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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1932

Page

3

Mrs G E Reynolds Hosts Luncheon for Ida Thompson

Mrs Grant E Reynolds hosted twenty five friends at a luncheon in the Florentine room of the Hotel Roosevelt. Her guest of honor was Mrs Ida Thompson of Scranton, visiting until after Thanksgiving. Bridge was played and prizes went to Mrsmma Merritt, Mrs E J Buser, and Mrs Belden Hill.

Grant E. Reynolds Bever Avenue SE Florentine Roosevelt Ida Thompson Scranton Reynolds Mma Merritt E. J. Buser Belden Hill

Cherry couple expected back from Chicago today

Mr and Mrs Howard Cherry of 305 Nassau Street SE are due to return today after a trip to Chicago that began on Sunday.

Howard Cherry Nassau Street Chicago

Racescene to Host Tri Delta Alliance Dinner

Racescene welcomes Tri Delta Alliance for a dinner Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock honoring freshman members of the active chapter. Guests include Jeanne Ballantyne Mary Gage Patricia Burkhalter Betty Beardsley Jane La Plant Virginia Kuning Mary Ellen Gorman Elizabeth Melberg Sarah Palmer Virginia Weld and others from Cedar Rapids Marion Chicago Omaha Mason City Knoxville and Oclwein. Dinner chair Mrs Howard R Green leads the committee with Mrs L M Ford Byron McKeely and others assisting.

Frank B. Race Cottage Grove Avenue Tri Delta Allance Jeanne Ballantyne Mary Gage Patricia Burkhalter Betty Beardsley Jane la Plant Virginia Kuning Mary Ellen Gorman Elizabeth Melberg Sarah Palmer Virginia Weld Cedar Rapids Catherine Cooper Marian Busby Lucile Holsinger Marion Margaret Johnston Mary Jane Stangland Helen Munns Chicago Margaret Cain Omaha Neb Phoebe Sherman Mason City Dorothy Grant Knoxville Genevieve Huskey Oclwein Howard R. Green Vite L. M. Ford Y. Byron McKeely Marian Wptin Katherine Bryan

Alpha Xi Alumnae Honor Freshmen With Picnic Bridge

Alpha Xi sorority alumnae plan a Tuesday picnic supper at 6 30 in the sorority rooms to compliment the freed men of the sorority. Hostesses are Mrs Harvey Coats Mrs Ruth Ferguson and Miss Maria Height. The evening closes with a bridge session and a business meeting.

Alpha X? Delta Sorority Harvey Coats Ruth Ferguson Maria Height

Local Engagements and School Play Highlight Community News

A double wedding announcement from Morton Lemon and Eileen Longmire with Vernon Ellsworth families set for Wednesday November 23 at the McCrory home. At Benjamin Franklin junior high seven pupils staged Mother Earth and Her Children for PEO chapter DE with Edith Winn as Mother Earth and supportive guests attending at Mrs. Ramsey’s home.

Morton Lemon Eileen Longmire Haverordaworth M ‘Vernon Ellsworth W. Greer McCrory Edna Mahnke Merle Paul Marion Mother Earth Benjamin Franklin J. H. Ramsey Second Avenue SE Edith Winn Pacifia Dorothy Snouffer Militeria Margaret Hallgren Britannicus Homer Stone Americanus Kenneth Cochran Orientus Betty Nissen Utopius Ben Carnes Ruby Byers R. E. Meek G. H. Walker Iowa City Florence McKibben Mount Pleasant

Birthday picnic for Goughs attracts Mount Vernon guests

Mr and Mrs Frank Gough at 823 Daniels Street NE enjoyed a birthday picnic dinner Sunday with twenty two friends. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ben Neal and family of Mount Vernon Dorothea Alberta and Denny Neal, Mr and Mrs H S Hogle, George Elias, Mr and Mrs Merton Kepler of Mount Vernon, and Earl Gough and sons Robert and Billy with Mary Sorenson of Cedar Rapids.

Frank Gough Daniels Street Ben Neal Dorothea Alberta Denny H S Hogle George Elias Merton Kepler Mount Vernon Earl Gough Robert Billy Mary Sorenson Cedar Rapids

Grace Kovar earns Torchbearer rank in Trinity Camp Fire

Grace Kovar is awarded the highest Camp Fire rank Torchbearer at Trinity Methodist Church during a friendship council. Virginia Morgan earns Firemaker, Margaret Lehmkuhl and Phyllis Wiley receive Woodgatherer, new members welcomed, guardians named, candle of love kept burning as a symbol of lasting friendship.

Righty Trinity Methodist Church Friendship Council Grace Kovar Virginia Morgan Margaret Lehmkuhl Phyllis Wiley Ardyce Louise Woodside Ruth Sbokorney Mary Ferris de Lite May Mardell Anderson Phyllis Herman Onalee Smith Lea Youtzy Betty Stephen Margaret Frye Jane Ann Herdlicka Julia Wearding Betty Lou Rogers Mildred Cargin Trinity Camp Mesdames E. B. Rohn Joe Wilson F. L. Bokerney E. B. Pryce William Heisman

Sixty-Eight Attend Tory Literature Day at Cedar Rapids

Sixty eight women gathered Monday afternoon at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club for a guest program by the Riceey and literature department. Mrs. O H Adams reviewed Marcia Davenport's Mozart biography and Mrs. G Hubert Artis discussed Washington Merry-Go-Round. Coe college students Marianne Dvorak Belva Butters Margaret Hayne Ida Mae Dunlap sang two numbers, tea followed served by Matilda Snouffer and Mrs. F Snyder with Ben Ogden presiding.

Tory Riceey Cedar Rapids Woman's Club O. H. Adama Marcia Davenport Mozart G. Hubert Artis Washington Coe College Marianne Dvorak Belva Butters Margaret Hayne Ida Mae Dunlap Marie Huebsch Matilda Snouffer F. 8. Snyder Ben Ogden

Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Meet At Kemp Home

Sorority alumnae gathered Monday evening at 1540 Third Avenue SE the Kemp residence with Mrs. Lynn Swaney presiding They voted to assemble a Christmas box for a family in need.

Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority Eric Kemp Third Avenue SE Lynn Swaney

Alice In Wonderland presented by Cedar Rapids Woman's Club

The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club dramatic art department will stage Alice In Wonderland Wednesday afternoon in the public library children's room. Tickets, free but required for admittance, are distributed in the children's room. Mrs Don Atherton directs with Bertha Sargent in charge of costumes. H V Eliason stars as Alice. A second show is Friday at the Community House for local families.

Public Dramatic Art Department Cedar Rapids Don Atherton Bertha Sargent H. V. Eliason Alice Dysart Dysart National Bank Oxford Junction Oscar Newton Chicago Pauline Joseph Leslie Wight Martin Podolak

Funeral services held for Mrs. Joe Wosoba in Baldwin

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church in Baldwin for Mrs. Joe Wosoba 42 who died Sunday morning after a lingering illness. She was born May 28 1890 near Emeline Jackson county and wed Joe Wosoba March 4 1926. Survived by her father one brother and six sisters including Mrs. Gertrude Wagner Monmouth Mrs. Edith Lindiemer Mrs. Ray Stowers and Edgar De Moss Baldwin and Mrs Angeline Johnson Mrs Edna Baty and Mrs Carrie Hardin Maquoketa.

Baldwin Methodist Church Joe Wosoba Ray Stowers Edgar de Moss Angeline Johnson Edna Baty Carrie Hardin Maquoketa Mount Vernon Cornell College WOC Davenport Cornell Lucile Indra Lena Richard Tims Tami Winifred Lowe Margaret Risser Claude Rose Newton Indra Helen M. Cummiing Oxford Henry Finefield St. Mary's Church St. Patrick’s Church Clinton John A. Glenn Burlington Belle Plaine Charles Warnock Sioux City Belle Plaine E. S. Flynn St. Michael's Catholic Church Oak Hill Cemetery John Mary Moran Warnock Johnson County Iowa Koszta North Western Railway Charles Vacek Howard Wehde Filomena Lasack Mildred Peckosh Fern Carrington Melvin Peckosh Pearl Allen Howard Barto Clyde Bogh C. R. Smith Onstow

Iowa News in Brief compact round up from many towns

Marshalltown court reconvenes for equity cases with Judge B O Tankersley presiding. Notable items include Ithaca and Clinton area changes, a Cornell quartet broadcast from Davenport, renewed pastor appointments, Belle Plaine funeral details, Dysart fair plans, and Wyoming oil stove fire with insured loss. (Approximately 230-270 chars.)

Vinton B. O. Tankersley Marshalltown District Court Estate of Jonah Merchant Kersten Et al Fink Smelser Aschenbrenner Zieser Rupprich Tama

Minor Variations In Linn County Vote Canvass

Official canvass of Linn County for the November 8 election shows only small changes from unofficial results. Senator Smith W Brookhart’s total rose from 959 to 1006 after review of poll books. official figures came from sealed poll books inside envelopes.

Linn County Board of Supervisors Smith W Brookhart Washington

Deaths in Brief Tightens Streets of Cedar Rapids Area

Bridge foreman R. D. Soper, 61, of Estherville, was fatally injured near Armstrong when buried under unloading bridge timbers. Funeral plans set for Mrs. Loretta L. De Vore in Batavia. Edward Bair, 50, found dead in bed in Cedar Rapids. coroner rules natural causes and no inquest. Bair’s surviving relatives listed. death attributed to heart trouble.

Tipton Mathew Thiel Thiel and Ross N. E. Jacobs Thiel R. D. Soper Estherville Rock Island Armstrong Edward Bair Sixth Street SE Mike Speros Joe Kroulik R. A Vorpahl Bair Cedar Rapids Robert Bair Springville Samuel E. Bair Mount Vernon Joseph Bair Iowa City E. E. Carl Milwaukee Wis A. M.winter Francis Bickel D. W

Marriage Licenses Filed for Cedar Rapids Couples

William Frederick Ross and Ada Varner of Cedar Rapids applied for marriage licenses. Tony Michalek and Ruth Ebling of Linn County also filed for licenses.

William Frederick Ross Ada Varner Cedar Rapids Tony Michalek Ruth Ebling Linn County

Luzerne Farmer Seeman Files Bankruptcy Petition

Albert Seeman of Luzerne filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court on Tuesday. He reported debts of 1720 dollars and assets of 677 dollars with an exemption of 160 dollars claimed.

Albert Seeman Luzerne

Upswing Reported In Resources Of U S National Banks

The comptroller of the currency reports 6 085 national banks in the continental U S Alaska and Hawaii held resources of 22 565 995 000 on September 30 up 198 284 000 from the prior quarter and down 3 180 069 000 from a year earlier. Loans and discounts totaled 9 919 662 060 with declines yearly and quarterly while U S government securities rose to 3 662 669 000 and other bonds stood at 3 780 623 000 with yearly and quarterly decreases. Sleeping sickness noted as a tropical scourge in 1921.

Washington Comptroller of the Currency United States Alaska Hawaii U S

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