Around the Town highlights odd happenings abroad and home
The column recaps a Mexico trip delayed by a bullfight, a foxhound devouring a newspaper, a post office barnyard scene, a mock wedding attempt at Coe College, muddy road woes near Cozgon, ghostly thefts in California, and a Cedar Rapids ride in rain. Also notes a Tijuana shopper, a watermelon party miss, and Basil Rathbone’s cold broadcast mishap.
Farewell for Mrs Welke at Claassen Home
About 75 guests gathered at 366 Woodland Drive SE to bid farewell to Mrs Melvin J L Welke who will move with Rev Mr Welke to Cincinnati April 16. The event was arranged by the Woman's Alliance of Peoples Church and featured a gift presentation after a brief farewell talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Claassen
Woodland Drive
Melvin JL. Welke
Welke
Astor
The
Peoples Church
Cincinnati
Woman's Alliance of the Church
James M. Shields
Shields
F. A. Small
Mary Louise Welke
A. B. Steele
Women Voters League Meeting at Montrose Hotel
The League of Women Voters will meet Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with a 11.30 a.m. board session and luncheon in the coffee shop. The program begins at 2 p.m. led by Mrs. J. W. Barnett, head of government operations, with W. W. Crissman as speaker. Convention committees will meet with the president at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Montrose Hotel
J. W. Barnett
Department of Government
W. W. Crissman
The
King's Daughters
A. E. Chase
Grande Avenue
State Board
Des Moines
Union
Sucrette Crank
Women's Association of the
First Congregational Church
A. W. Meyers
Ballard
Georgia
Caroline Tufts
Raymond Benson
C. J. Lynch, Jr
W. L. Paxson
Edward Lee
Mercy Alumnae Benefit Dance Planned At Danceland
Mercy Hospital alumnae nurses organize their annual benefit dance at Danceland from 9 to 1. Chairmen Tillie Blizek and Bernice Prunskunas with assistants Lucille Maher and Christine Marbach invite the public to attend. The Vernon Heights Reading club meets Thursday at 2 30 p m with Mrs A E Harms hosting a program on Table China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Danceland Theenchairmen
Tillie Blizek
Bernice Prunskunas
Lucille Maher
Christine Marbach
Vernon Heights
Reading Club
A. E. Harms
Garden Drive
A A U W Group Meeting Scheduled Thursday Morning
Mrs. R. K. Stoddard of 2384 Blake boulevard SE invites members to the international relations study group of A A U W. The session will be held Thursday at 9 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Stoddard
Blake Boulevard
A.A.U W
Circus Theme Centerpiece At Marcia McWilliams Birthday
Balloons and clowns highlighted a Saturday party for Marcia McWilliams at 2248 Grande avenue SE. Guests included Mary Helen Hickman Judy Bills Anna Yonel Armstrong Evelyn Scott and others as the Cedar Rapids area hosts planned book group meetings and a theater review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D McWilliams
Grande Avenue SE
Marcia
Mary Helen Hickman
Judy Bills
Anna Yonel Armstrong
Evelyn Scott
Nancy Lynch
Janice Kohl
Connie McClary
Marjorie Ellen Hahn
Diane Benninghoff
Phyllis Lyon
Beverly Knox
Barbara Booth
Lenore Weiss
Jane Gage
June Lyman
Chapter DK PFO Monday meeting and related notices
Local notices list Chapter DK of P F O meeting Monday at 8 p.m hosted by Mrs L W Dunlap with Miss Alice Rudd and Mrs Harold West assisting. Other chapter GM hosts and talks planned with Mrs J F Ball and leaders. A Cedar Rapids Garden Club lecture by Mrs Preston Rice is set for April 17 at Roosevelt hotel. Women's Relief Corps held a meeting with 1940 agenda and flowers sent to an ill member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids College Club
George Hallenbeck
First Avenue E
Carl Tiffany
Richard Naibert
Edna Lee Booker
Marie Schmermund
Second Avenue SE
V. ©. Hasek
P. A. Snowman
Man
Kaufman and Hart
L. W. Dunlap
Elmhurst Drive
Alice Rudd
Harold West
J. F. Ball
Preston Rice
Grand Rapids, Mich
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Relief Corps
T. Z. Cook Post No. 11
Memorial Building
Sophie Pilker
Laura Currier
Florence Sherman
Josephine Kuba
May Repstein
Phyllis Luse
Elizabeth Sloan
Milo Mitralsky
Women's Relief Corps
Anna Bills
Mercy Hospital
Beethoven Club Observes Guest Night with Bach Fugue
The Beethoven Club hosts its annual guest night Tuesday at 8 15 in the YWCA club rooms with Mrs Helen Kacena Stark chairing the program committee. Duo pianists Helen Hickman and Lacey Ambroz perform Bach's Art of the Fugue, a highlight rarely done by amateurs. The program lists Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Dett, and Rachmaninoff pieces with solo, choral, and ensemble numbers chaired by Lenore Stark Topinka and featuring the Woman's Club Chorus students and accompanists Lulu Welty Lucy Ambroz Ruth Miskimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven Club
Y W.C. A
Helen Kacena Stark
Bach
Helen Hickman
Lacey Ambroz
Mendelssohn
Virginia Ohmann
Leota Beckine
Martha Leksa
Rahms
Neilhbors
Brahms
Brahms Beethoven
Lucy Ambroz
Lulu Welty
Chopin
Grainger
Dett
Marsha Leksa
Bach Helen Hickman
Cain
Rachmaninoff
Beethoven Chorus
Lulu
Community Play Cast Is Announced for Ebner
McClean and Seymour Silverberg return in the cast as Ebner for the upcoming community play with box office hours Friday 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday 10 to 5. Reservations by phone 2 7711 or Sunday by Mrs Sumner H Foster 2 8312. The article lists numerous behind the scenes staff and local civic events and meetings in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Risk
Rockwell Bingham
C. Louis Fontana
W. L.S Jones
Artists Of Iowa Meet To Form New Artists Association
Iowa artists and friends statewide are invited to an informal banquet on April 13 at the Iowa City Country Club to discuss forming a new Iowa Artists association. Speakers from joining states share experiences. Marion Gilmore of Ottumwa will join a WSUI radio interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Marian Gilmore
Ottumwa
Iowa City
University
Iowa Artists Association
Marvin D. Cone
Allen I. Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Cone
Dunn
F. J. Bruns
Pelzer
Ferson Avenue
E. M. Soboda
Third Avenue SE
Leon T. Noel
Long Beach
Michigan City
Ind
Alexandria
Floyd W. Paul
Paul
McCrory Corporation
Pauls
Woodmont Road
Belle Haven
Soboda
Ashley Chapter
D. A
Country Club completes redecorating with new acoustical ceiling
The club finishes a major ballroom remodel featuring arched draperies in marine blue fringe and rose walls. New indirect lighting and an acoustical ceiling brighten the space alongside refinished imported chairs and a six foot fruitwood kosota marble console table with an eight foot mirror.
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Harry Cockers
Mexico
Gazette
Taylor
Frank RB. Baldwin
Baldwin
Justice W. A. Ball
Justice Ball
Cozgon
Linn
Clare Petty
Bill Behrens
California
Anna Marie de Castello
Pasadena
Miss de Castello
Frances Wright
Vivian Roeder
Killian's
Tijuana
Russia
Sprig
Cub
Basil Rathbone
Mrs. Welke
Claassen
Maltese Cross Circle of the King’s Daughters
Bert Haynes
Avenue
Women Voters’ League
Montrose
Amor H Sargent
Washington Avenue
Sargents
George Karch
Cleveland
George, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Emd. Sargent
A.au.w
International Relations
College Club
Lena Vogt
Louise Hathaway
Nineteenth Street SE
P E. O
R. B VanCleve
Asia
John Gunther
Garden Club
Godey
Executive Board OF
the King's Daughters
Frank Wells
Fourth Avenue SE
Rock Island
Rock Island Women's Club
Y. We A
Youth Temperance Council
Nettie Sisam
First Avenue W
Playhouse
Idalia Wright
Jenny Lind
P. T. Barnum
America
Helen McCleery
E. E. Shhenefelt
Marian Bruner
Ann Budd
Belle Campbell
Amy Christian
Lucille Gove
Agnes Hibbs
Mildred Krebs
Merrill Smith
Paul Snowman
J. F. Uhlenhopp
John P. Galway
V. O. Hasek
C. C. Flodin
Harold Waite
Everett Beatty
Rex B. Conn
Morgan Craft
Randall Hart
R. P. Ink
James Kewley
James Killian
Robert Miller
B. H. Beyers
G. A. Gage
Wells C. Peck
Karl H. Kainz
F. E. Corey
Schenefelt
Snowman
Corey
McGregor
MT. Carroll
A. W. McGregor
B Avenue NE
Frances Shimer
Mount Carroll
Wallace Boysons
Wallace G. Boyson
Country Club Parkway SE
Kansas City
Boyson
Iowa Retail Jewelers
Delta Gamma
Donald M. Leonard
Windermere
Jerome Gearhart
Jack E. Durin
John B. Heidel
Edwy J. Clapp
Durin
Willis A. Glassgow
Missionary Societies
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Ruth Otto
Home Society
J. M. Tallman
Margaret Miller
Marjorie Deering
Coe College
Charles M. Fisher
United States
Trinity Church
Merle English
Chicago
Artists of
Home Garden Club
Killian's Tea Room
R. C. Folsom
Frank K Hahn
Arthur Crew
Marion
Stanley Meeks
Stanley R. Meek
Washington Avenue SE
Bridge Club
H. J. Ross
Forest Drive
W. J. Barngrover
Joan Vessler
Mrs. Mulsow
Frederick W Mulsow
Mulsow
American College of Physicians
Mrs. Jackson
Edna _ Barrett Jackson
E. M. Sobodas
Mrs. Wardle
Shakespeare Club
J. D. Wardle
King Henry VI
Kappa Alpha Theta
Elderkin
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
David M. Elderkin
D Avenue
Ashley
Daughters of the American Revolution
Y.W.C.A
oOo
King’s Daughters
Jean Daniels
Fifth Avenue SE
Ella Hungerford
O. Carson
Thirty-fourth Street
Charles Richardsons
Thompson
Charles M. Richardson
Fifth Avenue
Richardson
Marjone Schneider
Flora Stone Mather College
Case School of Applied Sciences
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Lincoln Electric Company
Crabbe
W. J. Brown
Lester C. Chadima
J. Hamilton Bell
John M. Drabelle
Karl P. Blaise
G H. Cornwell
S. E. Coquillette
David E. Beardsley
A. J. Diebold
Eugene M. Pinney
Wale Lace
D. Lyon
Frederick S. Glanville
Haverly Jones Home
Haverly Jones
Tri-Delta Alliance
Crawford
William C. Crawford
Vernon Drive
Oma
FT Non Zoric Day Cleaners
Third Street