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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1935
Page
10
Mt Vernon reports about fifty invitations issued for a bridge luncheon at the Grill on Saturday hosted by Mesdames Forrest Walters Harry Gilliland and Joseph Bennett. Local clubs note new officers and anniversary observances in the community.
The Presbyterian Missionary society met at Mrs. O. J. Moe home in Waukon. Ladies contract bridge club dined with Mrs. M. C. Stoneberg. Nineteenth Century club gathered with Mrs. Sherman Hart. Mrs. Harry Wesheim led the lesson. V. O. circle hosted by Mrs. C. W. Rominger. Mrs. R. R. Roggensack reviewed a book. Catholic women held a pot luck supper. Officers elected: Ladies Aid president Mrs. Al Beede and secretary treasurer Mrs. Anna Heffern. Rosary society chose Mrs. A. E. Sheridan president and Mrs. William Kaveny secretary-treasurer. Mothers and Daughters club hosted by Mrs. Joseph Keiser at dinner. Mrs. Norbert Roggensack won high, Dan Fitzgerald low in bridge. Baptist Missionary society hosted at Mrs. E. W. Goodykoontz home. husbands attended. A. Anderson gave a talk.
Mrs. Melinda Garber entertained the Mount Harmony cemetery society at dinner on Thursday. Those present included Mrs. E. J. Prolow and many other members, with guests Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schnepf and several relatives in attendance.
In New York fashion notes for spring decor blue dominates with deep navy tones and lighter aqua shades. red variants range from lacquer to rosy, paired with white in chintzes and patterns. Browns gain popularity for versatile accents, while greens lean blueish. other colors include shrimp pink, yellow, chartreuse, apricot rust, mulberry and plum. Decorative schemes mix bold contrasts like black white red, yellow navy, or soft blends blue gray beige. Monday: New blouses to wear with new suits.
Various lodge and auxiliary groups schedule meetings and activities. Carrie Morcombe lodge anniversary dinner at 1700 Third Avenue SE. L A to B of R T 58 to play 500 and award prizes. I A of M Auxiliary and J G T meetings. Jolly-Get-Togethers supper and business meeting at the Y W C A. O R C Auxiliary at 838 First Avenue E. Winter Temple Pythians events. Star of Maine Rebekah lodge Thursday brothers night. Royal Neighbor Boosters meet with hosts at 263 Fourteenth Street Marion. Bessie Randa Juvenile camp at K P hall Saturday. Sunshine Auxiliary Monday Maine hall. Tirzah Society Thursday. Three Link Circle Thursday. Valley Camp No 2136 R N A Friday play postponed to March 29. General Dodge Circle No 88 L O G A R R Tuesday.
Star Lodge No 4 D of H will meet Wednesday at 7 30 in K P hall and host a card party at 8 30 for members and friends.
Memorial building hosts a 12 o'clock picnic luncheon with covered dishes and sandwiches requested. All comrades of the G A R are invited. Canton Rainbow No 22 I O O F to meet at 7 30 Monday in Maine lodge hall.
Cedar Rebekah lodge meets Wednesday in the V F W hall with charter draping for departed members and a social hour afterward. A U W Cedar Rapids lodge 278 will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in Moose hall for Past Noble Grand guests. The I O O F Past Noble Grand association meets at Maine lodge hall Tuesday with Elizabeth Meyn as hostess and Emma Burmeister among assistants. Fidelity Circle meets Friday at 7 30 p m at Mrs J C Thornton 820 Eighth Avenue SE with a noted change of meeting place.
The Police auxiliary will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the IOOF hall. Hostesses are Anna Buckacek chairwoman Laura Christenson Mamie Rittenburg and Katherine Burke.
Typographical Union auxiliary to meet for luncheon on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Edwin Lundquist home 250 Johnson Avenue NW.
Rosena Stanard was elected president of the Dorcas society at the home of Mrs. Will Bauer with Mildred Bauer as vice president and Erma Danshill as secretary treasurer. Band contest winners were guests at a school party, and neighbors surprised the Ed Berry family Friday night.
Randalia Thursday gathering saw the reading circle hosted by Mrs E H Beman and the Thursday Social society hosted by Mrs A E Boehmler. Three Farm Bureau women taught lessons, including Mrs E Reid Mrs Roy Odekirk and Mrs H L Arthur.
A farewell party honored Mr and Mrs Edgar Barger of Colgate North Dakota who returned home after visiting their son Rev R A Badger. Numerous local ladies hosted dinners and bridge luncheons with guests from Springville Cedar Rapids and other towns.
Members of the Leona Roberts chapter Otterbein Guild met at Miss Eleanor Meyers home Monday with Mrs Mabel Bowers in charge. The W R C met at the Federated church Tuesday with Mrs Lee Crellys division and Mrs Belle Hoover hosting the Sarah Fouse Missionary society Wednesday assisted by Miss Bertha Koch. The Methodist Ladies Aid were hosted by Mrs Don Frink Thursday with Mrs Lloyd Rahn, Mrs Carl Cahn and Mrs R L Frink assisting. Mrs Elizabeth Runkle hosted the Mary Shaler Missionary society Thursday with Edna Carbee in charge.
Belle Plaine and nearby communities report club meetings and social events this week. Longfellow P T A and the Athena club convened with several hosts and lesson leaders. Emanon and Sorosis clubs gathered, the American Legion auxiliary served refreshments. guests included county chair Etta Doss and attendees from Van Horne. other gatherings featured the Contract bridge club and Caleth Delphian chapter with hostesses named.
Martin. Mrs. Don Newland was reader. The Turn About bridge club met Thursday with Mrs. J. C. Rogers and the Past Chiefs club with Gretchen V. Beyer. The New Deal Card club will meet Wednesday with Mrs. O. H. Mc Grew. Sadie England was host ess to the Happy Hour club Friday and that evening the Pythian Sisters Belle Plaine Temple No. 19 held initiatory work. Announcement is made of the marriage of Gladys A. Kalina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kalina, farmers near Irving, and Kenneth Jurgens, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jurgens, farmers near Van Horne, at St. Michael's Catholic church Monday. The Rev. Ed Flynn officiated. Attendants were Dorothy Kalina, sister of the bride, and Otto Jurgens, brother of the bridegroom.
Webster M E Ladies Aid met with Mrs Herbert Plank on Wednesday with Mrs Lorin Sorden and Mrs Will Montz assisting. New member Mrs Dorothy Miller welcomed. W C T U hosted by Mrs Zelma Morgan on Tuesday. Visitor Mrs James Driscol of Williamsburg attended. True Blue club hosted by Mrs Everett Bower Wednesday. Webster Consolidated School to stage the operetta Love Pirates of Hawaii at the school auditorium Thursday and Friday nights directed by Mrs Moris Johnson.
Mrs Effie Kennedy entertained the adult Bible Sunday school class in Whittier with members L C Adams Mr and Mrs Will Martin Mr and Mrs Will Findall Addie Kinkead Dr Ross Mr and Mrs Dan Morris Mr and Mrs Harley Coppock and Mr and Mrs Ern Carnahan attending. Ladies Aid met Thursday at the club room with Mrs Taylor and Mrs Lassen as hostesses.
Van Horne Evangelical missionaries met at the church Thursday with hostesses Mrs. E J Fry Mrs. Harold Rieke and Mrs. Helen Woltersdorf. The St Andrews Lutheran Missionary Society also met there with hostess Mrs E V W Kerkman. Walther League gathered Tuesday with Laurence Stueck serving refreshments. The Loyal Woman's Sunday School class met Friday at Mrs. Oscar Reinhardt's home. Mrs E C Cornelius will host Wednesday Kensington for the Pythian Sisters. Ladies Aid of St Andrews will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Maria Karg's home.
Community figures hosted bridge parties and farewell events as families moved away. Honor guests included the Elson and Bull families, the Johnson and Evans households, and local farmers like Jake Lieb. Club meetings featured the Five Hundred, Happy Birthday, and Happy Twenty groups with various local hosts and guests in Cedar Rapids and surroundings.
Mechanicsville Priscillas met with Miss Berdena Frazee on Tuesday with Mrs. Harold Batchelor assisting. Self Culture club gathered at Mrs. Charles Hatcher’s home on Monday with talks by Mrs. A R Kindred and Miss Emma Dorman. A card party in the Legion rooms Thursday hosted by Mrs. Clayton Kline and Mrs Hurley Scott saw Mrs. Elizabeth Dennis and Clayton Kline win honors in five hundred bids merits.
DeWald and Harold Gibeaut led in bridge with high scores as Royal Neighbors hosted a hall card party on Monday. Mrs. J. S. Cook and Leon Ralston won bridge prizes while Mary Jane Kohl and Fred Yule took high honors in five hundred.
World day of prayer observed by Evangelical and Methodist churches in a joint service at the Dysart Methodist church. Miss Elda Jessen, Lutheran Sunday school teacher, was honored with a bridal shower at the parsonage. Announcement of Edwin Byam's marriage to Miss Mary Mansfield of Waterloo set for December 17 in Manchester. Fred Matthisen and Frances Novotny wed in Clutier, with plans to live on a Dysart area farm. An O ES school of instruction for the Dysart chapter will be held March 19 at 1 pm, followed by a 6:30 dinner hosted by Methodist church ladies.
Center Junction hosts include Presbyterian Ladies Working band gathering with Mrs Augusta Norris and guests Mrs J A Mac Donald Mrs Guy McDonald Mrs John Carson Mrs Eva Hanken and Mrs Belle Dodson. Young People from local churches hold basement Methodist party. Women’s club meets at Mrs Prahm home with Ed Duncan presiding. Music committee named with Mrs J N Smith Jean Downing and Mrs S G Thompson.
The Stanwood Woman's club held its annual banquet at Hobstetter tea room in Tipton with Sperino Cosmos of Tipton giving the address. Mrs. Gene Butcher hosted a nine birthday for daughter Mary Louise on Monday. The club also met at Mrs. Loran Hart's home with Mrs. Harry Smith and Mrs. Charles Moyman leading the program.
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