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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1939
Page
14
Church organizations list multiple meetings at homes and churches including Philathea, Winners, Districts 1 3 and 4 with luncheons and elections. Activities cover picnics, tea events, and social gatherings led by hostesses such as Mrs. Krebs Usher Taylor Fisher Basler De Wees and many others across neighborhoods.
Mr and Mrs Henry Adams of Monticello announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Clare to Howard J Kirkwood of Delhi son of Mr and Mrs H H Kirkwood of Hopkinton. The wedding will take place April 5. Picnic suppers. Personal workers will report at this time. Division No 4 will have charge of the dining room. The W F M S will meet with Mrs M P Beck 1005 First Avenue W at 2 p m Friday. Assisting hostesses are Mrs Charles Earhart and Mrs Alice Sargent. Mrs Mary Hermann will be leader Mrs Tuttle will lead devotions and Mrs Eldon Rohn will have the Mystery box. The Upstream class will meet at the Y M C A Friday at 7 30 p m. Hosts and hostesses are Mr and Mrs Russell Hawkins and Mr and Mrs Harold Porter. The John Wesley class will meet with A G McFarlane 420 Tenth Street NW Friday at 7 30 p m. 606
P T A magazine chairmen will meet Tuesday at 1 30 pm at the Board of Education building Van Buren. The Van Buren P T A open house set for Thursday is postponed to March 16. The Van Buren study group meets Monday with Mrs Frank Hazlik 385 Fifteenth Avenue SW. The Parent Teacher council meets Tuesday at 2 15 pm at the Board of Education building. Dr Karl A Stiles Coe College biology head lectures on Heredity and Human Problems. Nomination committee members will be elected. Kenwood P E study group meets Thursday at 2 pm at Mrs B R Hynden 3420 First Avenue E.
Monticello Schreiner chapter of the Order of Eastern Star met for a school of instruction at the Masonic temple Tuesday with Mrs. Eleanor Sawyer of Stanwood as district instructor and honor guest. In the evening initiatory work was exemplified with Mrs. A B Grimes and Miss Hulda Peet as candidates. Mrs. George Wilkens hosted the 94 Literary club Monday with an afternoon program by Mrs. John Shover and others.
Jan Masaryk former Czech minister to Great Britain and son of the Czechoslovak president will lecture at the Memorial Coliseum Sunday March 19 under the Czech Alliance auspices. He has attracted thousands in New York Cleveland Chicago and other cities and is praised for fluency in English.
A committee will meet Tuesday evening March 7 at Mrs Edward Kuba's home to finalize plans for a card party sponsored by the Z C B J girls drill team in the Z C B J hall on April 6. Members include Mrs Mildred Drahozl Mrs Bessie Dochterman Mrs Georgiana Brejcha and Mrs Libbie Melsha. Proceeds will defray expenses of the drill team's trip to Chicago.
April 30 is set for the Sokols annual Evening of Physical Culture and all classes are working to make it one of the best. At the women's instructor class meeting held Thursday plans were made for the annual children's masquerade to be held Sunday afternoon March 19.
T B Hlubucek names Ed SWuba chairing the committee with Anna Bohac Dora Tvrdik Hubert Kaplan and Mrs John Stanek assisting. An Easter party and the annual play Golden Gate Opened are planned with rehearsals twice weekly under Mary Chmelicek and Jaroslava Holubova set for May 14 Mother's Day.
The Wilton Presbyterian Church Sunday school class hosted a Father and Son banquet on Tuesday evening. Rev. Mr. Berger of Muscatine Presbyterian preached the talk and W. W. Weatherwax of Clarence provided entertainment.
A farewell gathering was hosted for Mrs. Jennie Roll and her daughter Lottie in Shellsburg on Monday. The Happy Twenty club plans a gathering at Mrs. James Rife’s home next Wednesday. Methodist Aid society hosted a “galloping tea” at Mrs. Ed Spencer’s home on Wednesday.
Central City notices describe Mrs. A. R. Hoffman hosting the Monday club at her home with Mrs. W. D. McTavish and Mrs. C. L. Sawyer assisting. Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Allen gave a dinner Tuesday evening, followed by Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hatch entertaining at dinner and bridge that same Tuesday evening.
Washington INS report: Millard W. Rice, legislative representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, urged the senate unemployment and relief committee to grant adequate pensions to veterans of all American wars.
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