Two Iowans in Paris inspire a cherished clipping
A Paris note by Bill Shirer about Grant Wood gains fame decades later in Cedar Rapids. The piece sits among stories of Cedar Rapids residents and their wartime gifts and small town doings, including mothers in Northern Ireland and neighborhood carnivals for war stamps.
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Paris
Bill Shirer
Grant Wood
Dave Turner
Cedar Rapids
Northern Ireland
Francis McHugh
Eighth Street
Harry Robinson
Eighth Avenue
Donegan McHugh
Bud Curtright
Donegan
Bud
National Guard
Don
Dick Krohn
Rockford Road
Keith Nemmers
Beverly Martin
Krohns
Uncle Sam
A J Coburn Home From School
A J Coburn III son of Mr and Mrs A J Coburn Jr 362 Twenty first Street SE returned home Saturday evening to spend a week with his parents He has been at Portus university in Ladera a ue univ 9 Ind and will be there Friday to resume his studies CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Peter Bailey son of Mr and hire Peter F Bailey 2661 Bever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Coburn III
A. J. Coburn, Jr
Twenty-first Street
Ladera
Ue Univ
Ind
Henrietta Dows
Twenty- Seventh Street Drive
Anne Kingsley
Boonton, N. J
William Leslie MacVane II
Baltimore, Md
Miss Kingsley
B. J. Newburger
MacVane
Harold N. Graves
Birthday Celebration at Stevenson Home Honors Eight Year Old
Avenue SE residents marked an eighth birthday with a patriotic party Saturday afternoon. Guests included Peter Helming Billy Glassgow Bobby Filip Georgg Comstock Jimmy Gor Jimmy Sandercock Russell Merrifield and James Rawson. Mr and Mrs Kirk Yerkes of Marshalltown are visiting the Stevenson home at 2243 Bever Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue SE
Peter Helming
Billy Glassgow
Bobby Filip
Georgg Comstock
Jimmy Gor
Jimmy Sandercock
Russell Merrifield
James Rawson
oOo
Mrs. Kirk Yerkes
Marshalltown
R. J. Stevenson
Bever Avenue
Social Notes Highlight Visits and Celebrations Across City
Miss Lulu Averill hosts Mrs. Ray Jeffrey at a Country Club luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. W D Ralston celebrate 25th anniversary with open house. guests include out of town relatives and military connections. Wayne West family visit to Des Moines. Dr. Harrington and family return from Ohio trip with Camp Plymouth Shore attendee. Eliot Waples to move to Lafayette to teach at Purdue University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Averill
Second Avenue SE
Country Club
Ray Jeffrey
St. Louis
W. R. Jeffrey
Ina Jeffrey
Grande Avenue
Wayne West
Merry June
Jim
Des Moines
Charles T. Hickok
Mary Ann Turnbull
Fifth Avenue SE
Cleveland
Port Clinton
Ohio
Mary Ann
Plymouth Shore
Eliot Waples
Cedar Rapids Girls Attend Naval School Battalion Dance
Several Cedar Rapids girls joined cadets and officers at a dance hosted by the First battalion of the Iowa City naval pre flight training school. Guests included Mary Shaffer and others. Kathryn Lynch attended as a guest of Lieut. John E. Bickle. The event served as a send off for battalion members departing at 130 a.m. Also noted are visiting relatives of local residents including Spears and Collin families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
First Battalion
van Vechten Shaffer
Linden Drive
Mary
Charys
Ann Lenzen
Patty Smith
Betsy Blaise
Carol Collins
Jean McGinnis
Joanne van Cleve
Phyllis Winslow
Katharine Safely
Pamela Craemer
Jane Bell
Kathryn Lynch
Blake Boulevard
John E. Bickle
Mrs. Spears
Miss Fortsch Weds Leslie Munneke in Westminster Church
Miss Margaret Fortsch married Leslie E. Munneke at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev F A Munneke officiating. Attendants included Miss Jane Propst and Mrs John Mohrman Jr. reception followed in church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fortsch
Leslie E. Munneke
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Arthur Fortsch
Second Avenue SE
F. A. Munneke
Coggon
Presbyterian Church
Margaret Hindee
Betty Wagner
Jani the Propst
Cincinnati
John Mohrman, Jr
Clifford Taylor
Mr. Mohrman
Jay Kent Cole
Jack O'Brien
Miss Propst
O’brien
Eleanor Peters
Jean Hruska
Katherine Pleu
Sara Alice Benson
Dorothy Ann Graham
Vernon Tampir
Catherine Petska
ROWES AND CHADIMAS GO TO WATERLOO
A group including Betty Lou Propst and several Propst Hunter and Davis relatives from Iowa City, plus Emma Wood of Waterloo, visited Waterloo, attending the Cotton Ball at the Waterloo Country Club. Weekend guests Mr and Mrs Harold J Rowe and Mr and Mrs Lester Chadima stayed with Burr C Towne in Waterloo. Mrs Mulholland left for Santa Barbara after several weeks with the Cooks at 222 Crescent Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Rowe
Country Club Parkway SE
Lester C. Chadima
Burr C. Towne
Waterloo
Waterloo Country Club
Mulholland
Stanley C. Mulholland
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert S. Cook
Crescent Street
Bridal Dinner for Peggie Bode and Warren Ackley
The bridal dinner for Miss Peggie Bode and Warren C. Ackley, who marry today at St Pauls Methodist, was hosted Saturday in Killian's tearoom by Mrs Forest Ackley. Cedar Rapids guests included the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Bode and friends. Out of town attendees were Miss Phyllis Wilber Missouri Valley and others from Marble Rock, Oelwein, Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggie Bode
Warren C. Ackley
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Killian
Forest Ackley
Marble Rock
Charles Bode
Ernest P. Mickel
Kenneth Myers
Lester Baldwin
Jean Wodtke
Walter Arling
John Bready
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Wilber
Missouri Valley
Marian Ackley
S. W. McNinch
Charles Shultz
Jamison Davis
Oelwein
William Morisky
Mason City
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Bill Milke
Bill
Millie
Woody” Kooyman
Busch
Kooyman
Don Stoneking
Newman
Fred Petrick
Barn Theater
Danny George Stimpson
Gazette
Washington
Stimpson
John Stimpson
Anamosa
Philippines
Hollis Wall
C. D. Wall
Ninth Avenue SE
Wall
Lsted
Snafu Club
Sons of Bataan
Dhd
Hugh Gordon
Marion
International Chick Breeders Association
Mr. Gordon
Bever Park
A. J. Coburn
Peter Bailey
Peter F. Bailey
Bever
William A. Hull
Anderson Photo
Charles Penningroth
Fourth Avenues SE
Mary Elizabeth Penningroth
Corp
Hull
Robert W. Hull
Geiger Field
Spokane
Wash
Miss Averill
Mrs. Jeffrey
Mrs. Ralston
W. D. Ralston
Bever Avenue SE
Ralstons
Weston D. Ralston, Jr
James Ralston
Waco
Texas
Lieut. Ralston
Theodore Powers
San Diego
Robert Gorham
Augusta
Ralston
Margaret Waggner
Wacks
Powers
Gorham
Jaeaner
Ralsons
Waples
F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
Mrs. Waples
Lafayette
Purdue University
C. R
Naval School
Charles A. Spears
Cottage Grove Avenue
Charles Albah Spears and Faires
Knoxville
Tenn
Spears
Australia
Morris Sanfords
H. A. Collin
Cross, Calif
Mr. Collin
Morris Sanford
Edwin Collin
Meadowbrook Drive
Miss Fortsch
Mr. Munneke
Kelly Green
Commonwealth Apartments
Munneke
Coe College
Chi Omega
Chi Delta
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Penick and Ford Company
William
Local
Red Cross
Bountiful
Montrose
Mr. Ackley
John B. Terrys
John B. Terry
Grande Avenue SE
Ray Adams
Arthur Browning
W. E. Carmichael
St Louis
Charles
Knoxs
Bridge Club
Charles S. Knox
Pleasant Drive
Craemer’s
Back To
Second Avenue
Cinderella
Kate Greenaway
Joan Kenley
Jane
Irwin
Byrd
North Star
Craemer's
Craemer
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