Marion OOP celebrates seventieth anniversary in Marion
The Marion OOP club, oldest in Iowa, marked seventy years since its organization in October 1867. Charter member Mrs. Martha Elliott and surviving founder Mrs. Catherine Carter Sampson attended at the Busby home, 630 Tenth Street, recalling the first gathering and early community work.
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O. O P
Club
Marion
George Busby
Tenth Street
Catherine Carter Sampson
Busby
Cora Carter Busby
Ella Wood Smythe
Belle Ristine Wyman
Mary Crowley Nield
Martha Owen Elliott
Cedar Raunds
Elliot
Owen N Elliott
Elliott
Vernon Drive
O. O
Thomas Park
Pub Li Library Board
Town
Old and New Trends in Petersen Apartment Decor
A description of modern lines and oak and glass furnishings in Petersen’s apartment highlights a mix of geometric bookcases end tables and green plants. The layout features squared chairs and a green overstuffed chair with a pleated sofa, while a kitchen arch and cupboard add functional notes. The League of Women Voters plans a luncheon Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with a business session to follow.
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Davis
Deine
League of Women Voters
Nown
Montrose Hotel
May breakfast of Marion P. club pictured at Mrs. Ella Millen home
Members of the O. P. club of Marion wear breakfast caps at their first May breakfast held at the home of Mrs. Ella Millen in Marion on a historical note. Officers of the O. P. club stand and sit before the fire place in the George Busby home where the group was organized in 1867.
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Kathryn van Nuys
Agnes Griffin
Bess Skinner
Mabel Alexander
Margaret Giffin Franz
Alice Busby
Nelle Lothian
Leona Williams
Clara Kocher Funk
Gertrude Anderson
George Busby
Lulu B. Secrist
W. W. Vaughn
James J. Wallace
Sara Nott
Patricia Carberry
Kokitami
Central Park Church
the Guardian
V. L. Spohn
B Avenue NE
Barbara Hayden
Marc Karel Hunter
Jo«anne van Cleve
Vernon Heights Reading Club to Meet Thursday
The Vernon Heights reading club will meet Thursday at 2 30 pm at the home of Mrs A E Harms 362 Garden Drive SE. Ir ard Mrs George Otis 2520 Mearinw brore Drive SE have as weekend guests Viv and Mrs G M Melor of Oak Park Illinois
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Reading Club
Vernon Heights
A. E. Harms
Garden Drive
George Otis
Brore
G M Melor
Oak Park
Belle Plaine
G L Lyman
Park Avenue SE
Lyman
W E Ruebush
Ellis Boulevard
Otto Schluter
England
Phillip Gibbs
E. E Schenefelt
Vernon Drive
Sand Castle
Janet Beith
H. M. Benninghoff
E WN Helm
Park Avenue
P W. Jacobson
Friendship Circle of the King’s Daughters
R V Porter
I Twenty-seventh Street
Mothers Club
Alpha Gamma Delta
Arthur Huntington
Fifth Avenue SE
P. W. Jacobson
Hf, Ohman
Edna Stanley
G Ww. Bryant
Pi Omicron Installs Twelve New Members In ceremony
The Pi Omicron sisterhood held a candlelight installation in the Crystal room of the Montrose Hotel. New members Inez Berkla Alta Duncan Louise Gillis Martha Heald Alverda Kegler Isabelle Nemer Etta Opperud Carnal te Samuelson Mary Schoen Mildred Siler Marjorie Voigt Pauline Widmer were welcomed led by Mathilde Grevemberg from Chicago. Miss Barthela Schmidt read as Dorothy Meeker Iota and Esther Smith Epsilon assisted.
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Inta Epsilon Chapter
Pi Omicron
Montrose Pote
Inez Berkla
Alta Duncan
Louise Gillis
Martha Heald
Alverda Kegler
Isabelle Nemer
Etta Opperud
Carnal Te Samuelson
Mary Schoen
Mldred Siler
Marjorie Voigt
Pauline Widmer
Mathilde Grevemberg
National Headquarters
Chicago
Barthela Schmidt
Dorothy Meeker Iota
Esther Smith
Epsilon
Daniel Feder
University of Town
Power of Ideas
Juanita Taylor
Marjane Voigt
Friendly Club Halloween Party Set For Tuesday Evening
The Cedar Rapids Friendly club schedules a homecoming Halloween party Tuesday at 7 30 in the Y WCA auditorium. All adults are invited with costumes encouraged to avoid a small fine. Prizes for best costumes, games, dancing, readings, music, and refreshments to follow with reservations due by Tuesday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
YWCA
Playground Commission
Maynard Rowrey
Iola Pike
Ella Kokenmuller
Ase Arnold
Adell Lee
Pearl Franko
Lucile
Wisely
Betty Meek
Viola Weiser
College Club Programs on Shakespeare Featured by Mona Morgan
Mona Morgan guest lectured at the Cedar Rapids College Club program in Montrose hotel presenting Shakespeare as an entertainer. She performed various scenes and discussed her aim to engage high school students with Shakespeare’s works. Additional notes cover November lecture plans and social happenings around the club meetings.
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Shakespeare
Mona Morgan
Cedar Rapids College Club
Montrose Hotel
Walter Hampden
College Club
Catherine of Aragon
Henry the Eighth
Catherine of France
Hamiltet
Miss Morgan
Alabama
Henry Haars
Philadelphia
France
England
O. J. Elsenbast
Art and lecture highlights across Iowa this week
Iowa City shows four new oil paintings by Fechin Schlaikjer Frieseke and Higgins in the Union lounge. Ranney library hosts heraldic book plates from Carlyle Pepys Garrick Washington Swinburne Belasco Drinkwater Goose. Tuesday Cedar Rapids hosts Sinclair Lewis lecture It Has Happened Here at the Coliseeum. Wednesday Davenport hosts the 19th biennial Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers general session with Harry Terrell. Thursday Cedar Rapids marks the founding of Czechoslovakia with speakers including Kraschel Hus ton Swetanka. Ashore Second district American Legion auxiliary conference. De Witt hosts the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs convention. Iowa City closes a water color exhibition by California artists. Ames features a Don Cossack chorus concert. Cedar Rapids offers Rubinoff violin performances at Shrine temple.
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Iowa City
Iowa Union
University Campus
Fechin
Schlaikjer
Frieseke
Higgins
Ranney
Schaeffer Hall
Carlyle
Pepys
David Garrick
Washington
Swinburne
David Belasco
John Drinkwater
Edmund Goose
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Lewis
Coliseum
Davenport
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Apedker
Harry Terrell
Des Moines
Iowa Peace Federation
International Economic Cooperation and Peace
C. S. P. S. Hall
Nels, Kraschel
Charles D. Hus~ton
Internal Revenue
Iowa
J. F. Swetanka
Chicago
Czechoslovakia
Swetanka
American Legion Auxiliary
DE Witt
Second District
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Eugene Cutler
California
Ames
Don Cossack
Iowa State College
Hilma A Brunius Weds Clarence Miller in Cedar Rapids Home
Hilma Adele Brunius daughter of Mrs Alma C Brunius of Cedar Rapids married Clarence Miller son of Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of Solon at 7 PM in the home of Mr and Mrs Warren S Smith. Rev C W Meek performed the ceremony preceded by violin solos and a vocal tribute. Bride wore Eleanor blue taffeta with pink velvet band and carried pink roses. Best man William Bys. maid of honor Beulah Wessale. Afterglow included music and a card party benefit for Eastern Star funds.
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Hilma Adele Brunius
Alma C.brunius
Sixth Street Road
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Miller
Charles Miller
Solon
Warren S. Smith
Maple Drive
C. W. Meek
Parker's Grove Church
Helen Masha
Lois Wessale
Janet Wessale
Beulah Wessale
Dubonnet Moire
William Bys
Little Lynette Ann Petrak
Mrs. Miller
Macalester College
St. Paul
Minn
Lakesville
Edward Wessale
Waconia Sorghum Company
Miller
Bertha Louise Funk
Minneapolis
Wesley Emmert
Shellsburg
Keystone Girl Will Be Wed In Ely
Mr and Mrs William Wilde of Keystone announce the engagement of their daughter Grace to Andrew L Clark of Ely The wedding date is set for November 10 A Halloween party for the League for the Hard of Hearing will be held at Miss Bessie Bowmans home with a demonstration by the Acousticon Institute of Cedar Rapids A beginner lip reading class may begin November 8 with enrollments at the O R C building No 203 The class is free to members and sponsored by the league Other notes include a motor tour by Mr and Mrs EF A Tuck and Mr and Mrs F H Knapp through the Ozarks with visits to Eureka Springs Ark and the Bagwell dam valued at 33000000
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Des Moines
Cedar
Avenue Circle
Masonic Hall
Peoples Savings Bank
Boone
John Burianek
Order of Eastern Star
Iowa
Cedar Chapter
Vera Cullman
Oliver Stucker
Mildred Stucker
Joan Bode
Agnes Horak
Ruth Watson
Berniece Diserens
Marie Reiter
Bess Russell
Edna Duncan
Bess Manilaw
Elizabeth Stewart
Pearl Stewart
Mable Pollock
William Wilde
Keystone
Grace
Andrew L. Clark
Ely
League For
Bessie Bowman
Eighth Avenue
Acousticon Institute of
Cedar Rapids
Hortensen. Gray
League Room
EF. A. Tuck
First Avenue E
F. H. Knapp
A Avenue
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Eureka Springs
Ark
Bagwell Dam
Club Will Aid Blind By Towel Sales Drive
Cedar Rapids Woman's club launches annual towel sale to aid blind Iowa women. Towels hemmed by blind residents, nine cents per towel, with proceeds funding food and clothing. Helen Keller Tribute Year marks sponsorship by national foundations and major organizations.
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Cedar Rapids
Helen Keller
American Foundation For the Blind
Helen Kel Jer
Anne Sullivan Macy
Coredell Hull
Wilfred Grenfell
Mary E. Woolley
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Education Association
National
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Woman’s Club
Frank Gates
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Marion O.O.P
Harriett Sway
Mre Sarok Oh Firls
Turseyv
Sais
Evs
O O Pocustics
Tre Jac
Sampsons
Louise Leibert
Leo J. Klinger
Longwood Drive
The
King's Daughters
Thompson Photo
Lars Kareena
Pere
Petersen
R League OF Women Voters
George Otises
Malta
Kensington
Tirzah Society
Belle Plaine Club
Westerfields
C. M Westerfield
Bever Avenue
Richard Westerfield
West Union
C. W. Lavery
Atlantic
Janice
University of Iowa
M. M. Club
Oliver P. Stucker
Robinsons
Henry Hawke
Waterloo
Joseph Robinson
Mount Vernon Avenue
Miss Northcott
Evelyn Northcott
Alpha X Delta Sorority
Coe College
Russell Knapp
Twenty-first Street
Rubinoff
Shrine Temple
Hilma A. Brunius
000 Cedar
C. E
Altterman
Retex
DIAL
Third Avenue 8&W
Miss Grace Wilde
Irene Douglas
W. L. Harrison
Nassau Street SE
John Janecek
A. T. Pleune
Kokitami Camp Fire
Bishop's
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