Oddities and notices from a bustling Chicago era
A collage of vignettes details attempts to access the Office of Production Management, public relations snafus, and a reporter’s tour led by William Knudsen. The piece also notes Betsy Flodin’s Northwestern campus byline, a minister’s wife’s washing machine crisis, and local civic quirks including a Worry Bird gift and Dolly Hasinbiller’s future as a committeewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Associated Press
William Knudsen
Mr. Knudsen
OPM
Knudsen
FP. R. C
Cedara Business Meeting Set for Tuesday Evening
Mrs. Merle Harris presides over a Cedara Business gathering Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Iowa Electric Light and Power bungalow. A picnic luncheon is planned at 1 with attendees to bring picnic provisions, except officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Harris
Cedara
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
League Of Women Voters Meeting And Shrine Events
The League of Women Voters general meeting is set for 8 45 a m Monday at the Commonwealth apartments co Hanford Unit No 5 American Legion auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 pm in the Memorial The executive board gathers at 7 30 pm A community singing event organized by Mrs Margaret Heinrich is noted Shrine No 26 Clinton will host its supreme visitor on Sept 4 Malta Shrine No 12 Keokuk plans its Sept 5 official visit All White Shrine members are invited Daughters meet at 1534 Washington avenue SE hostess Mrs Delphia Ware
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Commonwealth Apartments
Hanford
American Legion Auxiliary
Margaret Heinrich
Clinton
Malta
Keokuk
Nan
Washington Avenue
Delphia Ware
Miss Iselin Bride of Mr. Whelpley in New Rochelle
The wedding took place in New Rochelle with Ensign Whelpley son of Dr. and Mrs. B. Whelpley and Miss Iselin. The gown was cream faille with rose lace. Bridesmaids wore robin's egg blue faille and carried variegated bouquets. The reception followed at Maison Bleue. Whelpley will report to Pensacola after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
A. Leslie
Harriet
Katharine Whelpley
Caroline R. Seelye
Ambler
Helena V. C. Hall
Ashfield
Mass
Eugenia Whitney
New Haven
Peter Iselin
Charles R. Hickox, Jr
Litchfield
Conn
Henry S. Richardson, Jr
Greens Farms
Frederick B. Dent
Greenwich
Ames Visitors Highlight Drift of Local Guests
Visiting at Dr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Murray’s home are their Ames son Dr. William G. Murray and wife with children Jean Ann and John. Also in town were Mrs. R. L. Naibert and daughter Margaret en route to Fort Warren Wyoming, plus Everett Morgan of Ithaca New York visiting relatives after Moose convention in Aurora Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Murray
B Avenue NE
William G. Murray
Ames
Jean Ann
John
R. L. Naibert
Margaret
Fort Warren
Wyo
Capt. Naibert
W. F. Naibert
Grande Avenue SE
Everett Morgan
Ithaca
N. Y
G. E. Smith
Smith
Seventh Avenue
D. I. Mor
Miss Wagner and Sergt Rose to Wed in September
Dorothy Wagner of 1024 Avenue NW will wed Sergeant Walter F. Rose of Camp Atterbury Indiana, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Rose of 609 Eighteenth Street SE, with the ceremony planned for early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wagner
Avenue NW
Dorothy
Walter F. Rose
Camp Atterbury
Ind
R. F. Rose
Eighteenth Street
Five Return From Colorado Outing
Five Cedar Rapids youths return from Cheley camp Estes Park Colorado after five to six weeks of camping Miss Maurine Hamblin directed the lower senior division and gold keys were earned by Miss Charlotte Trewin and Miss Sutherland Dons. Mrs Joe Cross and other local families welcomed relatives upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheley
Estes Park
Colo
Maurine Hamblin
Seventeenth Street
Gloria Kilborn
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Charlotte Trewin
Fourth Avenue
Sutherland Dows
Peter Widmer
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Hamblin
Miss Trewin
Sutherland Dons
Mrs Hoffman Weds Miss Garwood in Colorado Ceremony
Miss Amy Jane Garwood daughter of Mrs H G Garwood Evergreen Colorado married Vernon Clare Hoffman of Walker Indiana in a Colorado ceremony. The reception was at Brook Forest Chalet Estes Park and they will reside in Walker and 1732 Blake Blvd SE after Sept. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Jane Garwood
Blake Boulevard
H. G. Garwood
Evergreen
Colo
Vernon Clare Hoffman
Walker
Hobart Carten
Fredericksburg
Jean Hoffman
Cole
Garwood
Hoffman
Brook Forest
Mountain Lodge
Colorado
Estes Park
Stephens College
Columbia
May
University of Washington
New York University
University of Iowa
Iowa Bar Association
To Become Bride Of John Lefebure
The engagement of Miss Beth Veverka daughter of Mr and Mrs John Veverka 1255 Fourth Avenue SE to John Robert Lefebure son of Mr and Mrs Theoder Lefebure of Fairfax is announced. The marriage will be solemnized September 5 at 8 am in Immaculate Conception church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Meister
F. W. Diers, Jr
Diers
Twenty-fifth Street
Dorothy Pagenkopf
Chicago
Mies
Allen I. Dunn
Annie Sutcliff
Eldridge Thompson
E. L. Laglan
Gerald Pfunstein
John Clemens
Blanche McManus
Rita Boyer
Beth Veverka
John Veverka
Fourth Avenue SE
John Robert Lefebure
Theoder Lefebure
Fairfax
Immaculate Conception Church
Thurman Mother and Daughter Return From Chicago
Mrs. Allan G. Thurman and her daughter Esther arrived Friday evening from Chicago. Esther has served as a counselor at Clear Water camp in Minocqua Wisconsin for the past two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan G. Thurman
Esther
First Avenue NE
Chicago
Lynn Pratt Family Visits James Knoxs in Ohio
Mr and Mrs Lynn Pratt and their son James Lynn of Ohio arrive Saturday to visit Mrs Pratt's parents Dr and Mrs James M Knox at 517 Knollwood drive SE for ten days. Also visiting are Miss Virginia Black and Miss Moore with the Cobb and Beardsley families from Iowa City Mount Clemens and Sioux City respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Huntington
Fifth Avenue SE
Evanston
Katherine Huntington
Columbus
Ohio
Jack Stephenson
Northwestern University
Stephenson
Ohio State University
Chicago
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Arthur Huntingtons
Clifford Huntington
L. G. Lewis
Los Angeles
Joe Cross
Blake Boulevard
Lynn Pratt
James Lynn
Virginia Black
Grande Avenue
Miss Moore
Mount Clemens
Elliott A. Cobb
Iowa City
Daehlers Return From Charlevoix and Local Social Notes
Prof and Mrs Max Daehler and family return after a six weeks vacation in Charlevoix. Miss Constance Sheridan travels to Iowa City to assist rushing at Alpha Chi Omega. Mrs J J Jacobs hosts luncheon for daughter Gertrude Jacobs sixteenth birthday with a card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Daehler
Second Avenue SE
Rockwell
Max
Mark
Doris Janecek
Louise Carleton
Janecek
William A. Hull
Jeanne Hruska
Margaret Allen
Cedar Rapids
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Iowa City
Delores Pechman
Ann Serup
Florence Schneberger
Dana Brown
Phyllis Nissan
Jane Fish
Jane Armour
Joan Joelink
Constance Sheridan
Avenue 7
Iowa Ci
J. J. Jacobs
Third Avenue SE
Gertrude Jacobs
Jill
Joan Nilles
Rita Chamipar
Marilyn Williams
Rosemary Power
Helen Miller
Patricia Martin
Gladys Doran
Patricia Walsh
Betty Jane Taylor Engaged to Mr G H Taylor Family Notice
Betty Jane Taylor Engaged Mrs Betty Jane Taylor and Mr G H Taylor announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Jane Taylor to Mr Rapp. Miss Taylor is a Beta Sigma Phi member and has worked with the government in Peoria. Mr Rapp attended Bradley University and is with the Caterpillar Tractor Co in Peoria awaiting foreign service assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Taylor
Blake Boulevard
Betty Jane Tayneey
Eoria
Taylor
Beta Sigma Phi Business Girls’ Sorority
Peoria
Rapp
Bradley
Sigma Phi Fraternity
Caterpillar Tractor Com
Foreign Servicei Army Engineers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marengo
Col
Roberts
Shane
Iowa Selective Service Boards
Linn
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Naval Recruiting Office
Herbert S. Stamats
Stamats
Dolly” Hasinbiller
R. F. Hasinbiller
Dolly
Des Moines
M. O. Reiff
Hasinbiller
Red Cross
Corp
Garland Wetzel
Northern Ireland
Bridgeport
Corp. Wetzel
George A. Wetzel
1816
B. and
P. W. Board
Rockwell City
East Side
W.C.T.U
Sunshine Circle
Miss Iselin
Bride of
Mr. Whelpley
Sturgeon Bay, Wis
John R. Battin
Demmy
Douglas
Barbara
M. R. Warren
Don
Clark’s Lake
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Harold R. Trewins
M. Darwin Sandy
Sandy
Harold R. Trewin
Camp Dodge
Army
Trewin
Sylvia Hardy
Miss Hardy
Trewins
Ensign James Trewin
U.S.N.R
Ensigr Trewin
Harvard University
Boston
Mrs. Murray
W. F. Naiberts
Wyoming
Mercy Hospital
Slenden
West Side
CTE
Wetnasse
J. S. Harper
A Avenue NW
C.E
Miss Wagner
Sergt. Rose
Board OF Managers
the Home For Aged Women
J. H. Kofrons
J. H. Kofron
Fort Eerie Ga
Leer F. Teahen
First Avenue NW
Kofron
H. E. Rahe
Dorothy Wagner
Mrs
California
Josephine Shirer
Westwood
N. J
J. T. Shirer
Bellevue
Altfillischs
C. C. Bisdorf
Bellevue, In
John W
Nineteenth Street
R. E. Stephens
Maquoketa
Roosevelt Hotel
G. L. Mitchell
I. D. Garrison
E. F. Winter
Mary Jane
R. E. Winter
Monica Ward
Davenport
Mr. Hoffman
Miss Garwood
Dorothy Ann McLeod
F. Devere Newberry
Mary Ellen McLeod
Mount Vernon Avenue
Mies O. An- Mel
Mabel Wetzler
Margaret Bi Carol McLeod
Sylvia Kovar
Zoe Shipton
Elizabeth Munger
Oklahoma City
Wmt
J. A. Wicke, JR
Joseph A. Wicke, Jr
Edward Scott
John Lefebure
Lasswell Photo
James Knoxs
Michigan
Miss Virginia Black
MR. and
Mrs. Cobb
Beardsleys
Mrs. Crawford
Joanne
Ay Nateng
William C Crawford
Vernon Drive
Bob Jones
Pittsburgh
Lyman Jones
Carnegie Tech
Cne Gee
Helen Mattern
Max Daehlers
Charlevoix
Winifred Murray
Winifred G. Murray
Freder
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. W. Lawsons
Lehman
Mr. Lawson
George Lawson
Margaret Ann Foster
Ann Foster
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Pomona College
Claremont
Herbert B. Hunting
W. A. Hull
Olaf Beeman
Minot
N. D
Jessie Chambers
Second Avenue Sc
Miss Jacobs
Betty Jane Taylor
LEONE
Cvel
Hiltbrunner Music Co
DIAL
Lasswell Studio
Paramount Theater
Nel Br
Oscar Workman
Dempsey
Second Ave
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