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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
15
Mary Ellen Hamilton and Arthur D Davis exchanged vows in a scenic outdoor ceremony attended by family and friends. The bride wore a blue dress and was accompanied by attendants, while the reception followed the ceremony at a local venue in Linden Drive area. guests from nearby communities joined the event.
A house event at Miss Everill's home hosted by Chi Omega featured a menu and music. Guests attended in a social gathering with itemized treats and informal decor as noted in the station of the page.
Unclear OCR reads a meeting note about music group members with a luncheon after a Tuesday afternoon session. Mentions a vetting and a letter at a noted avenue, but details are garbled.
The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority received the scholarship tray for highest GPA over the last two semesters at Coe College during the Panhellenia dinner at the Crystal Ballroom Montrose hotel. Miss Ghidys VeVay awarded the tray to tie Alpha Gamma Deltas for the second consecutive year. Twenty attended the banquet as new officers were announced led by President Well s Wells and others including Dorothy Pfandhheefer as vice president and Wilfreda Hauer as treasurer.
The final Phi Sigma Iota program recalls speakers including Lita Mears and Miss Licia Histe and Miss Cereuna Le er. Refreshments followed the event as students gathered after the program ends.
The Sunday Gazette reminds all churches and lodges to submit notices for the society section in writing by 4 p.m. Friday to ensure publication.
Vercy Hospital Alumnae Nurses held their annual banquet Wednesday at the Roosevelt hotel. Senior class members honored included Sister Mary Jeanne d Arc and Cora Daamon among others. Out of town alumnae attended with music by the boys' optimist orchestra and a floor show by the Lindekin school of dancing.
Wilson high school Tri-His hosted a tea for their mothers on Tuesday in the school beferema. Mary Marousch led the melodicatman from four committees with Marguerite Labman Pane Stetmain Vioreeila Kime and Ruth Hattnenver assisting as notable contributors.
Paul Engle will address the Cedar Rapids Art Association audience Tuesday at 325 pm in the public library auditorium. The event promotes modern poetry and is part of the library’s program series.
At Kenwood School a Kenwood Camp Fire council ceremony honored about one hundred attendees. Torchbearers were Jean Rice Dorothy Doolittle and Shirley Like. fifty awards followed including five year and member honors. New officers Pauline Schmidt president Betty Like vice president Jean Tiree secretary Rita Drake treasurer and more were installed. The event closed with a group song.
Mr and Mrs Vincent Jo Welp return to their Palm Beach Florida home after spending a month with Mr Welp's parents Mr and Mrs Albert C Thompson at 525 Seventeenth Street NE.
Mrs C Young at 1715 Sixth Avenue SE entertained guests for a kitchen shower Wednesday afternoon for Carel Weens, whose June 4 wedding to Dr Lea Seers is planned. Attendees included Mrs Weess, Mrs Irene Stanley, Mrs Delmar Weers, Mrs Charles Murphys, Mrs Tame Russell, and Mrs Needham Young.
All Bes Scout mothers of the First Congregation Church will meet Friday at 2 PM at Mrs Burton H Day’s home, 2020 Grande Avenue SE.
The General May meeting of the Junior League of Cedar Rapids will be at the Montrose hotel Friday at 2 pm with a luncheon at 1 pm. Miss Helen Eastman, welfare department representative for the Association of Junior Leagues of America, will speak at 2 pm. A board meeting occurs at 11 am in the Junior League rooms.
Polk P T A installed new officers led by Mrs Charles Loomis at a Tuesday session attended by eighty parents. Officers include Mrs V L Spohn president and Mrs A I Mason vice president with multiple chairmanships appointed. Delegates planned to Iowa City welfare talks and YMCA instruction.
A chapter of the Daughters of Penelope will convene Thursday at Moose Hall at 7 30 pm for important business. All members are urged to attend and look under classification 34 in the Want Ad section for vegetable and flower plants.
Miss Helen Erusha daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Erusha Amana wed Elmer Shebetka son of Mr and Mrs Frank Shebetka Fairfax Wed morning at Holy Trinity church Walford The ceremony included a mass sung by a quartet and music by Louis Sedlacek A reception for fifty followed at the bride’s parents home and a wedding dance at Paramount pavilion Swisher The couple reside near Fairfax after a westward honeymoon
The forty-fifth annual P.E.O. convention opened Tuesday in Waterloo drawing several local members. Attendees include Mrs. C. S. Mahaffy and Mrs. A. Ball from FO. Mrs. F W Damour of HJ. Mrs. R. W Gearhart. Mrs. R D Gray. Mrs. W. C. Henning. Mrs I. F Jackson. and Miss Grace Sargent from DK.
Mrs Lester DeYarman was elected president of the Tuesday Study Club at a luncheon at 1403 Second Avenue SE. New officers include Mrs F C Meyers as vice president, Mrs J A Yessler as secretary, and Mrs C C Hunt as treasurer. Twenty seven members attended and annual reports were given by officers and committee chairs.
In honor of Miss Gladys Stary, whose marriage to Ernest Jenkin is set for May 22, Mrs A D Swarzentruber hosted a dinner and bridge party at her home. Miss Tuucille Funkey won first prize and Miss Stary received a gift. Guests included Mrs Tlarry Jenkin son, Mrs Wait Forsberg, Mrs Meritt Thompson, Mrs Harold Sovern, Mrs Ferde Smith, Miss Mary Hughes, Miss Lucile Fun ker, Miss Marianne Dvorak and Miss Zona Mart. Out-of-town attendees were Mis Charles Sovern of Davenport and Muss Margaret Krebs of Omaha Neb.
Seventeen members met at Killians tea room for a breakfast meeting. They planned a rummage sale for Friday and a field trip on May 19. The group will hold its guest day program in June in the Rose Garden of Els Park, where the club fountain will be dedicated.
An advertising pitch urges women to take four Marmola Prescription Tablets daily to slim down without dieting or exercise. It claims the pills contain a fat-reducing element used by doctors and promises rapid, effortless weight loss.
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