Irene Blankenhorn To Marry Iowa City Man
Crawfordsville announces engagement Irene Blankenhorn to Allan Barth of Iowa City. Marriage planned Sept 4 at Ainsworth Methodist Episcopal Church with Isabel Streit and Vern Pangborn as attendants. Irene a 1935 university graduate and nurse at University Hospital. Barth a university alumnus and shipping head at University Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Blankenhorn
Iowa City
Owa City
Floyd Blankenhorn
Crawfordsville
Irene
Westlawn
Allan Barth
Anna Barth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ainsworth
Isabel Streit
Ft. Dodge
Vern Pangborn
Local Girls Visit Quintuplets in Callander
Two young girls from a nearby town visit the quintuplets during their play hour at the sisters home. They describe the visitors as impressed by the five girls and a plain house, with details of a local priest who signs autographs. They bring back small treasures and plan another visit to Callander to watch the quintuplets grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Wadsworth
Dr. Dafoe
Ann
Diannes
Father Dionne
Dionne
Five Sisters
Ann Witwer
Canada
Callander
Laywomen's Retreat Opens at Mt. Mercy College
The Laywomen's Retreat sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella opened Friday evening at Mount Mercy Junior College with fifty women in attendance. The Rev. Francis Mulligan of Columbia College, a noted retreat master, conducts the exercises. Music is directed by Sister M DeLourd es and Miss Esther Hronik and Katherine Stodola. Women may register this morning to spend Sunday in retreat. the retreat closes this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Isabella
Mount Mercy Junior College
Francis Mulligan
Columbia College
M DeLourdes
Esther Hronik
Katherine Stodola
Summer pool scene at Cedar Rapids Country Club
Mrs Harold R Mowrey devotes summers to teaching her son Stevan swimming while Mrs Chester D Salter and daughter Suzenne work on their tan. Spectator Mrs James H Yuill and her son Jimmy relax on the terrace as others entertain the crowd. Jimmy, who arrived in March, begins using the pool and surroundings early in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Harold R. Mowrey
Stevan
Chester D. Salter
Suzenne
James H. Yuill
Jimmy
Wilma Ford and Emmet Murray wed in Dallas ceremony
Wilma Cunningham of Cedar Rapids and Charles Emmet Murray of Dallas were married August 10 at Sacred Heart Cathedral Dallas officiated by Rev Father Thomas Zachry. Attendants included Harold J Murray and the couple hosted a family breakfast afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ford
Clinton
Wilma Cunningham
Cedar Rapids
Charles Emmet Murray
Dallas
Tex
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Thomas Zachry
Harold J. Murray
C. P. Schulze
Irving, Tex
Carl C. Brown
Murray
Paris Academy of Beauty
Helene Beauty
Coe College
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Murray Brothers
Tru-Art Corporation of
Mrs Paul R Strain Hosts Dessert Bridge for Visitors
Mrs. Paul R Strain hosted a dessert-bridge at the Cedar Rapids Country Club yesterday afternoon honoring Mrs. Vincent Heller of Kansas City Mo and Miss Rosemary Royce of Eau Claire Wis. Guests included Mrs. Robert E Samuelson Mrs. Wallace G Boyson Mrs. John M Stearns Mrs. Tom W Whalen Miss Marianne Dvorak and Miss Elizabeth Focht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Strain
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Vincent Heller
Kansas City
Rosemary Royce
Eau Claire
Wis
Robert E. Samuelson
Wallace G. Boyson
John M. Stearns
Tom W. Whalen
Marianne Dvorak
Elizabeth Focht
Douglas White Family Makes Midwest Visit
Mr and Mrs Douglas M White and children Patricia and Douglas Jr of Sioux City are visiting relatives here before driving to Chicago then returning home. Mr White, formerly Montrose hotel clerk, now assistant manager at the Sioux Apartment hotel in Sioux City. Miss Lillian Neff will return today after a two week trip to Minneapolis New Burlington Duluth and Lake Minnetonka cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital
Barth
Iowa City
Jerrold R Russom
Los Angeles
Calif
Russom
Bernadette Zuck
University of California
Hugh F Carson
Camp Dellwood
Indianapolis
Ind
Carson
Helen Fitzgerald
Rufus H Fitzgerald
Glencoe
Northwestern University
Rov S Mushrush
A E, McMillan
Dolores
Duluth
Minnerof
Robert B. Gibson
Robert Tait
Baltimore
Robert Tait II
Mary, Frances
Robert III
Blacksburg
Tait
Gibson
Dundee
Scotland
J. H. Schuchardt
Margaret Jane Baxter
Bella M. Baxter
Margaret Baxter
Mrs. Schuchardt
Douglas M. White
Patricia
Douglas, Jr
Sioux City
Chicago
Mr. White
Montrose
Sioux
Lillian Neff
B Avenue
Minneapolis
Burlington
Charles Hollowell
Lake Minnetonka
Minn
Irma Blazek
Mallory Street
Lee M. King
Ninth Avenue
George D, King
Bertram, Ia
Paw Paw Lake
Watervliet
Mich
Ralph G. Hersey
TATTLE TALES AND BRIDES AND A CEDAR RAPIDS LINK
Gossip columns recount a Roby Burkhalter detective misdirection about a sewing club, new bouquet corsages for brides, a Chandler family vacation making front page in Leland, a stylish hot day visit with a white frock and turban, a Cedar Rapids tie to poet Alfred Lord Tennyson via Mrs. Everett E. Fisher, and a cheeky Black Jack night where Betty Davis loses fourteen cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ray Chandler
Leland, Mich
Charles Tomee
Elizabeth Chandler Tomee
Leland
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Cedar Rapids
Everett E. Fisher
Brigdon
Ontario
Five Pi Betas Welcome Reunion Guests in Ames Area
Five Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters host a reunion weekend with guests from Chicago Nevada Iowa and Cedar Rapids. Hosts Mrs Owen T Barry and Mrs Charles M Fisher plan activities in Ames Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon while Miss Mary Hughes prepares for a Saturday wedding to Robert L Dill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Beta Phi
Ames
Owen T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Charles M. Fisher
Mount Vernon
H. P. Allstrand
Chicago
Blanche
Ella Hopkins
Nevada
Cedar Rapids
Mary Hughes
Robert L. Dill
Frances McLaughlin
Twenty Eighth Street Drive
Colonial Food Shop
Marianne Dvorak
Harriet Mateer
Lucille Funkey
Pauline Ogden
Helen Hughes
Harold Severn
J. C Jordan
James Sigmund
Ernest Jenkinson
Christening Held For Jack Randall
Two year old Jack Randall son of Mr and Mrs John D Randall was christened at the Randall home by Bishop CH Stauffacher of Kansas City Missouri at 10 oclock in the morning Godparents were Mr Harold Graves and Mrs Randall The family had returned from a week in Appleton Wisconsin where they visited Mrs Randall s parents joined by Miss Eileen Shipton of Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Randall
John D. Randall
Meadowbrook Terrace
Ch, Stauffacher
Kansas City
Randall
Jack
Harold Graves
Blake Boulevard
Appleton
Wis
Mrs. Randall
Eileen Shipton
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Socials Highlight Week of Dinners and Picnics
Younger residents hosted corn roasts and fresco dinners at the Country club and Cedar River cabin. District groups J A R D A R hosted garden picnics, Westminster Guild planned Wapsipine park outings, and families coordinated gatherings at the Lower Palisades. Travelers include Nelsons and the Barnes party heading to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Ink
Tipton
Country Club
Mount Vernon
Ed Pitlik
Cedar River
Balliet
T. S. Mitchell
Masonic and
Eastern Star
Country
Westminster Guild
Wapsipiniecon
Glenn McArtor
W. S. Penn
Past Chiefs Association
Lower
Palisades
McArtor
Bridge Club
T. J. Mitchell
Bruce Mullen
Mary Joan
Ralph Klinefelter
Robert Barnes
A. G. Stocker
Wheatland
New York
Leona Barnes
Minnesota
R. A. Nelson
Harlan Nelson
D. A. Vane Metre
J. A. Macaulay
Turner Boyle to Wed at St Patrick's Church
Engagement of Anna Claire Turner to Clarence Patrick Boyle announced by Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Turner. The wedding is set for September 6 at 7 a.m. at St. Patrick's church. Anna is employed by Morning Glory Doughnut shop and Clarence works at Quaker Oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Turner
Fifteenth Street
Anna Claire
Clarence Patrick Boyle
Thomas, Boyle
Third Street
St. Patrick's Church
Turner
Morning Glory Doughnut
Mr. Boyle
Quaker Oats Company
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Mrs. Ring
Wisconsin
Herbert C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Delis
Madison
David and
Dean Ring
A. H. Boileau
Forest Drive
E. L. Bates
Oak Park
George
Betty
Perry Wests
Perry A West
Mr. West
R. E. Doty
G. J. Sexton
Sumner
Ifa
Miss Walton
M. J. Walton
Independence
Ruby
Willard O. Huck
O H Huyck
Harold R. Mowrey and
Suzanne
Killian
W. B. Mokrejss
Estes Park, Colo
WB. Mokrejs
Avenue
J. John *Mokrejs
Shanghai
China
Robert Mokrejs
New York City
Estes Park
Colo
Mt. Mercy
Wilma Ford and
Emmet Murray
Dallas, Tex
Miss Schallau
Ellis Park
Marguerite Schallau
Leon Weber
van Horne
Craemer’s
Schallan
Robert Cox
Merle Taylor
Douglas
Tattle-Tales
Roby Burkhalter
Roby
Wayne Foster
Betty Davis
Sue Tousey
Virginia Knox
Sue
Lou Hottensen
Aud Ivins
Orville Tousey
Bill Hottensen
Five Pi Phis
Miss McLaughlin
Miss Hughes
Miss Taylor
Eleanor Taylor
First Presbyterian Church
Allisons
Walter Allison
C Avenue
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Spirit Lake
Frank Kroteska
Johnson Avenue
F. J. Burianek
First Street
Lake Dixon
Michigan
Younger
Anna Turner
Clarence P. Boyle
Joan Woodford
J. R. Woodford
Seventh Avenue SE
Joan
Joan Bettle
Jane Bettle
Joyce Richardson
Mary Ann Pechar
Roberta’ Dunbar
Marilyn Machacek
Joanne Brand
Joyce Liebal
Jimmy Kelly
Woodford
Wess Machacek
East Side
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue E
West Side
Plaza
Park
Modern
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