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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
2
A wartime diet guidance promotes variety in meals to support health and energy for American workers and troops. It details salt pork uses from frying to baking, fat drippings for frying, and recipe ideas for pork with beans and potatoes, greens, and corn.
Bright weather spurs gatherings as Mrs. F. N. Shramek hosts a dinner at the Roosevelt hotel for her son in law and daughter Corp. and Mrs. Howard C. Seid en route to Miami. Dr. Orus Krumboltz of Fargo joins her brother for a donor week. Mrs. George W. Corey entertains a Cedar Rapids Country club luncheon with eight members. Kathleen Diane Shores celebrates her first birthday with family at the Shores home. Mrs. John A. Holbrook and Jackie A. II head to Winnipeg then Garden City with Royal Holbrook joining later for defense work and the Twenty-five Year club induction in Ames.
Mrs. Harry Hoover hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering at 1244 Twenty-first Avenue SW with six attendees including Mmes Ellen Miller Teresa King Abbit Hattfield Robert Camp Elmer Hunt and William King.
The Lambda chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority met Wednesday evening in the sorority rooms. Mrs. Corrine Schover presented an educational program on the topic Voice.
Miss Geraldine Rabe of San Francisco, a former Cedar Rapids resident, visits her aunt Miss Margaret Faulkner at 320 Twenty third Street NE with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rabe of Maiano. She is employed by the Navy Department on Treasure Island.
Miss Lenore Sherrard will perform a piano recital Sunday at 8 15 pm in the T M Sinclair Memorial chapel. She will be assisted by Ruth Buresh organist. Sherrard, a Cambridge Illinois native, plans to receive a bachelor of music degree in June and is active in Mu Phi Epsilon among other groups. She will play works by Beethoven d Albert Respighi Rebikov Lecouna and Clokey.
Capt. and Mrs Frederick C Fisher and their son Frederick are on a short leave, visiting Capt Fisher’s parents in the Commonwealth apartments. He has been stationed in Washington DC and will report to Fort Custer, Michigan on May 29. Mrs Fisher and son will spend the summer with her parents in Baraboo Wisconsin.
Capt. and Mrs A E Filber of Denver, formerly of Cedar Rapids, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C A Pope at 1840 Fourth Avenue SE. Capt. Filber is on leave from Buckley Field where he serves with the Army Air Forces.
Miss Mary Jane Flaherty a United Airlines stewardess returns to Chicago after visiting parents Mr and Mrs A H Garrett at 259 Eighteenth street NW. Mr and Mrs A F Schmidt 218 Johnson avenue NW entertained at dinner Tuesday honoring Miss Flaherty and the Schmidts daughter and grandson Mrs Carl D Medin and Don of Dubuque.
Employee and former employees of the J C Penney company hosted a bridal shower Wednesday at the Bungalow of the Light Company for Mrs Robert Connor née Wilma Koppert. Hostesses included Mrs Adelaide Mortier Miss Mary Tremain Miss Erma Maier Miss Betty Cline and Miss Ellen Suttliff. Bunce played followed by a mock wedding. Forty four guests attended.
Ensign and Mrs. B L Heneks of Boston and Washington DC visit parents Mr and Mrs Byron Heneks at 1316 Avenue NW and Mr and Mrs Joe Blazek at 1803 Mallory Street SW. They will leave Saturday for Washington where Mrs Heneks will live while Ensign Heneks serves at sea.
Miss Mary Louise Weber hosted the Fu Jen bridge club at 719 First Avenue SW on Wednesday. Prizes were won by Margaret Kell Nellie Drew Mary Erlecher Mary Mc Donnell Helen Convey and Frances Dorman.
Cleveland P T A held a hobby show and ice cream social with 350 members and guests. Mrs. Kvapil presided, displays featured student and district work, and a han dicraft demo by Camp Fire girls Bluebirds and Cub Scouts.
Miss Charlotte Crone was elected president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, business girls sorority, at a Tuesday evening dinner in Mrs Wurster's tearoom. New officers include Dorothy Lightner vice president Phyllis Baldwin secretary Arlene Platner treasurer Irene Werner society editor. Three new members were accepted.
The Coe college department of music presents two student recitals in T. M Sine clair Memorial chapel on Saturday. Afternoon program at 4 features pupils of Eleanor Houts and Alma Turechek including Janet Zacharias and Mary Platt among others. Evening recital at 7 includes students of Houts Twurewiek Daehler Kitchin with participants such as Harry Stewart and Patricia Olson.
Mrs W L Glessner hosted a picnic supper at 1014 Maplewood Drive NE with assisting hostesses Mrs Carl Neitzel and Mrs Hunter Baylor. Bridge prizes went to Mrs Ed Kvitek, Mrs Hazel Kidd and Mrs Carolyn Cole. Next meeting set with Mrs Charles Morningstar at 217 Sixth Street NE.
The American Legion auxiliary nominating committee met Wednesday evening at Mrs. Alma Vokolek’s home to choose officers for the coming year. Members are Mrs. John Stodola Mrs. Leonard Koch Mrs. H. N. Steele and Mrs. Howard Walsh.
The past and present officers of the Emily Brown guild of Kenwood Presbyterian church hosted the gathering on Tuesday evening. Dinner was served to 35 members by the Mary Martha Society. Mrs. A. E. Chase screened colored movies of a trip to Puerto Rico.
T Z Cook Woman's Relief Corps gathered Thursday in the Memorial building. The flower committee distributed 23 corsages to mothers of men in prison camps and 22 potted violets to mothers of other servicemen. The Interdenominational church invited the corps to Sunday services at 11 am on Third Street at Fifth Avenue SW. members should arrive by 10:45 am. The charter was draped.
The students of Miss Edna Die man and Miss Billie Humphreys will present a studio recital Friday at 8 15 p m Accompanists will be Miss Eulalia Hauser and Miss Maribelle Eye Taking part in the recital will be Alyce Mary Chadima Marilyn Morehouse Joan Lattner Alice Ruth Mikas Patricia Kaufman Beulah Detwiler Barbara Battin Janet Kohl Jane Barrows Janet Ray Lee Cooper Nancy Hendry Donna Grant Jacqueline Smith Patricia Stiles Marion Stephen son Janis Jenson Carolyn Elliott Mary Lou Broghammer Barbara Rinderknecht Marcia Elliott and Polly Green
Household guidance from Naomi Doebel with practical advice on canning marmalades jams and jellies without sugar during rationing. Notes sugar uses 5 pounds yields about 10 cups of sugar and two glasses of jelly per cup of fruit juice. Also details tomato canning methods and shared community pressure cooker ideas to boost home processing safety.
The Ehawee Camp Fire group met Tuesday at Arthur school to plan starting an afghan. The girls worked on their next rank and enjoyed games.
The St Pauls Methodist girls work committee hosted a mother daughter party at the church on Wednesday evening. About three hundred attended as Mrs H Hamilton Morse chaired the event with music from a clarinet sextet and group singing led by Mrs Clyde Sanborn.
Presiding at the table were Mrs Charles J Bready Miss Bertha Cownell Mrs Ruth Smith Mrs Orville Long and four past presidents of the girls work committee Mrs Floyd Knapp Mrs J A Yessler Mrs Russell Knapp and Mrs A W Plock. The dining room and painters were decorated with spring flowers by Mrs Robert C Armstrong assisted by Mrs G W Woods Mrs George Little and Mrs Clarence Beeson were in charge of refreshments and Mrs John R Battin Mrs Russell Knapp and Mrs H J Foreman were in charge of the program. Mrs W H Bailey was in charge of tickets and Mrs Plock was publicity chairman.
Five members of the North Western Women's Club returned from Chicago after attending a club convention at the Sherman hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Attendees included Mrs. Stanley Mersh president Mrs. L J Wise delegate Mrs. Hannah Cobb Mrs A A Hottle and Mrs R Rowland with listed addresses.
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