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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1927

Page

2

Summer club opens with dinner dance and bridge events

A city society club gears its summer season as a central meeting point for socializing and entertainment. Arrangements for a formal opening dinner and dance on May 26 are led by the women’s entertainment committee. The clubhouse will then host daily meals, special parties, and a rotating slate of bridge games with luncheon preps and advance reservations.

Mmes. 'C N. Shane Raymond Folk Gis Greeley Charles Knapp Roy G. Smock Swomen’s. ‘Bridge Smock Will Bergiven Nelson James Parrott Frank Collard

Club Notes and Social Bridge Summary

The Fragmented report notes a club gathering at Mrs Crowther’s home with assistants Mrs Palmer and others. Prize winners included Mrs Melas and Miss Martha McKellar. decorations featured tulips. The Forget-Me-Not and Bridge clubs met with prizes awarded to several members including Mrs Peterson and Mr Ritze.

Ild Rose Club We Crowther Palmer Savas Will Davis M. F. ‘Peterson William Alderman John. Ritze Davis Avith Mmes Pearl Sollis Otto Obele F. L. Wirick Sioux City

Beeied Temple and Lodge Events Schedule Card

A compact notice lists a Beeied Temple and Rebekah lodge at Black Hawk LO. O. F. hall and a Sacred Heart hall dance. A Brotherhood event occurs at Graves Memorial V. B. church, outlining locations and venues for community gatherings.

Temple Rebekah Lodge Black Hawk LO. O. F. Hall Sacred Heart Hall

Glee Club Presents A Hot Day at YWCA

First Lutheran Girls Glee club stages its annual spring entertainment at 6:15 p m today in the Y W C A recreation room. The program features song selections, special music by Amelia Hit zer Leta Mahoney Elizabeth Foster Arvilla Young and others, and a two act comedy A Hot Day with listed characters and scenes at a fashionable country club setting.

First Lutheran Girls Glee Club The Bells’ Glee Club Amelia Hitzer Leta Mahoney Elizabeth Foster Arvilla Young Alice Crist May Lucy Helen Williams Doretta Walters Travis Louise Hitzer Amy Travis Frieda Krueger Inez Travis Fuller Ruth Jago Richard Fuller Alma Noitger Philip Pemberton Evelyn Schrader Sam Powers Hilda Krienke Olga Samaroff Margaret Calleas Miura Loretta Bueh Tiano ByrDella Sankey

Miss Weishaar Wins Grinnell Steiner Contest Award

Miss Margaret Weishaar daughter of Mrs A and Weishaar 312 South street won first place in the short story division of Grinnell colleges Henry York Steiner memorial contest Her story The Word of a Whitaker appeared in The Tanager college magazine She also placed second in the sketch or article group with The Iowa Manor She is active on the Scarlet and Black staff editor of The Tanager and contributor to The Maltenser and The Cyclone during her freshman and sophomore years More than 60 women attended a benefit card party hosted by G I A for B of L at Mrs Hattie McCormick home poster Names Peters Kinney Litchfield Phennicie received favors.

Margaret Weishaar A. &. Weishaar South Street Henry York’ Steiner Grinnell College A Whitaker Tanager Edward’ Steiner Grinnell Weishaar Iowa Manor Henry York Steiner Hattie” McCormick B. of

Ethiopia at the Bar of Justice church pageant

A colored congregation plans an 8 p m Monday pageant at First Methodist Episcopal church to benefit home missions. A colored quartet will sing. First Dutheyan Missionary Society met with 41 members and eight guests, did quilting, and planned a June supper. Central Christian Church Aid Division 1 met at Mrs. Ruggles home with 12 members and two guests, reviewing year receipts of 176.22 and scheduling a meeting in two weeks led by Miss Wannamaker.

Ethiopia Bar of Justice First Methodist Episcopal Church Home Missions Dutheyan Central ’ Christian Church Aid Society O. F. Ruggles Clara Waterbury Addie Henry Mabel Wannamaker I. L. Tanner Sion Hadassah David Siegel Hadassah ‘Society Bishop's Cafeteria Jacob Cohen Flist M. E

Hints in beauty care Pink nails fashion cue

Reader letters discuss pink nails as the current fashion with bright gloss and marcelled hair. Advice covers nail tints, enamels, quick drying polishes, and temporary stains while urging natural look and warning against overdoing artificiality. A reader asks about scar treatment and weight loss drugs, with tips on skin care using dandelion tea.

Martha Hermann Hosts Shower for Marian Shauger

Miss Marian Shauger’s upcoming June 9 marriage to Herbert Britzmann prompted a miscellaneous shower at Martha Hermann’s home. Guests included Mrs. Leonard Britzman, Ray Tiller, George Koniesek, R. T. Spain, Laura Shauger, Helen Britzman, Edna Mohr, Laura Madsen, Clara Norby, Margaret Mastain, Emma Krumweide, Frankie Coleman, and the bride-elect.

Martha Hermann Marian Shauger Herbert Britzmann Charles Hormann W.H. Schoen Mmes Leonard Britzman Ray Tiller George Konicek la Porte City R. T. Spain Conrad Laura Shauger Helen Britzman Edna Mohr Laura Madsen Clara Norby Margaret Mastain Emma Krumweide Frankie Coleman

June 18 Date for Ostergaard Debe Marriage Service

Announcement last evening at a miscellaneous shower revealed the marriage of Miss Winifred Ostergaard to Dr. Fred R. Debe. The event will occur June 18 at the Ostergaard home with plans noting out-of-town guests and a cookbook gift theme.

Winifred Ostergaard N. N. Ostergaard Main Street Cedar Falls Fred R. Debe W. EE. Debe Kingsley Avenue Waterloo Marcella Ostergaard Mildred Babbitt Ostergaard Marvel Hyndes Mason City

Man Just Released From Asylum Wanders Waterloo Seeking Girl

A. A. Theodore of Buena Vista Colorado was arrested by Chief Charles Mohlis after wandering aimlessly around the Lafayette building claiming God sent him to Waterloo to stay with a girl. Theodore said he had just been released from the state insane hospital at Pueblo after several months confinement. Police notified Colorado authorities to confirm his status.

Waterloo Theodore Buena Vista Colo Charles Mohlis Lafayette State Insane Hospital Pueblo Colorado Theodoro

Tilden Beats La Coste in Franco-American Tie

In St. Cloud France on May 20 Big Bill Tilden defeated Rene La Coste in straight sets, marking the first real rung in his comeback during the Franco-American team matches.

de Francais St. Cloud France Bill Tilden Rene la Coste

Iowa Roads and Weather at 10 A.M.

Des Moines reports fair and cloudy conditions while Clinton shows drying with cloudy skies. Davenport offers good to partly cloudy, Mason City mud, Ft. Dodge damp and raining, and Keokuk unsettled with good yet soft spots. Cedar Rapids reports muddy rough roads, Council Bluffs muddy and rainy, Marshalltown gravel and dirt fair but dry, and Town City cool and fair. Detours and passable routes noted around Waterloo and other corridors with a mix of rough and good sections on highways 11 59 20.

Associated Press Des Moines Clinton Davenport Mason City Ft. Dodge Keokuk Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Marshalltown Town City Creston Masestine Dubuque Waterloo Waverly Horton Plainfield Nashua Charles City Oelwein Tama

Peep Show Pictures Still Profit in Penny Arcades

Hollywood, May 20. Walter Hiers is pictured in a one cent peep show view for a strip production. Harry Blanc runs a Hollywood plant producing up to 500 tiny stereoscopic pictures yearly for penny arcades. He employs two or three actors at $7.50 to $10 a day and creates rapid series of short films shown in peep show devices. These are not true motion pictures but mimic movement through a Kinematoscope style mechanism. Demand has surged 500 percent since 1917, with Westerns and broad comedies dominating the slate while educational subjects underperformed.

Walter Hiers Hollywood Cal Harry Blanc Blanc

Oil Painting On Court Record In Griffin Heir Battle

In Spencer Iowa a large oil painting of Elsie Edwards a Chicago schoolteacher appears in court as part of the fight over the $600000 Griffin estate. The painting shown by Elsie Edwards and identified by E G Morgan ties to a claim she is the heir at law. Attorney Leroy A Rader travels to Manchester to gather testimony from Mary Griffin niece and potential beneficiary.

Spencer Elsie Edwards Chicago Annie Edwards Elsie Edwards E. G. Morgan Griffin Manchester Leroy A. Rader H. J. Buck Mary Griffin Miss Griffin Miss Edwards

Grimwood Chosen to Deliver Waterloo Memorial Address

E A Grimwood of Oxford Junction state representative from Jones county has accepted invitation to speak at Memorial day in Waterloo on Monday May 30. He is a former grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Town and has served several terms in the legislature. Memorial day exercises will be held at the Waterloo theatre at 2 p m with a committee meeting Monday night in Memorial hall to approve cemetery and theatre programs.

E. A. Grimwood Oxford Junction Jones County Waterloo Grimwood Knights of Pythias Memorial Hall T. F. Shannon

MELLO-GLO French Process Face Powder Ad

An advertisement for MELLO-GLO a new French process face powder by Paul Davis Dry Goods Co promising long wear anti shine and a peachy color effect.

Paul Davis Dry Goods Co

D C Annual Picnic at Waverly July 4

The Iowa Minnesota division of Hiineis Central will hold its annual employee picnic at Waverly on July 4 in partnership with the Bremer County Farm Bureau. Fred Seidler chairs the general committee. The event, announced today after last night’s committee meeting, typically draws about 20 000 attendees from Iowa and Minnesota.

Hiineis Central Iowa-Minnesota Waverly Bremer County

Waterlo o Evening Couriers Patterns

To obtain the Courier up-to-date pattern of accompanying design, send it to Fashion Department, Evening Courier, Waterloo, enclosing 15 cents for each pattern. These patterns allow for seams. All orders filled as soon as possible, but should reach you in 10 days after sending in your order.

Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo

Congregational delegates depart for national council

Rev J Richmond Morgan Rev A A Moore and Rev William Hardcaster plus lay delegates will travel Tuesday to Omaha for the National Council of Congregational Churches in the United States meeting May 25 to June 1. Over 2000 pastors officials and lay leaders from all states and many nations expected. theme The Pilgrim Spirit in the Awakening World with issues including merger of mission boards and topics on men s work international relations education social conditions and foreign missions.

J. Richmond Morgan First Congregational Church A. A. Moore Union Congregational Church William Hardcaster Plymouth Church Omaha National Council of Congregational Churches United States State Conference of Congregational Waterloo Morgan Hardcastle F. L. Guyer Leo Brooks

City in Brief items span social visits and local events

A collection of brief items notes Mrs F D Lucas visiting in Oklahoma City, Hope Martin’s fishing trip in Minnesota, church plans for a Sunday school annex, a divorce suit by Ralph Kuriger, Mrs Thomas Flynn’s Wichita visit and Denver summer plans, Hilda Roeker’s pedestrian injury, infantile paralysis query about the Dunnwald child, Meher freight rate talk, a $30,000 Delhi High School bond approval, W Tannreuther’s Delhi schools post, George S Myers visiting Waterloo, bake and rummage sales, Chicago Great Western daylight time note, and a pageant at First M E church May 23 to aid home missions.

Delhi J. C. Ralston W. O. Tannreuther Orange Township

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