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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1938
Page
13
Cedar Rapids hosted a weekend of social events honoring out-of-town guests and new residents. Activities included dinners and luncheons at the Cedar Rapids Country Club and private homes, with guests from St. Joseph Missouri Minneapolis Rochester and San Diego among those entertained by local residents.
A party of six young people travels to Ely on Friday afternoon for an evening horseback ride and countryside picnic. The group includes Miss Barbara Rogers Miss Jeanne Cash Miss Mary Zuercher and Messrs Ralph Gearhart Bob Taylor and David Kechn.
The Order of Rainbow for girls assembly No 11 holds a special meeting Saturday at 730 pm in the Masonic hall. Degrees will be conferred on Kath leen Victorine Jane Zadnichek Lila Geiger Jean Paulson Caroline Eng w Virginia McLean Marilyn McGowan Edith Gensicke Betty Leaper Genevieve Moulds Phyllis Cabe Lois Wessale Jean Daniels and Jean Thompson. Afterward a sweater swing and refreshments. Patricia Rice associate worthy adviser will be worthy adviser Naida Jean Bradley treasurer Will be associate worthy adviser and Georgine Heider will be treasurer.
Members and husbands attended a chop suey dinner and costume party at the home of Mr and Mrs C E Nelson on Washington avenue SE. Guests, including Mr and Mrs George KnAus and Mr and Mrs W G Cain assisted. Games and prizes followed with best costumes awarded to Mrs F A Small and Walter J French.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Scott McIntyre at 627 Cottage Grove Avenue SE entertained eight sewing club members with a dessert luncheon at her home.
Mrs Rich Bordner returns to her Jesup home after spending several days in the city. Until her marriage on Oct 3 she was Miss Ivah M Kraft of Cedar Rapids.
Aunt Het muses on why animals seem to stop feeding when ill, noting nature’s instinct to stay empty. The quip contrasts human thinking with animal behavior, implying a practical view of caring for the sick.
Miss Janet Coquillette daughter of Mr and Mrs S E Coquillette 540 Knollwood drive SE arrived Friday afternoon after four weeks in New York City visiting friends and relatives She attended the weddings of former Cedar Rapids men Donald Grout and Warren Carr while in the east.
Mr. and Mrs. C Earl Wetherbee of Ontario California spent Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E Curray at 2200 Linden Drive SE en route home after visiting in Sterling Illinois.
Mrs David Sharpe hosted a miscellaneous shower Thursday evening at 2331 B avenue NE honoring Dorothy Hahn who will wed Earl Koehn on Monday. Court whist awarded prizes to Frances Buchan and Esther Klassen. Attending were Frances Buchan Frances McGregor Margaret West Dorothy Watland Thelma Dawn Vivian Shakespeare Adeline Woods Jane Hahn Vivien Ives Mary Nicholas Klassen Mrs Russell Waldron and Mrs Rex Powell.
Procter and Gamble promotes High Test Oxydol promising easier wash days and visibly whiter clothes with a modern detergent package.
The Beethoven club program Thursday morning featured Anglo Saxon Indian Negro and Spanish American folk compositions with Ruth McGuire providing notes. She traced mountain ballads to American adoption and cited the first national folk festival in St. Louis 1934 with a cross section of performers from various regions and groups. Virginia Paul Moore led the group with participation by the Beethoven chorus and listed soloists and performers as well as biographical sketches of composers Howard Brockway Cadman Fisher Powell Guion Foster.
The Pleiades Society of Coe College entertained at a rushing party at 1418 B Avenue NE on Wednesday evening. Prizes went to Dorothy Navratil Wilma Polderboer and A R Menary. Mary Jane Flaherty Eloise Balcar led the entertainment with guests including Virginia Moore Mildred Fry Beverly Wright Lucy Siver Betty Wagner Navratil and alumnae Ruth Culbreth and Miss Green. Patronesses were Mrs A E Chase Ernest Kosek and Menary.
Preparations for the 1933 state P E O convention in Cedar Rapids begin with social events. Local convention officers hosted a dinner at the Montrose hotel honoring state president Mrs Maude M Cooper of Boone. Attending were Mrs Carl D Thomas president and others on the housing committee. On Friday Cooper and Cedar Rapids officers and twenty visiting chapter representatives met at the Memorial union Iowa City for a convention planning session and reciprocity luncheon.
Mr and Mrs R O Mendenhall announce the marriage of their daughter LaVada Olson to William F Douglas son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Douglas. The ceremony occurred Saturday in Iowa City with Miss Arlene Tanner and Ralph Schultz of Cedar Rapids as attendees.
A group of ten friends surprised Mrs. Willis C. Harman at 1046 Fifth Avenue SE on Wednesday afternoon for her sixty ninth birthday. Gifts and a birthday cake were presented, and refreshments were served.
The L A T B of R T Parlor City lodge No 58 auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen held a luncheon at the Y W C A with sixty guests. Visitors came from Clinton Belle Plaine Waterloo and Oelwein. Irene Minehart presided. Co chairs C H Klersey and H Paulson with V Carlson C L Evans and S E Younkin assisted. Dining room chair H Anders. Reports covered the state union meeting in Sioux City.
Keystone residents Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kuehl hosted a Wednesday evening party for Mr. Kuehl turning seventy three. Attendees included the Gulstorf family Cedar Rapids, the Shors family, the Lyman family, the Junge family, the May couple of Luzerne, and other Keystone guests.
The Netoppew Camp Fire group meets Beverly Oldfield at 611 Fifteenth Avenue SW at 6 30 p m. Officers elected at the last meeting are Jeanne Jiracek president Mildred Gutknecht vice president Evelyn Berry secretary Doris Hamer treasurer and Jean Gatrelle scribe. The guardian Mrs Bess Scott received gifts on her birthday as games and refreshments followed.
Mrs Robert Plumb formerly Miss Helen McManes was honored at a Monday evening shower hosted by Mrs Walter Musker and Mrs Sarah Ainsworth at 223 Twenty third Street Drive SE. Guests included Mesdames McManes Mortier Keister Whitsel Smith Luense Ainsworth Gibson and others. A gift was given and games and mock marriage certificates were played.
Arthur H. Farr was honored on his birthday with a Tuesday evening surprise party at his home. Five hundred was played with prizes awarded to Mrs. Louis Hahn Harry Abel Albert Johns and Mrs. Leon Woodson of Walker. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Abel Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stoddard Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johns Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Orville Spurgeon Marliss Rhindernecht of Shellsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Woodson of Walker.
Mrs Robert Stark and Miss Dorothy Stark entertained at a luncheon Tuesday in the Jefferson room of the Roosevelt hotel in honor of Mrs Donald Stark, a re-
Prizes in a cent bridge and banco event went to Mrs. Robert Warren Mrs. Edward Snouffer Mrs. Joseph Stark and Mrs. Charles Brown. Guests included Mesdames Theodore Stark Joseph Stark Margaret Stark Anna Meigel William Stark Leonard E Stark Albert Stark Donald Jirouch Edward Snouffer Charles Brown Edward Stark C M Stark B A Warren Robert Warren of Ottumwa and Miss Mary Stark.
Girls employed on the seventh floor of the Merchants National bank building met Wednesday evening for a waffle supper at Mrs. John A Scorpis home. Bridge and lexicon were the evening s diversions.
Fifty attended the Tyler P T A meeting as Mrs C J Paulsen presided. Reports on Cedar Rapids convention and Sarah Fink masks, mental hygiene talk, safety talk, piano numbers, and refreshments noted. A benefit apron dance and card party were planned at the C S P S hall with bat orchestra.
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