Around the Town sees Horton misplace his town
E. E. Horton on tour in Cedar Rapids stumbles over town name asks what city he is in while reporters note his memory claims and theater chatter. The Gazette prints a collage of local curiosities from weddings to art, and a read on spring happenings around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Horton
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Stooges
Mr Horton
Little Rock
Davenport
Des Moines
Sioux City
South Bend
Cleveland
Boston
Donald Barnes
Horton
MR. Horton
Stege
Hollywood
You
Frank Carideo
Jim Harris
Nile Kinnick
Edward N. Anderson
Nile
Jim
Frank
Dr. Anderson
Kinnick
Anderson
Cee AD A Entertains At Dance
Alpha Delta Alpha fraternity held its annual formal dinner dance in the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room with blue and gold decorations and white carnations. Guests included Margaret Parkes Pat Andrews Norma Kofahl Marion Bailey Jeanne Hampton Jeanne Schmitt Joy Dunn Naoma Hall Doris Miller Della Beyer Diana Coffey and others. Alumni attendees listed among a long group led by Roger Hahn Russel Jones James Ryan Robert Voseipka and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Chapter
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Margaret Parkes
Pat Andrews
Norma Kofahl
Marion Bailey
Jeanne Hampton
Jeanne Schmitt
Joy Dunn
Naoma Hall
Alan Richardson
Art Stejskal
Harold Engieking
Carl van Evera
Les Munnecke
Brian Doherty
Don Berry
Camp Fire Donut Sale tops last year by margins
Camp Fire Girls report selling 1.92315 dozen doughnuts this year, surpassing last year by 36512 dozen. Proceeds fund a new Hitaga cabin. Top sellers include Mrs. E. R. Moore and Mrs. O. E. Long with large counts. Guardians and Sponsors groups plan May meetings at Westminster and First Presbyterian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire Organization
Hitaga
E. R. Moore
O. E. Long
Arthur Norman
Doris Fryer And Lieut. Moore Wed
A detailed Cedar Rapids wedding announces the marriage of Doris Fryer to Lieut. Moore, with full dress naval attire, a Des Moines best man, and Champaign and Fairfield ushers. The reception featured satin runners, silver and crystal decor, and a West Coast honeymoon aboard the President Garfield after sailing May 11 for Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Robert B. Moore
Moray A. Eby
First Avenue E
Moore
Doris Fryer
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Fryer
Packwood
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
Frank Davis
Des Moines
James Carruthers
Champaign
Robert Maresh
Larry Fryer
Eby
W. J. Brown
L. M. Fryer
Margaret Harris
Fairfield
Alberta Banfield
Don Barnes
Harry M Gnage
Susan Brown
Jane Fryer
Greedy
Miss Jordan
George F. Miller
Guy E. Hillier
West Coast
California
Garfield
San Francisco
United States Marine Corps
Fairfield High School
Grinnell College
Coe College
Chi Omega Sorority
Donald Brodine
Boston
J. O. Laird
Malvern
Larry
Jane
Frank W. Davis
Frank Jaques
Frank
Officers Reelected in U B Missionary Group Meeting
The 1940 branch officers of the Women's Missionary association of the United Brethren church were reelected at closing services. Guest speakers were Mrs. Alice E. Bell of Dayton Ohio and Mrs. G T Rosselot, missionary at Freetown Africa. New 1940 officers include Mrs. G W Emerson president and others advancing roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church
Alice E. Bell
Dayton
Ohio
G. T. Rosselot
Freetown
Africa
Waterloo
G. W. Emerson
Fred Riggs
L. C. Ranson
Mabelle E
Community Groups Plan Readings and Music Week Events
Mrs C S Foster hosts an afternoon reading group at 1900 Blake Blvd SE on Wednesday focusing on The Flowing Stream by Florence Finch Kelly. The creative writers meet at 129 Thirty-sixth St NE with Miss C Esther Copp leading. Choir directors are urged to contact Lenore Stark Topinka about the May 5 Memorial Coliseum program and rehearsals begin Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Allan Fisher celebrates his tenth birthday with a Friday dinner at 237 Twelfth St NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Foster
Blake Boulevard
Florence Finch Kelly
H. P. Howells
Creative Writers’ Group
Edward J Perry
Thirty-sixth Street
C. Esther Copp
Lenore Stark Topinka
Memorial Coliseum
First Presbyterian Church
Symphony Orchestra
Bach
Mozart
Lord Jesus
Allan Fisher
Edwin A. Fisher
Twelfth Street
Donald Harmon
Billy Webber
Glenn [Emered
Jimmy Miller
Wayne Isher
Cedar Rapids Students Join 1940 Ames Veishea
Cedar Rapids students will participate in the 1940 Veishea at Iowa State College May 9 to 11. Students volunteer for floats, Vodvil, Stars Over Veishea, home economics open house and dorm hosting. The event features 80 floats, ag and home economics congresses, polo, baseball, track, and a Queen of Queens coronation by Gov. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
Cedar Rapids
Veishea
Iowa State College
Bob Benecke
Gertrude A Benecke
First Avenue W
Rush T. Benson
R. T. Benson
Blake Boulevard
Jean Miller
H. Robert Miller
Grande Avenue SE
Dorothy V. Morehead
H. L. Morehead
Sixteenth Street SE
Theodore Frederick Paulsen
O F. Paulsen
Barbara Sgarlata
G. Sgarlata
C Avenue NE
Joe S. Stoddard
J. W. Stoddard
Fourteenth Street SE
John E Swan
T. E. Swan
Forest Drive
Theodore R. Swem
A. R. Swem
B Avenue NE
Mary Jane Watts
J. H. Watts
Nineteenth Street
Iowa
Lane Sisters of Hollywood
George A. Wilson
Guest Day Tea marks fifth anniversary of Kings Daughters circle
The Friendship Circle of the Kings Daughters celebrated its fifth anniversary with a guest day tea at Mrs. Robert A. Donahue’s home. Hawaiian student Emi Mukaida of Coa college shared folklore and songs. Candles lit by leaders honored five years of work as Mrs. N Harold West was feted before moving to Kansas City. The next meeting is May 10 at Mrs. Termohlen’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle of the Kings Daughters
Robert A. Donahue
Blake Boulevard
Vernon E. Lichtenstein
Emi Mukaida
Coa College
Lichtenstein
Alfred W. Meyer
Rufus Culver
Linn County Union
Lee R. Beardsley
Leonard Lyon
Hope Circle
Friendship Circle
A. E. Chase
Linn County
Tom Termohlen
Chase
Ray T. Moore
Carl G. Helming
Fred J. Hollands
Don G. Neill
Donahue
Richard Buresh
Edward Budd
Keith Dunn
P. E. Conard
A. W. Meyer
C. A. Noe
Thomas Radloff
J. W. Nolting
R. D. Smalley
Wayne Stookey
Keith Low
Harold Woite
Miss Muskaida
N. Harold West
Kansas City
Miss Nemecek Visits Friends in Des Moines
Miss Phoebe Jane Nemecek of 1739 Fourth Avenue SE visits Des Moines for the weekend with Robert O. Frederick of Iowa City. They are guests of Mr and Mrs Robert S. Wray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Yessler
J. A. Yessler
Fourth Avenue SE
Barbara Barry
Joanne Crawford
Rebecca Hallman
Doris Cone
Patricia Marshall
Phoebe Jane Nemecek
Robert O. Frederick
Iowa City
Des Moines
Robert S. Wray
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Edith Knox
Ken Bogaard
Charles §. Knox
Ken
Knoxes
Dusky
Pavlov
Knox
Francis Chapin
Chicago
The
Chapin
Bailey Boot Shop
Claire McKenna
Miss McKenna
John Mason Martin
Ames
Decorah
St. Peter's
St. Lucifer's
Frank Hahn
Alice Lampe Heidel
Dorothy Parke
Clyde W. Hart
University of Iowa
Edward Everett Horton
Cee Ad.a
Haldeman
Geneva Haldeman
Miami University
Oxford
Little Theater
Oxford College Hall
Miami Choral Union
Delia Gamma
P.E.O
Harry Peterson
P. E
A. H. Boileau
Forest Drive SE
L. L. de Yarman
R. C. Kirn
Bever Avenue SE
Reviewers’ Club
Pickford
Rollo E. Pickford
Upland Drive
Bruce A. West
Martha Marquis Circle
Perkins
Martha Marquis
C. W. Perkins
Bever Avenue
George W. Hearn
Ridgeway Drive
Everett Pratt
Madden
Marjorie Black
B. H. Madden
Ethel Parrott
Frances O'Meara
Ada Vedder
Joan Rowan
Mary Rowan
Betty Foster
Stuart Dale
Vinetta Tiffany
Guardians’ Association
Westminster Presbyterian Church
G. W. Borschel
Amos Scott
Homer Maxwell
P. H. Brown
W. A. Murphy
Taylor School
Adelka Crane
Sponsors’ Association
Lieut. Moore
Marengo
Cora Ackerman
Lester Mercer
S. C. Snyder
West Liberty
Kathleen Eller
Madrid
M. W. Fussells
M. W. Fussell
Ellis Boulevard
Virginia Fussell
Presbyterian Hospital
Fussells
R. C. Osberg
Berwyn
C. P. Baxter
Wichita, Wan
Nee Erwin
Vernon Drive
CLUB
Mrs. Leibsohn
Adell Leibsohn
Malvina Weiss
Marysville
Calif
Leibsohn
Phillip Leibsohn
Fifth Avenue SE
Udell Leibsohn
Milton Weiss
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Mrs. Foster
WESTS
Elks Club
Foster
E. K. Steul
Madison
Wis
ST. Rita's Circle Flans
St. Rita
St. Matthew's Church
Gas Company
Roy Wright
J. A. Ballard
C. R. Murphy
L. E. Enenbach
G. J. Delancey
T. J. Vavrach
W. R Magner
Clemens
U. B. Missionary Group
Creative Writers
Ames Veishea
Miss Nemecek
Wiarion 700
Third Street
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