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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1932
Page
6
A columnist piece discusses a husband’s vanity stirred by other women'sAttention, causing wife unhappiness, and advises in broad terms on managing flirtatious behavior, suggesting dignity, patient waiting, and avoiding pursuit to maintain marriage.
Numerous 67th and 57th annual family dinners marked Thanksgiving in Vinton and beyond. Attendees spanned Glenn Van Nice, Ward, Beller, Eggleston, Bunten, Gray, Blocher, Wells, Rinard, Green, and Carlson families among others, with guests from Des Moines, Hampton, Guthrie Center, Waterloo, Reinbeck, Cedar Rapids, Grundy Center, and more, totaling dozens of households and generations in attendance. Additional notices mention club meetings, a luncheon for Mrs Bordewick, garden club plans, and a card party at Browns Cafe with fifty-one attending Esther Circle events at the Presbyterian church.
Mechanicsville activities note the Presbyterian Women's Missionary society meeting at Mrs C G Stookeys home with talks on Liam and The Southern Mountain Churches and Mission Schools.
Miss Lenore Jared and Mr Arthur Van Patten were married at Lancaster Missouri on November 22. They were attended by Mrs Jared and Mr Van Patten. Mrs A Un Engelmann hosted the Women’s Home Missionary Society Monday. Miss Kathryn Farnham and Miss Netta Scheiter fed the program. Mrs Walter Moode hosted the Catholic Ladies Society at her home Tuesday.
The Nancy Page quilt club shares a free direction leaflet for the Old Almanac Quilt. The Leo sign pattern is described with orange and white fabrics, small appliques, and blue background. Members discuss zodiac order and April as the cycle start, then begin work on the Leo block and transfer patterns to fabric for embroidery and applique.
A Tuesday evening event at the Masonic temple honored 42 Eastern Star members with twenty five years of service or more, many from Oelwein. A formal dinner, silver table decor, and toasts followed by songs and dancing celebrated long membership.
A notice from Nancy Page in The Cedar Rapids Gazette requests readers to send ten cents per missing Old Almanac Quilt block and enclose a stamped addressed envelope to Nancy Page care of the newspaper.
Clarence Mr and Mrs Merle Cashman celebrated Mr Cashmans birthday with a five hundred game won by Elmer Koch and low by Mrs Art Miller. Several local couples attended. Teachers plan Thanksgiving trips home while Embroidery club members met at Mrs S L McLeods home. American Legion auxiliary held a leap year dance and Royal Neighbors hosted a social luncheon.
A Tama high school football banquet honored the team coach and advisors hosted by the Girls Pep club in the Central building red. Dorothy Mason led the post dinner program with The Kick-Off star quarterback Morris Relder serving as toastmaster. Various speakers and performances followed, with a closing group song.
La Porte City hosts the fifty third wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs William Anton. Wisconsin natives since 1865 and 1879 respectively, they celebrated at the couple's La Porte City home with family and friends from nearby towns. Thanksgiving guests and local club events fill this community note.
Miss Hazel M. Carr married John F. Sallers at Evangelical church with Rev. W. B. Brecher officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by relatives and close friends. the couple will reside with the bride’s father. Also noted is a church service at 11:30 a.m. and a later picnic dinner, plus visits from Mrs. Hannah Boyle of Orlando to her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Fields, after residing in Florida.
Thanksgiving in Rowley featured Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nemo hosting Elgin guests L. L. Kiple, plus Leon Wallace and Sidney Ellswood. Addie Parkhurst entertained Cedar Rapids and Independence guests including Frank Jayne and the Beattys. Dinners were also held at the Dingsley and Dingsley households with extended families. The Women’s Temperance union met at Mrs. William Whitney’s home with Emma Ambrum speaking. Faculty members spent the holiday out of town, and the Sahara club hosted husbands and families at Roy Rosencrans home with a program led by Mrs. Corkery and Mrs. Shaffer. }}
Manchester—The Woman's Relief Corps met for a special session and dinner with inspection by Mrs. Mary Waddick of Independence. The Tourist club entertained at Mrs. H. L. Rann's home with program led by the hostess and Mrs. Bertha Clemans. Presidents of local women's clubs gathered for a Wednesday business meeting. Hyperion lodge No. 186, E. P., plans a Castle hall gathering next Monday at 8 pm. Mrs. Laura Dunham Taylor's pupils give a piano recital at her studio that evening. The Rebekahs host a benefit card party at the I. O. O. F. hall Tuesday evening inviting friends. The Presbyterian Woman's club will meet at Mrs. F. E. Dutton's next Wednesday afternoon. Judge and Mrs. George W. Dunham prepare to depart for Winter Haven Florida by motor for several winters.'
Monticello notes describe an auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars hosting a hard-time benefit card party with admission goods for Thanksgiving baskets. Prizes honored costumes, baskets organized by community volunteers, and a flurry of Thanksgiving family dinners and out of town guests winding through the region.
Delaware report states the annual Mystery Mother and Daughter banquet occurred Wednesday in the L C A hall. Thanksgiving marked the birthday of Mrs Ivan Boone. About fifty neighbors and friends attended her home where a game of five hundred was played.
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