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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1932
Page
8
Social season returns with football and political activity. Cedar Rapids clubs host large gatherings as Mrs. Boynton and Mrs. Douglas host tea guests from Lake Forest Illinois. Luncheons, picnics, and teas are planned among local residents, with visits and hosting duties centered around Cedar Rapids and nearby Mount Vernon and Seattle visitors.
The coming week will see many local students leaving for college. Doris Cook and Elizabeth Carey will return to Vassar after brief stops in Chicago and New York. Dresser Hunting and Sturges Ely plan to go to Yale for their freshman year, roommates starting midweek.
A Cedar Rapids College club reception and musical program open the season at Hotel Roosevelt. Miss Katherine Bryan leads, with soprano Miss Blanche Krebs violinist Prof. Joseph Kitchin and accompanist Mrs. Flora McKay Kitchin. Hostesses include Mrs. John W. Miller and a long list of society members and families. Several local youths depart for studies and college rushes, with attendees heading to Iowa City, Ames, and Minneapolis for education and preparation.
The marriage of Miss Clarice Biddlecome daughter of Mrs Oscar Leonard Brown to John Teetzel King son of Mrs Dora King was solemnized Saturday at 8 p.m. at First Congregational church. The Rev Nelson C. Dreier read the service witnessed by relatives and a few friends. The bride wore a brown chiffon velvet gown and a matching turban with cream accessories and a shoulder bouquet of talisman roses. An informal reception and wedding supper followed at the bride’s mother's home 619 Second Avenue SW after which the couple left for their new life. Mrs King is a Washington high school graduate and attended junior college in Long Beach California. Mr King, also a Washington high school graduate, is employed at the McKesson Churchill company.
Mrs. George B. Douglas and her daughter Miss Barbara Douglas arrived home after a summer stay of over two months at their Charlevoix Michigan residence. They were joined for the weekend by Mr. and Mrs. George J. Jaeger Jr of Chicago. The party drove from Charlevoix on Thursday and spent Friday with the Jaegers in Chicago.
The Wednesday Card club begins its season with a luncheon and bridge at Mrs. E. H. Beaven's residence 1716 Bever Avenue SE. Members will gather midweek to start the schedule of meetings.
Mr and Mrs John B Northcott and daughter Louise of 2121 Mount Vernon avenue SE plan to depart early this week by car for Toronto Canada for a week or ten days. Mr Northcott will attend a Life Insurance Society convention in New York next weekend. From here Ray Moore and Lee Winterberg will join the Toronto meeting Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Clark Zeisel of Chicago are visiting in the home of Dr and Mrs F E Miller at 2505 Second Avenue SE this weekend. Zeisel is Mrs Miller s son.
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Everds of Ames are spending a vacation here with Mrs. Everds’ uncle and aunt, and Mrs. Everett Chandler.
The Beethoven Club begins a year of programs every other Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Chamber of Commerce hall, featuring Bach, Handl, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and a finale of American works. Officers and committee chairs are named, including president Mrs. Lucy Bushnell Ambroz and program chair Mrs. Ruth Ebling Massey. An audition for new members is set for Oct. 15. interested participants should notify Miss Frances Bailey.
Mrs W W Hamilton of 1400 Second Avenue SE returned Friday from the East where she had been away since last December after spending the summer at Kennebunk Beach Maine with her daughter Mrs Clifford Hubbell in Buffalo New York and stopping there briefly before returning home.
Mrs. W. H. Cleary of 399 Twenty second street SE hosts Mrs. D. D. Dempsey of Los Angeles a Cedar Rapids native. Mrs. Cleary accompanied her grandsons David and William Cleary who spent a month visiting and returned to Minneapolis Tuesday as Mrs. Dempsey arrived from California.
Mrs. E. E. Wilcox of Fort Dodge visiting Cedar Rapids friends along with Miss Margaret Wilcox who teaches in Mount Vernon are guests in the John B. Finney home at 1815 Washington avenue SE for the weekend. The Finneys will host their nephew William B. Hines from Yakima Washington for the coming week.
Mr and Mrs Van Vechten Shaffer and their daughters Ak and Susan 304 Nassau Street return Friday night from Trilight Park New York where they spent four weeks visiting Mrs Shaffer s mother Mrs J K Hayward.
Mr and Mrs Prank Witwer and daughter Ann of 320 Crescent Street SE returned Friday from a motor trip to Duluth and into Canada. They traveled through the national forest preserve and spent several days at Burnside Lake near Mol Minn and also visited in Bt Pa.
Seymour Jones of Burlington came to spend the weekend here as a guest of Mrs. John T. Hamilton at 1015.
The Kiwanis club hosts a fall Ladies Night barge party on the river starting Wednesday at 6 p.m. Dinner follows as the barge moves upriver. Dancing music and entertainment are planned. Guests include Robert O. Bickel and G Krebs with Clyde R. San.
The Business and Professional Women's club begins its season with a Tuesday meeting at Hotel Montrose Crystal room and launches a membership drive ending March 21 with a membership dinner. Losers eat beans while winners dine on chicken. Business chair Mae Aukerman and committee lead, professional chair Miss Leone Sutherland and team, plus Ida B Oakley to present the American Costume Revue after a 6:30 p.m. dinner.
The Wednesday Social club holds its first fall meeting at Mrs. W. D. Snouffer's home 1531 Washington avenue SE with a 1 pm picnic luncheon. Mrs. H. R. Alderman assists. members bring a covered dish. Mrs. R. C. Stevenson is the new president.
Alpha Xi Delta mothers plan a luncheon on Tuesday at 12 30 p m in the Alpha Xi Delta rooms at 1017 First Avenue East. Hostesses include Mrs J F McLaughlin chairwoman Mrs R H Thompson Mrs D O Evans Mrs Bert Haynes Mrs L L McKim and Mrs L W Dunlap. Members should call reservations to Mrs McLaughlin by Monday noon.
The Tri Delta Alliance will convene for the first fall meeting Tuesday evening at Miss Ella Johnsons residence 1809 Second Avenue SE. A 6 oclock dinner precedes a business session. Chairman A P Jenkins is assisted by Mrs Harold Rowe Mrs Clair W Tibbitts and Miss Louise Bouligny. Mrs LeRoy Wolff serves as social chairman.
The Monday Shakespeare club meets at 2:30 PM at Mrs. George Arduser's home on Avenue NE 1622. They will study Act I of Much Ado About Nothing in the session.
The Hesperian club will meet with Miss Jennie Post at 45 Eighteenth avenue SW on Monday night. Miss Post will also oversee the program for this first fall meeting.
Mrs Lillian Novotny departed on Thursday after spending time with Philip Hoyt, once a resident of the city.
Mrs C H Wilkins welcomed members as new regent of Ashley chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on September 10. Mrs D M Robertson was elected president of the American Legion auxiliary to Hanford Post No 5 at its latest meeting.
Mrs. C. Louis Meyer regional director of the national Junior League and Mrs. Leonard Manley president of the Sioux City chapter will arrive September 26 to visit the Cedar Rapids Junior Service League.
The East Side W C T U unit will convene Tuesday at 2 p.m. at 1553 E avenue NE. Leader will be Mrs. J H Rhoads and Rev. E F Austin of Calvary Baptist Church will speak.
The first regular meeting of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority Mothers club is scheduled at Mrs. J. L. Coon’s home 1722 Bever Avenue SE. The gathering on Thursday at 12:30 includes a luncheon with assistant hostesses Mrs. P. W. Jacobson Mrs. Robert Mateer Mrs. Dora Severin and Mrs. Jian Wilson.
The dramatic art department will host a breakfast on Wednesday at 12 at the Woman’s club home. Members may reserve with Mrs. Stanley F. Barta.
Before her marriage solemnized at Central Lutheran church in Minneapolis on August 31 Miss Ann M Rood daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Rood of Minneapolis and a Cedar Rapids school teacher. They will live in Cedar Rapids after October 1 at 1216 First Avenue East.
Theora Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs E S Smith 2223 B avenue NE wed George Hall son of Mr and Mrs M G Hall of Centerville Saturday morning at 11 The ceremony was conducted by Rev F H Shedd in Waterloo The couple will reside at 521 West Dayton Madison after October 1 with Mr Hall to finish university studies Theora taught English in Springville High School and is Coe College alumna The wedding drew several out of town guests including Chester and Margaret Hall and Mary Frances Shedd
Miss Kathryn Hefner entertained at a surprise farewell party Friday evening for Miss Vivian Ives who sails to Minneapolis for school this week. Former classmates attended. Bridge prizes went to Miss Ives, Miss Helen Hughes, and Miss Eleanor Crowley. Others present included Gertrude Conrad Sepha Embree Dorothy Hahn and several more.
Mrs Arnold Ahlgren entertained a Friday afternoon bridge gathering at her home 1119 Third Avenue SW. Prizes went to Mrs Arthur Redel and Mrs Harold Babcock, with attendees including Mesdames Bay Ireland Ardel Borschel Kenneth Diehl Julian Hupp J Gordon Keyes Ernest Woodford Norman Barr Russell C Schroeder and Miss Betty Taylor.
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. King of Belle Plaine celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. The pair are former residents of 1835 Fourth Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Leamon of 1831 Blake boulevard SE left Saturday for a three weeks journey to the West Coast with stops planned in Los Angeles and San Francisco and places between. They will return via Denver and Salt Lake City.
Kappa Delta alumnae will host a buffet supper at the home of Mrs. Arthur Barlow located at 2520 Bever Avenue SE. The event will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs Frederick A Safely of 518 Seventeenth Street NE hosted a birthday surprise party Wednesday for her sister Miss Tim Smith. Prizes for games went to Mrs R A Smith, Mrs Luke McBride and Miss Dessie McBride. Attendees included Miss Jewell Monson, Martha Rompotl, Hazel Dahl, Jessie Strang, Ruth Williams, Betty Chapman, Dessie McBride, Clarice Roth, June Smith, Marilyn Dee Safely, Shirley Mae Smith, Hattie Stancel, and Mesdames Edwin L Smith, L R McBride and H Leo Damge.
Dean Merrill Ring, son of Judge H. C. Ring, celebrated his sixth birthday with a Saturday party at 2508 Bever avenue SE attended by sixteen friends. Nevin Nichols led games, favors were given, and refreshments served. Guests included Katherine and Margaret Bongrove, Richard Selvie, Charles Currell, Tom Phelps, John Drabelle, Jimmy Barlow, Nancy Blaise, Donnie Chadima, Tommy Pickford, John Stepanek, Howard Unzeilig, Larry Johnson, Nancy Averill, Dudley Averill, and David Ring.
Mrs. C. W. Whipple welcomed attendees at 2325 Meadowbrook Drive SE Friday afternoon. Members discussed suggestions and plans for the coming year and voted on them. A tea followed the business meeting with table arrangements and refreshments in green and gold. Thirty members attended.
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club Current Events Dept will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m at the club home to elect a chairman and a leader for the year to fill vacancies from the resignations of Mrs C A Rumble and Mrs Lillian Crone.
Mercy hospital auxiliary is asked to meet at the hospital on Wednesday at 9 30 a m for an all day sewing event. Members should bring their own sandwiches and coffee will be provided.
Mrs W H Blakely of Winona Til is visiting her mother Mrs F Dellit at 1831 Blake Boulevard.
The Martha Marquis circle of Coe college hosted a Saturday noon picnic at Bever park for faculty members and their families marking the annual gathering. The circle, made up of faculty wives, was aided by Wesley F. Kubichek and several named volunteers including Mrs. Alfred W. Meyer, Mrs. Vernon Lichterstein, Mrs. E. J. Petry, Mrs. Stanley Wesely, and Mrs. W. Bryant.
The Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold its annual installation of officers next Saturday evening in the Consistory building with dancing to follow. Elected officers include Annie Laura Davidson Marion as worthy advisor and Marion Hepner as worthy associate advisor, with several others named from Marion and Fairfax. The choir will be led by Frances Danberg with Verle Breed as pianist, and a list of choir members is provided.
Miss May Frick remains in India after a journey through the Far East lasting over a year. Letters from friends reveal she spent the entire summer in India with headquarters at Jubbulpore and visiting Kodaikanal, South India, after a prior stop in the Philippines. Beyer expected to travel to the Land.
Suase Abieonn ties todhaenn cage and two months in Cedar Rapids with Mr and Mrs C H Brittin 125 Thirty fourth street NE Mrs Hill is Mrs Brittin s mother Mr and Mrs Brittin are spending Sunday in Galesburg Ill with Mr and Mrs M M Skinner
The Minerva chapter of Delphian will meet at the usual hour Monday at the Chamber of Commerce.
The Acorn club will meet with Mrs Vernon Marsh on Memorial drive Wednesday afternoon.
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