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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1933
Page
2
Members including Virginia Vane Sara Hur ngo Lenre Stark organized a Saturday event to raise funds, earning about $7 in donations as they hosted a bake sale and community drive.
Miss Marie Kent daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank M Kent of 325 Twenty fifth Street Drive San Francisco will marry William Holecek of the city this afternoon at 3. Miss Kent is a graduate of Washington High School and a musician.
Forty members of the YWCA board committees and staff gathered for the fall conference at the YWCA building. Mrs W J Foster opened at 4 pm. Miss Alice Papes led worship. Lislian Shepherd sung two Negro spirituals. Anna Laura Palmer spoke on why she is a member. Louise T Strange presented 1933 objectives. Dinner at 6 pm featured a skit Entering the Elysian Fields. Recreation included shuffleboard and ping pong. A discussion on membership trends and ways to enlarge membership followed, tracing the shift from 1866 to 1933.
The ICe Players will hold a regular meeting Monday evening at 7 30 in the Immaculate Conception school parlors. After the business meeting a program will be presented.
Edna and Irma Happel hosted a Butterfly tea shop shower for Irene Happel who will wed Henry Overmann on October 14. Five hundred in prizes went to Ann Rinko and Eleanor Happel, with twenty five guests sharing the courtesy.
Miss Barley and Miss Porter hosted a linen shower for Mrs WC Dresselhaus, with guests including Miss Lucille Tavier and Mrs Lawrence Hauskins. Attendees enjoyed hemming towels and a nursery rhyme themed treasure hunt for gifts at the Porter residence Friday evening.
Sixty members of Central Park Presbyterian church and their husbands attended a reception at the home of Mrs Rich and Lord on Third Avenue SE. The event honored Miss Katherine Jacobson who recently returned from a three year stay in China. Jacobson spoke about her experiences and present day conditions there.
The Local Cast of the P T A will stage A Radio Listening Group at McKinley junior high auditorium Wednesday at 8. The production directed by Mrs. Amos Scott features Mr and Mrs Hemmer Mr and Mrs Sundberg Mr and Mrs Dempsy Jones and several other named participants with musical numbers from other groups. An admission fee is charged and the public is invited to attend contact Mrs Floyd Anderson or L V Koch for details.
The first in a series of informal dances for girls will be held Monday from 7 30 to 9 30 p.m at the YWCA. Any girl over high school age is invited to attend.
A series of upcoming meetings including Cedar Chapter O E S Tuesday at 7 30 p m Initiation and refreshments Women of the Moose meet Monday at 8 p m. General Dodge Circle Ladies of the G A R meet Tuesday at 2 p m Memorial building Comrades invited Printers Auxiliary Ladies Auxiliary to the Typographical Union meet Monday at Mrs Neils Hornans 1140 Caventte NW Sunshine Auxiliary No 22 L A PM meet Sunday evening V F W hall Tirzah Society card party Tuesday at 2 30 Moose hall Margaret Quick in charge D A V Rebecca Alexander Tent No 14 Daughters of Union Veterans meet Friday at 7 30 p m Memorial building G A R members invited L A to O R C Columbia Division No 37 L A to Co R Co meet Moose hall Wednesday at 2 practice for Des Moines state meeting Past Chiefs Winter Temple meet at Mrs Linnie Kraft 1241 Fourth Ave SE Monday evening Aldebaran Junior Court No 12 Ben Hur Life Association meet Saturday afternoon Ben Hur auditorium program and picnic to follow. bring covered dish and sandwiches.
The Misses Katharine Bender and Betty Neal hosted a dinner and shower Saturday night at Betty Neal's home in honor of Mrs Max Basemann now Mrs Gladys Otterbein. She will soon move to Kansas City Missouri to join her husband. Out of town guests included Miss Ruby Hickman of Town City and Miss Laura Kampmeier of Mason City.
The Beta Phi Alpha Mothers club meets with Mrs. G. E. King at 1503 Second Avenue SE for a 1 PM luncheon next Wednesday.
From Chicago Joseph Rompot Jr Mr and Mrs Frank Sprynel and their daughter Leone and Miss Margaret Ulch have returned after spending a week in the city.
Mercy hospital alumnae hold their monthly meeting in the hospital library at 7 30 p m on Monday. Members gather to discuss upcoming events and alumni activities.
Mrs. George Payn, Mrs. Ivan Tin kum and her son Lyle Slater, and Mrs. George Leinbaugh returned from Chicago Friday after two days at A Century of Progress. For home repairs and services see BUSINESS SERVICE Want Ads.
Mr and Mrs O M Lowe announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn to Thomas Blessing son of Mr and Mrs J T Blessing. The couple plans an approaching marriage at a stated future date.
Multiple P T A groups including Jackson Van Buren Fillmore Harrison Buchanan Hayes and Hayes announce meetings this week with varied start times. Supt Arthur Deamer speaks in several sessions on the six year high school plan. music by glee clubs and local musicians noted. attendance invited for parents and teachers across districts.
The Past Noble Grands association will meet Tuesday afternoon at 1631 Hinkley Avenue SW with assistant hostesses Elsie Cherry Bess Hanus Bertha Jonas Allie Guildford Grace Ling Lettie Talbott and Adda M Sager.
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