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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1940

Page

9

Engagement Notice for Helen Larimer and Wendell Delzell

Invitations are being issued this weekend by Mr and Mrs Edwin Larimer for the marriage of their daughter Helen Louise to Wendell Martin Delzell son of Mr and Mrs Earl Delzell The ceremony is set for Saturday April 13 at 5 PM at the Larimer residence Cedar Rapids Country Club will host a dinner party afterward Matron of honor is sister Mrs Hudson Swiler of Burlington Best man will be Milford Delzell Attending today were a luncheon and handkerchief shower hosted by Mrs Robert Irons Jr for Miss Larimer and many guests.

Edwin Jones Larimer Fifth Avenue SE Helen Louise Wendell Martin Delzell Earl B. Delzell Grande Avenue SE Larimer Mr. Delzell Hudson Swiler Burlington Delzell Milford Delzel Cedar Rapids Country Club Robert KB Irons, Jr Edward F. Winslow Linden Drive Sfe Bridge Henry J Adams Cedric Hahn

Easter Bunny Greetings From Judith Ann Chapman

The piece notes Judith Ann Chapman daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Chapman celebrates her first Easter with a teddy bear skinning and a pink white and blue bunny theme. Judith arrived last April and has a growing bunny collection with the nickname Bunny.

Judith Ann Chapman Robert Chapman Twenty-third Street Drive Judith Ann Bunny

College set Meets At Parties

PRING VACATION disregards of weather means festivity for one group of young college women. They fill days with luncheons teas and drop in parties during their vacation afternoons. Mrs Jeanne Puckett hosted a tea for Miss Mary Flos Biarnstad of Minneapolis and other guests including Miss June Knotek and Evelyn Knowlton. A buffet dinner followed for members of the Wallflower club.

Jeanne Puckett Bertram P Puckets Avenue Mary Flose Biarnstad Menneapolis Miss Puckett Brernastad Sten Wiss Dennison Wo Denn Fourth Street Drive Wallflower

Easter Visitors From Cedar Rapids Tour Nearby Cities

Cedar Rapids residents mark an early Easter with weekend trips to Indiana Chicago Culver Military Academy and Des Moines area towns. Mrs Paul S Ray and daughter Susan visit Edinburg Indiana for parents fiftieth anniversary. Mr and Mrs Ray FE Choate visit Culver Indiana. others go to Chicago and Des Moines. Community notices include PE O Chapter GM meeting and a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs W B Ives.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Paul S Ray Blake Boulevard Susan Edinburg Ind A W. Lawin Ray Indiana A. B Johnson Yankton S. D Lawin Culver Ray FE. Choate John Culver Military Academy Choates Betsy Blaise Mary O'Meara Patricia Graves Haroll N. Graves Linden Drive Butler University

Miss Charlotte Pinney Returns From Visit To Cincinnati

Miss Charlotte Pinney 419 Indian Road SE returns this evening from Cincinnati after a week with her sister Mrs C Of Luberger Mrs Weberburger was a recent visitor to the Pinney home and Miss Pinney accompanied her to Cincinnati Dr and Mrs Frederick G Murray 1829 Bavenue NE have returned after a six weeks motor trip through the west visiting Dr Murray’s brothers and Mrs Murray at Santa Monica and Edward M Murray and Mrs Murray at Pasadena En route home they visited the Grand Canyon and other points of interest in the west Reviewers club meets Monday at 1 15 pm for a dessert luncheon at Mrs C Harve Geiger 502 Forest Drive SE Mrs W Craven Shuttleworth has the program reviewing Jay Sigmund s last bank of poems.

Charlotte Pinney Indian Road Cincinnat C OF Luberger Weutberger Vitor Vna Pinney Miss Pinney Cincinnati Frederick G Murray Reviewers’ Club

Miss Knox And Dr Bogaard To Be Honored

Complimentary 16 misses Edith Knox and Dr Kenneth Bogaard whose wedding is to be an event of April will be the buffet supper party out which Miss Nerice Knickerbocker of Fairfax and Miss Harriett Swain will entertain this evening at the Cedar Rapids Country club. Invited to share the courtesy will be Mr and Mrs Wallace N D Lyon. The party includes several local couples and friends from Davenport and Rock Island.

Mises Edith Knox Kenneth Bosnard Nernice Knickerbocker Fairfax Harriett Swain Third Avenue SK Cedar Rapids Country Club Wallace ND. Lyon J. W. van Nostrand Jr Charles M Daniel Davenport Sam Heigh Jerome Gearhart Virginia Knox Betty Petresles Ray Conley Charles S. Knox William Gray Don Sullyine

Whipple Frantz Engagement Announced for Late Summer

Mr and Mrs C W Whipple announce the engagement of their daughter Betty to J D Frantz son of Mr and Mrs J R Frantz of Wauwatosa Wisconsin The couple plan a late summer wedding Betty is a Washington High School Iowa State graduate and home economist for the Oklahoma National Gas Tulsa Frantz attended Iowa State and studies at the University of Oklahoma He is with Delta Tau Delta fraternity

C. W Whipple Meadowbrook Drive Betty J. D Frantz Wauwatosa Wis Miss Whipple Washington High School Iowa State College Pi Beta Phi Sorority Mortar Board National Honor Society Phi Upsilon Omicron National Home Economics Honorary Society Oklahoma National Gas Company Tulsa Frantz Towa State College University of Oklahoma At Norman Delta Tau Delta Fraternity

Mayflower Chapter DAR to Meet at Mrs Barrs Home

Mayflower chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Friday at 1 pm for luncheon at the home of Mrs Donald S Barrs, 1920 Fourth Avenue SE. Assisting hostesses include Mrs Elizabeth Cline and others. program covers reports on the state convention.

Mayflower Daughters of the American Revolution Donald S Barrs Fourth Avenue SE Elizabeth Cline Will M Lee Verne Tapper Ro Taylor Otto L. Szicar

Miss Wilcox To Leave After Visiting Here

Miss Elizabeth Wilcox daughter of Mrs Ida A Wilcox 1400 Second Avenue SE leaves today for Ames where she studies at Iowa State College after a short vacation with her mother. Mr and Mrs George Kosch of Hawthorne Hill were guests last evening in Iowa City at a party given by Dr and Mrs H Clay Harshbarger honoring Dr and Mrs Roger Barker formerly of the University of Iowa faculty. Dr Barker has been teaching at Harvard University and with Mrs Barker is in Iowa City for a short visit.

Elizabeth Wilcox Ida A Wilcox Second Avenue SE Ames Iowa State College George Kosch Hawthorne Hill Carroll Drive Iowa City H. Clay Harshbarger Roger Barker University of Iown Barker Harvard University

Wednesday Shakespeare with Mrs Earl Bickel

The Wednesday Shakespeare club will meet at 2 15 p m at Mrs Earl A Bickel s home 2377 Blake boulevard SE The study for the afternoon is Act 4 King Henry VI Roll call will be answered by quotations from favorite characters

Shakespeare Club Earl A. Bickel Blake Boulevard

New Magazine Editor Albert McCleery Debuts

Albert McCleery, Cedar Rapids Community Players director in 1938, debuts as editor of a new magazine American Theater in its March issue. He has worked in New York and Hollywood, wrote West of Broadway for Stage Magazine, and directed plays at Fordham University. The issue covers theater, movies, radio, dance, TV, design, music, and theater news.

Albert McCleery Cedar Rapids Community Players Amercan Theater McCleery Cedar Rapids New York Hollywood Cecil deMille Fordham University New Franchot Tone Katharine Loacke Theater Guild Ernest Hemingway Grace Betty Field Lola Pratt Seventeen Fort Worth Texas Sannyve Sue Bailey Edi

Easter Dinner Parties Gather Families in Cedar Rapids

Families will host traditional Easter dinners across Cedar Rapids today as relatives attend at several homes. Mr and Mrs Don Barnes host at 308 Nassau Street SE with guests including Donald Barnes Mitchell Nan Barnes and Edwin Wadeworth and Ann. Dr Rothwell Proctor Richard Proctor and Mrs Charles Proctor join at the 2030 Grande Avenue SE home of Mr and Mrs Harry O Donnell. The Williams family at 2423 C Avenue NE hosts guests Charles Grambling Leonard Stark Theodore Stark and others.

Cedar Rapids Don Barnes Nassau Street Barnes Donald P Barnes Mitchell Nan Uarry G O'Donnell Michael Edwin H. Wadeworth Ann Glenn W Hopkins Grande Avenue Charles H. Proctor Rothwell D. Proctor Richard Proctor William G C Avenue NE Charles J Grambling Leonard E Stark Theodore Stark

Honorary Hosts for Cedar Rapids Country Club Dance

Honorary hosts and hostesses for the Cedar Rapids Country Club dance are listed by the social committee. The event, opening dinner dance April 0, marks the spring season, with Tack Vice Leans orchestra highlighted as a feature from Chicago venues. Additional cadets from Western Visitors Academy will attend, including Jack Albert, Arthur Bezdek, Robert Barta, and Bill Kirn, visiting Springfield and Alton for vacation.

Cedar Rapds Country Club Socal Tiasdaveren Jace Velean Bs Orchestra Reoil PO Bluse G. H Carnwell Vmre SE Caquilette Wmie Miebold Eugene M Pinnes Frederick S Glanville Mais Wallace D Lyan Chicago Western Visitors Academy Alton Jack Albert A T. Albert First Avenue Arthur Bezdek Wis Arthur A Bezdek Johnson Avenue Robert Barta Val M Barta Third Avenue

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