Community Players Plan Party After Rehearsal
The Community Players will host a party after rehearsal for The Late Christopher Bean following performances Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Cast members, crew, and production staff along with spouses and friends will attend at Pla Mor. director Fritz Kleibacher leads the production with cast including B P Latt ner Elizabeth Carey Leonore Rennekamp Barbara Trumbull Frances Mc Laughlin Howard Hoff Herbert Levin Gordon DeLay and Edwy J Clapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Bean
Community Players
Pla- Mor
B. P. Lattner
Elizabeth Carey
Leonore Rennekamp
Barbara Trumb
Local Players Win Third In Pair Play Of Bridge Tourney
A Cedar Rapids couple Mrs. Frank C. Byers and Mrs. George Beattie finished third in the pair play segment of the northeastern Iowa bridge tournament held Friday at Waterloo. The afternoon session winners were Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Beattie, while overall day honors went to Mrs. Dale Williams and Max Fisher of Waterloo. Paul Junkin of Fairfield and William Weise of Davenport earned the second award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank C. Byers
George Beattie
Waterloo
Richard Searles and Virginia Lamson Wed in Cedar Rapids
Miss Virginia Lamson daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Atherton Lamson of Winnetka Illinois and Richard Searles of Evanston Illinois formerly of Cedar Rapids were married Wednesday evening at the bride's parents home. Dr Samuel Harkness performed the ceremony. About 200 guests attended the reception. The couple will live in Evans ton after May 1 and then be at home in Evanston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lamson
Warren Atherton Lamson
Winnetka
Richard Searles
Evanston
Cedar Rapids
Samuel Harkness
Mr. Searles
Charles J. Searles
Jean Lamson
James Searles
St. Louis
H. Gordon DeLay
John Carey
Charles Moyer
Tama
Searles
Asheville
N. C
Birthday surprise for Aretha Shimek at Tanda Camp
A group hosted a birthday surprise for Aretha Shimek Thursday evening at Tanda Camp and presented her a fire maker’s bracelet. Bunco followed a picnic supper with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. William Shimek Aretha and Gordon Dill Ruth Hollister Donald and Arlene Linkenback Ellen McDonough and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanda
Aretha Shimek
Bunco
William Shimek
Aretha
Gordon
John Dill
Ruth
John Hollister
Donald
Arlene
Gladys Linkenback
Ellen McDonough
Betty Anderson
Betty Ruth Konigsmark
Twyla Memler
Dinner Honors E. L. Hill Birthday in Coggan
Mr and Mrs James W Smith hosted a Thursday evening dinner at 1504 Second Avenue SE for the birthday celebration of E L Hill of Coggan. Five hundred guests attended including Mr and Mrs Hill and Mr and Mrs Avery Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Smith
Second Avenue SE
E. L. Hill of
Coggan
Hill
Avery Miller
Merry Eight club meeting at Century Point hostesses named
Mrs. Joe Kauzlarich entertained the Merry Eight club Thursday afternoon at 1119 Center Point Road NE. Prizes went to Mrs. William Goodrow and Mrs. Carroll Sweet with Mrs. Leland Kurth assisting. The next gathering will be at Mrs. D Hoyt’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kauzlarich
Center Point Road
Merry Eight Club
William Goodrow
Carroll Sweet
Leland Kurth
D. Hoyt
Woman's Labor Bureau meets at Labor Temple
The Woman's Labor bureau No. 17 met Thursday evening at Labor temple with Nevin Nichols of the playground commission leading group games. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Labor Bureau
No. 17
Labor Temple
Nevin Nichols
The
Playground Commission
Miss Frances Truhlicek Visiting Fort Madison
Miss Frances Truhlicek of Rockford Road Southwest is spending the weekend with relatives in Fort Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Truhlicek
Rockford Road
Fort Madison
Ao Ki Ya Camp Fire Members Host Lunch and Game
Cabinet members of Ao Ki Ya Camp Fire group served a luncheon at the home of guardian Mrs Henry Houseman on Thirty second Street NE. After lunch the guests played five hundred with Mary Barker Eloise Balcar Jean Rice Dorothy Doolittle Rita Drake Barbara Holmes Dorothy Hopkins Betty Like Shirley Like Mildred Phillips Lillian Repstein and Pauline Schmidt present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ao-Ki-Ya
the Guardian
Henry Houseman
Thirty-second Street
Mary Barker
Eloise Balcar
Jean Rice
Dorothy Doolittle
Rita Drake
Barbara Holmes
Dorothy Hopkins
Betty Like
Shirley Like
Mildred Phillips
Lillian Repstein
Pauline Schmidt
Health Education Dept. Elects Mrs. Henton Chairman
Mrs. Verne E. Henton was elected chairman of the health education department of the Cedar Rapids Woman's club. She succeeds Mrs. R. A. Monroe and leads new officers Mrs. Alvin Shaffer and Mrs. Lester Frezek as secretary treasurer. The department formed a golf group with Mrs. John Heins Jr. in charge and will meet at the Kenmore course starting April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne E. Henton
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Dochterman Hosts Linen Shower for Miss Doupnik
Mrs Melvin E Dochterman 425 Twenty third Street NE entertained at a linen shower Friday evening in honor of her sister Miss Mary Doupnik whose marriage to Clyde Markham on April 19 was announced. Bridge and 500 were played with high prizes to Miss Lottie Janesovsky Mrs Robert Dochterman and Miss Bernice Ulch. Consolations went to Miss Leona Janesovsky Zula Cacek and Velma Shimek. Other guests included Misses Elsie Volak Vlasta Volak Jennie Doupnik Maude Bourgert Verba Parker Mary Dvorak Geraldine Hass and Mary Klumpar Mrs Lamir Horak Mrs Howard Fifield Laureen Joy Mrs John Lagos and Martha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin E. Dochterman
Twenty-third Street
Mary Doupnik
Clyde Markham
Lottie Janesovsky
Robert Dochterman
Bernice Ulch
Leona Janesovsky
Zula Cacek
Velma Shimek
Elsie Volak
Vlasta Volak
Jennie Doupnik
Maude Bourgert
Verba Parker
Mary Dvorak
Geraldine Hass
Mary Klumpar
Lamir Horak
Howard Fifield
Laureen Joy
John Lagos
Martha
Pauline Ulish Birthday Party at Colonial Tea Room
Pauline Ulish hosted a birthday party Wednesday evening at the Colonial tea room on First avenue. Prizes in banco and bridge went to Mary Ellen Hendryx and Mary Kinney. other attendees included Jean Eckford, Marjorie Young, Jeanne Russett, Helen Kroulik, Dorothy Jane Erickson, Geraldine Robertson, Betty Ann Lehman, Mary Ellen McLeod, Helen Pleshek, Georgeanne Buresh, Jane Rice, Miriam Cooper, Ellen Cooper, Virginia Stevenson, Maribelle Phillips and Jane Sigmund.
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Pauline Ulish
Colonial Tea Room
First Avenue E
Banco and Bridge
Mary Ellen Hendryx
Mary Kinney
Jean Eckford
Marjorie Young
Jeanne Russett
Helen Kroulik
Dorothy Jane Erickson
Geraldine Robertson
Betty Ann Lehman
Mary Ellen McLeod
Helen Pleshek
Georgeanne Buresh
Jane Rice
Miriam Cooper
Ellen Cooper
Virginia Stevenson
Maribelle Phillips
Jane Sigmund
Phyllis Kobe Celebrates Eleventh Birthday Luncheon
Phyllis Kobe marked her eleventh birthday with a Friday luncheon at the Colonial tea room on First avenue. The afternoon theater party included guests Mary Van Vechten Shaffer Nancy Averill Diane Marshall Betsy Ford Louise Gage Betsy Blaise Kathryn Barngrover Charys Lenzen Barbara Harmer Mary Louise Nelson Marysene Poole Dorothy Rubins Virginia Bolenbaugh Shirley Thompson Marilyn Williams Martha Lou Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Kobe
Colonial Tea Room
First Avenue E
Mary van Vechten Shaffer
Nancy Averill
Diane Marshall
Betsy Ford
Louise Gage
Betsy Blaise
Kathryn Barngrover
Charys Lenzen
Barbara Harmer
Mary Louise Nelson
Marysene Poole
Dorothy Rubins
Virginia Bolenbaugh
Shirley Thompson
Marilyn Williams
Martha Lou Smith
Beacon Junior Circle Hosts Easter Themed Meeting
Patricia Rice hosted the Beacon Junior Circle of the King’s Daughters Friday at 827 Third Avenue SE. The group opened with prayer, read scripture, and Fredericka Frame led devotions with a piece titled Good Friday and After. Easter favors refreshments and decorations followed. next meeting set for April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Rice
Third Avenue SE
Beacon
King’s Daughters
Fredericka Frame
Louise Driscoll
Margaret Kellogg
Barbara Westfall Celebrated at Sixteenth Birthday Party
Barbara Westfall was honored on her sixteenth birthday with a Friday evening party at 936 M Street SW. Hostesses Mary Jane Lemasters, Victoria Abraham and Evelyn Spilman led the event attended by twenty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Westfall
M Street
Mary Jane Lemasters
Victoria Abraham
Evelyn Spilman
Friendship Circle Luncheon Hosts Daughters Group
Members of the Friendship Circle of the King's Daughters met Friday at Mrs. Arthur B. Anderson's home. Mrs. Leonard R. Wilson led the business session and read the admission service for Mrs. R. T. Termohlen. Devotions by Mrs. Hampton Lee Aust, with scripture and a magazine review. A rummage sale was pledged and nominating committee chairs named for May elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle
King’s Daughters
Arthur B. Anderson
Eighteenth Street
Leonard R. Wilson
R. T. Termohlen
Hampton Lee Aust
Anna Steese Richardson
Vernon E. Lichtenstein
Ida Mansfield Circle Guest Sparks Linn County Meeting Report
W. Meyer of Ida Mansfield circle attended as a special guest. Mrs. J. Stuart McQuiston presented a report on a Linn county union meeting. The group voted to donate money to the Junior King's Daughters camp fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Meyer
Ida Mansfield Circle
J. Stuart McQuiston
Linn County Union
King’s Daughters
Talbot Guests Leave After St Louis Visit
Mrs. William Woerheide and her sister Mrs. Effie Kennedy returned to St. Louis after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Talbot at 1755 A avenue NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Woerheide
Effie Kennedy
St. Louis
Andrew Talbot
Avenue NE
Miss Helen Darragh Visits During Easter Break
Miss Helen Darragh spends the Easter vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs J W Darragh at 1411 Eighth Avenue SE accompanied by Miss Kathryn Brunes. Both are University of Missouri students in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Darragh
J. W. Darragh
Eighth Avenue SE
Kathryn Brunes
University of Missouri
Columbia, Mo
West Highlands Club Speaker At Cleveland School
A. L. Taylor secretary of the Chamber of Commerce spoke at a West Highlands Community club meeting on Friday evening at Cleveland school. A social hour and refreshments followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
West Highlands Community Club
Cleveland School
Dismisses Jury In $25,000 Suit In Washington
Judge Frank Bechly dis missed the jury in a $25,000 damage case brought by Clarence Hotle against E. S. Percival after a day of deliberations without a verdict. Hotle, injured in a February collision near West Chester, remains hospitalized at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ia
Frank Bechly
Clarence Hotle
E. S. Percival
Hotle
Percival
West Chester
University of Iowa Hospital
Treasure Hunt Fights Mail Ban in Court Fight
Lawyers for Grand National Treasure Hunt Inc seek a court order to force the post office to resume mail service after the group was barred from receiving mail over alleged violations of postal fraud and lottery statutes. The Treasure Hunt and the Association for the Legalization of American Lotteries were targeted in a department order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grand National Treasure Hunt, Inc
Post Office Department
Treasure Hunt
Association For the Legalization of American Lotteries
New York
Claire Lacey Hosts Dinner With Growing Pains In 1936 Tale
Nancy Page recounts Claire arriving from college with plans for weekends and new clothes. Mrs. Lacy dictates frugal spending and chaperoned outings while hosting a formal dinner for friends, revealing youth’s longing and family rules. The Cedar Rapids Gazette imprint notes etiquette leaflets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire
Dora
Lacey Home
Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids
Eight Ounce Hardtack Keeps Soldier Alive Four Hours
The British army uses an eight ounce hardtack cake called iron rations made from cocoa cocoa butter milk proteins and sugar. The cake is enough to sustain a man for four hours.
Exalted Ruler Installed at Cedar Rapids Elks Lodge
Newly elected officers were installed Friday night at Cedar Rapids lodge of the Elks. Officers include Exalted Ruler David G. Breakley and several leading knights, loyal knights, and other posts. Installing officers from Dubuque were Earl Handley and E E Locher along with George Schauffhauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Esquire
Don Hines
M. F. Mitralsky
E. A. Lee
Burt R. Day
Dubuque
Earl E. Handley
E. E. Locher
Dubuque Lodge
George J. Schauffhauser
Easter Egg Hunt Draws Cedar Rapids Children
The Lions club hosts an Easter egg hunt at Ellis Park Sunday at 2 30 pm for children from toddlers to 13 years. Ten thousand foil eggs, including 1000 prize eggs, are hidden. Street car fare is 5 cents round trip with return tickets at the park. If weather delays, the event will move to the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Lions Club
Y. M. C. A. Boys
Four Menus of Today and Day Two in Mrs Alexander George's Kitchen
Unusual sausage recipe served as breakfast, luncheon, and dinner courses with Rice Mold sausages and eggplant tomato bake. Desserts feature cherry Betty and peach conserve with cinnamon and lemon juice. A baked rice mold dish uses thyme? and bread crumbs. a child’s tray is protected with waxed paper.
Mental clinic seen as aid in crime prevention
Dr. Frank Skinner at the Linn County Medical Society meeting proposed a nebulous plan for a psychopathic clinic or laboratory in Linn County to aid crime prevention. He urged early adolescent focus and a county mental health model linking probation officers, judges, social workers, and schools to help delinquent or maladjusted youths adjust and avoid fixation.
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Linn County
Frank Skinner
Marion
Linn County Medical Society
University Hospital
Iowa City
Skinner
Linn County Commission For the Insane
Andrew Henry Woods
Department of Psychiatry
Woods
The
Solon Civilian Conservation Crew Enrolls 26 New Enrollees
Solon Civilian Conservation Corps company No. 782 enrolled twenty six new men this week to displace those who left April 1. This will bring the company to the new authorized strength of 157. Many enrollees come from Cedar Rapids and Linn county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOLON
Civilian Conservation Corps Company No. 782
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Easter Pilgrims Pack Jerusalem for Holy Saturday Observances
Pilgrims from distant lands converge on Jerusalem for Holy Saturday ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The crowd attends the holy fire ceremony and high mass at Christ's tomb as Jewish Passover and Muslim feasts also mark the day.
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Jerusalem
Christendom
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Christ
Penitentes End Lent With Cross Crucifixion Rite
At dawn on the last day of Lent a Penitentes member was cut down from a cross atop a hill in Albuquerque New Mexico. The ritual ends forty days of self torture as the group across the southwest contemplates the fate of the Cristo. If life remains he will be nursed in the Morado temple. otherwise burial atop the mountain awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Jos Hermanos de Penitente
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Cristo
Europe
Southwest
Rhode Island Land Development Chief Resigns
Francis Madison, head of a Rhode Island land development project, resigns after a luncheon club joke about President Roosevelt sparked affidavits and protests. Regional officials say the matter was handled locally and no action was taken in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Resettlement Administration
Francis S. Madison
Rhode Island
Madison
Roosevelt
Northeastern
Posse Hunt Slayer Of Woman Telegraph Operator In Tower
Brookville Pennsylvania AP reports a 100 man posse roamed roads and rail lines after the fatal attack on Katherine Bracken a 45 year old telegraph operator found beaten and slashed in her railroad signal tower authorities consider a criminal attack and called for an autopsy Coroner Gilbert Hulme of Jefferson County notes the victim's skull fracture and torn clothing as investigators pursue leads.
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Brookville
Katherine Bracken
Pittsburgh
Shawmut
Gilbert Hulme
Jefferson County
Miss Bracken
Calles Heads to California After Mexico Deportation
Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, once Mexico's strongman, left Dallas for Los Angeles and San Diego to live in exile after his Friday deportation by President Lazaro Cardenas. He accused the regime of promoting communism and warned Mexico would not progress under present policies while denying plots of revolution. He traveled with aide Capt. Manuel Fuentes and three exiled Mexican leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
California
Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
Ernesto Soto Reyes
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
American Airlines
Los Angeles
San Diego
Callas
Manuel Fuentes
United States
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Cardenas
May Ask Delay In Taxes For Security Plan
The New Deal discusses postponing or reshaping social security levies to ease business burdens. Officials say the idea is in discussion, with no firm plan yet, as protests grow over the proposed corporate profits tax and overall budget aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
John Gilbert Winant
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pershing Fined $50 for Speeding in Turlock Calif
General John J. Pershing was fined $50 by City Judge H. O. Carlson for a speeding offense described as highly aggravated. Pershing and his chauffeur Crawford Shaffer were cited for 48 mph in a 25 mph zone near Modesto after allegedly ignoring a patrol siren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turlock
Calif
John J. Pershing
H. O. Carlson
Carlson
Pershing
Crawford Shaffer
Modesto
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Tanda Camp Fire
Honor E. L. Hill
FT. Madison
Rabbit Center
Sidwell
St. Paul
Health Education Dept
Mrs. Henton
Mrs. Dochterman
Miss Doupnik
Beacon Junior Circle
Miss Westfall
Talbot
Miss Darragh
West Highlands Club
Florence la Ganke
David G. Bleakley
Mrs
Alexander George
Cherry Betty
Beaugar
Psychiatry Cases Medical Society
Haven
Robert A. Stewart
Independence State Hospital
Independence
Russel L. Doolittle
Des Moines
Willie Willis
Associated Press Photo
Oklahoma City
Loren Williams
Alphia O. Hart
Statehouse
Penitentes
CROSS
Rhode Island Land Development
New Deal
Winant
Ways and Means
Robert Doughton
Samuel B. Hill
William Bradford
Anne Bradford
New Rochelle
N. Y
New York University
Gen. Pershing
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