Around the Town Highlights From A Sidewalk Patchwork
A lighthearted column sketches town scenes including a husband swallowing pills in protest of trashing a medicine cabinet, Mike Stewart’s fatigue after farm chores, Connie Dennison’s playful police court misadventure, and a raft of small-town quirks. It notes Raiders fans, Dorothea Dunker’s fiancé arrival, Art Snider’s courtroom moment, Norway’s railroad naming history, and Mount Vernon professors’ joke on toupee pronunciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Dennison
Connie
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Clyde
Toppy) Tull
Mercy Hospital Nurses Alumnae Sponsor Spring Dance
Mercy hospital nurses alumnae will sponsor the annual spring benefit dance at Danceland on Wednesday April 19. A local band will provide music and tickets are available from committee members or at the door. Chaperons include multiple local doctors and their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Danceland
Cc. S. Krause
W. J. Neuzil
V. H. Hasek
A. R. Zuercher
E. G
Robert M. Chapman
Ellanor Earl
Tillie Blizek
Bernice Prunskunas
Christine Marbach
Mary Krall
Sara McFarland
600 College Book Club
Wilder
Local Folk Visit Relatives in Rockford and Charles City
Local residents Mr. and Mrs. E J DeVelin of Meadowbrook SE and their son Monroe are weekend visitors in Rockford Illinois. Mrs. DeVelin and her son spent the week there and were joined by Mr. DeVelin today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Margaret Ann
E. J. DeVelin
Meadowbrook Drive
Monroe
Rockford, Ill
Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Honor Mrs Alford in Coronado
Mrs. T. N. Alford editor of The Arrow national Pi Beta Phi publication will be honored guest at a Tuesday dinner at 2304 Hillcrest Dr SE. She departs Wednesday for Iowa City. Also on the agenda are a Tuesday Study Club meeting and a Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Alford
Coronado
Calif
the Arrow
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Pi Beta Phi
Alford
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Iowa City
Kappa Alpha Theta
E. C. Scott
First Avenue E
Iowa couple announce Ruth Toogood engagement to Leon Reynolds
Ruth Toogood daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Toogood of 1528 Washington Ave SE is engaged to Leon Martindale Reynolds of Monmouth Illinois son of Mr and Mrs Lee J Reynolds of Hagerstown Indiana He is a Monmouth College physics instructor and Sigma Xi member He earned a 1938 University of Iowa MS and Ruth earned a 1938 UI MA teaching at Milwaukee Downer College Both will marry after Easter visit at Toogood home over the holidays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adah Toogood
Third Avenue SE
Ruth Toogood
Leon Martindale Reynolds
Miss Toogood
R. S. Toogood
E. A. Toogood
Washington Avenue
Ruth
Monmouth, Ill
Lee J. Reynolds
Hagerstown
Ind
University of Iowa
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Pi Lambda Theta
Iowa
Milwaukee- Downer College
Milwaukee
Reynolds
Earlham College
Richmond
Sigma Xi
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Mr. Reynolds
Toogood
Congenial Hundred Spring Dance Set at Danceland
Congenial Hundred plans the tenth annual spring party for April 17 at Danceland ballroom with the regular orchestra and a program honoring the lovely ladies. About forty guests expected. A H Aukerman presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundred Club
Danceland Ballroom
A. H. Aukerman
Alumni Of Cornell Dinner Set In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts the annual Cornell alumni dinner at the Roosevelt hotel on Monday April 17 at 6 30 p m with J W Ensign as president and Miss Beulah G Perrin as secretary Special guest will be President H J Burgstahler who will recount a tour visiting Cornell alumni groups A college quartet will perform Attendees may contact local officers for reservations and details from listed phone numbers The evening also features open house events and club meetings across the area with various hosts and members noted in the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Ensign
Beulah G. Perrin
H. J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan
Cornell
United States
Ensign
Dial
Marshall Hickman
C. B. Meffert
John Emery
Paul Gard
Remarkable Iowa Woman Juggles Public Life and Family
Mrs. H. C. Houghton Jr. of Red Oak stands out for a packed schedule as Iowa director of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and state conservation board member. She speaks without notes, reads during spare moments, and balances four children, gardening, and a busy circuit of commencements and public addresses around Iowa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Iowa
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa State Historical Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
State Conservation Board
Virginia
Federation
Wellesley College
Houghton
Horace E. Deemer
Congress
Houghtons
D A R National Congress Trip For Members
Mrs. Imogen B. Emery and Mrs. Robert C. Toms will leave today by motor for the forty-eighth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington D C Mrs. Toms will be hosted by Miss Harriet Gibson while in the capital Alternate attendees include Mrs. Albert Kyndberg and others Mayflower chapter sends no delegates this year Shakespeare clubs meet with local hostesses to study Sonnets and Merchant of Venice C S Montooth returns from Tucson after a visit since February
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Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington, D. C
Imogen B. Emery
Twentieth Street
Defense
Robert C. Toms
Grande Avenue
Ashley
Toms
Harriet Gibson
Washington
Albert Kyndberg
Twenty-second Street
William F. Johnes
Folsom
Marion H. Williams
W. W. Crissman
Mayflower
Easter Weekend Guests At Cedar Rapids Homes
Local families welcome relatives and students for the Easter weekend. Visitors include Ellen Jean and Susan Taylor of Waterloo and Mrs James Sigmund of Des Moines with son Jay. Rosemary Royce of Eau Claire is staying with Mrs W Craven Shuttleworth. The Ristine home hosts A M Burke of Davenport. Stephens College students Kathryn Lynch and Betty Barnes visit Lynch parents. Several Iowa State College students spend holidays with families here and nearby Adam trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Taylor
Waterloo
Ellen Jean
Susan
James Sigmund
Sigmund
Des Moines
Jay
Rosemary Royce
Eau Claire
Wis
W. Craven Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Second Avenue
Henry Ristine
Crescent Street
Ristine
Stephens College
Columbia
Kathryn Lynch
Betty Barnes
Syracuse
N. Y
Owen T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Bill Keehn
P. F. Keehn
Glenway Drive
Bob Files
Edward H. Files
Bever Avenue
Roswell Pickfords
Earl Meggelin
Oak Park
Roswell H. Pickford
Forest Drive
Meggelin
Cheley Camps
Estes Park
Colo
Cedar Rapids Country Club
J. D. Stickley
Twenty Fifth Street Drive
Frederick, Jr
Sarah
Jonathan
Iowa State
Anne Campbell
W. R. Fankhanel
Fankhanel
Blake Boulevard
Freda Emery
Rockford
Irving C. Emery
Twentieth Street
George Buchanan
Grande Avenue
Louise Buchanan
Menomonie
Ralph Buchanan
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Miss Bloomhall and Mrs Leonard Headed to Madison Wedding
Miss Barbara Bloomhall of 2329 Bever Avenue SE and Mrs. Donald Leonard of Windermere Apartments travel to Madison for a wedding. Mrs Leonard will stay with Mr and Mrs Robert Biba while Miss Bloomhall stays with Miss Elizabeth Montgomery and serves as bridesmaid at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bloomhall
Bever Avenue SE
Donald Leonard
Windermere
Madison
Wrs
Palmer Luncheon Guests Host Mr. And Mrs. Hayes
Mrs. Austin N. Palmer entertained at luncheon at the Au sadie apartments with guests Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hayes of Mount Pleasant and their daughter. The Hayes were en route to Mason City to visit Mrs. Hayes' parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Irons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hayes
Mount Pleasant
Austin N. Palmer
Ausadie Apartments
Mrs. Hayes
Mason City
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Maynard
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Mike
Enoug
Leo Lucas
Raiders
Robert Taylor
Grandstand
New Orleans
Hollywood
Dorothea Dunker
LaVerna Drapela
First Avenue
Cedar River
Art Snider
Art
George C. Scott
John B. Keefe
Norway
Toppy
S. W. Wilder
B Avenue NE
College Book Club
E. J. North
Vernon Heights
Reading Club
J. Carl Dart
Graduate Nurses’ Club
Graduate Nurses Club
Ross Miller
Stella Jorpeland
Lola Hess
Miller
Miss Hess
Ferne Fraser
Glidden
H. W. Fraser
Fifteenth Street
Mrs. Lichtenstein
W. E. Lichtenstein
Armina Davis
Miss Adah
Wilson
H. S. Wilson
Marian Wilson
George A. Walker
J. M. Thompson
Burkhalter
Mary Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter
Leonardo da Vinci
A. Vallentina
J. Davenport Brown
Mrs. Brown
Ruth and
John McMalen
Curry
Ater
James R. Curry
Baraboo
Robert Curry
Home Garden Club
Killian’s Tea Room
W. E. Brown
Arthur L. Bye
Bye
James Bromwell
Herbert Caldwells
Beeches
Herbert Caldwell
Joan
Aurora
Mr. Caldwell
R. K. Keech
Keech
Park Terrace
Caldwells
Mr Caldwell
C. J. Caldwell
Robert Hahn
Miss Walton
HAHNS
Kansas City
Irma Walton
Mr. Hahn
F. K. Hahn
Fourth Avenue SE
Betty Kitterman
S. G. Courtney
George Hallenbeck
Forest Rittgers
College Club
Cedar Rapids College Club
Ralph D. Gray
G. Hubert Artis
John W. Beck
E. H. Beaven
Park Avenue SE
Music Study Club
Zora Adams
Central City
Dan Cory
Marion
Ruth Engstrom
Mrs. Dunker
Harry W. Dunker
Grande Avenue SE
Tom Walpole
Kathryn Barton
Harriett Swain
Lindenwood College
Bud Houghton
Cole Houghton
Deemer
Iowa State Bar Association
Lindenwood
D.A.R. Natl. Congress
C. S. Krause
Vernon Drive
Shakespeare Club
W. C. Bernstorf
Mrs. Tower
Olive Tower
Mrs. C. S. Montooth
Tucson
C. S. Montooth
Ariz
Thompson Photo
Miss Bloomhall
Leonard
A. N. Palmer
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