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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1952
Page
3
New York based feature reports grocers claim husbands inflate family grocery costs by 10 to 15 percent with substitutions and indulgent purchases. It notes husbands browse for exotic items, replacing listed items with favorites, and urges wives to banish husbands from shopping trips to protect budgets.
Cedar Rapids public school pupils perform a large scale creative rhythms vespers at Memorial Coliseum Sunday 3 p.m. with 150 students from Harrison Van Buren Tyler Grant Wood schools, featuring dance movement scarves and props to interpret music and stories.
The LaPlant-Choate Girls Club holds its annual reunion Thursday evening at the Roosevelt hotel. Dinner in the Roosevelt room precedes a fashion show by Armstrongs. Over 65 members expected with Dorothy Le Ivasseur Joann Redel Joyce Thompson Ruth Bartell Jane Smock Wilma Snider Mary Davis Dorothy Madsen Eileen Manton Marilyn Tomash and Mrs Richard Abel modeling. Lenore Martin gives the welcome address with Evelyn Roades introducing her. Miss Roades chairs the affair. committee includes Miss Redes and Miss Martin. Group singing led by Irene Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. A C Gossard of 523 Twentieth Street NE have returned from a vacation in Miami Beach.
The violin recital by Janet Davis and Nancy Hogan daughters of Miss Virginia Ohmann has been postponed due to illness. The rescheduled performance will be Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Little Theater at the YMCA.
Election of officers was held Tuesday by the Auxiliary to the National Postal Transport Association of Cedar Rapids and Marion. The group met for a dessert luncheon at Mrs. C. A. Godden’s home. New officers include Mrs. Godden president and several vice presidents, secretaries, treasurer and press secretary.
A buffet luncheon and theater party were held Monday evening for 122 Iowa National Girls club members. Organizers included Gerry Edaburn Mabel Kepler Frances Robinson Marie Swab Phyllis Pelz Jeanette Trachta and Gladys Balous.
The Art club meeting scheduled for Thursday morning has been postponed until further notice.
CALMAR The marriage of Elaine June Kolaas daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Kolaas and Edward Halse son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Halse of Decorah took place Sunday afternoon in Trinity Lutheran church. The Rev H A Preus performed the double ring service. A reception for 80 guests followed in the church parlors. The couple will live north of Decorah where Mr Halse farms.
The American College of Surgeons approves six East Iowa hospitals including Mercy and St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids, Decorah's hospital, Mercy and University hospitals in Iowa City, and the Oakdale State sanatorium. Reconfirmations occur annually. the 1951 survey covered 4,111 hospitals with 81.5 percent approved.
Miss Bonnie Drahn daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Drahn married Dale Henning son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Henning in a candle light double ring service at St Johns Lutheran church. The couple left for a wedding trip as guests joined 250 in a church reception and later a dance at the opera house.
Remark advises chilling candles for several hours before lighting to protect fine table linens and candlesticks from wax drips during party occasions. It emphasizes tempering wax flow by cooling to reduce mess and preserve valued textiles.
Thrifty chair set pattern offers treble crochet work and petal design for upholstery and buffet sets. Pattern 508 includes leaf-chair-set directions. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept P.O. Box 5740 Chicago Ill. Include pattern number name and address.
Designers preview black and white tableware in Pittsburg Chicago and New York with Eva Zeisel creating a white coupe plate creamer sugar bowl and matching saucer a glassy dinner service in inexpensive pottery a pressed wood salad set and a black plastic plate Candlesticks are black iron Two designs by Clark Gist s and Bob Crutchfield feature tall graceful forms and spiral wire ring candle holders Readers discuss wall repairs lining paper and color suggestions for a green bedroom with red rose patterns and chartreuse leaves The piece notes how bold patterns guide wall and bedcover choices including a grayish green wall shade and a green bedspread
Fashion feature notes Shirlynn of Dallas introduces shy shorts that resemble bikini cutoffs but fasten with saucerlike buttons along the sides. The designer says modest women can stay prim and unbutton for tanning in private spaces. Also shown are translucent organdie Redingote over fitted bell-skirt sundresses.
Gloria Reyner daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Reyner married Kenneth Schatz son of Mr and Mrs William Schatz Sunday at First Methodist Church West Union The Rev Paul Potter officiated the double ring ceremony Norma Schatz was maid of honor Dale Buenzow was best man Jack Schatz and Forrest Robinson were ushers Barbara Eastman sang the couple will reside in West Union after a wedding trip to the Ozarks Mrs Schatz trained as a nurse at St Luke's Cedar Rapids and Mr Schatz attended Upper Iowa University
Four European students will present a panel on international affairs Friday at 2 15 p m in St Pauls Methodist church. Sponsored by the W S C S the event follows a 1 luncheon. Participants include Nicole Montagne from France Brigette Nietsch and Robert Marshchik from Austria Peter Lange from Germany and John Comb as moderator Mrs George Dilger leads the program.
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