Elks Club Hosts Weekend Social Events and Dam Gala
The Elks Club opened with a Friday bridge social won by Mrs Lynn G. Swaney and Mrs Howard Funk. A harvest themed buffet followed. Saturday features a cabaret dance with a local orchestra and electric organ starting at 9. Coe alumni and guests attended luncheons around the Coe Cornell game with Blair Johnson family, Judy and Marjorie, Arnold Sundstrom, and Robert Skinner listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn G. Swaney
Howard Funk
Coe
Coe-Cornell
Blair Johnson
Judy
Marjorie
Arnold Sundstrom
Davenport
Robert Skinner
Ridgeway
Potluck Dinner and Bridge Honors Chicago Guests
Mr and Mrs Harvey G Lymen host a potluck dinner and bridge party Saturday evening at 125 Thirteenth Street NW honoring Mr and Mrs B O Eighmy of Chicago and their son Dick visiting Cedar Rapids friends. Attending guests include Mr and Mrs Wayne G Basler Mr and Mrs P A Olson Mr and Mrs Edward DeBruin Mr and Mrs M M Bicket Mr and Mrs Henry Duttweiler and Mr and Mrs A L Abram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey G. Lymen
Thirteenth Street
B. O. Eighmy
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Wayne G. Basler
P. A. Olson
Edward DeBruin
M. M. Bicket
Henry Duttweiler
A. L. Abram
Pythian Sisters Meet at Winter Temple in Keokuk Hall
Winter Temple of Pythian Sisters met Thursday at K P hall with 65 members and five visitors. Beatrice Redies presided. rummage sale planned for Tuesday. calls for rummage to Edna Cook Charlotte Fair or Ella Freer. Bus charter approved for district convention in Anamosa November 1. callers requested Marie Douglas. Ada Markert initiated. Annual birthday party observed with Edith Fullerton’s committee in charge. tables decorated by season theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Temple of
Pythian Sisters
K. P. Hail
Beatrice Redies
Edna Cook
Charlotte Fair
Ella Freer
Anamosa
Marie Douglas
Ada Markert
Edith Fullerton
Florrie Ann Rue bush circle meets at Chase home
Members of Florrie Ann Rue bush circle of the Kings Daughters met Thursday at Mrs A E Chase 2225 Grande avenue SE. Four girls were initiated Mary Jean Gossett Harlene Bailey Joyce Daugherty and Delores Cramer Other members present were Connie Wetherton Jeanette Knapp Margaret Swope Ramona Holloway Kathryn Phillips Jessie Bridge Mary Louise Robinson Hildred Ann Miller and leader Mrs R A Holmgren The next meeting will be at Miss Holloways home 859 Fifth avenue SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florrie Ann Ruebush
The
King’s Daughters
A. E. Chase
Grande Avenue SE
Mary Jean Gossett
Harlene Bailey
Joyce Daugherty
Delores Cramer
Connie Wetherton
Jeanette Knapp
Margaret Swope
Ramona Holloway
Kathryn Phillips
Jessie Bridge
Mary Louise Robinson
Hildred Ann Miller
R. A. Holmgren
Frank Shramek Honored on Nineteenth Anniversary
Frank Shramek and his wife celebrated their nineteenth wedding anniversary at a noon dinner held at their home on Elizabeth Avenue SW. Mrs. Shramek was helped by her mother Mrs. Mary Melichar as guests, including Mesdames Molly Marshik Bertha Larkins Alice Lenway Mary Holets Stewart Miskimen Merrifield Viola Kucera Svec and Mary Melichar, offered gifts and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shramek
Elizabeth Avenue
Jolly Neighbors Meet at Hepker Home
The Jolly Neighbors met Thursday at Mrs. Ralph Hepker’s 1600 C Avenue NE. After the business session a dance followed with prizes going to Ettie Hepker of Palo, and to Mrs. Glenn Johnson, Mrs. Charles Packingham, and Mrs. Lester Scott. The next meeting is set for November 2 at Mrs. Julius Hepker’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hepker
C Avenue NE
Danco
Ettie Hepker
Palo
Ague
Glenn Johnson
Charles Packingham
Lester Scott
Julius Hepker
Women Attend Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly
Mrs Minnie Hermanek Mrs Frances Haller Mrs Mary Seda and Miss Nellie Cox returned from Waterloo where they attended the grand lodge and Rebekah assembly of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows All received the obligation in the past noble grand s degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Hermanek
Frances. Haller
Mary Seda
Nellie Cox
Waterloo
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Wadakizapi Group Plans Halloween Party at Guardian’s Home
The Wadakizapi Camp Fire group at St. John’s church met Wednesday and each girl hemmed two drivers for the Needlework Guild. An Oct. 31 Halloween party will be held at guardian Mrs. Van Vechten Shaffer’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Church
The
Guardian
van Vechten Shaffer
Caldwell Family Heads East for Huntington Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Caldwell and their daughter Gwen left Friday for Huntington West Virginia for an extended visit with Mr Caldwell's mother and sisters. They were accompanied by Mrs. C Trapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Caldwell
Gwen
Huntington
W. Va
Mr. Caldwell
C. Trapp
Mrs Schmidt Leaves After Short Visit to Kin
Mrs William Schmidt of Clinton has returned home after spending three days with her brother L F Burkhart at the Allison hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schmidt
Clinton
L. F. Burkhart
Allison Hotel
Mrs R J Minor Returns Home After California Visit
Mrs R J Minor of 240 Fifteenth Street Northwest returned home following a three month stay in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Minor
Fifteenth Street
California
Dramatic Art Group Luncheon Meeting at Cedar Rapids Clubhouse
Members of the dramatic art department of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club met for luncheon Friday at the club house. Mrs. Walter Musker was elected treasurer, succeeding Mrs. D. A. Flenniken who leaves for California. A dinner party and benefit bridge were announced for 6:30 p.m. Nov 3, Hawbands night, with a play to follow titled Bridge as Husbands See It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Art
Cedar Rapids
Charles Gunn
Carl N. Ettinger
Robert Whitehand
Iowa City
Harold Pickerill
J. W. Bohren
Richard Roberts
Miss Nettie Sisam Hosts Two Bridge Groups
Miss Nettie Sisam of 1012 First Avenue West hosted two bridge evenings at her home midweek. On Wednesday guests included Florence Usher, Genevieve Jarboe, and Mesdames Earl Rutan, Bruce Clauson, Roy-Chuck Stelcik, and George Avis. Thursday's guests included Emily Zezula, Evelyn Stoakes, Genevieve Jarboe, Tillie Prestegard, Janette Howell, Jean Howell, and Mrs. W. M. Stoakes. Prizes from Hawaiian Islands were won by Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Davis, Miss Jarboe, and Miss Stoakes. Armina Davis assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Sisam
First Avenue W
Florence Usher
Genevieve Jarboe
Earl Rutan
Bruce Clauson
Roy — Chuck Stelcik
George Avis
Emily Zezula
Evelyn Stoakes
Tillie Prestegard
Janette Howell
Jean Howell
W. M. Stoakes
Hawaiian Islands
Smith
Davis
Miss Jarboe
Miss Stoakes
Armina Davis
Shower Honors Mrs Hynds and Son in Welsh Residence
Mrs. Fred R. Welsh and Mrs. Gerald J. Fottral hosted a shower Wednesday evening at 333 First Avenue W honoring Mrs. Darrell J. Hynds and her son Billy. Prizes went to Mrs. William Lana and Mrs. Milford D. Caviness with a guest list including Betty Buchanan Libbie Neckville Elsie Barbour Diane Darrow Susan Welsh and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Welsh
Gerald J. Fottral
First Avenue
Darrell J. Hynds
Billy
William Lana
Milford D. Caviness
Betty Buchanan
Libbie Neckville
Elsie Barbour
Diane Darrow
Susan Welsh
Fred Bowlus
Russell Bowlus
T. M. Hynds
Virgil Houghton
Anna Dobrovsky
Robert S. Smith
Leonard Chadima
Verne Olmstead
Willard C. Pfautz
Glenn Darrow
Virgil Woodford
W. J. Kremena
Billsland
Julius Aly
Surprise Birthday for Carl Volesky by 1935 Classmates
At 1410 Seventh Avenue SE Carl Volesky was surprised at home on Tuesday for his twenty second birthday. A group of 1935 classmates attended and presented a gift. Attendees included Evelyn Callier Eleanor Fucher Agnes Hasik Mike Hughes Dorothy Lockridge Hazel Schmidt Bob Eckert Gilbert Feiereisen Joe Konigsmark Earl Krumm John Qujik and Mr and Mrs Bob Hohn. The evening featured games and refreshments. Also present were Mr and Mrs C R Voles sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Volesky
Seventh Avenue SE
Evelyn Callier
Eleanor Fucher
Agnes Hasik
Mike Hughes
Dorothy Lockridge
Hazel Schmidt
Bob Eckert
Gilbert Feiereisen
Joe Konigsmark
Earl Krumm
John Qujik
Bob Hehn
C. R. Volesky
P T A Meeting Led By Mrs Milo Heral in Tyler
The Tyler P T A met on Thursday with president Mrs Milo Heral presiding. Members sang with pianist Mrs Anton Horacek. Reports were given by Mesdames D R Hare Lumir Konigsmark John Halvorson Clarence Paulson Lawrence Wasendorf and Harry Hinerwadel. Seventy attended. Social hour featured Miss Mabie Jennings and Miss Wilma Van Orsdale at the tea table. Co chairs were Mrs Leon Nemecek and Mrs Lamir Kovar, assisted by Mesdames George Turnbull Anton Horacek Hattie Shonka and Oscar Peters en and mothers of sixth graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler P. T. A
Milo Heral
Anton Horacek
D. R. Hare
Lumir Konigsmark
John Halvorson
Clarence Paulson
Lawrence Wasendorf
Harry Hinerwadel
Mabie Jennings
Wilma van Orsdale
Leon Nemecek
Lamir Kovar
George Turnbull
Hattie Shonka
Oscar Petersen
Taylor P T A Meets With Fifty Present
The Taylor P T A gathered Thursday in the school auditorium with 50 members attending. President Mrs John Cleator opened the session. reports were given by Mrs R B Rowell Mrs Lyle Clifford Miss Luran Dieh and Mrs Arthur Norman. A paid membership of 100 was reported. Sergeant Day spoke on Safety of Our Children urging prevention of accidents through home and school education.
Dads night set for November sixteenth at tea
A round table discussion followed by a tea event for sixth grade families. Refreshments were served by mothers of sixth grade pupils with Miss Diehl and Mrs. Cleator presiding at the tea table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diehl
Cleator
Jackson P T A study group meets at Mrs LeMonts home
The Jackson P T A study group met Tuesday at 129 Eighth street NE the home of Mrs R LeMont. Mrs Paul Salome was named attendance chairman. The next meeting will discuss Mary Mary Quite Contrary from Parent Teacher magazine in October. Navy 21 in the tower room of Jackson school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson P. T. A
His Too Familiar Manner Is Due To Lack Of Poise
Dear Miss Manners advises a reader facing a dating dilemma due to two dates next weekend. The answer suggests canceling one date, facing the situation honestly, and avoiding manipulative tactics to prevent hurting involved parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J
Miss Manners
Pat
Dear Miss Manners on a Movie Date With Mum
The reader asks how to handle a date where the girl's mother accompanied them. The answer suggests arranging a foursome with another couple or ensuring the date is clearly a two person outing, and if mother appears again to choose another date partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Mamma
Mother Offers Eye For 5000 To Help Children
Grace Davis of Chattanooga offered to sell the cornea of one eye for 5000 to give her five children a better start. She spoke at an American College of Surgeons meeting in Philadelphia and said she would buy a farm with the money. Her family, ages five to nineteen, is living in a four room cottage while she seeks relief alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Davis
Mill
New Priming Plan For Possible Slump Reported
Washington insiders report a new government pump priming plan to counter a feared postwar recession. Led by Marriner Eccles and Jerome Frank, the compensatory spending faction suggests generous federal spending in slow economic periods repaid when recovery returns. No legislative plan has been prepared for Congress, but memoranda outline a rapid response to a possible 1937-like downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Jerome N. Frank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Europe
Pasadena meeting marks 70th anniversary of WMFMS in Pasadena
The International World Federation of Methodist Women celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church in Pasadena California from October 25 to 30. Attendees include Mrs Thomas Nicholson of Mount Vernon national president and Mrs Alice Rigby Moore of Tipton who reports on her Madras India world missions tour. Delegates from eighteen foreign countries are expected to attend. the society began March 23 1869 at Tremont Temple Boston with eight women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International World Federation of Methodist Women
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Pasadena
Calif
Iowa
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
The
Missionary Society
Alice Rigby Moore
Tipton
Madras
India
Julius E. Ives
Grande Avenue SE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Tremont Temple
Boston
Maxine Bruce Crowned 1939 Wilson Homecoming Queen
Maxine Bruce, a senior at Wilson High, was chosen by student vote as homecoming queen for 1939. Attendants were Bette Rollins, Mary Jane Messa, Maxine Woods, and Dicksie Clayton, with Dick Lahman crowning her after the football game 12-0 versus Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson High School
Maxine Bruce
Eighteenth Avenue
Bette Rollins
Mary Jane Messa
Maxine Woods
Dicksie Clayton
Miss Bruce
Dick Lahman
Manchester
Mary Kay Angerer
International council aims for journalism as a profession
In Chicago an international council for education in journalism was formed to seek professional status equal to law or medicine. Caspar Yost of the St. Louis Globe Democrat chairs the group with Jerome Barnum of the Syracuse Post-Standard as vice chair. Northwestern’s Dean Kenneth Olson is secretary treasurer, and Inland Daily Press Association’s John L. Meyer notes the aim to curb publisher criticism of journalism graduates. Fred Pownall of the Daily Iowan is among other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Council For Education In Journalism
Caspar Yost
St. Louis Globe Democrat
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Jerome Barnum
Syracuse
N. Y
Post-Standard
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Kenneth E. Olson
Northwestern University
John L. Meyer
Inland Daily Press Association
Fred Pownall
Iowa City
Daily Iowan
Two Children Die in Log Cabin Fire Near Mullens West Virginia
A log cabin home burned Friday night near Mullens, West Virginia, killing two children and leaving their mother with serious injuries after she saved another infant. Six other children escaped, and the mother had clothing burned from her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Here
J. C. Lawson
Iowa Woman Doctor Wed As Surgeons End Meeting
At the American College of Surgeons convention in Philadelphia two members married. Des Moines physician Nana L. Rosenthal wed Howard S. Reid of Cohasset after waiving the usual three day license wait. The couple then left for a honeymoon. Mrs. Reid planned to give up her Des Moines practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American College of Surgeons Convention
Des Moines
Cohassett, Mass
Nana L. Rosenthal
Howard S. Reid
Reid
Moines
50 Large Films Show Profits Gain Over '38
New York AP report shows the first 80 large U.S. corporations in the third quarter earned $113.65 million, up 48 percent from a year earlier and 20 percent above Q2 1939. Excluding AT&T, Q3 profits rose 28 percent from June and 68 percent from last year. Nine months ended Sept 30 totaled $297.30 million, up 31 percent year over year, with AT&T excluded up 50 percent. Steel, food, mining, auto accessory, and electrical equipment sectors contributed varied gains or losses, led by steel profits at $5.441 million and electrical gear at $11.551 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Associated Press
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Germany Boasts of Coastal Defenses
Berlin report says Germany's North Sea defenses form a sea wall as impregnable as the land frontier. A strong surface fleet, many submarines, coastal batteries, aircraft and anti air defenses guard the coast against Allied sea landings or naval assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Germany
Reich
North Sea
West Wall
France
RFC Sets Up Credit To Aid Cotton Export
Washington, D C Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones said the Reconstruction Finance Corporation created 5 million dollars in credits to help the Cotton Export Corporation finance U S cotton exports for domestic use in nonhostile nations. The plan lets exporters obtain up to 80 percent of the delivered price before shipment, with cotton stored at destination warehouses until the buyer has dollar exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cotton Export Corporation
U. S
Hoover Sets Moral Stand on Embargo Against War Weapons
Former President Herbert Hoover argued on NBC that the United States should block sales of bombing planes their bombs poison gas and submarines while allowing defensive arms. He urged unity among Americans and warned that attacking civilians risks civilization and moral foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
America
NBC
Europe
Hoover
Athenia sinking used in Nazi claims against Churchill
Berlin reports claim an American survivor Gustav Anderson proved the British liner Athenia was sunk on Sept 3 by Churchill orders. The Nazi dispatch centers on Anderson’s affidavit alleging mounted guns and Halifax Quebec coastal defenses, with British shelling later sinking the ship after a torpedoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Athenia
Gustav A. Anderson
Winston Churchill
Anderson
Halifax
Quebec
DNB
Washington
Ireland
United States
Europe
Capaci
Illinois Trav
Marc
Ha Fax
Montreal
Iowa Huskers urged to watch for weather balloons
Des Moines Iowa corn huskers were asked to watch for weather recording balloons dropping from the sky over the next 20 days. Senior meteorologist Charles D Reed said each small instrument carries a red parachute and two recording devices. Balloons will fly from the weather bureau airport in Omaha with a parcel post collect reward offered to finders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cornhuskers
Charles D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Omaha
Julien P. Friez and Sons
Baltimore
Mind and Morality: Answers From a Scientific Viewpoint
This excerpt presents a dialogue on divorce law, routine work, and national prosperity with opinions attributed to Alfred Cohen and sociologist Charles H. Cook. It discusses how laws should be guided by research, how repetition affects thinking, and how prosperity may erode public morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Cohen
Britain would lose reins of economics to the United States
Berlin based bulletin warns that in a long war Britain would be forced to mobilize foreign investments. It argues the United States would seize key empire assets, gaining control of copper and gold mines in Africa, Malay, nickel in Canada, and other major industries, eroding Britain's economic power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
U.S
Berlin
Institutor Business Research
Fsree
Great Briain
United States
America
Africa
Canada
Chrys spokesman accuses UAW of bias in talks
Detroit dispatch reports a Chrys corporation spokesman on Saturday accused the United Auto Workers Union CIO of biased in negotiations to settle production while 55,000 workers are idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chryscorporation
Saturd
United Automobi Workers Union
CIO
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Elks Club
Frank Shrameks
Jolly Neighbors
Wadakizapi Group
Caldwells
Mrs. Schmidt
Tom
Dramatic Art Group
Sisam
Honor Carl Volesky
P.T.A. Meetings
Tyler
Mary Manners
the Gazette
J. E. Ives
Wilson
RFC
Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt
Kent
Huskers
Albert Edward Wiggam
Charles H. Cook
Jom F. Dille Co
Raps Uaw
Lyman’s Cafe
Luberger
3Rd Ave
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