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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1940

Page

11

Hi-Y Ettes Entertain Mothers At City Breakfast

Hi Y Ettes plan a city wide mothers morning breakfast Saturday at 10 am with a program including Hats of Other Days and a Roosevelt sextet musical group. Decorations committee from four schools lists many names and tickets available through school staff or Y W C A before Thursday.

W. A Mary Jane Ferguson Geraldine Apfel Betty Buckner Irene Zitek Genevieve Henry Helen Sykora Leona Striegal Peggy Stewart Marjorie Bell Marjorie Davenport Barbara Burke Lois Nesper Joan Jeffry Dorothy Huff Ernestine Clendening George Pugh Carol Selby Mary Ellen Reece Carol Chapman Luesther Patterson Sarah Mae Messenger Patricia Marshall McKinley Jean Rush Franklin Shirley Kreutner Wilson Helen MacLean Roosevelt Dial

AAU.W. Group Meetings Highlight Local Clubs

A packed schedule of meetings and events unfolds across local clubs. The current literature group plans a reading and discussion with Helen V Burton at 831 First Avenue E Monday at 7 30 pm. A breakfast for the international relations department is set for Thursday at Mrs George Kosch 3040 Carrol Drive SE. Ashley chapter D A R holds Saturday officer elections at Mrs C W Baoegel 1949 First Avenue E with reports on the Continental Congress by Imogen Emery and Frances Sebern. The junior committee meets Tuesday at 1 pm for a luncheon at Mrs Howard G Britton 314 Thirty third Street NE to elect officers. Omega Delta selects Barbara Ramsey as delegate to the Grand Hotel Mackinac Island convention June 17 to 24. Town State College sophomore Miss Ramsey hails from Ames. Mrs Vernon L Spohn departs Monday for Omaha to attend the National PTA convention.

Helen V Burton First Avenue E Harold Kolar Kitty Foyle Christopher Morley Susan Glaspell W. W. Crissman Ashley Howard G. Britton Thirty-third Street Barbara Ramsey J. C. Ramsey Avenue Omega Delta Chapter Delta Delta Delta Sorority Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Ramsey Town State College Ames

City Sees National Music Week Begin In Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids joins a national movement with a seven day music program May 5 to 12. Schools, musicians and instructors participate in concerts and recitals across ceremonies led by Nevin Nichols and Helen Kacena Stark. The schedule features Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra concerts in Memorial Coliseum and a series of church, school and college events with soloists Rose Ann Kubovec and Fannie Paschell among others.

Cedar Rapids Helen Kacena Stark George Stauffacher Alice C. Inskeep Paul S. Ray Coe College Peiffer Sister Mary de Lourdes Sister Mary Leo Margaret McCall Josephine Batchelder Maxine Surry Betty Jean Stephenson Playground Eleanor Taylor Opalee Barnard Edna Dieman A. Talbott Woman's Club Edna Mae Sila R. S. Toogood Mozart Everett E Fisher John T. Massey Beethoven Club S. V. Shonka Rose Ann Kubovec Fannie Paschell

Mount Mercy Prom Sees Spring Garden Theme

Mount Mercy auditorium hosts the junior senior prom with pastel decorations. Grand march led by Mary Elizabeth Hiegel and Bob Hoffor. Attendees include Mary Elizabeth Hiegel, Betty Fitzgerald, Eunice Boyle, and many others. Guests listed. a courtesy gathering at the home of Mrs. Herbert Williams with multiple hosts and attendees.

Mount Mercy Mary Miriam Joanne Widner Peter McGuire Margaret Nash Keith Card Pauline Schulte Mary Elizabeth Hiegel Bob Hoffor Betty Fitzgerald Eunice Boyle Bernice Svoboda Florence Freeman Clifford Myers Garland Myers Charles Sheriff Herbert Williams Tenth Street SE Faun Myers Aden Sheriff Aden Sheriff, Jr Harry Nelson Gerald Nelson Gerald Johnson Kathryn Davis Julia White Louie Bosworth Geraldine White Marjorie Williams Gloria Myers Sally Williams Mary Williams Joyce Myers David Davis Walter Post

Jeanne Curry and Donald Reid to Wed at Westminster

Announcement details engagement of Miss Jeanne Curry to Donald L. Reid with wedding planned for June 23 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Curry, a Washington High and Coe College graduate, active in Chi Omega and Zeta Phi Eta. Reid, also a Washington High graduate, studied at Coe College and Iowa State. Also notes American Legion auxiliary activities and Memorial Day poppy distribution plans in Iowa.

Jeanne Curry Elmer G. Curry Sixteenth Street Donald L. Reid Hugh Reid Sixteenth Street SE Westminster Presbyterian Church Miss Curry Washington High School Coe College Chi Omega Social Sorority Zeta Phi Eta Mr. Reid Iowa State College Ames

YW Will Hold Rally For Campers At The YWCA

Former Wapsie campers and any girl interested in camp are invited to a campers rally at the YWCA on a Tuesday from 4 30 p.m. The 1940 season runs August 5 to 19 at Waubeck Scout camp. Girls 12 and older through eighth grade attend the younger week August 5 to 12, while high school girls attend the older week August 12 to 19. Bring camp clothes a box supper photos and come for a camp themed party. Counselors greet old and prospective campers.

Wapsie Xy. W Cc Waubeck Ywoca Iowa City Belle Plane Amana Wayne J Foster George Hallenbeck

Ileen Peet to Marry Walter Byrnes in Alden Iowa

Alden couple announce engagement of their daughter Ileen Peet to Walter W. Byrnes of Des Moines son of Mrs Anna Byrnes of Cresco The wedding planned for early date Ileen is Coe College graduate now teaching at McNinley school Walter a Coe alum employed by Corn Products company Also Alpha Mu Delta meeting postponed to May 13 with Miss Burdine Lattner guest The Gethsemane Shrine No 1 will meet at Masonic hall Saturday night reports from Supreme Shrine and a reception for 1940 41 officers to follow

Wilfreda Hauser E. B. Hauser Wildwood Drive Robert R. Norris Cedar Rapids Miss Hauser E. W. Peet Alden Tleen Walter W. Byrnes Des Moines Anna Byrnes Cresco Miss Peet Coe College McNinley School Mr. Byrnes Coe Corn Products Comepany Alpita XL Deltas Alpha Mi Delta Burdine Lattner Fifth Avenue SE Gethsemane Shrine No. 1 Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem Masonic Hall Supreme Shrine Mae Blinks Jess Kitterman

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Thompson Olivet Grace Walpole Circle Grace Walpole The King's Daughters Mark Anthony Seventeenth Street East Side W.C.T.U Westminster Church International Relations International Relations Department George Kosch Carroldrive SE Britton Junior Ashley Group Chapter Spohn P. T. A. Convention Vernon L. Spohn Parent Teacher Council Omaha Parent Teacher Association Tras Sie MK AB Second Ave Second St. SE City National Music Week Yellow Princess Saint-Saens Angelus Hadley Paschell Harold M Johnson Arensky Albaro Marstoso Kubovec Guarany Gomez Coliseum Bach Benedictts Joncensi Israel Elijah Mendelssohn Vesper Choir Andrea Johanneen Betty Warber W G Rowley Trinity Methodist Church Fatherhond of God Sinal Revelation Mirsch L. Freund Adon Olom Ruth Ebling Massey Malcolm Metcalf Adon Noy Harry Greenberg Hal Nidre Joseph Kitchin Violnist Hallelujah Massey Lucy Ambroz James Kitchin Morris Jo Tracy Kyrie Eleison Immaculate Conception Kyrie Ellison Krackell Benedictus Immacuete Conception Immaculate Mary Ensemble O W. J Rowley Lord Jesus Alma Turechek Ralph Leo Alice Gard Mulet Betty Warner Fred Collard Sinclair Memorial Eleanor Houts Coe Music Department Dorothy Irene Mueller Prneludium Bach-Howe Frank Bates Rachmaninoff Batakiren Octavio Pinto Little Soldier Memorial Coliseum EL Kahir Temple of Roosevelt Junior High Y. W. CA Playground Commission First Presbyterian Church Chapel Sinclair Memorial Chapel Mrs. Sheriff Sut Ge Modern Cary Don Allang Donald Reid Legion Auxiliary Plans Luncifeon American Legion Auxiliary Hanford Memorial Building WSUT Harlan Briggs Myrton Skelley Skelley Iowa Harry Gunderson J. Howard Walsh Y. W Ileen Peet Walter Byrnes Gethsemane Shrine C.C.D Luberger Third Avenue RIAL
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