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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1939

Page

32

Westminster Church Hosts Annual Women’s Mission Synodical Meeting

Westminster Presbyterian Church on Bever Avenue hosts the sixty-fourth annual Women’s Synodical Society for Missions meeting Tuesday through Thursday with about 200 attendees. Six guest speakers include Miss Rachel Benfer and Miss M Anette Dennis. The program features leadership training conferences, executive and administrative board meetings, departmental sessions, and sermons led by Dr. W O Harless and Rev James H Blackstone Jr. Guests and officers from Cedar Rapids and Sioux City will preside and conduct sessions.

Westminster Presbyterian Church Bever Avenue Fourteenth Street SE Women’s Synodical Society For Missions Rachel Benfer Board of National Missions Anette Dennis Mainpuri India Elleroy M. Smith Ningpo China R. E. Hoffman American Christian Hospital Meshed Iran W. O. Harless Synod of Iowa Coe College Commonwealth Tea Room Harless David I. Berger James H. Blackstone, Jr W. P. Enright John M. Henry F. R. Young Tait Cummins Wayne G. Basler Foster Thompson Sioux City LeRoy Weld Cedar Rapids News Bulletin Gilbert Voorhies Marion Cora Smiley John C. Peterson Synodical Society

El Kahir unit hosts Shriners hospital auxiliary luncheon

The El Kahir unit of the Shriners Hospital auxiliary will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Masonic hall for a picnic luncheon chaired by Mrs. Walter Workman. Assisting are Mesdames Mary Novak Maud Crew Martha Heumes and Miss Letty Keerl. Members should bring a covered dish sandwiches and a jelly donation to the hospital. The League of Women Voters government and foreign policy department meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Montrose hotel.

Government and Foreign Policy Department The League of Women Voters Montrose Hotel

Cedar Rapids couple wed at Westminster church

Frances Eve lyn Haas and Ray J. Meyer married at 4 pm Saturday at Westminster church Cedar Rapids. Rev. James H. Blackstone Jr. officiated with Marjorie Hungerford organist. Guests included out of town relatives and a reception for 40 at Commonwealth tea room. The couple will live at 225 Sixteenth Street SE and both work for Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance.

Frances Evelyn Haas Cedar Rapids G. F. Haas Oxford Ray J. Meyer A. J. Meyer Westgate Westminster Church James H. Blackstone, Jr Marjorie Hungerford Johanna Hill Gertrude Steege Milwaukee Juliet Keith B. Tow Allen E. Poole Roy V. Porter Haas Meyer Sixteenth Street Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company Woodbine Normal and van Sant Business College Omaha Coe College Theta Nu Epsilon Alpha Delta Alpha Vaughn Yantz Lincoln M. W. Smith Hubbell, Neb Ralph Emerson Jesup C. J. Meyer H. T. Meyer H. W. Meyer Maynard H. G. Nauholz G. F. Notbohn Sumner

A U A W Group Meetings Open Calendar Of Events

A U A W art craft and reading groups meet this week at various homes led by Mrs. John W Barry Miss Jean Currens Mrs J M Wiley and others. An international relations study group convenes Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Carl Ettingers home. A contemporary literature group gathers Monday at 8 p m with talks on Flying Over the West Indies and The Star Spangled Virgin. A reading group meets Wednesday at 2 p m at Mrs O W Lawrence's residence. A church shower honors Mrs Franklin E Mattison with a guest list of local residents.

John W. Barry Twentythird Street Drive Jean Currens Second Avenue SE J. M. Wiley Carl N. Ettinger Bever Avenue Leone Bergert Fifth Avenue SE Lydia Hrubesh West Indies Florence Leiter Ruby Byers International Relations America Frank Gates Borah la Follette Charles E. Roberts Roosevelt Knox Leota Swein Senator Thomas Hoover Emil Rasmussen

Dety Jack Frost For Final Fling At Golf

In Cedar Rapids a women’s golf luncheon bridge day faced a 46 degree morning wind. They began with nine holes at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, then joined Mrs. Arthur C. Gertsen for luncheon and bridge. The group includes Mrs. Glenn Fletcher, Mrs. Gertrude Myers, Mrs. R. J. Horton, Mrs. A. C. Hoblitzell, Mrs. Gertsen, and Mrs. Heverly V. Jones.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Arthur C. Gertsen Glenn ©. Fletcher Gertrude Myers R. J. Horton A. C. Hoblitzell Gertsen Heverly V. Jones

Congenial Hundred Dance And Box Social Monday

The Congenial Hundred club plans a sweater dance followed by a box social lunch at midnight in the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel. Each woman brings a box lunch with her name. she will partner the man who draws her box. Coffee served. a ten piece orchestra plays 9 to 12.

Hundred Club Crystal Ballroom Montrose Hotel Archie Aukerman Harold Millhiser Hugh DeWees Ed Co

Honoring Birthday Guests At Roosevelt Hotel Dinner

Mrs George Harmer and Mrs Robert A Youngblood were honored at a Dutch treat dinner in the Lincoln room of the Roosevelt hotel with sixteen guests. Among the attendees were Mr and Mrs Thomas Eustice of Cleveland visiting Windermere for the weekend, and the Jolly Ten met with Mrs Caroline Colby. Prizes for 500 were won by Nellie Oslund and Hazel McNabb, with other attendees including Katherine Kuhn Florence Kisinger Martha Humes Lucille Gillian Clarabel Lester Edna Cooper and Babe Williams.

George Harmer Robert A. Youngblood Lincoln Room Roosevelt Hotel Thomas Eustice Cleveland J. Colburn Windermere Apartments Jolly Ten Caroline Colby Nellie Oslund Hazel McNabb Katherine Kuhn Florence Kisinger Martha Humes Lucille Gillian Clarabel Lester Edna Cooper Babe Williams First Congregational Church Clifford Freeman Kathleen McGladrey Katherine Loomis Evelyn Heins Guy Clark Arlo Bates George Henry Dorothy Batchelder Perry Woodward

Business Women To Hear Address By Hickenlooper

Lieutenant Governor Hickenlooper will address the Business and Professional Women's club Tuesday at 815 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. He will speak on the clubs national legislative program Business Women in a Democracy. A short business meeting precedes and a social hour follows. Prospective members may be guests.

B. Hickenlooper Business and Roosevelt Hotel

Women’s Club Departments Meet With Diverse Programs

The history and literature department meets Monday at 2 30 pm with violin solo by Janice Clark and song by Margaret Hindee. The American home department hosts a pot luck luncheon Tuesday at 1 pm with talks on tomorrow’s home and piano pieces. Various groups plan discussions on international affairs neutrality and future arms policies with noted speakers and readings.

Janice Clark Margaret Hindee J. C. Kuhn John T. Hecker American Home Department G. Hi. Artis Rose Ann Kubovec Matilda Snouffer Ruth Rydberg Frank Gates

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