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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1939
Page
11
A thoughtful man buys suet for birds without telling his wife. When the mislabeled package arrives, she returns it, prompting the husband to seek the missing “bird” treat at the store. Clerks delight in his feathered misunderstanding and the comedy ends with a lighthearted chase.
Local residents plan a short winter holiday in the south traveling by motor to visit New Orleans and Biloxi during a two week stay. Mrs. David E. Beardsley and her daughter Betty Beardsley will depart Monday and meet family in Miami Beach while staying until April 1. Delta Delta Delta alliance meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Miss Margaret Pratt's home for dinner and to discuss state day plans. The Katharine Bryan led team will present the program. Mr and Mrs Moray L. Eby host Miss Margaret Bagley of Des Moines for the weekend.
Chapter Hi of P E O will meet for luncheon Monday at 1 p.m. in the Light Company Bungalow. Mrs E C Hoover will present chapter four of the original story. Members bring own dishes and silver. Mrs L E Henry will entertain IH at luncheon Tuesday at 1 p.m. The social committee includes Mesdames Miller Geiger Cutler Barnhizer Files Coykendall Hickenlooper. Mrs B B Hickenlooper will leave Monday for Des Moines to visit Lt Gov Hickenlooper at Kirkwood Hotel. League of Women Voters government operations meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Montrose hotel for a lesson on Public Welfare.
The Wilhelms display metalworking and woodworking skill in their home with an iron stair rail, an ivy tree iron wall piece, and oak room finishes. A basement log cabin recreation area features a log bark wall, rustic dining tables, a pine table, and a working fireplace.
Coe college sponsors its annual Military ball at Memorial Coliseum on March 24. Scabbard and Blade of the military department organized the event. Maurie Sherman’s band provides music. An intermission feature includes an exhibition by a Western Military Academy drill squad and pledge services for new Scabbard and Blade members. Public invited.
Fran Allison, once a Gazette staffer and Cedar Rapids resident, rises from local radio gigs and teaching to a nationwide NBC career. Her Aunt Fanny persona grows from Waterloo beginnings after a long road through KWCR WMT and stage work in Kansas City.
Two Coe fraternities Alpha Delta Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon hosted winter dances on campus from now through June. Tau Kappa Epsilon held a formal dinner dance at the Roosevelt Hotel featuring Miss Billie Hauser as Teke sweetheart, with Paul Dougan in charge and gifts presented by Robert Norris. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. LeRoy D. Weld, Miss Laura Pearle Stewart, and Prof. Lynn E. Garwood. Alpha Delta Alpha’s informal “Celebrity Swing” gymnasium party featured international character costumes and prizes, with faculty guests Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Greene and Sgt and Mrs. F. D. Pugh in attendance.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club nature and garden department will hold a Thursday 2 p.m. short course at the club home with sessions on grafting marijuana and plant hormones in cuttings, followed by a plant exchange led by Mrs. Millie Davis. Invited are members of the general club and Marion Cedar Rapids Garden and Flower clubs.
The engagement of Miss Eby is announced in Cedar Rapids with guests including Miss Helen Larimer Miss Barbara Bloomhall and Mrs. Donald M. Leonard among others. Chapter II PEO hosts a dessert luncheon. JAPAN AND CHINA program continues with Literary Glimpses. Mrs Karl H Kainz hosts a PEO luncheon. Mrs L R Bracken departs Ocala Florida after two weeks with the Schoonovers.
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