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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1957

Page

2

Dinner Dances at Local Country Clubs Before Fourth of July

Local clubs plan festive dinners and dances Wednesday ahead of the Fourth of July. Indian Creek Country Club hosts the Variety orchestra from 9 30 p m to 1 a m with arrangements led by Mr and Mrs Joe Howe and Mr and Mrs Joseph Griffin of Marion. Cedar Rapids Country Club offers buffet supper from 7 to 8 and dancing to the Commanders from 8 to midnight with club member reservations due by Tuesday coordinated by Mr and Mrs Ralph W Gearhart Jr.

Variety Club Indian Creek Country Club Joe Howe Joseph Griffin Marion Cedar Rapids Country Club Ralph W. Gearhart, Jr

Festivities Planned for Fourth at Local Country Clubs

Local clubs announce July Fourth events featuring morning golf at Cedar Rapids Country Club with low gross low net and low putt prizes. Family activities include noon to 4 p.m. refreshments, pony rides, and a dusk fireworks display with a 5 to 7 p.m. buffet.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Elmcrest Golf and Country Club James Krumphardt Clem Schnoebelen B. Ray Howard Lee Ihen, Jr Indian Creek Country Club

Howards Host Bridal Dinner For Grace Keel and Robert Howard

Miss Grace Ann Keel and Robert Alvin Howard prepared to marry at 7:30 PM in the First Presbyterian church. A bridal dinner followed in the Roosevelt hotel Lincoln-Jefferson room with 18 guests hosted by Noel J. and Mrs. Howard of Owensboro Kentucky. A brunch for out of town guests was planned by Reece Latchaw and Walter Schwank.

Grace Ann Keel Robert Alvin Howard First Presbyterian Church Lincoln-Jefferson Roosevelt Hotel Noel J. Howard Owensboro Reece Latchaw Park Avenue SE Walter Schwank Schwank Knollwood Drive Clarence C. Keel B Avenue NE

Camp Hitaga trip leads 180 campers today

One hundred eighty Camp Fire Girls will depart at 2 p.m. for Camp Hitaga near Walker for the second nine week session period titled Dovis Big Fourth of July Hitaga Brand. Campers Council will plan week's activities after being chosen Monday.

Camp Hitaga Walker

Eastern Iowans Attend National Sorority Conventions

Eastern Iowans participate in Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta conventions. Alumnae and actives from Cedar Rapids join events in Edgewater Park and Coronado with multiple attendees from Coe College and local families visiting from New York and Florida.

Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Gamma Delta Iowa Douglas S. Grinde Thirty-sixth Street Alpha Xi Edgewater Park Miss Coe Roberta Arthur Washington Judy Feten Park Ridge Coronado Calif Harold Severn Fourteenth Avenue SE William Claassen Greenwood Drive Arminta Davidson Marion Donna Caldwell B Avenue NE Claassen Davidson Saralee Hosbacher San Francisco Cedar Rapids

Camp Fire and Blue Bird Girls Set Summer Day Camps

Dates set for Camp Fire and Blue Bird Girls day camps in Cedar Rapids parks from July 9 to August 2. Camps split by districts at Bever and Ellis parks with four day sessions, 9 a.m. start, sack lunches, milk provided. Staff includes 28 workers led by Miss Noel Newell with district supervisors and unit heads named. activities cover outdoor cooking, crafts, nature lore, dancing, singing, games, and hikes.

Menahka Blue Bird Cedar Rapids East Side Bever Park Ellis Park Blue Bird Girls Camp Fire Girls Noel Newell Muriel Crock James Metzger Kathy Miller M. R. Kennedy Louis Plotkin Leland Kuykendall Owen Barry George Petrrot Byron Richardson Elizabeth Waffle Arthur Garfield Polk Kenwood Franklin Wright St. Matthew’s Robins Fillmore Harrison Cleveland Hoover Roosevelt St. Patricks Shellsburg Marion Allen Wayne Ross Stuart Ford Charles Hofmaster Herb Ellingson Archie Thompson Elliott Welter Waffle Taylor van Buren Hayes Lincoln Wilson St. Ludmila Amana Arthur Selzer Vernon Kriz B. C. Baggerly Elmer Davis H. R. Lahman Faye Adkins Ellingson Ford

Mrs Tatlock Visits Lenzen Home In Crescent Street

Mrs. H. W. Tatlock completes a ten day visit with her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Verdi F. Lenzen at 318 Crescent street SE. She will depart Tuesday for Far Hills New Jersey returning to her home.

Ruth Barth New York A. J. Barth Fifth Avenue SE H. W. Tatlock Verdi Lenzen Home Far Hills N. J Verdi F. Lenzen Crescent Street

Summer houseguest scenes in Cedar Rapids area homes

V5 reports shared summer activities in Cedar Rapids homes. Mrs. R. B. Allender of Des Moines and her four children visited Mrs. Allender's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Gross in Marion. A coffee gathering Friday included Mrs. Joe M. Hoyt and other neighbors. Another family group spends weeks in Marion with Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rishel Jr. of Grande avenue SE, hosting Mrs. Rishel's sister Mrs. Ashby and her children from Evanston Illinois.

George Beattie Fort Lauderdale, Fla Cedar Rapids Charlotte W. King A Avenue R. B. Allender Sarah Tom Mary Susan Des Moines John A. Rishel Grande Avenue

Beethoven Club Names New Board And Chairmen

Next year's Beethoven Club announces board members led by Mrs. John Burrill as president and Mrs. Floyd Edmund as vice president. Committee chairs include Mrs. W John Robb for Children's Theater and Miss Katherine Franken for civic work. The program theme is Musical Responsiveness. Children’s Home groups plan Tuesday meetings and the Nursery auxiliary picnic was canceled.

Beethoven Club John Burrill Floyd Edmund William H. King Donald Key T. H. DeWees Maxine Boegel W. John Robb Children’s Theater Katherine Franken Civic Louis Sila Earl J. Logan Nelle Erwin Sephine Batchelder Richard Chadima Alma Turechek L. J. Baldwin J T. Massey C. W. Frederick Children’s Home Norens

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