Around the town humorous notes and local anecdotes
A collection of light vignettes from Iowa City and nearby towns. The piece sketches neighbors overhearing conversations, a would be auctioneer plan, a potato truck crash in Cedar Rapids, a mustache contest among Daily Iowan editors, gate crashing a county fair, and a prankish postman tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Daily Iowan
Staten Browning
Jis
Bob Sherwood
Atlantic
John Mooney
Waverly
Merle Miller
Social Evening Feasts Honor Guests At Local Club
Guests robed in finery attended dinners and a theatre outing at the club last evening. Honorees included Mrs Robichaux and Mrs Narold R. Trewin of New Orleans visiting the Marshall home, with group members Mr and Mrs Marshall and Robert C. Toms. Other scenes featured Dutch treat parties for the Jacksons of St Louis and a Pasadena-bound Jack Brown send-off. The evening wrapped with a bridge luncheon for Mrs Nungesser and Mrs Martin, followed by plans for a theatre after-dinner visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert K. Jackson
St. Louis
Gordon Fennell
Fourth Avenue SE
Fennell Home
Jackson
Fennell
Henry M. Files
Wallace Darling
B. P. Lattner
J. Max Widmer
J. Hamilton Bell
Jack Brown
Pasadena
Calif
Mary Jane Murdock
Peyton Anderson
Quincy
Patricia Graves
Billy Wheeler
Patricia Salter
Betty Gage
Bill Norris
Jean Killen
Bob Smith
Jeanne Krebs
Jack Spears
P. W. Nungesser
J. G. Martin
New Orleans
R. S Johnston
Greenwood Drive
Nungesser
Martin
L. P. Boudreaux
Sixth Avenue SE
Hostess Honors Nedra Arendt at Dessert Bridge
Mrs Renald P Evans hosted a dessert bridge at her Turner Alley home honoring Nedra Arendts of Oakland California a guest of Mr and Mrs J S Arendts. Attendees included Bette Sage of Davenport and others. A Cedar Rapids Country Club dinner honored Margot Francis Haven Onderek guests of Addison J Ramsey and Mrs Will M Lee with nine place settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy BE
Thither
Meadowbrook Drive
H. Ward
California
Renald P. Evans
Turner Alley
Nedra Arendts
Oakland
Calif
J. S. Arendts
Bette Sage
Davenport
Raymond J. Vernimont
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Nehls
Nancy Shields
Wallace D. Lyon
Donald Leonard
Chester Bailey
R. R. Epler
Linden Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Margot Francis
Haven Onderek
Chicago
Addison J. Ramsey
Crescent Street
Miss Francis
Will M. Lee
Washington Avenue
Francis
Miss Onderek
Mrs Hunting Hosts Visiters Dinner In Weekend Home
Mrs H B Hunting of 1857 Second Avenue SE entertained Saturday night for visitors from Savannah Georgia and Davenport Iowa. Mr and Mrs Charles Duncan and Mr and Mrs Harry Williams will stay two weeks and over weekend respectively. Clyde Lick and children left for Twin Pike lodge in northern Wisconsin. Ralph Bartoli of Chicago to join later. Lieke family to return after two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Haurst
Kendall Wurst
Mr and O
HM Cuddy
Forest Drive SE
Mrs Cuddy
Miss Rood Baker
Mr Baker
Decorah
LeRoy Farmer
Blake Bonevard
C UV Broadston
Virzina and
Jimmy
Kansas City
Tommy Dryer
Story City
H. B Hunting
1857
Second Avenue SE
Charles Duncan
Savannah
Harry Williams
Dayvenport
Duncans
Hunting
Williams
Clyde Lick
Twentieth Street
James
Barbara
Twin Pike Lodge
Wisconsin
Edgar C. Wilson
Ralph Bartoli
Chicago
Lieke
Gwen
Hortense
Oak Park
Jil
J. A. Yessler
Mr. Yessler
Fourth Avenue
J. D. Kinsley
Dr. Kinsley
A Avenue NE
Engagement of Dorothy Louise Gray to Ernest Rasmussen
Mr and Mrs Clarence Otis Gray announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Louise Gray to Des Moines resident Ernest Rasmussen son of Mrs Hans P Rasmussen of Atlantic. The wedding is set for October 2. Dorothy a Coe College graduate and Delta Delta Delta member has taught English and speech at Vinton High School. Rasmussen also a Coe graduate and Chi Beta Phi member now works as field representative for General Motors Acceptance in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Otis Gray
Vernon Drive
Dorothy Louise Gray
Ernest Rasmussen
Des Moines
Hans P. Rasmussen
Atlantic
Miss Gray
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority
Zeta Phi Eta
Jeanne Haldy Hosts Twin Sister Event Tonight
Miss Jeanne Haldy hosts an acquaintance gathering in the Japanese garden at 115 Thirty second Street NE to honor her twin sister Janne who has returned from California after attending Lakewood College. Guests include Edward Tucker Allan Thompson and many others with Bette Warner and Mary Lockwood presiding at the punch bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Haldy
Janne
California
Lakewood College
Miss Hardy
Bette Warner
Mary Lockwood
Dorothy Carr
Katharine Diers
Edward Tucker
Allan Thompson
Ward Long
John Davenport
John Tellier
Bernard Rudin
Edward Fleming
Sam Sammet
Bob Sampson
Bill Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Paul Fidler
Charles Roberts
Bob Creswell
Don McKay
John
Bob Shepard
Bob Ely
Don Kessler
Robert Stuff
Ben Carns
Ed Muller
Bob Krabbenhoff
John Hutch
Jim Bramwell
Walton Keller
Eugene Kehne
Bob Esser
Homer Carley
Jack He
Marjorie Deacon
T Lydia Ann Courtright
Norma White
Carmen Grenan
Doris Doniedson
Willi Koneeny
Jayne Carrier
Vinton
Betsy Quarton
Jane Fuhrmeister
Janet Thomas
Betty Knox
Rose Ann Shomler
Grace Turner
Kathleen Carey
Kathryn Timm
Eugenia Kelly
Jean Daw
Marion
Betty Nicholas
Williamsburg
Bette Jane Levsen
Wyoming
Ida Mae Carlson
Oelwein
Carmie Carmel
Mary Elien Hamilton
Elaine Graham Engaged to Jack Dinderman
Elaine Graham of Cedar Rapids becomes engaged to Jack Dinderman son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Dinderman of Spencer. Graham a Coe College sophomore will be rushing chair for Beta Phi Alpha this fall. Dinderman works for French Stamats Publishing. No wedding date set. Spencer Knapps guests in McQuiston home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Hiner
J Avenue
Elaine Graham
Cedar Rapids
Jack Dinderman
Arthur Dinderman
E Avenue NW
Graham
Coe College
Beta Phi Alpha Sorority
Dinderman
French Stamats Publishing Company
Spencer Knapps
McQuiston
Quins Are Prettier Than Their Pictures
Two Cedar Rapids girls, Ann Wadsworth and Ann Witwer, visit five Dionne sisters in Callander Ontario and report the quintuplets are prettier than their pictures. They describe the children’s height and charm, recalling observations made during their trip with relatives and a companion, Weaver Witwer. They note the quints are viewed behind glass with shadows visible to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Dafoe
Ann Wadsworth
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Ann Witwer
Robert Calder Davis
Weaver Witwer
Hilltop Farm
Dr. Dafoe
Country Club Parkway
Crescent Street
Anns
Dionnes
Callander
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Myron J. Aubineau
Ann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeanne Hardy
Jeanne
Sam Stocht
Twin Cities
Sam
Moose Lake
Minn
Eleanor Cook
Eleanor Taylor
E. Cook
Ernie Mickel
Delaware County
Ernie
Gazette
Carl Dueser
Harvey Lodge
Jesse Clift
Clift
Dueser
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Wanda Montz
the Gazette
Kathryn Ann Guinan
Jim Smith
King Thompson
Colorado
King
Long's Peak
Jam
Jim
Marshalltown
Phil McKim
Phil
Craven Shuttleworth
Frances
VW. GC
Shuttleworth
Lindbergh
Roscoe and
Tobin
Raiders
Waterloo
Miss Quarton
Misses Shaw
Ann Winslow
Martha Beardsley
Audrey Jones
Virginia Collins
Lydia Ann Courtright
Betty Neuzil
Elizabeth Clark
Mary Frances Lee
Esther Yothers
Katherine Stark
Bill Brown
Sam Hedges
Sutherland Cook
George Lindsay
Fay Lukanitsch
Sam Johnson
Sandee Jordan
Phillip Yothers
George Durin
William Isom
MISS
Konecny
Valerie Koneeny
Crescent Street SE
Koneeny
Primrose Selden
Della Mae Nash
Sara Lee Hosbacher
Perry McCollister
LeRoy McLeod
KR. S. Johnston
Marian
Kendall Hurst
Harold
J. Leroy Farmers
Warrens
Miss Hull
D W. Warren
Carroll Drive
Milwaukee
Pilliers
Thompson Photo
Renald Evans
R. R. Eplers
Clyde Lieks
Dorothy Gray
Lasswell
Mrs. Taylor
Sammy
H. R. Taylor
Blake Boulevard
Peter Widmer
Robin Gordon
Sonny Bickel
Jack Cutler
John Killian
Scotty McIntyre
Donald Bye
Anne Laurer
Sandra Studer
Gloria
Judith Johnston
Fouse
Hamiltons
L. S. Hamilton
C Avenue NE
Hughbert C. Hamilon
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Temple University
J. Stuart McQuiston
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
Spencer Knapp
Rochester, Minn
Harriett Swain
Liberal
Zoric Dry Cleaners
Third Street
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