Cedar Rapids Folks Head to Drake Relays in Des Moines
Thousands of sport fans travel to Des Moines for the Drake Relays final events. Cedar Rapids residents among attendees include Mr and Mrs Stewart Holmes and families at 369 Forest Drive SE and other local couples and individuals visiting for the weekend and fraternity events at Hotel Fort Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
Bill
James
Reece Stewart
Reginald B. Figge
Grande Avenue SE
Albert P. Jenkins
Fifth Avenue SE
John D. Randall
Meadowbrook Terrace
Sue
Jack
John W. Altfillisch
al Keyes
Fred Woodrick
Theta Xi
Fort Des Moines
John W. Altfillisch, Jr
G. King Thompson
A. R. Zuercher
Sidney Moore
Larry Dutton
Music Week Kicks Off With Cedar Rapids Talent
National Music Week opens next Sunday highlighting Cedar Rapids musicians and instructors. Miss Alice C. Inskeep leads city school music supervision inspiring thousands of young readers. Louise Crawford, Coe College music professor and composer, is featured alongside the E. W. Richardson family, with violinist Mrs Richardson as concertmeister and Alan and John W. Barry documenting the scene.
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Cedar Rapids
Alice C. Inskeep
Louise Crawford
Coe College
The
Musical Observer
E. W. Richardson
Richardson
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Alan
Lois Richardson
Ellen Montgomery Hosts 12th Birthday Party
Ellen Montgomery daughter of Mr and Mrs Neil Montgomery, 2336 Linden Drive SE, celebrated her twelfth birthday by hosting a Friday dinner party at her home for friends Nancy Yuill Mary Sue Ristine Ann Wadsworth Polly Green Susan Shaffer Joan Killian Betty Jo Wilhelm Patty Fortune Rozanne Ohlman Sheryl Zalesky Betty Lou Frahm Patty Kaufman Glennis Hopkins DeLoris Harley Helen Smith Jean Denton Mary Miller Susan Moon and Margaret Curry, then took them to the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Montgomery
Neil Montgomery
Linden Drive
Ellen
Nancy’ Yuill
Mary Sue Ristine
Ann Wadsworth
Polly Green
Susan Shaffer
Joan Killian
Betty Jo Wilhelm
Patty Fortune
Rozanne Ohlman
Sheryl Zalesky
Betty Lou Frahm
Patty Kaufman
Glenis Hopkins
DeLoris Harley
Helen Smith
Jean Denton
Mary Miller
Susan Moon
Margaret Curray
Mrs Jeanes Daughters Visit Robert Safely Home
After years abroad Mrs Walter M Jeanes now of London and her daughters Ellen and Mary Frances arrive today to visit in the home of her brother Robert C Safely and Mrs Safely at 1846 B Avenue NE Arlington Heights Ill Mrs George Schneberger spends weekend with her mother at 358 Woodland Drive SE Bridge club members skip cards for riding to Ely for equestrian sport The group includes Misses Mary Zuercher Barbara Rogers Donna Jeanne Johnson Dorothy Spencer Kathryn Claassen Marion Reiff Jeanne Cash Kathryn Wandel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Jeanes
London
Ellen
Mary Frances
George Schneberger
Arlington Heights, Ill
H. W. Montgomery
Lutton H. Stubbs
Woodland Drive
Ely
Mary Zuercher
Barbara Rogers
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Dorothy Spencer
Kathryn Claassen
Marion Reiff
Jeanne Cash
Kathryn Wandel
Pickwick Club Supper Party Large Holiday Affair
One of the weekend’s largest social events, the Dutch treat supper party at the Roosevelt hotel brought together Pickwick club members, their wives and guests. The recently reorganized group, once a young men’s luncheon club, has used holiday balls for local charity.
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Pickwick Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Maree Leon Tocd
Woman's Club to Close Year With May Breakfast
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club under retiring president Mrs Charles E Roberts will hold the annual May breakfast Monday at 11 am in the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel Special guests include two life members Mrs J M Dinwiddie and Mrs E M Soboda The program features transfer of keys and gavels to new president Mrs Aulden Griffin plus music by Mrs T H DeWees and a one act play directed by Miss Geraldine Green Various club committees are listed with meeting and social roles
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T. H. DeWees
Geraldine Green
Verne E. Henton
Lulu Engelman Welty
Robert E. Campbell
Charles J. Bready
C.C. Flodin
DeWees
W. P. Rohrbach
Ely Family Returns Home After Winter In Pasadena
Mr and Mrs John S Ely 2222 First Avenue East arrived home yesterday after a winter spent at their Pasadena California residence Mrs Harold E Reid departs today for Green Bay Wisconsin following a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter K Roth and Mr Reid s parents Mr and Mrs Raymond A Reid Also visiting Des Moines couple Frank Davis and Mrs Kore with Teddy Collins grandson of Mrs Collins to stay several weeks with Moores relatives in the city
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John S. Ely
First Avenue E
Pasadena
Calif
Harold E. Reid
Green Bay
Wis
Mrs. Reid
Walter K. Roth
Park Terrace
Mr. Reid
Raymond A. Reid
Knollwood Drive
Reid
Eid
Frank Davis
Des Moines
Davis
Ernest R. Kore
Teddy Collins
The
Moores
Robert Collins
Collins
Council Bluffs
Teddy
Mrs Fennell and Mrs Bell to Junior League Conference
Gordon Fennell and Mrs Robert Bell, Cedar Rapids, will depart to attend the nineteenth annual Association of the Junior Leagues of America conference in Memphis Tennessee from Tuesday to Friday. They will be guests of Mrs Claude Crawford. speakers include Helen W Leavy and Charlotte Carr. Miss Barbara Marshall returns home after three months in the south.
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Gordon Fennell
Blake Boulevard
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Robert P. Bell
Knollwood Drive
Association of the Junior Leagues of America
Memphis
Tenn
Fennell
Bell
Claude Crawford
Helen W. Leavy
Pittsburgh
Association
Charlotte “Carr
Hullwoe
Sma
Garden Tour Plans Are Made for Cedar Rapids Event
Cedar Rapids Garden club announces a two day Garden tour and flower show on May 12 and 13 with tours to city gardens and new features. Mrs George E Beattie heads the staging committee with a large roster including Mrs Roy Choate and Mrs Perry West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Narden
Cedar Rapids
Roy E. Choate
Perry West
van Vechten Shaffer
Willliam C Crawford
William J. Phipps
Crawford
Sutherland C. Dows
Sumner D. Quarton
Bruce McKay
James E Hamilton
Isaac B. Smith
Choate
Edward Sheehy, Jr
John Hamilton
West
L. D Burkhalter
James E Blake
Merton F. Seely
Donald P. Barnes
Herbert S. Stamats
R. P. Taylor
W. F. Brooksmit
Arthur Poe
FE. J. Larimer
Scott McIntyre
George T. Wil
Miss Dunker to Be Honored at Breakfast Party
Miss Dorothea Dunker receives pre nuptial honors before her June 3 Hum boldt wedding to Thurston H Jenkins. Hostesses Miss Maxine Culbertson and Miss Margaret Hadley head a breakfast and shower at the Montrose hotel with many attendees from Washington and Rosemary sofas scene zone Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Dunker
Thurston H. Jenkins
Humboldt
Maxine Culbertson
Margaret Hadley
Montrose Hotel
Mary Frances Husak
Gayle Giblin
Caroline van Meter
Phyllis Closson
Helen Burt
Mary Yakish
Betty Schmidt
Betty Rice
Edna van Pappelen
Dam
Faulene Frederikson
Ruth Talbott
Janet Lothian
Marian Busby
Margaret Clarke
Bernice Knickerbocker
Martha Foster
Washington
Rosemary i
Iowa City
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John W. Barry Photos
Jeanes
Robert
Montgomery
Bridge Club
Woman's Club
Drury Davis
Evanston
Ill
Wallace S. Hamilton
Carlton Apartments
Patricia Burkhalter
Crescent Street
G. Sharp Lannom NE
Grinnell
George T. Williams
Sixteenth Street
John S. Elys
Harold E. Reids
Frank Davises
E. RK. Moore
Chicago
Eduard Lindeman
WPA
Mark A. McClosky
New York City
Barbara Marshall
Verne Marshall
South
Marshall
L. E. Robinchaux
New Orleans
Jeanne Marshall
Northwestern University
Miss Dunker
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