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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1941

Page

14

Mary Ellen Dennis to Give Piano Recital at Woman's Club

Mary Ellen Dennis 14 in 10B at Roosevelt High will perform a piano recital this evening at 8 at the Woman's Club auditorium 1110 Second Avenue SE. Eleanor Houts trains her. Joan Yessler soprano and Betty Jean Stephenson accompanist also appear. program includes Bach Beethoven Chopin MacDowell works. The event is open to the public.

Coe College Music Department Eleanor Houts Mary Ellen Dennis Louis D. Dennis O Avenue NW Woman's Club Second Avenue SE Mary Ellen Roosevelt High School Camp Fire Girl Reserve Mozart Club Eleanor Svoboda Hilborn First Presbyterian Sunday School Joan Yessler J. A. Yessler Oberlin College Joan Helen Kacena Stark Betty Jean Stephenson Grace Swab

Monticello Couple Plans Wed Amid Holidays

The Rev and Mrs Paul T Gutknecht of Monticello announce the engagement of Elsa Ruth Gutknecht of Lewiston Idaho to Clark Matthiessen son of Mrs Lillian Matthiessen of Monticello The wedding will be held at St John s Lutheran church during the Christmas holidays Also notes on local society events and visits.

Monticello Paul T. Gutknecht Elsa Ruth Lewiston Ida Clark Matthiessen Lillian Matthiessen Miss Gutknecht Lewiston State Normal School Matthiessen Kooskia St. John Donald Dreibelbis S. H. Schneider

Bain Family Welcomes Returning Sailor At Home

Arthur A. Bain, a radio man third class in the United States Navy, and Miss Mabel Bain, after a Chicago visit with their brother Edward and Mrs. Bain, will return home today on a 30 day furlough to 1516 C Avenue NE. Their father Benjamin L. Bain is noted as a Navy graduate.

Arthur A. Bain Mabel Bain Chicago Edward Bain

Miss Glena Lorene Coppersmith Weds Donald J Doyle

Miss Glena Lorene Coppersmith and Donald J Doyle were married at the bride’s home on August 30. Rev J T Bloom officiated the single ring ceremony. Attendants were Vernon Mills and his wife. They will live on a farm between Sioux Rapids and Spencer.

Glenn Coppersmith Glena Lorene Donald J. Doyle M. F. Doyle Sioux Rapids J.T. Bloom The Christian Church Vernon Mills Spencer

Forecast of Events Across Iowa Gatherings and Contests

A dense list of events across Iowa including a field trial near Postville, a Baptist retreat in Iowa Falls, and an Iowa Library association meeting in Ames. Other items cover soil and agricultural meetings, gas school in Ames, insurance agents convention in Cedar Rapids, golf and homemaker meetings in Monticello, and club events in Decorah and Davenport. The schedule features talks by notable figures, regional tuberculosis conferences, and sport contests from tracks to corn festivals.

Postville Decorah Allamakee Howard Winneshiek State Department Northeastern Iowa District Association Marion—Soil Conservation New Linn County Conservation District Memorial Hall Ames Midwest Gas Association Engineering Extension Service Iowa State College Cedar Rapids Towa Association of Insurance Agents Montrose Hotel Monticello Jones County Waterloo Tom Collins Kansas City Eldora Hardin County Congregational Church Davenport Tri-City Lenda Hand Club

Navratil Surprised on Sixteenth Birthday Party

Bob Navratil, son of Mrs. Albin Navratil, was surprised Friday at his home on his sixteenth birthday by friends Frances Fiala Delores Polansky Mary Ann Melennovsky Patricia Kopecky Helen Durek Arlene Klekar Betty Jane Kvach Albcin Ann Navratil James Henningson Victor Capek Don Harrelson Ralph Houser Edward Klekar and Joseph Vos. Games and dancing marked the evening.

Bob Navratil Albin Navratil Third Street Frances Fiala Delores Polansky Mary Ann Me

Dorothy Evelyn Clark Weds James F. Kitzman in 1941 Ceremony

Frank Clark of Cedar Rapids announces the marriage of his daughter Dorothy Evelyn to James F. Kitzman son of Mr and Mrs Fred Kitzman What Cheer. The couple wed January 4 1941 at Lancaster Missouri with Rev J M Walton officiating at the Christian parsonage. Prospective members hosted by Y W C A Business Girls league in Commonwealth. Attendees included many named local women.

What Cheer Frank Clark Cedar Rapids Dorothy Evelyn James F. Kitzman Fred Kitzman Lancaster J. M. Walton Christian Parsonage Business Girls' League of the Commonwealth Agnes Dusek Evelyn Fillmore Faith Whitman Winfred Perkins Ivadel Cleal Marcella Gibbons Lorraine Fensterer Helen M. Page Velma Bees Gladys Zach Mary Jo Connell Zula Cacek Jeanette Pape Ethel Brooks Viola Barnes Wilma Shoup Dorothy Pratt Margaret Brownlie Leona Novak

Laura Samuelson Celebrates Seventieth Birthday Party

Mrs Laura Samuelson was surprised on her seventy third birthday with a party at the home of her daughter Mrs Elmer Cejka 539 Eighth street SW Thursday evening A group of friends and relatives attended including Mesdames Hines Mosberg Peterson Anderson Yanacek Johnson Peterson McNamara Anderson and Karen Sue George Samuelson and Mary Way coff of Fairfax played bingo Hostesses were Misses Christine Louise and Helen Samuelson daughters of the honoree

Laura Samuelson Elmer Cejka Eighth Street Anna Hines Lillian Mosberg Magnolia Peterson O. ¥. Anderson Verma ‘Yanacek Charles Johnson William E. Peterson Ralph McNamara Sigfred Anderson Karen Sue Geroge Samuelson Mary Waycoff Fairfax Christine, Louise Helen Samuelson

Wisconsin Association Picnic Set for Sept 14

The eighth Linn county Wisconsin association picnic will be held next Sunday at Thomas Park in Marion. Dinner at 12:30 p.m. Invites all former Wisconsin residents now living in Linn county. Attendees should bring a covered dish and sandwiches. coffee provided by the committee.

Linn county-Wisconsin Association Thomas Park Marion Wisconsin Linn County

Doris McNall Birthday Party Noted by Family

Twenty four girls attended Doris McNall ninth birthday party hosted by her mother Mrs. Edgar McNall at 370 Woodland Drive SE. The event featured pastel asters and white tapers on the porch table, back to school favors, and a peanut hunt on the lawn. A Society for the Hard of Hearing meeting is planned for Thursday at 7 30 p m at 12614 Third Street with old members and new volunteers invited.

Doris McNall Edgar McNall Woodland Drive Society For the Hard of Hearing

Bridal shower for Bernice Mae Wilson hosted in Mrs. Cooper’s home

The shower for Miss Bernice Mae Wilson, bride elect of Merle Ullrick, was hosted at Mrs. Harry Cooper's home 120 Ninth Street NW with 25 guests. Mrs. Glenn Keller won the bingo grand prize as hostesses used a pastel color scheme.

Harry Cooper I. Jo Kent C. E. Kent Mrs. Cooper Ninth Street NW Bernice Mae Wilson Merle Ullrick Glenn Keller

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Massenet Amy Worth Toan Chopin SCO Mendelssohn White Peacock Griffes Johann Strauss Praeludium MacDowell MacDowell Waterlily Esac San Diego Pearl Harbor Hawaii Benjamin Bains Benjamin, Jr Navy Alpha Gamma Delta Grace Brownell National Robert Klindera U. S. N. Pensacola W. H. Cochran Tenth Avenue E. S Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Thompson Photo Sterners Cleveland L. S. Richardson West Coast W. H. Richardson Jean Charles Sterner Sixteenth Street Ronald B. Moore Women’s Association of the First Congregational Church William A. Jacobs Kenneth W. Reid E. N. Wood COE Iowa Librarians’ Association Betty H. Pritchett Elizabeth Windsor Dee College Pritchett W. C. Henning San Francisco San Jose Los Angeles Miss Sullivan Betty Ann Sullivan Avenue NW Arthur Bain BUDGE Third Ave Dempsey's Werkman M. Hastings Buckner Dempsey Miss Coppersmith Prece Kenmore Club Iowa City Independence East Central Des Moines Charles A. Lindbergh America First Committee Coliseum Marengo Winneshiek County Sheep and Wool Growers Association van Horne Raymond R. Sayre Women’s Committee Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Benton County Home Project Lutheran Church Wilson Hill Park Stanwood John Vavra Bill McPartland Paramount Creer Ag Ohio Vietin Vielin King Band Bradbitt-Taylor Music Co First Avenue Lytor Dorothy Clark James Kitzman Business Girls’ League Wisconsin Association Avenue SW Lasswell Studio Std Ave Gregor Brown Gladstones Zipper E. A. Kriz & Son Emil G. Kriz Leather Goods First Street SE New York Fur Salon Martin
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