April Fools Gazette year delayed humor and misread news
A Cedar Rapids household discovers they read the 1940 April Fools Gazette by mistake on April 1 1941. Jokes about baby news bear cub Gazzy and musician Piatigorsky entertain readers while light notes cover a librarian mix up a stock joke and a traveling salesman at a League of Women Voters convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
League of Women Voters
Grinnell
Hotel Monroe
League of Nations
Mrs Ellis of Marengo Wins Atlantic Monthly Prize
Mrs H V Ellis of Marengo and her daughter Betty are pictured as she wins one of four U S prizes from the Atlantic Monthly for region No 3. Her essay One Nice Little Breakfast humorously portrays family life and was submitted through Iowa Federation of Women's clubs chairman H R Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H V. 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 Elegant Cedar Rapids Ceremony
Miss Yothers became Mrs. John Locher at the Coun try club with 250 guests. Attendants included Phillip Yothers and S. E. Locher with S. M. Elderkin as ushers. The couple plans a Tennessee motor trip and will reside in the Carlton apartments after May 10. Mrs. Locher is a Northwestern alumna. Mr. Locher practices law in Cedar Rapids.
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
Elliott
A. Cobb
Iowa City
M. W
John Hyland
Traer, Locher
Charles Locher
Dubuque
Bertha Locher
Mary Locher
James Manville
Decorah
William S. Wherry II
Minneapolis
Tennessee
Tun Calle
London
Carlton
Stephens College
Columbia
Coe College
Northwestern University
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Salar League of
Cedar Rapids
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Elderkin, Locher Law
Concert season adds star power from Kullman Traubel Frantz
Next season will open May 4 with a Mon trose hotel headquarters and run a week. The roster includes Charles Kullman, Helen Traubel, and Dalies Frantz, noted operatic and concert figures with ties to the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, New York Philharmonic, and European tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose Hotel
Charles Kullman
Metropolitan Opera
San Francisco Opera
Toscanini
Metropolitan
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Solist
Mahler
Helen Traubel
St. Louis
Town Hall
New York Philharmonic
Barbirolli
Sieglinde
Dalies Frantz
Ameri
Radio Council marks first anniversary as active group
Cedar Rapids radio council members celebrate their first anniversary as an active community organization with a luncheon at the YMCA. Mrs. Raymond N. Klass chairs the recommendations committee and Mrs. Charles E. Roberts and Mrs. A Loftus head planning sub committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Council
LeRoy D. Weld
Edward M. Soboda, Jr
Robert L. Stonebraker
Klass
Surrey
Walter Williams
Dorothy Munger
J. P. Galway
Roberts
Loftus
Jeanne Harper Celebrates Fourth Birthday At Home
Jeanne Harper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jynner Harper of 2375 Blake Boulevard SE, was honored on her fourth birthday with a party featuring hats and horns as favors and a revolving musical cake plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Haron
J Yner Harper
Blake Boulevard
Jeanne
Johnny Ham
First Ladies Depicted At Cedar Rapids Woman's Club May Breakfast
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club hosts Mary Waterstreet in her one woman show First Ladies of the Land at the May breakfast Thursday at 11 30 am at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Waterstreet portrays Martha Washington Dolly Madison Sarah Childress Polk Mary Todd Lincoln Edith Bolling Wilson and Eleanor Roosevelt in gowns from the National Museum. Alma Maass of Yale S D and Hovey of Rapids announce her May 23 wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Mary Waterstreet
Cedar Rapids Country Club
West Coast
Seattle
Victoria
Palm Springs
Mary Watersstreet
Martha Washington
Dolly Madison
Sarah Childress Polk
Mary Todd Lin
Ecoln
Edith Bolling Wilson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Virginia Boren
Seattle Daily Times
George Hambrecht
Carl Sandburg
Mary Todd Lincoln
United States National Museum
Washington, D. C
Miss Waterstreet
Hitaga Camp Chosen for Camp Fire Leader Training
Camp Hitaga in Cedar Rapids will host one of 11 national training sites this summer for Camp Fire volunteer leaders. From June 8 to 11, 120 participants are expected, with out of town guests travel of up to 800 miles. Miss Jane Garwood, local executive, says the course will include outdoor cooking, fire building, nature lore, crafts, and program planning under Miss Ruth M. Teichmann and other staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitaga
Cedar Rapids
Garwood
Huaga
Ruth M. Teichmann
Ruth H. Kemp
National Art Department
Catherine Lee Wahlstrom
Mary F.ae
Mrs C H Johnson Visiting in the City Before Peru Move
Mrs. C H Johnson of Jackson Michigan visits her sisters in the city prior to moving to Lima Peru for five years with husband Mr Johnson. They sail June 28 for South America. Their son Robert Johnson is already in Lima. The Severa family from 1813 Sixth Avenue SE meet through mud travel south and visited Captain Lee Severa and family at Camp Claiborne. They toured New Orleans then Galveston Baton Rouge the Ozarks Memphis and other sites. Chapter DK PKEO plans a Monday meeting with Mrs Ernest R Moore at Knollwood Drive. Flora of chapter GM will recount the history of chapter DK with hostesses Belle Butterfield Ruby Byers and Bertha Wolf.
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
George Severa
1813
Sixth Avenue SE
Captain Lee Severs
Severa
Carol Lee
Oakdale
Captain Severa
Medical Corps
Camp Claiborne
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
Baton Rouge
Ozarks
Memphis
Alabama
Mississippi
KE. O
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
Flora
Belle Butterfield
Ruby Byers
Bertha Wolf
Three Radio Council Programs Schedule Three Programs
The Cedar Rapids Radio council hosts three programs this week at 4:30 p.m. on WMT. Day one features the American Legion Auxiliary to Hanford Post No. 5 with Sugar Lump by Mrs. C. D. Hileman and cast including Mrs. Dwight Krumholtz and George Caswell.
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
Robert Downing
Com- Players Funity
The
Lunt-Fontanne
Iowa
Broadway
H. G. Heiserman
Pretty Perkins
Isabelle Jacobs
Robert L. Stonebraker
Patricia Tracy
Jack Chronic
Pan-Hellenic directory call for Cedar Rapids sorority women
Cedar Rapids sorority members are asked to submit information for the Pan-Hellenic directory. Provide maiden and married affiliations, current address and phone, and contact Mrs. Harold Kolar at 2-7453 by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Harold Kolar
Kolar
Kappa Alpha Thetas Set Tuesday Meeting
Miss Irene MacLaughlin invites Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae to a 7 30 p m gathering at 1611 Park avenue SE. Iowa City chapter president and rush captain will attend as guests. Misses Louise Hathaway and Lena Vogt host at 369 Nineteenth Street SE with a book review and constitutional quiz on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene MacLaughlin
Park Avenue
Kappa A Theta Sorority
Rush
Iowa City
Louise Hathaway
Lena Vogt
Nineteenth Street SE
Baby Week Spotlight Rates Fred Fisher and Others
The feature notes Fred Fisher born May 17 1940 near his first birthday as camera tests run on speed. It also lists Elizabeth Ann Hines born June 28 1940 to Don and Mrs Hines at 405 Forest Drive SE and Tyler Davis Clements born June 24 1940 to Ralph and Mrs Clements on 312 Crescent Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fisher
Kantedend
Fate
First Avenue
Fritzy
Elizabeth Ann Hines
Tyler Davis Clements
Elizabeth
Don Hines
Forest Drive
Ralph H
Crescent Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. S. Hallman
Rebecca
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mount Vernon
Public Library
Sherwin Williams
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Paint Company’s
Edith Knox Bogaard
Edie
Bever Park
Bill Voltz
Gazzy
Mama
Mama Bear
Baby Bear
Gazette Sunday
Gregor Piatigorsky
Piatigorsky
Chamber of Commerce
Eddy Paper Company
Young Men’s Bureau
Eddy Paper
John W. Barry
Mrs. Ellis of
Atlantic Monthly Prize
Miss Yothers
John Locher
New Haven
Conn
Kullman
Yale University
Yale Glee Club
Rullman
Soho
Juilliard Schic
Tfv
Americ 2 Conservatory
Fontainebieuu
France
Smith College
Smith
Amer
Opera
Europe
Denver
Frantz
Huntington School
Boston
Schnabel
Horowitz
University of Michigan
America
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
New York
Mrs. Mulsow
Frederick W. Mulsow
Garden Drive
Tom Thompson
Mason City
Mrrs. Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Robert Moore
KBYS
Robert B. Moore
Franklin Fryer
Fairfield
Moray L
Des Moines
Mrs. Everett Chandler
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Paul Chandler
Chandler
Radio Council
Jeanne Harper
Ashley Juniors
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Communi House
Alma Maass
A. J. Maass
Yale
S. D
Alma
Rapids
Hovey
BE. R. Hovey
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Pick Hitaga
George Severas
E. R. Moore
Kappa Alpha Thetas
GMN, P. E
Steinway
Spinet
Years OF Contintots Business Hillbrunner Music Co
First Street SE
Choquigneote
Dows
Ind Ave
Tnd
Daisy
Dial
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