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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
13
At the first P T A council meeting of the year Tuesday afternoon F A Carstens spoke on Every Child A Good Citizen. Mrs Neely Hill announced that all presidents and vice presidents of local units become council members and listed committee chairmen and members.
On the eve of their wedding Frances Louise Eby and Johnson Colton Greedy attend a bridal dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Don Barnes at 308 Nassau Street SE. The ceremony is set for 8 30 p m at First Presbyterian Church with a 26 member bridal party and guests from Cedar Rapids Chicago Des Moines Eldora Fairfield Waterloo and Des Moines.
Entertaining Friday evening at their home Mr and Mrs Ramsey at 1753 B avenue NE will compliment their son Dr James D Ramsey of Grundy Center and his bride elect Miss Geraldine Donahue of Tipton whose wedding will take place Saturday in Tipton. Guests include Mr and Mrs W J Donahue of Tipton and their son Duane.
Mrs Richard Lord hosted a Friday luncheon at 30 Blake ter SE Cedar Rapids in compliment to her daughter Mrs Marvin Gillham of Los Angeles who is spending several weeks in town. Sewing club members attended including Mrs M F Bates of Duluth visiting her daughter Mrs H R Taylor and a Taylor of 2338 Blake boulevard.
Mrs. Scott McIntyre hosted a surprise dinner Thursday at 627 Cottage Grove Avenue SE for her husband Scott McIntyre on his birthday. Guests were colleagues from the McIntyre company office force.
Suzanne Salter daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester D Salter hosted a Friday afternoon birthday party at their 503 Knollwood Drive SE home. Refreshments were served on the lawn and guests included Anne Selden Sandra Schenefelt Nancy Soboda Ann Wadsworth Joyce Libal Joan Johnston Sheryl Chehak Joan Brandt Joan Newton Joyce Skinner Marilyn Houser Marybel Killian Jane Hickenlooper Dorothy Ratner.
Miss Rosemary Royce ends a week with her sister Mrs. V Craven Shuttleworth at 1801 Second avenue SE and departs Friday for Eau Claire Wisconsin where she teaches at Eau Claire State Teachers College.
Mr and Mrs Amor H Sargent of 2237 Washington avenue SE returned after a week visiting their daughter Mrs George Karch, Mr Karch, and their children in Cleveland Ohio.
Miss Agnes E Murray of Santa Monica travels for a long visit with her brother Dr. Frederick G Murray at 1829 B Avenue NE. The Murray family plans several months together.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Barlow of 2520 Bever Avenue SE have returned home after a ten day vacation at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
Mrs B B Hickenlooper of 365 Park Terrace SE will entertain her bridge club Friday evening at her home after dinner at the Country Club. Covers will be laid for eight.
Mrs. Lou Hruska of Dubuque is visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Welch at 2300 First Avenue NW.
Miss Gladyce Getz and Miss Elsie Tefer depart for a two week vacation visiting the San Francisco world’s fair, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Reno Nevada with plans to tour notable sites and return refreshed.
Mr and Mrs St Roberts of Williamsburg announce the marriage of their daughter Winifred to Don E Hite of Cedar Rapids. The ceremony occurred Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Ottumwa with Rev Charles R Lawrence officiating. Attendants were Evelyn Hoppe and John Stark. The bride wore grotto blue. The couple will reside at the Fliermans apartment Cedar Rapids where Mr Hite works at the Honeymead plant.
Miss Lois Teeters of St Louis Missouri leaves Friday morning to return home after a three week visit with her sister Mrs David Elderkin and Mr Elderkin at 2417 D avenue NE.
Officers of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Masonic hall to present a ceremony for parents and friends. Refreshments will be served. New officers meet at 1 p.m. for practice.
The Mill Burn family held its fourth reunion on Labor Day at Bever Park with 66 attendees. A picnic dinner preceded a business meeting where officers elected included Russell Millburn as president Charles Millburn as vice president Charles VanNote as treasurer and Minnie Martin as secretary. A program featured guitar selections by Betty Young Norma Sorensen and Lois Starr and Laura Martin gave a reading. Next year’s reunion will again be at Bever Park on Labor Day.
Miss Marie Kipler was honored at a kitchen shower Tuesday evening hosted by Miss Irene Phelps at 2126 Wilson Avenue SW. Pink, white and blue decorations set the festive tone with guests Rita Spaight Mary Jane Klassen Marilyn Cusack Jane Dorman Betty Ann Klimes Rita Marie Power Mary Phelps and Mrs Phelps and Mrs Hugh Phelps jr in attendance.
A luncheon and canned goods shower honored Miss Katherine Stark at the Commonwealth tea room. Mrs. Duane D. Blackwell of St. Louis praised Stark who will marry William G Isom on September 16. Blackwell visits the Wilson family home at 2303 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE for ten days. Attending were Miss Mary O Boyle, Miss Lorraine Stevens of Milwaukee, Miss Lydia Ann Court right, Miss Martha Beardsley, Mrs. William S Wherry II, and Miss Elizabeth Clark.
The opening meeting of the NCCW deanery will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Walker high school auditorium. About sixty Cedar Rapids women are expected to attend. Mrs. E. C. Goslin will be installed as deanery president, with Mrs. J. H. Bormann retiring. Mrs. T E Marshall will supervise transportation, and attendees from Cedar Rapids and Marion may call for rides. Committee chairmen will report and the program will be planned.
Mr and Mrs F C Langhurst announce the marriage of their daughter Lillian to John O Wessale son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wessale of Cedar Rapids. The ceremony was May 12 at St Pauls Evangelical parsonage Kahoka Missouri with Rev G O Mortenson officiating. Wessale, Phi Tau Sigma Tau Beta Phi graduate of University of Town, will join his wife in Pasadena California where he holds an aeronautics assistantship at Caltech.
Mr and Mrs Mike Nunn hosted a Wednesday evening gathering at their Belmont Parkway home for relatives honoring cousins Mr and Mrs Virgil Speakman of Hammond Indiana who planned to leave Thursday after a Iowa vacation. A lawn picnic dinner featured a long table and musical entertainment by Speakman and Dusil family members.
Mrs Lloyd Struchen was honored at a stork shower hosted by Mrs George Samuelson at 1121 Eleventh Street NW. Bingo prizes went to Mrs Harry Cooper Mrs Ed Upson and Miss Dora Lee Struchen with many local ladies and the Struchen family in attendance.
Mrs E P Ristedt hosts a buffet supper at her home 1962 First Avenue E for the W J Browns twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Guests include members of their cooking clubs and their husbands. also present are Mr and Mrs Harrison E Spangler Mr and Mrs Frank C Byers Mr and Mrs David Turner Dr and Mrs David E Beardsley and Mrs Sue Witwer Luburger.
Members of the Business and Professional Women's club will welcome guests Friday at the Bungalow of the Light company. Hostesses honor Miss E Joanna Hagey and Mrs Opal Holloway before their move to California. Mrs Holloway retires as second vice president and Miss Hagey is a charter member. Officers and board members will supervise arrangements.
Mrs. Martha Steffens of Chicago Heights Illinois announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Miranda formerly of Cedar Rapids to Howard Meek of Shellsburg Iowa. The wedding is planned for early fall. Miss Steffens is a graduate of St. Louise's hospital school of nursing and has been on private duty at Chicago Heights hospital. Mr. Meek is a farmer.
Mr and Mrs Anthony T Pleune of 1946 Bever avenue SE returned Tuesday from visits with relatives in Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and Cadillac. They attended a Pleune family reunion last Sunday at Rev Peter H Pleune's cottage on Black Lake near Holland Michigan in Louisville Kentucky.
Sundberg as secretary and Mrs Arthur Norman as treasurer report on the year theme Growth Through Useful Service. Mrs Holvenstot notes the health clinic held last May with 42 children examined. A special fathers night is planned for November with date to be announced. Hygiene and parent education classes will be held in the board of education building.
The Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Lynn G. Swaney’s home 2053 B avenue NE. Miss Wilma Myers will report on the national convention she attended this summer at the Essex and Sussex hotel Spring Lake Beach New Jersey.
The Iowa State and Iowa University chapters of Pi Kappa Alpha will entertain rushees Friday evening at Vincent Lowell's cottage at the Palisades.
The Chicago North Western Women’s Club met at YWCA rooms on Wednesday. Mrs. Stanley Melsh was elected chairman of mutual service. The annual rummage sale is planned for Oct 13 at 1122 Third Street SE with Mrs. Harold D. Hess as chairman. The prize went to Mrs. Hottel and officers served refreshments.
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