Berlin Speaking by Bill Shirer in Cedar Rapids tale
A Cedar Rapids CBS Europe correspondent named Bill Shirer is profiled in an Atlantic Monthly piece about his career and wartime broadcasts from Poland and Germany. The column notes his voice reaches Cedar Rapids as clearly as if from a studio, and recalls local vignettes from Shaver Park to town life events.
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Danzig
America
New York
Atlantic Monthly
Berlin
Bill Shirer
Cedar Rapids
CBS
Europe
Denver
Poland
Surry
Inwa Retail Growers and Meat Dealers Association
QO. K
Len Carter
Emil
Miss McEldon Weds David Taylor at First Lutheran
Irene McEldon daughter of Grace McEldon of 1027 Fifth Avenue SE married David Taylor son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor of Toddieilie Thursday evening at First Lutheran Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Henry Scherer with organist Mrs. David Mitchell and vocalist Miss Miriam Dieman. Clerks, guests, and family details highlighted a traditional church wedding with a pink and white decor and a reception in the parish parlors attended by eighty-five guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene McEldon
Grace McEldon
Fifth Avenue SE
David Taylor
Fred Taylor
Toddiilie
First Lutheran Church
Henry Scherer
David Mitchell
Miriam Dieman
Jeanne McElden
Bob White
Taylor
Richard le Mont
Bob le Mont
Gordon Feekee
Joseph Afflerbaugh
Henry Lubben
Sixth Avenue
A G Waaner
E Avenue NW
Ruth Esther Morgan
Jean Engleman
Baxters Leave on Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs Eugene B Bax ter of 1612 Bever avenue SE left Friday for a six weeks trip visiting New York and Chicago then Mackinac Island for ten days The Wa chal family annual reunion is set for September 1 at the Joe Wachal home on the Mike Wachal farm one mile south of Walker on highway 1f
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Donald Wayne
New York City
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Wescott Wayne
Wayne
A. W. Pailthorpe
Bever Avenue
Eugene B Baxter
Bever Avenue SE
New York
Chicago
Mackinac Island
Wachal
Joe Wachal
Mike Wachal
Walker
Highway If
State Center Girls Visit Miss Magnusson Guests Return
State Center girls Pauline and Jeanne Benner, guests of Miss Elsie Magnusson, have visited in State Center since Thursday. They will return today with their parents Mr and Mrs Paul M Benner. Friday evening Miss Magnusson hosted a picnic at Bever Park with Dommy Battin Donald Warren and Mary Helen and Esther Armstrong joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Magnusson
Pauline
Jeanne Benner
State Center
Miss Magnusson
Paul M. Benner
Bever Park
Dommy Battin
Donald Warren
Mary Helen
Esther Armstrong
Mrs Roe nbaum To Entertain Tuesday For Ruth Kushner
Mrs Rosenbaum will host a luncheon at the Elks club for Miss Ruth Kushner bride-elect of Harry Slutsky. Glads decorate the table as mah jong and bridge are played with Mrs Joseph Kushner and others sharing in the courtesy. Earlier a kitchen gadget shower honored Miss Kushner at Mrs Wurster's tea room with garden flowers and bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Kushner
Joseph Kushner
Blake Boulevard
Louis Rosenbaum
Grande Avenue SE
A. Beechen
Maretta Kushner
Cedar Rapids welcomes new Community Nutrition Service head
Miss Lucy Simpson arrives in Cedar Rapids to lead the Community Nutrition Service funded by the Junior League. She holds a BS from the University of Minnesota and gained earlier hospital dietetic experience in Minneapolis. Miss Bernice Hopper, previously with the service, departs for Nashville to become consulting nutritionist for Tennessee.
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Lucy Simpson
Cedar Rapids
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Commonwealth Apartments
Miss Simpson
University of Minnesota
University Hospital
Minneapolis
Community Help Service
United States
WPA
American Dietetic
Minnesota Dietetic Associations
Bernice Hopper
Community Nutrition Service
Nashville
Tenn
State Board of Health
Tennessee
Dorothy Watland to Wed James Rasley Jr in Cedar Rapids
Engagement of Dorothy Eleanor Watland to James A Rasley Jr is announced by Mr and Mrs A T Watland of Washington avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Wedding planned for Saturday Sept 21 at St Pauls Methodist chapel. Watland a Washington high and Cedar Rapids Business college graduate employed by Cedar Rapids Engineering. Rasley a University of Iowa commerce graduate and reserve lieutenant with Pontiac Engraving in Chicago.
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A. T. Watland
Washington Avenue SE
Dorothy Eleanor Watland
James A. Rasley, Jr
Chicago
J A. Rasley
B Avenue NE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Miss Watland
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Basley
University of Iowa
Cadet Officers Club
Pontiac Engraving Company, Inc
Leonard Murray Weds in St. Paul at Epiphany Church
Miss Virginia Patricia Dutcher of Minneapolis and Leonard Murray, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Murray of Minneapolis, were married Friday evening at the Church of the Epiphany in St. Paul. Murray is a UMN law graduate and secretary to Judge Hilton of the Minnesota Supreme Court. they will reside in St. Paul. Guests included Clifford Omundson and Elmhurst residents Cedar Rapids ties featured in a Skien home gathering with E. R. Hovey and Blanche Hovey families at a picnic supper.
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Virginia Patricia Dutcher
Minneapolis
Leonard Murray
A. L. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Church of the Epiphany
St. Paul
Murray
University of Minnesota College of Law
Hilton
Minnesota Supreme Court
Clifford Omundson
Elmhurst
Ill
John S. Skien
Fourth Avenue SE
Skiens
E. R Hovey
Wendell Elfstrom
Blanche Hovey
Skien
Omundsons
Wilaura Skien Hosts Weekend Guest
Audrey May of Jesup visited as a weekend guest of Wilaura Skien daughter of Dr and Mrs John S Skien at 2007 Fourth Avenue SE. Accompanied by Janice Milligan and Ione Peterson, cabinmates from a Cedar Falls Christian Endeavor conference, the girls enjoyed a skating party slumber party and picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilaura Skien
John S. Skien
Fourth Avenue SE
Audrey May
Jesup
Janice Milligan
Ione Peterson
Christian Endeavor
Cedar Falls
Rebekah Lodges Invited to Mount Vernon Beehive
Hill City Rebekah lodge of Mount Vernon invites Rebekah lodges of Cedar Rapids to a Beehive presentation on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Odd Fellows hall in Mount Vernon. The Marion Rebekah lodge will present.
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Hill City
Rebekah Lodge
Mount Vernon
Rebekah Lodges
Cedar Rapids
Odd Fellows Hall
Marion Rebekah Lodge
Kluss Couple Fetes 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Fred J Kluss held a dinner celebration at the Palisades lodge to mark their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Thomas H Wright Jr Mr and Mrs J R Treichler Mr and Mrs Bernard E Warner and several Kluss family members from Des Moines and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Kluss
Twenty-third Street Drive
Palisades Lodge
Thomas H Wright, Jr
J R Treichler
Bernard E Warner
Esther Kluss
Wilfred Kluss
Selma Kluss
Des Moines
Esther Slippy
Waterloo
Miss Ardyce Hanson to Wed Dr Dale Myers in August
A kitchen shower and breakfast will be given at Bever park by Misses Earla Mond and Evelyn Callier for Miss Ardyce Hanson who will become the bride of Dr. Dale Myers on August 31. Attendees include Irene Power Elsie Power Jeanne Hamblin Marion Wing Charlotte Wing Mrs Arthur Stanaway Mrs Philip DeVoe Miriam Hungerford Ellen Basley Bernadine Wurzbacher Naomi Kester Mary Louise Wingert Catherine Crane.
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Bever Park
Earlamond
Evelyn Callier
Ardyce Hanson
Dale Myers
Irene
Elsie Power
Jeanne Hamblin
Marion
Charlotte Wing
Arthur Stanaway
Philip DeVoe
Miriam Hungerford
Ellen Basley
Bernadine Wurzbacher
Naomi Kester
Mary Louise Wingert
Catherine Crane
Birthday surprise for Mrs Maude Hash at Lake Macbride
Thirty members of the 3Ls class of the First Christian church surprised Mrs. Maude Hash at her summer cottage on Lake Macbride. A handkerchief shower was given and a picnic lunch was served at noon.
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3Ls
First Christian Church
Iowa Composers Contest Announced By Federation
The 1941 Iowa composers contest announced by the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs closes December 1 1940 with state winners eligible for the national contest closing January 4 An age range and multiple classifications including piano violin organ cello voice and two pianos are listed with entry rules and submission details to Rose Tena Ruegnitz at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iowa and Dr Howard Hanson Eastman School of Music Rochester NY Finals planned for June 1941 in Los Angeles with state and district contests beforehand Local organizers include Mrs Clyde Sanborne and Miss Fleanor Houts. Mrs Harold Smith is state chairman.
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Iowa
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Rose Tena Ruegnitz
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Howard Hanson
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
United States
Illinois
Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Federation
National Federation of Music Clubs
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold Smith
Waterloo
Clyde Sanborne
Fleanor Houts
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Mound Farm
Lamenne
Fd Stearns
Carl Burke
Shaver Park
Hazel Brown
Mary Larkersteen
J L. Cooper
Misses Brown
Lackerstee
Mary
Hazel
John Carey
Martin
Fred Hassey
Harold Prasil
Prasil
Hasley
Urban Hosbacher
Sara Lee
Hesbachers
Linn
Wilkie and Haugen
Willkie
McNary
WeNury Haugen
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
France
Marirnt Jne
Coondag
Coon
Daniels Park
Fido
Miss McEldon
Wernimonts
Raymond Wernimont
First Avenue E
Wernimont
Jeannette Sage
Clara Lou Sanford
Davenport
William Sage
Vernimonts
aNoa Mary Zuercher
Cherie Kadgiun
Iowa City
Cherie Kadgihn
Mary Zuercher
A R Zuercher
Second Avenue
Indianapolis
Graves Home
Harry Nevison
Patricia Graves
Harold N Graves
Linden Drive
Mrs. Dennis
Donald A Dennis
Twenty-third Street
Marshalltown
Lester M Jones
E Street
Joseph Jun
W T. Cozad
G. E. Marshall
Mrs. Wayne
Baxters
Plan Wachal Reunion
Mrs. Rosenbaum
Ransom
Carl J Dueser
Oakland Road
Carl IT
Dueser
William Walling
Marie Walling
Fred Bishop
Fort Snelling
LA Grange, Ill
J. K. von Lackums
J. K. von Lackum
Lucie Aucutt
la Grange
Frank. V. Orrs
Frank V Orr
Harriet Lake
Gazette
Dorothy Watland
James Rasley, Jr
Monieur
J. S. Skien
Arete Stree Ducord
Hartmann
2Nd Ave
Rebekah
MT. Vernon
Deay
Fifth Fleet
Ave
2Nd St
Mrs
Fred Kluss
Callier
Maude Hash
Tal
Weex
Merveaux
Typewriter Exchange
Third St. SE
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