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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1939

Page

7

Minnesota Coed Fashion And Campus Traditions Quiz

A university journalism major from Decorah describes Minnesota attire and coiffure trends and explains freshmen orientation, campus traditions like the torch ceremony and Snow Week, and social life with parties, performances, and dates in Minneapolis and St Paul. The student notes peers, instructors, and a Varsity Show appearance with Gene Krupa.

St. Paul Minneapolis Gene Krupa Pi Beta Phi

Roommate Riddles and Seasonal Gear for Students

A light column lists campus comforts and routines. It notes a dependable roommate, ready meals for late nights, and gear for winter and spring activities. It also highlights notable guests Jean Piccard and Patty Berg, plus campus events and student organizations.

Minnesota Jean Piccard Engineering Patty Berg

Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club Meeting Scheduled

The Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club will meet with Mrs J L Coon at 1722 Bever Avenue SE Thursday at 1 p.m. for luncheon with hostesses G L Erwin R M Merriam O P Myers J M Shields and G W Bryant assisting. Jane Ellen Vos hosted a theater party for her thirteenth birthday with guests Patricia Wilson Mary Holmes Zara Ann Danner Mildred Davis Helen Miller Dori Bruce Jean Hofford Mary Ann Nolan Mary Jean Engler and Phyllis Schnoebelen. The Cedar Rapids Friendly Club will dance Monday night at the YWCA auditorium with card games available. The Industrial Girls League will host a benefit dance at the YWCA Thursday night inviting club members.

Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club J. L. Coon Bever Avenue SE G. L. Erwin R. M. Merriam O. P. Myers J. M. Shields G. W. Bryant Jane Ellen Vos Avenue NE Patricia Wilson Mary Holmes Zara Ann Danner Mildred Davis Helen Miller Doris Bruce Jean Hofford Mary Ann Nolan Mary Jean Engler Phyllis Schnoebelen Cedar Rapids Industrial Girls’ League

Home Lodge Hosts Linn Jones Rebekah Convention

Home Lodge No. 79 of Rebekahs will host the Linn Jones convention in the I O O F hall at 109 Second Avenue SE on Monday March 27. Morning sessions begin at 9 30 with reports and officer presentations, followed by luncheon for visitors and local officers, then lodge work exemplifications and officer elections. Initiation and degree work after a 6 p m dinner, then a program and refreshments to close.

Rebekahs Rebekah Linn- Jones Second Avenue SE Rebekah Norvella Ellis Leata Kraut Maud Alice Havorka Hattie Gitt Gertrude Jackman Verbena Gosnell Verna Baker Lafie Henderson Alice Alexander Anna Volz Janie Fee Hattie DeNio Loretta Patterman Pearl Wertz Elsie Henry Rose Stoddard Bertha DeMers Margaret Melsh Elizabeth Whipple Lia Scudder Mary Melichar Stella Sheriff Alice Fisher Viola Kucera Mamie Mather Hazel Babcock Josephine Shultz

Government Operations Group Meeting of Voter League

The Government Operations Group of the Voter League will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Montrose hotel. They will study the Constitution and state and national legislative measures, and review Know Your Town a national league booklet on history population industry and workers welfare education health recreation courts and juries streets transportation housing living costs and local government. Education in Cedar Rapids will be discussed under department chairman Mrs J W Barnett.

League of Women Voters Montrose Hotel National League Cedar Rapids J. W. Barnett

English Lutheran Church Circle Meeting Observed

Circle No. 1 of the English Lutheran church met Friday at Mrs. George Palmer's home 1917 B avenue NE with 31 present. Prizes went to Mrs. Raymond Everhart for most guests and to Mrs. Henry Scherer for free hand sketching. The program featured selections by Mrs. E A Spraker, a reading by Mrs. Palmer, and Miss Ida McQuin’s NY experiences, followed by tea. Assistants were Mrs. Byron A. Anderson and Mrs. Theodore F. Suchomel.

Circle No First Lutheran Church George Palmer B Avenue NE Raymond Everhart Henry Scherer E. A. Spraker J. W. Afflerbaugh Palmer New York Ida McQuin Byron A. Anderson Theodore F. Suchomel

Evelyne Havlik Weds Norman Karasson in Beverly Hills

Evelyne Anne Havlik daughter of Mr and Mrs W Havlik of Cedar Rapids married Norman Steed Karasson in Beverly Hills March 2 at Beverly Vista church. The couple, attended by Mr and Mrs Edmund Krier, reported a reception at the Beverly-Wilshire and a brief trip to San Francisco. They will live at 901 South Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles.

Evelyne Anne _ Havlik W. Havlik Twentieth Street Norman Steed Karasson Beverly Hills Calif Beverly Vista Church J. K. Stewart Edmund P. Krier Los Angeles Krier Grace Randa Cedar Rapids Valley Gardenias Florentine Beverly-Wilshire Hotel Karasson San Francisco South Ardmore

Mary Steele Society Installs Offcers At Olivet Church

The Mary Steele society of Olivet Presbyterian will install new officers Tuesday at 206 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE, led by Mrs. Jewell Finch as president and Mrs. Bernita Donnan in multiple roles. Mrs. John Buchan will conduct the installation service with devotionals by Mrs. Lucille Martin and reviews by Mrs. Inez Lawrence and Mrs. Jewell Finch.

Mary Steele Society the Olivet Presbyterian Church Ruby Smith Twenty-sixth Street Jewell Finch Bernita Donnan Gertrude Kettler Emily Warner John Buchan Lucille Martin Inez Lawrence Japan America Clarice Hillbruner

Hearing Society Plans Varied Activities for Members

The Society for the Hard of Hearing announces a picnic supper at 6 p.m. Saturday in the club rooms and a lip reading class at 7:30 p.m. in room 203 of the O R building. Enrollment is rising for Beginners lip reading on March 22 26 27 29. instructor is Mrs Hortense B Gray with Nitchie School training.

Society For the Hard of Hearing O. R Hortense B. Gray Nitchie School of Lip Reading New York City Afair

Agnes Hermanek and Mary Agnes Tinnell Visit Iowa State

Miss Agnes Hermanek and her roommate Miss Mary Agnes Tinnell of Black Hills South Dakota visit at Iowa State College spending the weekend with Miss Hermanek and her parents Mr and Mrs C J Hermanek of 159 Thirty first Street NE.

Agnes Hermanek Iowa State College Mary Agnes Tinnell Black Hills S. D Miss Hermanek Rs. C. J. Hermanek Thirty-first Street

Suburban Co-Workers Hold Birthday Luncheon

The Suburban Co-Workers meet Thursday at 12 30 p m at the home of Mrs Carl Krebs Rockford Road SW for the annual birthday luncheon. Members are asked to bring picnic requirements.

Carl Krebs Rockford Road

Little Dramas Of The Kitchen

A humorous exchange about kitchen habits and food storage. A neighbor questions can safety with canned goods while the narrator defends tin cans and refrigeration. Discussion shifts to pie dough preservation and pastry by products like jelly tarts and cheese straws, ending with a light note on family kitchen habits.

Mrs. Newlywed

Winter Temple Honors District Deputy Doroty Johnson

Winter temple No. 78 Pythian Sisters held a Friday session at K P hall with a noon lunch in honor of district deputy grand chief Dorothy Jackson. Edith Fullerton led the school of instruction and Beatrice Redies presided at the evening meeting and initiation. D D G C Dorothy Johnson received a bouquet and a gift from Winter temple as regional honors were given to visiting dignitaries. Refreshments followed in St Patrick day colors.

Winter Temple No K. P. Hall Dorothy Jackson Winter Temple Edith Fullerton Johnson Fleming's Tea Room van Horne Martelle Mount Vernon Bertha Buffington Cedar Rapids Effie Parsons Marion Dorothy Johnson Lillian Privett Charlotte Fair

Mrs Edwards Hosts D B S Club Meeting

Mrs Helen Edwards at 1409 H avenue NE hosted the D B S club on a Wednesday afternoon. Prizes in pinochle went to Evelyn Merveaux Mrs Maxine Gray and Mrs Doris Wertz. Other attendees included Mrs Mary Myers Mrs Ruth Coglan Mrs Dorothy Tinkham and Mrs Wilma Bishop.

Helen Edwards H Avenue D. B. S. Club Evelyn Merveaux Maxine Gray Doris Wertz Mary Myers Ruth Coglan Dorothy Tinkham Wilma Bishop

Oelwein Girl to Present Coe Concert Tuesday Evening

Darleen Pollock of Oelwein will perform the first senior music recital of Coe College’s spring season. The 8 15 p m program in Sinclair Memorial chapel features Beethoven Haydn Chopin and Scarlatti pieces as Pollock leads a student piano recital.

Oelwein Girl Coe Coe College Darleen Pollock Claude J. Pollock Oelwein T. M. Sinclair Miss Pollock Alma Turechek Delta Delta Delta Sorority Cedar Rapids Symphony

Tyler P T A to offer free six week cookery course

The Tyler P T A will sponsor a six week free cookery course at the Community House, starting this Wednesday. Miss Bernice Hopper will teach 2 to 4 pm sessions, with Mrs. E A Turner hosting Arenue circle Cedar chapter No 194 meeting Friday and Imogen Emery as guest speaker.

The Tyler P. T. A Tyler Bernice Hopper Community Nutrition Service Community House Arenue Circle of Cedar E. A. Turner Second Avenue SE C. B. Iosty 2. L. Yuill E. M. Soboda J. D. Stickley R. R. Mayberry F. D. Fillmore S. S. Snyder Ben Johnson Harold Scott Hubert Artis Imogen Emery

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University of Minnesota Gazette Iowa Barbara Bishop A. C. Bishop Decorah Bruce Sifford Photo Public Opinion of Pi Beta Phi Sorority Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club Meeting Jane Ellen Wos Linn-Jones Rebekah Voter League English Lutheran Church Circle Meeting Evelyne Havlik Hearing Society Mrs. Edwards McKabe Croquignole Paristyle Mn‘kabe Second Ave Second ST Scarlatti Jolly Sixteen E. P. Clement Fourth Avenue SE Mercy Auxiliary Mercy Hospital Cedar Circle Companions of the Forest I. O. O. F. Hall Vianna Dahn Helen Kunzman Maude Hovorka Anna Belehrad Julia Stefan Ida Feiereisen Nellie Cox Louise Morehouse Laura Strucken Jane Rawson Pearl Holcomb Emma Hooper Jeanette Mrs. Wolfe Shelusburg Aremue Circle Meeting Newman Newman's Peggy Jean Newman’s Cotton Shop Treo Helena Rubinstein’s Tezsman
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