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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1940
Page
10
The town recounts superstitions and oddities from a Friday the Thirteenth. Ladders near a cafe drew pedestrians to walk beneath them while workmen repaired a sign. Other items include a flag search in Bertram, a car theft scare, and locals noting quirky events.
A long list of students from the area will leave for colleges and universities across the country this month. Names include Miss Mary Shaffer Shipley school Bryn Mawr Pa, Max Widmer Harvard, Wilfred Kluss Harvard, Miss Jean and Joan Newburger Smith College, Miss Tamar Meister Lake Forest College, Miss Leah Arne Frances Shimer Mount Carroll Ind, Phyllis Sheehy and siblings Ann Arbor Michigan, Miss Pamela Shackell St Katharine's Davenport, Mary McMillian University of Chicago, Don Kessler Northwestern, Marilyn Siebke Lindenwood, Miss Rebecca Hallman Grinnell, Miss Sarah Messenger Grinnell, Miss Wilferene Konecny University of Minnesota, Miss Mary Catherine and Mary Jane Bormann Clarke College Dubuque, John F Bormann Marquette University, Francis F. Allen Alameda Calif, Eleanor Valliere Dubuque Sisters of Charity end.
Miss Shirley Jerome departs this evening for Des Moines after vacationing with her parents Mr and Mrs H N Jerome of 1701 Seventh Avenue SE Last week the Jeromes visited Lake Okoboji where Mrs Jerome won a prize for the week largest black bass weighing four pounds fourteen ounces
The Cedar Rapids Garden Club begins its fall series with a talk by John Fitzsimmons of Ames Iowa State College on Landscape Gardening. The 10 am Wednesday meeting in the Memorial Building assembly room is free and open to all interested, with Mrs Bruce McKay presiding.
Miss Janet Lothian will marry Leon E Fuller Jr at the First Congregational Church Cedar Rapids on Sept 28 at 830 pm Rev W A Jacobs to perform the ceremony The Lothians will host a reception at the Roosevelt Hotel with a maid of honor Ann Gaylee and matron of honor Mrs Wade Patterson The bridal party includes bridesmaids Maurene Munger Valerie Keneeny Marian Bushy and Mrs J R Buss Best man will be Jacques Fuller Ushers include Sam Hedges William O Gray Robert Smith and Wade Patterson.
Health education holds a luncheon and bridge party Thursday at 1 30 p m at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Reservations due Tuesday evening with Mrs J L O Whitcomb or Mrs W R Armstrong. Chorus audition Tuesday 9 30 am at the en house. rehearsal after 1. Home Garden club luncheon Wednesday at 1 pm at Killian's tea room. Alaska and flowers photos by Mrs A E Chase.
Elaine Benson of 1812 Blake boulevard SE will entertain twelve friends at a breakfast party at her home this morning before she departs Monday for Ames Iowa to begin as a sophomore at Iowa State College majoring in textiles and home economics.
The Newcomers' club schedules a Wednesday reception and style show from 2 to 4 30 p.m. in the Crystal ballroom at the Montrose hotel. The ten member executive committee will host and greet attendees. Music will accompany the event followed by refreshments in the Java room.
Miss Jeanetta Hatfield heads Chi Omega rushing events with a bright red dress and hat as she leans by a chapel tree. Other campus rushees include Miss Mary Kay Fiebig in tan and white for Alpha Gamma Delta and Miss Naoma Hall in red and black for Delta Delta Delta parties.
Janet Murray and John C. Fiske were married in a ceremony at the Murray residence with a wedding dinner for guests. The bride wore dark blue velvet and a Juliet cap, and the groom's party included Redington Fiske Jr. The couple plan to live in New York City after attending Columbia and Harvard alumni circles.
Miss Jane Elizabeth Sigmund of Waubeek became bride of William Clayton Cooper at Grace Episcopal Church Cedar Rapids in a dawn ceremony. The couple, led by the bride’s brother James Sigmund and best man Ross Cooper, plan a Louisa home wedding reception and trip after the ceremony. The bride wore a blue velveteen suit with white lace and gardenia corsage. the groom is a Penick and Ford employee.
A moonlight hayride for young people gathered at Hal Marshall’s home 305 Crescent street SE. After the ride the group, joined by Miss Eveta Vondracek, stopped at Dysart’s for refreshments. Attendees included Jane Ann Grayston Ellen Montgomery Ellen Jeanes Jerry McKeely Peggy McIlrath Norma Lou Haegg Norma Jean Bedell Jacqueline Glasier Marlene Arons Suzanne Wilkinson Betty Louise Nolting Barbara Hillock Betty Jo Wilhelm Delores Harley Patty Fortune Ted Waegner Bob Safely Bob Mills Jack McPartland David Rapoport George Liddle George Lenzen Rollo Pickford Duane Adesen Bob Rasdal Richard Albright Gordon Ramsey Roy Stodpers Jack Wetzel and Hal Marshall.
The Beethoven music club will inaugurate its twentieth year with a Thursday 10 am meeting at the Y W C A rooms led by president Mrs E J North. The program chair Miss Josephine Batchelder outlines topics on English and French music Mendelssohn Schubert Schumann Chopin and opera Orfeo and Eurydice. The group fosters music interests and socializes local musicians.
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