Mothers Club of Alpha Xi Delta Hosts Fourth Dinner
The Mothers' club of Alpha Xi Delta at Alpha Gamma chapter hosted its fourth annual dinner for actives pledges and alumnae at the Elks club. Themed Light, table decor used sorority colors blue and gold with spring flowers and candelabra centerpiece. Toasts by Mrs. Carl Stookey and remarks by Marilyn Chyle and Adelaide Perkins opened a program of songs dances and presentations. Notable guests included Panhellenic adviser Miss Alice Page and numerous alumnae from Sigma and Mu chapters and University of Iowa and Minnesota representatives. The event concluded with the group singing Remember.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Elks Club
Maribelle Jacobson
Carl Stookey
Marilyn Chyle
Adelaide Perkins
Doris Garner
W E. Lichtenstein
Ben H. Peterson
Owen T Barry
George Laird
Frank C. Welch
Earle G Nichols
E. Coquillette
Charles S. Krause
James Olney
WE Lamey
Betty Pritchett
Florence Phoenix
Betty Jane Nelson
Edna Dieman
Joan Latiner
Patricia Naufman
Joan McGinnis
Alice Ruth Mikas
Polly Green
Alyce Mary Chadima
Patricia Schaber
Jane Westphal
Gloria Lehti
Sheryl Chehak
Eulalia Hauser
Ruth Esther Morgan
Alice E Page
Coe College
J. G. Gill
Strawberry Point
Kellogg
Anamosa
Hushaw
Clear Lake
Jacobson
Des Moines
Preston
Oelwein
RJ. Huie
Sioux City
J. Carson
Winterset
Anna Mae Messa
Sigma Chapter
University of Iowa
Frances Mkubias
University of Minnesota
Ernest Helfens
PEO Chapter DK Installs New Officers At Meeting
Thirty nine members attended a Monday evening meeting held at 2018 Fifth Avenue SE the home of Mrs Charles T Hickok. New officers were installed and guests included Mrs R D Gray Mrs Gertrude Coarkendall Mrs M E Carter and Mrs J F Ball of TH and Mrs A W Meyer of FO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T Hickok
Fifth Avenue SE
R. D Gray
Gertrude Coarkendall
M E. Carter
J. F Ball
A. W. Meyer
Cedar Rapids Country Club Bridge Luncheon Draws 24
Twenty four members attended the regular Monday bridge luncheon at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Six tables were arranged in the lounge for afternoon play.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
Margaret Crawford arrives in Cedar Rapids as guest of Crawford family
Miss Margaret Crawford of New York City arrived in Cedar Rapids late Sunday to spend two months as the guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jennings Crawford, 527 Vernon Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Crawford
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Jennings Crawford
Vernon Drive
Mr and Mrs O Meara Visit Akron Kin
Mr and Mrs H D O Meara of Bever avenue SE returned from a week in Akron Ohio where they visited their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Benjamin M Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. O'Meara
Bever Avenue SE
Akron
Ohio
Benjamin M. Stephens
Shower honors two brides elects in two towns
Miss Mabel Blomker hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Ethel Martin bride elect of Edgar Bumpas of Windsor Missouri with out of town guests and local helpers. Another shower honored Miss Maud Hollenbeck bride elect of Harry Pickerill of Marion with hostesses and bingo prizes awarded to Mrs Kapple and Mrs Penrod.
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Mabel Blomker
First Avenue E
Ethel Martin
Edgar Bumpas
Windsor
Ota Taylor
Anita Mills
Naomi Lubiens
Rose Sperring
Emma Lu Mitchell
Rachel Finson
Alice Lubiens
E. D. Hardwick
Flossie Taylor
Maron
Louise Schepker
Stella Taylor
Manchester
Asunda Castagna
Milwaukee
L. H Crow
Sixth Street
Maud Hollenbeck
Harry Pickerill
Marion
Genevieve Beeman
G. E. Kapple
L. O. Kizer
Kapple
Rs. Penrod
Bride-Elect Esther Brady Honored at Brown Apartments
Loretta and Josephine Howe hosted a Sunday evening event for bride-elect Esther Brady of Anamosa at Brown apartments. Bridge prizes went to Mary Adrian Brady and Kathryn Brush, with kitchen gifts for the honoree. Attendees included Mrs. Dan Brady, Mrs. Benjamin Broghammer, Mrs. Milton Cheshire, and several Brady siblings and friends. Chi Omega Mothers' club meets Thursday at 1 p.m. for luncheon in the chapter rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta
Josephine Howe
Brown Apartments
Esther Brady
Anamosa
Mary Adrian Brady
Kathryn Brush
Dan Brady
Benjamin Broghammer
Milton Chesire
Rita McLaughlin
Imogene Brady
Genevieve Brady
Bernice Dunn
Kathryn Brady
Chi Omega Mothers’ Club
First Avenue E
Chapter Hwa appoints committees for year
Members of Chapter Hwapoints for the year met at the home of Mrs. Leon A. Meyer 2592 Second Avenue SE to appoint committees. The program, social, EF O project, court, notification, finance and auditing, PFC council, historian, pianist, and chorister roles were assigned. The group discussed Modern Art and Architecture featuring Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Fletcher Martin, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Guests included Mrs. Amnie Franken and Miss Katherine Franken, Mrs Grace Nelson, Mrs Bess Crone, and Miss Marnie Smock from nearby towns Keota
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PFO
Leon A. Meyer
Second Avenue SE
Everett Pratt
Robert J. Stonebraker
G M Wodtke
G L
Krabbenhoff
George Hearn
D M Hall
S. L. Duncan
Arthur J. Augustine
Bruce West
F C Waples
Russell Knapp
George Starr
Roy E Curray
Bailey
M S Hallman
E C. Pratt
Verne Lehman
R W
Manatt
H C Burleson
PFC Council
Joseph Stenner
QO W Lawrence
Historan
Pearl Taylor
Robert C
Grace Nelson
Burlington
Bess Crone
Marnie Smock
Keota
Mrs G A Kay Honored at Dallas Tea by Mrs Carl Linge
Complimentary tea for Mrs G A Kay of Dallas Texas, a former Cedar Rapids resident, hosted by Mrs Carl K Linge at 315 Twenty third Street Drive SE on Tuesday afternoon. About sixty guests attended between 3 and 5 oclock. Mrs Kay plans to tour friends in the city and stay a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G A Kay
Dallas
Tex
Cedar Rapids
Carl K. Linge
Twenty-third Street
Kay
Mrs Dawson Grim Hosts PEO Chapter Program on Architecture
Mrs Dawson E Grim entertained 18 members of chapter IF PEO at 2081 Tannhoulevard SE Monday afternoon. Mrs W D Ralston and Mrs Wallace G Basen presented a program on fame Architecture and Decorative Interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson E Grim
Tann Houlevard SE
Chapter
IF. Peo
W D Ralston
Wallace G Basen
Fame
Queen Esther circle luncheon hosted at Mrs Chehak home
Members of the Queen Esther circle of the King's Daughters and their guests gathered Thursday for a luncheon at Mrs L F E Chehak's home on Twenty sixth Street SE. Attendees included Mrs L A Lower, Mrs Hl Ey Haegg, Mrs R Karlan, Mrs D Miller, and Mrs R K Stoddard. A. Einen presided, F L Shramek led devotions, and Haegg reported on Ottumwa convention and the county union meeting. The circle voted five dollars for a needy family and five dollars for dental work at Oakdale sanatorium. The afternoon included sewing for the Red Cross under Fr. Lightner's supervision.
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Queen Esther
King’s Daughters
L FE
Chehak
Twenty-sixth Street
L. A Lower
Hl EY Haegg
R. Karlan
D. Miller
R. K. Stoddard
A. Einen
F. L. Shramek
Haegg
Ottumwa
County Union
Oakdale Sanatorium
The
Red Cross
Fr. Lightner
Mrs Brejcha Returns From Ten Day Hattiesburg Visit
Mrs Frank J Brejcha of 2021 D street SW returned Saturday after a ten day visit in Hattiesburg Mississippi where she accompanied Mrs Arthur E Sulek and her son Dennis of Cedar Rapids The Suleks joined Lieut Sulek in the medical corps at Camp Shelby En route home Mrs Brejcha spent a day in Chicago with Miss Alberta Patton formerly of Cedar Rapids.
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Frank J Brejcha
D Street
Hattiesburg
Miss
Arthur E Sulek
Dennis
Cedar Rapids
Suleks
Lieut
Sulek
Camp Shelby
Bre- Jcha
Chicago
Alberta Patton
Ferguson Family Visits in Mason Home Event
Dr and Mrs Leo B Ferguson and their five children along with Mrs Bertie Williams mother of Mrs Ferguson all of Waterloo spent Sunday at the Thomas A Mason home located at 828 Eighth avenue SE.
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Leo B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Bertie Williams
Waterloo
Thomas A Mason
Eighth Avenue SE
Recent Bride Cathryn Hanson Weds Ray Hayward in St Patrick’s Church
Miss Cathryn Hanson married Ray E. Hayward at 7 30 pm Saturday in St Patrick's rectory with sister Mrs Frank Elias as bridesmaid and Elias as best man. Hayward, employed at Town Manufacturing, will reside at 1321 A Avenue NE. Mrs Hayward was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by her mother and sister with fifty five relatives and friends.
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Hl. E Hanson
Twelfth Street
Cathryn Hanson
Ray E. Hayward
J A. Hayward
Fifth Street
D J Lenihan
St Patrick's Church
Frank Elias
Elias
Hayward
Town Manufacturing Company
Yesslers Return from California Vacation
Returning Monday evening were Mr and Mrs W E Yessler of 693 Third Avenue SW after two months in California. They visited Boulder Dam Death Valley and the Grand Canyon during the trip.
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W E Yessler
Third Avenue
California
Boulder Dam
Death Valley
Grand Canyon
Mrs Merlin Morrs Visits Green ville Share Greet With Focht
Mrs Merlin E Morrs of Greenville Texas has arrived in the city for a visit with her mother Mrs Z K Focht at 315 Eighteenth Street SE. She plans to stay for several days and enjoy local sights with family.
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Merlin E Morrs
Greenville, Tex
The
City
Z K Focht
Eighteenth Street
Sigma Chapter Meets at Montrose Hotel Wednesday
Beta Sigma Phi sorority Sigma chapter will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Montrose hotel to discuss activities and upcoming events with members invited to attend.
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Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Montrose Hotel
Credit Men Forecast Stricter Credit Ties And Shorter Installments
Cedar Rapids Retail Credit association members gathered at the Roosevelt hotel to hear reports from delegates to a district credit men convention. National officers urged closer supervision to curb overexpansion while installment plans faced 18 to 24 month limits and higher down payments, with a minimum of one third of price.
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Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Credit
Sioux City
Manitoba
Pakata
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
William A Koster
Newman's
Enlisted listeners urged to aid troubled women and friends
Gazette Special Writ urges women to listen rather than fix or cheer up those who are bereaved or jobless. Lady Reading of London recruits listeners to let bombed area survivors speak, arguing listening calms nerves and supports national defense. Avoid giving unsolicited advice or repeating heard lessons.
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America
Lady Reading
London
Britain
Victory in Libya claimed by Reich in western desert advance
The United Press reports Berlin announced the recapture of El Agheila 150 miles south and west of Benghazi signaling a high tide in the British western desert sweep. London admits German concentrations in Tripolitania are now strong, with troops flown from Italy and Sicily to Libya by night.
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Berlin
el Agheila
Benghazi
London
Tripolitania
Italy
Sicily
Libya
Archibald Wavell
Western Desert
Greece
North
Africa
Hitler
Spain
Gibraltar
Channel
Britain
Eastern
Mediterranean
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Accidents
Community notices report Mizpah and Fn A M gatherings at Imperial lodges and the Cedar Rapids Navy club meeting at Montrose hotel. Incidents include Thompson with a fractured collarbone and 3-year-old Jerry Kust recovering from pneumonia at St Luke's hospital. Additional items note a One Day Institute of Christian Education event and a Dairy Dale Community church anniversary service with a concert by Frank Voelker and a sermon by Rev L E Wardle.
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Jerry Kust
Joseph Kust
Linn Boulevard
St Lukes Hospital
Dairy Dale
Frank Voelker
L. E Wardle
Detectives arrest Dalton Hansen on larceny charge
Detectives John Hanna and George Connell arrested Dalton Hansen, 26, of 515 Fifth avenue SE on a warrant issued by Justice H R Churchill. Hansen is charged with larceny for allegedly stealing $12 from the purse of Mrs. Jim Caulfield, 1506 Fifth avenue SE, in the evening.
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John Hanna
George Connell
Dalton Hansen
Fifth Avenue SE
H R. Churchill
Hansen
Jim Caulfield
Northeastern Iowa checker championship tie at Cedar Falls
In Cedar Falls the northeast Iowa checker championship produced a first place tie between Hansen and Cihak after a long night, with 22 entrants including Harry Page and Dr Huntington tying for second. Cedar Rapids entrants listed include Percy Woolwine Logan Stingley and Ralph Kennedy.
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Robert Kennedy
Ralph Kennedy
First Avenue E
L. Cihak
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Harry Page
Waverly
Dr. Huntington
Kennison
Cedar Rapids
Percy Woolwine
Logan Stingley
Ralph Kennedys
Earl Browder Begins Prison Term for Passport Fraud
Earl Browder former general secretary of the Communist Party surrendered in federal court to begin a four year prison term for passport fraud. He faces the sentence as a key figure in the party whose activities drew government scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Browder
New York
Communist Party
House To Consider Censorship Fund
Washington delegates debated a bill to authorize a 1.5 million dollar annual appropriation for the office of government reports and to place it on a permanent basis amid fears of censorship raised by Republicans.
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Washington
INS
Othe House
Tuesdas
Office of Government Reports
Boost in Parity Rates To 85 Percent For Corn
Washington Senate agriculture committee unanimously backs a bill to raise parity prices on tobacco cotton rice and wheat to 100 percent and corn to 85 percent, aiming to lift producer income by about 800 million to 1 billion annually. Senator John H Bankhead of Alabama sponsors, tying parity to farm program cooperation. The plan, to be debated next week, would raise federal loan rates to achieve full parity minus conservation payments, with effects varying by commodity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
John H Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
Bankheads
Senate
Farm price plans and marketing controls spark Farm Act vote
The article reports on proposed government pricing for cotton and corn with a 30 cent per pound target, a 1050 bushel corn price and 12 cent per bushel oats, plus penalties for marketing deviations. It notes F D R refused support for Bankhead plan, Wickard and Ag Dept likewise declined, while Senate committee recommended farm act revisions to apply marketing controls on corn and wheat, with farmer votes possible this year on two option periods.
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Roosevelt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
British Battleship Hit in Mediterranean, Germans Claim
German broadcast claims a British battleship was hit in the Mediterranean southwest of Crete. The report, issued Tuesday, cites German air raid units stating a successful strike and details about the presumed sizing of a compass circle unrelated to the action.
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Med Tenanean
Geensland
Crete
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Mothers’ Club of
Alpha Xi Delta
Country Club
H. D. O'Mearas
Mrs. Crow
Miss Brady
CHI Omega Mothers
G. A Kay
Carl Linge
Mrs. Dawson Grem
W. E. Yesslers Nome
Merlin E
Morris
Mrs. Focht
Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association
Ruth Millett
Gazette Special Writ
Reich
United Press
City Briefs
the Gazette
Norden Kensington
Frida
Carl Ahlgren
Tenth Street
Mizpah Indee
Masonic Hall
Order
Fidelity
Wall
Ini OO
First Avenue
Jasenites
M MM Thompson
St Luke's Hospital
Navy Club
Navy
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Kenneth Miller
Tama
One Day Institute of Christian Education
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Don Caldwell
J. T Caldwell
Twenty-seventh Street
Arthur School
Mercy Hospital
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Optical Service
Leonard T. Arduser
C. Chambers Inskeep Optical Co
Third Street
Harry F. Tisher
Allison Dutch Room
Churchill Tuesday Hansen
House
lInan
Ooan
Titan
D.R
Bill
Fee
Sears Apo
New
East
EA Dri
MPS
Nebea Rected Infants’ Dept
Trentwood Jr
Lengies
Ed Ota
Roe Dent
Sport Oxfords
Others
Shoe Dept
Wweis A
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