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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1938
Page
4
Mrs. H C Houghton Jr of Red Oak urged Cedar Rapids women to unite in nation building through home life education and community service. She outlined four home duties and warned against monotony while stressing American heritage and peacetime strong home fronts.
Chapter TI of P E O met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs W H Bailey for a dessert luncheon. Miss Evelyn Northcott assisted as hostess and a program reviewing Midnight on the Desert by Priestley was presented by Mrs E W Spence.
Mr and Mrs Albert Kieck of Springfield Nebraska are guests in the home of Dr E G Kieck and Mrs Kieck at 22 Blake terrace SE in compliment to Mrs Albert Kieck. Members of a bridge club met at Mrs Wurster's tea room Tuesday for luncheon and bridge with hostesses Mrs Walter F Nesper and Mrs Sid C Stemlar.
Mrs. Guy Hillier will lead a discussion of The Citadel by A. J. Cronin at the YWCA book review group meeting. The session is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the association parlors and is open to all interested attendees.
Miss Margaret Krebs, set to wed Robert C. Bourke of Savannah Georgia on April 23, was feted at a pre nuptial bridge party hosted by Mrs Thompson and Mrs Charles E Severn at 1507 Bever avenue SE, Columbus. Guests included Miss Mary Jane McBaith Miss Marion Hepner Miss Beth Hubbard and others.
Mrs Hladky and Miss Anne Miller plan a Miami Beach trip in Florida for the winter. They will be guests of Mr and Mrs John L Miller in Cedar Rapids and return home in May with Mrs Hladky’s son John accompanying them.
Unaffiliated members who attend AAUW study groups year round are invited to the annual guest night program Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. Dr Wayne J. Foster will speak on Recent Discoveries in the Field of Medicine.
Mr and Mrs John M Grimm hosted a Monday dinner at 852 Fourth Avenue SE entertaining Judge and Mrs Harold D Evans of Iowa City. Twelve guests were seated for the occasion.
Mothers of Towanka and Nina Chinka Camp Fire groups sponsor a benefit bridge party Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Glow room of Cedar Rapids Gas Co. Reservations with Mrs. A Mason at 3-1891 or Mrs. Anton Mrkvicka at 2-4487.
Mrs Mae Riedel hosted a birthday party at 788 Twelfth street NF honoring her daughter Beverly Ann. Guests included Mrs Harold Wood of Marion and her son Johnny Mrs Charles Michalek and daughter Carol Sue and Mrs Louis Thenhaus with sons Duane and Ronald.
Helen Eastman of New York City guest of the local Junior League will speak at a general meeting Friday at 2 p.m. in the Montrose hotel. She has held interviews with social welfare heads and Linn County Medical Society members to advise on community service training.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cameron of 1900 Second Avenue SE came back Monday evening from a several weeks stay in Miami Beach Florida. Their trip began January 5 with a route through Hot Springs New Orleans Biloxi and St. Petersburg.
Dr and Mrs. Howard L. Van Winkle of 1831 Ridgewood Terrace SE have returned from a motor trip through the south. They visited Vicksburg Nashville New Orleans and the Teche country during the journey.
Mr and Mrs L A Lowers of 1611 Green Avenue NE and Mr C A Lowers returned after five weeks in Florida. They spent five weeks at Daytona Beach then motor toured the state visiting Tampa and West Coast cities, Miami Beach and the Keys, with a stop in New Orleans en route home.
A Czech Fine Arts program is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel. Members of Lodge 262 Z C B J and the Junior American Czechs CSA will perform, and all friends and members are invited to attend.
Mrs Oliver Longueville will host a regular duplicate contract bridge tournament at 2035 Blake Boulevard SE on Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. Players from the area are invited to participate in this community event at her residence.
The Coe college Y W C A advisory board will host a dinner in the Roosevelt hotel Jefferson room to honor newly elected officers and first cabinet members. Spring flowers decorate the table and Mrs. Robert C. Armstrong will show Mexico trip moving pictures.
Alumni members of the Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity at Coe College will meet Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the Montrose hotel Stables room for a dinner followed by a short business meeting.
Mrs. Joseph W. Carberry entertained the Margaret Bot tome circle of the King's Daughters at a dessert luncheon. Devotions were led by Mrs. Carberry, readings were given from Papini Life of Christ and Silver Cross. The circle voted to send a girl to the King's Daughters camp for one week.
The Junior Falcons welcomed new members Merry May Arthur Bezdek Ruth Harrison Edwin Stephens Betty Jo Stephens Mayne Swatosh and Dorothy Navrail at a Saturday event. A business meeting approved sponsoring a dance at Sokol Hall on April 30 with refreshments games and dancing. The gathering ended with a mock trial.
Eight charter members of the Hesperian club living in Cedar Rapids were feted at a Monday dinner at the Commonwealth tea room celebrating the organization’s fortieth anniversary. Miss Jennie Post, club president this year and former president in 1899, led the program with readings by Mrs. Maisie Barr Reeves and a welcoming poem by Elizabeth Stuart.
Two hundred attendees joined the Jewish Ladies Aid society for a Purim bridge party at the Montrose hotel. Morris and Irene Estes led a program with Bernard Kozberg and dancers from Edna K. Dieman's studio.
Sunday visitors at the C J Paulsen home 927 Ninth Street SW included Mr and Mrs F L King of Shellsburg with children Mary Lee and LaVerne Mr and Mrs J W King and their children John Jr and Jeneane Mr and Mrs Harlan Davis and Mr and Mrs Charles King with daughter Elizabeth Ann all welcome company during the day
The Service club of the Community House will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m Hostesses are Mrs Roger Peterson Mrs Pearl Brown Mrs Helen Klingler and Mrs Nettie Foster
Miss Mary Louise Powell who married Tyge Rothe of Chicago this spring was honored Thursday evening at a dinner party and towel shower hosted by Mrs. Victor C. Hill and Miss Arline Childs at 1009 A avenue NE. Eight guests attended as pink and white decor and a bridal cake with a miniature couple served as the centerpiece. Guests hemmed tea towels and presented a pink and white umbrella as a gift to the bride-elect.
Examinations for prospective Mozart club members will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel, preceding the general meeting. Teachers should notify Miss Grace Listebarger at 2 1338 about pupils planning to take the test.
Entazhonta Camp Fire group gathered Monday evening at 1019 Ninth Street NW for a party hosted by Betty Sheets. Refreshments were served and games played. attendees included guardian Mrs Milo Lavell, Ruth Hayward, Mary Henningsen, Helen Waite, Doris Canterbury and Arlene Thomas.
Washington reports indicate the rivers and harbors subcommittee will back a $30 million national program for next year. The upper Mississippi would receive little, with $8 million needed to continue projects already begun. Overall funding has dropped from $90 million to $30 million, risking delayed navigation work.
Mrs Engelbert Dollfuss widow of the Austrian chancellor assassinated in 1934 arrived with her two sons in Brünnen Switzerland from Italy. She plans to place the boys in school and likely stay in Switzerland for an indefinite period.
William A. Koster outlined credit control and clear terms at Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association dinner. Speakers included Lee Murray Ned Porter Raymond Kohn Ida Boetcher Richard Miller Carlos Miller and William Minick. Porter noted calls for suggestive selling and debates on long term credit for soft goods and government driven limits on hard goods. R. E. Walker said speakers highlighted growing responsibility of credit men and rising duties on advisory and board roles.
Willard Street Center Point was elected president of the Linn County Postmasters association at the first 1938 meeting held Monday night in the Cedar Rapids post office basement. Mrs Ruby Lees Alburnett was named secretary treasurer. The group discussed the national Air Mail Week campaign may 15 to 21 and the push for fourth class postmasters to be salary based rather than commission based on mail volume.
In France there is one airplane for every 15 500 inhabitants one motor car for every 16 and one bicycle for every five, illustrating the spread of aviation private road transport and cycling in the population.
The women’s auxiliary of United Packing House Workers L I U No 51 held a monthly birthday party at the union office 1434 Third Street SE. Christy Kalous Dorothy Martin and Bessie Svoboda organized refreshments. A business meeting is set for the first Monday in April at 730 p.m. All wives of junior members are invited.
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