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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1941

Page

16

Pool Party Highlights Cedar Rapids Country Club Season

The Cedar Rapids Country club hosts the annual pool party drawing members and guests from out of town. Notables mingle with Miss Mary Jane Huber directing divers and boys from the junior club performing swims. An Omaha orchestra provided dinner music as Lt. Lawrence J. Halpin visits Fort Riley then returns home for the weekend.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Country Club Omaha Mary Jane Huber Jerry Ard John Stark Marcia Kopecky Cedar Rapids Vic Vargon Iowa City University of Iowa Harvey C. McClary B. J. Moon Henry Ruistine van Vechten Shaffer Leland C. Miller James E. Blake R. F. Torstenson James H. Yuill Douglas F. Boynton Connie McClary Susan Moon Catharine Yuill Judith Boynton Sandra Torstenson Mary Miller Alvin W. Allen First Avenue E Lawrence J. Halpin Halpin Fort Riley Kan L. F. Halpin Fourth Avenue SE John C. Reid James L. Cooper Gordon Fennell Cooper Fennell John and Lee Cooper Gordon Fenell Weaver Witwer Ann Witwer Ojal Valley Calif C. S. Krause Earl Travis Brown Glen Smith Evanston Frank McLinn Burlington Miss Benson Robert Mannheimer Des Moines Virginia Sarah J. Owen Horace H. Sutcliffe John Choate Lakeside Thirtieth Street Road B. G. Broghammer Frank James V. Prouty Jack Proutys Carl Gillis Margaret Kuttler Barbara Mueller Bill Goetne Kenneth Bastian Davenport Margaret Ann Hunter Dim

Mrs Briggs To Lead Legion Auxiliary Meet In Iowa

Mrs. Briggs of Lisbon department president will preside at the twenty first annual convention of the American Legion Auxiliary Iowa department in Marshalltown. Registration begins Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Hotel Tallcorn with sessions in the Odeon theater. The event features district caucuses, speakers including national president Mrs Louis J Lemstra and Governor George A Wilson. Public invited.

Mrrs Harlan Briggs Lisbon Ameriican Legion Auxiliary Department of Cedar Rapids Odeon Marshalltown Clinton Ind American Legion Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDowell Indianapolis Story City George A. Wilson Robert J. Shaw Sigourney Frank Miles Iowa Legionaire Scott Minnick Carroll Hawkeye Boys State Department George Koehns, JR

Mrs Harrington Hosts Dessert Bridge For Mrs McConkie

Mrs. A F Harrington entertained at Killian's tea room with a dessert bridge in honor of Mrs. E B McConkie who sails to St Louis Mo for a new posting at Jefferson Barracks. Several guests joined the courtesy including Howard L Jones and others while families travel for weddings and visits in Cedar Rapids.

Killian’s Tea Room A. F. Harrington D Avenue NE E. B. McConkie St. Louis Dr. McConkie Jefferson Barracks Howard L. Jones Richard H. Veldhouse Roy S. Doty Howard L. van Winkle John T. Heck

Local residents plan summer departures and visits

Dr. and Mrs. Conrad B Link of State College Pa will return home Tuesday after visiting Mrs Link's parents. Mrs Link's sister-in-law Mrs Huntington arrives from Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Lieutenant Huntington to spend August and September with Army maneuvers in Arkansas and Louisiana. Mrs Harry Hadsel of Grand Rapids arrives to visit relatives. Dr and Mrs Morgan J Foster and son Morgan Jr left for three weeks vacation at Wind River ranch near Estes Park Colo. Julie Foster to stay with grandparents in Holstein. Lieut Robert Lamson of Shenandoah arrives Saturday to visit his mother for a week.

George Koehn, Jr Detroit James A. H. Hallgren Nineteenth Street George Koehn Twenty-ninth Street Hallgren Lake of the Woods Ottumwa Donald M. Leonard Grand Rapids, Mich Cedar Rapids Conrad B. Link State College Link Arthur Huntington Fifth Avenue SE Robert Huntington Fort Leonard Wood Huntington United States Army Arkansas Louisiana Morgan J. Foster Washington Avenue Morgan, Jr Wind River Ranch Estes Park Colo Julie H. G. Hansen Holstein Ralph D. Spears

Miss Courtright and Widmer to Be Dinner Honorees

Lydia Ann Courtright and C. Max Widmer, engaged to wed August 16, will be honored at a Cedar Rapids Country Club dinner hosted by Miss Virginia Collins. Attending guests include Elliott Cobb and Lillian Townsend with Bill Keane, along with the bridal party and ushers.

Lydia Ann Courtright C. Max Widmer Cedar Rapids Country Club Virginia Collins First Avenue E Elliott Cobb Iowa City Lillian Townsend Maryville Bill Keane Chicago Sandee Jordan Miss Courtright Duane Blackwell St. Louis Mrs. Jordan Miss Collins Mr. Yothers Mr. Lindsay Jeanne Krebs Mrs. Blackwell Cobbs Miss Townsend Mr. Keane

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