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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1956
Page
2
Practical guide on mothproofing wool garments for summer storage. Recommends dry cleaning or washing, thorough brushing and vacuuming, and spraying with moth protection in every layer. Covers socks to coats, storage in garment bags, plastic wrap, and blanket care to deter moth damage.
Mrs. Jack A. Walsh and Mrs. Leo Duster held a brunch and pottery shower Sunday at the Roosevelt hotel for June bride elect Miss Gloria Maher daughter of Mr and Mrs F D Maher of 1819 Fourth Avenue SE. Twenty two guests attended and Miss Maher will wed Don Fagan of Cedar Rapids on June 9. Also noted are Nowetomuk Camp Fire group members passing a trail seekers rank and sponsors Mrs Bonnie McCalley and Mrs Palmer Castongu.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Mc Laughlin and their children Peggie and Tommy from Nashville Tennessee will arrive Tuesday to visit Mrs J F McLaughlin at 200 Twenty eighth street drive SE and J William McLaughlin at 1142 Twenty seventh street NE with his family.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Miller announce the engagement of their daughter Jo Anne to Richard Avery son of Mrs Harold B Avery of DeKalb Illinois Miss Miller attends the University of Iowa and her fiancé works for General Electric in DeKalb Avery plans to enroll at Mississippi State College in the fall
Barbara Nolan was honored at a Sunday afternoon shower by Mrs Glenn Skoog and Miss Pat Harrington at 1418 Fifth Avenue SE. Twenty six guests attended. Nolan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Nolan, is the bride elect of Dick Franklin of Marion. In the AAUW officers photo in the Sunday Gazette Lois McBroom and JoAnn Kubik were interchanged. McBroom will serve as treasurer and Kubik as secretary.
Mr and Mrs W R Armstrong of 1912 Fifth Avenue SE will leave Tuesday for a week long visit with friends in Glidden and Carroll.
Lois Licht and Darrell Yutesler wed at Trinity Lutheran church in Lowden Saturday at 1 30 PM. The Rev. Theodore Eickelberg officiated, with Richard Licht and Eleanor Licht among the bridal party. The couple plans to reside at 114 Sixteenth Street NE.
Mrs. Robert E. Campbell Jr of Phoenix Arizona arrived last week to spend several weeks visiting in the home of her husband's parents Mr and Mrs Robert E Campbell at 2622 Country Club Parkway SE.
Miss Mardelle Perry daughter of the I E Perrys route one was honored at a Saturday evening miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Ernest Listebarger in Fairfax. Co hosts were Mrs Keith Listebarger and Miss Jean Listebarger. Thirty five guests hemmed tea towels as pink parasols and lilies of the valley decorated the table. She will wed Hal Holst of Marion on June 10.
New paint makes any surface chalkboard like and erasable. Suitable for playroom walls, kitchen write-on areas, and spaces near the telephone, offering a slate-like writing surface for children.
Mr and Mrs Bery Eller hosted eight guests at a Sunday luncheon at 808 Thirty-fifth Street NE to honor Mrs H K Wieditz on her birthday.
Miss Anna Meachan of Edinburgh marries S/Set David John Cambridge RAF Kirknewton Scotland at Sacred Heart Church Edinburgh. Parents Mr and Mrs Francis Meachan and Mr and Mrs Henry Cambridge attend. Altar decor features white lilies red tulips and ferns. Bride wears white lace gown trimmed with satin and sequins and carries a red bouquet.
Miss Ann Luke served as maid of honor in a ceremony featuring tea roses and white car nations with S Sgt Joseph E Mantz as best man. About seventy guests attended a reception. Mrs Cambridge wore a charcoal gray worsted suit for the London trip. The couple plan to live in Edinburgh after June 10.
Mrs. H. E. Paxton of 3025 Bever Avenue SE and Mrs. John Cabalka of 1444 Wildwood Drive NE depart by train for California. Paxton will visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lodge Carter of Long Beach, while Cabalka visits her brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Driscoll and their son Bobby in Pacific Palisades. They plan to return to Cedar Rapids by June 10.
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