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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1936
Page
6
A group of the younger set will gather Saturday night at Gabel's at the Palisades for a final party before returning to school. About ten couples will attend, planned by Allan Thompson and William Knickerbocker with Frederick Ross of Chicago as an honored guest. After dinner, the group will proceed to Pla-Mor for the evening.
Miss Lenore Teply of Sixteenth Avenue SW entertained eighty guests at a miscellaneous shower at Sokol hall for Edna Sladek and Frank Teply who wed at John Huss church. A mock wedding was staged by local hosts. Miss Rose Paidar performed. matron of honor is Mrs Paul Walshire with Lenore Teply as bridesmaid. George Dvorak as best man. Rev Joseph Bren to officiate.
Miss Leonore Elsworth leaves for Marengo to teach third and fourth grades in the public schools. She graduated from Coe College in 1936.
Miss Georgiana Hach entertained Thursday evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Francis Ford newly married. Mrs Ford formerly Miss Marjorie Dorlan. Lotto prizes awarded to Mrs Ford and Emil Klumpar. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ford, Miss Margaret Lehmkuhl, Emil Klumpar, Frank Brejcha and Miss ac
Mr and Mrs N J Kadlec of 1756 B avenue NE and Mr and Mrs Shirley Nelson of 1516 L street SW returned last Sunday from La Porte City where they spent a week at the Cobert cabin. They then motored to Des Moines on Monday and returned Wednesday to stay the rest of the week at the Kacena cottage on the Wapsie at Central City.
Mrs. Lewis H Huston and her daughter Miss Helen Huston left on Thursday to make their home in Baltimore Maryland Miss Huston has worked at Killian company for three years and will enter Johns Hopkins hospital school of nursing on Wednesday
Miss Maryann Mateju and Miss Maxine Panek depart Sunday for Omaha to enter Notre Dame academy joining families from Maple Drive NW and Wilson Avenue SW.
Mrs. T. J. Whilock of 1845 Fourth Avenue SE departed for Omaha Nebraska to spend the Labor Day weekend.
Miss Margaret Meyn of 1211 Sixth Street NW plans to teach speech Latin and English at a Wyoming NL high school after spending summer pursuing a master's at the University of Iowa. Her parents Mr and Mrs Henry G Meyn hosted a farewell dinner with guests including Harold F Meyn Ernest E Meyn and Margaret Meyn.
Miss Verona Thomas and Keith Herington were wed Thursday at 8 p m in the Rev R N Coolidge home with immediate family present The bride wore a navy blue ensemble and Briar cliff roses while the groom’s family attended The newlyweds reside at 210 Ninth Street NW.
The married couples class of Trinity Methodist church school met Friday for a picnic supper in the church dining room. Officers elected were A. L. Mason president Joseph Sponar vice president Mrs. R. L. Baylock secretary and Mrs. Clarence Rheinart treasurer. The first activity of the season is a wiener roast Sept. 16.
Mr and Mrs H B Hage of 825 A avenue NE returned Wednesday from New York City Jersey City and Bloomfield New Jersey after a three week visit with Mrs Hages sisters and friends.
Mrs J J Thanner of 110 Center Point Road NE returned from a trip to Duluth where she visited Mr and Mrs Newton De Forest in their home.
Mr and Mrs H L Webster of 2733 Second avenue SE traveled to Chicago on Friday and intend to return Tuesday.
Miss Helen Youtzy departed Thursday for Farmington to teach second grade in the public schools for the coming year.
The McCreary reunion on August 30 at Daniels Park named Charles McCreary president Will Hickman vice president Carolyn Hagerman secretary treasurer Irene Harris correspondent and committee members Mrs Wayne Keller Mrs Otto Gustafsson and Vill Newman. A large group from Marion Center Point Independence Troy Mills Cedar Rapids Toddville Palo attended.
Mrs Henry Block of Lewiston Minnesota returned to her home Wednesday after a week with her sister in law Mrs Louise Smith of 311 First Avenue West.
Miss Dorothy Doolittle daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Doolittle 302 Thirty-fifth Street NE entertained at a luncheon and court whist party Thursday. Prizes were won by Jean Rice Rita Drake and Shirley and Betty Like. Guests included Leora Marshall Lilla Rossiter Lucille Hamlin Eloise Helfenstine Ruth Rich Edith Boardman Ruth Baker Jean Bice Like.
Anne Dunlap and Shirley Like host Margaret Allen the last of Sioux Falls as Miss Allen visits as a house guest of Miss Boardman.
Miss Muriel MacIntosh hosted a linen shower Friday evening at 1346 I Avenue NE honoring Miss Mabel Graepler of Los Angeles who will wed Gilbert Schiller of Los Angeles. Attendees included Miss Graepler Irene Grier Nelle Crawford Evelyn Hollingsworth Ethel Kern Bertha Patterson Genevieve Mc Culloch Jane Anderson Marguerite Hammond Ruth Esther King and Mrs David Kvapil Claude Fratchey Leo Walrath Sam Giovanazzi Edward Koza Walter Fry Morgan Davis Thomas Doherty Bernard Wylder and Miss Dorothy Alice King of New York City.
Fred Canfield of Cedar Rapids former president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor and conciliator for the U S Department of Labor from 1922 to 1933 will speak for the Republican National Committee at a rally in Costello Park Minneapolis Minnesota Sunday afternoon September 13. News of the plan came from Chicago headquarters of the national committee. Canfield will discuss the national labor situation.
Anne Adams pattern 4169 offers a slim line house frock with center panel, yoke sleeves, and belt. Made in washable dimity, seersucker, gingham or perforated fabrics, sizes 16 to 46, with 35 1/2 yards of fabric for size 36. Instructions included and pattern book available. Send 15 cents for pattern, 25 cents for both pattern and book. Pattern Dept Cedar Rapids Gazette New York address provided.
Mrs. Cordelia Linder aged 88 died Friday after a long illness. Funeral services will be held in the Christian church with Rev. L G Potter in charge, time awaiting word from her son Ed in the west. She is survived by two sons Fred and Bert and two daughters Mrs George Wilkening and a daughter at home.
After thorough washing and drying a car can be given a beautiful luster with a piece of cheese cloth.
Kansas farmers will benefit from lower joint freight rates on cattle shipments from drought areas to fertile pastures and on cattle feed. Governor Landon secured approval from the Western Association of Railway Executives to pass rate savings to farmers, plus a drought relief committee to verify eligibility. The plan cuts cattle movement costs by 50 percent overall, with an 85 percent charge on initial shipments and 15 percent back to the farm, and imposes a 33 1 3 percent cut on feedstuffs into Kansas except for wheat and rye.
In Ringsted Senator Lester J. Dickinson argues the next Congress should repeal the reciprocal trade authority, claiming it would curb import flooding from abroad including Polish hams Irish bacon Argentine corn Canadian wheat and Canadian livestock. In Sibley Berry F Halden says Americans face a choice between private enterprise and government control, criticizing New Deal waste and regimentation.
Instructions describe making a timbales dish with a creamy sauce from butter flour and milk, then adding salt paprika pimentos and hard cooked eggs. Melt butter stir in flour, whisk in milk until thickened, then add remaining ingredients and cook three minutes. Serve with cucumber relish salad.
In Salt Lake City Dr. Karl Menninger described chronic alcoholism as a childish disease. He said cure comes only by patients "growing up" and identified two types, Joe Jitters and Henry Hangover, with the latter typically being handsome and popular before drinking began.
Mrs. Chester V. Anderson 24 waded into Fore River fully clothed to save her five year old son Chester and his friend eight year old Gerard Reed whose oarless boat drifted toward sea. She swam a mile to reach the craft then to shore, grabbing the stern and pulling it back with one arm as she propelled herself.
Topeka Governor Landon works on a Labor Day address as part of a presidential campaign effort. Roosevelt winds up the drought tour in Indianapolis. he lauds a sounder federal credit base at Springfield Illinois. Hoover plans speeches in New York and Denver to back Landon. Farley reports harmony in New York City Democratic organizations for the Roosevelt ticket. Knox questions public works' effectiveness in Waterville Maine. Lemke calls for stronger commodity exchange act and more storage to cover production costs plus fair profit.
Mrs Luma Rhodes Barnes wife of Daniel Barnes of Tipton died Friday morning in an Iowa City hospital after a brief illness. Born in Cedar County on April 16 1912 she is survived by her husband daughter Dorothy age 3 and her parents Mr and Mrs G Rhodes of Oxford.
Paris reports a cabinet meeting at Matignon to discuss a major reshuffle likely affecting the Washington and Berlin embassies. Andre de Laboulaye and Andre Francois Poncet are named as incumbents, with Francois de Tessan and Alexis Leger among likely successors to reshape German French rapprochement.
Miss Lillian Jackson sustained injuries after being struck by a car on Third Avenue and Second Street. Elmer A. Higley a lifelong city resident and pioneer family member died at 8:30 p.m. after pneumonia. Mrs Eliza Saum Peet is in St Luke's Hospital with a fractured hip from a fall. Miss Pearl Van Orsdel named voice instructor and girls' glee club director at Coe College.
Mrs E E Pinney summoned to Stanstead Canada by mother’s critical illness. Agnes Dillon departs for Twin Falls Idaho to take supervisor of physical training post. Alice King returns to Cedar Rapids from Boston. J S Bueno travels to Wheeling West Virginia to teach Spanish and chemistry. Arthur Meyer sustains a broken arm while cranking his car.
Sept 5 1906 Miss Charlotte Payneer physical education instructor at Coe college has returned from a European tour. John Booker an employee at the starch works was seriously injured when caught in machinery. At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Order of Railway Conductors M E Shepard of Philadelphia was elected assistant chief grand conductor. W H Boyce of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Twentieth Iowa Veterans association at the meeting in Davenport.
Miss Gertrude Williams of La Porte and Harley C Stebbins of Waterloo were married Wednesday at the Little Brown church near Nashua by Rev William Kent. Attending were Mr and Mrs Peter Welter of Waterloo. Mrs Stebbins is Pearl Williams daughter and graduated high school in 1924. Stebbins is son of Mrs Samuel Caldeel of Coggan and works as a telegraph operator for the Illinois Central railroad in Waterloo.
President Roosevelt arrives in Springfield amid a large demonstration and says U S government obligations are on a sounder basis of credit than ever. He telephoned Morgenthau on new financing, visits Lincoln tomb, and meets with Governor Horner and officials to discuss drought and politics.
Reports from Tipton La Porte City Palo Vinton Mechanicsville Vining Sigourney summarize local events. Re-elected Women’s Missionary society officers. Robbie Betts dies at five. Palo High elects officers and sponsors. Vinton gains additional federal sewage grant. Mechanicsville marks 95th Methodism anniversary. hay stack fire destroys thirty-five tons. Getty Dern dies at 69 with funeral in Mount Pleasant.
Linn county district court saw an eleventh hour surge in new law and equity actions by 5 p.m. Friday with fifty filings. Notable cases include Edythe A. Emberling seeking $10,000 from Ruth Emberling over alleged alienation of affection. Mac Auld suing John Yanda for a crash on First avenue. and multiple note and contract actions involving banks, trusts, and firms.
Dr H S Liddell of Cornell told the American Psychological Association that using a barnyard pig as material for studying human mental disease could help, noting that a restrained pig shows violent resistance and responses resembling temper, tantrum, and flight from reality in humans.
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