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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
17
The Damours’ son W. H. Damour will join for the weekend as guests. A luncheon and bridge party honored Mrs W H Damour’s wife, hosted by Mrs A N Palmer at her Ausadie apartments residence.
Mrs George Crabb entertained the Wednesday Social club at her home 1501 Fourth Avenue SE on Wednesday for a dessert luncheon. In the president's absence Mrs Harry Palmer, Mrs W W White conducted the business session. Mrs Hartman spoke on Church History in Iowa and Mrs Cox spoke on Quakers of Iowa with assistance from Mrs Arendts and Mrs Greenlee.
A bridal dinner honored Miss Audrey Lea Ivins and Sam H. Nigh before their wedding at St John’s Episcopal church Saturday at 11. Hosts Mr and Mrs Orville H Tousey and Mr and Mrs Edwin H Wadsworth will entertain at 2278 Country Club Parkway SE with 17 guests. Guests include Dr and Mrs Harry M Ivins and others from Minneapolis San Francisco Ripon Wis and San Francisco.
Mrs. Dan G Swannell arrives with daughter Miss Helen Swannell of Champaign to spend the weekend with Mrs Gilbert Temple, Mrs Charles S Knox, and Mr Knox at 350 Pleasant Drive SE.
The Mayflower chapter junior group met Thursday evening for a buffet supper at Mrs Jack E. Durin’s Carlton apartments home. After the business session, twelve members played bridge.
Miss Jean Sigmund of Cleveland was a guest Wednesday in the home of Mr and Mrs G H Tellier at 320 Forest Drive SE.
The Past Chiefs of Winter Temple No 78 Pythian Sisters gathered Monday at Mrs. Irene Minehart’s residence 1935 C Avenue NE. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Edith Fullerton Mrs. Laura Christiansen and Mrs. Anna Michel.
Kappa Alpha Theta? Kappa Gamma alumnae hosted a Friday morning breakfast and shower for Miss Genevieve McMillan the bride-elect to John W Sivertsen of Minneapolis. Event at Mrs Horace G. Nedges home featured blue decor and a delphinium centerpiece marking founders day of the sorority group.
Three girls host a scavenger hunt for a younger set tonight. Miss Marilyn Siebke Miss Joan Kelly and Miss Shirley Kelley will meet at Miss Shirley Kelley’s home 2057 Washington avenue SE and depart for the hunt then return for refreshments.
Friday evening gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs John T Massey 2036 Park Avenue SF will feature Mr. and Mrs Bruce McKay Mr and Mrs John W Miller and Mrs Otto Ambroz. After dinner the group will attend the John Carter Cedar Rapids Symphony orchestra concert.
Mr and Mrs Frank C Welch of 2300 First Avenue West returned home after attending the American Bankers convention in Seattle and visiting friends in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Ida M Baker Munn 80, lifelong Cedar County family member and Cedar Rapids resident for 36 years, marked the occasion with a dinner at daughter Mrs W F Mason’s home at 857 Camburncourt SE. Born in Rochester, Ia she once ran a grocery near Sixth Ave SE and Fourth St. Now active in gardening, she has a brother S C Baker and two daughters Mrs Mason and Mrs John Getz.
Mr and Mrs L P Johnson of Salina Kansas and Mrs B A Hoyt of Bedford Iowa are guests of Mr and Mrs Judson Calkins at 143 Thirtieth Street Drive SE. They attended the King’s Daughters convention and will return home in Kansas this weekend.
Aunt Het laments guests who refuse to share a meal, explaining her discomfort when household meals are disrupted by abrupt departures. The speaker notes the tension caused by guests avoiding dinner together and the challenge of maintaining hospitality.
A festive weekend featured a wedding and visiting guests as social clubs kept up activities. Mrs Harold J Rowe hosted dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club with bridge at her home, while Mr and Mrs ROD Spears hosted dinner at the Country Club and bridge at their home. Mrs James W Bell hosted a luncheon for her bridge club, and Mrs W Craven Shuttleworth hosted a dessert luncheon for her sewing club at her home.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club music department met at the clubhouse on Wednesday. Mrs L A Talbott announced committees for social, program, membership, ways and means, hospitality and flowers. The year’s music program focuses on American music from colonial to contemporary, with performances by Rose Ann Kubovec and others including pieces by Cadman Friml Robyn and Delbruck. Tea hosts were Mrs T H DeWees with Mr Earhart and Wayne Basler assisting.
Mrs C H Brittin of 600 Seventeenth Street NE returned from Chicago after attending the funeral Tuesday of her mother Mrs H F Hill. Mrs Hill had visited Cedar Rapids several times.
The fourth annual Lutheran women’s conference met at First Lutheran church in Cedar Rapids drawing over 150 attendees from multiple Iowa cities and churches. Officers elected included A T Peterson chairwoman Fred Grunewald vice chairman and R M Krueger secretary.
Mrs Norman Grimm entertained Thursday at the Y M C A with a personal shower for Miss Caryl Kurtz bride elect of Robert Pro cok. Favors were nut cups and miniature parasols prizes awarded to Marvin Miller Rowena Clark Myrtle Fatka Dorothy Fray man Dorothy McLaughlin Margaret Rhea Vivian Harvol Minnie Fitzgerald Refreshments followed by dancing Guests included Mesdames Dean Lyon Leo Soukup Vergil Glessner Darrell Shanklin Joe Vandra Vivian Harvol Lucille Fillenworth Betty Lou Skoog Rowena Clark Mary Trimble Rudy Rasmon Myrtle Fatka Marian Miller Robert Hass Minnie Fitzgerald Ruth Kurtz Don Heiss and Misses Edna Lenz Emogene Udet Dorothy McLaughlin Lorna Morningstar Eleanor Johnson Genevieve Wenger Jo Abo deely and Margaret Rhea
Twenty four members of the nature and garden department of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club met Thursday. After a business meeting conducted by Mrs. Oscar Anderson, chairman, Mrs. W. A. Montgomery spoke on Nature In spires Art and showed several of her paintings.
Twelve members of the Silver Chain senior circle of the King’s Daughters met Tuesday at 1933 Grande avenue SE the home of Mrs W W Boardman to sew for the Sunshine Mission The hostess was assisted by Mrs John Linsley.
A Cedar Rapids weekend of social events unfolds to entertain visiting guests including former residents and the wedding of Miss Audrey Lea Ivins and Sam H. Nigh. Host families host dinners and teas at multiple addresses as John Carter concert and Junior Art club activities attract attendees.
Mrs. George Holsinger of 116 Sixth Street SW hosted a Thursday evening shower for Miss Doralee Struchen, fiancé of Forest Ainsworth, with assist from sister Mrs. George Samuelson. Guests included local and out of town friends and relatives from Alburnett and Thornton.
The Okccaknyaki Camp Fire group from Arthur School met at the school and then hiked to Indian Creek for breakfast. Guardians Mrs W Peck and assistants Betty Jane Peck and Annabel Hershey accompanied the group, with members Janice Spohn Jean Quinn Rosemary Zacher Beverly Larson Jacqueline Gla sier Marilyn Rudin Norma Jean Bedell Geraldine Marrington Carolyn Beall Betty Morse Barbara Butterfield Ruth Ann Stucker and Jeanne Hollands.
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