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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1929
Page
3
The Lucia Chapter Natural Music Club and allied groups announce Monday evening gatherings at the Wellington home of Mrs. G. C. Lamson to study the Constitution with tea served by a hostess group. Also Cedar Heights Women’s Club will run the Thursday program featuring Goodbye Summer and a travel and art talk.
Waterloo Woman's Club hosts a busy week with district convention October 22 and 23. Posts include board meeting at 9:30 and social activities in the clubhouse with bridge, sewing displays, tea, and potluck supper under various chairmen and hostesses. A garden class talk and junior auxiliary concert precede a Friday Home and Education meeting featuring a Black's Dry Goods rep. A Edison light talk concludes department meetings Thursday.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Esther Trumbauer, daughter of Dr. Charles Trumbauer and Raymond Philips, to J. E. Trumbauer of Waterloo. Esther, a Town Bite College graduate, will reside with her husband in Alamosa where Philips is employed by Penney Company.
Ailes Geneva Walls of Clear Lake married Kenneth Figgs of Nashua at the Congregational church in Clear Lake on Sunday October 6. Figgs, son of Calvin Riggs, is a 1925 Nashua High School graduate and a former Town State College student employed by the Wells company in Clear Lake. Walls is a Clear Lake resident and graduate.
A chapter hosted a second dance in a series at the temple with refreshments after, as the regular meeting at Masonic temple Wednesday promised business then refreshments. Mrs Dillon, moving to Battle Creek, Mich, was honored at a farewell party hosted by Mrs Henry Bills with 12 guests, awards of 500 going to Mrs George Moothart and Mrs Earl Bean, and a gift for Mrs Dillon.
Nashua Iowa October 12 four couples were united in marriage at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. Richard Bargler of Greenville and Bessia Marie Amis of Spencer wed first, followed by Earl L Herrison of Adel and Mary L Keesey of Perry, then William S McKee of Muscatine with Charlotte B Bodman of Muscatine, and Walter E B Jates of Cassville Wisconsin to Ines I Myers of Cassville Wisconsin.
Waterloo women will learn French in classes sponsored by the Waterloo Woman's Club taught by Mrs. Co Howard using phonetic methods. Three free beginner lessons start Monday at 1 30 PM to show how easy learning French can be. Card party chaired by Mrs Joe Trotter is set for Tuesday in K C hall with W B A backing.
Beauty guidance urges the anemic girl to add vivid color in clothing and use henna shampoos to brighten hair. Advice covers complexion, rouge placement, brow shaping, and light makeup while warning against heavy artificial tones. It also notes hair color changes with henna and suggests simple care routines for skin and nails.
A dense listing of club meetings and social activities for Waterloo area groups across the week. Entries include Waterloo Wotran’s club social afternoon, Our Lady of Victory events, PHT school activities, American Association of University Women dinner, Ladies’ Aid societies, Calvary Evangelical church events, Masonic and veterans gatherings, and various garden, sewing, and craft sessions.
About three hundred nurses from Iowa are expected at the annual meeting of the Iowa Registered Nurses association to be held in Marshalltown next Wednesday through Friday. The event includes separate meetings by the Iowa League of Nursing Education Public Health and School Nursing group and the Private Duty Nursing association. Delegates include Miss Gertrude Hoff and Miss Hazel Toll from Allen Memorial Hospital, with Miss Ella Lubberis and Miss Rose Jensen as student delegates. Mrs. Roger Wardine of Cedar Falls was chosen delegate for the Presbyterian Hospital Alumnae association. A farewell party was held for Miss Martha P. Kratzschmar and Miss Mabel Diegel, who resigned as supervisors at Allen Memorial Hospital. Diegel heads to Phoenix, Diegel to Waterloo. Black Hawk I.O.F. Rebe kahs and friends are invited to the Black Hawk club meeting at 8 p.m. at Black Hawk hall.
Five Ladies' Aid members of First United Presbyterian plan sewing this Wednesday at 2 p.m. in church parlors. A 25‑member First Lutheran committee meets Monday at 8 p.m. to report progress on canceling debt on the parsonage. Officers are Rev. H. Mueller chair, F. F. Wiegert secretary, H. L. Bris treasurer. Homebuilders at Walnut Street Baptist hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James McMillan with devotionals by Mrs. L. K. Hayden and a games session. Harmony class at First United Presbyterian, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore McDowell, planned November meeting with host couple. Refreshments served.
A string of October weddings across Iowa record unions in Fairbank Cedar Falls Alta Vista Waterloo Vancleve Oelwein Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Sauk Centre. Brides Miss Esther Stramke Myrtle Nordé Clara Ross Erma Tigges Margaret Anderson Allan Johnson Ruth Miller and Miss Ruth Artaay wed grooms including Berard Estham Edward Boehmer Aubrey Johnston Wray Young Gregg Richards Glen Crippen and others. Couples plan farms or city residences after ceremonies at Lutheran parsonages Little Brown Church and St Andrews Episcopal Church with officiants including Rev Burch Rev Woerdehoff Rev Kent and Dr Gordon Mathews.
Decorah hosts the annual Fourth District convention of the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs on Oct 24 25 with Current Events Monday and Travel clubs as hosts. Notable members and officers will attend including Mrs J Witzke and Mrs Hert Porter. A Thursday banquet precedes an evening program and reception featuring a one act play by three West Union women. County chairmen and district managers from multiple counties are listed.
Mrs ELT Alford announces plans for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs third district meeting to be hosted by Waterloo Woman's Club October 22 and 23. Delegates from Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, Franklin, Hardin and Wright counties attend. program includes music, addresses by state and national speakers, reports, and social events at the Waterloo clubhouses and First Presbyterian Church.
Mrs Let Renner hosted the Nonpareil Bridge club at 409 Twelfth Street West with prizes awarded to Mrs Elmer Chamberlain Mrs E J Ralston and Mrs Frank Moore Special guests included Mrs Thomas Shafer and Mrs E J Ralston The club plans to meet Oct 22 at Mrs Elmer Chamberlains 225 Cottage Grove Avenue Wild Rose club will host an all day meeting at W O A Thursday Members should bring baskets and dishes Laura Norman hosted the GNA club at 203 Mulberry Street with bridge awards to Mrs Katharine Spensrud and Miss Helen Deggendorf Deggendorf will entertain at 128 Third Street West on Oct 28
Mrs. Klingaman spoke on historical trees connected to famous people and events at Friday Study club, noting oaks and elms from Washington to Oberlin, and mentioning Buffalo Bill Cody’s boyhood tree. Other trees cited included national landmarks and the Lincoln Memorial theme.
About 100 Gates Business College alumni gathered at Black's tearoom for the annual banquet honoring the class of 1904’s silver anniversary. Longtime and newer graduates, officers elected for the coming year, and speeches by Bruce Gates highlighted a festive evening with reminiscences and a display of school colors. Other notes mention Maccabees lodge, Hawthorne P T A meetings upcoming.
The funeral of Mrs. Aelia Eastland age 76 was held in a Fredericksburg Baptist church with Rev. C. J. Carroll of Cresco presiding. Burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery beside her husband. Mrs Eastland, who had lived in this area 26 years, died at her son Frank Eastland's home in Henning Minnesota.
Carl G. Stoddard of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the National Restaurant Association, succeeding Harry Hackney. He has led Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria as president and earlier as first vice president, guiding cafeterias in Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines Sioux City Davenport and soon Peoria Illinois. The self made Iowa businessman and late partner Bishop built a chain noted for its success.
Water loo branch of the American Association of University Women plans a dinner at Black's tearoom Tuesday evening October 15 with guest speaker Mrs F Atkinson of Minneapolis national first vice president of ALA US OW and chair of the national million dollar fellowship fund Also Miss Allison Aitchison Cedar Falls will speak on International Gleanings Hostesses include Miss Dorothy Curtis and several matrons Waterloo branch members to be welcomed include Helen Richardson Eulalie Turner Katharine Young Ina Marmon Resse Forrester Catharine Leytze and Mrs Estel Also Rudolph Yoder from Indiana visiting at daughter Aly Olngrich's home near Littleton Iowa
Compiled items report a serious illness in Hawarden affecting Mrs. Meeter and family, a traffic incident on Saxon Street near Fourth with an unidentified man insured to a hotel, a divorce granted to Ora Hostetler from Arthur J. Hostetler on cruelty grounds, and a minor-children settlement awarded to the mother. Also noted are a bar examination success of R. A. Hawk, Dr. FP M Hawk relative, radio broadcast appearances by Helen Gale Kloss, a will probate for Robert J Penne with provisions for his wife and children, and a charitable bequest contingent on care for his widow.
Independence Iowa Oct 12. T C Reimer aged eighty celebrated his eightieth birthday on Oct 7. A long time resident of Buchanan county since 1907 when he moved with his family from Illinois, he marked the milestone in Independence Ta.
A vintage culinary snippet describes making grape mint jelly with mint, juice draining, sugaring, and setting in jelly glasses. It adds tips like using four pounds of fish yields six or seven portions, pimento for color in meat loaf, buttermilk for baking, and onion salt to flavor vegetables without strong onion bite.
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