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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1941

Page

10

Retold Laughs and Local Odds in Iowa News

A quirky parade of vignettes from an Iowa week includes Eric Knight and Grant Wood memory games, a Jackson school student spotting Pittsburgh Scene, a Gazette clerk learning Movie Times, Earl G Miller and Lt Gov Hickenlooper gaffe at Fairfield, a mistaken driver license, World Series headlines prewritten by Brooklyn editors, and a Coe College quiz joke about the $64 question. It sketches crowd-pleasing anecdotes and public notices with a humorous civic beat.

Women Of Protestant Churches Dinner Meeting

Women from city Protestant churches gather for the eighth semi annual dinner at Peoples church recreation rooms. About 150 attendees will hear Rev W A Jacobs speak on The New Patriot with Miss Dorothy Lillick presiding. Irene Gianedakis will perform violin duets with sister Anna, and others will present prayers, pledges, and singing.

Peoples Church Dorothy Lillick First Lutheran Church W. A. Jacobs First Congregational Church Irene Gianedakis McKinley High School B. Goddard Clarence White Anna Loula Meyer The Leela Zavodsky Bethany Lutheran Church Annie Y. Smith First Presbyterian Church Alma Turecek Coe College Lulu Engelman Welty Margaret Dickey Central Park Presbyterian Church

El Kahir unit to meet Thursday for picnic luncheon

The El Kahir unit of the Woman's auxiliary to the Shriners hospital for crippled children will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Masonic hall for a picnic luncheon hosted by Mesdames Stella Smith Gertrude Stevenson Zed Turner M. M. Knickerbocker F H Jirsa and C. W. Mann. Members are asked to bring a covered dish sandwiches and sewing to complete the quota.

el Kahir Woman's Auxiliary Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children Masonic Hall Stella Smith Gertrude Stevenson Zed Turner M. M. Knickerbocker F H. Jirsa C. W. Mann

Breakfast entertains Dorothy Carr bride-elect

A 10 o'clock morning breakfast honors Miss Dorothy Carr bride elect of Robert Dunlop. Hostesses include Mrs. E G Curry Mrs Bonnie Curry and Mrs Donald Reid at the Curry cottage near Central City on the Wapsi pinicon river with Halloween decorations. Guests include Margaret Nickless Peggie Bode Barbara Henry Jeanetta Hatfield Margaret Fortsch Jean Wodtke Betty Lehman Mary Louise Nelson Cora Hampton and out of town guests Christine Mull Katherine Holden of Newhall.

Dorothy Carr Robert Dunlop E. G. Curry Bonnie Curry Sixteenth Street Donald Reid Bever Avenue Curry Cottage Central City Wapsipinicon River Margaret Nickless Peggie Bode Barbara Henry Jeanetta Hatfield Margaret Fortsch Jean Wodtke Betty Lehman Mary Louise Nelson Cora Hampton George A. Hallenbeck James Smith Christine Mull Katherine Holden Newhall

Local residents host list of weekend guests and events

A column details social visits and dinners in the city, with guests from Chicago Des Moines Burlington and Detroit. It notes ten guests at a Hartman home dinner and a bridge club gathering, plus upcoming Moose and YWCA activities and a fifth birthday party for Lyle Norman Cross with Halloween decorations.

Charles E. Byrnes Third Avenue SE R . Cavert Chicago Judith Ann Cavert West Freeman Dotson Steven Stratton Eller Des Moines Cora Eller A. F. Dotson C Avenue NE I. R. Hicks Burlington Mary Lynn Nineteenth Street Hartman W. L. Leighton E Avenue NE Leighton J. A. Yoder Boulder Colo W. JJ. Henderson Margaret Henderson Mount Vernon Avenue Raymond L. Keefer Moline Ill Claudia Rae Chester M Culver Detroit William C. Culver Bever Avenue Lyle Norman Cross Everett Cross Second Avenue SE Mardene Carol Long Shirley Nadine Mary Ann Boedecker Allie Dale Bobby Kay Reynolds John Boedecker Theresa Kuback

Woman's club chorus to rehearse and discuss Halloween activities

The Woman's club chorus will rehearse Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Maple room of the clubhouse. Fred Carstens and Judd Dean will join a Thursday civic committee discussion on children's Halloween activities. The board meets Monday at 1 30 p.m. before the general session.

Fred Carstens Judd Dean Woman's Club

Cedar Rapids Woman's Club and social notices timeline

Community clubs and lodges schedule meetings and events across Cedar Rapids. Highlights include GM Chapter PEO gathering at Mrs Fisher home, book reviews by Edith Dunham Webber, music department programs, garden and nature department meetings, a 65th anniversary for Home Rebekah lodge, and social events hosted by local residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Kaldenberg.

Des Moines Edith Dunham Webber Cedar Rapids Woman's Club

A A U W Group Meetings and Socializers

Members of the A A U W creative writing group will meet Miss Florence Gritzner at 1310 Third Avenue SE at 7 30 p.m. to discuss short stories. Another reading group meets at 6 p.m. at 440 Sinclair Avenue SE to hear Mrs Norman Bunting discuss To Lidsa in Disguise.

College Club R. A. Greenawalt Blake Boulevard Burton Byers Louis Stevenson A. J. Cronin Charles Fisher Washington Avenue J E. Ives C. S Foster Florence Gritzner Third Avenue SE Irma Dovey Harold Kolar Sinclair Avenue Norman Bunting Lidsa Montgomery McGovern Rosalind Nelson Seventh Avenue SE Elizabeth Windsor

Ilten Couple Honored On 25th Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Robert C Ilten of 662 Nineteenth Avenue SW were saluted by relatives and friends at a gathering marking their twenty fifth anniversary. Attendants included Walter J. Euken and L A Ilten, with many out of town guests from Cedar Rapids Hamp ton and Van Horne.

Robert C. Ilten Nineteenth Avenue SW Ilten Philip James Robert Eugene Town State College L. A. Schmidt Delhi Schmidt Cedar Rapids L. A. Ilten Lee, Jr Jackie A . G. Ilten J. P. Brammer C. J. Freund Julianne Thomas P. L. Bornhoeft W. J. EU

Merimyx Dancers Plan First Party Monday

The Merimyx club schedules a first dances of the season at the Roosevelt hotel starting 9 p.m. with music by the orchestra. The organizing committee includes Marion Robb D. H. Smith of Marion C. E Fleury K. E. Robertson J. W. Tubbs and Gale White. Jean W Currens a Jackson school teacher at 1340 Second Avenue SE wrote an illustrated piece on Improvising With Felt in School Arts October issue.

Merimyx Club Roosevelt Hotel Inc Messrs Mmes Marion Robb D. H. Smith Marion C. E Fleury K. E. Robertson J. W. Tubbs Gale White Jean W. Currens Second Avenue SE Jackson School School Arts Stanford University Press Art Room Workshop

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