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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1938

Page

10

Hahn Household Amateur Radio Clash and Local Oddities

Cedar Rapids notes tell of F Critz Hahn failing the amateur radio test while wife Ruth Hahn passes and becomes operator of record. Other items include comic miscommunications about hogs in a trailer, a violin stunt at a police convention, a doughnut caper at community tryouts, and a freshman snipe hunt tale from Camp Good Health.

Federal Radio Commission F. Critz Hahn Chicago Hahn Louis James Camp Good Health

McQuistons Spend Weekend in Rochester Minn

Dr and Mrs J Stuart McQuiston and Mrs E C McQuiston of Pittsburgh are weekend guests of Dr and Mrs H M Conner in Rochester Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Marvin R Selden host Mrs Selden’s sister Mrs J R Townsend of Indianapolis. The Christiansen family visit Mrs R R Ep ler as guests. Mrs Carl D Thomas hosts Mayflower chapter DAR board luncheon.

J. Stuart McQuiston Twwenty-sixth Street Drive McQuiston E. C. McQuiston Pittsburgh Rochester Minn J. S. McQuiston H. M. Conner Marvin R. Selden Greenwood Drive Selden J. R. Townsend Indianapolis

Baritone Harold Holst to guest at Cedar Rapids College Club

Baritone Harold Holst, faculty member at Iowa State Teachers College, will be guest artist at the Cedar Rapids College Club meeting next Saturday afternoon at Mrs. S. G. Armstrongs home 2198 Blake boulevard SE. The 2 15 p m gathering will be chaired by Mrs. Charles Penningroth with social hour after a brief business meeting led by Mrs. O J Elsenbast.

Harold Holst Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Rapids College Club S. G. Armstrong Blake Boulevard Charles Penningroth O. J. Elsenbast

Coe Sorority Rush To Begin With Tea And Music

Sorority rushing starts Monday at Coe with a noon tea featuring group singing. Bonnie Curry chairs the rushing committee with Primrose Selden and Betty Jean Minshall. Beta Phi Alpha hosts at Grandmother's Cookie Jar with Miss Mabel Crinkley of Minneapolis as guest. A candlelight tea follows at Alpha Xi Delta hosted by Mrs. Lamey. Alpha Gamma Delta tea at Mrs. Pickford's features Virginia Ohmann violin and several patronesses. A fifteenth birthday surprise for Virginia Greer was hosted by her mother Mrs. Greer.

Bonnie Curry Primrose Selden Betty Jean Minshall Beta Phi Alpha Sorority Thomas F. Suchomel Ridgeway Drive Kappa Chapter Beta Phi Alpha University of Minnesota Mae Jeanne Wells Elizabeth Watson Alpha Xi Delta W. E. Lamey Park Terrace Russell Knapp Lamey Evelyn Northcott Alpha Gamma Delta R. H. Pickford Forest Drive Roy E. Choate Myron L. Koenig David Turner Clay Phillips A. H. Boileau Virginia Ohmann Alpha Gam Alice Page Dean Mary Bell Grace Brownell Alice B. Salter Virginia Greer H. R. Greer First Avenue E Mrs. Greer Miss Greer Betty Jo Stephens Ruth Rice Betty Lubbock Catharine Miller Bonnie McGregor Marcia Kensinger Phyllis Hook Jean Fahrney Ruth Hardiman Jean Files Marion Relff Kathleen James Dorothy Batchelder

Helen Bennett to Speak at Business and Professional Women

The Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Women's club opens its new year with a 6:30 dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. Chicago’s Miss Helen M. Bennett will lecture on New Frontiers. The program includes new member initiations and a regional conference plan for Oct 14–16 with eight states represented.

Business and Professional Women's Club Roosevelt Hotel Helen M. Bennett Chicago Cedar Rapids Miss Bennett Town Hall National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Merle Harris Emma Hagenstein Lena Nelson Nelson Margaret McKnight Hope Shultz Beulah Randolph Persis Sheldon Town City Opal Holloway Irene Furman Imogen Emery Lorraine Mitchell Furman Zoe Heinze Hazel Cash Anamosa Maude Krebs Mrs. Harris Zoe Varney Bessie Graves Elsie Magnusson the Palisades Elizabeth Bender

Higley Heads to University of Kentucky

Robert Higley son of Mr and Mrs Fred M Higley 857 Sixteenth street SE leaves Wednesday for Lexington Ky to be a senior at the University of Kentucky. Mrs G A Kay 2232 Country Club Parkway SE hosted St Pauls church district No 3 tea with thirty in attendance and four guests. The Thursday Reading group of the College club meets at Mrs J R Drake 2310 Mount Vernon Avenue SE. Connie McClary daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey C McClary 335 Crescent Street SE celebrated her fourth birthday with neighborhood children.

Sandra Studer J. J. Studer Sandra Robert Higley Fred M. Higley Sixteenth Street Lexington University of Kentucky G. A. Kay Country Club Parkway SE St. Paul’s Church G. W. Ramsey Ockinpod Drive College Club J. R. Drake Mount Vernon Avenue F. E. Corey Connie McClary Harvey C. McClary Crescent Street SE

Constitution Day Observed By D A R In Cedar Rapids

Four chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered at St. Pauls Methodist church Cedar Rapids for Constitution Day observance sponsored by the local chapter Mrs Robert C Toms regent. About 180 attended a noon picnic then a program in the chapel with speaker B D Silliman Cedar Rapids attorney on Constitution Day and current topics followed by Imogen B Emery chair of the national defense committee speaking on subversive elements and the duty to combat them The meeting closed with America sung.

Daughters of the American Revolution Ashley Cedar Rapids Linn Marion Balliet Mount Vernon Frances Shaw Anamosa St. Paul’s Methodist Church Robert C. Toms B. D. Silliman Imogen B. Emery Committee On National Defense America

Delegates From Six Midwestern States Gather for Fall Midwest Council

Sorority from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Indiana and Iowa will converge at the Montrose hotel headquarters September 24 and 25 for the fall Midwest council. Iowa Sigma hosts include Hazel Capron Mae Taylor Rachael Griffith Alberta Johnson Ann Severa and others. Saturday features registration a carnival dinner entertainment skits pledging services and a midnight ceremony. Cedar Rapids pledges and Waterloo charter mark chapters. Sunday offers round table discussions birthday breakfast and officer elections. National officers Helen K Blackstone Mary Anna Kauffman Marjorie Curnett Louise Beebe attend. Mayflower D A R luncheon chaired by Mrs W E Peschau plans for the coming year.

Delta Theta Chi National Business Girls’ Sorority Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids Iowa Sigma Chapter Hazel Capron Mae Taylor Rachael Griffith Alberta Johnson Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Indiana Iowa Montrose Midwest National Organization Iowa Sigma Ann Severa Ruby Paulson Grace Winger Jane Wise Charlotte Wing Billie Sturry Julia Kidd Bobby Kuhn Bernice Culver Waterloo Midwest Council National Council Helen K. Blackstone Chicago Mary Anna Kauffman Marjorie Curnett Louise Beebe

A A A W Opens Year Program September 28

Under Mrs Wayne J. Foster’s presidency the Cedar Rapids branch of the American Association of University Women begins its 1938-39 program on Wednesday September 28 at 8 p m. The meeting will be at Mrs W Craven Shuttleworth’s home. Dr Ruth A Gallaher of Iowa City will speak on The First One Hundred Years of Iowa.

Wayne J. Foster American Association of University Women Cedar Rapids W. Craven Shuttleworth Second Avenue Sbe Carl N. Ettinger Ruth A. Gallaher Iowa City University of Iowa Iowa State Historical Society Gallaher Iowa

Local Social Notes On Returns From Out Of Town Visits

Mrs L F Boudreaux arrives home after weeks in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf coast visiting relatives. Mrs Wilbur D Kennedy returns from five weeks in La Jolla California with her parents. Mr and Mrs Elderkin host weekend guests from St Louis. Elderkin kin recently visited St Louis and Cedar Rapids with Teeters accompanying.

L. F. Boudreaux Sixth Avenue SE New Orleans Mississippi Gulf Coast Wilbur D. Kennedy Upland Drive la Jolla Calif Ben Miller David. M. Elderkin E Avenue

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Ginny Evans Renny Susie Clapp Edwy J. Clapps John Hamilton II Susie Johnny Rubinoff Sergt. Gordon Hughes Hughes Ruth Dole Mercy Hospital Ruth Everett D. Plass McQuistons Mrs, Townsend Louie Christiansens Louie Christiansen Milwaukee Louie, Jr Martha Jane Sioux City Mrs. Thomas Carl D. Thomas Washington Avenue Mayflower Thomas Plana Mrs. Clapp Edwy J. Clapp Twenty-sixth Street Vincent Nightingale Blue Island Mra Loren D. Gordon Evanston Madge Jones Harry J. Jones Fifth Avenue SE New York City Katherine Gibbs College Thompson Business Girls Plan Delta Theta Chi Sorority Coe Sorority U. C. T. Auxiliary U. C. T. Ladies’ Auxiliary J. L. Parker Walter Mott F. H. Minshall Thomas Roach Tanda Camp Fire Tanda Nancy Frazee Mary Helen Richter Helen Bennett P. W James Bells Clear Lake James W. Bell Olaz “Country Club Parkway SE Jack Charles Morrises John Carey Charles K. Morris Highland Park, Ill Grande Avenue SE Riordans Camerons J. T. Riordan E. B. Cameron Second Avenue SE Edward Edward H. Files Industrial Surgeons Meeting Arthur Poes Arthur Poe Twenty-seventh Street Drive Nan Poe West Indies Maine Massachusetts Mr. Poe Poes Joseph Potter Cotton, II Cotton Great Island Victor Eltings Robert Davises Victor Elting Lake Forest, Ill Robert B. Davis Twenty-ninth Street Hudson Swilers Larimers Mrs. Hudson Swiler Burlington Mrs. Swiler E. J. Larimer Mr. Swiler D.ar Paul Paul S. Ray Susan E. P. Boyntons E. P. Boynton James Douglas Lake Forest Sumner H COE College Department OF Music Piano Max Daehler Grace Swab Louise Crawford Eleanor Houts Alma Turechek Helen Mokrejs Martha Leksa Ray Andrea Jehanneen BRASS Stanley Vesely Woodwinds Morris Katsoff Howard Ellison Violin Joseph Kitchin Eleanor Taylor W. E. Peschau Fourth Avenue SE A.A.A.W Wilbur Kennedy California D. M. Elderkins Hollywood Zoric WOST Acess New Laundry Toric Dry Cleaners
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