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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1940

Page

9

Pre-Nuptial Events Honor Miss Melberg in May Wedding Week

Social column notes Miss Elizabeth Melberg, bride elect to William McLane Rae of Des Moines, hosting and attending multiple pre nuptial events. Breakfast at Cedar Rapids Country Club features spring flowers and bridegroom motif with numerous hostesses and guests. A tea at the Gage residence and a theater party celebrate the upcoming marriage. Mary Ann McWilliams’ birthday party included many friends at Killian’s tea room.

Elizabeth Melberg William McLane Rae Des Moines Catherine Cooper Twentieth Street SE Virginia Black Grande Avenue SE Melberg Cedar Rapids Country Club Killian’s Mary Ann McWilliams Mary Ann M .D. McWilliams Joanne Greene Polly Green Ann Wadsworth Jean Hartman Flora Mae Robinson Mary Sue Ristine Margaret Curray Ilene Warner Angeline Thomas Theodora Davis Mary Helen Armstrong Jane Pazdera

Professor to Speak to A U W on Meaning of Life

Prof Wilfred Sellers of Iowa University will address the American Association of University Women at the year’s final meeting. The 8 pm gathering will be at the Tapper sisters home 348 Forest Drive SE. New officers to assume duties include Mrs Clyde B. Meffert as president.

Wilfred Sellers University of Iowa American Association of University Women Inga Olga Tapper Forest Drive Clyde B. Meffert Wayne J. Foster Cutler H. O. Cutler Ridgeway Drive Will

Dinner Party at Elks Club for Owen Tisdale Round

Mr and Mrs Hugh W White hosted a dinner for Mr and Mrs Owen Tisdale as they plan to move to Marshalltown after June 3. Guests included Mrs R O Burrows of Belle Plaine and Mr and Mrs Howard G Whitmore. Mrs Tisdale was later honored with a gift at a luncheon and social visit at the Whitmore home.

Owen Tisdale Marshalltown Hugh W. White Meadowbrook Drive Elks Club White R. O. Burrows Belle Plaine Howard G. Whitmore Tisdale Whitmore Halford Barty Wurster Robert Miller R. B. van Cleve Otto Ambroz

College Club To Hear Mine Address At Cedar Rapids

Mansvetov Madame Marya Tolstoy Mansvetov granddaughter of Count Tolstoy will address Cedar Rapids College Club at its last meeting of the season Saturday at 2:45 pm in the Art Association Room of the Public Library. She comes to the United States Feb 8 from Prague to aid in restoring Czechoslovakia after education there for 16 years. Mrs Ralph Gray and Mrs Jay W Hesser co chairmen of the hostess committee with help from Mesdames Isaac Linkletter William Loftus John Rieniers Glenn Turner G M Wodtke.

Madame Marya Tolstoy Mansvetov Fea Tolstoy Cedar Rapids College Club Art Association Public United States Prague Madame Mansvelov Czechoslovakia Moscow Ralph Gray Jay W Hesser Isaac Linkletter William Loftus John H. Rieniers Glenn Turner G. M. Wodtke

Chi Omega Seniors Honored by Local Alumnae

Eight Chi Omega seniors at Cae college were honored at a luncheon hosted by the Alumnae Association at Mrs. John W. Muller's home. Gifts were given to each senior, and a spring bouquet centered the table. An afternoon initiation inducted the students into the alumnae group.

Chi Omega Cae College John W. Muller Cottage Grove Avenue Dorothy Carr Primrose Selden Betty Ann Lehman Betty Knox Catherine Petska Phyllis Rogers Mardella Parrott Bonnie Carrv Naomi Hauser Zoe Burge Betty McKegan Betty Mineshall

Blauls Host Sherman Yates and Torgesons Guests

Coquillettes spend day in Des Moines as Mrs Blaul and Mrs A C Torgeson visit Kimball Nebraska. The guest list includes Mr and Mrs S E F vg ne of Knollwood Dr Des Moines visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Wray. Alumnae of Delta Gamma to luncheon at Mrs Frank C Byers home with Mrs Ernest W Anderson and Mrs Willis Glasgow assisting. Mrs Roy E Curray and infant son welcomed by plane, then Lieut MacKinnon and daughter Judy arrive by motor from Indianhead Maryland with Hawake move.

A. C. Torgesons Blauls Theodore F. Blaul Woodland Drive Coquillettes Des Moines S. EF Knollwood Robert Wray Frank C. Byers Nineteenth Street SE Delta Gamma Sorority Ernest W. Anderson Rs. Willis Glassgow Roy E. Curray Linden Drive

Memorial Day Dance Next At Cedar Rapids Country Club

Memorial Day dinner dance planned for Wednesday May 29 at Cedar Rapids Country Club marks the spring social scene. A Omaha orchestra will provide music with intermission stunt contests and games. Honorary hosts include Mr and Mrs Douglas F Boynton Miss Barbara Bloomhall and others.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Omaha Douglas F. Boynton Barbara Bloomhall Herbert L. Killian Arthur L. Augustine James Y. Canfield Cyril Kegler Roy E. Choate

Howard Watts to Speak at Cedar Rapids Art Gallery

Howard Watts will lecture at the Cedar Rapids Art Association gallery next Friday at 3 p.m. The talk, under the applied arts department, covers The Appreciation of Fine China. Watts, Milwaukee-based and long in the china business, emphasizes non commercial aims and includes studies of pottery history and design.

Cedar Rapids Art Association Applied Arts Department Association Arthur L. Augustine Watts Kennard L. Wedgwood Wedgwood Potteries Ronald Copeland Gresham Copeland Spade Works Milwaukee George Watts China Ae M. Watts

Springtime Riders Parade Through Cedar Rapids Scene

In Cedar Rapids spring brings horse dreams to life as Mr. and Mrs. Lowell M. Taylor pose with their mounts along a leafy country road. The Taylors ride from Higley avenue SE near a Wolfe farm five miles toward Iowa City, with Mrs. Taylor's horse partly Arabian and neck reined. Also featured is Mrs. Sherman Yates of Commonwealth apartments, a leading local equestrienne, and Kathleen McGladrey, daughter of I. B. and Mrs. McGladrey, showing early promise as a rider at Nassau street SE.

Cedar Rapids Lowell M. Taylor Higley Avenue Taylors C. K. Wolfe Taylor Sherman Yates Commonwealth Apartments Kathleen McGladrey I. B McGladrey Nassau Street

Kappa Deltas Entertained At Waples Home

Cee Kappa Deltas will be entertained this afternoon from 3 to 5 oclock at the home of Mrs. F C Waples 331 Forest drive SE Senior girls will be honored Those assisting in the dining room are Mesdames G H Cornwell Don Barnes George Wilhelm K A Stiles Irving L Churchill and Charles Kidd The Junior Art club meeting was postponed to Monday May 27 at 1 P M at Country Club parkway Rostes?

Cee Kappa E. P. Ristedt Es ‘Country Club Parkway Rostes

Also Mentioned on This Page

Amos Melberg Catherine Crane Caroline Katharine van Meter Sarah Palmer Mary Catherine Jennings Betty Beardsley Patricia Burkhajter George N. Harless Robert Stonebraker W. E. Cooper Harry MM. Gage Second Avenue SE George WN. Harless Thirty-fourth Street Gage Robert Little Drury Davis Evanston Wallace S. Hamilton Carlton Apartments Vivien Buser Patricia Burkhalter Katharine Caroline van Meter Mary Luberger Mary Jane McBaith George Erwin Little Prof. Sellers A. A.U.W Owen Tisdales Mansvetov Cae Chi Omega Mrs. Sherman Yates Delta Gammas Roy Currays Mr. and Mrs Sumner Quartons W. B. Quarton Algona Sumner D. Quarton Indian Road Mrs. Davis Hamiltons Evanston, Ill Davis Wallace P. E L. E. Henry California Allan Nash Ada L. Evans Los Angeles Marian Lyne Allen Nash Country, Club Parkway SE D. W. Warrens Miss Hull D. W. Warren Warrenwood Howard Watts Art Kappa Deltas Waples
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