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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1938
Page
13
A nostalgic recipe feature by Mrs. Gaynor Maddox offers two hearty potato onion soups. One uses ten potatoes and eleven and a half quarts stock for a large family, while another includes mashed potatoes and gelatin for a lighter, scalloped style.
Monticello hostedFriday literary club meetings with Mrs. F S Stuhler and Miss Janet Hazard presenting papers and reviews. The Delphian chapter and Garden club also met with respective hostesses. Card prizes went to several members at a Country club party. Two weddings occurred at local churches with couples named Eggiman Langworthy and Luck. The Luck wedding included a reception and home in Monticello after the ceremony.
Miss Lillian Conner daughter of Mr and Mrs James Conner and Verle C Davidson son of Mr and Mrs Harry Davidson both of Mechanicsville were married at the parsonage of Rev R H Supplee in Stanwood on Wednesday Attendants were Mr and Mrs Paul Horner The couple plan to reside with the bridegroom s parents on the farm Mrs Davidson runs a beauty shop in Mechanicsville A wedding dinner followed at the bride s parents home
The fourteenth annual dinner and program of Polk township womens clubs was held at Prairie Creek church with Cheney club hosts. Chicken dinner served. Oldest member Mrs. Henry Haines received a bouquet. K. Y. B. club won the dollar attendance prize. The program was presided by President Mrs. Roy Petro with items by Mrs. Forest King Mrs. M. E. Dingman and Mrs. Cliff Henkle.
Daniels Park Missionary society hosts a silver tea at the church Wednesday at 2 p.m. Speakers include Mrs. P. W. Jacobson. Kenwood Presbyterian Women sponsor a chicken dinner Thursday. Peoples circle speaker Mrs. Meyer Avedovech visits Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Miss Betty Low’s home. St Martha’s circle meets Tuesday for luncheon at Commonwealth tea room. Mothers club gathers Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in church parlors. Various circles and classes assign hostesses and conduct devotions and picnics through Friday and next week. Continued notes on church circles, reservations, and speakers follow.
Guests stayed in the Moore residence until Tuesday then traveled to Waterloo. Also present were Mrs. Dora V. Hoon and Helen Moore of Vinton and Mrs. Hugh Brody of Urbana, along with the Moore daughters.
A collage of club notices lists dates for the Star of Maine degree staff meeting in Maine lodge hall. Ambar Grotto auxiliary card party at K P hall. General Grenville Dodge circle No 88 meeting at Nora Hollemi home for a Ken sington. Social Riders pinochle in Moose hall. Betsy Ross Theta Rho girls club at Sokol hall with post-meeting card party. Carrie Morcombe lodge picnic at Bever park. Cedar Rapids No 4 D of H meeting at K P hall. Home Rebekah club business session at Daniels park followed by picnic. Canton Rainbow No 22 drill. Woolmen Circle and Palm Grove No 1 Woodmen circle gathering at Mrs Maude Roth home. northeastern Iowa district convention in Cresco Oct 4 with Mrs Roth as speaker. Home Rebekah Staff meeting at Mrs Verbena Gosnell’s home.
Afton Smith will discuss changing families at a Tuesday 2 p.m. P T A meeting in the Montrose hotel with Cedar Rapids area reps invited. Fillmore P T A elected Mrs C G Johnson as vice president and Mrs G H Johanos as secretary. Various committee chairs named and delegates to the congress appointed. Franklin members to hear principal M S Hallman on yearly plans.
Iowa City readers learned about the new International house opening as University students visited during an open house. The event was run by Mr and Mrs Joseph Saetveit and Mrs Hannah Saetveit with a board of hosts including Mrs Carl Sea shore and Prof Estella Boot.
The Social club of the Methodist church was entertained at the home of Mrs Edward Phillip Thursday.
The College Club opened its year with a gathering at Mrs. S. G. Armstrong’s home. Harold Holst, a Cedar Falls State Teachers College baritone, performed songs by Verdi Schubert and English melodies with accompanist Elizabeth Boroff. The educational committee discussed Camp Dodge youth programs and civic organization efforts.
University of Iowa student Bob O'Meara returned from a three month bicycle tour of England and continental Europe with strong impressions. He describes vast military mobilization in England and Germany, extensive air raid fears, and the mix of hope and tension seen from the open road.
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reports foreclosures on homes fell 30 percent for the year ending July. Federal savings and loan associations announce assets totaling 1.238 billion dollars.
One hundred stamp-collecting members of the Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society gathered at the Montrose hotel for their annual banquet and awards. Henry W. Hill of Minneapolis received the grand award silver cup for his Blackjacks collection featuring stamps with Andrew Jackson.
Born to Mr and Mrs Carl Stewart of Los Angeles California a daughter on September 22 Mrs Stewart is the former Elvera Sabin of Cedar Rapids daughter of Mrs Ruth Snodgrass 830 Third Street NW
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