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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1939
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids column clamps on with hometown vignettes from 1920s society includes Iowa nostalgia about Raven Shuttleworth and family humor, a detective anecdote about missed keys, Opie Read memories, Beethoven club bemusement, transit humor with a Vernon Heights bus, barber shop gripes, Armistice day child in the crowd, and birthday gift ideas clashing between The New Yorker and The Gazette.
The contemporary literature group meets Monday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Harold Kolar 440 Sinclair Ave SE with review of Black Majesty by Vandercook. Other groups meet at listed homes and times to discuss topics and enjoy a short program. Cedar chapter No 184 O E S hosts Friday at 2 30 p.m. at Mrs. Anna Lamey 353 Park ter race SE. all Cedar chapter members invited.
The Elks club wives host a Tuesday 1 p.m. buffet luncheon with Mrs. Don Hines in charge. Guests may join tables for bridge 500 or pinochle, with prizes at each table and a holiday table setting display. Reservation committee includes Mrs. Skinner Hines Whipple Mitralsky and Swaney.
An innovation in piano recitals will be introduced in Cedar Rapids at the Coe college chapel Tuesday at 8 15 pm when Prof Max Daehler presents the junior grand ensemble of three pianos The event also marks the first faculty recital of the year Readers learn the children taking part Esther Armstrong Ruth Labes John Hickman Wilson Dunn and Rockwell Daehler The program includes two numbers with two pupils at miniature grands and a full piano, plus pieces by Couperin Brahms and a closing group of Ravel Prokofieff and Schubert Tausig
Forty members and guests met Friday afternoon at Mrs. W. Corey’s home. Mrs. Carl D. Thomas presided with luncheon helpers named. Miss Katherine Franken led the salute, devotionals covered Thanksgiving traditions, and Miss Hemsky pledged to Kappa Epsilon with election as secretary treasurer of the student association.
The piece outlines multiple department programs at the Woman's Club led by Miss Andrea Johannsen with officers named for the American home department. It notes board and director meetings, a Tuesday 1 p.m. art program featuring Amanas guests, lacework displays, paintings by Carl Flick, and rare historical pictures. Hostesses and prep details are listed.
Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild leaders wrapped up ingathering of garments on November 8 to 11 at St. John s Church crypt. under Mrs. E P Ristedt donations of two new garments or money were collected for local agencies including Public Health Nursing, Children s Home, Linn County relief, Mercy Hospital, St Luke s Hospital, Sunshine Mission, Home for Aged Women and city schools. After the game a Dutch treat table at the Country Club hosted travel to Iowa City for a social gathering with notable guests and a later cocktails and Dutch treat dinner party at the Ingersoll residence.
Five nephews visit Dr Krause and present a lounge chair at a dinner hosted by Dr and Mrs Zuercher. Other guests include Mr and Mrs Arthur Smith and son William, Miss Daisy Brothers, and Walter Brothers. A family dinner at their home honors the five men and their families.
The Newcomers club will meet Saturday at 8 30 p m at Bishop s cafeteria for refreshments before a trip to Danceland for dancing. A newcomers section will be reserved at Danceland and others may join later at the ballroom.
The piece profiles Mabel Chadband later Mrs. Josh Wilson, Cedar Rapids Gazette’s pioneering female reporter. It recalls her start at 16, rise to city editor, audacious courthouse coverage, and a famous courthouse outburst. Her career spanned Illinois papers to Iowa reporting.
Local gatherings feature Mrs Shuttleworth hosting a buffet for Hutchisons, with guests including Mr and Mrs H Sandrock of Janesville Wisconsin. A separate dinner honors Drecks by Mrs William B Quarton as St Paul and Mrs H Rothchild host breakfast for visiting Doubraskys.
A dense list of local events outlines daily cultural activities from Friday through Sunday. Notable items include a Cedar Rapids photo salon closing, homecoming vesper in Iowa City, theatre and stage performances, university concerts, a high school operetta, and a Jascha Heifetz appearance in Davenport, with dates spanning Friday to Sunday.
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