Formal Tea at Coe Opens Grant Wood Exhibit
A formal tea Sunday from 3 to 5:30 p m in the East gallery of the Coe auditorium marks the opening of a special Grant Wood drawings and paintings exhibit. Loans include Daughters of Revolution from Edward G Robinson Hollywood Calif Adolescence from the Owen Elliotts and others. Tea guests include Miss Prescott Miss Anna Woitishak and several faculty and community members.
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Coe
Grant Wood
Daughters of Revolution
Edward G. Robinson
Hollywood
Calif
Toe College
Owen Elliotts
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago
Frances Prescott
Miss Prescott
Anna Woitishek
Richard Crane
Marvin Cone
Stevan Smith
James Coquillette
Howell H. Brooks
Bryce Fisher
Harold C Egglestons Host Bridal Dinner for Darlene Olson
Mr and Mrs Harold C Eggleston invite guests to a bridal dinner in the Roosevelt hotel Lincoln Jefferson room honoring their daughter Darlene and Edward Olson Jr whose marriage is set for Sunday at Kenwood Methodist church. Guests include Olson parents James Olson and Cedar Rapids friends and relatives from Forest City Williams Little Cedar and Orr Minnesota with spring flowers and pale pink candles in decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Eggleston
E Avenue NE
Darlene
Edward Olson
Kenwood Methodist Church
Lincoln-Jefferson
Roosevelt Hotel
Olson
James Olson
Forest City
Jack Eggleston
Robert Neagle
Margaret Volz
Cedar Rapids
Joe Walterman
Williams
Carl Bradshaw
James Steiert
Little Cedar
Katherine Kiland
Orr, Minn
Glenn Bell
Thompson
Eisenhower Appears Before G O P Women
President Eisenhower speaks to 1 200 Republican women at a Washington lunch. He praises women as hard workers in campaigns and notes women cast 52 percent of his 1952 votes. He jokes that a majority of his gratitude belongs to the women.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Women of Ellis Park Golf Association Plan Luncheon
The Ellis Park Golf Association women meet at the Embassy club on Saturday to outline plans for the season. The opening golf event is set for May 5 and any woman may attend on opening day, contacting Mrs. George Bornholtz or Mrs. D W Holmes for details.
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Ellis Park Golf Association
Embassy Club
George Bornholtz
D. W. Holmes
Iota Epsilon Chapter Initiates Members at Roosevelt Hotel
The Iota Epsilon chapter of Pr Omi cron sorority met at the Roosevelt hotel on Thursday evening. Mrs. M. J. Quade of the Jackson school demonstrated work for hearing impaired children, assisted by two pupils. Ruth Harvey Opal Iseminger and Marion Wilson were initiated, with Martha Ruth Heald and Mrs. Rachel Hodgin as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iota Epsilon
Pr Omicron Sorority
Roosevelt Hotel
M. J. Quade
Jackson School
Ruth Harvey
Opal Iseminger
Marion Wilson
Martha
Ruth Heald
Rachel Hodgin
Paulsons and Mrs Kidd Return From Six Week Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Q O F Paulson and Mrs. Charles L Kidd returned home Thursday after a six week vacation in California and Hawaii. The Paulsons celebrated their forty fifth wedding anniversary March 15 during their Hawaii visit. In Honolulu they visited Mr and Mrs S S Staley, the former Pauline Jones of Cedar Rapids, and they also visited in Los Angeles.
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QO. F. Paulson
Grande Avenue
Charles L. Kidd
Nineteenth Street
California
Hawaii
Paulsons
Honolulu
S. S. Staley
New Chi Omega Initiates At University Of Iowa
Miss Carol Zadnichek of Cedar Rapids and Miss Alice Jones of Monticello join Chi Omega sorority at the University of Iowa. Zadnichek is a commerce junior and Jones a liberal arts freshman.
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Carol Zadnichek
Cedar Rapids
Alice Jones
Monticello
Chi Omega Social Soniority
University of Iowa
Zadnichek
Miss Jones
Candles Treated With Soapsuds Last Longer
Instructions claim candles coated with soapsuds will burn without smoking or dripping. After coating, allow to dry in holders before use to extend burn time.
Engineering Seen as Profession for Women
DETROIT AP The most promising career for women is engineering. Katherine Stinson, president of the National Society of Women Engineers, told the Detroit section that the notion engineering is a man’s field deters young women. She added women are qualified if they have mathematical aptitude and scientific bent.
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Detroit
Katherine Stinson
National Society of Women Engineers, S
Mrs Russell Bash Visits in Borschel Home
Mrs Russell Bash of Vallejo California former Cedar Rapids resident visits in the home of Mr and Mrs E F Borschel 1210 Third Avenue SE. She also visits her sisters Mrs Floyd Mosburg Mrs Joe Coenen and Mrs Marvin Williams.
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Russell Bash
Vallejo
Calif
Cedar Rapids
E. F. Borschel
Third Avenue SE
Floyd Mosburg
Joe Coenen
Marvin Williams
Wheelchair bound Cedar Rapids woman finds joy in life
Mrs. Donovan Jones, a Cedar Rapids resident bound to a wheelchair for 39 years, says friends and daily small pleasures keep life bright. She shares her philosophy at a birthday gathering with neighbor George Blazek, noting television and books broaden her world.
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Marge Kayser
Cedar Rapids
Donovan Jones
Avenue
Linn Boulevard
Jones
George
Mrs. Jones
Kofrons Return from Santa Monica Winter Visit
Mr and Mrs F J Kofron of 296 Twenty eights avenue SW return Wednesday from Santa Monica California where they spent the winter with Mrs Eleanor Durey formerly of Cedar Rapids Mrs Durey is Mrs Kofrons niece.
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F. J. Kofron
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Santa Monica
Calif
Eleanor Durey
Cedar Rapids
Durey
Kofron
Knitter Mrs Jones Embraces Wheel Chair as Transport
Mrs Jones explains her decades long use of a wheelchair as her chosen mode of transportation. She shares that she knits many items for gifts and feels there are few ways she can help others, yet she enjoys doing whatever she can.
Shirley Frish Weds Earl Cathcart in Methodist Chapel
Miss Shirley M. Frish daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Frish Lincol n Heights SE wed Earl N Cathcart son of Mr and Mrs Edmund Cathcart Iowa City in a noon double ring ceremony at St Pauls Methodist church Rev Kenneth Metcalf officiated Attendants were Mrs Dean E Frish Pleas ant sister in law and Herbert Ungs The couple will reside at 1938 B avenue NE after a brief trip groom a University of Iowa graduate employed by Dearborn Brass. bride at Terry-Durin Company.
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Shirley M. Frish
E. L. Frish
Lincoln Heights
Earl N. Cathcart
Edmund Cathcart
Iowa City
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Kenneth Metcalf
Dean E. Frish
Mr. Pleasant
Herbert Ungs
Frish
Grant
Roosevelt Hotel
Cathcart
University of Iowa
Dearborn Brass Company
Terry-Durin Company
B Avenue NE
Gamma chapter meeting highlights at Anita Fuehr home
The Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held a model meeting Thursday evening at Anita Fuehr’s residence 2336 B avenue NE. James Bromwell spoke on Joan of Arc. Hostesses were Julie DeWitt Ruth Baker and Phyllis Gillihan. Guests included Beta Sigma chapter members from Iowa City and several transferred members.
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Gamma
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Anita Fuehr
B Avenue
James Bromwell
Joan of Arc
Julie DeWitt
Ruth Baker
Phyllis Gillihan
Maxine Meade
Colleen Cox
Ann Cortimiglia
Carla Burham
Joan Neuzil
Beta Sigma Chapter
Iowa City
Paul Wright
Casper
Joes
Maynard Barting
Earlville Couple Wed In First Congregational Church
Announcement reports the marriage of Pfc. Doryce Mae Smock of Earlville to Pvt. Richard Ellis Reid. The ceremony April 2 at the church house of the First Congregational was officiated by Rev. J. Richard Wagner with attendants Miss Reid and James Schiller. The couple will commence new assignments with Reid joining Camp Crowder and his wife stationed in Washington.
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Pfc
Doryce Mae Smock
Glennie "Smock
Earlville
Richard Ellis Reid
Kenneth W. Reid
B Avenue
First Congregational Church
J. Richard Wagner
Miss Reid
James Schiller
Pvt
Reid
Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Crowder
Army Band
Women’s Marine Corps
San Diego
Washington, D. C
Coe College
Alpha Phi Omega
Lambda Chi Alpha
Mrs Gibney Wins Thursday Cake Contest in Iowa
Mrs. William Gibney Jr of 159 Fourteenth Avenue SW won Thursday’s cake baking contest sponsored by Iowa Electric Light and Power Co and Westinghouse. She advances to Saturday’s final bake off with a pineapple chiffon cake recipe and detailed ingredients. Other contestants listed include Blanche Erland Newhall and several named locals.
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William Gibney, Jr
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Westinghouse
the Light Company
Gibney
Deede
Blanche Erland
Newhall
Vernon J. Kriz
Hubert Hopker
Carroll Hoge
Robert J. Fox
John J. Buresh
Win R. Doherty
LeRoy Sturdivan
Mildred Goodwater
Phyllis Brown
Darlene Paxton
Fashion Flash: Chic Girls Embrace Boyish Spring Styles
New York fashion notes describe the rise of boyish dressing for girls this spring. Junior girls wear gray or navy boy coats with pastel piping and rounded cuffs. Men tailored shirts and mini silk ties appear, along with junior cufflinks for French cuffs, and the Italian cut influences Susie’s look.
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Susie
Junior
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Harold C. Egglestons
G.O.P
ELLIS
Iota Epsilon Chapter
ASN
Lowe
CHI Omega Sorority
SUI
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept. P. O
Ill
Mrs. Russell Bash
Borschel
A. W. Carltons
Florida
A. W. Carlton
Blake Boulevard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Timmy
Cindy
Jiggs
Kofrons
Krebs
1St Ave
Doryce Smock
Richard Reid
Mrs. Gibney
Wolf
New York
Davenport and Chair
Kenwood Transfer
Phyllis Battelle
INS
Noor Amy
Ey Wadia
Hamilton
Millorga
Vigoro Hamilto
Parlor City
Hawkeye Mix
Dunlops
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