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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1932
Page
8
A cryptic Halloween invitation circulates with verses about a park under moonlight. It directs attendees to meet at a park on the twenty ninth at thirty minutes past and to wear old clothes to solve a private party mystery.
Edward B. Rowan of the Little Gallery is invited to speak at Brown University and RISD joint Institute of Art event November 11 12 and 13. Invitations go to about 400 critics artists museum directors educators and professors. Lead speakers include Frank Lloyd Wright Thomas Benton William Sloane Coffin Frank Jewett Mather Everett Meeks Kenneth Conant George Eggers Ernest Calkins and Ellis Jackson.
Winners of high scores in the Cedar Rapids play of the American Bridge Olympic, held Wednesday at Cedar Rapids Country Club, will be announced this weekend after results are checked. Mrs. Carl F Jordan, appointed Cedar Rapids game captain by the National Bridge Association, will make the announcement.
Mrs Robert C Toms entertained several friends at luncheon at her home as Mrs Arnold Jackson of Madison Wisconsin, visiting with Dr and Mrs Frank E Miller, prepares to leave Friday. Mrs Lloyd makes visit with Mitchell SD relatives and children in Marion.
A fragmented item mentions Mrs Fieterer of Mfa verN BROS surgery weeks later in Cedar Rapids and a possible event at Mas Hob Bau Rat. It references Mrs Fenee and ceremonies for neighbors, with unclear details about the occasion or local arrangements.
A fragmented listing records a Fidelity Circle gathering at 7 pm hosted by Mrs L LeVar at 607 Fete Street. Nearby notices mention Royal Neighbors and a Virginia camp event with various groups and venues, including a Food Frat and a Le Chap organization.
Mrs Fred W Hubbell of Des Moines visits Cedar Rapids with Mr and Mrs Frank C Byers hosting a club dinner and bridge on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Sutherland Dows hosted fifteen guests at dinner to compliment her on Tuesday. Others hold luncheon and bridge events during her stay.
Davenport society notes state Mrs Rollin J Evans, formerly Miss Betty Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, will be honored with a Thursday afternoon tea and miscellaneous shower at 5 o clock. Miss Marian Hutton, Miss Nellie Mae Moore and Miss Merrette Hall host at the Commonwealth Eighteen Hall apartment with participation from Miss Dorothy Evans and Mrs Pat Thomas. Mrs Arthur A Taylor will preside at the tea table centered with bronze chrysanthemums.
Relatives gathered Saturday evening at 148 Bowling Street SW to honor Mrs F J Viasek on her birthday. Guests included Miss Betty Dvorak and Miss Mildred Viaseck along with several Dvorak and Viasek family members and their sons. The evening featured card games.
The Tawaki Camp Fire girls at St. James church elected Louise Crumb president Ruth Klepach vice president Betty Ann Blecher secretary Constance Wood treasurer Audrew Getlin telephone chairman Helen Beams scribe with Mrs Henry Kenyon as sponsor and Evelyn Wood as guardian.
A Tuesday night event honored Charles Stonebraker at 1314 Center Point Road with a surprise birthday dinner. Guests included SLX and other attendees.
St Pauls Methodist divisions host multiple luncheons and meetings Friday at homes on Bever avenue Fifteenth street SE and nearby addresses. Officers and hostesses include Mrs E H Bratey Mrs MO Harrington Mrs CR Tivingston and others with planned entrees and silver provided by hosts. Reservations encouraged.
Lions Club hosted a fall festival dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt with cornstalk decor and about fifty attendees. Fred Aduss, principal at Grant High, led a walk on the campus grounds while Frank Godvern commented on the firm situation amid evening moonlight. Four violinists performed as couples danced after the tunes.
Mothers of Delta Delta Delta members from Coe College attend a Friday afternoon tea from 3 to 5 at the Delta Ledge 1200 Third Avenue SE. It is the first social for active and alumnae mothers. Organizers plan a Tri Delt Mothers club with eighty invitations issued. Mrs A P Jenkins chairs the committee, aided by several ladies and Miss Elizabeth Epler.
Mrs Frank B Race and Mrs Robert C Armstrong invite friends to teas at Racescene on Cottage Grove avenue. The events are scheduled for Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Mr and Mrs C Jacobson of 3112 0 Avenue NE marked their silver wedding anniversary with a Wednesday surprise party hosted at their home by forty Danish Ladies Aid Society Scandia lodge members relatives and friends. Bridge games accompanied the festivity and the couple received silver gifts. A Whitier group later visited from Whitier for another party honoring the occasion.
Miss Elizabeth Epler hosted a luncheon at her Linden Drive home for guests including Miss Ruth McPeake of Ak ron Ohio who plans to depart for home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C Yarnall this week.
Miss Elizabeth Paul of Cambridge City Indiana will arrive Thursday evening to visit Prof and Mrs Paul S Ray at Commonwealth apartments.
The Misses Helen and Grace Randa of 618 Sixth Avenue SE returned Tuesday from a two months trip west. They spent six weeks visiting relatives and friends in Los Angeles and also stopped in Salt Lake City and Denver.
The officers of the Order of Rainbow for Girls rehearse at 9 am Saturday. The Rainbow Girls plan an initiation at 7 15 pm Saturday with a dance to follow.
The John Huss Adult Bible class met Tuesday at Mrs Joseph Samek’s home and elected officers: Mrs Joseph Samek president, Mrs Lloyd McKee vice president, Mrs F J Tvrdik secretary, Mrs F G Brush treasurer, and Mrs Louis Mrstik reporter. Meetings will be on the third Thursday each month. The study text is New Testament Women and Problems of Today by Madeleine Sweeney Miller. Mrs McKee will lead the class. Afterward, Lilian Waddington shared the poem The Toiling of Felix by Henry Van Dyke.
Miss Mildred Fowler Field read a group of her poems Thursday morning at a Coe College gathering. Included were pieces written on Stone Crv and previously read to artists at the colony last summer.
The Graduate Nurses club will be entertained Saturday at a luncheon at 130 at the Commonwealth ten room. Hostesses will be Miss Pearl Hermanstorfer and Miss Emma Alm.
The Junior Arts association Halloween party has been postponed until further notice.
Mrs FE QO Samuelson at 1530 Fielth Avenue SE entertained The Tuesday Art Club with a luncheon. Fourteen members attended and the roll call was answered with October poems.
Dairydale P T A meets Friday at 730 pm in the schoolhouse with Mrs C A Love as speaker. Kenwood P T A gathers Friday evening in the school auditorium for a regular meeting followed by a reception for parents and teachers. Judge H C Ring will discuss What the Community Owes the Child with the glee club providing music.
Col Robbins forecasts a bright future for home loan banks while warning of a heavy debt and tax burden under an outdated monetary system. He cites 200 billion dollars in debt and 15 billion yearly taxes with 38 billion national income, arguing only economic readjustment and gold price realignment can restore strength. He urges price increases to balance producing and consuming power as Cedar Rapids hosts Iowa association events.
Dr Augusta Tueckes of Davenport was elected president of the First district Iowa Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons association at the annual meeting held Wednesday at the Hotel Roosevelt. Dr Fred C. Liffering of Waterloo was elected vice-president and Dr C K Risser of Maquoketa secretary treasurer. The women's auxiliary re elected officers: Mrs P O French Cedar Rapids president Mrs F C Liffering Waterloo vice president and Mrs S B Miller Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer. Speakers included Dr H V Halliday Des Moines who spoke on traumatic injuries and treatment and Dr Hosea B Willard Manchester who spoke on office treatment of ear nose and throat diseases.
The Women's society of the First Baptist church meets Friday afternoon at 2337 Fifth avenue SE. Dr. Fred W. Bailey returns from Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Harry Paar and Roy McCormick fined for speeding. Milwaukee Women's club hosts a Friday card party. Mrs. Ida Gundlach visits Mason City, stays with Mrs. F. F. Russell. Coe College president H. M. Gage speaks to Sioux City Kiwanis. Standard Tire workers host snipe hunt at Amana colonies. Fourth consecutive fire department still alarm reports an auto fire at 1750 B avenue NE. minor damage. Mrs. Paul Witzigman improves after Rochester operation. sister Mrs. Gilbert Martin visits. A dog is killed by a car driven by Yale Uridil near 167 Sixteenth Avenue SW. owner unidentified.
Nearly 3,000 spectators witnessed grand lodge Odd Fellows and Rebekahs degree work in Cedar Rapids Memorial Building as part of Town sessions. Initiatory degree conferred on Marlo Vanicek and Ralph A. Muchmore. Rebekah degree awarded to four candidates. Endowment fund collection netted 32.15 dollars.
The Cedar Rapids Hiking Club will meet tonight at 7 30 for a hike starting at City Hall and heading along First Avenue to the Boy Scout camp near Kenwood. An error in Wednesday’s paper misstated the hike day.
The son Ward, age six, of Cedar Rapids native Frank W. McAllisters now in Oskaloosa, is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia. On Wednesday his condition was reported somewhat improved.
The Rev Russell F. Judson, pastor of the First Baptist church, will travel to Iowa Falls for the dedication of the caretakers' home on the Iowa Baptist assembly campus at 7 30 p m Friday The state officers' retreat will be held on the assembly campus Saturday and Sunday with the local pastor staying for Saturday sessions.
In Chicago AP report former Armour and Company vice president George Mo Willets fell from his eleventh floor apartment window and died. He had resigned three months earlier after injuries from a prior automobile accident left him unable to work for about a year.
Evanston Illinois AP reports Dr W D MacMillan of the University of Chicago says the sun will keep shining for about 15,000 trillion years. He notes the sun loses mass as it fuels its energy but at a rate so slow current resources will last that long.
A 13 inch snowfall described as the heaviest in eastern Montana in twenty years made many side roads impassable and brought out plows on main highways while causing changes in campaign plans. The storm dropped about six inches in Billings and Williston North Dakota and subsided by Wednesday with continued freezing temperatures.
Fire destroyed the home of Will McCormick three miles northwest of Shellsburg Thursday morning with estimated loss around 5000 dollars. The chimney burned out earlier and sparks may have lodged in the roof. Nothing was saved from the second story. The Shellsburg fire department responded and part of the loss is covered by insurance.
Police reported two vehicles missing and not recovered. A 1924 Chevrolet coupe owned by Art Houser at 63 Fourteenth Avenue SW was stolen Wednesday evening from under the A Avenue viaduct and carries license 57-17630. A Chrysler coach owned by Mrs. W. A. Gable of 908 Sixteenth Avenue SE was taken from the Sinclair Packing company around noon Wednesday.
The Des Moines seven member staff conferred the degree on Mrs. Pepmeyer in white robes with pink and green accents. Members included Nelle Sommerville and Hazel Schaller as officers, with Esther Leming and others. The Star Of Maine lodge No. 221 hosted the event with fifteen past presidents and guest officers from the Rebekah assembly of Minnesota also honored.
Arthur S Kirk of Des Moines urged consistent advertising to build prospective buyers at a round table Iowa Real Estate Boards conference in the Roosevelt hotel. He noted ads three times weekly yield the most value and that his firm adapts space by day and number of saleable properties. Bert Frahm of Davenport chaired the session. The farm conference, led by F A Bell, discussed adjusting rents to changes in farm commodity prices under Prof Millard Peck of Iowa State College.
Services for the Feast of Tabernacles at Congregation Beth Jacob 212 A Avenue NW occur Friday night 8 15, Saturday 9 and 6, with Simchas Torah Sunday 9 a m. Rabbi Neuberger preaches 10 30 a m Saturday Cantor Rosenberg chants, Yizkor memorials at 11 a m Saturday.
Lindley M. Garrison, former secretary of war, dies at 68 in Sea Bright New Jersey. He clashed with President Wilson over national defense, resigning from the cabinet in February 1916 after advocating a federal continental army over the national guard. He later returned to law practice and held New Jersey posts before Washington service.
New York AP report shows Gov. Franklin D Roosevelt listed as a member of three American Legion posts Fort Orange Albany Montgomery Rhinebeck and LaFayette Poughkeepsie. Legion rules allow only one post per member. he may resign from two posts. Roosevelt cites service as assistant secretary of the navy as the basis for eligibility.
The Rev E R Kerlin of Michigan City Ind spoke at First Evangelical church on Up With the Facts citing Luke 9 32 and Wendell Phillips. He urged being awake to the call of God and highlighted progress from awareness, noting slavery’s horror as an example. Attendees included Joseph Sutera Robins and Ed Haehlen Lafayette and families.
Fred Sturm 34 of Zika Avenue NW was taken to Mercy Hospital after walking through a rear window of the Fiith barber shop at 322 Fourteenth Avenue SE. He entered the shop then walked to the front and tried to exit through a window. Police were summoned at 2 PM. Sturm had several cuts on his hands and may have further injuries.
Mrs Forrest O Brine wife of the St Louis endurance aviator was feared near death after an automobile crash that killed Mrs Mary Stewart of St Louis and injured Mrs Anna Looney of Long Beach sister of Mrs O Brine. The car traveling to Los Angeles from St Louis struck a truck rear end and the two women were taken to a hospital in San Bernardino California.
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