Reading List Caps Cedar Rapids Readers Choices
Public reading picks highlight new titles and authors including A. J. Cronin Eric Knight Isabel Scott Rorick and William L. Shirer. The list showcases books such as Berlin Diary and I Have Loved England with additional notes on other authors and works.
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A. J. Cronin
Eric Knight
Mr. and
Mrs. Cugat
Isabel Scott Rorick
Berlin
William L. Shirer
Nostradamus
England
Alice Duer Miller
Irvin S
The Airmen Speak and Thereto Aims in Wartime Echoes
An abridged chronicle of Royal Air Force speeches from December 1939 to February 1941 reveals the grit and esprit de corps of young airmen. Their calm humor under danger, near-mythic bravery, and focus on teamwork emerge through vivid anecdotes of parachute descents and combat sorties.
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Winston Churchill
R.af
London
Air Corps
Earth
Germany
Dunkirk
BEF
Heinkel
Elizabeth North Hoyt
Corner Druggist Chronicle of a Country Doctor Drugstore
Robert B. Nixon Jr writes Corner Druggist a salty chronicle of everyday American life from the 1880s through a day in a town drug store. The narrative follows prescriptions, money orders, customers, a lunching boy, a nerve testing phone call, and a restless crowd as the druggist endures interruptions and potential lost customers.
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Robert B. Nixon, Jr
Prentice Hall
Doc
Travel Guides Promise Record Travel Year Ahead
Travel experts forecast America as the safest destination and the peak year for travel spending. The popular America Guide series nears completion with six new state volumes. The 40 die adinauied to publication in 1941 refers to the remaining states with city and regional guides in preparation by WPA writers.
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America
Notable Book Guides Mixed With History and Travel
A rambled passage reviews travel guides on towns like Jonesboro and Jeffersonville, noting how guides blend town character with geography and industry. It mentions Wyoming and Louisiana guides, with references to authors, publishers, and historic figures, plus diary and publishing anecdotes.
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Jonesboro
Jeffersonville
Wyoming
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson
Jean Laco
South Carolina
Oxford University Press
Utah
Hastings House
Duell, Sloan, and Pearce
Hastings
Oxford University
Invitations Issued For Josephine Magee Wedding
Invitations were issued by Mrs John B Magee for the marriage of their daughter Miss Josephine Gertrude Magee to the Rev John Hillman Lavely on September 3 at 8 30 p m in the First Methodist church A reception will follow at the bride parents home The event is noted in Anamosa Iowa society news.
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Anne Miller
John L. Miller
B Avenue NE
Martin J
North Hollywood
Calif
Walter S. Cole
Thirty-fourth Street
California
John B. Magee
Josephine Gertrude
John Hillman Lavely
First Methodist Church
E. E. Moots
American Legion Auxiliary
Mabel Smith
C. W. Beach
Bert Avery
Morton Kepler
G. S. McIntire
Lansing
Mich
Sue Kepler
Des Moines
Belle Thompson
Presbyterian Guild
Palisades
Lamont Church Class and Baptist Aid Elect Officers
Lamont The Live Wire class of the Methodist church met with Mrs. Gertie Jenks Wednesday. A Warner celebrated his ninety third birth anniversary as Lamont’s oldest resident. The Baptist Aid met with Mrs. Clint SchafferFriday to elect officers: Richmond president, Lon Jenks secretary, John Ehler secretary.
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Methodist Church
Gertie Jenks
A. Warner
Warner
Lamont
Baptist Aid
Clint Schaffer
Richmond
Lon Jenks
John Ehler
Jennie Ee
Woman's Club Board Schedules Special Meeting at Clubhouse
A special called meeting of the Woman's Club board will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the clubhouse to elect a new member to the program committee. Some trustees have also been slated for a tie up at 2 a.m. at the clubhouse.
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Woman's Club Board
Oteaine
Monticello Club Hosts Anamosa Picnic and Local Gatherings
Monticello Women’s Club hosted Anamosa members at a city park picnic. Reports from a Los Angeles convention were shared by Mrs. Nie. Birthday celebrations included Elizabeth Reid’s sixth and others’ twelfth. Various hostesses and groups led by Mrs. Tucker and the O N O club organized bridge and devotionals.
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Monticello Business and Professional Women’s Club
Anamosa Club
Anamosa
Los Angeles
Nie
City Park
Avelda Dorothy Rolls
C. A. Doxsee
James Farley
Earl DeShaw
Elizabeth Reid
Mary Dress
Miss Dora Hamblin to Attend Northwestern University
Miss Dora Jane Hamblin of Cedar Rapids daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Hamblin of Bedford will study next year at Northwestern University Evanston Ill. She led Coe college Delta Delta Delta as president and is a Phi Kappa Phi member. Since June 15 she has been society editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette. She leaves Cedar Rapids Aug 31 to enroll Sept 15 at Northwestern.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Hamblin
Bedford
Country
Hamblin
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta
Phi Kappa Phi
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Northwestern
Earlville Ladies Society Meeting Report
Bramley Mrs Ruth Stonecipher Mrs John Winistorfer Mrs Walter Ortberg and the Misses Orra Laxson and Ruth Davey, all of Earlville, attended. Thirty members joined the August Ladies a society meeting at Mrs Martha Ham's home. The Young Ladies Sodality met with Loretta Egelhoff Germaine Johannes Lorraine Phillip Elizabeth Drees Adelle Helle Marie Kaiser and Marie Wulfekuhle.
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Bramley
Ruth Stonecipher
John Winistorfer
Walter Ortberg
Orra Laxson
Ruth Davey
Earlville
Ladies
Martha Ham
Young Ladies Sodality
Loretta Egelhoff
Germaine Johannes
Lorraine Phillip
Elizabeth Drees
Adelle Helle
Marie Kaiser
Marie Wulfekuhle
Local groups host picnics and announcements in West Branch
The Home Social club met at Hoover park Friday for a dinner honoring Mrs. Emma Ellyson who will depart for Onawa. Wanda Pennock, bound for California, was celebrated by Girl Scouts Monday. Mr and Mrs Wilhelm Misty and Mr and Mrs Tom Sorensen announce an engagement.
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Hoover Park
Emma Ellyson
Onawa
Wanda Pennock
California
Wilhelm Millerty
Tom Sorensen
Chit Chat and Local Personalities Stir Community Scene
The piece spotlights Robert McGinnis with Pamela Craemer and Nick Craemer sharing a favored work with convalescent Winnifred Hargraves. It recalls the Coquillette party and Anson Weeks, notes a year’s lull in music, remarks on Ella Johnson Miller turning to carpentry for a Mt. Vernon highway project, and features locals Tommy Davis and Denny Bell at the Country Club with casual social color.
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Robert McGinnis
Pamela Craemer
Nick Craemer
Winnifred Hargraves
Coquillette
Anson Weeks
Errs
Anson
Ella Johnson Miller
Mt. Vernon
Tommy Davis
Denny Bell
Jane Bell
Picnic Tributes and Farm Bureau Gathering
A group honors Mr and Mrs Darrell Hundley of St Paul Minnesota with a two picnic at McGregor. The Hundleys stay as house guests of Mr and Mrs John Barrack. Putnam Farm Bureau women and families picnicked at the State park on Wednesday.
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Darrell Hundley
St Paul
Minn
Hundleys
John Barrack
Putnam Farm Bureau
the State Park
Decorah bridge breakfast hosts among sixteen guests
Decorah Mrs. A. Rosell and Mrs. Walter Ingvoldstad were hostesses at a bridge breakfast for sixteen women Tuesday morning at the Hotel Winneshiek. Mrs. Carl Nystrom, whose mar...
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A. Rosell
Walter Ingvoldstad
Winneshiek
Carl Nystrom
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