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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1941

Page

18

Weddings announced for Jean Lee Ella Rice and Ida Detlefsen

The Rice family of 3435 Third Avenue SE announces the engagement and June 8 wedding of daughter Jean Lee Ella to Woodrow W. Bontrager, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bontrager of 319 Fifth Street NW. Detlefsen of Cedar Rapids is to wed Walter Detlefsen on June 22. both pairs include college graduates and area employment details. A kitchen shower honors Miss Nettie Sisam, bride elect of Elkan Kemp, with a friendship quilt in Cedar Rapids.

Martin I. Rice Third Avenue SE Jean Lee Ella Woodrow W. Bontrager William H. Bontrager Fifth Street Trinity Methodist Church William O. Eckler Miss Rice Franklin High School Coe College Linn County Bontrager Roosevelt High Skelly Oil Company F. Walter Homestead Ida Cedar Rapids Walter Detlefsen C. G. Detlefsen Seventh Avenue Concordia Teachers College Seward Neb Trinity Lutheran Church Detlefsen Grant High School Century Engineering Corporation Nettie Sisam Elkan Kemp C. W. Davis Armina Davis Eighteenth Avenue Bride Alta Duncan P. Greathouse Arthur Lynn A. B. Steyne P. E. Frink Willard Endsley Henry Lorenzen Ed Hunter A. B. Curtis William Eckle

Western Iowa social notes on engagements and gatherings

West Branch hosts a May breakfast for 12 guests in the Albin gardens. Engagements announced include Dorothy Junge to Lloyd Petersen of Dysart and Jeanne Elizabeth Russell to Joseph L. Wilson of Newport RI. Mary Elizabeth Kadera betrothed to Paul McNutt of LeMars with a June 1 wedding planned. Wimodausis guest day in Masonic hall drew 45 guests with E M Adams welcoming and a program featuring several local women.

Wimodausis Club Masonic Hall E. M. Adams Mary Ellen Sawyer Patty Lapham Darlene Dunn Shirley Johnson B. H. Johnson

Belle Plaine P.E.O. chapter ends season with luncheon

Belle Plaine Chapter EI of P E O will end the club season with a luncheon at Mrs E P Willeys home Monday Assistant hostesses will be Mesdames Bishop A E Fedderson and Dwight Ayres The Tuesday bridge club held a luncheon at Mrs R W Millers home for a winners and losers party

P.E.O E. P. Willey Mesdames Bishop A. E. Fedderson Dwight Ayres R. W. Miller

May Festival Highlights Guest Gatherings in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon hosts a busy May festival with many events honoring visitors. The largest was the Home Economics tea at Armstrong hall, followed by President and Mrs. Magee greeting guests at their home after the concert.

Mount Vernon Armstrong Hall Magee R. Nelson C. E. Hedges J. B. Eyestone Presbyterian Missionary Society Joseph W. Gray, Jr Robert Hartenberger Methodist Church Russell Cooper Irene Sipple Boyd Horton Lois Bigger Claire Littell New Herbert Smith James Ballz Wanda Mae Collins Arthur Collins Kenneth Kaplan Letha Kaplan Presbyterian Manse Merril Hoffman William Kaplan Ozarks Kaplan

Woman's Guild Hosts at Presbyterian Church Parlor

Onslow hostesses Mrs Florence Edwards Mrs Violet Wherry and Mrs Lynne Chatterton presided Wednesday in the Presbyterian church parlors. Guest Miss Elsie B Clor a missionary in Jerusalem for 20 years and visiting Mrs A F Pottle spoke or attended the gathering.

Florence Edwards Violet Wherry Lynne Chatterton Woman's Guild Presbyterian Church Kenneth Kennedy Elsie B. Clor Jerusalem A. F. Pottle

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