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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1939
Page
16
A collection of light local notes from Decorah includes a highway patrol tale about a cautious arrest, kitchen mishaps ending in a broken thumb, a fresh boyhood cure for chicken pox, and guests at home sharing salad with a wooden elbow rest. The crown prince visit prompts jokes at a dinner, and theater and social tidbits close with a hat mishap at Roosevelt School balcony.
Chapter HJ of PEO will meet Monday with Mrs Amnie Franken and Miss Katherine Franken at 2302 Hillcrest Dr SE. Mrs Dwight Krumholtz will read a play and provide special music. Mrs Arthur Barlow will entertain Kappa Delta alumnae at dessert and a business meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. Miss Marjorie Emerson to assist.
Mr and Mrs L A Eckert of 1816 Four 2 Avenue SE spend the day with son Herbert a student at Iowa State College in Ames and daughter Lorraine of Des Moines. They are joined by George Johnson and Evan Kearney. Also noted are Irene Furman and Miss Alice Cejka attending the Business and Professional Women's club convention in Waterloo this weekend.
The society convenes in five groups with a dinner at the Montrose hotel and a program at First Presbyterian church. Dr. Effie McCollum Jones will speak after the dinner. Laura Storms Knapp will oversee after-dinner music and miniature presentations. Thursday seats election of state officers after Dr. Jones address. Delegates to Supreme Chapter chosen in the afternoon. Hostess presidents and committee chairs from many Iowa cities named along with transportation and housing details.
Verne R. Jeffrey presents his piano pupils today in two recitals at his home studio 1941 Grande avenue SE. The 2:30 p.m. program features William Wratten Marjorie Hahn Jane Blake Barbara Carruthers Ann Wadsworth David Foster Betty Hiltbruner Curtis Hiltbruner John Smith Harry Stewart Jane Stewart DeEtta Anderson Billie Dawn Hughes Irene Rigel and Irma Rigel. The 7:30 p.m. lineup includes Joan Kadlee Rose-Mary Cooper Muriel Clapp Kathryn Christianson Marilyn Unzeitig Frances Marshall Patricia Marshall Mary Lou Thomas Ruth Mae Coates Jack Wolf Joyce Libel Anna Lou Unzeitig Jeanne Hollands. Doris Fryer of 1956 First avenue E hosts as her guests today her parents Mr and Mrs O F Fryer of Packwood. Chapter III of P E O meets Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. in the First Presbyterian chapel. Mrs Mary Cone and Mrs Caroline C Philbrick 363 Fifteenth street SE will leave Tuesday morning for Detroit to visit daughters in Gross Point and Newcomerstown Ohio.
Unaffiliated P. E. O. members may attend the Wednesday banquet at the Montrose hotel by dialing 24696 before Monday evening. Merlin H. Mickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mickel, 1425 Third Avenue SE, visited his parents en route from Denver to Washington, D. C., where he is assigned by the Associated Press. Accompanying Merlin to Chicago was his brother, Ernest Mickel, spending the weekend there.
Coe college hosts multiple sorority teas from 3 to 5 pm honoring mothers and patronesses. Chi Omega presides with Betty Knox and Wilfrda Hauser at the tea. Dorothea Dolson chairs the senior member breakfast at 9 am in Commonwealth tea room. Tri Delta and Kappa Delta also hold teas with notable patrons and alumnae in attendance. Alpha Xi Delta and others welcome mothers with spring flower centerpieces and color schemes, while visitors include Mrs. John Massey and Cedar Rapids Alliance head Mrs. Massey.
The reading group picnic scheduled for Wednesday evening is postponed to May 24 at the home of Mrs. George Kosek Hawthorne Hill Carroll drive SE. Mr and Mrs George Kosek will host an international relations group picnic supper Monday at 6 pm and Ernest Kosek will show motion pictures of his South America trip.
Mrs William W Crissman elected vice regent of the Ashley chapter of the D A R at the Cedar Rapids Woman s Clubhouse meeting. Other officers named were M H Williams corresponding secretary B J Posegate registrar and Maude Carr historian. Reports on the Continental Congress were given by Mrs Robert C Toms and Mrs Imogen B Emery. A congratulatory dinner honors Prof Frank L Mott winner of the Pulitzer Prize in American history in Iowa City.
Mrs Cora Eller of 1531 Washington Avenue SE is spending the weekend in Des Moines as the guest of Mr and Mrs Stratton Eller.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hubbard of 1709 Second Avenue SE announce the engagements of their daughters Beth and Gretchen Hubbard. Beth Hubbard will wed John Richard Poolman of Des Moines on June 26. Gretchen Hubbard becomes engaged to Robert Tenney of Oak Park Illinois. Beth is a Cedar Rapids teacher and Poolman is an IBM employee in Des Moines. Gretchen attended Cedar Rapids Business College and works for the board of education. Tenney is a University of Illinois graduate employed by Sears Roebuck in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids women plan to attend the National Council of Catholic Women regional conference in Dubuque May 16 and 17 at the Julien Dubuque hotel. More than 500 women from twelve Midwestern states are expected with speakers including Msgr Michael J Ready and Rev Edgar Schmiedeler.
About 300 delegates and members will converge for the Beta Sigma Phi state convention in Cedar Rapids. Events include a welcome tea for Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Ross, a formal banquet, a Hawaiian music trio, dancing, and Sunday installments in the Crystal ballroom with a luncheon and speeches by state and regional leaders. The Montrose hotel hosts registration and activities, with men invited to join buffet supper and a Sunday golf tournament. Local chapters in Cedar Rapids provide leadership and a full schedule of programs and installations.
The Business and Professional Women's Club will host Mrs. Mildred Morgan of Iowa City for its final meeting of the club year at the Roosevelt hotel. A 6:15 pm program includes officer installation and a dinner. The event features a talk titled What Every Woman Wants and honors local members plus visiting dignitaries attending the three day state convention in Waterloo.
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