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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1938
Page
15
Cedar Rapids Garden club outlines a garden show at Brucemore featuring shadow boxes plant displays and a birdhouse contest funded by Howard Hall. The tour includes several city gardens with tickets sold at Brucemore and details announced by Mrs. Edward Sheehy and Mrs. Van Vechten Shaffer.
Linn county King's Daughters circles Cedar Rapids and three Marion circles plan a May 10 breakfast at 10 in the Montrose hotel Crystal ballroom to honor Ida Mansfield state president since 1907 and to elect county officers. Mrs DeNio will preside. Marion toastmaster is Kenneth Cornell. decorations and program led by local circle members. Mansfield arrives May 9 for a three day visit including a May 10 tea hosted by Linn county junior King's Daughters and a May 11 union board meeting and Marion circle party.
The seventh in a ten part series of teen age dances is planned for Friday at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Doors open at 7:30 pm and the event ends at 10 pm with late refreshments. Mrs J Hamilton Bell chairs the organizing committee for children whose parents belong to the club.
Weekend visitors Dr. William Brothers and Mrs. Brothers of Pocatello Idaho will be honored at two social events in the Krause home 504 Vernon drive SE. A breakfast party hosted by Dr and Mrs A R Zuercher will serve twelve. An evening supper will host sixteen in Dr and Mrs Krause honor. The Ladies Literary club meets Monday at Mrs Roswell Pickford’s home with Coe College student manuscripts read for the annual fiction award.
The Cedar Rapids Artists show and tea marks the opening of the annual membership drive led by president Mrs. Clare R Marshall with co chairs Mrs. Guy P Linville and Miss Ella Johnson. Notable artists include Kent Andrews Mrs Andrews and Mr Gardner Quarton among others. paintings shown include Scrapping a Locomotive Quarry and a tiger scene from Elizabeth the Queen. Gallery guides will provide information on paintings and artists during the event this afternoon.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Preston Daniels Des Moines reveals the engagement of their daughter Jean to Dr Byron Morton Merkel of Des Moines son of Dr and Mrs A E Merkel of Ankeny The wedding is set for May 21 Jean Daniels a former Cedar Rapids resident taught at Harrison School and has connections to Cedar Rapids and Marion Dr Merkel a 1931 University of Iowa medical graduate and Phi Rho Sigma member is from Des Moines and Ankeny involvement noted White Cross society meets Monday at 1 PM for luncheon with Mrs Howard Hall at Brucemore. Mrs William G Dows returns from California and Miss Barbara Bloomhall visits Wisconsin classmates.
Mr and Mrs Delbert R Ashby return home Saturday morning after a three week motor trip through Kentucky with brief stops in Louisville and Lexington Their son in law Mr Amor H Sargent and his wife Mrs Karch visited in Cleveland and accompanied them back with their grandson George Karch Jr joining them for several weeks Also visiting in the Sargent home were Mrs Harry B Graefe and Mr Graefe of Des Moines
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