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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1938
Page
15
A man yearns for a large home with wide lawns but lives in a cramped apartment with his wife preferring a compact, well equipped space. He accepts his fate, while his wife favors practicality over a dream house despite his long marriage.
The Hearthstone club hosted a Tuesday reception for school faculty and new members at Mrs. Phelps home. Hostesses Mrs. Phelps Mrs. Myatt and Mrs. Ruttenbeck organized games and served luncheon.
Bethany Congregational Ladies aid serves luncheon in church parlors Thursday at noon. St Marys circles meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the school-parlors with hostess Mrs Roche. Missionary society gathers Thursday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church Daniels Park. Mary Steele guild meets Tuesday at Alicin Robertson home with devotions by Mrs Hillbruner. Topics include The Younger Generation and Challenging Facts. Kensington noted. Division No 5 meets Thursday 2 p.m. with hostess Mrs Bontrager. Delta class picnic Friday 1 p.m. at Elis park river pavilion. Trinity Methodist choir rehearsal Thursday 7:30 p.m. Guest day Thursday 2 p.m. with program. Women’s guild hosts Tuesday 8 p.m. at Iowa Electric Light bungalow. Grace Episcopal and St. Elizabeth's circle host luncheon. Immaculate Conception Wesleyan service guild picnic Monday 6 p.m. Lord's Anointed review by Mrs Bready. Friendly Couple's class picnic Monday 6:30 p.m. Philathea class luncheon Friday 1 p.m. Reservations by dial 3-1057. General aid Friday 2 p.m. Kenwood Presbyterian remarks on year’s work. Loyal Workers' class Thursday 2:30 p.m. at Mrs Meeker’s home with officers elected. St Rose circle Thursday 2 p.m. in school parlors hostess Mrs Molumby. St James notes V R E circle meeting at Mrs Perkins Wednesday at Eighth Street NW. Gleaner circle meets at Mrs Hayward Thursday 2 p.m.
The P T A groups schedule meetings at schools and churches including talks by Annie Smithey and reports on the national convention. Daughters of Martha picnic at 1 p.m. at 201 Twentieth Street NE with dessert provided, and W H M S hosts a picnic supper at 6 30 p.m. on Tuesday. An executive meeting reviewed plans for the year with officers listed.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Chatterton hosted a post nuptial shower Monday evening for Mr and Mrs Verl Strisky of Rock Island. Attendees included friends and relatives from Cedar Rapids and Central City. Mrs Strisky previously a Helen Jordan of Onslow.
A long list of fraternal and auxiliary groups meets this week across Cedar Rapids. Many events include dinners, lunch buffets, card parties, installation ceremonies, and social picnics at Bever Park and local halls with details for hostesses and times.
Members of the Evangelical church gathered at the home of Mrs. Roetta Rieke for a farewell covered dish party as she prepares to move to Cedar Falls. The M J Kirby post American Legion elected Leo Kelly as Commander and other officers. a new Community hall dedication is planned for Sept 30 with Benton county units invited.
A historical look explains how rushing differed before strict rules. It contrasts informal beginnings with later formal bids, pledge pins and rosettes, probation, initiation, and alumnae involvement shaping sorority life at universities and smaller colleges.
The Social club of the Eastern Stars met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Merle Boyer. Neighbors surprised the Earl Bull family with a picnic supper Monday evening for the birthdays of Mr and Mrs Bull.
Mrs. B. A. Markham sponsored her Sunday school class party at the Urbana Methodist church on Wednesday.
The Briggs Body Manufacturing strike affecting 18 000 workers ended Saturday after talks between Briggs officials and UAW CIO Local leaders. The deal avoids plant shutdowns at Chrysler and calls for reinstatement of three discharged workers, with Briggs plants to reopen if ratified.
In Des Moines two patrolmen rescued five month old Donald Akers from suffocation after he became tangled in a blanket in a car. Officers William Stevenson and Howard Eide provided artificial respiration and rushed the child to a hospital where he revived in an oxygen tent.
DES MOINES AP. The state AAA committee announced Saturday it had received Washington information on resealing 1937 corn at the 57 cent rate under the government corn loan program. Ed Ellison Iowa AAA commodity loan supervisor said supplies for resealing about 15 000 000 bushels are expected this week. The changes include a chattel mortgage replacing the warehouse certificate and the borrower guaranteeing the corn grade for the loan.
Los Angeles hosts the opening Sunday of the American Legion national convention as veterans and families pour in by train and bus. Hotel managers plan to cut holes in laundry bags to prevent damage, following a Shriners conclave incident.
Iowa state chairman Gus Erickson said there is nothing to say about the progressive party ticket until the state central committee meets on September 29. Some members held a closed meeting in Des Moines Saturday while Governor La Follette plans to have candidates nominated at a convention next Saturday.
Red Wood of Webster City, president of the Iowa highway departments association, announced a move begun in Des Moines to establish civil service rights for Iowa highway commission workers. An executive committee will keep Kern & Faville to draft a civil service bill for introduction next session, with State Senator E. P. Donahue of New Hampton ready to sponsor.
DES MOINES AP The state highway commission announced a $49,500 PWA grant to finance a $120,000 bridge over the Des Moines River on highway 60 southeast of Des Moines. The bridge will be built as a winter project to replace one that collapsed June 23.
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