Dramatic Art Dept Members Entertain Husbands at Cedar Rapids Party
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club dramatic art department hosted a covered dish supper Friday with 102 attendees. Mesdames Campbell Gunn Hoyt Pickerill Altang Guyott Lane chaired a benefit bridge. Prizes went to several members. Carl Heinen sang plus a short play Bridge as Husbands See It directed by Gunn. Group singing closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Art Department
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Ways and Means Committee
Robert E. Campbell
Charles Gunn
Harry Hoyt
Harold Pickerill
Martin Altang
Frank X. Guyott
Emery Lane
G. M. King
E. J. Campbell
Lane
Walter Johnson
Lloyd Schuknecht
Guyott
R. H. Dinsmore
Carl Heinen
Mandalay
Heinen
Charlies Gunn
E. W. Krickard
Honor Miss Currell at Cedar Rapids shower for upcoming wedding
Mrs. James Callahan and Mrs. Wilbur Albaugh hosted a miscellaneous shower Thursday evening for Miss Lucille Currell, with 26 guests including Miss Jean Stamy. The event honored her forthcoming marriage to Joseph Loufek on November 18. Attendees and hosts represented Cedar Rapids, Alburnett, Robins, Boone, and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Callahan
Wilbur Albaugh
Lucille Currell
Joseph Loufek
Jean Stamy
Jack Devin
Charles Bleedner
Leland Todd
Tom Bowker
Ben Currell
Homer Denny
Frank Loufek
Robert Currell
del van Note
Fred Currell
Fred Wernisch
Cedar Rapids
Walter Hendryx
Alburnett
Nora White
Wesley Todd
Robins
Bob Burns
Harold Diehl
Mary Taylor
Lacy Hartman
Boone
Paul Rose
Burdett F Frontress
Otto Stamy
Elmer Neff
Elmer Stamy
Melvin Miller
Marion
Camp Fire Halloween Party In Glow Room
Kadocio and Wetomachick Camp Fire groups and mothers held a Halloween party Tuesday in the Gas Company Glow room. Charlotte Hubbard led the entertainment after dinner. Wetomachick attendees included Beverly Anderson Kathryn Murphy Marianne Schmidt Betty Buck and Hilda Greenberg. Kadocio attendees listed among others Arlene Allen Geral dine Allen Carol Wiegner Marjorie Lowry Jacqueline Fry Elaine Norman Corrine Groves Mary Virginia Crane Inez Kruze Joan Fox Joyce Lane Rosemary Fuller Betty Lou Amsted Blanche McPherson Doris McPherson Carolyn Solbrig La Vonne Rakamer and Margaret Clark assistant guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadocio
Wetomachick
Gas Company
Charlotte Hubbard
New Wetomachick
Beverly Anderson
Kathryn Murphy
Marianne Schmidt
Betty Buck
Hilda Greenberg
Kadocio Group
Arlene
Geraldine Allen
Carol Wiegner
Marjorie Lowry
Jacqueline Fry
Elaine Norman
Corrine Groves
Mary Virginia Crane
Inez Kruze
Joan Fox
Joyce Lane
Rosemary Fuller
Betty Lou Amsted
Blanche
Doris McPherson
Carolyn Solbrig
la Vonne Ramaker
Guardian
Margaret Clark
Missionary Societies Meet at St Pauls Methodist Church
St Pauls Methodist church hosted foreign and home missionary societies for a Gessert luncheon. Forty five members and guests attended with devotions led by Mrs B T Jackson and songs by two Negro women. The financial report was given by the home society. A breakfast is planned Nov 16 at Mrs J LeRoy Farmers home from 9 to 11. Miss Ruby Byers spoke on Women in Africa Korea and the Near East. Mrs E L Pritchard reported on the Mason City branch meeting where over 500 delegates registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Korea
Near East
E. L. Pritchard
Mason City
Philanthropic Group Honors Past Chairmen at Cedar Rapids Luncheon
About thirty members of the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club philanthropic department gathered at the club home for a luncheon honoring past chairmen. Honored guests included Mesdames Oliver Wilson A J Prucha Ida Elliott Ben Hazen P M Davis and Miss Anna Calderwood. Mrs M B De Woody could not attend due to illness. A letter from honorary chairman Mrs E M Hagey now in California was read. Mrs F J Kouba welcomed guests as a representative of gifts from the department. Speakers reviewed the department's contributions including garment planning and annual Christmas boxes to Iowa City Children's Hospital. Mrs James Sigmund discussed welfare department activities. Table decorations followed a Thanksgiving motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Oliver Wilson
A. J. Prucha
Ida Elliott
Ben Hazen
P. M. Davis
Anna Calderwood
M. B. de Woody
E. M. Hagey
California
F. J. Kouba
Wilson
Prucha
Elliott
Hazen
Davis
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Miss Calder
Honor Miss Vaughn Fifteenth Birthday Party
A Monday evening party at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eakle 521 Fourth Avenue SE honored their daughter Verlene Vaughn on her fifteenth birthday. Guests played games and enjoyed refreshments. Prizes went to Violet Vogel and Maureen Fatka. attendees included Mary Ann Bechar Blanche Trachta Doris Dolly Helen Wilson Doris and Darlene Stalzer Rose Fitzgerald Lila Mae Corbett and Darlene Vaughn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Eakle
Fourth Avenue SE
Verlene Vaughn
Violet Vogel
Maureen Fatka
Mary Ann Bechar
Blanche Trachta
Doris Dolly
Helen Wilson
Doris
Darlene Stalzer
Rose Fitzgerald
Lila Mae Corbett
Darlene Vaughn
Pfiffner Hosts Teenette Theater Party at Home
Bernice Pfiffner entertained the Teenettes after a theater party at the movies. Guests at the Pfiffner residence on Thirteenth Street NW included Irene Phelps Rita Marie Power Jane Dorman Betty Ann Klimes Mary Jane Klassen Rita Spaight and Marilyn Cusack for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Pfiffner
Thirteenth Street NW
Pfiffner
Irene Phelps
Rita Marie Power
Jane Dorman
Betty Ann Klimes
Mary Jane Klassen
Rita Spaight
Marilyn Cusack
Three L Class Masquerade at Westrom Home
Forty five members of the Three L class of the First Christian Church gathered Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs A C Westrom 1923 Grande avenue SE for a masquerade party with games and refreshments. Committee members included Mrs James Mylon and Mrs J A McGowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
A. C. Westrom
Grande Avenue SE
James Mylon
J. A. McGowan
Friends Fear Dan May Be Deceived in Romance
Mary Manners reports a cautious view of Dan and Ida as a potential marriage, noting Dan longs for a home and Ida projects domesticity. Friends fear Ida may abandon such roles, revealing ambition and selfish traits despite Dan's hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Ida
Dear Miss Manners Advice on Group Chaperone Situation
A reader asks how to date an 18 year old with a sister present. Miss Manners suggests parents meet the boyfriend, consider easing supervision, and proposes arranging a separate date for the sister so the couple can converse alone. The letter invites further reader suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Dear Miss Manners on a date misread and persistence
A reader asks how to secure a date with a friend who doubts his intentions. The advice suggests offering a definite plan such as a show or dance, then continuing to call until she takes him seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Letters Of Justice Butler Kin Brought Up In Trust Probe
The inquiry revealed letters between Emmett Butler and his son Patrick showing consultations with the iron ore industry on base prices. Patrick admitted discussing ore prices with the so-called big four Cleveland companies before bidding to supply Ford Motor. The committee questioned these ties as part of a trust probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Washington
Emmett Butler
Supreme Court
St. Paul
Ford Motor Company
Big Four
Young Butler
Justice Department
Cleveland
Seventy-One Attend First Christian Missionary Society Luncheon
Seventy-one members of the women s missionary society of the First Christian church gathered Friday for a dessert luncheon arranged by Mrs G E Kings group. Mrs R A Spurrier led the program with Mrs Fred Fleming giving devotionals and Mrs John English speaking on Christ and the World Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
G. E. King
R. A. Spurrier
Fred Fleming
John English
C and N W Club Holds Halloween Luncheon in City
Members of the Chicago and North Western Women's club met at the Y W C A for a Halloween themed luncheon. Mrs. Stanley Melsh chaired with assistants Mrs. Cedina Homan and Hess as new members were welcomed. A card party is planned for November 14 in the Gas company's Glow room with Mrs. Homan as chair. Prize winner at the luncheon was Mrs. G G Storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and North Western Women's Club
Stanley Melsh
Charles Cedina
C. K. Homan
Harold Hess
Gas Company
Homan
G. G. Storm
Cheskchamay Camp Fire Hosts Progressive Halloween Party
Members of the Cheskchamay Camp Fire group held a progressive Halloween party on Tuesday. Games followed later in the evening. Hostesses included guardian Mrs G Wood Virginia Reeder LaVonne Chermak Barbara Champlin and Glatha White. Other members listed were Beverly Keister Mary Lou Grauerholtz Kathleen Stanley Beverly Lawrence Patty Long and Patricia Maloney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheskchamay
the Guardian
Mrs. G. Wood
Virginia Reeder
LaVonne Chermak
Barbara Champlin
Glatha White
Beverly Keister
Mary Lou Grauerholtz
Kathleen Stanley
Beverly Lawrence
Patty Long
Patricia Maloney
Busy Bee Club Sews Through Day Meeting
The Busy Bee sewing circle met with Mrs. Louise Henry for an all day session. Dinner was served at noon and members worked on sewing projects. Attendees included Mesdames George Leehman R Page Godfrey Splichal Roy Ferris A W Hoy L A Soukup Arnold David Page Garlene Splichal and Patty Hoy. Next gathering set for December 7 at Mrs. Ferris’s 301 I Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
Louise Henry
George Leehman
R. Page
Godfrey Splichal
Roy Ferris
A. W. Hoy
L. A. Soukupana Arnold
David Page
Garlene Splichal
Patty Hoy
Ferris
I Avenue
Russell Jonas Honored at Halloween Party
Russell Jonas was honored Tuesday evening at a Halloween party hosted by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Jonas and assisted by Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Andresen at K. P. hall. An orchestra played from 8 to 11 and sixty attendees shared the courtesy with refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Jonas
Louis W. Jonas
O. G. Andresen
K. P. Hall
Miss Elaine Kinkead Hosts Halloween Party
Miss Elaine Kinkead entertained at her home on Ninth Street SE Tuesday evening. Following games and music, refreshments were served. Guests included Betty Stangler Elaine Butters Helen Grubich Audrey Paulsen Dean Boyd Stanley Butters Dale Boyd Ted Kasner and Tommy Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Kinkead
Ninth Street SE
Betty Stangler
Elaine Butters
Helen Grubich
Audrey Paulsen
Dean Boyd
Stanley Butters
Dale Boyd
Ted Kasner
Tommy Holmes
Jane Boyd Circle meets at Hay home for gift to family
Twenty six members and two guests of Jane Boyd circle of the King Daughters gathered at Mrs. O. W. Hay's residence at 1822 Bever avenue SE. The group donated a basket of groceries to a needy family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Boyd
The
King’s Daughters
O. W. Hay
Bever Avenue
Jury to Probe Typhoid Outbreak at Manten State Hospital
Circuit Judge Luther Bratt ordered a grand jury for Nov. 13 to investigate alleged criminal negligence at Manten o State hospital amid a typhoid outbreak that has killed more than 50 people. State's Attorney Sam Shapiro requested action after Gov. Horner dismissed Dr. Ralph T. Hinton pending inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Luther Bratt
Manteno State Hospital
Bratton
Sam Shapiro
Henry Horner
Ralph T. Hinton
Horner
Shapiro
Springfield
A. L. Bowen
A. C. Baxter
Rejected Over-21 Hiring Policy Spurred Pension Plea
Richard Connors, 23, was refused a job at a local factory due to a policy against hiring workers over 21. He then sought an old age pension at Pittsfield welfare, but was denied again. Officials suggested organizing an "Over 21" club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Richard Connors
City Welfare Office
Coe Head Invited to Inter American Educational Parley
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe College attends a Washington conference on inter American education held Nov 9 and 10 invited by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The event includes 50 to 75 participants with sessions at the Mayflower and Willard hotels. Sumner Welles to speak on US cultural relations policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordell Hull
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
American Council On Education
Commission On Teacher Education
Commission On Higher Education
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Washington, D. C
Hull
Coe
United States
Dr. Gage
Gage
Washington
Mayflower Hotel
Ben M. Cherrington
John W. Studebaker
Sumner Welles
Commission of Teacher Education of the
Willard Hotel
Capone Pays 20000 More Fines To Pave Way To His Release
Al Capone via his attorney paid 20000 in additional fines to Clear the path to release from Terminal Island prison where he serves an 11 year term for income tax evasion. The payment plus earlier 37692.29 brings total fines and court costs to about 57792.29. Teitelbaum paid through Chicago City Bank and Trust, noting 15000 of the total was paid under protest. If good behavior time is earned, release could come November 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Terminal Island
Abraham Teitelbaum
Hoyt King
States District Court
Teitelbaum
Chicago City Bank and Trust Company
Capone
Ambassador Grew Talks Turkey With Japanese Leader
American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew met Japan’s Foreign Minister Admiral Kichisa Nomura in Tokyo for about 75 minutes to urge Japan to curb anti American actions in China and show willingness to improve ties. He warned that if conditions did not improve, relations could deteriorate further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Joseph Clark Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
Japan
China
Grew
Nomura
Nomura Frank
U S Doubts Basis For Protest In Sadowski Death
U S State Department officials doubt grounds for protest over the execution of Josef Sadowski in Warsaw by German authorities. Sadowski, a Chicago resident, volunteered in a foreign army and thus forfeited American citizen rights. Officials cited his Polish birth and service as a civil guard commandant during Warsaw’s siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Josef Sadowski
Chicago
Sadowski
Warsaw
Roosevelt
Germany
Lomza
Poland
Twenty-Sixth Commissariat of
Widow to protest over husband’s wartime execution
Mrs. Stefania Sadowski of Chicago says she will formally protest to the U S government after learning her husband Josef Sadowski 55 was executed three weeks ago at Warsaw by German authorities. He owned a cleaning and dyeing plant and had gone to Poland in June on an American passport. They were natives of Lomza, Poland, married in Chicago in 1906 and he fought in World War I earning American citizenship in 1922 or 1923. She has no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stefania Sadowski
State Department
Josef
Warsaw
U. S
Sadowski
Poland
United States
Lomza
Special Service Plans Installing Rev. W. A. Jacobs at Church
First Congregational church will host a Friday service November 10 to install the Rev. William A. Jacobs as minister. A council from 27 neighboring churches begins at 3 30 p.m. with a paper on the romance of the modern ministry. A 6 15 p.m. fellowship dinner precedes the 8 p.m. installation in the main auditorium. Dr. Albert W. Palmer will speak on What Can Religion Do in the World Today. Public welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
William A. Jacobs
T. E. Swan
H. A. Toms
W. V. Burger
H. F. Blomquist
Ray Hubbard
Mr. Jacobs
Charles T. Hickok
Albert W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Templeman Elected Head of State Classroom Teachers
Harold Templeman, Cedar Rapids public school teacher, was elected president of the State Classroom Teachers Association at the Iowa State Teachers convention in Des Moines. He defeated Miss Helen Kintzinger of Dubuque and becomes the first man to hold the post. Other officers include Elvira Peterson Mason City vice-president Bertha Wellhausen Sioux City secretary Jane Gabriel Des Moines treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Templeman
Cedar Rapids
State Classroom Teachers Association
Des Moines
Templeman
Helen Kintzinger
Dubuque
State Classroom Association
Cedar Rapids Room Teachers Association
Elvira Peterson
Mason City
Bertha Wellhausen
Sioux City
Jane Gabriel
September jobless figure, AFL report, 1937 low
Washington report says the American Federation of Labor estimated unemployment in September at 9,471,149, the lowest level since December 1937, while employment reached 44,101,397, the highest since November 1937, per the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Shirley Huston and Margaret Forbes Crowned King Queen at Industrial Ball
Shirley Huston of Cedar Rapids and Margaret Forbes of Marion were crowned King and Queen of Industry at Cedar Rapids Allied Industrial League's Queen’s Ball attended by over 6,000 at the Memorial Coliseum. The event showcased delegates from six Iowa cities and raised support for a Community Chest drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Huston
Margaret Forbes
King
Queen
Naomi Doebel
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fourth Street
Penick and Ford, Ltd. Inc
Margaret W. Forbes
Marion
The
Gazette Company
League
Memorial Coliseum
Allied Industrial League
Community Chest
Shirley Euston
Mind and Morals by Albert Edward Wiggam
A Q and A on the limits of science to answer moral questions and human behavior. It discusses gendered annoyance over tidiness, the bias of emotions in decision making, and how people rely on prejudice over facts, citing a Terman study and theories of occupational therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Wiggam
British Probe Plays Up Scheer Raids in Pacific
Reports from Shanghai say British naval authorities are probing rumors that the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is operating in the Pacific. The information surfaced as officials review possible enemy movements in Far East waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Authies
Admiral Scheer
Pacific
Sa A
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SOC. Lety
Dramatic Art Dept
Miss Currell
Missionary Societies
Philanthropic Group
Honor Miss Vaughn
Mary Manners
First Christian Group
Cheskchamay Camp
Busy Bee Club
Miss Kinkead
State Hospital
H. M. Gage
the Gazette
Turkey
Clyde Jewis
W. A. Jacobs
Iowa
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Clinton
Davenport
Burlington
Allied Industrial League of
King and Queen of Industry
Neil A. Thompson
Wilson and Company
Charles Edwards
Whyla Kitch
la Plant Choate Manufacturing Company
Ralph J. Macnamara
Y.M.C.A
Court of Industry
Eleanor Taylor
St. Mary's
Duchesses
Ladies In Waiting
Knights of Labor
J. Wilfrid Lattner
Welch-Cook-Beals Company Group
Universal Crusher Company
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Iowa Manufactur Company
Penick and Ford, Inc
Quaker Oats Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Link Belt Speeder Company
Boys Drum and Bugle Corps
V. C. Grant
Jimmy Rocklitz
Elmer Rocklitz
Sixth Avenue SE
Betty Lou Pfeffer
Sharon Lou Murphy
Betty Lou
George Pfeffer
Thirteenth Street
Sharon Lou
E. W. Murphy
Twentyfifth Street
Mr. Huston
Miss Forbes
Mr. Grant
Rose Marie Williams
Twelfth Street
Mary Healy
Third Avenue
Betty Thoennes
Sixteenth Street
Beverly Monro
Center Point Road
Virginia Greer
H. R. Greer
First Avenue
Stan Stanley
Penick
Ford
Labor
Queer
E. T. Forbes
Eleventh Street
Mary Ellen Forbes
la Plant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Anna Jean
Daisy
Boston
Dagwood
Blondie
Gazette
Mickey
Milwaukee
Cork
Kelly Green
Oxford Junction
Mick
Maquoketa
Mount Mercy Junior College
St. Joseph's Church
Young Ladies Sodality
Beta Sigma Phi
Business Girls Sorority
Ed McPartland
Diane
Huston
Bjjornsen
Penick and Ford
Gladbrook
Grain Processors Local Union
New King
H. E. Huston
Harrison, Roosevelt
Grant
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Lewis M. Terman
John F. Dille Co
Rumor Scheer
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