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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1939

Page

16

Camp Fire Girls Host Movie and Needlework Event

Camp Fire girls will attend a 10 a.m. Saturday movie at the Paramount theater with doll admission. A Needlework Guild ingathering on Nov 4 collected 435 garments from 203 Camp Fire girls, representing 17 groups, with guardians listed. Two new groups formed Arthur school and Westminster church. Book Week observance includes a public library display with Camp Fire girls from 4 to 9 p.m. with Service costumes.

Paramount Theater G. V. Wood S. E. Temple Orville Mercer Frank Bukacek Earl Helbig Clifford Lawrence van Vechten Shaffer Iva Fontaine J. S. Skien Homer Maxwell Amos Scott O. E. Long J. D. Houser John Parkis A. S. Nelson Martha Stolba Mary Jean Scruby Arthur School Ruth Andrew Guardian Pat Clarke Shirley Heldt Evelyn Kudina Patty Ann Tracy Doris Bleakley Mary E. Hird Mary Lou Stevenson Jackie Scott Doris Crowley Betty Zinnera Westminster Church Clare G. Hughes Joanne Atkinson Doris Peterson June Longber Barbara McFadden Ann Clark Billie Dawn Hughes Camp Fire Girls

Wedding of Robert Procok and Caryl Kurtz at Trinity Church

Miss Caryl R. Kurtz wed Robert Procok in a candlelit Nov 3 ceremony at Trinity Methodist church before 300 guests. Attendants wore velvet gowns, bouquets included roses and gardenias, and a reception followed at Harmony Cafeteria with 40 guests. The couple planned a home at 330 H Avenue NW after a brief Chicago trip.

Caryl R. Kurtz Ruth Kurtz Eleventh Street Robert Procok Peter Procok Memorial Drive Trinity Methodist Church Thomas C. Collister St. James Methodist Church Leo Soukup Freda Grimm Pauline Myers Norman Grimm Jack Cohen Nancy Ruth Kurtz Harmony F. P. Randall Sigourney Z. C. B. J. Hall William B. Myers Minnie Fitzgerald Exbom Moline Sam Bridges Iowa City Adolph Rheinhart Mount Auburn Everett Kunstorf Norway

Woman's Club Departments Schedule Meetings and Talks

The history and literature department meets Monday at 2 30 p.m. at the clubhouse with reviews on The Life of Benjamin Franklin and Inventions of Today that May Influence the History of Tomorrow. Various departments hold luncheons, talks, and forums through Friday with speakers from WPA and Coe College, plus a Dad and Daughter banquet preview.

Ruby Byers Benjamin Franklin van Doran Marshall Clark

Right and wrong ways described by listed hostesses

Hostesses named C Siler E R Moen R R Bragg and G Y Swartzendruber will oversee a reception or event guidance. The fragment notes the roles of Mesdames in coordinating duties and social duties for attendees.

H Siler E R, Moen R. R. Bragg G. Y. Swartzendruber

Regrets Marriage On Rebound Love and Advice Columns

Flora marries Frank after loving Paul who jilts her. Frank is devoted but Flora still idealizes Paul, a scoundrel, creating inner conflict. Miss Manners advises caution with long-distance marriage plans and maintaining independence. Blondes discussion prompts light answers from Ella Hungerford’s group planning charity work and an anniversary gathering with sewing and a Thanksgiving basket in the home of Mrs Calkins.

Mary Manners Flora Frank Paul

Cedar Rebekah Lodge honors 25 year members with Rowell couple

The Cedar Rebekah Lodge held a homecoming in the K P hall to honor members with 25 years of service. Special guests were Mr and Mrs W T Rowell celebrating their golden anniversary. Visitors included Mrs Carrie Willey and Mrs Reed with decades of membership.

Cedar Rebekah Lodge K. of P. Hall Rebekah W.T. Rowell Ruth R. Dose Louise Morehouse Maude Roth Lodge Adele Bradley Mame Breslin Morris Bugenstein Mate Barth Maude Cronkhite Libbie Flint John Fields Alois Follin Sarah Gorton Alice Guilford Hazel Hewitt Lavinia Forsythe Chicago Frances Kershaw Elizabeth Lewis Mason City Ida Little California Mabel Crow

AAU W Group Meetings Schedule

The creative writing group will meet Wednesday at 730 p.m. at the home of Miss Irma Dovey 1581 First avenue E. Leader Mrs Karl A Stiles asks members to bring samples of magazines of interest and present market analysis. Members will also bring manuscripts to read.

Irma Dovey First Avenue E Karl A. Stiles

Community fraternal notices and meetings listed

Local clubs and orders announce meetings for Esquires officers nominas tion and social events. Aldebaran Court and Winter Temple Chiefs schedule Monday and Monday eve programs, with pic ture shows, dancing, and entertain ment plans. Cedar Rapids clubs host parties, daughters of H, Maccabees and other groups set gatherings with hostesses named. Public invited to YWCA event and auxiliary meetings at several addresses.

Iowa and Cedar Rapids Event Dense Local Calendar

A dense list of regional happenings across Iowa includes the Cedar Rapids women’s bowling city tournament at Lincoln alley with events continuing Nov 19, a centennial celebration at Marilon Congregational church with services and a hymn sing, Eugene Devereaux organ recital at Cornell chapel in Mount Vernon, and a broad schedule of cultural and civic events in Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Marshalltown, Maquoketa, Vinton, and other cities. The listings cover theater productions, football homecoming, a pol iemen’s ball, community expositions, a garden show, quail season, 4-H and be ef feeders gatherings, and church or civic gatherings through mid November.

Cedar Rapids Lincoln Alley Marilon Memorial Coliseum Tommy Dorsey Dubuque Northeastern Secretaries and Scribes Association Iowa Odd Fellow Davenport Tobacco Road Grand Theater Donald Dickson Metropolitan Opera Company Civic Music Association Clarke College Des Moines Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa Savery Hotel

Community groups schedule meetings and events in Maine

Alma Farley Ruth Umsted Doris Russell and Olga Chramosta will attend a Star Of Maine Rebekah picnic in Maine lodge hall Friday at 6 30 pm. Husbands of members are guests. Hostesses are Mrs P M Andrie and Mrs A M Noblett T Z Cook. The T Z Cook No 11 Women’s Relief corps will meet Thursday at 2 pm for inspection and business with visitors from Town City and Marion. The Companions of the Forest of America meet Wednesday at 8 pm in the Odd Fellows hall 109 Second Avenue SE. The Round Robin Club of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm at Mrs Harold Travis’s home 424 Eighteenth Street NE with guests. LaPlant Choate auxiliary November meeting is at the Y W C A on Tuesday. Social Riders meet Monday at 7 30 pm with Mrs Frank Janda 1219 Eighth Street NW. The Rebecca Alexander tent Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War postponed Tuesday evening in K P hall. Valley Camp Circle meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the Glow room of the Gas company with Lara Woolwine Elizabeth Clark and Maud Agnew as hostesses. All Valley Camp members are urged to attend.

Mary Ellen Reece Kveta Vondracek Rosemary Smythe Girl Reserve Organization Emil J. Zadnichek Dwight Krumboltz J. J. Hervert Basilika Mildred Mahring Jean Kubik Mary Ann Suma Helen Messa Vilma Polehna Jaroslav Mahring Smetana Rose Ann Kubovec Martha Felter Ehemn Berdecny Ben Drahovzal Jerry Drahozval Drolla Kathleen Check Ruth Hemmer Sylvia Lehti Maxine Woods Anna Mae Andreson Bernice Stastny Merrel Keyes Sara Mae Messenger Carol Selby Betty Jeanne Ensign Betty Rotheris Helen Huff Erma Lee Young Mary Payne Ferguson Helen McLean Doris Fink Jean Swatchek Doris Wage Kathleen McGladrey Joan Jeffrey Ruth Hardiman Blanche Mohnis Betty Davenport Interclub Council Zelma Stehlik Lillian Durek Rosemary Jan Helen Durek Marie Durek Ella Hungerford King’s Daughters C. E. Kratzer Thirty-third Street Paul Hanson Homer Grove Judson Calkins Ways and Means Hubert Shafer Calkins Thirtieth Street Myron Reid Post Office Club W. F. Michalicek Park Avenue SE Star of Maine Rebekah Maine Lodge Hall P M, Andrie A. M. Noblett T. Z. Cook T. Z Cook Rebecca Alexander Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War K. P. Hall Valley Camp Circle Gas Company Houstesses Lara Woolwine Elizabeth Clark Maud Agnew Valley Camp

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McKinley, Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt Octua Deer Doll Movie Needlework Guild Robert Procok and Caryl Kurtz Trinity Church Youth Temperance Council Second Evangelical Church Epsilon Sigma Alpha Y. W C.A Doris Fryer Killian Company Hearing Society Hard of Hearing Society Society Charles Novaks Charles Novak Grande Avenue SE Los Angeles San Francisco Denver Boulder Dam Thompson Woman's Club Departments American Home Department Club Gilbert Thompson Howard Nandell Clyde Hillhouse W. R. Armstrong International Relations Group Frank Gates H A, Hoberock Herman Keller C. C. Moffitt Joseph Hogan WPA Frank Baldwin W. C. Myers University of Iowa Myers International Relations Philanthropic Department Past Presidents Association Warren A. Hansen F. E. Ormsby Mary Woitishek George Yuill Health Education Department Y.W.C.A Ways and Means Committee Charles J. Bready Europe Dramatic Art Stella Batchelder Dorothy Carr Coe College Hi-Y-Ette Club Jane Zadnichek E. J. Zadnichek Dale O. Reece Reece Miss Smythe Mr. Zadnichek Newman Nilsa Mathews Vogue Richards College Pharmacy First Ave Miss Manners L. W Hesperian Club Agnes and Jeanne Robertson Elizabeth Stuart PI Omicron Sorority H. E. Hunter Clubs Star of the West Knights of Pythias Aldebaran Court Ben Hur Life Association Sokol Hall J. C. Hazel Sunshine Auxiliary L A Winter Temple Ida Manchester Bever Avenue SE Dorothy Johnson Elizabeth Chase Carry Cooper Lydia Buchan Julia Yearich Frielly Club Post Office Auxiliary Emma Burmeister H Avenue NW The Noble Grands’ Association Libbie Feisler Lucille Filipy Frances Haller Anna Belehrad Ruth Dose Nellie Aero Com Marcels Paris Paris Academy Beauty Schools Associated Third Street Vinton Jeaders Benton County Iowa Municipalities League Maquoketa Jackson County Beef Feeders Association Old Capitol Iowa Union River Room of Field House Minnesotas Iowa Stadium Macbride L.A Porte City Ashley Hall Monticello Cedar Falls Waterloo Marion Parkersburg Epworth League LA Porte City Companions of Forest Companions of the Forest of America Odd Fellows Hall Second Avenue SE Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Harold Travis Eighteenth Street LaPlant Choate Frank Janda Eighth Street D. Or Mobdern Modern Anamosa Hartman Warber and Beauty Shop Langworthy Clair Exeman Marion Smith Martelle Kyle's Grocery Monticello Monte Jewelry Store Springville McKee’s Cale Conan ORY Clianing Syangae
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