Bridal Showers Through Time In Early Cedar Rapids Style
A reflective look at how bridal showers evolved from te towel and linen gatherings to modern gift trends. The piece recalls 1900s practices, including tea towels, ruffles, and plate fittings, and notes hosiery and kitchen ware remain popular shower themes across generations.
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Cedar Rapids
Hemmer’s
Enhanc
Shower Etiquette Through the Ages at Local Wedding Events
A whimsical survey of diverse showers outlines how modern brides favored themed gifts from pantry items to glassware and kitchenware. It notes shifts from luncheon precedents to dessert luncheons and coffee gatherings, with host parties inviting eight to twenty guests and prizes as incentives.
Community gala honors Iowa City guest and campus events
A concerted social agenda unfolds in Iowa City with a party honoring a local guest, university-related gatherings, theater plans at Mount Mercy College and a slate of community meetings. The notice lists speakers, club officers, and scheduled performances including Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew performed by Mount Mercy freshmen, with cast roles and show times.
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Mount Mercy College
Ne Serand
Madonna Hofer
Sly
Mery Shernen
Florence Sterron
Margaret Dwyer
Marcella Comisky
Jupe War
Dorothy Water
Elzabeth Hannon
Jean Fidjend
Margaret McAndrew
Margaret Obrien
Agnes Durex
Mary Jene
McGraw
Marcella Gerdner
Bouska
Piandel
Grumon
Buena Marr
Curtis
Elea
Eugenia Hiecy
Kathering
Marie Sic- Andrew
Panca
Juha Sheda
Gateeth
Ages Inger Ard
Marcella Gomis
Bervents
B P W Club to Elect Officers and View Style Show
Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Womens club will elect officers at its annual meeting in the Armstrongs store for women Tuesday at 8 pm. A style show featuring models and member modeling will highlight the evening with reports on the year's activities.
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Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Womens Club
Armstrongs Store
Fraternities At Coe Stage Dinner Dances
Coe College hosts spring form dinners as two fraternities hold formal dances. Chi Beta Phi entertained at Cedar Rapids Country Club with purple and white decor and guest list led by Duane Colburn and Mary Ann Whealon. Alpha Delta Alpha followed with a Crystal Ballroom Montrose Hotel event featuring red purple and white decorations and a long guest roster including George Hennessy, Betty Venhorst, Dennis Peterson, and many others.
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Coe College
Chi Beta Phi Fraternity
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Ker
Duane Colburn
Betty Buckingham
Paul Colburn
Mary Ann Whealon
George Oldag
Jane Carrier
George Jamison
Virginia Courtman
Charles Roberts
Mary Lockwood
Robertson Little
Betty Jane Warner
George Nelson
Betty Mehegan
Avery Gage
Marabelle Mattern
Robert Hach
Mary Louise Wingert
James Cousin
Darlene Pollock
Robert Robbins
Jane Rall
Richard Benesh
Alice Miller
Fay Hanold
Margaret Clark
Paul Schroeder
Theda Myers
Robert Evans
Helen Hughes
Franklin Wilson
Norma White
John van Metre
Frances Larson
Erwin Dygers
Jane Ellis
Harley Moore
Catherine Timm
Jamison Davis
Betty Knox
Duane Blackwell
Margaret Wilson
Harold Quinn
Esther Yothers
Byron Clapp
Alice Snyder
Mrs. Garling
Collis Spencer
Frances Crozier
John Swearingen
Jane Fuhrmeister
David Barry
Betty Jane Levien
John Ashby
Katherine Stark
George Thomas
Dorothy Bonnell
Ben H. Peterson
Alfred W. Meyer
J. F. Yothers
Owen L. Morris
Arthur W. Penrose
C. W. Perkins
Milo R. Whipple
William Whipple
Alpha Delta Alpha
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
Fraternity
George Hennessy
Betty Venhorst
Dennis Peterson
June Campagna
Marion Reece
Helen Pleshek
Richard Wing
Ruthanne Baker
Lyle Manson
Betty Wallace
John Rees
Winifred Murray
George Koehn
Elsie Pearl Stone
Milo Knutson
Audrey R. Deibler
Stan Smith
Mary I. Christian
Richard Blahnik
Jewel Allman
Melvin Dykes
Jeanette Ruebel
Robert Nelson
Georgianne Ryan
Frank Barber
Sara Lee Hesbacher
Benjamin Kammer
Mary Eleanor Kammer
Philip Evans
Mary Ellen McLeod
Floyd Kahler
Loyda Smith
Leslie Munneke
Marjorie McCrillus
Stanley Vesely
Cora Hampton
Paul Wade
Pearl Bobst
Bob Gilbert
Audrey Campbell
Russell Jones
Maryella Duncan
LeRoy McLeod
Valerie Koneeny
Chester Petranek
Mardean Joyce
Bill McGuire
Betty Cater
Harper Zoller
Eileen Shipton
Francis Halda
Ruth Becker
Everett Dykes
Lenore Pyle
David Klink
Ruth Trunkey
Keith Tow
Richard Wager
Margaret Carson
Gilbert Mains
Hard of Hearing League to Meet at Huff Home
The Cedar Rapids League for the Hard of Hearing will meet at Mr. and Mrs. W A Huff, 321 First Avenue W, Tuesday at 7 30 p m in place of the regular league room meeting. The social committee chaired by Mrs Huff will run a games program with a special Iowa topics program planned for May 10 at the league room. Miss Leonette Mueller of Dubuque attended Thursday’s round table at the league room.
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Cedar Rapids
W A. Huff
First Avenue
Mrs Letcher Bailey Honored At Parties
Miss Mabel Williams of Marion hosted a party at her home honoring Mrs Letcher Bailey formerly Miss Marcella Heal. Guests included Miss Mabel Heal of Tucson and others from Marion and Mount Vernon. A breakfast by Cornell alumni preceded a Rock Island Woman’s club fundraiser with a dance and card party at Danceland, with committee members listed and local group meetings planned. Margaret Bottome circle of the King’s Daughters to meet for a dessert luncheon and sewing plans at 1817 Seventh Avenue SE.
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Mabel Williams
Marion
Letcher Bley
Marcella Heal
Bailey
Willams
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Mabel Heal
Tucson
Ariz
Mary Ellen Forbes
Elizabeth Sloss
Ray Stanton
F. E. Williams
Cornell
Rock Island Woman's Club
Ed Cuyler
H. J. Cosgrove
George Cuyler
F J Danberg
Will Jensen
Ed Dailey
John Randa
J. A. Parcel
J. J. Hervert
John Mertens
Floyd Turkle
Ed Doran
H B Rupe
Montrose Hotel
Margaret Bottome
King's
A. E. Tappen
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Little Gallery Hosts National Mural Sketch Exhibit
The Cedar Rapids Art association presents a federal and public mural study exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Little Gallery on the library’s second floor. Featured are scale drawings by renowned designers including George Biddle John Stuart Curry William Gropper Leon Kroll Ward Lockwood Frank Mechau and Harry Sternberg among others. An accompanying sculptural display traces the history of mail delivery with eleven figures by noted artists. The gallery is open daily 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Sundays after noon. all welcome with information provided by attendants.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Clare R. Marshall
Pleasant Drive
United States Treasury Art Project
Edward Rowan
Little Gallery
George Biddle
Department of Justice
Washington
John Stuart Curry
American Artists’ Association
William Gropper
Leon Kroll
Ward Lockwood
Post Office Department
Frank Mechau
Harry Sternberg
Henry Varnum Poor
Sidney Waugh
Concetta Scaravaglione
Carl L. Schmitz
Roseville
Calif
Sygmund Sazevich
California
Michael van Meyer
Stuart Holmes
John Ballator
Frank Bergman
Emil Bist‘tram
Byron Ben Boyd
Osceola
Edgar Britton
Charles Campbell
Howard Cook
Thomas Donnelly
Ernest Fiene
Gerald Foster
Frances Foy
Thomas LaFarge
Tom Lea
Kindred MccLeary
Edward Millman
Ross Moffett
Umberto Romano
Glenn Shaw
William S. Schwartz
Bub Ulreich
Charles Ward
Richard Zoellner
Edward Buk Ulreish
Mr. Uleish
Columbia
Cedar Rebekahs Honor Charter Members of Lodge
Cedar Rebekah lodge held charter members night at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Guests of honor, charter members instituted in 1907, included Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rowell and others, with gifts and a tribute to Mrs. Ida Little in California. A program featured dances by Winifred Murray Martin students and a vocal solo by Russell Jonas, followed by Maude Roth’s address recalling the lodge’s history.
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Cedar Rebekah
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. T. Rowell
August Rebelski
Frances Kershaw
Addie
Ida Little
California
Winifred Murray Martin
Elaine Bauer
Vivian Frasinger
Marilyn Frasinger
Caroline Haverd
Joyce Ann Reinert
Nancy Jensen
Rollo McGinness
Leela Ann Sedlacek
Marcelline Kaplan
Barbara Watrous
Mary Jean Erickson
Junior Raff
Anchors Aweigh
Janet Sullivan
Regis McCrackin
Patricia Martin
Russell Jonas
Ray Behel
Maude Roth
Curtises Return from St Petersburgh Florida
Mr and Mrs W E Curtis of 1723 Blake boulevard SE return Friday from St Petersburg Florida where they spent four months Their daughter Mrs A W Martin of Boone and her daughter Roanne also wintered in Florida returning to Boone Mrs Mattie Coenen of Marion Jett leaves Friday for a two month southern visit planning stops in Kansas City Selma Mount Vernon MO and Dallas TX
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W. E. Curtis
Blake Boulevard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mattie Coenen
Marlon Jett
South
Kansas City
Selma
Mount Vernon
Dallas
Tex
Coenen
Mrs. Joseph Doupnik Jr Honored at Shower in Markham Home
Mrs. M E Dochterman and Mrs. C J Markham hosted a social shower at 728 F Avenue NW honoring Mrs. Joseph Doupnik Jr to mark her recent marriage. Prizes for 500 and monopoly were won by several guests, with a later musical program at 1800 I Street SW by Miss Alice Seda and the Socialites group.
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Joseph Doupnik, JR
Shower
M. E. Dochterman
C. J. Markham
Markham
F Avenue NW
John Lagos
Godfrey Votroubek
Velma Shimek
Doupnik
Leona Janesovsky
Mary Dvorak
Elsie Volak
Lillian Dvorak
Jennie Doupnik
Joyce Dochterman
Mickey McGraw
Howard Fifield
Laureen
Joseph Doupnik
Della Markham
J. A. Glass
Alice Seda
I Street
Claire Kofron
Libby Kofron
Anne Philipp
Rose Philipp
Margaret Stodola
Patricia Seda
Martha Philipp
Wilma Vanous
Frank Michalec
Herbert Maricle
Mother-Daughter Banquet at Central Park Church
The Central Park Presbyterian church hosts a mother and daughter banquet Friday at 6 15 p m in the church dining room. Toastmaster Mrs Harry E Kensinger leads the program with talks, singing, prayers, guest speaker Nadia Thorpe, Camp Fire girls closing, and performances by Marcia Ken singer and Mrs Donald Lawrence. An A A U W afternoon reading group meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m at 357 Garden Drive SE with Mrs H E Boyd reviewing The Croquet Player by H G Wells.
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Central Park Presbyterian Church
Harry E. Kensinger
L. W. Dunlap
C. H. Hook
R. R. van Cleve
Peggy Paxton
Marcia Kensinger
Donald Lawrence
Nadia Thorpe
Camp Fire Girls
Joseph W. Steiner
Garden Drive
H. E. Boyd
H. G. Wells
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