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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1935

Page

6

Linen shower honors Miss Moore before wedding

Miss Jane La Plante hosts at 2118 Blake Boulevard SE this evening for Miss Betty Moore with guests including Mrs Ronald Evans and Mrs Virginia Turner. Moore wedding to Frank Davis of Des Moines planned Saturday. Evans to stay with Turner family at 301 Twenty third Street Drive SE until month end. Edith Knox hosts hosiery shower and bridge at 350 Pleasant Drive SE Monday night with twelve guests.

Jane la Plante Blake Boulevard Betty Moore Frank Davis Des Moines Ronald Evans Virginia Turner Evans Miss Moore Sue Payneer Edith Knox Inez Deacon Margaret Sundberg Edwyn Clapp Maiss Rosemary Roth Louise Porter Audrey Lea Ivins Caroline Katharine van Meter Helen Munns Mary Gage Modesta Kelley Virginia Knox Virginia Cavin Barbara Bloomhall Frances Westerfield Pleasant Drive

Farewell Party for Cedar Rapids Guest and Local Weddings

Mrs. Louis Hruska hosted a luncheon honoring Mrs. Eliza beth Hasek of Cedar Rapids who will soon travel to Florida and Mrs. Nannett Baker bound for California. June Hyland and Hazel Thompson assisted. flowers brightened the table as gifts were given. Charles Sundberg leaves for Flint after visiting his mother. he served as best man at the Ames wedding of Miss Eleanor Dannett and Robert Hammer. Charles Whipple was an usher. Dannett a former Coe student and beauty queen. Hammer is the son of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Hammer of Ames.

Louis Hruska Tama Elizabeth Hasek Cedar Rapids Florida Nannett Baker California June Hyland Hazel Thompson Charles Sundberg Flint Mich A. E. Sundberg Fourth Street Mr. Sundberg Arctic Dairy Products Company Iowa Eleanor Dannett Robert H. Hammer Ames Charles Whipple C. W. Whipple Meadowbrook Drive Miss Dannett Coe College Coe Mr. Hammer B. W. Hammer

Kirkland Wests Leave For Davenport And Pittsburgh

The Rev D Kirkland West and Dr Helen Fraser West depart Monday for Davenport guests of Bruce A West and Mrs West. They will visit Rev Mr Wests parents for a week then go to Pittsburgh to spend the rest of the year with Dr Wests relatives. The Wests are on furlough from the mission field in Weihsein China.

D. Kirkland West Helen Fraser West Davenport

Aunt Het Delivers Wry Food Ration Joke

Aunt Het remarks that the only balanced ration for the young was waiting for the second table and eating the leftovers, delivering a wry bite about postwar feeding.

Mrs Groim Returns From Clear Lake Stay

Mrs John Mc Grimm of 852 Fourth Avenue SE has returned from the Grimms summer home on Clear Lake after spending two and a half months there.

John Mc Grimm Fourth ‘Avenue Grmms Clear Lake

Iveses Return From Minneapolis Visit

Mr and Mrs W B Ives of 122 Eighteenth Street N have returned from a trip to Minneapolis where they visited their daughter Mrs Harrison Barnes and Mr Barnes. Vivian Ives stayed longer in Minneapolis.

W .B. Ives Eighteenth Street N Minneapolis Teir Harrison Barnes Mr Barnes Vivian Ives

Local Residents Take Short Trips Between Cities

Mrs. Edna Barrett Jackson of 2342 Grande Avenue SE is spending the week in Chicago. Miss Jenna Strahan of the same address was a weekend visitor in Chicago.

Edna Barrett Jackson Grande Avenue Chicago Jenna Strahan Grande Avenue SE

Modern Reading club opens fall with luncheon meeting

The Modern Reading club will hold its first fall meeting on Wednesday after a 1 pm luncheon at Mrs. Edward H. Kane’s home, 1628 Wildwood Drive NE. Mrs. E. J. North assists the hostess. Mrs. C. V. Lehman reviews Franz Werfel’s The Forty Days Of Musa Dagh. 1935-36 president is Mrs. William Kinderknecht with officers Mrs. Wilbur D. Kennedy, vice-president. Mrs Robert Armstrong, secretary. Mrs. Kane, treasurer.

Modern Reading Club Edward H. Kane Wildwood Drive E. J. North C. V. Lehman Franz Werfel Musa Dagh William Kinderknecht Wilbur D. Kennedy Robert Armstrong Kane

Ardith Anderson Leaving for Seattle in Honor

Miss Gail Hunnicutt hosted a dinner Saturday night at 210 Twentieth Street NE honoring Ardith Anderson who departs Friday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Anderson to make her home in Seattle Washington. Guests included Pauline O’Connor Mary E. Hardiman Jean Engleman Frances Halgren Christine Mull Mary K. Carns and Anna Mae Dunlop.

Gail Hunnicutt Twentieth Street Ardith Anderson A. C Anderson Ridgewood Terrace Seattle Wash Misses Anderson Pauline O'Connor Mary E. Hardiman Jean Engleman Frances Halgren Christine Mull Mary K. Carns Anna Mae Dunlop

Kiwanis Ladies Plan Picnic Luncheon At Bever Park

The Kiwanis Ladies club schedules a picnic luncheon Wednesday at 1 pm at the Bever park large pavilion with Miss Alma Hartz of the Public Health Nursing association as guest speaker. All wives of Kiwanians invited. In rain the luncheon moves to Mrs Ralph Bostwick’s home at 2052 Bever avenue SE.

Kiwanis Ladies’ Club Bever Park Alma Hartz The Public Health Nursing Association Ralph Bostwick Bever Avenue

Miss Arlene Ebling Heads to West Coast Visit

Miss Arlene Ebling of 3016 Center Point Road NE leaves Monday for San Francisco to stay a few weeks with her Aunt Miss Grace Herold. En route home she will visit Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

Arlene Ebling Center Point Road San Francisco Grace Herold Los Angeles Santa Monica

Cedar Rapids Concert Group Board Meeting Tonight

The Cedar Rapids Concert association board meets at 7:30 PM in Marshall Hall at Coe College. Plans for the 1935 86 season will be made and a new president will be elected.

The Cedar Rapids Concert Association Marshall Hall Coe College

P E O Sisterhood Delegage Returns from Yellowstone Trip

Mrs Arthur L Bye of 1571 Second Avenue SE was expected back Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday after attending the thirty second biennial convention of the supreme chapter of the P E O Sisterhood in Yellowstone National Park. She has been away about ten days.

Arthur L. Bye Second Avenue SE Yellowstone National Park Supreme Chapter P. E. O. Sisterhood

Hockaday-Raders Wedding At Manchester

Hazel Hockaday daughter of Reuben F W Hockaday and Harry Raders son of Mrs Mary Raders were married Monday morning at St Marys Catholic parsonage Manchester The bride wore blue lace and pink roses Attendant Miss Lucile Hockaday wore blue crepe and a yellow rose corsage A wedding breakfast for seventeen attendees followed at Glen-Charles hotel They plan to reside in Manchester and the bride has schooling in Manchester Ames and Cedar Falls with teaching experience The groom is a graduate of St Xaviers Manchester and Columbia College Dubuque

Manchester Hazel Hockaday Reuben F W Hockaday Harry Raders Mary Raders St. Mary’s Catholic Parsonage F. W. McHunley Lucile Hockaday Harold Burk Celwein Cedar Falls Dundee Alpha Mr. Anders St. Xavier’s School Columbia College Dubuque

Mrs Hankins Leads Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club Meeting

Mrs S R Hankins president of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club spoke on the duties of the attendance committee at a dessert luncheon. Plans for the coming year were discussed with co chairmen Mrs T F Hersch and Mrs R C Folsom hosting. Garden flowers adorned the club house and members listed include Hersch Folsom Hawkins Dvorak Barta Eliason Gunn Hruska Sutliff Hronek and MacDanel.

S. R. Hankins Cedar Rapids

Birthday Picnic Honors Marion Leader William Voorhies

Mrs James Lorimer hosted a Sunday picnic at Marion to honor her father William Voorhies on his seventy third birthday September 13. Guests included extended Voorhies families from Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Muscatine Center Junction Anamosa and local residents. Visitors included Miss Ajglene Starry and Miss Alberta Voorhies.

James Lorimer Ninth Avenue Marion William Voorhies Charles Voorhies Loran Voorhies R. Ragen Cedar Rapids Charles Starry Mount Vernon Glenn Gabbert Hattie Ireland Muscatine Ajglene Starry Alberta Voorhies

Sixteen Attend Bridge Luncheon at the Country Club

Sixteen Country club members attended the regular weekly bridge luncheon at the club on Monday.

Club Monay

Mrs Blossom Kirk Plans Chicago Visit After St Louis Trip

Mrs Blossom Kirk of 2416 Fourth Avenue SE returns from a week in St Louis visiting at the summer cottage of Mr and Mrs Douglas Scott on the Mississippi. She will travel to Chicago Thursday for several days.

Blossom Kirk Fourth Avenue SE St. Louis Douglas Scott Kirk Chicago

Noble to Join University of Iowa Freshman Class

William C Noble, grandson of Mr and Mrs William L Curtis of 1435 Fourth Street SW, left Monday for Iowa City to begin as a freshman at the University of Iowa this fall.

William C Noble William L. Curtis Fourth Street Iowa City University of Iowa

Delta Delphian Meeting Set at Montrose Hotel

Delta Delphian will meet Thursday at 9 30 a.m. in the state room of the Montrose hotel. Mrs H E Kensinger will be the leader.

Delta Delphian Montrose Hotel H. E. Kensinger

Dairy Dale Open House Quietly Announced

All residents of Dairy Dale are invited to attend an open house at the Dairy Dale Community Hall on Wednesday at 8 p.m. A short program will be presented and attendees are asked to bring sandwiches and coffee.

Dairy Dale

Erroneous Bridegroom Name in Gazette Marriage Notice

The Gazette printed a marriage notice stating Alice Elizabeth Brown wed Henry Urban at John Huss Methodist church, with the bridegroom listed as Charles Urban due to a error in Monday’s issue.

The Gazette Alice Elizabeth Brown Henry Urban John Huss Charles Urban

Birthday celebration for Dales marks elderly matriarchs

Mrs James Dale of Edgewood road NW and her mother in law Mrs Margaret Dale of near Central City celebrated their birthdays Saturday at the James Dale home. The elder Mrs Dale was 83 years old.

James Dale Edgewood Road Margaret Dale Central City Dale

Libbie Pnovsky to Wed Frank Novotny

Mr and Mrs Matt Pnovsky of 232 Twenty Eighth Street Drive SE announce the engagement of their daughter Libbie to Frank Novotny of Cedar Rapids. The wedding is set for October 19. Miss Pnovsky, a 1926 Washington high school graduate, has worked as secretary in the R D Gray and Company office since 1927. Novotny has been employed by George P Hardy Barber Supply Company for several years.

Matt Pnovsky Twenty-eighth Street Drive Libbie Frank Novotny Cedar Rapids Miss Pnovsky Washington High School R. D. Gray and Company Novotny George P. Hardy Barber Supply Company

Tyler P. T. A. Meeting Scheduled for Thursday

Tyler P. T. A. will meet Thursday at 2 15 p m in the school. Mothers of new pupils are specially invited and all existing members are urged to attend. Discussion will cover Community House projects for the coming year.

Tyler P. T. A

Fish Urges GOP Farm Plan With Price Floor Proposal

Lincoln Neb INS Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York urged Republicans not to denounce the AAA until they propose a satisfactory agricultural program. He called for allowing abundant production and empowering the agriculture secretary to set minimum prices of 1 dollar per bushel for wheat and 10 cents per pound for cotton, and he denounced other New Deal aspects.

Lincoln Neb INS Hamilton Fish New York AAA Secretary of Agriculture

Simple house frock pattern with few materials

Pattern 2201 offers a child's style house frock easy to assemble with minimal yardage and basic buttons. The design uses four main pieces plus collar belt and pocket, with a yoke that forms caped shoulders. Sizes 12 through 42 listed. illustration included. pattern and book prices 15 and 25 cents respectively.

Anne Adams Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department West 17Th St New York

Moore Family Hosts Charleen Moore's Ninth Birthday

Mr and Mrs M M Moore entertained Sunday for Charleen Moore's ninth birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Louie Gravenwaldz with daughter Eileen, Mr and Mrs William Bartels and children LeRoy LaVern Leora of Nashville, Mr and Mrs Elmer Wulf and sons Delbert Donald Merlin, and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Weede with children Bobby Barbara Ann of Lost Nation.

Elwood M. M. Moore Charleen Louie Gravenwaldz Eileen William Bartels LeRoy LaVern Leora Nashville Elmer Wulf Delbert Donald Merlin Lawrence Weede Bobby Barbara Ann Lost Nation

Clever Party Conundrums From Home Institute Booklet

A Home Institute booklet titled Good Parties offers conundrums and riddles for hosts to use at gatherings. It includes easy and tricky wordplay, rhymes, party game ideas, menus, and decorative schemes, with sample contents and ordering coupon.

Home Institute

City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Events

The Krall Shoe store at 118 First Street SE received a permit for a $2,000 addition. A Cedar View Country Club bridge party is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday. Gazette Want Ads offer cheap ways to sell farm surplus. W F Sarset attends the National Association of Life Underwriters meeting in Des Moines as a Cedar Rapids delegate. Mrs L S Snyder reports milk theft from her porch on several mornings. Leo White of 1124 Sixth Street NW fined $50 and costs for reckless driving. fine suspended. Mrs Ralph C Conybeare, 2610 Second Ave E, recovering from surgery in an Iowa City hospital. will stay another week. Richard Sweitzer, son of Dr and Mrs S B Miller, 1220 Third Ave SE, departs for Iowa State College Ames to enter senior year and assist at Y M C A camp and dormitory duties. Fire Co No 1 loses a 2.5 gallon pump tank en route to a meat market call. tank likely fell on Second Street SE between Fifth and Fourteenth Avenues. Call central station if found.

Richard Sweitzer S B. Miller Third Avenue SE Iowa State College Ames Fire Company No. 1 Sixteenth Avenue SW Second Street Fifth Fourteenth Avenues Central Fire Station

Local court fines issued for parking and license suspensions

Guilty on the same charge with $10 fines suspended and fifteen day license suspensions. F A Flynn of 1912 Bever avenue SE and C C Beardsley of 1304 A avenue NE fined $1 plus costs for overtime parking. E B Wilson of 2747 B avenue NE fined $1 for parking in a prohibited zone and G C Howe of 1400 Second avenue SE fined $1 for parking too near a hotel entrance.

F. A. Flynn Bever Avenue SE C. C. Beardsley A Avenue NE E. B. Wilson B Avenue NE G. C. Howe Second Avenue SE

Cornell College Sees 10 Percent Enrollment Rise

Mount Vernon Cornell college opened classes with about 222 new students and a total enrollment up at least ten percent from last year. All dormitories are full, two new dorm matrons join staff, four new faculty members arrive, and activities begin with an art club meeting and a formal reception planned for Sept. 20.

Mount Vernon Cornell College Cornell Jacques Jolas Judd Dean Harriet Bauerbach Adeline Blackwell Esther Buswell Bowman Ruth Horner Guild Burgstahler

Witness Disappears In Manslaughter Case In Iowa

Waukon authorities seek Ralph Saak 19 son of Henry Saak in a manslaughter case tied to the death of Robert Goeke on Highway 9 north of Waukon. Saak reportedly ignored a grand jury subpoena and left town last Friday possibly toward South Dakota, after being named as a passenger in Clem Bresnahan's truck at the time of the fatal collision.

Waukon Ralph Saak Henry Saak Grand Jury Clement Bresnahan Robert Goeke Saak South Dakota Bresnahan Young Goeke

Speeding Fined for O H Tousey in Police Court

O H Tousey of 1708 Third Avenue SE was fined 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding. L Hauskins of 1963 Avenue NE and J W Langer of 500 Second Avenue SE pled [incomplete].

O H Tousey Third Avenue SE L. Hauskins Avenue NE J. W. Langer Second Avenue SE

Freak Car Crank Accident Injures Local Man

Arthur G. Charter of Aave lonue NW suffered a left ankle injury and head bruises in a freak incident Monday at 8 30 p m He was cranking his car in front of the Labor Temple when the vehicle, in gear, began moving Charter clung to the hood as the car sped across First Avenue and struck a boulevard light post at the post office corner Friends carried him home

Arthur G. Charter Aavelonue Charter Labor Temple First Avenue

Coe Receives Etchings By Lewis And Arms

Coe college, a member of the American College Society of Print Collectors, received two etchings by Marvin D. Cone and John Taylor Arms. Martin Lewis sketched "Grandpa Takes A Walk" and Arms depicted "Santa Maria Major." The gifts honor the class of 1925 and are on view at the Coe library.

Coe College American College Society of Print Collectors Marvin D. Cone Martin Lewis John Taylor Arms Santa Maria Major Coe

Wind and hail storm causes damage in Donnan area

Special to The Ganatte reports a Donnan area wind and hail storm Monday morning. The brief storm uprooted trees, blew in windows, and ripped shingles from buildings, indicating notable structural damage in the vicinity.

Donnan

Stanwood Man Rescues Home as Fire Destroys Bedroom

Robert Crist suffered serious burns to his face and neck while trying to extinguish a fire that destroyed a dresser, bed, and bed clothing in his Stanwood home early Sunday. The Stanwood Fire Department rushed to the scene and saved the house.

Stanwood Robert Crist

Mrs Morse Hosts Cousins Party at Pleasant Ridge

Mrs John Morse and her sister Mrs Minta Henderson hosted a cousin gathering Saturday at Pleasant Ridge home. Twenty cousins attended with Mrs Jennie Hutton recounting the Paul family history from 1776. Out-of-town guests included Mr Harry Paul of Des Moines and Mr Walter Wilcox of Ames, with Mrs Neil Tasker helping serve.

Onslow John Morse Minta Henderson Pleasant Ridge Jennie Hutton Paul Harry Paul Des Moines Walter Wilcox Ames Neil Tasker

Reinstatement of Iowa PWA Projects Faces New Hurdles

Washington reports that Hopkins rejected PWA projects are reinstated with Ickes approval but face presidential review and possible further rejection. The move follows a Roosevelt directive prioritizing relief over grants, affecting about 130 Iowa projects and shifting funding to 45 percent grants now cut to 200 million dollars the rest awaits revision.

The Gazette Washington PWA WPA Harry Hopkins Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes Roosevelt Iowa Ickes

Police hunt one legged thief after right shoe theft

Police on Tuesday sought a one legged thief after a break in at Frank Capek shoe store 610 Twelfth avenue SE Monday night. Nine shoes were stolen all fitting the right foot and valued at 30 dollars.

Frank Capek Twelfth Avenue SE

Also Mentioned on This Page

Miss la Plante Kirkland Wests Beli Mrs. Groim Ives Mrs. Jackson Reading Club Miss Anderson Kiwanis Ladies Club Miss Ebling Stndard Ias Oui Ca C. R. Concert Group Mrs. Bye Mrs. Hankins Mrs. Kirk Iowa University Brown-Urban Libbie Pnovsky P. T. A. Meetings Fish Krall Shoe Store First Street Cedar View Country Club W. F. Sarset National Association of Life Underwriters Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association Leo White Sixth Street Justice of the Peace A. S. Reed State Highway Patrol Ralph C. Conybeare Second Avenue E Cedar Rapids Gazette Home Institute W. 19Th St Lewis and Arms OWA Pwa Mes Perth Atlanta Miother Dial LaFayette Nash Motors Company Kenosha Wisconsin I. D Borschel Motor Company Eee SRE
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