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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1939

Page

36

Around the Town scattered vignettes and jokes

A collage of city items shows an expectant father at a hospital, a termite debate, chatter about room and board prices, and various light anecdotes. A scaffold fall injures Leonard Stark. a Fairfax widow’s children mirror the governor’s. Other items cover stamps, millinery woes, jail kitchen whisky, and student pranks in Illinois labs.

Cedar Rapids Woman's Club hosts C Vin White speaker

At the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club meeting on Monday at 2 30 PM under the nature and garden department sponsor C Vin White dean of the seminary at the University of Dubuque will discuss A Youngster and 2 Tree He was born in Cedar Rapids educated at Coe College and earned his master of theology at Princeton Introduced by Mrs W E Mickel Officers are Mrs Oscar Anderson chairwoman and Mrs W W White leader The program includes honorary awards for three youths and a dues collection with penalties after 2 30 PM Trustees meet at 12 30 PM and board at 1 30 PM The art department hosts a pot luck luncheon and music and dance segments with various speakers and performers through the week.

Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Nature and Garden C. Vin White University of Dubuque White Cedar Rapids Coe College Princeton W. E. Mickel Oscar Anderson W. W. White E. M. Soboda G. Y. Swartzendruber

Vernon Heights Reading Club Meeting With Mrs Stickley

Members of the Vernon Heights Reading club will meet with Mrs J D Stickley at 129 Twenty-fifth Street Drive SE Thursday at 2 30 pm.

Vernon Heights Reading Club J. D. Stickley Twenty-fifth Street Drive

Coe Alumnae Honored With Homecoming Sorority Feasts

Coe College homecoming scenes feature Kappa Delta Alpha Gamma Delta Xi Delta Delta Delta sororities hosting alumnae with elaborate dinners, buffet suppers and themed toast programs. Events include the Commonwealth tea room dinner, Roosevelt hotel buffet, and chapter room spreads. Notables include Ruth Ann Potter, Corinne Fahrney, and Frances Beal, among many out-of-town alumnae. A Daughters of Isabella convention invite and schedule are announced for Burlington with mass, luncheon, and dinner details.

Coe College Coe-Cornell Cedar Rapids Kappa Delta Sorority Commonwealth Tea Room Corinne Fahrney Ruth Ann Potter Arban Chehak Betty Pfandhoefer Alpha Gamma _ Delta Norma White Margaret Ann Twogood Jane Ball Dagmar Hansen Frances Beal Thomas B. Powell, Jr Jof Anamosa Julia Tow LaVon Buchanan Norway Maxine Gmelin Spirit Lake Milton Petersen Iowa City Matthew Stewart Waterloo Duane D. Blackwell St. Louis Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Roosevelt Room Roosevelt Hotel Dorothy Barnes Frances Halpin Frances Mclaughlin Alice Kenworthy Dorothy Stookey Jane Huston Conroy Walter Staves Chicago Blanche Lichtenstein Grand Mound Robert Huie Des Moines Blair Johnson Davenport Marvin Edison

Grand Prize Party closes Merry-Go-Round series

The final grand prize party for the Daughters of Isabella bridge series is set for Friday at 7 45 p.m. in the Glow room of the Gas company. Miss Kathryn Pogge and Miss Gladyce Getz co chair unit six entertainment with twenty five bridge tables and reservations through committee members. Prizes favors and refreshments will be offered as attendees may participate in grand prize awards.

Daughters of Isabella Bridge Gas Company Unit No. 6 Kathryn Pogge Gladyce Getz Anna Getz Elizabeth Smith Wanda Smith Josephine Stover Vina Turner Anna Unzeilig Mary Smith Bettina Stark Alma Stegall Elizabeth Teahen Josephine Venhorst Violet Webster Clara Wellner Edith Zachar Isabella Zimmerman Lucille Pogge Mary Stark Mary Trzil Alicin Wallace Dorothy Stark Lenore Starman

Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Meeting Reported

The Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae will meet Monday at 7:30 pm at Mrs. Edward H. Files home, 2618 Bever avenue SE. Hostesses include Mrs. John G. Hahn and others. New officers named: Lynn G. Swaney president, Alice Snyder vice president, Leone Burgert secretary, Otto Schluter treasurer, David G. Bleakley social chair, Wayne Stookey executive council chair. Council members listed include Herbert Henderson E E Schenefelt Robert Ure Harold Kolar William S. Wherry II and Ethel Woodbridge.

Alpha Gamma Delta Edward H. Files Bever Avenue SE John G. Hahn Jerome Kriz Dorothy Grunewald Philip W. Shive Lynn G. Swaney Alice Snyder Leone Burgert Otto Schluter David G. Bleakley Wayne Stookey Herbert Henderson E. E. Schenefelt Robert Ure Harold Kolar William S. Wherry II Ethel Woodbridge

Bucknell Honors Jene White At Birthday Dinner

Miss Merri Frances Bucknell hosted a dinner Friday evening at 13000 Avenue NE in honor of Miss Jene White. Guests included Kathleen McGladrey Joan Jetteye Jean Daniels and Dorothy Ibb.

Merri Frances Bucknell R. E. Bucknell Avenue NE Jene White Kathleen McGladrey Joan Jetteye Jean Daniels Dorothy Ibb

Miss McMillan Becomes Bride

Miss McMillan marries Sivertsen in a Roosevelt hotel ceremony. The reception for fifty followed in the Florentine room with a silver and white bride cake. After Nov 1 the couple will reside in Minneapolis. The bride, a University of Minnesota alumna, belongs to Kappa Kappa Gamma. the groom, also a Minnesota graduate, is with Travelers Insurance and a Psi Upsilon member.

Gardenia Gardenias Sivertsen Minneapolis University of Minnesota Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Psi Upsilon Travelers Insurance Company Anton Shimonek St. Paul S. W. Shimonek Wilma Sivertsen George P. Tuthill A. P. Kemp Sallie Saunders Harriet Kemp

Congregational Church Plans Harvest Home Dinner Tuesday

The First Congregational church will host its harvest home dinner Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. in the church dining room with the Mary Owens Tufts circle and the Clara Bistine circle overseeing dining room and kitchen respectively. The Rev Williams Jacobs will be toastmaster and an address by Rev Marion H Williams. Mrs Clyde Sanborn and Mrs Ed Lee will sing. Reservations are due by Monday morning with Mrs Oxley dial 21615.

First Congregational Church Mary Owens Tufts C. J. Lynch, Jr Clara Bistine Circle C. G. Oxley Williams Jacobs Marion H. Williams Clyde Sanborn

Cedar Rapids College Club to Hear Edith Webber Review

The Cedar Rapids College Club hosts Edith Dunham Webber of Des Moines for an October meeting at Mrs. S. W Wilder’s home. Webber will review four books including Children of God and Not Peace but a Sword, sharing insights with club members and assisting hosts.

S. W Wilder Baveenue NE Cedar Rapids College Club Edith Dunham Webber Des Moines Vardis Fisher Vincent Sheean du Bose Heyward Thoreau Henry Seidel Canby Webber Younkers Store Wilder R. B. van Cleve M. S. Hallman Irma Lowe Ross Wilson R. A. Greenawalt Arbon Chehak H. B. Adkins Harry Peterson William Whipple Wallace Boyson Arthur Bearle Arthur Poe Seventh Street Drive Junior Art Club Mary Burkhalter

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