April Fool Gazette and Local Snippets From Cedar Rapids
Readers in Cedar Rapids encounter a playful April Fool edition with jokes about a baby named by Gazzy at Bever Park Zoo, a misread year’s war news, and a paint brush cleaner using liquor. The page also features piano virtuoso Gregor Piatigorsky’s Cedar Rapids visit, a League of Women Voters convention anecdote, and a Junior Chamber joke involving Eddy Paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hallman
Mr. Hallman
Gazette
John Turners
Rebecca
Hall
Bever Park
Bill Voltz
Gazzy
Mama
Mama Bear
Baby Bear
Gazette Sunday
Cedar Rapids
League of Women Voters
Grinnell
Hotel Monroe
League of Nations
Chamber of Commerce
Eddy Paper Company
Young Men’s Bureau
Eddy Paper
Three Radio Council Programs Schedule in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Radio council presents three programs this week. On Monday at 4 30 p m the American Legion Auxiliary to Hanford Post No 5 airs Sugar Lump directed by Mrs C D Hileman with cast including Mrs Dwight Krumholtz George Caswell Gene Johnson and Mrs Hileman over station WMT. Tuesday at 4 30 p m the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs presents Robert Downing former Lunt Fontanne group member who will discuss Iowa Isn’t Far From Broadway arranged by Mrs H G Heiserman. Wednesday at 4 30 p m the program Patty Perkins written by Isabelle Jacobs directed by WES via Le Stonebraker presented by Patricia Tracy and Jack Chronic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford Post No. 5
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
WMT
Sugar Lump
C. D. Hileman
Dwight Krumholtz
George Caswell
Gene Johnson
Pan-Hellenic directory request for Cedar Rapids sorority members
Notices seek all nationally affiliated sorority women in Cedar Rapids to supply information to Mrs Harold Kolar for the Pan Hellenic directory. Details required include maiden and married names college degree sorority affiliation present address and telephone by May 1. Call 2-7453.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Harold Kolar
Kolar
Nares
Kappa Alpha Thetas to Meet Tuesday
Miss Irene MacLaughlin will entertain alumnae of Kappa Alpha Theta at 1611 Park Avenue SE Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. The Iowa City chapter president and rush captain will be guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene MacLaughlin
Park Avenue
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Rush
Iowa City
Misses Hathaway Vogt Host GM PEO Meeting
Misses Louise Hathaway and Lena Vogt will host chapter GM of P E O at 7 30 p m Monday at 369 Nineteenth Street SE. The program features a book review and a constitutional quiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hathaway
Lena Vogt
Nineteenth Street SE
Mrs. Ellis of Marengo Wins Atlantic Monthly Prize
Mrs. Harold Y. Ellis of Marengo wins one of four U.S. Atlantic Monthly prizes for General Federation of Women's Clubs members. Her essay One Nice Little Breakfast won region No 3 covering eight Midwest states. Edward Weeks notified her. she belongs to Ingleside club and entered through H. R. Young of Arlington Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Y. Ellis
Marengo
Betty
United States
General Federation of Women's Club
Atlantic Monthly Magazine
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ellis
Edward Weeks
The
Atlantic Monthly
Miss Yothers Weds John Locher in Cedar Rapids Ceremony
Miss Yothers and John Locher united in a Cedar Rapids wedding. Attendants included Phillip Yothers and S. E. Locher with David M. Elderkin as usher. The reception at the Country Club followed a formal ceremony with aqua crepe gowns and white floral decor. The couple plans a motor tour through Tennessee and Kentucky before settling in the Carlton apartments. The bride is a Northwestern graduate and Junior League member. the groom, a Cedar Rapids attorney with Elderkin Locher law offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locher
Phillip Yothers
S. E. Locher
Monticello
David M. Elderkin
Yothers
David E. Beardsley
Moray L. Eby
C.S. Krause
W. Sandoe Jordan
Kenneth Bastian
Davenport
Elliott A. Cobb
Town City
Orlie Emmons
Springville
M. W. Hyland
John Hyland
Traer
J. J. Locher
Earl Locher
Charles Locher
Dubuque
Bertha Locher
Mary Locher
James Manville
Decorah
William S. Wherry II
Minneapolis
H. C. McKelvie
Council Bluffs
Robert Moore
Fairfield
Carl Stiger
Toledo
G. Alexander Young
Omaha
Tennessee
Kentucky
London
Carlton
Stephens College
Columbia
Coe College
Northwestern University
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Elderkin, Locher Law
Concert Season Announced With Kullman at Its Forefront
The forthcoming season opens May 4 at the Montrose hotel and runs a week. Charles Kullman marks his fifth year as Metropolitan Opera leading tenor and includes engagements with the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony. Also featured are Helen Traubel and pianist Dalies Frantz, with others and travel notes from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose Hotel
Charles Kullman
Metropolitan Opera
San Francisco Opera
Toscanini
Metropolitan
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Chicago Symphony
Solist
Mahler
Helen Traubel
St. Louis
Town Hall
Ford Hour
New York Philharmonic
Barbirolli
Sieglinde
Dalies Frantz
Ameri
Baby Week Continues With Davies Clements Hines Birth Dates
The feature shows Fritzy Fisher nearing his first birthday born May 17, 1940 to Frederick C. Fisher Jr at 3425 First Ave E. Elizabeth Ann Hines born June 28, 1940 to Don and Mrs Hines at 405 Forest Dr SE, and Tyler Davis Clements born June 24, 1940 to Ralph and Mrs Clements at 312 Crescent St SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzy
Frederick Curry Fisher
Frederick C. Fisher
First Avenue
Elizabeth Ann Hines
Tyler Davis Clements
Elizabeth
Don Hines
Forest Drive
Ralph H. Clements
Crescent Street
Radio Council Marks First Anniversary with Luncheon
Cedar Rapids radio council members celebrate their first anniversary as an active community group with a luncheon at the YMCA at 1 p.m. Mrs. Raymond N. Klass chairs the committee planning the event. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Grant and Mr. and Mrs. L. Von Linder. Grant, WMT program director, will speak and two radio scripts will be presented by Mrs. Strohmeyer and Mrs. Hileman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
YMCA
Raymond N. Klass
Charles E. Roberts
A. Loftus
Douglas Grant
WMT
A. C. Strohmeyer
C. D. Hileman
Jeanne Harper Honored At Her Fourth Birthday Party
Jeanne Harper daughter of Mr and Mrs J Rayner Harper celebrated her fourth birthday yesterday at 2375 Blake Boulevard SE. Guests wore hats and horns for favors as a revolving musical cake played Happy Birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Harper
J. Rayner Harper
Blake Boulevard
Jeanne
Johnny Hamilton
Mary Ann Turnbull
David Turner II
Suzanne Hahn
Don Barnes II
Penelope Jones
Tony Anderson
Timmy Evans
Michael O'Donnell
Billy Catlow
Ashley
First Ladies of the Land Guest at Cedar Rapids Breakfast
Mary Waterstreet, noted actress, appears as Martha Washington, Dolly Madison, and other First Ladies in her program First Ladies of the Land at Cedar Rapids Country Club. The May breakfast marks her third transcontinental tour with gowns matching U.S. National Museum exhibits. She portrays presidents’ spouses with careful research and historical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Mary Waters Street
Cedar Rapids Country Club
West Coast
Seattle
Victoria
Palm Springs
Martha Washington
Dolly Madison
Sarah Childress Polk
Mary Todd Lincoln
Edith Bolling Wilson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Virginia Boren
Seattle Daily Times
Mary Waterstreet
George Hamebrecht
Carl Sandburg
United States National Museum
Washington, D. C
Miss Waterstreet
Fameili
George Severs Home After Southern Trip
Mr and Mrs George Severs of 1813 Sixth Avenue SE returned from a 4300 mile three week motor journey through the south They visited their son Captain Leo Severa and family in Oakdale Louisiana toured New Orleans Galveston Baton Rouge Memphis and the Ozarks They also visited in Alabama and Mississippi Chapter DK P E O will meet with Mrs Ernest R Moore Monday evening Mrs Flo Rall GM will recount chapter DK history Assisted by Belle Butterfield Ruby Byers and Bertha Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Severs
Sixth Avenue SE
South
Leo Severa
Severa
Carol Lee
Oakdale
Medical Corps
Camp Claiborne
New Orleans
George Severa
Galveston
Tex
Baton Rouge
Ozarks
Memphis
Alabama
Mississippi
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
Flo Rall
Belle Butterfield
Ruby Byers
Bertha Wolf
Alma Maass to Wed Emerson Hovey in May
Miss Alma Maass of Cedar Rapids will marry Emerson Hovey son of Mrs. E R Hovey of 2516 Twenty six street drive SE. The couple announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Alma Maass and Emerson Hovey with the wedding set for Friday May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Maass
Yale
S. D
Alma
Cedar Rapids
Emerson Hovey
E. R. Hovey
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Hitaga Camp Named Training Site for Camp Fire Leaders
Camp Hitaga in Cedar Rapids chosen by national Camp Fire staff as one of 11 sites for summer leadership courses. From June 8 to 11 Miss Jane Garwood announces 120 expected enrollment with leaders from far distances to learn outdoor cooking fire building nature lore games singing dramatics handcraft program planning and leadership techniques. Miss Garwood directs Camp Huaga and will host while Ruth M Teichmann directs the course with Ruth H Kemp Catherine Lee Wahlstrom and Mary F Fiedler assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitaga
Cedar Rapids
Camp Fire Girls
Garwood
Camp
Huaga
Ruth M. Teichmann
Ruth H. Kemp
National Art Department
Catherine Lee Wahlstrom
Mary F. Fiedler
Mrs C H Johnson Visiting Before Lima Peru Move
Mrs C H Johnson of Jackson Michigan visits her sisters and brother in the city before moving to Lima Peru for five years with husband Mr Johnson. They sail June 28 for South America and their son Robert Johnson is already in Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Johnson
Jackson, Mich
Everett Chandler
Fred H. Niemeier
W. F. Jensen
Lima
Peru
Mr. Johnson
South America
Robert Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Towa
Frederick Stock
Chicago
Public Library
Sherwin Williams
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Paint Company
Edith Knox Bogaard
Edie
Gregor Piatigorsky
Piatigorsky
Radio Council
Kappa Alpha Thetas
E. O
Mrs. Ellis of
Atlantic Monthly Prize
John W. Barry Phote
Miss Yothers
John Locher
New Haven
Conn
Kullman
Yale University
Yale Glee Club
Juilliard School
American Conservatory
Fontainebleau
France
Smith College
Smith
American Opera Company
Europe
Denver
Frantz
Huntington School
Boston
Schnabel
Horowitz
University of Michigan
America
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
New York
Mrs. Mulsow
Frederick W. Mulsow
Garden Drive
Mulson
American College of Physicians
Tom Thompson
Mason City
Mrs
King Thompson
Fifth Avenue SE
Ebys
Robert B. Moore
O. Franklin Fryer
First Avenue E
Monce
Des Moines
Mrs. Everett Chandler
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Paul Chandler
Chandler
Trene MacLaughlin
Robert Downing
Robert L. Stonebraker
John T. Hecker
John Ewart
Robert Cornell
Jack Chronic
Hileman
R. K Stoddard
W. R. Foot
Robert C. Toms
Walter Williams
Dorothy Munger
J. P. Galway
Roberts
Loftus
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Steinway
Hiltbrunner Music Co
First Street SE
George Severas
E. R. Moore
Alma Maass
Pick Hitaga
Mrs. C. H. Johnson
Dows Etpg
Cerner 2Nd Ave
Daisy
Dial
Marien
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