Parties for June brides elect brighten social calendar
Desserts and kitchen showers honor Miss Margret Clarke and Miss Marilyn Chyle ahead of weddings to Dr. Robert Stansbury on June 23 and Carl Koehn on June 20. Attendees include Misses Celia Armstrong Louise Doty Isabel Doty Marian Grant Nadine Housman Mary Frances Husak Eugenia Kelly Maurene Munger Janet Thomas among others in Elizabethtown and local circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurster
Margret Clarke
Robert Stansbury
Maxine Culbertson
Betty Schmit
Celia Armstrong
Louise Doty
Isabel Doty
Marian Grant
Nadine Housman
Mary Frances Husak
Eugenia Kelly
Maurene Munger
Janet Thomas
Marvin Bailey
Bill Barker
Gilman Lozier
Richard Preston
Elizabethtown
Business Women's class hosts breakfast at First Christian Church
The Business Women's class met at Miss Ger trude Steiner's home at 2056 Fourth avenue SE for breakfast. Assisting hosts were Miss Ida Powers Miss Zoe Varney and Mrs. Charles Benesh. Twenty four attended two long tables with yellow coreopsis arranging the meal. Mrs. Ella Horn led the Bible lesson and the group attended church service afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Gertrude Steiner
Fourth Avenue SE
Ida Powers
Zoe Varney
Charles Benesh
Ella Horn
Frances Driscoll Engaged to Donald Reed of Burlington
Mr and Mrs Frank E Driscoll announce the engagement of their daughter Frances to Donald Reed of Burlington son of Mr and Mrs David A Reed The couple will wed July 3 at St Patrick s Church in Burlington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Driscoll
Third Street
Frances
Donald Reed
Burlington
David A. Reed
Sixteenth Street
St. Patrick's Church
Junior D A R of State launches new Tama school program
Junior members of the D A R in Tama area announce a new year project aiding the Tama Indian school. The plan was shared at the state junior jamboree in Cedar Rapids with remarks by state junior chairman C E Loughry and Mrs I M Emery. Members from Anamosa, Marshalltown, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids chapters attended with chapter regents L C Jones F L Diserens and Thelma Boegel. Guests were seated at twelve tables, each themed to a month and featuring month sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tama Indian School
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
R. B. Cronbaugh
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Loughry
Iowa City
New State
Tama
Imogen B. Emery
Francis Shaw
Anamosa
Spinning Wheel
Marshalltown
Pilgrim
Ashley
Mayflower
Mesdames L. C. Jones
F. L. Diserens
Thelma Boegel
Mark Anthonys Leave for the East
Mr and Mrs Mark Anthony of 835 Seventeenth street SE depart Thursday by car for their Maple Grove summer home on the St Lawrence river at Cape Vincent New York Anthony will stay in the east several weeks then return north with his daughter Miss Jeanne Anthony for a longer visit at Cape Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Anthony
Seventeenth Street
Maple Grove
St. Lawrence River
Cape Vincent
N. Y
Anthony
East
Jeanne Anthony
Country Club Women Golfers Set Wednesday Field Day
Cedar Rapids Country Club hosts a women’s day with both nine and eighteen hole events and a blind bogey. Only club members may play and prizes go to low scores. Coffee and doughnuts are available at 9 a.m. Mrs Adrian C Hoblitzell chairs arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Adrian C Hoblitzell
Detroit Guest Visits Culver Family Anew
Mrs. W. S. Tyler of Detroit Michigan arrived Sunday for a visit with her brother William C Culver and Mrs. Culver at 2503 Bever Avenue Southeast. She will fly back to Detroit Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Tyler
Detroit, Mich
William C Culver
Bever Avenue
Culver
Detroit
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Witousek In Western
Relatives and friends held a surprise birthday gathering Sunday evening at Mrs. Alfred Witousek’s Western home. Card games determined prize winners including Mr. and Mrs. John F. Louvar Miss Mary Neckville and Mrs. William Dvorak amid a large group of attendees and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Witousek
Western
John F. Louvar
Mary Neckville
William Dvorak
Anton Biderman
Lea and Rutham
Wendl Nechville
Joe O. Louvar
Edwin Pudil
Brian
Chuck Kosek
Emma Nechville
Harry Nove
Arthur Marak
Joe Victor
Ed Matyk
Mary Lou
Kenneth
Elaine
James Bowersox
Carol
Ernest Kaplan
Fernand Shirley
Lavona
William Michalek
Antonette Michalek
Inez and
Don
Honor Miss Alice Burton At Shower
Mrs J J Gregory and Mrs W L Clark entertained 20 guests at a shower Monday evening at Mrs Gregorys home 2307 Meadow Brook Drive SE in honor of Miss Alice Burton whose marriage to Marvin Lundt of Chicago will take place in St Pauls Methodist church Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Gregory
W. L. Clark
Mrs. Gregory
Meadowbrook Drive
Alice Burton
Marvin Lundt
Chicago
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Miss Keller Honored at Personal Shower
Mrs. George Holmes hosted a six o'clock dinner and shower Monday evening at 125 Twenty-ninth Street Drive SE in honor of Lois Keller. The event celebrated her upcoming June 27 marriage to Wesley Novotny with guests including the bridegroom’s mother and several named local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Holmes
Twenty-Ninth Street Drive
Lois Keller
Wesley Novotny
Mary Kuchynka
Kenneth Johnson
John Shomler
Fred Niemeier
H N. Jerome
Frank Gates
Herman Keller
First Evangelical quartet hosts luncheon fundraiser
Mrs Arthur Hurtt Mrs Herbert Hoadley and Mrs Louis R Kriz hosted twelve guests at a Twin Salad luncheon Tuesday at the Kriz home 229 Fifteenth street NW Tables were decorated with flowers and Hawaiian souvenirs This was one of the first quartet luncheons planned by the Gamma Delta Sigma class of the First Evangelical Sunday school Each member of the class will be hostess to four friends to raise funds for the class treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hurtt
Herbert H. Hoadley
Louis R. Kriz
Kriz
Fifteenth Street NW
Gamma Delta Sigma
First Evangelical Sunday School
Cedar Rapids PTA Attends Iowa Child Development Conference
Representatives from the Cedar Rapids Parent-Teacher council joined the opening session of the Iowa conference on child development and parent education sponsored by the University of Iowa. Attendees included Mrs. Willis Clark vice president Mrs. E C Waite Mrs. J C Milner Mrs. R F Taft and Mrs. Vernon Spohn. The Memorial Union hosts headquarters and sessions run through Thursday evening on the university campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Parent-Teacher Council
Iowa Conference On Child Development
University of Iowa
Willis Clark
E. C. Waite
J. C. Milner
R. F. Taft
Vernon Spohn
Memorial Union
University
Mrs. Loizeaux Visits McGuire Home in Stillwater
Mrs. M. H. Loizeaux of Stillwater Oklahoma visited or stayed over the weekend at the home of W. J. McGuire located at 224 Fifteenth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Loizeaux
Stillwater, Okla
W. J McGuire
Fifteenth Street NW
We the Women by Rut Millet Special Gazette Writer
A working girl plans a two week vacation with care while an unconcerned colleague wastes time. The piece contrasts budgeting clothes and social goals with vague plans and unfinished tasks. It urges intentional vacation preparation to gain real refreshment and enjoyment.
Heefner Family Holds Annual Reunion
Ninety three relatives and five visitors attended the Heefner family reunion in Bever Park on Sunday. J D Heefner of Denver returned for his first reunion in eleven years. Officers elected include Melvin Heefner president Richard Heefner vice president Mrs Vernon Heefner secretary treasurer Vera Briney George Heefner Harold Briney program committee. Out of town guests included J D Heefner and wife of Denver Lamont couple L Hullenger and Loren and Marjory Lou Des Moines pair Malcom Heefner and Bert Hudnel with Bonnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heefner
Bever Park
J. D. Heefner
Denver
Melvin Heefner
Richard Heefner
Vernon Heefner
Vera Briney
George Heefner
Harold Briney
Sug arland visitor family heads to relatives this summer
Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick of Sugarland Texas and her daughter Marcia Esther visit Mrs. Kirkpatrick's parents Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Smith at 312 Sixteenth Street NE and Mr. Kirkpatrick's parents the F. C. Kirkpatricks at 125 Eleventh Street NE. They will stay until the last of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Sugarland
Tex
Marcia Esther
John Bailey Spends Weekend With Parents In Illinois
John Albert Bailey of Glenview Illinois spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs E C Bailey at 611 Memorial Drive SE He left Monday for Jacksonville Florida where he will join the Naval Reserve Aviation corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albert Bailey
Glenview
Ill
E. C. Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Reserve Aviation Corps
Weekend Guests Entertained By Dvoraks and Friends
Mr and Mrs Benjamin P Dvorak and Virgil and Vivian hosted Warren Merrill and Jack Sarquist from Des Moines over the weekend. Sunday dinner included Mr and Mrs John Zeman of Irving Mr and Mrs Ernest Dvorak and Ernest Ellis Darlene Delores and Glenniss Dvorak of Elberon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin P. Dvorak
Virgil
Vivian
Highland Drive
Warren Merrill
Jack Sarquist
Des Moines
John Zeman
Irving
Ernest Dvorak
Ernest Ellis
Darlene
Delores
Glenniss Dvorak
Elberon
Doris Mae Shafer Birthday Party At Home
Mrs. Marie Shafer hosted a birthday party Saturday for her daughter Doris Mae turning four. Attendees included Jackie Gillick Buddy Bishop Clarence Shafer Billy Demery Margaret Shafer Diane Suits Myrana Brackman Mary Ellen Simpson Eleanor Ruth Thorson Gennie Thorson Jacqueline Mc Allen and Nancy Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Shafer
Doris Mae
Jackie Gillick
Buddy Bishop
Clarence , Shafer
Billy Demery
Margaret Shafer
Diane Suits
Myrana Brackman
Mary Ellen Simpson
Eleanor Ruth Thorson
Gennie Thorson
Jacqueline McAllen
Nancy Hughes
Bean Family Plans Chicago Trip for Wedding
Mr and Mrs Obed Bean and Josephine of 1004 First Street SW will travel to Chicago Tuesday evening to attend the wedding Saturday of Mrs Bean s nephew Carl Nixon Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obed Bean
Josephine
First Street
Chicago
Geraldine Miller and Harold Sirowy Wed in Iowa City
Geraldine Elaine Miller and Harold F. Sirowy married last Wednesday at St Patrick's rectory Iowa City officiated by Rev Fr Bidlick. The couple will reside on a Cedar Rapids area farm with many local and out of town relatives attending a noon reception and evening dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Elaine Miller
John W. Miller
Iowa City
Harold F. Sirowy
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick's Rectory
Francis Bldllick
Johanna Hill
Marlon Sirowy
Abbie Ann Winkle
Arlene Joy Rabik
Robert Matalak
Rosella Wombacher
Mary Sheetz
Elaine Fresnick
Frances Russell
Swisher Pavilion
St. Patrick's High School
Sirowy
Swisher
Jennie Meade
Oxford
NE. Ohlemacher
Muncie
Ind
R. A. Winkle
Clear Lake
Hubert Baughn
Knoxville
H. K. Miller
Ed Miller
Lloyd Hill
Dysart
Louis Rabik
Otto Sirowy
Wendl Kremanek
Joseph Sirowy
Leo Sedlacek
Rabik
Surprise party honors tenth wedding anniversary couple
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Netolicky licky Jr of Western were honored at a surprise Sunday party marking their tenth wedding anniversary. A red white and blue cake with flags reflected Flag Day. Guests included Mr and Mrs Theodore Detert Mr and Mrs Milo Benesh and family Mr and Mrs Milo Detert and Marian Mr and Mrs Joe Prachar and Martha Mr and Mrs Joseph Prachar Jr and family Mr and Mrs Wes Kadlec Mr and Mrs Joe Pazour Mr and Mrs Walter Kadlec Mr and Mrs Elmer Netolicky and Arlo Mr and Mrs Frank Netolicky and their daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Netolicky, Jr
Western
Theodore Detert
Milo Benesh
Milo Detert
Marian
Joe Prachar
Martha
Joseph L. Prachar, Jr
Wes Kadlec
Joe Pazour
Walter Kadlec
Elmer Netolicky
Arlo
Frank Netolicky
Service Club Breakfast Meet at Ellis Park Duck Pond
The Service club of the Community House will meet for breakfast Thursday at 8:30 a.m. at the Community House with transportation provided. Members should bring dishes and silverware. Committee in charge includes Mesdames Bessie Paulsen, Bessie Bartholomew, Helen Klinger and Miss Elizabeth Bender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Club
Duck Pond
Ellis Park
Bessie Paulsen
Bessie Bartholomew
Helen Klinger
Elizabeth Bender
ISU Junior Dick Wildman Summers With Mother
Dick Wildman a junior at Iowa State College spends the summer with his mother Mrs Gladys Wildman. They recently returned from Philadelphia where they had been living for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Wildman
Iowa State College
Gladys Wildman
Circle of the King's Daughters to meet for breakfast
Jane Boyd circle of the King's Daughters will meet Thursday at 11 a.m. for breakfast with Mrs Goodwin at 1738 Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Boyd
the King’s Daughters
Mrs. Or Goodwin
Third Avenue
Rock Island Women's Club Breakfast Meeting Set
The Rock Island Women's club will meet Wednesday at noon at the Bever Park pavilion for breakfast at 9 a.m. Regardless of weather, members should take table service to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Bever Park Pavilion
Home Builders Class Hosts Friday Evening Event
Mr and Mrs Everette Finch and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Talbott hosted the Home Builders class of the First Evangelical church Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette Finch
Lawrence Talbott
First Evangelical Church
Local Woman Returns After Week with Muscatine Family
Mrs William Keiswetter of 1601 East Avenue NE reports short visit with the L Web bers of Muscatine lasting one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Keiswetter
E Avenue NE
The
L. Webbers of
Muscatine
Butter Pecan Parfait From Gazette Cookbook
Mrs. W. Campbell of Marion demonstrates a butter pecan parfait with ice cream butterscotch sauce and chopped pecan toppings. The directions appear in the Gazette cookbooker 250 Refrigerator Desserts on page 31. Serves six.
Former resident receives Illinois federation recognition
Mrs. Edwin V. Mellott formerly Frances Miller of Cedar Rapids earned a certificate of recognition from the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs for her work as correspondence secretary of the Dixon Woman’s Club. Her Golden Jubilee banquet article won second honorable mention in a General Federation news writing contest and her scrapbook project won first prize in one Illinois federation division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin V. Mellett
Frances Miller
Cedar Rapids
Ilinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Dixon, Ill
Woman's Club
Mellott
General Federation
Illinois Federation
Lambda chapter Beta Sigma Phi supper at Ellis Park
Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a supper at Ellis Park rose garden Monday evening attended by chapter members and sponsors Mrs. Frank Kellogg and Mrs. F. W. Damour. Committee in charge included Misses Ada Vedder Helen Stourne and Florence Paulus. Margaret Mackin will represent the chapter at the international convention in Kansas City next week as guest of Mrs. Harold Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Ellis Park Rose Garden
Frank Kellogg
F. W. Damour
Ada Vedder
Helen Stourne
Florence Paulus
Margaret Mackin
Bever Avenue
Kansas City
Harold Warner
McGillicuddys and Nadine Barron Return from Midwest Trip
Mr and Mrs M J McGillicuddy and Miss Nadine Barron returned to Cedar Rapids Sunday after vacationing in Kansas City Missouri and Omaha with Sergeant Robert F Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McGillicuddy
Nadine Barron
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Omaha
Robert F. Hopkins
U C T Auxiliary Hosts Picnic Luncheon at Hansen Home
The United Commercial Travelers Auxiliary will meet Wednesday evening for a picnic luncheon at 1132 J Avenue NW. Members should bring a picnic dish and table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers’ Auxiliary
L. J. Hansen
J Avenue NW
Public School Classes To Be Resumed Sept 2
The board of education adopted a first semester schedule showing an earliest opening date of September 2, the first day of school in six years. The plan includes a half day on Armistice Day and holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the first semester ending January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Hire 3 More Teachers For C. R. Public Schools
Cedar Rapids board of education on Monday night approved three new teachers for the public schools. Clifton Bradford of Grape Vine Arkansas will teach journalism English and debate, Ernest Thompson of Waterloo will teach art, and Lloyd R. Wilson of Sumner will teach manual training. Bradford holds a masters from the University of Iowa. Thompson and Wilson are graduates of Iowa State Teachers College. Assignments to be made in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Board of Education
Clifton Bradford
Grape Vine
Ark
Ernest Thompson
Waterloo
Art
Lloyd R. Wilson
Sumner
Bradford
University of Arkansas
University of Iowa
Thompson
Wilson
Iowa State Teachers College
Birth rate up in United States reports census data
The census bureau reports a rising birth rate in the United States with 20 000 more babies born in the first four months of the year than in the same period last year. Data from 43 states and the District of Columbia show the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United States
Census Bureau
States
District of Columbia
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Marilyn Chyle
Carl Koehn
Joseph Marsh
Sixth Street SE
Doris Hegewald
Betty Paterson
Mary Gilchrist
Charmion Chapman
Jennie Marsh
Wendell Brownell
Robert Wallner
Brownell
Miss Chyle
Margaret Mineck
Anna Mae Messa
Wilferene Konecny
Donald L. Kessler
Norman D. Bowers
Johnson Avenue NW
Robert F. Horak
Betty Kessler
Harold Hrdlicka
Gordon Delaney
William Hemsky, Jr
Edward Cerny, Jr. L. &. Hrdlicka
George J. Pauba
R F. Anderle
W.G Keneeny
L. A Kessler
Frank Horak
Leone Horak
Betty Hemsky
Peace Blu
F- Jay
Corw
Truth
Frances Driscoll
D.A.R. of State
Mark Anthonys
Vogue
Harpers
Navy
Country Club
Culvers
Miss Keller
Peggy Moran
F. A. Picard
Iowa U
McGuire
Rutr Millett
Gazette
Mrs. Kirkpatrick and
John Bailey
Geraldine Miller
Rec
Leonard T. Arduser
Chambers Inskeep Optical Co
F. Tisher
W. S. Campbell
U. C. T. Auxiliary
C. R. Public Schools
Tess
Aes Vain
DOW
Coener
Per Reil
Esch
Tummp Ave
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