Local Cedar Rapids Players Sweep Bridge Tourney Honors
About fifty players competed at a Dubuque hotel sponsored event. Grand prizes went to Mrs. A H Hallgren and Mrs. E Taylor for top daily aggregate. runners up were Mrs. S A Senders and Mrs. George E Beat te. All four received silver cups. afternoon and evening pairings listed. Other Cedar Rapids entrants included Mrs. Olive Longueville and Mrs. R S Hardendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Alien Dubuque
Dubuque
A. J. Kleinschmidt
A. H. Hallgren
E. Taylor
S. A. Senders
George E. Beatte
Hallgren
Taylor
Beattie
Sanders
Olive Longueville
R. S. Hardendorf
Skinner Family to Spend Thanksgiving Week in Joliet
Mrs. James Skinner of Joliet Til and her son David Bernt arrived Sunday to stay with Mrs. Skinner's parents Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Tapper at 348 Forest. Mr. Skinner will arrive Thanksgiving morning as a guest in the Tapper home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Skinner
Joliet Til
David Bernt
Dessert bridge honors Miss Alice Krebs engagement
Miss Margaret Kubias hosts a dessert bridge at 1915 Bever avenue SE Monday evening in honor of Miss Alice Krebs who will wed Wendell D. Barrett at Thanksgiving. Guests include Mrs. Arthur Bearle Mrs. Holbrook Morrison Jr. Mrs. Merle B. Threlkeld Jr. Mrs. C. A. Albaugh Miss Marian Hutton Miss Virginia Knox and Miss Amelia Bracha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kubias
Bever Avenue SE
Alice Krebs
Wendell D. Barrett
Arthur ‘Bearle
Holbrook Morrison, Jr
Merle B. Threlkeld, Jr
C. A. Albaugh
Marian Hutton
Virginia Knox
Amelia Bracha
Tea Honors Mrs. A. A. Taylor Before Winter Departure
Mrs. Frederick Fisner hosted a Monday afternoon tea at her home on Blake Boulevard SE for Mrs. A. A. Taylor who will depart Wednesday for Fort Lauderdale Florida to spend the winter. Guests were members of two clubs to which Mrs. Taylor belongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Fisner
Blake Boulevard
A. A. Taylor
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Scribblers Junior League Meeting In Cedar Rapids
The Scribblers group of the Junior League will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs Neil Montgomerys home 2336 Linden Drive SE Cedar Rapids Mrs James SH Yuill leads the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribblers
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Neil Montgomery
Linden Drive
James SH. Yuill
48th Anniversary Tri Delta Sorority Observed
Delta Delta Delta members from Coe college and the University of Iowa celebrate the forty eighth anniversary with a traditional dinner in the Roosevelt hotel. The event marks the sorority founding in 1888 and promotes a new endowment fund for scholarships and fellowships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Coe College
University of Iowa
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Evelyn Street
Virginia Weld
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
Jean Daw
Marion
Jayne Carrier
Vinton
Anna Mae Jones
Catherine Timm
Betty Jane Levien
Edith Winn
Mary Bell
Paul S. Ray
C. Ward Macy
J. F. Yothers
Carrie Morcombe D. of H. Juniors meet for party plans
Carrie Morcombe D. of H. No. 2 juvenile club held a regular meeting at K P hall on Saturday noting tap dancing instruction and planning a Christmas party event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Morcombe D
K. P. Hall
Field Secretary of Kappas Honored at Home Affair
Miss Marian Handy of Crisfield Maryland national field secretary of Kappa Kappa Gamma was honored at an informal home gathering Sunday afternoon at 825 Seventeenth Street SE. Guests were local Kappa alumnae. Mrs. Horace G. Hedges, a province vice president, hosted. Handy then traveled to Iowa City to visit the University of Iowa Beta Zeta chapter and local alumnae for several days after attending a Des Moines luncheon hosted by about fifty Des Moines alumnae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Handy
Crisfield
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street
Kappa Alumnae Association
Hedges
Miss Handy
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Beta Zeta
Des Moines
Younker’s Tea Room
Chicago Guests Visit Bingham Home for Thanksgiving
Mrs. F. W. Rockwell of Chicago stays with her daughter Mrs. E. H. Bingham at 2210 Grande Avenue SE planning to remain until after Thanksgiving. Mrs. E. L. Beatie, also of Chicago and sister to Mrs. Bingham, will arrive Wednesday as a Thanksgiving guest in the Bingham household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Rockwell
Chicago
E. H. Bingham
Grande Avenue
E. L. Beatie
Bingham
Houghs Visit Elkhart Friends In Grand Avenue Party
Mr and Mrs C O Hough of Elkhart Indiana spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs A L Taylor at 2241 Grande avenue SE. The Taylors entertained a group of friends Sunday evening in honor of the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Hough
Elkhart
Ind
A. L. Taylor
Grande Avenue SE
Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. Hough
Wisconsin visitors stay a week longer
Mrs Walter R Nielson of Milwaukee Wisconsin visits her mother Mrs Charles H Proctor at 1972 B Avenue NE with her daughter Patricia and son George The party plans to stay about a week longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Nielson
Milwaukee
Wis
Patricia
George
Nielson
Charles H. Proctor
B Avenue NE
Mrs Oliver Longueville Hosts Duplicate Bridge Monday
Mrs Oliver Longueville of 2035 Blake Boulevard SE sponsors a duplicate contract bridge event on Monday at 8 p.m. The posting notes participation details and venue timing for local players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Longueville
Blake Boulevard
Mrs Wilson and Sons Return from California Trip
Mrs. Harry Wilson and her sons Donald Earl and Kenneth return Tuesday evening from Oakland and San Francisco where they spent the last three months with Mrs Wilsons parents Mr and Mrs H C Taylor and her sister Mrs T J Mc Hugh The condition of Mrs Wilsons mother who has been ill has improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson
Donald
Earl
Kenneth
Oakland
San Francisco
Calif
Mrs Irene Shuell Plans Nov 25 Wedding
Mrs Ralph Podzimek hosted a miscellaneous shower Wednesday at her home 421 Twenty second Street NE in honor of Miss Irene Shuell who will wed Wes Krofta November 25. High prizes went to Mrs R C Wieland Miss Mildred Butler and Mrs Joe Koffron Iowa City guest list 23 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Podzimek
Twenty-second Street
Irene Shuell
Wes Krofta
R. C. Wieland
Mildred Butler
Joe Koffron
Iowa City
Monopoly Party Honors Wedding Couple in Local Home
Mr and Mrs F W Oxley and Mr and Mrs Leo Walrath hosted a Monopoly party at the Oxley home Saturday night honoring Miss Jessie Booth and Frank Zahradnik. The couple, marrying Tuesday, received a silver gift. Prizes went to Miss Booth and Lawrence Booth with attendees including Miss Booth Sr Zahradnik, the Booths, Myron Suits, Harry Shipe, and Ona Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Oxley
Leo Walrath
Jessie Booth
Frank Zahradnik
Miss Booth
Lawrence Booth
Sr. Zahradnik
Myron Suits
Harry Shipe
Ona Booth
John Yuza Honored On Navy Leave Homecoming
John L. Yuza on a twelve day leave from the U S naval training station at San Diego Calif was greeted by a group of friends Sunday evening at his parents home. Attending were Margaret Knapp Virginia Nemecek Betty Stauffer Jean nette De Marah Opal Young Maxine Prior LaVonne Marsh Dorothy Mulcahey Evelyn Sig mund Adell Kucera Audrey Beck Helen Yuza Margaret Yuza Kenneth LeClerc Alfred Brendel Fred Young Jr Virgil Prior George LeClerc Bob Richter Claremont Nemecek Ronald Prior Joe Novak Loren O Connor and John Yuza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Yuza
United States Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Margaret Knapp
Virginia Nemecek
Betty Stauffer
Jeannette de Marah
Opal Young
Maxine Prior
LaVonne Marsh
Dorothy Mulcahey
Evelyn Sigmund
Adell Kucera
Audrey Beck
Helen Yuza
Margaret Yuza
Kenneth LeClerc
Three Quarter Wife Warns Against Nagging Men
Old advertisement warns that nagging harms marriages and urges women to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease female discomforts across life stages. It claims the product tones the body to better handle menstrual, pregnancy, and midlife changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Senior High Club Of St. Paul's Hosts Vespers And Tea
The St. Paul’s Methodist church senior high club hosted a vespers and tea for Berean class and home department members. Dorothy Jane Plock chaired. program by Kingston Brokaw. music by Lucille Hamlin and Emma Allen. Readings by Jean Bailey and others. devotions by Evan Kearney. remarks by Dr. A. A. Brooks and Royal Holbrook. Refreshments served by a long committee. later entertainment at Ben Hur hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Berean
Dorothy Jane Plock
Social Service Committee
Dorothy Doolittle
Shirley Like
Edith Boardman
Kingston Brokaw
Lucille Hamlin
Emma Allen
Emma Allen Played A Piano and Violin Duet, “Goin’ Home.” the Dramatic Club
Zona Hill
Jean Bailey
Harold Parkes
Bill Young
Paul Anthony
Evan Kearney
Royal Holbrook
A. A. Brooks
C. W. Hook
George Helscher
W. C. Kircheck
Home Department
Bertha Pownall
Edwin Young
Josephine Cottingham
A. E. Rankin
Jean Young
Jean Puckett
Lilla Rossiter
Eloise Helfenstein
Ruth Rich
Dorothy Stookey
Virginia Frame
Frederika Frame
Jean Severson
Ruth Allen
Josephine Beadle
District Meeting Of VFW And Auxiliary Held Here
About 450 people attended the second district VFW and auxiliary gathering in Cedar Rapids with a banquet at Memorial hall. Des Moines and Dubuque officers spoke. various committees and a long list of district and department officers and auxiliaries were introduced and honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Hebbern
Davenport
Ben Hur Hall
E. R. Crane
Des Moines
Benjamin P. Dvorak
Cedar Rapids
E.G. Thiel
Algona
Amanda Humphrey
Clinton
Sylvia Francis
Musketeer
Jack From
V.F.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dubuque
Memorial Hall
F. J. Naibert
William White
W. Dvorak
Emil Vohaska
Glen Thomas
Velma White
Tillie Dvorak
La-Verne Seichert
Anna Sheridan
Ethel Tweet
Cora Carlson
Mayme Rittenberg
Hulda Martinek
Wava Hopkins
Katherine Buckner
Sylvia Francik
Agnes Dvorak
Vivian Dvorak
Frances Baer
Zelina Weise
Verodine White
Lucile Watkins
Betty Barrett
Stella Vohaska
Juanita Weise
Frank Curran
Alice
Ruth Zier
Elmer Davis
Harry Concannon
Louisiana Lou
FE. R. Crane
Eaton Rapids
Mich
E. G. Thiel
Arnold Letzig
D. A. V. Harold Barnes
Mr. Gustafson
Marshalltown
David McMahon
Frank Vlasek
R. Hebert
G. Spaulding
Arthur Buckner
Addie Campbell
Honor Clark
Monticello
Ethel Consigney
Waverly
Hazel Miller
Marie Kruse
Bertha Thiel
Laura Hebert
May Grube
Ann Hanrahan
Des
College Club Hosts Beethoven Ensemble at Montrose Hotel
The Parkinson woodwind quartet, recent high school contest winners, performed in the Terrace room. Director W. E. Parkinson from LeMars leads one of three similar groups as the audience praised the program. Mrs. Wells Peck reported the College club loan fund has aided over 200 girls since 1913, totaling 3,800 dollars with 40 loans outstanding and 1,056 dollars in bank for new applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Beethoven Club
Parkinson
Montrose Hotel
W. E. Parkinson
LeMars
Wells Peck
College Club
Peck
Eulalia Hauser
Saint Saens
Mendelssohn
Lenore Stark
Hageman
Love
Saint-Saens
Roland Moehlman
Cedar Rapids
Moehlman
James Kewley
Troy Laundry Workers Hold Thanksgiving Picnic
The Troy fellowship club composed of Troy Laundry employees their families and friends met at Ben Hur hall Friday evening for a picnic dinner. About 150 persons attended with Thanksgiving decorations. Arrangements were led by Hulda Martinec president Clarice McArtor Florence Ragan Edna Haas Kate Harness Louise Van Antwerps and Lela Brague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Fellowship Club
Troy Laundry Company
Ben Hur Hall
Hulda Martinec
Clarice McArtor
Florence Ragan
Edna Haas
Kate Harness
Louise van Antwerp
Lela Brague
Tea Hostess Leads Beta Sigma Phi Lambda Chapter Gathering
About twenty members of Beta Sigma Phi Lambda Chapter attended a tea hosted by Mrs. Frank C. Kellogg at 1956 Park Avenue SE on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. F. W. Damour, chapter sponsor, was a guest and Mrs. I. E. Jackson of Epsilon Sigma Alpha presided at the tea table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Business Girls
Frank C. Kellogg
Park Avenue SE
F. W. Damour
I. E. Jackson
Gamma Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Educational Sorority
Mt Mercy Students Attend Catholic Peace Conference
Patricia Burke Catherine Carroll and Madonna Hofer of Mount Mercy junior college returned Monday after a weekend in Chicago. They went as delegates from Mount Mercy to the regional conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace held at Rosary College River Forest Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Burke
Catherine Carroll
Madonna Hofer
Mount Mercy Junior College
Chicago
Catholic Association For International Peace
Mount Mercy
Rosary College
River Forest
Edgewood School Toy Days Sponsored by P T A
The Edgewood school No 1 mothers club hosts Toy Days on Tuesday and Wednesday. Acceptable toys or parts of toys will be collected and given to firemen for distribution to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club of
Edgewood School No. 1
Maquoketa Izaak Walton to Hold Feb Fish Fry
Maquoketa Valley Izaak Walton league votes to stage the annual fish fry February 18. Committees will be named after the election of officers at the December 17 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Maquoketa Valley
Izaak Walton League
Christmas Lighting Plan Delayed by City Check
The city council entertained a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce's retail merchants bureau about lighting the business district. Work had been delayed by the building department pending a legal check under current ordinance. The council promised action at Friday's meeting to approve the Christmas lighting. Delegation members included L. Taylor, J. Beck, W. L. Fowler, A. L. Smulekoff, C. Ettinger, R. Walker and B. Smyth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Council Chamber
L. Taylor
The
John Beck
W. L. Fowler
A. L. Smulekoff
Carl Ettinger
Ralph Walker
Bob Smyth
Revival Service Draws 300 At Calvary Baptist
More than 300 people attended a Sunday revival at Calvary Baptist Church. Cyrus Metcalf led congregational singing with William Dykhuizen in a duet. Pastor Rev. Richard W. Clearwaters preached on Some Lessons a Man Learned in Hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Cyrus Metcalf
William Dykhuizen
Dorothy. Miller
God
Richard W. Clearwaters
Hell
Jesus
Lazarus
Metcalf
Charles B. Brinkley
Quaketa Baptist Church Plans Midweek Service and Sermon
The church will feature a tenor solo and evangelistic sermon by Rev Ray Clearwaters on the theme The Wedding Garment. A 7 pm prayer meeting precedes the service, lasting thirty minutes, and no collections will be taken in midweek services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaketa Baptist Church
Ray Clearwaters
City Steam Heats Courthouse and Jail in Iowa County
City steam from extended mains of Iowa Electric Light and Power was redirected to heat the county courthouse and jail Saturday night. A five year contract approved in August set a maximum price of 2935 dollars per year. Officials estimate savings of about 1000 dollars annually compared with a private plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Had Two Turkeys Under His Coat Get 30 Days
John Straubinger a 48 year old watchman at the Wilson and company plant was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail on larceny charges. He was arrested at 12 45 am near St Wenceslaus school carrying two frozen turkeys under his coat. He said he paid an employee at the plant one dollar to place the birds outside the gate for pickup. A company representative collected the turkeys at the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Straubinger
Ninth Avenue SE
Justice A. S. Reed
Straubinger
Wilson and Company
Simon and Moore
Sixteenth Avenue SE
St. Wenceslaus School
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Kemble Floral Company
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Quincy, Ill
Rochester, Minn
Jennie
Tri Delta
H. Juniors
Kappas
At Home
Mrs. Rockwell
C. O. Houghs
Mrs. Proctor
Longueville Bridge
Miss Shuell
Monopoly Party
John Yuza
St. Paul’s
Eleanor Taylor
Business Girls’ Sorority
P. T. A. Meetings
Edgewood No
de Sibae
Calvary Baptist
Thompson
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Hans Nickel
Hotel Roosevelt
Nickel
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
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