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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1937
Page
17
Harriett Swain reports on Moss Bernice Reynolds who completed her first year at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and recalls the iron lung used to save patients. Reynolds recounts how currents failed and how artificial respiration kept a child alive during the process.
Historical notes recount Coe College coeducation 100 years ago with private rooms for two female students, shared furnishings, and a basemen dining hall open to all. Belle Stewart McKee is cited as Coe’s first woman graduate, earning BA in 1884 and MA in 1887, later teaching Latin and mathematics. The piece mentions early graduates Ars Armstrong and Park Thornton and references Oberlin and Parsons institutes as roots of Coe Collegiate traditions.
Miss Joyvee B. MacLean daughter of Mr and Mrs J A MacLean and Stuart S Forbes son of Mrs J H Forbes were wed Friday at 8 pm in the First Congregational church. Rev George E Hunt officiated. Reception followed at the MacLean home with fifty guests.
Organ recitals by Eleanor Taylor resume at 5:30 PM Sundays in the First Presbyterian church with a program including Gothic Suite and other works. The East Side W C T U meets at 402 A Avenue NW Tuesday at 2 PM with reports, departments, and installation of local officers. Miss Helen Narber leaves for Mankato MN to join State Teachers College faculty. engagement of Helen Hanna to Chester Dunlap announced. wedding set for Oct 2 at the bride’s home.
The Westwood Community club will hold its September meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs A C Nievas 1115 Hillside Drive NW. Mr and Mrs Joseph Skala announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Hattie Therese to William George Neff son of Mrs Mary Agnes Neff 1310 Avenue NE. The wedding is planned for Sept 22. Miss Etta Henson has returned from Chicago after studying at top dance studios attended the Chicago Association of Dancing Masters convention Aug 22 to 28 and was at Martha Raye's birthday party at the College Inn.
Miss Gayle Schroeder, bride elect to William P. Whipple, was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Miss Phoebe Jane Nemecek at her 1738 Fourth Avenue SE home. Guests included relatives and friends from Monona and Brainerd, Minnesota. The event featured a yellow green white color scheme and a centerpiece of asters.
Miss Marjorie Hoffmann daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Hoffmann of Maquoketa wed Clifford W Hamblin son of Mr and Mrs H Hamblin of Mason City Thursday at 9 in the home of Rev J A Mullen Sacred Heart parish. The reception followed with a green and fold decoration theme and a three tier cake. Out of town guest Mrs H Hamblin and daughter Irene of Mason City attended.
Cedar Rapids Girl Reserve program to start in the week of Sept. 20 with junior high clubs three per school and one high school club. Two Negro clubs will meet at the Y W C A with adult volunteer advisers. The year theme Charting a New Course guides units from September through August with monthly adviser meetings and planned trips and activities.
At the Lutheran church in Ryan a double wedding united Miss Freda Gienapp of Ryan and Mr John Gerjets of Monticello with Miss Wilma Stark of Hopkinton and Mr Ernest Gienapp, witnessed by relatives and friends. Attendants included Ruby Green, Fred Gienapp, Wilma Gienapp, and La Verne Stark. The Rev EE Seast officiated and a dinner followed at the Gienapp home near Jesup.
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