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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
13
The Mozart club invites members to gather Saturday at 1 p m in the Y W C A building. Mariette Einen will read notes and Miss Josephine Schelder will oversee arrangements with others assisting.
Thyra Sweitzer and Miss Ray spent time playing court whist and a gift was presented. Miss Ray was the honored guest at a Saturday dinner hosted by Miss Bernita Sebern at her Marion home with Chi Omega sorority sisters in attendance.
Mrs Rae of Des Moines is visiting this week as guest of Mr and Mrs Amos Melberg at 316 Nineteenth Street SE.
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids organized a luncheon at the Montrose hotel to kick off a campaign to raise 3500 dollars for Community Nutrition Service. Neil Montgomery spoke as campaign chair Alvin W. Allen, with ten teams mobilized for a week of fundraising to support dietary and home management aid for local residents and organizations.
Miss Edna K. Dieman will lead teenage dancers in rhumba at the Cedar Rapids Country Club Friday 8 to 11 pm. An orchestra provides dancing with a buffet supper before. Hosts are Mesdames Stamats, Marshall, Holmes, and Pickford.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beardsley of Elkhart Ind and daughter Mrs. Robert Earl of New York City depart Thursday morning after a two day visit with Dr. David E. Beardsley and Mrs. Beardsley and Miss Bett Beardsley at 2149 Linden drive SE. They were en route home from California.
Mr and Mrs Carl N Ettinger of 2635 Bever Avenue SE entertained overnight guests Wednesday Dr and Mrs David Lesser of Chicago.
Iowa Consistory Scottish Rite will host its season end party Friday from 8:30 p.m. to midnight at the Scottish Rite temple. Card games start at 8:30 and dancing to an orchestra runs 9 to 12. The planning committee features Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Collard as chairs along with Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Soboda Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Buser and Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Coquillette.
Miss Virginia Baum of Cedar Rapids today married George McKinley in Kahoka Missouri. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R. M. Monroe. The couple reside at 3431 First Avenue E and both work for Collins Radio.
Girls of the Anakiksin Camp Fire group met Monday with guardian Mrs Ronald B Moore and assistant guardian Mrs Edward Lee at First Congregational church to rehearse a skit for the annual mother and daughter evening Friday at the church.
Mr and Mrs Billy Charles of Sioux City arrived Sunday to spend two weeks with Mrs Charles parents Mr and Mrs A W Hinton at 119 First Street NE.
Cedar Rapids social pages list two tea events with hostesses Mrs. S. W. Wilder at 2005 B Avenue NE and Mrs. Delbert R. Ashby at 2520 Country Club Parkway SE. Honorees include Mrs. Ron Kennedy, recently from Spokane, and Mrs. Harold Brownlee visiting from Kansas City.
Mrs Harry E Yaw of the Carlton apartments hosted a Thursday luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country club. Her eight guests were members of her bridge club.
Miss Catherine Raab daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Raab of Maquoketa wed Herbert Davis Faaborg of Cedar Rapids son of Mr and Mrs Niels Faaborg Browns Valley Minnesota in a noon ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev H Mueller officiated. Attendants Miss Faye Hambell Tama and James Munger Cedar Rapids. They will reside in Cedar Rapids.
Ruth Millett argues that women fleeing to cooler spots for the summer invite trouble as defense jobs draw away men. She warns bored wives may tempt married men, with wives at home risking desertion while their spouses toil in cities.
Miss Dorothy Ray leaves the city for southern California and is feted at farewell parties. Miss Margaret Hughes hosted at 717 Fifteenth Street SE, while Mrs. Claude Reeve and Mrs. Lyle Dietz hosted former high school friends at 152 Thirty-seventh Street NE. Guests included Cecelia Kohl Zoe Burge and several named ladies.
Harry J. Murphey of Marion announces the engagement and approaching marriage of his daughter Dorothy Murphey to Kenneth T. M. Ely of Cedar Rapids. The couple set Wednesday May 21 at St. Patrick's church with Rev. D. J. Lenihan officiating at 7 a.m. The bride is Marion High School graduate and Kresge employee. Ely is St. Patrick's High School graduate and Iowa Manufacturing employee.
Mrs Edwin Lundquist Mrs Louis Rubek and Mrs Lloyd Spencer hosted a netluck luncheon for Typographical auxiliary members at the Lundquist home 1701 C avenue NW. Prizes 21 cards were won by Mrs Milo Loomis Mrs Leo Gray and Mrs George C. Smith. Guests included Mrs Loomis Mrs Irvin Huffman Mrs L M Kasner and Mrs George M. Taylor.
The Cedar Rapids Society for the Hard of Hearing hosts a picnic supper Friday at 6 p.m. in the club rooms at 126% Third avenue SW. Members and friends are invited to bring a covered dish and follow usual picnic requirements.
Mrs Zella Buckley of 138 Thirty fifth Street NE entertained four friends at a May breakfast Thursday morning at her home.
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