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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1939
Page
17
Mr and Mrs Joe Cross and their son Dan left Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with the L E Morgans in Topeka Kansas formerly of this city.
The Beethoven Club hosted a Sunday musicale and tea at the YWCA with Mrs. Everett E. Fisher welcoming guests and introducing program chair Mrs. Helen Karena Stark. Performers included Eleanor Houts Edna Mae Sila Virginia Ohmann Flora Hromatko Taylor Klara Robbins and Eva Noe with accompaniments by Helen Little Hickman Virginia Paul Moore. More than 100 attendees enjoyed the tea following the concert arranged by the social committee led by Mrs. Margaret Hearn.
Mrs James Killian and assisting hostess Mrs W N Morse entertained Chapter HJ of PEO on Monday. Mrs T H Wright Jr led a chapter quiz on general improvements Cottey College and the educational fund. Guests included Miss Alice Story DJ Fort Dodge Mrs JP Van Horn JH Mrs DI Berger FC Muscatine now Cedar Rapids and Mrs Spangler BA Joliet.
Mr and Mrs Frank C Welch of 2300 First Avenue West returned home after a Chicago trip. They had Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs Welch's sister Mrs W B Gordon of Richmond Illinois and attended the Iowa Northwestern game on Saturday with their son Ted Welch a University of Iowa student.
Mrs H F Westfall of 1577 Second Avenue SE returned after a week with her daughter Mrs J Reed Green of Chicago where she attended a family Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. Robert P Bell of 523 S Nell Wood Drive SE returned Monday evening after a week in Evanston as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Stebbins.
Twenty two members gathered Monday evening at 1428 Third Avenue SE for P E O Chapter GM. Miss Anjanette Cady assisted the hostess and Mrs Richard Buresh led the program with two Thanksgiving stories The Widened Hearth and Miranda’s Thanksgiving by cited authors.
Meeting of chapter DK of P E O held Monday night at Mrs. Charles T. Hickok’s home 2018 Fifth Avenue SE. Roosevelt school pupils presented a program in art poetry and music introduced by Miss Esther Chapin. Participants included Carol Selby Alice Earl Ruth Bokerney Lyle Fuller Ben Haddad and Harold Barlow with two song groups by Harold Barlow and Betty Wagner. Guests included Mrs John W Altfillisch and members from chapters IF HI and TI.
Mrs Henry E Rahe of 866 Fourth Avenue SE has returned from Waterloo after a brief illness. She was accompanied home by her daughter Mrs T Eugene Thornton.
A thief explains his crime by saying that stealing led him to teach Sunday school to mask his wrongdoing. The remark frames crime and hypocrisy with a wry, introspective joke about his dual role.
Mr and Mrs A W Carlton of 1921 Blake Boulevard SE will entertain their bridge club at Mrs Wurster's tea room Tuesday evening with dinner for 12. The group will move to the Carlton home for an evening of bridge.
Mrs Clyde Williams of Ames will arrive Wednesday to stay the rest of the week with her sister Mrs J Rhoads Treichler and Mr Treichler at 329 Nineteenth street SE.
Chapter IF of P E O met Monday with Mrs. R A Greena walt at 1912 Blake Boulevard SE. Miss Mary Hobbs of Chapter H of Sioux City spoke on the Cedar Rapids Children's Home.
Mr and Mrs B A Hoyt of Bedford announce the marriage of their daughter Jeanne Franklyne of Cedar Rapids to Edward Louis Mertell of Springfield Missouri. The ceremony occurred Saturday and the Mertells will be at home after December 1 in Bedford.
Unit No. 2 of the ways and means committee of the Woman's club will sponsor a benefit card party Thursday December 7 at 8 pm at the club house. The event was moved from December 1.
Members of the S. D. C. club and guests enjoyed a Dutch treat theater party Saturday evening. Attendees included Mary Margaret Strathmann, Bernice Svoboda, Jean Phillips, Peggy Burns, Glenys Jackson, Eunice Boyle, Leo Morrissey, Ted Stinger, John Thompson, Francis Nunemaker, Robert Wright and Charles Imig.
Joe Schwirtz of 1023 Tenth Street SW was honored at a surprise birthday dinner Saturday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Dick Beall Center Point Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schwirtz Anamosa Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stelzer Springville Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beall Cedar Rapids and Mrs. O. E. Wichman Tipton.
A Sunday evening birthday surprise party was held in Ely for Nemec with bingo and a gift. Attendees included Walter Novak and Darlene of Solon, J. J. Nemec and spouse, J D Rozek and spouse, Frances Zitek, J Feiereisen Jr, E Nemec and David Lee of Cedar Rapids.
With Thanksgiving approaching many societies paused formal entertaining and held bridge club luncheons. Mrs. Stewart Holmes hosted ten at Cedar Rapids Country Club while Mrs. Robert Walker from Los Angeles joined the gathering. Other hostesses included Mrs. Frank C. Byers and Mrs. Howard A. Horan with eight and nine covers respectively at home and at the Country Club for the afternoon.
Dr and Mrs Irving Crowell of Shell Lake Wisconsin arrive Wednesday with their son Homer to visit Chester W Crowell and Mrs Crowell at 122 Third Street Drive SE for Thanksgiving and the weekend.
In honor of Mrs. Charles Conn leaving for Wichita, Mrs Ray Bramsen entertained sixteen guests at the Bramsen home 375 Twenty street SE. Prizes went to Mrs Bert Teeters and Mrs Robert W. Combs with a guest prize for Mrs Conn.
Mrs Walter Jones of Grinnell and her son Robert Jones of Chicago were weekend guests in the home of Mr and Mrs R Sells at 420 Thirty-fifth Street NE.
Members and friends of the East Side W C T U are asked to donate candy to be mailed December 15 to soldiers at Fort Ringgold Texas. State director Marie L Jones urges donations while Lucetta McCain will pack and ship. The union will give a cash donation to Benedict home instead of a Christmas box.
Mrs Louis Dvorak hosted a birthday club picnic luncheon at 825 Eighteenth Street SE Friday. The gathering honored Mrs David Gross who received a gift. Attending were Mesdames L Wise James Rissmiller Robert Goodmin Floyd Thompson Carl Janecek Harry Gunderson George Hayes Russell Ward Roy E Sells with Mrs Harold Travis as a guest.
The Star Dusters met Thursday evening at the home of Miss Norma Schmatt 1243 Maplewood drive NE. Present were Misses Evelyn Cooper Marian Pollitz Beatrice Kendall Elizabeth Barber Verla Bergloff Patty Ann Dudek and Marie Doherty.
Mrs. J. G. Munson and her son John Jr. depart from 312 Highland Drive NW for a month long visit with relatives in Houston and Galveston Texas.
Mr and Mrs C O Gray of 546 Vernon Drive SE returned Monday evening after visiting their daughter Mrs Ernest Rasmussen and Mr Rasmussen in Des Moines. Mrs Gray stayed the entire weekend and Mr Gray joined on Sunday.
Mrs Gordon Hughes Mrs Eldridge Calhoun and Mrs Leonard Kohl hosted a miscellaneous shower at the Kohl residence 306 Third Street SW Monday night honoring Mrs Roy Codner of New London Iowa formerly Mrs Sadie Herbert of Marengo Prizes were awarded for games and refreshments were served Those attending included Mesdames Henrietta Schaffer Harry Forsythe S H Calhoun Julia Portier Charles Schindler Ellis Seibert J T Calhoun Evelyn Burianek Carl Bryan A Winters and Clifton Peeples.
Mrs. C. C Moffit led a Cedar Rapids History and Literature meeting Monday afternoon. Mrs. A. H. Mott spoke on Our Canadian Neighbors and Mrs. Harold Ferguson reviewed Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert Sherwood.
Miss Etta Wicke Bernadine Boyle and Mrs John F Baker hosted a Friday evening misc shower at Mrs Wurster’s tea room honoring Mrs J E Wilde a recent bride. Bridge prizes went to Bernice Leege Lillian Burns and Flora O Brine with a large list of other guests attending.
Mary Edythe Frame, seventh birthday girl, was honored after school at 812 Second Street NW. The celebration featured piano solos by Emily Igram and Mary Edythe, with aunt Mrs. F J McHugh at the piano and guests singing. Attendees included Emily Igram, Mary Ellen White, Beverly Hyham, Erma Jean McNulty, Carole, Sally and Nancy McHugh, Mrs James Nye, Mrs Katherine Dunbar, and Mrs F J McHugh. Kenneth and Melvin Frame helped their mother entertain.
Delta Theta Chi members met Monday evening for a program by Mrs B L Sheldon who presented motion pictures from her summer trip through Europe She spoke on the British Isles Italy Germany Holland France and Belgium and showed accompanying pictures.
A Saturday night birthday party honored Billy Ramsey with a Bunco game. Prizes went to Leroy Averill and Joe Brown. Guests included Verle Ramsey and many locals such as Mr and Mrs Hlavacek, the Browns, and the Averills. Pink and white decorations and a large central cake complemented refreshments.
The Catholic Current Events Group will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. C E Hauser at 1537 Fifth Avenue SE.
The Sewing Suzies club of McKinley Senior High girls hosted a Thanksgiving party in the Martha Washington room Monday evening. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments with attendees including Betty Larson Virginia Clapp Helen Reynolds Frances Saldana Margaret Reid and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pazdernik celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary with a surprise party Saturday evening attended by about thirty guests. A three tier cake baked by their daughter Mildred and Mrs. W. J. Tosh was the centerpiece. roses and chrysanthemums decorated the event. A mock wedding was performed and gifts were presented.
The Misses Helen Kroulik Jeanne Russett Mary Ellen Forbes and Dorothy Melsa assisted in serving, joined by man and Madra to help during the event.
Miss Fern Avery and Carl Misbach wed on Oct. 3 at the home of Dr. HM Griffin Morning Sun with Dr. A F Fulton officiating. A miscellane ous shower honored the bride Monday evening at 847 Fourth Avenue SE with Mrs. Misbach and Miss Reed Clarkin among the guests.
Mary Lou Hoyt celebrated her fourteenth birthday on Saturday as hostess to nine girls at 2633 First avenue East. Games and prizes filled the afternoon, followed by refreshments. Guests included Geraldine Harrington Barbara Reily Ruth Ann Stucker Virginia Shepherd Dorothy Lynott Polly Spohn Janice Spohn and Wanda Johnson.
Miss Doris Doherty of 1608 D avenue NE entertained the Streamline Debs Thursday evening after the business meeting 500 was played and refreshments served. Attendees included Misses Dorris Jeffries Mary Helen Mobry Nadine Morris and Ernestine Clendening.
Mr and Mrs James Sheridan of Philadelphia stayed with Hugh Sheridan in his home on Saturday and spent Sunday in Chicago visiting James Sheridan’s brother who is a patient in a local hospital.
Seventeen members of the Ana Kikisin Camp Fire group met at the First Congregational church for a brief business session. Miss Jane Garwood spoke to the mothers and tea was served with Miss Dorothy Canfield pouring.
Mr and Mrs Ben Volz of 1614 B avenue NW returned after spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs Don Sevening in Chicago.
Philadelphia acting mayor George Connell proposed a 114 percent tax on wages of all residents to raise at least 15 million dollars in additional revenue for 1940. The plan, similar to one rejected last year, seeks new municipal funding.
An advertisement promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal as the solution to common constipation caused by low bulk in refined diets. It urges daily breakfast with ample water, claims the cereal is not a medicine but a crunchy nutritious food, and notes Kellogg’s Battle Creek production with broad grocery availability.
More than 1,000 hours of civic service will be recognized for 23 Cedar Rapids area Scouts at the area court of honor at Franklin school at 7 30 pm Host Troop 14 sponsored by the Sojourners. Awards include merit badges Red Cross service certificates Life and Star Scout honors and Eagle recognition.
A list of several scouts from different troops including Donald Conway Troop 11 Billy Jacobs Troop 12 John Arthurs James Cabalka Eldo Mentzer Troop 24 Robert Brooks Troop 25 Gene Oswald Troop 28 James Pollock John Williams Troop 29.
The Cedar Rapids Ministerial association schedules three Thanksgiving services Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Second Christian church west side and St. Pauls Methodist church east side with Rev. W G Rowley and Rev. James H Blackstone as speakers. Negro congregations join at Mount Zion Baptist church with Rev J W Collins as speaker.
Evangelist O G Lewis presents a week of Sunshine Mission events with nightly hymns and paintings illustrating themes such as The Most Pathetic Thing on Earth and Eternity and Out of Egypt. Special music directed by Rev T J Hinkin accompanies family and invitation nights through Sunday school chalk talk.
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