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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1938
Page
8
Small town notes mix humor and daily life as residents share quirky misadventures. Caroline Knapp laments her newborn brother, a wedding detail unfolds with a sleepy runner, and Burkhalter meets a doorstep food courier. The column adds a late night La Follette confusion.
Long retrospective recalls 1890s through 1920s Iowa football figures from Moray Eby to Howard Jones, homecoming parades, the tallyho procession, and the burning of the monument. Personal reminiscences cover campus life, tickets, and alumni gatherings around games.
A Cedar Rapids weekend gathering at 1920 Fourth Avenue SE featured guests from Glidden and extended local residents. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Dean M. Fisher and their children Ward Charlotte Phillip and Helen, plus several Barry and Fisher relatives. Community group meetings for PEO and the OES auxiliary are scheduled in coming days with luncheons and programs.
Pledges from Kappa Delta at Coe College hosted a tea for pledges of all sororities on campus. Football themed decor featured green and white colors and a field motif with goal posts. The event ran Saturday from 2 30 to 5 PM, guests signed a guest book, and a football charm was given as a keepsake.
A hayrack party organized by a group of young people is planned for this evening. The event will be Dutch treat and after the hayride guests will gather at Miss Allayne Koneeny's home at 315 Crescent Street SE to roast wieners and spend the rest of the evening there.
The forty third annual Iowa branch convention of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons will meet at Central Methodist church in Oskaloosa from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs F J Mansfield of Burlington will preside at all sessions. Registration opens Wednesday at 9 30 am with a board meeting at Mrs Co E Powers home. The afternoon session begins at 2 30 pm with Mrs Paul Bennett presiding. Rev Herbert Huffman leads devotions and greetings will come from the ministerial association Mayo George E Burdock the city and Mrs Powers. Officers reports will be read and introductions made for Fort Madison and all state presidents and guests. Cedar Rapids women expected Cowen chapter banquet Wednesday.
Coe College faculty hosted a picnic featuring Dr. Harry M. Gage delivering a welcome address and Dr. Greene replying for new members. The event included a banquet, various committee members, and guests from Holstein and Louisville. Activities spanned devotionals, reports by chapters, and plans for the King’s Daughters home project with memorial services and installations scheduled.
The Cedar Rapids Art association brings a National Academy of Design exhibit to the public library gallery in Cedar Rapids. Oil paintings will be shown daily from 4 to 5 pm with attendants including Mrs. Donald P. Barnes and members of the Parent Teacher Association, Cedar Rapids Woman's Club, and local volunteers staffing each day.
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