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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1940

Page

11

Camp Hitaga Staff Named For Camp Fire Girls

Camp Hitaga opens June 24 under Miss Jane Garwood Cedar Rapids council executive secretary named camp director This will be her second season at Hitaga Harriet Spencer heads apprentice unit and acts as assistant director Miss Mary Gent of Carthage Ill leads older girls unit and campcraft Augusta Bailey San Antonio heads intermediate unit directing sports program Betty Niles Anamosa leads junior unit with music and drama Betty Sue Lamb Denver directs riding program Jean Hoffman Walker Iowa City waterfront staff includes Fern Newcomer and Mary Towne Anna belle Hershey Cedar Rapids assists Newcomer with waterfront duties Frances Crozier Ottumwa returns as nature counselor Barbara Sgarlata Cedar Rapids serves as camp secretary Katherine Britton Hannibal Mo acts as nutritionist for the summer Camp Huaga veteran C H Morningstar head cook for ninth summer

Camp Fire Girls Camp Hitaga Jane Garwood Cedar Rapids Agatth Campcraft Mary Gent Carthage, Ill Carthage College Huaga Minneapolis Shabonda Agusta Bailey San Antonio Tex Our Lady of the Lake Aponita Helen Henry Coe College Shellsburg Betty Niles Anamosa National College of Education Evanston Ill Camp Huaga Betty Sue Lamb Denver Christian College Columbia Camp Wilaha Jean Hoffman Walker University of Iowa Hitaga Fern Newcomer Iowa City Clear Lake Seal Club Iowa W.A.A Mary Towne Burlington Annabelle Hershey Miss Newcomer Miss Hershey Iowa State College Ames C. H Morningstar

Five Iowa Girls Among Cornell College Beauties

Five Iowa contestants join Cornell College beauty queens in a yearbook feature. The list names Sarah Jane Hubbard Bloomington Ill Marjorie Bates Oak Park Ill Corrine Anderson Lake Forest Ill Jessie McKerrow River Forest Ill and Helen Langenbach Blue Island Ill along with Beauchamp a Cedar Rapids junior. The piece notes past beauty titles held by Gough McKerrow Hubbard and Anderson and mentions homecoming queen status. Royal, Cornell yearbook, marks his sixth birthday party with pink and white decorations and a guest list including Gloria Gard Sharon Gaston Nancy Hogan Diane Beck and others.

Iowa Sarah Jane Hubbard Bloomington Ill Marjorie Bates Oak Park Corrine Anderson Lake Forest Jessie McKerrow River Forest Helen Langenbach Blue Island Miss Beauchamp Cedar Rapids Felix E Beauchamp Seventh Street Cornell Anderson Arrow

Adelaide Nemecek Weds Burton Kolek in Mount Vernon

Adelaide Nemecek and Burton Kolek wed in a May 14 double ring ceremony at Trinity Methodist Church in Mount Vernon. The couple, both graduates of local high schools, plan to reside in the Walrab apartments.

Adelaide Nemecek Burton Kolek Frank J. Nemecek Route 2 Adelaide Frank Kolek Lisbon Trinity Methodist Church Glenn W. Rowley Robert Pollock Johanna Hill

Ella Swan Circle Mother Daughter Dinner at Bethany Church

The Ella Swan circle of Bethany Congregational Church hosted a mother and daughter dinner at the Wurster tea room. The program featured songs, piano and violin performances, readings, and a toast master with committee members named.

Ella Swan Bethany Congregational Church Wurster Mabel Sayers Charles Zavodsky Lulu Engelmann Welty Steven Barwick Gladys Barger Welty Fannie Paschel Mr. Barwick Noreen Hiland Golda Ash Leela Zavodsky Marie Mittan Mayme Seeley Minnie Dostal Jeanette Hofferber Margaret Garretson Charles W. Clarks

Alpha Xi Spring Dinner Dance With Venetian Nights Theme

The Alpha Xi Delta Coe chapter held its annual spring dinner dance in the Florentine room at the Roosevelt hotel with a Venetian Nights theme. The sorority trio Way Beery Jean Dunlap and Marybel Jacobson sang. Faculty guests included Dr. and Mrs. Ben H. Peterson and others. A long committee list accompanied the event with many sorority members and guests noted. An update mentions Corky Lupton’s friends visiting Saturday afternoon.

Coe Chapter Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Florentine Roosevelt Hotel Way Beery Jean Dunlap Marybel Jacobson Ben H. Peterson Willis Lamb Vernon E. Lichtenstein Boyd G. Carter Anna Mae Melsa Dorothy Stookey Jean Knight Alice Kenworthy Jane Hahn Pauline Huston Dorothy Plock Helen

Purpose Of Child Health Roundup Told

Mrs D Holvenstot health chairman of the Parent Teacher council outlines the annual summer health roundup aimed at school-entry children. Since 1924 it partners with medical dental nursing and public health groups to provide physical and dental exams in May. The May clinic at Memorial Coliseum includes several specialists and nurses. vaccination and immunization are urged.

Memorial Coliseum West Side East Side Bernice Hopper Community Nutrition Service Public Health Nursing Bureau

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