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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1955
Page
3
Coe College International Relations club hosts a tea at 4 15 p m in Voorhies hall little parlor to honor speakers for the fifth annual Cedar Rapids Council on World Questions parley. Howard A Cook of the state department, Quincy Wright of the University of Chicago, and William H Hessler of The Cincinnati Enquirer attend. Thomas Wilkinson heads the club with Gloria Caskey and Ann Peterson in charge.
Barbara Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett N Wood 1609 Wildwood drive NE is initiated into Mu Phi Epsilon national professional music sorority at Northwestern university She returned to Evanston Saturday after a week long vacation with her parents.
A ceremonial Monday evening was held at Patricia Lucas’s residence with Jo Ann Janda assisting. Mrs. Archie Thompson presented firemaker's heads to several individuals including Miss Lucas and Miss Janda. Mrs. Carl Buchner served as narrator and a talent program followed.
Lone Tree and Riverside residents witnessed the wedding of Lone Tree–Gauletta Skala to John H. Hartl on Saturday at 7:30 PM in the home of Tony Stransky in Riverside. Attendants included Stanley Keeler of Lone Tree. Mrs. Hartl wore a beige suit. Mrs. Keeler a black ensemble. Riverside-Earl Waldschmidt announces an upcoming marriage April 12 between Marjorie Helen Waldschmidt and Joseph Edward Case to be performed at St Marys Church Riverside. Case is a farmer.
Miss Sheryl Jo Stephan of 610 Tenth Avenue ISW has been chosen as president of MacMurray College Recreation Association in Jacksonville Illinois. She will represent the college at the Athletic Federation of College Women convention in April at Smith College Northampton Massachusetts.
Three eastern Iowa women join the University of Iowa sorority chapter as new initiates. Sally Mavis Sally Swaney and Janet Brookman are named among the new members with listed parental residences in Cedar Rapids and Center Point.
The season opening men’s stag at Elmcrest Golf and Country Club is set for Wednesday evening. Dinner reservations blend with a 6 30 p.m. start and Bob Brooks KCRG sports director will toast and introduce University of Iowa basketball players. A film of the Iowa Marquette NCAA game and golf films will be shown.
Mr and Mrs George Wessale of 547 Vernon drive SE returned last weekend from a month long vacation spent in Fort Lauderdale and Key West Florida and Nassau in the Bahamas.
Dr and Mrs John W Altfillisch and their address at 325 Nineteenth Street NE returned Saturday afternoon from Gulfport Mississippi where they spent four weeks vacationing.
Dr Clara B Dice Roe of 317% First Avenue SE publishes poem The Birth Place in The Seydell Quarterly Brussels. Poem honors Herbert Hoover on his eightieth birthday noted from last August in West Branch.
Mrs George Lindsay of Old Marion road NE left Tuesday for Chicago and will fly to Paris for a five weeks visit on the Continent.
Mr and Mrs Carl N Ettinger of 2635 Bever avenue SE returned Saturday night from Miami Beach Florida where they vacationed for five weeks.
Mrs Aldrich Drahos was elected president of Xi Chi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at a combined business meeting and rushing party hosted by Mrs Marian Hoye at 720 Fifteenth Street SE. Mrs Frank Hidinger named vice president with Lucille Kasper as treasurer Arla Istad recording secretary Evelyn Rhoads corresponding secretary Mrs Tom Gallagher extension officer and Mrs Frank Kinney and Mrs Philip Rummels as city council representatives. Eight guests attended.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Morgan of 414 F avenue NW return home Monday from Honolulu where they spent the winter with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Howard Price En route they spent two weeks in California.
Louise Jenkins is president, Linda Ashby vice-president, Mary Marzelf secretary, and Barbara Baldwin treasurer. Mrs Louis Schueller serves as sponsor and Mrs Charles Hastings as leader.
Iowa City Woman's club members led by Mrs Glen Swails Mrs Donald Oshner Mrs Irvin Kraemer and Mrs H H Fritze received recognition in the Iowa Play Production Festival adjudications in Iowa City Mechanicsville Woman's club led by Mrs Harlan Maurer and directed by Mrs Hugh Lamont and Williamsburg Marcia Federated club directed by Mrs G C Chandler were also honored in the event
Hollywood hosts the Oscars fashion night amid Dior boycott rumors as Edith Head notes few stars wear Dior. Judy Garland in a black velvet maternity dress stands out. Dorothy Dandridge arrives in beige wool while Grace Kelly Hepburn and Jane Wyman wear varied duchess satin designs.
A guide emphasizes that a guest woman should wait for a man to offer a drink rather than go to the bar herself. If she declines a drink, she replies with no thanks, and a courteous man will not press the issue.
Portland writer Phyllis Battele describes being sworn in as a life member of the Mystic Order of the Rose. Regent Inez Stickle stresses Portland’s title City of Roses and the order’s floral focus while noting travel and visa quirks.
A survey of 1945 and 1950 women graduates from eight Midwest colleges shows swimming and recreational games like shuffleboard and table tennis as the top activities for personal and family recreation. Besides swimming, respondents rate social and square dancing and bowling highly, with desires for more instruction in golf swimming tennis and skiing. Portland’s rose scene remains prominent with 700000 bushes and the Royal Rosarians aiding festivals.
Mothers trust it and doctors approve it while children favor its orange taste, suggesting strong acceptance of this medication among families.
Penny Kay Wilson, daughter of the Lester Wilsons, married Cletus Hansel, son of the Warren Hansels, in a Sunday 8 p.m. candlelight ceremony at the Edgewood Methodist Church. The reception followed for 200 guests in the church dining room before Pvt. Hansel leaves April 8 for army duty in Alabama.
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