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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1940

Page

19

Circus Sidelines Craft and Clown Tales in Cedar Rapids

Jack Spear and his mother watch as a European dressage master rides High Power in the Cedar Rapids show venue. Other notes include photographers John Barry and Sunny Dean, Art Springer’s homecoming memories, a mystic R L G symbol found in Marion, and a bells-to-end hallway gossip plan from Mrs. Allea Gleason to quiet police chatter.

IRCUS Jack Spear Forrest Spear Tipton Marvin Cone Cone John Barry Sunny” Dean Dean John Cedar Rapids Art Springer Fifth Avenue John Taylor Felix Adler Ringling Adler Clinton Taylor Davenport Funny Man Ringlings Felix G. A. Senninger Marion

Ladies Day At Kenmore Golf Course Schedule

Every Tuesday at Kenmore Golf Course is Ladies Day with 8:30 am start. August events list hostess names and contests such as low for long holes high for short holes most pars and blind bogey plus poker hands. Luncheon available after golf.

Kenmore Nell Ross J. B. McPherson Frank Colburn Joseph Michal

Cedar Rapids Vacationers Plan East and Midwest Trips

Cedar Rapids residents extend their summer travel with departures to New Jersey Maine and Long Island New York Lake Okoboji Spirit Lake and Chicago area. Families including Sawin Rugg Poe Harless and two couples from Fairfax head for weeklong and extended visits with relatives and friends.

Nan Poe New Jersey Maine George N. Harless Thirty-fourth Street Forest Hills Long Island N. Y Wendell M Delzell Cedar Rapids Spiritlake Marvin D. Marr James J. Redmond Frances McCormick William Stewart James Manville Fairfax

Thelma Kendall And David Ross To Wed Aug. 19

Announce the engagement of Thelma Kendall to David Ross Jr with a wedding set for August 19. Thelma is secretary to W. W Crissman and C. W. Lawrence. David works for the Turner company.

Thelma Kendall David Ross M. C. Kendall Thirty-second Street Drive Thelma David Ross, Jr D. W. Ross Twenty-sixth Street Drive Miss Kendall W. W Crissman C. W. Lawrence Mr. Ross Turner Company

Social Pool Party Draws Cedar Rapids Guests

A sprawling Cedar Rapids social page details a pool party at Club Society with numerous Dutch treat and no host tables. Hosts include Mr and Mrs Allen I Dunn and Mr and Mrs Gordon Fennell welcoming guests from Des Moines and beyond.

Gordon Fennell Robert P. Bell E. G. Eberle Little Rock Ark Eugene C. Hoyt James H Yuill Rockey T. Newton Allen I. Dunn B Avenue Frederick Seely Meadville Connie R. F. Torstenson Sandra James E. Blake Jane Blake Harriet Evans Iowa City Cedar Rapidians Mary Shaffer Jean Killen Ann Lenzen Martha Lou Smith Donald Ross George Ross John Foster Tom Siive G. H. Cornwell P A. Stover G. Sicbke Adrian C Hoblitzell Marvin G Erickson Chicago Haverly V. Jones R. I. Horton Ronald Booth R. F. McGinnis Frederick N. Lutz Gertrude Myers J. K. von Lackum Nicholas P. Craemer James W. Bell Glenn O. Fletcher Thomas L. Crabbe Lawrence J. Halpin C. S. Day Alvin W. Allen A. J. Barlow Jim John Robert C. Armstrong Anna Youel Eliot Robert Waples Eliot Waples Richard Westerfield West Union Waples Joyce Palmer Betty Whipple J. Donald Frantz Wauwatosa Wis F. C. Waples Nora Cocker Louise Flaherty Joanne van Cleve Susan Brown Donna Jeanne Johnson Dorothy Spencer Allayne Kenecny Rosemary Smythe Kathryn Claassen Mary Zuercher Nedra McNabney Barbara Rogers Katherine Kritchfield Bonnie Mae Diebold John Jacobs Horace Hedges, Jr Eugene Pinney Martin Hanson Jack Foley Fort Dodge Hoyt Carrier Vinton Charles S. Knox, Jr Bob Taylor Gordon McKay David Keehn Wallace Darling, Jr Kenneth Lindsay, Jr Ralph W. Gearhart Jr R. Dean Finnegan Ben H. Witwer Howard Cherry Amor H. Sargent George Karch, Jr Cleveland Ohio S. W. Wilder E. B. Cameron S. E. Coquillette Robert S. Wray Des Moines Marjorie Deacon Robert Cresswell Rebecca Clements Roger Victor Thomas F. Lange Joan Reynolds Clarence Schram Madison Perry West H. E. Pfeiffer E. J. Nelson Lucian W. Clark Lorene Anderson Washington, D. C Weaver Witwer H. A. Rundquist Edward M. Soboda, Jr H. C. Burleson Glenn B. McDonald Jack McDonald Vera Machovsky B. B. Hickenlooper G. H. Shoemaker Mary Frances Lee Phillip Renick Robert Joe Crawley J. M. Long Aimee White Brownsville Tex Richard Meister

Twogoods Host California Visitors This Weekend

Mr and Mrs L J Twogood of 812 Wellington St SE welcome Dr and Mrs Ralph Eckerman of Pasadena Calif as weekend guests en route home from Cuba. Descendants of Joseph and Lydia Morris plan a picnic luncheon August 11 at Bever Park pavilion with dinner at noon for relatives and friends.

Betty’ Jo Belknap Charles N. Belknap C Avenue NE Bartlesville Okla Kansas City T. Taylor Fourth Avenue SE Nancy Lou Fuller Quincy, Ill James A Barbara Burrell Madison, Wis Virginia Collins Lydia Ann Courtright Jo Ann Hanzlik Ann Winslow Jeanne Krebs Janet Lothian Max Widmer Sam Hedges George Durin Stevan Smith Kenneth Bastian Fort Dodge Davide McGregor George Lindsay Miss Lothian Leon E. Fuller, Jr Chicago Howard A. Horan L. J. Twogood Wellington Street Ralph Eckerman Pasadena Calif Cuba Joseph Lydia Morris Bever Park

Women's Exposition at State Fair Highlights Art and Education

Plans for the 1940 Iowa State Fair include a two-building women’s exposition with art lectures by Karl Bolander and demonstrations, Farm Bureau plays, Broadway dramatizations, dances, music, and daily home economics programs. The event features baby health contests, farm women exhibits, county Farm Bureau showcases, flower and crocheting contests, and lectures on art and welfare by state experts. The organizing committee lists Spaulding, Cowles, Olson, Tilden, and Wilson as members.

H. W. Spaulding Movnes Karl Bolander National American Artists Professional League National Art Hobby Guild Farm Bureau Pearl Converse Iowa State College Rural Sociology Department Claudine Rolfs Marie Barnes Flanagan Mabel Blair Macy Iowa Farm Bureau Iowa State College Extension Department Iowa Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers Karl Bolander Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Iowa State Fair Grinnell Gardner Cowles Des Moines O. A. Olson Forest City Galen Tilden Ames George A. Wilson

Wanda Graves and George Makar Married in Marshalltown

Announcement of the marriage between Wanda Graves daughter of Mrs Edna Graves and Alonzo Graves of Marshalltown and George Makar son of Mrs M Makar of Chicago. The ceremony occurred in Marshalltown on Friday June 7.

Wanda Graves George Makar Edna Graves Sixth Street Alonzo Graves Marshalltown Cedar Rapids M. Makar Chicago Elmer Tebe Makar Craemer's Coe College

Woman's Club Health Education Dept Plans Picnic

The health education department will hold a picnic supper and dance at Thornwood dance pavilion Friday evening. Attendees should bring a covered dish sandwiches beverages and other picnic necessities. Reservations with Mrs O J Elsenbast at 2 9869 or Mrs K I McElroy at 2 4793.

Health Education Department Thornwood Dance Pavilion O. J. Elsenbast Dial K. I. McElroy

Hradecky Family Home After California Visit

Mr and Mrs L F Hradecky and children Robert Mildred and Kenneth return home after four weeks in California They visited L F Hradeckys sister Mrs J H Kastanek in Long Beach Mrs Hradecky also extended her California stay The West Side auxiliary to the Children s Home hosts a Bever Park picnic for Home children Monday at noon Attendees bring sandwiches a covered dish and table service The meeting follows at 2 30

L. F. Hradecky Thirty-first Street Robert Mildred Kenneth California Long Beach Mr. Hradecky J. H. Kas Tanek West John Hradecky West Side Bever Park

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