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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1936
Page
12
Mrs. H. K. Painter of Minneapolis and director of the northwest central section of the American Association of University Women will address Cedar Rapids branch on "Why A A U W?" at the next meeting on October 28. Mrs. V. Craven Shuttleworth will host at 1901 Second Avenue SE and Mrs. Arthur L. Augustine chairs the hostesses.
The Elks announce weekly guest nights on Thursdays and Saturdays with dinner 5 30 to 7 30 and noon luncheons daily except Sunday. A full calendar includes candidate banquets, lodge sessions, open house October 30, picnics November 3, wives luncheon November 6, sports night November 12, dinner and mixed bridge November 14, and multiple banquets and services through December 24 with charity stag party and Christmas events.
Barbara Burrell daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Burrell celebrated her eighth birthday at a Friday evening party at 1940 Fifth Avenue SE. Guests included JoAnne Greene Anne Witwer Polly Green Ann Wadsworth Charlene McSmothers Nancy Frazee Lela Mueller Mary Sue Ristine Margaret Curray Jean Kneass Mary Ann McWilliams Angeline Thomas Flora Robinson Jean Hartman Ahn Henry Virginia Reed Mary Ellen Jones Gloria Lehti and Mary Helen Armstrong.
Cedar Rapids based East Central Iowa Bridge association team captained by Mrs. Oliver Longueville defeated a Waterloo squad led by Dr. Guernsey at the Russell Lamson hotel in Waterloo Friday. In a separate Tuesday pairing Independence defeated Oelwein. Longueville’s teammates include Mrs. T. E. Taylor Mrs. H. J. Robertson and Mrs. R. S. Hardendorf.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover A. Blunt of 1635 Grande avenue SE entertained guests Saturday evening at the Roosevelt hotel. The attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George Baker Frank Baker and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Ward of Decorah Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jamison of Oelwein and E F Heasley of Chicago. A buffet luncheon at the Blunts home followed before attending the game.
Mr and Mrs Albert F Dvorak celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at home in Cedar Rapids with their three children and six grandchildren. They were married October 19 1886 at St Wenceslaus church in Cedar Rapids, later living near Fairfax before moving to Cedar Rapids. Mr Dvorak born February 16 1863 in Pilsen Bohemia. Mrs Dvorak born July 2 1865 in Litomysl Bohemia.
University of Illinois football supporters from Cedar Rapids attended Iowa's homecoming game. Listed alumni include Howard R. Green Dr J T Grayston Ira T Carrithers Leonard E Stark W J Brown Mrs B J Moon Harry E Hunter Frank C Kellogg Charles L Douglass Jay A Countryman H C Burleson Herbert L Morehead Mary L Lynott Charles E Irwin Thomas C Hayden Victor H Hasek Joanna Hagey Minna Wikoff Frank H Wagner Frederick Gray John G Goggin Clarence F Crossley Henry L Crane Charles B Anthony Mr and Mrs Albert V Sutton Howard C Martin Chester C Marks William Houser Mrs O O Hawk Robert A Youngblood Rose Wistein Clarence J Uhler Charles C Swab Theodore E Stepan Oliver Stepan Lavinia Steele Charles E Simpson Mildred L Shelton Harold W Rowland Fred R Prusha
Mrs L M Downing hosts P E O Chapter DK at 8 p m at 1835 Second Avenue SE with program on Early Americana led by Mrs C Harve Geiger Assistants include Mrs W D Barnhizer Miss Esther Chapin Mrs Harry S Johnson Mrs Louise Yuill and Miss Rosalin Nelson
The College Book club will meet Tuesday at 2 15 p m with Mrs C J Lynch Jr at 1841 Bever avenue se. Mrs E E Schenefelt will review Gone With the Wind.
Miss Elizabeth Roberts spent ten days visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C E Roberts at 1759 B avenue NE. She left Friday for Chicago to spend the weekend before returning to Davenport.
Members meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. for luncheon at Mrs Koffron's tea room 224 Twenty second street NE. After lunch they visit Mrs James E Beyomwell at 1926 Fifth avenue SE for a business session and bridge.
Mrs. William Rinderknecht hosts the College club reading group at 2 15 p m Thursday at 2428 Fifth avenue SE She will host a review of I Am the Fox by Winifred Van Etten led by Mrs M S Hallman.
Robert Everett of the Minneapolis Star advertising staff spends the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Everett at 1803 Ridgewood Terrace SE.
Miss Dorothy Hanson of Mason City is a weekend guest of Miss Dorothy Morehead at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Morehead, 359 Sixteenth street SE.
Mrs Fred A Winter of 1627 Grande Avenue SE will entertain chapter FO of the PEO with a meeting and tea Tuesday at 2 30 p m Her mother Mrs Myrtle Cavin assists and Miss Marguerite Younglove director of nurses at St Luke's hospital will direct the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Barta and James Y. Canfield will return Sunday from Louisville Kentucky where they attended the National Funeral Directors convention. Mr. and Mrs. Milton G. Bryan who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hazen will spend several days in Washington DC before returning.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Bird at 1560 Third Avenue SE are Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mackie and Wilford Parker of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Mr and Mrs Harry Jones of Marshalltown are weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Forrest Protzman at 2524 Meadowbrook Drive SE. They are staying through the weekend as visitors in the area.
Dr and Mrs W E Peschau of 2401 Fourth Avenue SE entertain as weekend guests Mr and Mrs Ray H Cline of Knoxville and their daughter Betty Rose.
The Lambda chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi business girls sorority will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the Montrose hotel.
Mrs John Gilmore of 216 Johnson Avenue NW will entertain Grace Walpole circle of the King's Daughters at a dessert luncheon Monday at 1 p m at her home.
Miss Hilda Hendrickson hosted a buffet supper for the bridge club Friday evening with Halloween decorations. Prizes were won by Miss Alice Phillipson and Miss Louise Gillis. guest Mrs. Wallace Boyson, a former member, attended.
Mrs. A. J. Cantwell of Chicago left Saturday by plane for her home after a two week visit with her sisters Mrs. Del T. Stanton Mrs. Walter A. Kansky and Mrs. A. Carl Price in Cedar Rapids.
Mrs John Campbell will speak on At Home in New Zealand at a Mayflower Chapter D A R meeting Friday at 1 p m at the home of Mrs Arthur A Barlow 2520 Bever avenue SE A luncheon will precede the meeting Hostesses include Mrs Clarence S Boyer Mrs W F Cooper Mrs Fred J Diserens Mrs Beahl T Perrine and Mrs Earl G Nichols
A. W. S. of Coe college hosts the last ladies choice dance of 1936 at Danceland Friday evening. Halloween colors decorate the event with dust y Keaton and his orchestra from Iowa City providing ten dances. Tickets are available from any A. W. S. council member.
Mrs W L Harding and daughter Barbara with Mr and Mrs William Schweiker of Des Moines visit Mr and Mrs C W Reames at 1632 Bever Avenue SE for a weekend stay.
The Polk Parent-Teacher Association will sponsor a benefit bridge party Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Montrose hotel. Reservations may be made with Mrs. G R McKeeby by dialing 2 9841.
Mrs. Henry Haemerman and Mrs. Helen Lemmerbrock of Bowling Green Ohio left Friday after visiting Mrs. J. S. Wolf at 1601 Park avenue SE.
The Cedar Rapids League for the Hard of Hearing will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the league s classroom 203 O R C building The advanced class lesson will start at 7 30 and the beginners class at 8 30
Miss Bernice Hammond Miss Isabelle Smith and Miss Marguer ite Hyten hosted a scavenger hunt and kitchen shower Friday for Miss Marjorie Lois March who will marry William Graham of Wichita Kansas next Sunday. Thirty five guests met at First Christian church then went to Miss Hammond’s home 1533 D avenue NE where refreshments were served.
Malta Kensington OES will hold a 2:30 p.m. Thursday gathering at Mrs. H. W. Dunker home 2124 Grande Ave SE. Assisting are Mrs. Dora Jeffrey chair and Mesdames Groepper Tucker Barta Auten Stevens Lundquist and Lundin. Election of officers to follow.
Tau Kappa Epsilon Mothers club will meet Wednesday for luncheon at the home of Mrs J E Rogers 364 Park Terrace SE Mrs R J Brodie will assist.
Miss Marian Benesh of Chicago is spending the week end with her mother Mrs Emil Benesh at 1700 Second avenue SE during a familial visit.
John Holbrook son of Royal H Holbrook and Mrs Holbrook of 1420 Second Avenue SE attends Northwestern University. He and Miss Louise Ainsworth of Medina will spend the weekend with Mr Holbrook's parents.
Mrs. George O. Runkle of 1221 Fourth avenue SE hosts this weekend her daughter Mrs. W. M. Nesbitt and Dr. Nesbitt of Madison Wisconsin as guests.
Mrs. George Kosek hosts the afternoon AAUW reading group at 3040 Carroll Drive SE Wednesday at 2 30. Mrs. Frank V Orr will read a play. The cinema group meets at 2231 Fifth Avenue SE Wednesday at 8. All AAUW members invited. The international relations group shifts to the second and fourth Tuesdays monthly.
The Cedar Rapids district of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at St. Paul's church Wednesday. Registration at 9 15, devotions by Miss Frieda Schmickle, address of welcome by Mrs. R. S. Toogood, and a full afternoon session with speakers on youth and future plans. Reservations for dinner and overnight stay should be made with Mrs. C. G. Hover.
Mr and Mrs Richard Searles of Chicago spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs H Gordon DeLay at 233 Twenty sixth Street Drive SE.
The Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will convene Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the Y W C A for its regular gathering.
The Hesperian club will meet Monday evening with Miss Grace Low of 880 Daniels Street NE. Miss Margaret Van de Greft will lead the session.
Mrs William Melton of 117 Twelfth street SE returned Friday after a brief visit with her brother Andrew Guhler and sister Frieda Guhler in Monticello.
Members of the Friendly club host friends at a dance Tuesday from 7 30 to 11 p m at the YWCA A silver offering will be taken.
Minerva Delphian will gather Monday at 2 p.m. in the Y W C A parlors. Members are expected to discuss upcoming events and plan activities for the week.
Dorothy May Roginson of Belle Plaine became the bride of Harvey Oliver Fox of Tama in a Wednesday ceremony in San Diego. The Rev. Smith officiated at the Baptist church with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker of San Diego attending. The bride, a Tama high school and Cornell College music alumna, wore a wine colored suit and gardenia corsage. Fox, a Tama native, served in the navy and was then on the destroyer Broome. The couple will reside at 1520 Parlor Street in San Diego.
Mercy hospital hosts its annual fruit and vegetable shower Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. Refreshments provided. Mrs. T. E. Marshall chairs the hospital auxiliary with a committee soliciting donations from local businesses and nearby communities. Call 2-6877 for convenient fruit or vegetable donations.
The Areme circle of Cedar chapter OES will hold a Kensington meeting Friday at 2 30 pm at the home of Mrs R A Green awalt 1912 Blake boulevard SE Mrs W G Cain serves as hostesses chair with Mesdames M Sopousek O L Gerdl Gay Starman Lillian Bell Chris Miller John Heaton Jessie Bennett Olive Knickerbocker J M Nemecek J F Eggers J E Boisen and William E Stoltenberg assisting
The Friendship Circle of the King's Daughters will hold a dessert luncheon Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Community House. Mrs. Vernon Lichtenstein is in charge.
The East side W C T U will meet Tuesday at 1 p m in St Paul s church dining room to sew. Members are asked to bring or send knitting or yarn for the afghan.
The second of four par contract bridge matches sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Longueville and Mrs. S P Moore will be played Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Roosevelt hotel. All players are invited. A Howell movement game will be arranged for those who do not wish to play par contract.
The parish of the Immaculate Conception presents A Parade Of Seasons Bazaar on November 9 at Pla Mor. Circles plan month themed concessions with seasonal decorations and dancing as the Pla Mor orchestra performs. Mrs Leonard E Stark is general chairman.
The Alpha Xi Delta mothers club will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon at the chapter rooms 1612 First avenue E. Hostesses will be Mesdames J. F. McLaughlin T. Boone and H. G. Mead.
Mrs Karl J Schmidt of 321 Twenty second street NE and Mrs George Newland of 2326 B avenue NE will travel Monday to Lincoln Nebraska for the Midwest regional Congregational church conference. They expect to be away about four days.
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Mulson and Dr. J. J. Terrall returned Friday evening from St. Paul Minnesota where they attended the International Medical assembly of the Interstate Post-Graduate Medical association.
Mrs Lee R Beardsley of 1856 Avenue NE hosts the Monday Shakespeare club at her home at 2 30 P M The lesson will be act 1 of A Winters Tale featuring members reading and discussing the play.
Plans for a two month training course for Camp Fire leaders, assistants, sponsors and others. Opening session Monday at 7 30 p m at the Montrose hotel features talk on the philosophy of the program. Weekly meetings will cover first aid handcraft symbolism ceremonials music and planning.
Ruskin Sandbourne will present nine pupils in his forty third Studio program Monday at 7 30 p m at his studio 1444 Second avenue SE. The public is invited. The program lists performances by Bilbro Homan Robison McKay Trimble Labes McKay and others with piano solos and dances including March of the Dolls and Dance of the June Bugs.
The Parent Teacher Association council invites all city P. T. A. members to a fall party this Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at the Y W C A. The event is organized by Mrs. Harley Bowser Mrs. R F Erickson Mrs William Morgan Nevin Nichols and Tilson Petro.
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