson Joan Cravens from Martinsville Ind and local men such as Jack Brown Bill Wheeler Bob Meek Emerson Hovey Walton Keller Jim Ralston Bill Norris Bill McPartland Joe Ainsworth Don Kensinger Jack Spears Bill Lattner James Bromwell and Malcolm Metcalf. Visitors William chamberlain of Winnetka Ill and Robert Buckingham of Chicago will visit Cedar Rapids homes. Gardner Quarton Harvard student will spend vacation with his parents Sumner and Mrs Quarton.
The Fletcher brothers Bill Jack and Bob sons of Mr and Mrs Glenn O Fletcher of Bever avenue SE returned Saturday evening after a two week visit with their grandfather William Fletcher and family in Waukesha Wisconsin Also George Laird and wife from Vernon drive SE returned home Thursday night after a several days stay in Chicago
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