Drilling for water in The Gazette building stalls at 430 feet
Weekly update notes the ongoing drill under Third avenue and Fifth street SE as crews push below 400 feet after a halt at 430. They aimed for 1 000 feet more, with work resuming Saturday noon, now through grey limestone. The piece also surveys local clamor and other small town happenings.
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Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Gazette
Hawaii
China
Galena- Platteville
St. Peter
Prairie du Chien
Reception Farewell For Melvin Welke In Cedar Rapids
The Peoples church hosted a farewell reception for Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L Welke as they plan to move to Cincinnati. About 200 attended a decorated evening with a music program, gifts including a silver tea service, and remarks of gratitude. A drypoint titled The Skaters was given to the Rev. Welke by the Cedar Rapids Art association. Local ministers wives will gather Monday for a meeting with plans to view Europe travel films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin L. Welke
Cincinnati
Peoples Church
Charles H. Moore
M. S.S. Hallman
Tom Termohlen
George C. Claassen
A. B. Steele
Nell Cherry
M. S. Hallman
Welkes
Welke
Board of Directors
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Mr. Welke
Mortimer Borne
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Ridgeway Drive
F. J. Carlson
Daniel E. Kerr
Elton D. Wells
Europe
Miss Pollins Leads College Play Role at ISU Cedar Falls
Miss Meriwyn Pollins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Pollins of 2411 Bever Avenue SE, will portray Miriamne in the Maxwell Anderson play Winterset at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Saturday matinee. The production anchors the tenth annual conference on play production, event held there next weekend. Dr and Mrs C S Krause host Mrs Krause’s parents Mr and Mrs C E Johnson of Sigourney this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriwyn Pollins
Chester FE. Pollins
Bever Avenue
Miriamne
Maxwell Anderson
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Larimer and Delzell wed in Cedar Rapids ceremony
The couple married in a Larimer home ceremony and hosted 100 guests at Cedar Rapids Country Club. A three tier cake and all white floral decor dominated the table, with a later wedding trip. The bride wore a navy suit for traveling. Mrs Delzell is a Iowa graduate and Junior League member. he, a Chicago accounting associate. Out of town guests listed from several states.
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Larimer
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Mrs. Delzell
Cedar Rapids
New York City
Gardenias
Delzell
Washington High School
Ward Belmont Junior College
Nashville, Tenn
University of Iowa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Junior League of
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Arthur Andersen Accounting Company
Chicago
Wesley Swiler
Thomas Hudson Swiler
James E. Gardner
Omaha
W. R. Ramsey
St. Paul
W. E. Downer
Muscatine
John W. Sivertsen
Minneapolis
Glen Eige
Marshalltown
Warren R. Fankhanel
White Bear Lake
Minn
James A. Leach
James A. Leach and Dr. and Mrs. L. M, Henry
Davenport
Chancey Allard
Amanda Henry
Gladbrook
Arthur Drury Davis
Evanston
A A U W Group Meetings and Social Events Summary
Mrs Donald Barry hosts the A A U W reading group at 1920 Fourth Avenue SE Wednesday at 2 p.m. Assisting is Mrs James L Spalding. Other groups meet through the week at Cedar Rapids homes with reviews on Children of God by Vardis Fisher, a social studies meeting at 10915 Twelfth Street NE, a creative writing session at 305 Twenty-second Street NE led by Mrs A C Strohmeyer on Plays for the Radio, and an evening reading program at Coe College Conservatory studio featuring Granados and Chabrier pieces with notes by Miss Sisam. Betsy Quarton, Stanford graduate, returns to Cedar Rapids after earning a BA in philosophy. Ashley DAR hosts hear W W Crissman on human factor in courts at Y W C A. Mrs Jack Deets visits from St Louis en route to Milwaukee for a week at 2214 Mount Vernon Avenue SE.
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Donald Barry
Fourth Avenue SE
Barry
James L. Spalding
Children of God
Vardis Fisher
Wayne M. Arensman
Sheldon Fillenworth
Twenty-second Street
A. C. Strohmeyer
Max Dachler
Coe College Conservatory
Alice Mae Ottilie
Nettie Sisam
Granados
Lecouna
Chabrier
Sisam
Evelyn Stoakes
Jack Deets
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Walter E. Dunshee
Mount Vernon Avenue
Nutrition Service Drive Is Planned With Many Captains
A community nutrition service drive follows a luncheon with multiple captains and teams listed. Key organizers include Mrs. Richard M. Miller treasurer and Mrs. Frederick N. Lutz publicity head, guiding groups led by captains such as Mrs. Robert B. Davis and Mrs. Henry H. Hamilton among others. Also noted are social visits from the E. B. Camerons and a club dinner at Addison J. Ramsay’s home with card players.
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Richard M. Miller
Robert B. Davis
Fred C Fisher, Jr
Frederick N. Lutz
Henry J. Adams
Joseph F. Hladky, Jr
George N. Harless
Elliott Davis
Henry H. Hamilton
John B Turner TI
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Sumner H. Foster
William G. Isom
Vivien Buser
Franklin Kemp
Robert R. Clark II
Johnson C Greedy
Jack E. Durin
Dorothy Munger
Maurene Munger
Orville H Tousey
J. W Albright
Sam N High
Max Dachler
Mary Luberger
Ella Johnson
Eleanor Cook
Wallace D. Lyon
R. F. Torstenson
Ernest W. Anderson
Martha Beardsley
Betty Beardsley
Herbert S. Stamats
Elizabeth Clark
Patricia Burkhalter
Esther Yothers
T. M. Ingersoll
Donald P. Barnes
Clark W. Chandler
Harry G. O'Donnell
Margaret Wilcox
Edith Knox
Richard E Killian
Eleanor Taylor
Edwy J. Clapp
Ronald P. Evans
Albert P. Jenkins
J. Rayner Harper
Raymond S. Johnston
Jerome Gearhart
Arthur Collins
Morgan J. Foster
Lydia Ann Courtright
Robert C. Armstrong
Jane O'Meara
Barbara Bloomhall
Lewis Robbins
Chester D. Salter
Virginia Knox
Eugene M. Pinney
J. Hamilton Bell
Robert P. Bell
Marjorie Deacon
Players Box Office Open for Maxwell Anderson Play
The Community Players tax office at 27711 will open today from noon to accept reservations for Both Your Houses. The play runs Monday to Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Community Playhouse in the YMCA building.
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Community Players Tax Office
Dial
Maxwell Anderson
Community Playhouse
Wednesday Shakespeare With IRS and club notices
The Wednesday Shakespeare club meets with Mrs Harold R Trewin at 1940 Fourth avenue SE for officer elections and annual reports. roll call will be answered with Shakespeare garden news. Chapter IH of P.E.O. hosts a dessert luncheon at 1 pm Tuesday with Mrs C J Stewart and Mrs C T Reynolds entertaining. Mrs Earl J North leads the program. Dr and Mrs C F Huber return from a two week southern trip, visiting Fort McIntosh Laredo Texas and Shreveport LA. Camp Highlands director W L Manilaw shows camp pictures at 7 pm at the Severa home 2300 Blake boulevard SE. alumni invited. Frederick Schauwecker of Chicago, formerly Cedar Rapids, leaves after a brief visit. he accompanies Richard Crooks on a concert tour and will perform in Iowa City May 2.
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Shakespeare Club
Harold R. Trewin
Fourth Avenue SE
Shakespeare Garden News
C J. Stewart
C. T Reynolds
P.E.O
Earl J. North
C. F. Huber
Bever Avenue
South
A. K. Brown
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
Texas
Shreveport
W. L. Manilaw
Highlands
Sayner
Wis
Lumir Severa
Blake Boulevard
Severn
Frederick Schauwecker
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Richard Crooks
Mr. Schauwecker
Iowa City
Reading Group Plans Wednesday Evening Meeting
The Cedar Rapids College club reads at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday with Miss Ann Budd and Miss Sleen Peet hosting at 1554 Fourth Avenue SE. Rosamind Nelson will review Land Below the Wind by Mrs. Agnes Newton Keith.
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Cedar Rapids College Club
Ann Budd
Sleen Peet
Fourth Avenue SE
Agnes Newton Keith
Rosalind Nelson
Bruce Wests Host Picnic Supper at Home
Mr and Mrs Bruce A West at 23270 Avenue NE hosted a picnic supper last evening with guests Mr and Mrs P F Keehn Mr and Mrs Fred J Payneer and Mr and Mrs Everett Chandler in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce A. West
Avenue NE
P. F. Keehn
Fred J. Payneer
Everett Chandler
Garden Club Plans Lectures In Boston Hartford Worcester
The Garden club announces lectures for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Boston and has addressed Connecticut and Worcester horticultural groups. Mrs. Rice’s talks reach universities and stores. Wednesday morning attendance is invited with a small admission. Tuesday features John Res and F L Eldridge at 2 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce, free to the public.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Boston
Connecticut Horticultural Society
Hartford
Worcester County Horticultural Society
Worcester
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Res
Eldridge
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Woman's Club Election Monday in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club sets its annual officer election for Monday from 10 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the Maple room, with officers listed for 1940-41 and a full program including a memorial service, year-end reports, and various department activities.
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Cedar Rapids
A. H. Mott
A. B van Dyke
G. Y. Swartzendruber
Matilda Snouffer
W. E. Mickel
Local Aliant Of Cornell To Meet Saturday
Cornell alumni group in Cedar Rapids plans a Saturday buffet supper at the Roosevelt hotel with about 350 members attending. Dr. John B. Magee, Cornell president, will be guest of honor. Mrs. Clyde B. Meffert leads preparations with committees handling dinner, notification, and tables. A male quartet and Carnell students will perform. Six Cedar Rapids girls were Delta Delta Delta luncheon guests in Iowa City Saturday.
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Cornell College
Cornell
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
John B. Magee
Clyde B. Meffert
Avenue NE
J. W Ensign
Marshall Hickman
Herbert C. Ring
Louis Shoemaker
Fred Kluss
Paul Gard
Beulah Perrin
Ruth Horner
J. W. Ensign
Blanche Hunter
Stanley Reeder
J.C. Milner
O. D. Stucker
John Parke
Ls O. W. Lawrence
John Emery
Carnell
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Iowa City
Lois Grissel
Jane Hall
Margaret Barngrover
Virginia Hendrickson
Alicia Franey
Katheryn Greene
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California
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Supreme Court of Iowa
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Sioux City
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Alex Fidler
The
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Alex
Beck
Bob Ripley
Fidler
Cap Hedges
St Martinsville
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Roy Choate
A. L. Taylor
Georgianne Nelson
Melvin Welkes
Mrs, Blackstone
Pollins
Co. 8
Krause
C. S. Krause
Vernon Drive
C. E. Johnson
Sigourney
Miss Larimer
Mr. Delzell
A.au.w
Social Studies
John B Heidel
Twelfth Street
Betsy Quarton
Stanford
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road SE
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Ashley
W. W. Crissman
the Daughters of the American Revolution
R. R. Mayberry
H T Morris
E. M. Shunk
R. B. Cronbaugh
R. K. Stoddard
Mrs. Deets
W. E. Dunshee
Thempaea
Jane Huston
Gene Carson
Paul H. Huston
Gene D. Carson
W. O. Carson
Essex
Miss Huston
E. B. Cameron
Second Avenue SE
Mr. Cameron
Daisy Cameron
Belmond
A. J. Ramseys
Addison J. Ramsey
Crescent Street SE
Card Club
Players
Shakespeare
IRS
H. R. Trewin
Stewart
Mrs. Huber
Trip
DR. Monilaw
Bruce Wests
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Iliza Niemack
Brabbit - Taylor Music CO
King Band Instruments
1St Ave
Iowa
Woman's Club
Ways and Means Committee
L. L. Owen
Dramatic Art
Drama
Nature and Garden
Nature and Garden Department
Cc. D. Hileman
Ben Hazen
H. L. Schlesselmann
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
Louis H. Straka
Glacier National Park
William S. Yale
North Circle Trail
Gunsight Pass
Sperry Glacier
Rocky Mountain
Oscar A. Ander
Mr. Straka
Health Education
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Marion
Third Street
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