Spinster Society Members Attend Friday Meetings
Society notes describe a group of ten young widows and spinsters in a club that gathers weekly to discuss social life amid aging and dating challenges. Patricia Graves Dorothy Graham and Betty Gage are pictured as organizers and members, with references to ice cream socials dances and movie dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Maids
Patricia Graves
H. N. Graves
Blake Boulevard
Dorothy Graham
H. QO. Grahams
Second Avenue SE
Betty
Gage
Miss Gage
Harry M. Gage
Former Cedar Rapids Women Gather in Hollywood Luncheon
Seventy-one former Cedar Rapids women met in Hollywood California February 20 for a Dutch treat luncheon at the Wilshire tea room. Miss Nelle L. Erwin organized the event honoring Miss Marie Schmermund. Mrs. Inez Jackson Welling read names and attendees shared Cedar Rapids and California addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Calif
Wilshire Tea Room
Nelle L. Erwin
California
Marie Schmermund
Alice Harmon Carr
Esther Bushnell Gable
Jennie S. Berry
Helen Dix
Miss Erwin
Schmermund
Inez Jackson Welling
T. T. Lynch
Louis Burkhalter
Peter McCook
Vida Garretson
Kinyon
Grace Schlichting Brown
Mable Henderson
Bess Shirer
Lillian Mosler Hughes
Martin Evans
Marguerite Evans Scroggie
Arthur Daniels
Jennie I. Berry
Mary Berry
Mae Ryan Pick
Harriet Martin Bisbee
Blanche Springer Gibson
Genevieve Biggs Bennett
Genevieve Lynch
Anne Quigbey
Bertha Pratt
Laura Plank
Helen Higley
Alma Bohac
Jess Chaney
Bess DeKruis
Crosby
Erwin
Bryce Fisher Celebrates Fourteenth Birthday With Surprise Party
Bryce Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Everett E Fisher was honored on his fourteenth birthday with a surprise party at the Fisher home Saturday evening Guests enjoyed dessert dancing and games with friends and relatives from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Fisher
Everett E. Fisher
Meadowbrook Drive
Fisher
Doris Cone
Joanne Crawford
Betty Larson
Joan Yessler
Dorothy Mesknes
Barbara Barry
Patricia Marshall
Merri Frances Bucknell
Horace Hedges
Kenneth Cornell, Jr
Junior Nemec
Marvin Jones
John Foster
Eugene Pinney
David Keehn
Eugene Pugh
Hamilton Bell
Engagement of Dorothy Whipple and Joseph R Buss
Mrs. Milo R Whipple of 319 Linden terrace SE announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Dorothy Whipple to Joseph R Buss son of Mr and Mrs Diedrich Buss of 418 Twentieth street SE Dorothy is a Washington high school graduate and former Coe college student Joseph is also a Washington high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo R. Whipple
Linden Terrace
Dorothy Whipple
Joseph R. Buss
Diedrich Buss
Twentieth Street
Miss Whipple
Washington High School
Coe College
Mr. Buss
Franks Westerfield and Tom Moore wed in Cedar Rapids home
Miss Frances Westerfield daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Westerfield and Tom W Moore son of Mr and Mrs E R Moore were married at the Westerfield home in Cedar Rapids. Rev Harry Moore officiated the quiet ceremony with both families present. The couple will make their home in Chicago after April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Westerfield
C. M. Westerfield
Bever Avenue
Tom W. Moore
Chicago
E. R. Moore
Waterloo
Harry Moore
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Moore
Stephens College
Columbia
University of Iowa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Davenport Democrat
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
A.F I
Iowa
Des Moines Tribune
Chicago Tribune
E. M. Moore
Davenport
Mrs. Moore
Junior League of Cedar Rapids Meets at Montrose
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Montrose hotel. The board will meet at 1 15 p.m. in league rooms, with Mrs. Wallace Darling and Mrs Robert B. Davis reporting on the Lincoln Nebraska regional arts meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Wallace Darling
Robert B. Davis
Lincoln
Neb
Local Social Notes From Cedar Rapids Area
Mr and Mrs George E Beattie returned Friday after five weeks at Archway Villas Miami Beach Fla Members of the Saturday luncheon club met at Cedar Rapids Country club for a Dutch treat luncheon Mrs Curtis Billings of Evanston Ill is visiting her mother Mrs Ralph E Stephens at the Roosevelt hotel Miss Tamar Meister and Miss Mae Fleer of Minneapolis Minn students at Frances Shimer school Mount Carroll Ill spent the weekend with Miss Meister’s parents Mr and Mrs R H Meister Modern Reading club meets Wednesday at 1 pm for luncheon at Mrs Karl P Blaise home Assisting hostess Mrs Harmon R Taylor Mrs John Altfillisch reviews Rich Land Poor Land by Stuart Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Beattie
Nineteenth Street SE
Archway Villas
Miami Beach
Fla
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Curtis Billings
Evanston, Jil
Ralph E. Stephens
Roosevelt Hotel
Tamar Meister
Mae Fleer
Minneapolis
Minn
Frances Shimer
Mount Carroll, Ill
Miss Meister
R. H. Meister
Forest Drive
Modern Reading Club
Karl P. Blaise
Eighteenth Street SE
Harmon R. Taylor
John Altfillisch
Stuart Chase
Mrs Gertsen To Visit In Chicago
Mrs. Arthur C. Gertsen departs for Chicago to join her husband and spend ten days visiting Mr. and Mrs. F A Kennedy. Mrs. Robert W. Greene hosts the Wednesday Shake Speare club with Richards II acts 3 scene 4 to 4 as roll call quotatons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gertsen
Chicago
Arthur C. Gertsen
Pleasant Drive
Mr. Gertsen
Robert W. Greene
Bever Avenue SE
Shake Speare Club
Richard II
Garden Short Course Offered by Cedar Rapids Club
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club nature and garden department will host a garden short course at the club home on Thursday. Dr. W L Strunk of Luther College will give an illustrated talk on The Vanishing Hosts, and Dr W H Norton of Cornell College will discuss The Garden Picture. George Hutton will cover house plants with others attending. The program runs from 10 am to 3 pm with lunch at noon and various talks on plant care and highway beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature and Garden
Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
George Hutton
Marion Florist
F. L. Eldridge
F. D. Fillmore
J. L. Rhea
Military Ball At Memorial Coliseum Promises Large College Event
The Scabbard and Blade honorary military fraternity plans a major social event at the Memorial Coliseum Friday night into Saturday morning. Lee Bennett's orchestra will perform a twelve dance program. Between the fifth and sixth dances the honorary cadet lieutenant colonel will be announced from five senior women, chosen by the senior military classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Memorial Coliseum
Lee Bennett
B.o.7.c
Margaret
George Birds Host Evening Club Dinner and Bridge
Mr and Mrs George M Bird entertained twelve bridge club members at dinner and bridge Saturday at their home located at 1560 Third Avenue SE. Mrs Horace G Hedges of 825 Seventeenth Street SE spent Saturday in Des Moines as guest speaker at a Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Benson
Grande Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Benson
George M. Bird
Third Avenue SE
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street
Des Moines
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Benefit Tea by Pi Beta Phi Alumnae in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids alumnae of Pi Beta Phi sorority will host a settlement school benefit tea Monday afternoon from 4 to 5 at the home of Mrs. Wayne J. Foster 2304 Hillcrest drive SE. Miss Ira Lippincot assists. Presiding at the tea table are Mrs. Leroy D. Weld and Mrs. JC Ward Macy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Ira Lippincot
Leroy D. Weld
JC. Ward Macy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Manatt
Russell W. Manatt
Park Avenue SE
Home Garden I Club
R C. ‘Folsom
H. C. Bensons
Elizabeth Roberts
Weth
C E. Roberts
R Avenue NE
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Y. W.C
Tom Moore
Montrose
George Beatties
Florida
Ona
Country Club
Mrs. Billings
Ralph Stephens
R. W. Greene Shakespeare
Thomas Langes
Lancaster, MO
Thomas F. Lange
Fifth Avenue SE
Lancaster
Schoonovers
Mrs. West
George Schoonover
Grande Avenue
Perry West
Ocala
Forest Rutgers
Sixteenth Street SE
Chi Omega
Maurice Ford
George Hollenbeck
Bernice Mieras
George Birds
Mes
Hedges
Pi Beta Phi
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