Rainbow Installation In Iowa City Sets Worthy Advisor At Temple
Vilda Sponar will be installed as worthy advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic temple in Iowa City. Jane Jackson will install with Ruth Wilsler Gwendolyn Rum mels Mary Lee and Mary Ethel Schenck assisting. others named to offices include Florence Rohrbacher Betty Crum Phyllis Gelbach and more. The piece also notes teas, entertainments, engagements and social events across Davenport Cedar Rapids Coralville and Anamosa with many club and sorority activities and a farewell dinner for the Jansen family moving to Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Vilda Sponar
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Jane Jackson
Ruth Wilsler
Gwendolyn Rummels
Mary Lee
Mary Ethel Schenck
Jean Boyson
Dorothy Smith
Charity
Barbara Mezik
Hope
June Williams
Faith
Florence Rohrbacher
Betty Crum
Phyllis Gelbach
Martha M. Chappell
Marjorie Sidwell
Dorothy Gay
Janet Kurtz
Barbara Swank
Verla Bales
Genevieve Slemmons
Mary Reiter
Beverly Negus
Marjorie Schenck
Betty Ellett
Joan Joelink
Mahlon H. Anderson
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Fred M. Pownall
J. H. Jamison
Anderson
J. H. Scott
E. L. Waterman
R. Q. Webster
Arthur W. Guernsey
K. B. Judy
J. ¥. Sproatt
Edwin E. Voigt
P. E
John Mandeville
William Lewis
Cleveland
R. J. Prentiss
Olive Pagemiller
Herbert Thomas
Myrtle Point
Ore
Earle L. Waterman
Rufus H. Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh
H. J. Mayer
John M. Russ
Rollin M. Perkins
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Perkins
Harold Beck
Bartholow V. Crawford
Eugene W. Scheldrup
Nell Ellis
Sara Rhodes
Sorority
Ann Winslow
Rushing
Margaret Kuttler
Lois Hanrahan
Wilfred Hanrahan
Elmer J. Poggenpohl
Elmer Poggenpohl
Dean Jones
Coralville Heights Club
W. B. Corlett
William Curl
R. M. Tarrant
Local Society News Highlights Monticello Area
Mrs. Lee Byerly hosted the League of Women Voters gathering. Reports on the state convention were given by Mrs. Cecil Smith of Onslow. Congregational missionary circle and Methodist Ladies Social also met with refreshments and guest speakers. Bridge prizes went to Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Thoeni. A Monticello Elkader wedding unites Luciel Schulte and Norbert Kuehl at Sacred Heart. The couple’s families attended as happiness marked by local school and business ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Byerly
League of Women Voters
Cecil Smith
Onslow
Sioux City
C. A. Palmer
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Halstead Carpenter
John Fraser
Caroline Hicks
W. E. Hodgson
Methodist Church
W. E. Tuetken
L. F. Balster
George Woodall
C. C. Hodson
William Schesser
Harry Rodman
L. J. Swift
Mary Clark
Carrie Clark
Ed Podhaski
Neighborhood Club
M. J. Hogan
Eliza Thoeni
John White
Chicago
Luciel Schulte
Leo Schulte
Kuehl
Elkader High School
Blue Star Tavern
Monticello
Urbana Hosts Honor Daughter at Seventeenth Birthday Dinner
Urbana hosts Mr and Mrs Ed Moore at a Thursday dinner honoring their daughter Helen on her seventeenth birthday. Guests included Dora Hoon Frances Grantham of Vinton and Mrs Dora C Thompson of Urbana. Mrs Carl Willford hosted the Ever Ready club Friday with luncheon served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Moore
Helen
Dora Hoon
Frances Grantham
Vinton
Dora C. Thompson
Urbana
Carl Willford
P T A Meetings Across Several Towns
In Cleveland Harrison Arthur Taylor Fillmore Van Buren and more P T A groups plan meetings and installations this week. Highlights include Red Cross certificate omissions and officer installations with programs by students and local leaders.
Cedar Rapids Couple Planned to Wed in Mallard Church
Miss Violet C. Hillmer of Cedar Rapids daughter of Mr and Mrs August Hillmer and Reinhard R Koepsell of Cedar Rapids son of Mr and Mrs Frank Koepsell will marry today at Trinity Lutheran church Mallard with Rev C F Hinrichs officiating Esther Hinrichs to play organ. The bride in a white taffeta gown and veil, bridesmaid Gladys Hillmer in rose taffeta. Best man Weldon Klug. Reception at Hillmer home. Couple to honeymoon in Minneapolis and St Paul and reside at Grandview apartments after May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet C. Hillmer
Cedar Rapids
August H. Hillmer
Mallard
Reinhard R. Koepsell
Frank A. Koepsell
Mayville
Wis
Trinity Lutheran Church
C. F. Hinrichs
Esther Hinrichs
Hillmer
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Grandview Apartments
Third Avenue SE
Miss Hillmer
Emmetsburg
Mr. Keepsell
School of Engineering
Milwaukee
Kep's
Refrigeration Company
Refrigeration Service Engineering Society
Optimist International
Mr. Keopsell
West Liberty Women's Golf Club luncheon and committee setup
The West Liberty Women’s Golf Club met at the course for a Wednesday luncheon and elected committees for the season with Mrs. Sam Buckman as president. About 100 attended the Parent Teacher Association farewell at the high school with new officers installed. A wedding announcement notes Miss Juanita Ida Layer to wed Marcus Joseph Lahey at St Patrick’s rectory Thursday morning with post ceremony festivities at the Layer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Golf Club
Sam Buckman
Wayne Ivey
J. E. Kimball
Buck
Shelter
Ted Bowman
M. P. Reid
O. V. Morris
S. C. Snider
R. S. Kirkpatrick
Howard Watters
Harold O. Keele
Parent Teacher Association
L. N. Brown
Dorothy Templeman
H. A. Knott
Mary Davison
Elizabeth Meyers
Juanita Ida Layer
Lilita Layer
Twelfth Street
Marcus Joseph Lahey
Ralph F. Lahey
Sixth Avenue
St. Patrick's Rectory
Scotch Grove Homemakers Extend Summer Club Activities
Mrs J M Eby hosted the Oak Drive Community club meeting with president Mrs Wal ter Eby in charge. The newly organized club will continue activities through the summer with programs prepared by Mrs Eby Mrs August Ladehoff and Mrs Bernard Cass. The Scotch Grove Homemakers also voted to extend summer activities and will study Child Training and Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Eby
Oak Drive
Coralville Club Luncheon and Engagement Announcement
Coralville Heights members were entertained at Mrs. Dean Jones home in Iowa City at luncheon. The engagement of Miss Jean Cunningham to Donald R. Harman was announced, with prior showers hosted by Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs. Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coralville Heights Club
Dean Jones
Iowa City
V. B. Corlett
William Curl
R. M. Tarrant
Jean Cunningham
W. D. Cunningham
A Avenue NW
Donald R. Harman
A. R. Harman
Cunningham
J. E. Dunn
Embroidery club party and officers elected
Clarence A theater party for 31 members and guests ended with refreshments at the Methodist church basement. New officers were Vera White president Irma Decker vice president Edna Rhatigan secretary treasurer. Guests included Mrs Lillian Park Mrs A B Chamberlin and Mrs Ida McCleod. Entertainment committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embroidery Club
Methodist Church
Vera White
Irma Decker
Edna Rhatigan
Lillian Park
A. B. Chamberlin
Ida McCleod
Wilma Runkle
Ida Engleking
Verna Joslin
Myrl Elijah
Mary Masteller
Lucy Bixler
Ruth Meyer
Harmony club guests at Presbyterians Sunday school
Shellsburg reports the Harmony club of the Presbyterian Sunday school was entertained Thursday at the home of Mrs. Everett Elson with Mrs. Delbert Elson assisting. The Happy Twenty club met Wednesday with Mrs. Minnie Hayes. The senior class hosted a Wiener roast for the junior class at Black's Grove on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Club
Presbyterian Sunday School
Everett Elson
Delbert Elson
Happy Twenty
Minnie Hayes
Black’s Grove
Mount Vernon Prom Transforms Gym Into Night Club
Mount Vernon high school prom turned the gym into a blue and gold night club with top hat decorations. Seventy five guests attended including faculty and chaperones Mr and Mrs Ralph Carl Mr and Mrs Harold Fisher and Mr and Mrs Harold Ehle. Organizers were Marilyn Scar borough Mattie Johnson Alice Vodicka and Kay Current with James Hawker as class sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ralph Carl
Harold Fisher
Harold Ehle
Marilyn Scarborough
Mattie Johnson
Alice Vodicka
Kay Current
James Hawker
Lloyd McCutcheon
Francis German
C. F. Littell
Dean
J. B MacGregor
J. B. Robinson
S. L. Chand
Social Roundup Highlights Local Hosting and Showers
Mrs. Bessie Crone and Mr. and Mrs. F M McGaw share hosting duties during an Arrow social group supper with faculty sponsor Miss Ruby Wade. Dinners at the Littell home honor political science majors and forthcoming marriage of Miss Jean Burge to Dale Johnston of Lisbon. Showers for Miss Burge given by Miss Marguerite Bear and Mrs. Raymond Rodman. Triangle club members dine at the Commonwealth tea room in Cedar Rapids with prizes awarded at a Monticello dinner bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Johnston
Lisbon
Althea
Eleanor Thomassen
Raymond Rodman
Marguerite Bear
Miss Burge
Bear
Margaret Pitlik
Charles Johnston
Jack Ciha
Triangle Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Pottery Display and Local Society News
Clubs of Anamosa attend a Concord Round Table display of American pottery and porcelain at the courthouse as the State Federation promotes buying American made goods. Miss Dorothy Corwin to be honored before her June 1 wedding to Joseph Langdon of Clinton. Mount Moriah OES notes and a bouquet given. Local social events include a state B P W convention in Waterloo, a bridge luncheon at the Gillen hotel, and a May breakfast hosted by the Concord Round Table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Anamosa
Mount Moriah
Waterloo
Roy McMickle
G. R. Wilkinson
Gillen Hotel
Helen Barker
B. H. Erb
W. H. Frazer
Max Wortman
Charles Tyler
A. N. Trevarthen
Maude Lowry
Wortman
Concord Round Table Club
Hearthstone Club bids farewell to Ruth Mayberry
Jo Lost Nation reports the Hearthstone club held its final meeting in the Union church recreation rooms on Tuesday evening. A farewell gift shower honored Ruth Mayberry, primary teacher, who plans to leave this spring. Luncheon followed, organized by Mrs. D. L. Cressey and others. Bethlehem Luther League hosted a reception for the church’s newly confirmed class with welcome by Robert Sievers and response by Cora Mohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearthstone Club
Union Church
Ruth Mayberry
D. L. Cressey
Esther Schultz
Velma Ruggeberg
O. H. Story
Bethlehem Luther League
Robert Sievers
Cora Mohr
Madelyn Christensen
Gilbert Burrichter
Norman Sievers
Witegees Tiak
Birth day reunion at Owen home honors Mrs. Owen
Mrs. Owen was guest of honor at a birthday reunion Wednesday at the M. L. Owen home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dyer of Maynard, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Donat, Mrs. Sarah McFadden, and Mrs. Nettie Hockett of Randalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Owen
Mrs. Owen
C. W. Dyer
Maynard
Ed Donat
Sarah McFadden
Nettie Hockett
Randalia
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Gilbert Jones
Thelma
Helen Jansen
Sorosis
Leona Price
Gordon Blanchard
E. T. Jansen
Eugene Sutton
Walter Laetare
Roger Barrigar
Kozy Klub
Thelma Easterly
Willa Laetare
Ruth Houstman
Patricia Easterly
Olin Consolidated School
Oxford Junction
J. J. Locher
Sylvia Gutensohn
Rebecca Grimes
P.T.A. Meetings
Don B. Davis
Cleveland P. T. A
Harrison
Harrison P. T. A
G. L. Minehart
Arthur
Arthur P. T. A
Annie Smithey
Evelyn Barnett
Lillian Dinsdale
Bruce West
Taylor
Taylor P. T. A
Taylor Chorus
Lovella Ewoldt
R. F. Taft
Fillmore
Fillmore P. T. A
Ruby Scheneberger
V. H. Hasek
van Buren
van Buren P. T. A
George Naxera
L. McKee
F. Luse
Ruth Webster
P. H. Brown
McKee
J. Brague
Luse
Nanna Nelson
L. R. Hamilton
Frank Zeman
Frank Kra
Ick
Naxera
Nelson
Hamilton
E. Machula
W. Moscript
Louie Mrs
V. C. Grant
V. Glessner
P. Brown
R. Dew
H. Knowles
A. Gaskill
Moscript
Hollister
L. Mrstik
William Lepin
West Liberty
Lasswell
Juanita Layer
Scotch Grove
Coralville
Clarence
Shellsburg
Truscon
J. E. Cameron
Danpard
2Nd Ave
Zotos
Jamal Haldy
First Avenue East
Paris
Peris
ST. SE
Sara Park Salon Sary Mell Beauty Shop
Paramount Theater
Srd Ave
Alta BR. Bumcan
Ooo Onslow
Ladies Guild
C. M. Holst
W. K. Kennedy
Howard Willison
George Paulsen
Goudy
Ralph Orr
Claire Westphal
Fred Scott
Norway
Luberger
Prt Furniture
Luberger's
Pat
Third Avenue
Dial
Fayette
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