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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1933
Page
6
Naomi Knaupp and Wayne C Stookey married at a Garner home ceremony in a noon garden wedding. The couple, both graduates of Coe College, plan to live in Cedar Rapids after a two week lakes trip. guests included family from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
The Cedar Rapids Country Club announces two dinner dances planned for the weekend. An entertainment committee invites members and guests to the first event Saturday evening to welcome younger residents home from studies and to the second dance scheduled for the Fourth.
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Helen A Thompson became bride of Theodore Anderson in a formal ceremony attended by out of town guests. The couple planned a motor trip to Yellowstone Park and the Pacific Coast after the reception for friends and family of the brides parents Ancersasninf. The bride, a Washington high school and Cedar Rapids Business College graduate, has been a Roosevelt junior high attendance clerk. Anderson, a graduate of Stout Institute, is an instructor at Roosevelt with guests including John H Heidt and daughter Lucianne Mitchell SD.
Mrs Margaret Leigh of San Bernardino California is visiting her mother Mrs L Toeller at 1400 Third Avenue SE for several months.
Pattern requests from readers offer patterns and instructions for home sewing. The notice asks sending fifteen cents plus name address and pattern number to Gazette Pattern Department in New York for catalogs and patterns including spring fashion pages and junior styles.
District No 7 and related groups of St Pauls Methodist churches plan Friday gatherings at various homes and churches. Activities include socials, committee duties, and hostess duties with locations in San Francisco area streets and addresses such as 1514 Somoanae SF and 1428 Bever Avenue.
Miss Viasta Victoria Vondracek daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank J Vondracek married Ernest Rosek son of Mr and Mrs C K Kosek of Cotton Valley La at Sinclair Memorial Chapel Coe College Wednesday morning. The service was performed by Dr Hatw Morehouse and attended by relatives and friends. The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids after a wedding trip to Cocace and the west coast. Mrs Kosek a 1931 Coc graduate and member of Crescent and Phi Kappa Phi is a teacher. Mr Kosek a UI graduate and member of Alpha Kappa Psi is with Scott McIntyre Investment Co in Cedar Rapids.
Mr and Mrs E. J Larimer of 2036 Fifth avenue SE entertain Capt J. Johnson USN of Bellport Long Island as her brother and their niece Miss Mary Louise Johnson of Leavenworth Kansas. They plan to leave Friday for Leavenworth.
The marriage of Miss Mary Ruth Ebersole and Raphael R. Dvorak, both of Toledo, was solemnized Wednesday at 10 am in the parsonage of the United Brethren church. The couple will reside in Toledo and Mr Dvorak is the Tama County attorney and Toledo Law School graduate.
School girls may register at the YWCA before week’s end for a sample camping trip starting Monday. The 24 hour overnight hike includes hiking to the site, setting camp, camp cookery, singing by the fire and sleeping under the stars for the first twenty who sign up.
The marriage of Mrs Caroline Bollenbacher of Marengo and Julius H Markert Jr of Cedar Rapids was held Wednesday at 8 pm at the home of Mrs Ada Grant 1609 Second Ave NE with Rev George Korteling officiating. A wedding dinner followed at Butterfly tea shop. They will reside at 1603 D Avenue NE.
Mrs John W Henderson and Mrs Robert W Houston entertained fourteen guests at the Henderson residence on Wildwood drive NE complimenting Mrs L Tait Cummins. Bridge was played with high prize awarded to Mrs Chester Good.
Mr and Mrs R C Smith hosted a picnic luncheon Tuesday for the seventy seventh birthday of Cal Smith. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J Ambnot, Mrs Mabel Booth and her daughter Jessie, Frank Phillipson Olver Armstrong, Mrs Mabel Walsh and Virginia Smith.
Miss Virginia Lynott travels to Beverly Hills Illinois to be maid of honor at a Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sister's wedding Tuesday evening. She attends pre nuptial parties including a dinner at Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago and will stay two weeks in Chicago visiting the Century of Progress.
Miss Molly Roggentien of Marengo wed Kermith W Rhoades of Cedar Rapids at the bride’s sister’s home in Conroy. Rev Thomas Osborn officiated with attendants Esther Owens and William Bauer. The couple will reside in Marengo.
Lucille Hamlin performed two piano numbers and Mrs. W H Bontrager was elected delegate from the East Side Woman's Christian Union to attend the upcoming convention.
Mrs Flora Hromatko Taylor presents her pupils in a violin recital at 8 PM Friday in the YWCA auditorium. Featured performers include Joan Kadavy Jeanne Krebs Bobbie Dillin Jack Sopousek Edward Kopecky Darwin Jack Maxine Humphries Eileen Shipton Jane Rice Virginia Harman Ruth Subotnik Dick Zentmire Carl Landergott Katherine Pesek Carl Heinen Jr Patricia Barry Phyllisann Schenberg Ralph Krska Blanche Stolba Virginia Ohmann. Accompanists include Mrs Carl Heinen for Carl Heinen Jr and Joan Kadavy Darold Jack for Darwin Jack Gertrude Shoemaker for Virginia Ohmann and Miss Virginia Paul for others.
Miss Anna Kasparek of Solon wed Josepher Stinocher son of Mr and Mrs Frank Stinocher in Solon. Fr Chada officiated at noon with bridal attendants Edward and Mrs Koutsky. The bride wore white chiffon with talisman roses. A breakfast at the Koutskys followed, then a large Solon reception. The couple will reside in Solon.
T P A Supper and T A of A plan a meeting this Friday at 6 30 p.m. with each family asked to bring a picnic basket and coffee provided by the post. Royal Neighbors Valley Camp No 2136 RN A will meet in regular session Friday at 8 p.m.
A string of pre nuptial events for Miss Catherine Monahan continues with a personal shower hosted by Mrs Lawrence Yount at 845 First Avenue East. Bridge prizes went to Mrs E T Cuyler and Miss Kathryn Marshall. A Marion picnic supper at Thomas Park honored Miss Monahan and her fiancé William J Stewart of Dayton with gifts from Cedar Rapids and Marion guests.
Mrs Harold R Davis of 2317 Fifth Avenue SE hosted a miscellaneous shower for her sister in law Miss Marjorie Davis, whose June 23 wedding to Arthur Osborne was announced. Bridge prizes went to Miss Georgian Welch and Miss Faye Jones among the guests and honorees.
The H. and W. class of the United Brethren church hosted a surprise affair for Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hobson at their Western Cedar Rapids residence. Attendees enjoyed a picnic supper and discussed a joint meeting with the M. and W. class at Shueyville church lawn on the evening of July 11.
Miss Lydia Coufal and Leonard Shupitar were married Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Ely Reformed Church with Rev. Francis Pokorny officiating. The bride wore a white satin gown with Chantilly lace and tulle trim and carried a shower bouquet.
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Miss Adeline Lopota and Leonard Coufal led a Cedar Rapids wedding party with a pink lace and pink satin gown bride and pink rose bouquet. The couple traveled to the bride’s parents’ home for a dinner in the late afternoon, followed by a wedding dance at the Paramount pavilion near Swisher.
Friends report the June 7 marriage of Lester L. Clark, former Cedar Rapids resident and current Pasadena business leader, to Miss Bernice Sprague of Pasadena. The ceremony occurred in the chapel of the First Methodist church. Clark is son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Clark and serves as manager of the Fox Pasadena theater.
A party of Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War from Rebec ca Alexander Tent No 14 travels Monday to Fort Madison for the annual state convention. Attending are Miss Alma E Owens Mrs Norman Sutliff Mrs George Hollom Mrs Dora Jeffrey and Miss Marie Jeffrey with Mrs Edwin Jeffrey of Iowan City and Mrs Ida Kettleson of Mount Vernon.
Miss Dorothy Morris received a birthday gift from a group of friends on Wednesday evening. Attendees included Misses Betty Landa, Dorothy Gray, Frances Brown, Hazel Baumgartner, Greta Ells, Bess Bartmess, and Sadie Kacer.
Miss Mary Nissen arrives from Brooklyn New York after graduating from Pratt Institute in June. She travels with a friend to Chicago then spends a week at the Century of Progress before joining her parents Mr and Mrs Frank C Nissen at 1807 Second Avenue Southeast for the summer.
Mrs. Lucile Leatherberry and her daughter Louise travel to Garner for the wedding of Wayne C. Stookey and Naomi Knaupp to be solemnized at noon Thursday.
Miss Matilda Kilberger of 807 B avenue NW returned Tuesday evening from Ann Arbor Michigan where she studies at the University of Michigan to spend the summer at her home here.
Robert Rose 72, of Los Angeles, refused to be called grandpa after being accused in Chicago court of punching Police Sergeant Kyran Phelan. The judge fined him $50 on the assault and battery charge, to which Rose reage, saying it was a pleasure to pay a fine on a he-man charge.
Mrs. D. M. Kirkpatrick of 1035 Second Avenue SE sold a Buick coach to the first party answering her Want Ad in The Gazette Advertisement.
H F Sundberg of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce mailed letters to 125 businessmen alleging the Mississippi river rate break would raise freight costs for Cedar Rapids by at least 100000 dollars annually. He warns railroads and Twin City interests back the move to restore the rate, risking curtailment or relocation of Iowa industries. The dispute could be heard by the interstate commerce commission in Washington, D C, this August.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says heat and crowds caused the Dallas photo delay with Pa and Ma Ferguson missing their picture with the First Lady. The plane was late and the Fergusons arrived after breakfast, then rushed out for photos against Mrs Roosevelt’s preference to wait while it was hot.
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