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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1938

Page

28

New Junior League adds Cedar Rapids members

Provisional members announced Tuesday for the Junior League of Cedar Rapids are pictured. Mrs. Sumner H. Foster, Mrs. Chester D. Salter, Mrs. J. Rayner Harper, Miss Margaret Wilcox, Mrs. George N. Harless, Miss Maurene Munger, and Miss Mary Winslow.

Junior League of Cedar Rapids Sumner H. Foster Country Club Parkway Chester D. Salter Knollwood Drive J. Rayner Harper Twenty-first Street Margaret Wilcox Washington Avenue George N. Harless Thirty-fourth Street Drive Maurene Munger First Avenue E Mary Winslow Linden Drive Thompson

Fall Brings Sunday Evening Parties in Cedar Rapids

Sunday evening entertainments flourish as warm weather fades. Three Cedar Rapids hosts plan gatherings with buffet suppers and guests including Mrs Roswell Pickford and Mr Henry Files at the Country Club, Dr and Mrs Frederick G Murray at their home, and others on Cottage Grove Avenue and Washington Avenue SE. Road trips and social visits accompany the weekend activities.

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Country Club Roswell H. Pickford Forest Drive Henry M. Files Blake Boulevard City Frederick G. Murray B Avenue NE Edward M. Murray Pasadena Calif E. M. Murray California Franklin S. Battin Cottage Grove Avenue SE Morgan J. Foster Washington Avenue

Cedar Rapids Hosts Welcome Party for Newcomers

Recent Cedar Rapids arrivals Mr and Mrs Mortimer S Levy hosted a housewarming and buffet supper at 824 Twenty first Street SE. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert S Cook and several locals. Mrs John M Ely visits California. Robert Waples returns from Europe with Mitchell Erickson. the Bell family vacationed in Chicago for the Ohio Northwestern game.

Cedar Rapids Mortimer S. Levy Twenty-first Street Robert S. Cook R. E. Stephens Herbert S. Stamats Richard Killian Edwin H. Wadsworth L. E. Bessemer Franklin S. Battin Eleanor Taylor Eleanor Cook George Cockburn Mervin Severance

Tyler Duck Club Takes To Blinds On Opening Day

In Cedar Rapids local men gather for opening of the duck hunting season. The Tyler duck club on a Mississippi River island near Fort Madison fields twelve members who take turns in blinds. Members include Alfred E. Durin Robert C. Toms John B. Terry Max Mildenstein and others. Mayflower chapter of the D A R opens its toy library Nov 5 at the Community House and a bridge benefit is planned at the Gas company on Wednesday at 2 pm. call Miss Katherine Franken for details.

Cedar Rapids Mississippi River Fort Madison Tyler Alfred E. Durin Robert C. Toms John B. Terry Max Mildenstein R. H. Pickford J. K. von Lackum E. M. Pinney Kenneth McKay Frank C. Chambers Robert W. Black C. R. Chandler Mayflower Katherine Franken Dial

Music Study Club to Meet with Miss Erwin

The Music Study club formerly the Music Matinee club will meet Tuesday at 2 30 p m with Miss Nelle Erwin at 28 Vernon drive SE. Mrs Reiff hostess to Ridgewood club at luncheon Tuesday at 1 p m at 40. Members of chapter IF of P E O will be guests of Mrs William P Whipple Monday at 1397 Elmhurst drive SE with Mrs Gary Kainz in charge.

Miss Erwin Music Study Club Music Matinee Club Nelle Erwin Vernon Drive Reiff Ridgewood Club M.O. Reiff Third Avenue Ridgewood Bridge Club William P. Whipple Elmhurst , Drive Gary Kainz R. B. Burch Park Avenue SE Monday Shakespeare Club King Lear Ladies Literary Club Edward F. Winslow Linden Drive Agnes Repplier T. R. Warriner

Engagement announced for Margaret Ilten and Chandler Higley

F ILTEN of Cedar Rapids announces the engagement of his granddaughter Margaret Luise Ilten to Chandler Olds Higley son of Mr and Mrs Fred M Higley 857 Sixteenth street SE The wedding is planned during Christmas holidays Miss Ilten a Wilton Junction high school graduate works in the dental office of Dr Lester DeYarman Higley attended Coe college for one year and graduated from the University of Kentucky He is connected with the Quaker Oats company.

F. Ilten Cedar Rapids Margaret Luise Ilten Chandler Olds Higley Fred M. Higley Sixteenth Street Miss Ilten Wilton Junction High School Lester DeYarman Higley Coe College University of Kentucky At Lexington Quaker Oats Company

Birthday Hostess for Joan Killian’s Ninth Party

Joan Killian daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Killian hosts a theater party then a home refreshment gathering for her ninth birthday Saturday at 2035 Blake boulevard SE. Guests include Margaret Curray Mary Sue Ristine Susan Shaffer Joan Newton Ann Wadsworth Polly Green Nancy Soboda Glennys Hopkins Ellen Montgomery Betty Wilhelm Ann Riordan Billie Riordan Marian Taylor Peter Widmer and John Killian. Mrs Arthur C Buffington of Minneapolis will visit Edwin H Wadsworth and Mrs Wadsworth at 2278 Country Club parkway SE for a week.

Joan Killian Richard Killian Blake Boulevard Killian Margaret Curray Mary Sue Ristine Susan Shaffer Joan Newton Ann Wadsworth Polly Green Nancy Soboda Glennys Hopkins Ellen Montgomery Betty Wilhelm Ann Billie Riordan Marian Taylor Peter Widmer John Killian Arthur C. Buffington Minneapolis Edwin H. Wadsworth Wadsworth Country Club Parkway Joan Yessler J. A. Yessler Fourth Avenue SE Cheley Camp Colorado Miss Yessler Joanne Crawford Betsy Blaise Susan Brown Mary Jo Studer Ellen Curray

Social page notes wedding plans and society events

Miss Ruth Nehls and William S. Wherry plan to wed in the First Christian church at 4 p.m. Thursday with Miss Nancy Shields as maid of honor and John Garrett as best man. Recent gatherings included a buffet hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Manville in Fairfax and a luncheon hosted by Miss Joan Yessler for Cheley camp attendees.

Ruth Nehls William S. Wherry First Christian Church Miss Nehls Mr. Wherry Nancy Shields John Garrett Dubuque Nehis James Manville Fairfax Marjorie Love Charles Edwards Harry Nehls, Jr

Menuhin to Open Cedar Rapids Concert Season

Menuhin will open the Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association 1958 39 season with a concert on November 21 in Cedar Rapids. The board outlines plans for other concerts including Vronsky and Rabin on January 31 1939 Mozart Boys choir on February 6 and La Meri on March 16. Season tickets will grant Cedar Rapids residents admission, while out of town patrons buy single tickets. Newcomers and those away last spring can obtain season tickets by calling Mrs. Clark A. Beems at 2 5444. The Mozart Boys choir will perform Tales From the Vienna Woods conducted by Georg Gruber. Toscanini helped select soloists for The Magic Flute in Salzburg. Members come from many Iowa towns.

Pear Cedar Rapids la Meri Clark A. Beems Menuhin Mozart Boys Vienna Woods Strauss Georg Gruber Arturo Toscanini Center Point Keystone Traer Vinton Toledo Belle Plaine Chelsea Tama Mechanicsville Cedar Falls Mount Vernon Iowa City Monticello Waterloo Springville Anamosa Independence Tipton Oelwein Manchester Central City Grand Mound Elkader Postville Hopkinton Newhall Marion Y ‘Peer Menuhin Will Ap

Cedar Rapids Garden Club Hosts Parker Address

The Cedar Rapids Garden club meets at 10 a.m. at 514 Indian Road SE to elect officers and hear Des Moines guest Mrs Addison Parker speak on Phases of Conservation with sound motion pictures. Mrs Parker will stay as guest of Mrs Quarton.

Cedar Rapids

Local women return from Chicago visit

Three local women return home after a two day visit in Chicago. Mrs. Milo A. Chehak of Greenewood Drive SE, Mrs. N. P. Craemer of Woodland Drive SE, and Mrs. Je J. Studer of Vernes Avenue are listed among the travelers.

Chicago Milo A. Chehak Greene Wood Drive N. P. Craem Woodland Drive Je J. Studer Vernes Avicen

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