Mount Vernon Social Calendar Filled With Elite Events
Mount Vernon hosted a busy social week with the A. A. U. W. welcoming new members at a Baker House dinner. Political stump speeches featured Hoover and Roosevelt candidates. The New Century club honored public school faculty with a dinner, and college dances plus numerous social gatherings filled the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Baker House
Earle Baker
Hoover
Jessie Rigby
Roosevelt
Alice Betts
Thomas
Helen Beemer
Curtis
Leila Huebsch
Garner
Grace Wolfe
Turner
Ralph Kleinfelter
Herring
Opal Munger
Field
Opal Stearns
Murphy
L. Megeesishop
Thomas L. Nicholson
W. A. Riley
Alice Lois
St. Paul
Minn
China
Earle A. Baker
Walter Hodgson
Nicholson
Riley
John Kirkpatrick
R. A. Nelson
Don Gould
Jane Hays
Helen Glen
Pauline Bomber
Feaster
Paul Hickman
Henke
John Mount
Gordon Johnson
W. J. Flint
New Century Club
W. R. Wilder
Gertrude Munger
W. L. Flint
Irene Franks
Crystal Munger
Martha Lahman
Williamsburg Social Roundup and Local Weddings
Williamsburg society notes recount Mrs. Bertha Blythe hosting Chapter CN meeting and Mrs Jennie Jones reviewing J B Priestley book Faraway. Farewell party for Miss Jean McGrew and friends. Methodist Ladies Aid social. Dinner Bridge club trip to Grinnell. high score by Mrs J A Stephens. Miss Ida Dreucker and William Durst wed in Rock Island Lutheran parsonage. mixed shower hosted. bridal party details and Cedar Rapids note. Mrs W E Bickel hosts luncheon. Abernathy relatives mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Blythe
Ben Ee Blythe
J. B. Preistley
South Sea Island
Jennie Jones
Chapter
Chestnut Club
Firemen’s Hall
Jean McGrew
Rita Durr
Arlene Durr
First Methodist Ladies Aid
W. D. Jones
Jessie Foster
E. L. McRoberts
Dinner Bridge Club
Grinnell
E. Worth
Floyd Eyupon
Williamsburg
J. A. Stephens
Ida Dreucker
John Dreucker
William Durst
Elmer Durst
Riverside
Rock Island
P. Wel
Grace Richardson
Iowa City
Veer Dreucker
Cedar Rapids
Keota Cultural club notes and visits in town
Keota society roundup lists Culture club hostesses and guests from Monday to Thursday. Mrs A A McKeon honored Mrs H W Gordon who departs for Washtucona to join Rev Gordon at United Presbyterian. Also reported are card and embroidery gatherings, prizes won, bridge parties, and PEO chapter meeting with talks on world religions and biographical sketches of founders. Next meeting set for Oct 4 with plans on South Caribbean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. McKeon
Culture Club
God
H. W. Gordon
Washtucona
Wash
Gordon
United Presbyterian Church
E.S. Erdice
H. L. Page
Sammy Singmaster
J. M. White
J. N. Ramsey
White
Kate Singmaster
T. C
Elmer Aller
J. G. Ranous
Mary’ Nae
Anna Lil J. G. Ranous
Gondis
Caldona Greiner
F. O. Pershing
A. D. Stewart
Floyd Carris
H. B. Morris
South Cern Caribbean
Will Herr
W. E. Erdice
Urbana Bay View club opens season at Burrell home
The Bay View literary club held its initial meeting for the coming season at the J. C. Burrell home west of Urbana. A picnic supper was served and the first regular meeting will be with Mrs. H. C. Hillgeson. K. Y. C. members were entertained at Nick Pinsch home in Vinton following a picnic supper with an evening of games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View Literary Club
J. C. Burrell
H.C
Hillgeson
Nick Pinsch
Vinton
Ella Jo Thompson
West Palm Beach
Fla
John Thompson
Alberta Thompson
Chicago
Thompson
Shrine Auxiliary
Myron Westover
Mentor Club
Merton of the Movies at I C Players Oct 2
Don Boyle stars as Merton Gill with Frances Halpin as Montague girl in the I C Players fall production of Merton of the Movies. The comedy follows a village clerk who ventures into Hollywood and faces a cryptic, comic career path ending happily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton
I. C
Immaculate Conception Auditorium
Don Boyle
Merton Gill
Frances Halpin
Montague
Hollywood
Local church and club notices mark week in La Porte City
A Cedar Rapids dinner honored Mrs Emma L Graham on her eighty second birthday. Various church groups elected officers and hosted meetings with dozens of attendees, including the Metho dist Aid society at the church and the Presbyterian church group at Master's Ten. Other clubs held Kensington programs and guest speakers, with Ladies auxiliary and missionary societies reporting schedules and dinners throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Stebbins
Cedar Rapids
R. F. Hawkins
W. A. Franklin
Simon Kerstetter
Ralph Nichols
Paul Wienands
G. C. Teeter
Charles Loveless
Harold Johnson
Wesley Fleming
John Miller
Arch Baker
Kermit Gravenhurst
Charles Moore
R. E. Ashley
Dc. James
Ponson
Dwight
Feats Tutt
Leota Driscoll
Ollie Newkirk
Anna Lamos
Donald Richards
Ruth
Bessie Sawyer
George Banger
Edith Adams
J. W. Kober
Inez Glime
Ada Narber
A. A. Robertson
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Relief Corps
Kensington
Knights of Pythias Hall
Franz Igon
Sophia Konice
Anna Barnhart
Mae Davis
Oscar Miles
Ida Bellinger
John McChane
Eva Renicker
Eva Boyles
Emma Rinkert
C. V. Kline
Mont Foss
Lotus Club
R. W. Wilkinson
Emma Amburn
Cedar Falls
Burma
John Ohrt
Rebecca Lodge
Thrift Club
Bernard Klein
Paul Koontz
Catholic Women’s League
Roy
Mont
Nelle Gannon
Leona Hall
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Methodist Missionary Society
The
Evangelical Society
Clarence Wilson
Wilton Junction Lions club charter night attendees
The newly formed Lions club of Wilton Junction celebrated charter night with about 250 present including visiting members and wives. The Methodist church women served dinner at the new high school gym and a program followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Methodist Church
New High School
Minnie Ayres
Cora Kiser
William Smith
J. T. Clark
Orrin Kiser
Clifford
Frank Ki
Brooklyn Club Opens Season With New Officers
Last week in Brooklyn a string of local clubs and associations held meetings in homes and the high school gym. New officers were installed for several groups including the Parent-Teacher Association with President Mrs T T Korns and secretary Miss Matilda Schmedeke, and a River Road club gathering hosted by Elsie Brannian with Lena Wilde assisting. Other groups named officers such as Nina Davidson and Anna Seehorn, plus entertainment plans and discussed topics like the Amana Colonies. A list of families from Des Moines and nearby towns attended the Brooklyn notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Association
T. T. Korns
M. H. Goeldner
Matilda Schmedeke
Leonard Beard
Jack Talbott
Winifred Cummings
Agnes Montgomery
Bert Wolford
Theodore Thomas
Wela Cran Iy
Ted
Elsie Brannian
River Road Club
Lena. Wilde
Nellie Watson
Nina Davidson
Anna Seehorn
Anna Holley
Wilma Montgom
Myrtle Ormis
Ruth Roudabush
Jennie Norris
Mildred Burke
Minne Brooks
Friendship Girls
The
Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Newton
Jay Manatt
H. G. S. Community Club
Louise Bunnell
Emma Gross
Mayme Verstaten
Anna Carpenter
Helen Gallagher
Mina
Mable Brannan
Irene Roth
N. B. Club
Ed Breniman
Mildred
Nina Mc
Walter Uhlenter
Brooklyn
Des Moines
George Person
Gretchen
Id Patterson
Clint Patterson
Carlisleford
Ralph Burns
Pleasantville
Delhi Woman's Club Meets at Mrs Cramer Home
The Delhi Woman's Club gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Cramer's home. Jennie Holden read a paper on geography of Japan and Mrs. Davis spoke of its recent events. Next meeting planned for October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Winthrop Women Attend Club Gathering and Picnic
Twenty six friends and neighbors gathered for a birthing celebration at Saaron y. A din and a social period followed. Mansy Prante and other members showed keen interest in the Woman's Literary club meeting on Wednesday. Members of the B. O. F. club hosted a picnic at B. O. Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saaron Y
Mansy Prante
Woman's
B. O. F. Club
B. O. Gates
Community Notes Chronicle Engagement News and Social Gatherings
Vinton residents share family ties with Orlando relatives in Big Grove township and distant connections across Waterloo Newton Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Orthaba. Social events include a Ward tea room dinner bridge club gathering eight members a Betty Allen Meyers engagement party and a Will Ward home gathering of eight young women from Vinton plus a missionary club meeting and a Spokane-style awareness of local clubs and a forthcoming Trinder Greenley marriage plans in Vinton with guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroon
Orlando, Fla
Bray
Big Grove Township
B. T. Mowbray
Waterloo
H. Jasper
Newton
Douglas Mowbray
Ottumwa
Rose Mowbray
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Mowbray
Orthaba
Allen
Miss Allen
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Delta Phi Delta Sorority
Beulah Saul
Will Ward
F. E. Palmer
Iowa School For the Blind
Washington Cathedral
Pioneer Woman’s Club
Vinton
Oryg Pay
Mee
G. W. Burnham
Iowa
Mise
Fiste Trinder
Leo Greenley
Handrock
Joe Trinder
Vinton High School
Joe
Oot
Sos
Roy Greenley
Marshalltown
J. W. Hayward
Ralph Bordewick
Ward
Bordewick
Riverside social events in Riverside and near Detroit
A Riverside party at the Joseph Quinn home honored wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Quinn and Mr. and Mrs. Norval Flynn with card games and prizes won by Dr. E. E. Blythe Mrs. Agnes Couley and others. Out of Detroit guests included Arthur Zilmer of Chicago. Another gathering at the John Roten home south of Riverside honored Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Simon with similar socializing and cards. The Senior Needle club met with Mrs. E E Blythe hosting and Inez and Rose Mannion assisting, with guests from Cedar Rapids and local families. Mrs. Joseph Heitzman will host the next meeting October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph, Quinn
Quinn
Norval Flynn
E. E. Blythe
Agnes Couley
Harold Cress
Flynn
W. H. Cress
Pred Kron
Emma Datsch
Inez Mannion
Detroit
Mich
Arthur Zilmer
Chicago
James Rodgers
Thelma Mannsmith
Koenig
Helen
Joseph Libenguth
Pa Gilroy
John H
John Roten
Riverside
Lawrence Simon
Albert Novy
Joseph Laney
Garna
William O'Conner
Albert Kron
Donald
Jesse Havel
Paul Rotenburger
Margie
Alice Applegate
Leona Jean
Gus
Amelia Schmidt
Evan Marion
Orin
Lloyd Thompson
John Rotenburger
Edward Kucera
David Rotenburger
Edward Wise
Mela Deutsch
Fred C. Kron
Inez
Rose Mannion
Albert Hahn
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Reardon
Clement Mottet
Bert Cray
Helen Critz
C. V. Dautremont
William Griffin
Wheatland Man Celebrates 78th Birthday With Friends
Wheatland resident Wheatland Jule Holdorf entertained relatives at a dinner honoring his seventy eighth birthday. Guests included Adolph Stoecker, Orlando Steffens, Henry Kroh, Rudolph Bouschlicher and son Klahn, William Koch of London, Henry Holdorf of Toronto, and local community members. An East End club meeting and a Presbyterian society gathering are noted, with prizes awarded at a card club event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jule Holdorf
Adolph Stoecker
Orlando Steffens
Henry Kroh
Rudolph Bouschlicher
Klahn
Wheatland
William Koch
London
Henry Holdorf
Toronto
Norma Eeeah
Thelub
East End
Edward Haldorf
Emil Paustian
Society of the Presbyterian Church
Tei Pea
Bane
V.wilmadth
Koch
George Cress
Charles
Heckara Albert Hoker
Theodore Jeppe
Albert Rothbart
Emil Koch
Randalia Hosts Forty-Three At Old People's Thuresay Reading
Forty three guests attended an Thursday program at the Old People's Reading club following a dinner. The event featured entertainment and a reading session.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William S. Ebersole
Methodist Sunday School
Rosemary Neff
Tommie Woof
Dale Travis
Paul Brace, Jr
Robertaee Joan Rich
Clifford Pet- Douglas VanMetre
George Minish
Ebersole
R. E. Rehmel
John Neff
Harry §&Gins
Mary Neff
C. W. Neff
Donald Leeks
Keith
Kenneth Johnson
J. R. Eyre
Lee Stinger
Helen Torrance
Charles Torrance
Herman Lang
Saeie Theodore Lang
Tipton
Luthercn Church
Geneseo
LeRoy Heady
Stevenson
PF. A. Bauman
Pred Young
Clinton
C. C. Pitney
Carlyn Bauman
Dixon
Charles Hedges
Fred Travis
C.S. Miller
Abernathy
Haefner
Adam Haefner
W. E. Bickel
Keota
Urbana
Miss Halpin
Mr. Boyle
T Coe College
Cheney
Boyle
Immaculate Conception
Skeeter
I. C. Players
A. Frank V. Orr
la Porte City
Gottlieb Feltman
Lake Bento
John Walrod
Masonic Temple
Kert Johnson
Davenport
Frank Schafnit
Wilton Junction
Winthrop
Randalia
Luberger’s
Germany
Jack Frost
Fett
Second Avenue
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