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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1938

Page

22

Popularity, Self Respect, and Miss Manners Reflections

A column discussing how popularity at school should reflect self respect rather than flirtation rules. It cites Jean as an example of cheap charm and urges girls to build genuine liking, grooming, and intelligence to gain lasting social status. It also offers Miss Manners advice to a reader about improving herself and handling parental views on marriage with a hopeful, prudent approach.

Pet Jean Miss Manners

Traer Alpha club elects officers. activities to resume in September

Traer Alpha club members elected Mrs. John Hahn president at Tuesday meeting. New officers include Mrs. H. B. Kahler as vice president, Mrs. Hugh Calderwood as secretary, Mrs. Paul Thomas as treasurer, and Mrs. John Powell as federation delegate. Members plan to resume activities in September.

John Hahn Alpha Club H. B. Kahler Hugh Calderwood Paul Thomas John Powell Peration F. W. Wehrhan Goon Albert Big Lea Minn Traer Rebekah Lodge K. L H. J. Norton Traer

Flowers for Memorial Day In Classifieds

Memorial Day flowers advertised in the cold section under classification 34. Advertisement notes seasonal arrangements and delivery options.

Church Women Gather For Meetings and Reports

Numerous church groups schedule Friday and Thursday sessions across Westminster Grace Episcopal St Marys Kenwood Trinity Second Christian and First Lutheran. Reports from Buck Hill conference, install officers, picnics, and a chicken dinner fund raiser for the Clear Lake Institute are on the slate with hostesses named and addresses listed.

Church Women Set Meetings With Mrs Delzell Guest

Hostesses include Mesdames Armstrong Gibson Foster Reynolds Boyson Owens Meffert Bollinger and Mrs J Bready to lead devotions. Miss Mabel Reid of Burma will speak. The official board meets Friday at 8 p.m. in the Daniels Park chapel. No Thursday afternoon gathering. Friday at 2 p.m. they meet Westminster Presbyterian for a business session and at 2 30 p.m. hear Presbyterial president Mrs Earl B Delzell.

Women’s Missionary Society Westminster Church Earl B. Delzeil Buck Hill W. L. Barnhard Edwin Franken Ira T. Carrnthers Dwight Krumholtz Katherine Franken Trinity Methodist Ladies Aid Women's Missionary Society Earl B Delzell M. R. Warren Clear Lake Institute Missionary Societies Robert C. Armstrong Bever Avenue Dairydale Road Ing S. G. Armstrong George F. Gibson W. J. Foster C. T. Reynolds H. N. Boyson Ed Owens Clyde Meffert C. W. Bollinger Westminster Presbyterian Church Earl B. Delzell

Misspelled Names Frustrate Hollywood Stars

Hollywood AP reports that many movie stars endure name misspellings. Greta Garbo Gary Cooper Ginger Rogers rarely stumble, while Claudette Colbert Olympe Bradna J Carroll Naish Carole Lombard Mary Livingstone Michael Brooke Marlene Dietrich Marsha Hunt Irene Dunne Martha Raye and others face frequent spelling errors affecting their first or last names.

Hollywood Greta Garbo Gary Cooper Ginger Rogers Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray McMurray Olympe Bradna J. Carrol Naish Carrol Carole Lombard Mary Livingstone Jack Benny Michael Brooke Marlene Dietrich Dietrich Marsha Hunt Marcia Irene Dunne Dunn Martha Raye

Wyoming Card Club Hosts Evening and Bridge Prizes

Wyoming residents report a card club gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Marshall on Tuesday. Prizes were awarded to Thomas Eichhorn, Mrs. T. J. Van Dyke, Mrs. G. H. Herz berger and Mrs. Thomas Eichhorn. The Presbyterian church Industrial society was entertained by Mrs. George Miller and others at Miller home. The Lutheran Aid society met Thursday at the parish hall with hostesses Mrs. Ralph Orth and others.

Gordon Marshall Thomas Eichhorn T. J. van Dyke G. H. Herzberger Bridge Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church George Miller R. Fishwild William Thomson Jane Inglis Miller Aid Society of the Lutheran Church Ralph Orth John Ambuehl Walter Holtz Henry Gerdes

Decline of Super-Musicals Prompts Change in Voices

Metro plans a light comedienne role for Jeanette MacDonald with a story in preparation featuring likely Fernand Gravey, signaling a shift for singers adapting to lean times and versatile performances.

Metro Jeanette MacDonald Fernand Gravet

May Garden Shrubs and Irises Shine in Spring Borderscape

A vivid garden note highlights a May morning scene with wild grape scent and birdsong. Shrubs including deutzias and viburnums frame borders while roses, robinas hispida, and kolkowitzia add color. Irises like Emily Philpotts, Pluie D or, Coronation Imperial, and White Knight provide tall yellows whites pinks, with emphasis on group plantings for effective color.

Emily Philpotts Charles H. Mayo Rheingauperle

Plan Menus to Fit Color Schemes for June Brides

A society note details a engagement party for Marcia May Peter to Dan Neil Murray at Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Meade with Alpha fraternity blue and gold colors and violet corsages. It lists party décor and a sample menu including Frozen Whip Angel Cup Cakes Bitter Sweet Icing Yellow Topping and pink and white dessert ideas for lavender and berry themes.

Marcia May Peter Dan Neil Murray Kodak Murray Alpha Marcia May

Community Club and Lodge Notices Read at Memorial and Lodge Gatherings

Various service and social notices from groups including Navy Mothers Club chapter 32 and Winter Temple No 78 Pythian Sisters. Events cover memorial services at Immaculate Conception church, a June picnic at YWCA, card parties, luncheons, and general meetings with attendees invited and required items like flowers and covered dishes.

Navy Mothers' Club Memorial Building Immaculate Conception Tenth Street Third Avenue SE YWCA

Community club meetings and service events listed

The schedule lists T Z Cook Woman's Relief corps events at Westminster church and Memorial building with processions to Immaculate Conception church. OLA T Club holds a Thursday picnic at Ellis park river pavilion. Ambar Grotto auxiliary meets Friday at K P hall. Aldebaran Court 13 meets Thursday evening with games and prizes at 100% Second Avenue SE.

O. L. A. T. Club River Pavillion Ellis Park Aldebaran Court Ben Hur Life Association Second Avenue SE

Farewell Luncheon for Mrs Smola Hosts in Coggon

The Ladies Literary and Social club honored Mrs. Robert Smola with a farewell luncheon at Mrs. R P Drexler's home. Smola resigns after four years to move to Riverside where her husband becomes school superintendent. A separate farewell party for Betty Smola was hosted by Darlene Sisler.

The Ladies Literary and Social Club Robert Smola R. P. Drexler Smola Riverside Darlene Sisler Betty Smola

Miss Gladys Nettell Honored With Prenuptial Showers

Shellsburg notes several prenuptial showers for Miss Gladys Nettell with entertaining hosts Misses Fern Calah Evens and Hazel Carroll at Clarence Evens home and a Thursday event at R. E. Jarbert home. The American Legion auxiliary met Friday with Mrs Claude Blattler.

Gladys Nettell Fern Calah Evens Hazel Carroll Clarence Evens R. E.jarbert American Legion Auxiliary Claude Blattler

Past Matrons Circle Elects Delegates for Sun Day School Meet

Clarence past matrons circle met with Mrs Gene Morehead to elect delegates for the Evangelistic Churches district convention of Sun day school and Young Peoples League at Sigourney on June 12 13 and 14. Delegates named include Evelyn Meyer Richard Goldsmith Norma Jean Hasselbusch and Frederick Oetting.

Gene Morehead Young Peoples League Sigourney Evelyn Meyer Richard Goldsmith Norma Jean Hasselbusch Frederick Oetting

Hollywood Stars Mispronounce Five Simple Words

Fritz Lang laments actors slur or mispronounce common words like of why say them and probably. He notes mispronunciations such as one n ya you and dropping letters cutting the word probably to its essentials.

Fritz Lang

Wanted: Concessions and rides for celebrations

Advertisement seeks concessions and rides for a celebration event. Look in the Attractions column of the Want Ad section for details and contact information.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mary Manners First Presbyterian First Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society R. A. Koehn Thirteenth Street NW George Buchan F. W. Adams Kenwood M. E Ladies Aid Society F. C. Reid Thirty-third Street First Christian Marion H. Williams St. Mary’s Circle United Brethren Woman's ‘Missionary Society E. E. McElhinney Sixth Avenue SE America Grace Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary Guild G. R. Camp D Avenue NW Frank Wooldridge Second Christian Bever Park Kenweed Presbyterian A. A. Miller Thirty Fourth Street McClenahan Church Bethany Congregational Ladies’ Aid Firet Lutheran E. A. Spraker Park Avenue SE H. Currier I Avenue E First Baptist Claude Krebs Preston McCabe H Avenne NW Bertha Wallace E. E. Reynolds Fourth Avenue Marion Wade Nelson L. G. Weigle Walter Schrodermier I. E. Hardesty Lester Thompson Leo Varns Howard Britton Samuel Ramaker Guild Andivision No. 1 St. Paul’s Wyoming Aristocrats Flowers and Gardens J. L. Rhea Pink Jeanette Beyer Navy Mothers’ Club L. A Typographical Union No. 192 Amana Colony H. H. Hoadley Women's Labor Bureau Ways and Means Committee Women's Labor Bureau No. 17 Giow Adelphia Circle Adelphia Circle of the Maccabees Gas Company Ruth Mayfield Katherine Moore Watt Foresters of America F. Hall Bluff View Aid Society Duck Pond Cedar Rebekah Lodge Chris Schamberger First Avenue W Carrie Morcombe K. P. Hall Valley Camp No Royal Neighbors of America IOOF Hall Alcazar Zuanna Alcazar Zuanna No Ladies of the Orient Moose Hall Mary Graham Second Street NW Standard Life Standard Life Association No Companions of the Forest Cedar Circle No Odd Fellows Hall Cedar Park Cedar Rapids, Iowa Larry Gibson Betty Jackson Sandy Sandburg Ace” Dennis Seleen Aady James T. Z. Cook Woman’s Relief Corps Immaculate Conception Church Iowa Lin=wood cemetery Ambar Grotto Shellsburg the Gazette S. C. Auditorium 4Th Ave Helen Louise Linderen Dance Studio China Town Dolores Gillen Eeeteeseees Lafayette Cafe Second Ave. SE John Thomas
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