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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
4
Mrs. Joseph Eno of Bradford Massachusetts spoke to Cedar Rapids Garden club on Small New England Gardens stressing charm over space. She urged consistent design with the house, use of older plant varieties, and careful budgeting of time and money.
Miss Patricia Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred W Smith hosted a tea at her home on Wednesday afternoon at 2000 Washington avenue SE. Guests included Misses Jean Files Muriel Lowe Mildred Matteson Kathleen Blaul Ann Lenzeen Betty Erickson and Margaret Allen.
Mrs Elmer Harty hosted the Peppy Pals bridge club at 330 Second Avenue SW on Wednesday afternoon. Prizes went to Mrs John Zemsek and Mrs Ed Bartosh. Luncheon followed the games with attendees including Mesdames James Fielding, Bartosh Zenmieck, W. W. Mastin, Charles Cronin, John Novotny, and Ed Kuba.
Miss Mary Louise Powell bride elect will be honored at a dinner party Thursday hosted by Miss Louise Laffey at her home 22068 B avenue NE. Jonquils sweet peas and snap dragons adorn the table and bridge will be played after gifts are presented to the guest of honor. Guests include Mrs J M McCutcheon Mount Vernon Mrs George Gilbert Mrs C Hoblitzell Miss Malvina McKenna Mrs R F McGinnis Miss Helen Tanner and Miss Helen Kehoe.
Mrs George Hearn hosted a luncheon at 2335 Ridgeway Drive SE for Music Matinee club members Tuesday. Mrs Joe Birmingham presented a program on the Development of Modern Music.
Colonel Ben Ristine of Omaha departed Wednesday after a two day stay at the home of his cousin Henry Ristine and Mrs. Ristine at 323 Crescent Street SE.
Eighty persons attended a bridge benefit sponsored by the Van Vechten guild of the Peoples church Wednesday afternoon at the church. Following bridge tea was served at a table centered with lavender and yellow spring flowers and yellow tapers. Mrs Melvin L Welke and Mrs Mary Louise Welke presided at the tea service. Prizes were won by Mrs A E Harms, Mrs T G Ejicherly and Mrs Walter Allison. Co chairmen were Mrs AB Steele and Mrs L E Garwood.
Members of the Rock Island Woman's club will meet Friday at 2 p.m. in the WCA parlors for a business meeting followed by a social hour.
Mrs Philip W. Shire entertained Ida Mansfield circle of the Kings Daughters Tuesday afternoon at luncheon. Assisting were Mrs Percy F Keehn and Mrs Milo F E Wenger. Mrs John Martin presided at the business meeting and Mrs Rufus B Culver led devotions. Members sewed tea towels and aprons. Guests included Mrs Harold C Kimball and Mrs George Newland. Next meeting at Mrs E C Hoover home.
The Ex Quakerettes will gather Friday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Esther Hosmer's home 1306 Burch avenue NW. Two members are hospitalized Mrs Esther Gosnell at St Luke's and Mrs Alice Jacobee at University hospital Iowa City.
In a rural column Aunt Het muses that town folks may practice birth control while a farmer needing field hands will raise his own. The piece frames rural self-reliance and procreation as tied to agricultural labor needs.
Cedar Rapids Woman's club hosts a silver international tea themed America Entertaining Foreign Nations. About 100 attendees view country tableaux and performances by the international relations study group and the Masaryk chorus. Proceeds fund library books.
Mrs Thomas F. Lange and Mrs Ervin R. Moen hosted a Thursday afternoon bridge luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Seated with members were guests Mrs Robert Hughes, Mrs Margaret Polasky and Mrs Charles Siler, with additional attendees listed.
The Odekonya Camp Fire group met in Immaculate Conception school parlors after school Thursday. Attendees included guardian Miss Rosalind Collins assistant guardian Patricia Kelly and members Frances Kennedy Joan Nilles Jean Ann Scanlan Corinne Dautremont Betty Lee Bonnie Westinghouse Joyce Friday Reta Robinson and Virginia Mercer.
Miss Mathilde Grevemberg from Pi Omicron national headquarters in Chicago met with Iota Epsilon chapter members at the Montrose hotel Wednesday evening. She discussed entertainment and educational projects already successful elsewhere as she traveled from Davenport to Waterloo.
Indianapolis visitors Mrs Kenneth Adair and Mrs Kenneth Swanson are feted with a breakfast hosted by Mrs Roy E Choate at 2374 Blake boulevard SE. The day includes a bridge game and a luncheon at the Wadsworth home, with Mrs Edwin H Wadsworth and Mrs Harry G O'Donnell as hosts, and an evening dinner/dance at Cedar Rapids Country Club in their honor.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club hosts two one act plays from the Iowa City Woman's Club in an exchange program at the club home this Friday. About forty Iowa City members will attend a 1 p.m. picnic luncheon before the program. Social committee and department officers arrange the affair while the building committee collects mite boxes due April 1.
Mrs Melvin Dochterman and Mrs C J Markham hosted Z C B J drill team members the Pivateers on Wednesday at 728 F avenue NW. After the business meeting court whist awarded prizes to Mrs Ernest Kosek and Miss Bessie Bohn. Other attendees included dames Drahovzal Macha cek Kubo and Drahovzal, Jerry Hendrix Libbie Melsha Frank Brejcha and several Misses. Henderson is noted as a new member of the team.
Mrs George Kuba was honored at a birthday gathering hosted by Mrs Eugene L Klinck at her home on Twenty-first Street SE. Bunco games featured Kuba and Mrs C Condon in a midweek social event.
The Wakio Camp Fire group met at Mrs. A L Hinton’s home on First Avenue West for a spring themed council fire. Pussywillows symbolized spring as candles were lit for work health and love by Patricia Gilchrist Ngida Williams and Betty Hinton. Shirley Hilborn and Mary Harmon read poems The Pussywillow and Spring of the Year. Officers installed included Hildred Miller president Betty Hinton vice president Naida Williams secretary Kathryn Roberts treasurer scribe Mary Harmon. Candles extinguished by Kathryn Roberts Hildred Miller and Jean Beeson.
Sunday gathering at Mr and Mrs Fred Feyerbend marked Mrs Feyerbend seventy seventh birthday with a picnic supper cards and dancing. Cedar Rapids guests included multiple couples and relatives from Amana Oxford Western and other areas.
Eleven members attended a Tuesday evening meeting of the Tadeska Camp Fire group at Arthur school. Girls worked on their Wood Gatherer's rank.
Members of the Junior Crusaders circle of the Kings Daughters will gather Friday after school at Patty Lou Donalds home located at 825 Camburn Court SE.
The fifth in a ten part series of teen age dances will be held Friday evening from 7 30 to 10 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Only members' children may attend with parents as members. An orchestra will provide music and refreshments will be served later.
J C Hollister of the Davenport office says over 477,000 Iowa Social Security account numbers exist and 800 lump-sum payments had been certified by February end. Payments apply to workers who reached 65 after Dec 31, 1936 or to families of deceased workers, equal to 31.5 percent of total wages, with claims required to receive benefits. Free claim forms are available at 314 Federal Building Davenport.
Louis Thixton of Louisville has driven a milk wagon for 24 years and has never driven an automobile. He believes horses suit him and has never had an accident. Over 25 years he has used only two horses, Jim who left after 19 years, and Nellie who is six years on the route and still strong.
Breeders in 1937 registered 3,563 Holstein female cattle, reflecting strong dairy enrollment for the year. The record highlights a notable expansion in Holstein herd registrations and indicates ongoing growth in dairy farming participation.
Joe Healy an attendant at an oil station on Third avenue and Tenth street SE demonstrated currency tricks to three local boys and a hitchhiker. A customer later found a $5 bill tucked in the cash book was missing and investigators questioned the youths who denied knowledge. The transient, about 40, heavyset, wearing striped blue overalls a dark hat and coat, carried a black suitcase and claimed to head for Clinton.
Dr. L. Murray of Minneapolis proposes a distinctive stone marker at the junction of highway 30 and 94 near Mount Vernon road and the Marion cutoff. He suggests a large ear of corn motif with an inscription highlighting Iowa agriculture and calls on highway and service club groups to back the project.
State agents with local police raided H. J. Burmeister mayor of St Anthony Marshall county tavern. A charge of keeping intoxicating liquor with intent to sell was filed in municipal court. A quantity of whisky and several slot machines were seized.
Leslie Zacheis was elected president and William Ensign secretary of the Church league in the Cedar Rapids Softball association at a Wednesday night meeting. Zacheis led the First Christian team and Ensign led the Trinity Methodist church team. other churches represented included Church of the Brethren St James Methodist Saron Lutheran Marion Presbyterian and Coggan Presbyterian. Debate centered on permitting Open league players to compete in the Church league.
A meeting for the playground commission is set for next Wednesday night at 7 30. All churches planning race teams should send representatives, and interested parties may call Zacheis at 2 1751.
Hollywood. Mae West loses the initial court skirmish with Mark Linder over profits from her film She Done Him Wrong. Linder seeks one million dollars claiming joint authorship of the play Diamond Lil and the film. West’s demurrer was denied. she has 30 days to answer.
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for furnishing material and labor to erect a market shelter on city property east of First Street Northwest between A Avenue and FP Avenue. Bids due April 18 1938 at 10 a.m. Plans available at City Clerk and Building Inspector. Work to start April 26 and finish by May 18 1938. Proposals require a $250 certified check. City reserves right to reject bids. Published March 31 and April 1 1938.
Senate proposal by Wagner and Crosser would create a federal unemployment system for about 1 million railroad workers funded by a 3 percent tax on low wage pay. Benefits would range from 1.75 to 3 dollars per day for 80 days for those earning up to 150 dollars a year, removing railroad workers from state plans. A South African gold production record reached 11,740,000 ounces in the last year.
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