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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
2
A society shower honor for Miss Grace Schuneman, fiancé Edward Baker, hosted by Courier office associates at Mrs. Friedly’s home. Guests enjoyed a cryptic guided treasure hunt and a supper with marguerites and yellow candles.
Miss Juanita Peverill was guest of honor at a wedding shower yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs Alien Peverill. Dozens attended as relatives and friends celebrated plans for her June marriage to Richard Sallyson.
Goldenrod club met at Mrs. Carl Venter's home with 25 members and guests. Miss Lohner led a reading and bands, Mrs. Fred Moore told a story, and high scores went to Mrs. Searles. St Marys Sewing Circle hosted a card party and 500. Revital Annie Strom and Dorothy Holmes will perform tonight at United Presbyterian Church.
Buslussa and Professional Women's carmload draw large crowds for two evenings at the carnival. Tonight features four alde snows, a country store, fortune tellers, and refreshments. Acts include House of Illusions, an old-fashioned circus, and Lawndale serenaders with oddities like a long-haired woman and a strong man. committee includes Mrs Ruth Hamlin and others.
Miss Elda Aldy Phi daughter of the late Judge Franklin G. Platt married Michael Lydon a Boston lawyer at St. Ignatius Loyola church New York The ceremony was conducted by Rev Francis X Patriot The bride attended the Trences Shimer school and Town State Teachers college later teaching physical culture She has been in Europe with her sister and recently returned staying at a Stuyvesant hotel in New York.
Thirty three members and four guests attended a Missionary society meeting at First Lutheran Church. Plans for a July picnic were made with hostesses H D Clausen, S V e Pormaker and B fh Jesse. A separate St Pauls M B Aid division met at a country home with a luncheon for thirty five women.
Plans are completed for Independence Independence day celebration on Saturday July 3 featuring a parade of decorated autos a band concert addresses by Howard J Clark and others and boxing wrestling and dances with $1000 worth of fireworks. Organizers are the Greater Independence Booster club.
Local column notes residents visiting relatives in Waterloo and area. Families from Dubuque, Elkhart, South Bend, Chicago, and Colorado plans, with several departures for conferences and weddings. Individuals return from university, attend conventions, or travel to St Louis and beyond for relatives and events.
In Marshalltown Iowa on June 18 AP reports NL C. Lane resigns as manager of the Marshalltown Gul of the Mississippi Valley league. His retirement is blamed on failure to get the club moving. Third baseman Casey Coffin named temporary manager.
Representive Cyrenus Cole of Iowa’s Fifth District urged Senate leaders Senator McWinley and Senator Cummins to advance the corn sugar bill quickly after it passed the House. He said immediate enactment would maximize benefits and expects little Senate opposition.
Kan in army airmen scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning for a Des Moines luncheon hosted by the Greater Des Moines Committee.
Cedar Falls Daily News lists George Ul Ywaddle as a real estate representative in Cedar Falls. The Waterjog Evening Courier and Daily Reporter office is at West Fourth Street with telephone number 12 and office hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 to 2 p.m.
Obituary notes the Cedar Falls resident Thomas Robinson who died in Mason City will be buried in Greenwood mausoleum after services at his daughter’s home 1504 Main Street. He was born March 10 1842 in Reach County Ontario and moved to Cedar Falls in 1881 to work as a cattle buyer. Surviving daughters include Mrs Wynegar Mrs Pieres Mrs Hammond and Mrs Cantine with Cantine unable to attend. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery follows services at 6 p m Sunday.
A large crowd gathered at the Congregational Church arch hall for a birthday dinner hosted by a daughter in Chicago. About 175 guests enjoyed a band and prenuptial courtesies as Cedar Falls played at Fourth and Main, drawing another summer crowd.
Ladies at the Smith home hosted a towel shower for Miss Lulu Van Deest ahead of her June wedding to Percy W. Guyer of Minneapolis. Mrs. C. S. Cory gave a luncheon at Sunny Side Country Club for Mrs. George C. Brooke of Canton, guest at the Packard home in Franklin. Cedar Falls women held an all day institute at Mrs. S. F. Line’s Rain Bow Drive home. Clarence H. Wise bought the Crosby estate block for 5500 to settle J. Q. R. Crosby’s estate, property between Eleventh and Twelfth and Franklin and Tremont. Rev. W. C. Lang attended the Christian Endeavor state meeting in Marshalltown with Rev. Clarence Hy Faust and the Jenschens. Dr. Jen’s class reunion at Northwestern University and cornerstone ceremonies for campus buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Madsen celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary with 45 guests.
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