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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1937

Page

18

PEO Chapter 1F Honored At Tuesday Tea

Chapter 1F of PEO will be honored at a tea Tuesday from 2 30 to 5 30 p m at the home of Mrs Moray L Eby 1956 First avenue E. About 200 PEO women will attend with guests from chapters HJ DK and GM.

Grahams of Brazil Visit in Warren Duncan Home

Mr and Mrs Irvine Graham of Ponte Nova Bahai Brazil stayed with Mr and Mrs Warren O Duncan at 1524 Avenue NE after Sunday visits en route from Omaha. The Grahams plan stops at Davenport and Freeport before attending the Presbyterian general assembly in Columbus Ohio.

Irvine Graham Ponte Nova Bahai Brazil Graham Warren O. Duncan Duncan Avenue NE Omaha Davenport Freeport Presbyterian General Assembly Columbus Town State College Ames United States Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions United States New Orleans

Visitors from Bronxville Arrive in City for Family Stay

Mr. and Mrs Walter G. Peter host Mrs. Petersons niece Mrs Harold C Hahn and her sons Richard and Harold of Bronxville New York. The Hahns have been traveling in the west and will return to their home in New York on Tuesday.

Walter G. Peterson First Avenue E Peterson Harold C Hahn Mr. Hahn Richard and Harold Bronxville, N. Y Hahn West New York

Farewell Handkerchief Shower For Mrs McKay

Mrs John McKay of Moline a weakened guest of her parents Mrs C A Johnson was honored at a farewell handkerchief shower Sunday evening at the Johnson home on Thirtieth Street SE. She plans to leave in late May for Saranac Lake New York to spend the summer. Attendants included Mrs Roy Goss Mrs Harvey Gipp of Marion Mrs Roy Wright Miss Elsie Tvyrdik Miss Dorothy Clauson Miss Mary Rudish and Mrs Johnson.

John McKay Moline C. A. Johnson McKay Saranac Lake N. Y Roy Goss Harvey Gipp Marion Roy Wright Elsie Tvyrdik Dorothy Clauson Mary Rudish Johnson

Delta Gamma Alumnae Luncheon This Wednesday

Delta Gamma alumnae meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. J. T. Grayston's home 413 Eighteenth street NE for luncheon.

Delta Gamma Graystons J. T. Grayston Eighteenth Street

Clark couple back from West Coast trip to Florida

Mr and Mrs CF Clark returned Monday to their home 510 Knollwood Drive SE from a business trip that took them to California Texas and Florida They traveled from Los Angeles along the Old Spanish Trail to Florida.

Pla Mor 500 Club Hosts Marion Gathering

Members of the Pla Mor 500 club were entertained Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Merrill Wilson of Marion. Prizes were won by Mrs. Paul Blake, Mrs. Geneva Evers, and Mrs. Jona Milburn. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Miles Hess’s home in Marion.

Merrill Wilson Marion Paul Blake Geneva Evers Jona Milburn Miles Hess

May breakfast of Wednesday Social Club at Bever Park

The Wednesday Social club holds its annual May breakfast in Bever Park on Wednesday at 9 am. Members are asked to bring the usual May breakfast requirements.

Bever Park

Miss Ruth Kemp Honored By Sister At Sunday Coffee

Mrs. Howard Funk hosted a 10 o'clock Sunday coffee at her home on 129 Seventeenth Street SW to honor her sister Miss Ruth Kemp. The event celebrated Miss Kemp’s upcoming marriage to George B. Turner of Grundy Center on June 17. Guests included Mrs. Oscar E. Kemp, Mrs. J. Turner, Mrs. E. P. Childs, and many others, plus several Misses.

Howard Funk Seventeenth Street Ruth Kemp George B. Turner Grundy Center Funk Miss Kemp Oscar E. Kemp

Cedar Rapids Coca Cola workers fete Shipe in Iowa City

Employees of the Cedar Rapids Coca Cola Bottling Company and their spouses hosted a surprise party Friday evening to honor Mr and Mrs Harry Shipe of Iowa City. Mr Shipe, a city salesman for the company, has been reassigned to Iowa City to open a new warehouse. Attending from Cedar Rapids were Burgess West H R Langridge and son Raymond R Vogel L J Burlanck Jack Stillion Edward Dwiggins Howard Bachman W E Williams and Leona Holub.

Cedar Rapids Coca-Cola Bottling Company Harry Shipe Iowa City Mr. Shipe Burgess West H. R. Langridge Raymond R. Vogel L. J. Burlanck

Call widow opposes estate final report in court

Pauline G. Call widow of Clare T. Call objects to final report of administrator Robert H. Harger claiming the $7,399.87 life policy proceeds totaling $1,052.22 in costs and administration expenses should be exempt from payment. She also seeks itemization of accounts receivable and dismissal of Naoma E Appleton's objection to the fourth class claim without prejudice.

C. J. Haas Pauline G. Call Clare T. Call Robert H. Harger Call Estate Harger Naoma E. Appleton Naoma E Call

Will probates for Clara A Allen and Thomas W Bell in district court

Clara A Allen dies May 16 probate Monday with beneficiaries including brother J C Moore nieces Alice J Watson Ella M Pence Lena A Spurgeon and grandniece Elizabeth Watson Executor named Harry C Watson Also Thomas W Bell dies May 15 probate Monday heirs divided as if intestate Executor Earl N Bell W G Bolton company and W C Pickard defendants in accounting suit by J W Mammill seeks 500 counterclaim for expenses Hammill seeks accounting and judgment Cedar Rapids residence defendants claim complete accounting done and sums paid seek dismissal

Clara A. Allen J. C. Moore Alice J. Watson Ella M. Pence Lena A. Spurgeon Elizabeth Watson Harry C. Watson Thomas W. Bell Earl N. Bell Malcolm V. Bolton and Company W. C. Pickard J. W. Mammill Hammill Cedar Rapids

Frances Fabricius Weds J I Merritt in Nashua Church

Frances Fabricius of Reinbeck married J I Merritt at the Little Brown church in Nashua. Rev Kent officiated with attendees Mrs Ward Walston of Manchester and Mr. and Mrs. Merritt later hosting a dinner at Hotel President Waterloo. The couple resides at 1263 First Avenue E.

Frances Fabricius C., Fabricius of Reinbeck First Avenue Little Brown Church Nashua William Kent

Planes Terrorize Spanish Refugee Children in Britain

Four thousand Spanish Basque refugee children in a Southampton camp fled in terror as a Royal Air Force training flight roared overhead. Officials calmed them and explained the planes were English, not bombs, amid their first day in England after arriving from Bilbao aboard the Habana.

Southampton England Bilbao Habana Royal Air Force

Parrot Talks At Night Sparks Power Co. Theor y

Kay Francis owns a parrot that refuses to speak by day but chatters vividly after dark. The star jokes the talkative bird was trained by the Electric Light and Power Co.

Parrot Kay Francis The Electric Light and Power Co

Lost Nation class of 1937 graduates at Rutenbeck hall

Lost Nation High School held commencement at Rutenbeck hall with Willian Dunlavey of Des Moines delivering the address. The 1937 class is the largest to graduate, boasting many trophies and activities including the Lost Nation band and basketball trophies. Ruth Eleanor Myatt and Alice Crissey named top students.

Calif Guy C. Joseph Omaha Neb Lost Nation Rutenbeck Clinton County Ruth Eleanor Myatt Alice Crissey Supt O. H. Story Edward Rugenberg

West Branch eighth graders honored with diplomas

Funeral services for Mrs. E N Armstrong of West Liberty were held Sunday with burial in West Branch Cemetery. Born Jennie Taylor in Rogers Ohio, she married Edward N Armstrong and lived on a local farm before moving to West Liberty. She died Friday in University Hospital Iowa City and is survived by her husband and three sons Kenneth Barranquilla Colombia L A Ardell Medford Ore and Joy Rock Island Ill.

Lost Nation Louis J. Guyer Federated Church In E. J. Brass Bethlehem Lutheran Church W .R. Smith H. L. Frazier L. M. Hall Darrell Christensen Margaret Dickman Clifford Eden Fred Busch Ray Galloway Emil Rutenbeck William Ruggeberg J. E. Gilroy Julius Adrian Will C. Mohr Elmer M. Hoff Union Maquoketa Louis Johnson Guyer Rushville Jacob Mary Guyer Mennonite Church Elizabeth Kathern Frank Spring Creek Guyer Peter Jansen Near Lost Nation Floyd Guyer Sabula Coffman Goshen Ind Clermont Ora Fischer Otto Fischer Burnell Anderson Martin Anderson Postville Lutheran Church R. B. Garten Anna May Anderson Clarence Fischer Anderson Kenneth Schroeder Marion Schroeder Harold Fischer Lloyd Schroeder Mrs. Anderson Western States Yellowstone Natonal Park DELTA G. A Beman Methodist Church Charles Ellis E. L. McClure Mount Zion Martinsburg Gladys Heninger Ottumwa Manchester Manchester High School Board of Education and Friends Esther Sanderson George Winters W. A. Adix Thomas P. Shaffer Gerald Smith Clair E. Brown Booth Tarkington Independence Ella Cullinan The People's Hospital St. John's Catholic Church Msgr W. T H. Story West Branch E. N. Armstrong West Liberty Wet Branch Jennie Taylor David and Mary Taylor Rogers Ohio Edward N. Armstrong Here

Approves Pension for Mrs. W. H. Taft

President Roosevelt signed the pension bill granting Helen H. Taft widow of the late President and Chief Justice a five thousand dollar annual pension.

W. H. Taft Washington INS Roosevelt Congress Helen H. Taft

High Court Rules Labor Union Has Right to Picket

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a labor union may peacefully picket a non-union employer under the state labor code. Justice Brandeis cited free competition with non-union businesses by picketing as akin to advertising. The decision overturned Paul Senn, Milwaukee tile contractor, in the case involving the Sener Protective Union Local No. 5.

High Court Washington Supreme Court Justice Brandeis Paul Senn Milwaukee Ale Sener Protective Union O. 5

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