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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1937
Page
15
A collage of light notes from Ames detail Ellen Kaupke’s report card pride with no stars and her school morning ride. Lucid vignettes cover a bull snake in Bever Woods, Peg Salter shopping hoard then garble, purse mix ups, and a Cedar Rapids twin dating ping pong. Local socials recount Miss Lorraine Mueller’s Inter Ocean party and a playful ambulance arrival.
Miss Vungfr weekend visit referenced with social events. Mrs Grant Ashby hosts a dinner Saturday at Club Parkview. Mrs Delbert Ashby hosts a dinner party at Parkway SE. Miss Erwin is hostess to a music matinee and members attend a dessert luncheon. Nearby residents are noted as guests and participants in the social circle.
Cedar Rapids branch of the Needlework Guild of America will staff 111 Second Street NE Wednesday to Friday for the Ingathering receiving garments and linens. Leaders Mrs Lester T. Jackson and Mrs Carl N. Ettinger coordinate receiving and distributing to charities. local collection aims to exceed 5,000 articles, supporting Public Health Nursing, Home for the Friendless, Linn County relief, Mercy hospital, St Luke's, Sunshine Mission and more.
Halloween themed gatherings filled with games dancing and party foods as families and friends hosted at multiple addresses. Notable attendees included Pamela Craemer Maurine Mealey Georganne Dun shee Ruth Ann Hollander and many others. Several hosts extended weekends with guests visiting relatives and attending the Illinois Michigan homecoming game.
Cedar Rapids Art club members were luncheon guests Saturday in Iowa City hosted at Mrs. Andrew H Woods home. The group includes Mesdames Warren Smith Boynton Cooper McCandless Seely Warriner Walker and Misses Johnson Witwer. Additional activities noted at Miss Witwer's Commonwealth apartments and travel plans for Sanford Montooth and the Allen household are listed.
All contract players are invited to join the city bridge tournament chaired by Mrs. George E. Beattie. Qualifying rounds begin Monday at 7 45 p m at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with past winners listed from 1933 to 1936 including Mr and Mrs James W Bell and others.
Members of the Martha Marquis circle meet Thursday at 1 p.m. for a luncheon at Mrs. Paul Schumann Ray's home 2043 Blake Boulevard SE. Mrs. Leon ard Wilson leads the program assisted by Mrs. James B. Hodgson Mrs. Stanley J. Vesely Mrs. P. W. Jacobson and Mrs. Moray L. Eby.
Mrs C Harve Geiger advocates a flexible percentage based budget for home expenses. She suggests 20 percent for rent, 30 for food, 12 for clothing, 15 for savings, 8 for upkeep, and 15 for health and recreation or charity, adjustable by family size.
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