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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1939

Page

21

Holiday Season Weddings Announced Across Iowa

Notices announce multiple engagements and upcoming marriages in LaFayette Buffalo Cedar Rapids Ames and Estherville areas. Leila Miller to Donald Brennman plan a November 29 ceremony. Helen Green to Vern Green set for December 13 at Immaculate Conception Church.

Eugene Miller LaFayette Leila Donald Brennaman Arlie Brennaman North of Robins Sunderman Buffalo Mary K. Berry Twenty-fifth Street Helen E Vern J. Green J. L. Green First Avenue E Immaculate Conception Church

Library Patrons Learn They Can't Tell Book By Title

A study of library misfiling shows readers confuse books by title alone. Examples include Two Strikes and Out by W. E. McMahon about Mexican oil, The Citadel misread as The Cita del by Joseph Husband, and The Doctor titles misattributed across authors. Confusion grows as multiple works share the same title like The Mother and Red Sky at Morning.

Public Library W. E. McMahon Citadel A. J. Cronin Joseph Husband Mary Roberts Rinehart Ralph Connor Doctor Harry Leon Wilson Rockies Pearl Buck Asch Deledda Gorky Norris Tsurumi Joseph C. Lincoln

So Youre Going to Have a Baby and More Book Notices

A library card catalog sequence highlights humorous and misleading title reads from patrons and staff. It cites entries such as So Youre Going to a Psychiatrist and So Youre Going to England alongside various book titles from the shelves.

Squire Margaret Fishback Goone United States Janet Lane Rebecca England

Evangelical Ladies Aid Bazaar Next Wednesday at Church Basement

Bennett The Evangelical Ladies Aid society schedules a bazaar in the church basement next Wednesday with a luncheon served during the afternoon. At the American Legion Auxiliary card party Tuesday Mrs. Ralph Ripson won first prize, with several others including Mrs. Louie Pahl and Mrs. Omer Wright among the winners.

Evangelical Ladies Aid Society Ralph Ripson American Legion Auxiliary Louie Pahl Omer Wright Arnold Bartscher Charles Brockmeyer Harry Groth J. C. Beamer

TATTLE TALES AND ANTIQUE TREASURES AT THE FARROW HOME

Mrs. Furrow showcases a Swiss music box over a hundred years old from Anamosa, a brass clock aged about 175 years, copper luster and Dr. Syntax china among tableware, and an 1810 early American settee with four 1848 pieces. Barbara Bloomhall wears her mother's wedding gown blouse. Maurine Augustine repurposes a sewing machine as an end table with intact sewing gear. December decor ideas from Better Homes and Gardens Inspire Cedar Rapids homes featured by photographers and models.

E. H. Farrow Maurine Augustine Cape Cod Maurine

Bridge clubs host wins at private homes

Lost Nation The Contract Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. W O Grundmeier Tuesday evening with Mrs. F S Peckosh and Mrs. Carl Wazac achieving high scores. The Hearthstone club met Tuesday evening at the home of Stasia.

Contract Bridge Club W. O. Grundmeier F. S. Peckosh Carl Wazac Hearthstone Club Stasia

Community club notes with lessons games and hostesses

Esther Edleman led a lesson while Dr and Mrs R. R. Stoner donated books to the public library. Dinner club members entertained at the M H Duke home in Delmar. Prizes were won at cards and whist. Union Presbyterian church hosts a social this evening with local youths providing entertainment.

Rutenbeck Esther Edleman R. Stoner Public Library M. H. Duke Delmar Aaron Schultz R. W. Rutenbeck Frank Myatt E. H. Balster Herman Machande F. H. Club Leon Schmidt Emil Mohr Alva Mohr Frank Myaatt Farm Bureau Grant Sharon Brookfield Bloomfield Miss Sandstrom Ames Kenneth Daniel Ward Hollingsworth Lowell Dobling Union Presbyterian Church Alice Jansen Anita Busch Alice Scott Arnold Busch Arnold Mohr Robert Mohr

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