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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
13
Barbara Douglas and Gail Burch set to wed at Grace Church with eight to nine hundred guests. Mrs George B Douglas and Mrs Lawrence B Burck host after a lavish ceremony, featuring a bridal gown with Empress Eugenie lace and an organ recital by Eleanor Taylor.
Mr and Mrs B J Zimmerman and daughter Donna Lee visited the Irvin Ebright farm at Holbrook over the weekend, staying at their residence on Thirty second street NE.
Bridal party events for Miss Barbara Douglas and Gail J Burch marked a busy sequence of nuptial gatherings at Brucemore. An eighty guest dinner by Mr and Mrs Howard Hall featured crystal table settings and pink rose centerpieces, followed by a Garden House reception. A separate luncheon for the bridal party and younger guests was hosted by Mrs Robert S Cook at 222 Crescent Street SE.
Miss Pauline Walsh daughter of Mr and Mrs James Walsh Riverside will wed Clarence James Marsh son of Mr and Mrs Earl Marsh 828 Cam Burncourt with nuptial high mass Thursday at 9 am in Ottumwa officiated by Very Rev Msgr John Walsh uncle of the bride Attendants include Miss Mary Katherine Huston maid of honor and Mikery Walsh best man Breakfast for about twenty five guests to follow at the Hustons Ottumwa After marriage the couple will reside at 408 Fourteenth Street SE Deer Rapids
Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson and Miss Marvel Everhart of New York City were guests of honor at a dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs L. E Chehak at 395 Twenty-sixth Street SE. The Johnsons, back from two years in Paris studying music, visit with Mr and Mrs H. V. Morgan. Mrs Johnson is Pauline Morgan, daughter of Mr Morgan. The group plans to return to New York Friday. Mrs Johnson will be heard weekly on WHN at 1215 EST. Miss Everhart leaves for New York today to continue vocal studies, having sung in New York for three seasons.
The annual Maccabee picnic organized by the Lae courts will be held Thursday at Bever Park. The event features a tennis court area, games, and social tables with sandwiches, beverages, and desserts for all attendees.
Fragmentary notice describes travel from Philadelphia to New York and Pittsburgh, mentioning visits of Mrs Joseph For Newton and Miss Josephine Newton, a reunion at Bradford, and plans to spend two months in Los Angles.
Miss Katherine A Sharp and Clarence R Nelson were married on June 5 at 4 p.m. in Collegiate Presbyterian church Ames. Rev. Dr. Barlow officiated. The bride wore white organdie with a straw hat and carried yellow tea roses and candytuft. Frances Fish of Ames played. A dinner followed at the Graves home for twelve. The bride, daughter of Mrs Bertha McElroy Sharp, is Iowa State College 1932 graduate in textiles and clothing and works as fashion and educational director for Killian Co. The groom, Hamline University alumnus, is a salesman based in Marion Illinois, and they reside at 943 Twelfth Street.
Miss Jane Vincent daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Vincent wed Harold M Buck son of Mr and Mrs C A Buck of Princeville Ill at noon in St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church. Rev A A Brooks officiated before fifty guests. The couple planned a northern Wisconsin honeymoon then will reside in Schenectady NY where Buck works as traveling auditor for National Deries.
Mrs Charlies C Kuning formerly of 2241 Grande avenue SE moved to Omaha on June 1 and underwent a major operation at St Josephs hospital there on Monday. Her condition is satisfactory according to word received by friends here.
A group of schoolmates and friends surprised Barbara Divishek on Sunday afternoon for her thirteenth birthday. Guests shared gifts, refreshments, and games with the guest of honor. Attendees included Alice Ludicek, Dorothy Dubishar, Adeline Mouchka, Irene Bilstricky, and many others.
Word is received of the birth of an eight and a half pound daughter to Mr and Mrs R R Bonn at Detroit Midh Mrs Bonn before marriage was Miss Nelle Powers of this city Her mother Mrs Stella Powers has been visiting in the Bonn home for the last few weeks.
Camp Huaga hosts Pirate Week with a black pirate flag and dagger salutes. Cadets wear daggers, perform stunts, and a pirate flag is planted by each crew captain. A pirate themed week ends with a pirates brawl and plans for Romany Rovers next week.
Mrs David R Pugh and her sons FBugene Warren and Eldon leave 822 Eighteenth street SE Wednesday for Marshalltown to visit her parents Mr and Mrs G L Clem. They will spend a week in Minneapolis visiting friends and relatives, then return to Marshall, Minn to stay with Mrs W H Bailey, a former Cedar Rapids resident. The trip should last about three weeks.
The Junior Epworth League of Trinity Methodist Church held a picnic supper at Ellis Park on Tuesday evening at 5 30. Twenty two members attended before a business meeting and games followed.
Friends gathered at the Ellis park rose garden for a farewell picnic as Mrs. James Krueger and her daughter Mari Lynn prepare to leave Thursday for Boise Idaho for a six week visit with relatives. Attendees included the Walters Dougherty Lemmon Eye Schrader Krueger Klepac Mikota Brenneman Schrader White and Leonard Eye families.
Miss Bertha Wallace and her sister Miss Eurydice Wallace left Tuesday night for Denver Colorado.
Bethany Ladies Ald Society will meet with Mrs James McCune 1616 Fifth street NW Thursday at 2 p m Baptist Missionary. Calvary Baptist Woman's Missionary Society picnic luncheon Thursday at 1230 with Mrs A J Clawson. Business meeting at 130 then program. All women and friends invited to meet at church 1030 with cars provided. WON Circle I H N circle Bever Park pavilion picnic luncheon 1 Thursday members bring own dishes and silver.
In Crockford's New York Masters event North South reach three notrump at all tables. Walter Salmon as South wins with an opening spade lead and careful play, while a twin line shows one table failing by misreading the contract.
A note indicates the hand will be covered in the next day's newspaper article. The source includes copyright attribution for 1934.
Mrs H E Gilme of 1021 Eleventh Avenue SE gave a farewell party Tuesday evening for Donald Pratt who leaves today for the east. Guests included Ruth Pratt Mary Louise Wiley Helen Pratt Helen McManes Mary Pratt Stella Chrnaoski Doris Marguerite Glime Donald Pratt George Nemec Raymond Churchill Bud McManes Wilbur Coon Dick Hrdlicka and Oran Turner.
The auxiliary to I A M will meet Thursday in room 4 at Labor Temple with initiation and refreshments. Rebekah picnic plans are postponed. W R C Kensington will hold a gathering at Bever Park pavilion Thursday at 2 pm with host Mrs Myra Neubauer Queen Of The West. Queen Of The West Lodge No 2 meets Thursday 7 30 pm at I C O F hall. St Rose Circle Immaculate Conception meets Thursday at 12 30 for a Bever Park picnic lunch.
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