Barry McCabe Birthday Party Held for Boy's Seventh Year
Mrs. Kenneth McCabe entertained Saturday afternoon at a birthday party for her son Barry McCabe on his seventh birthday at 1320 K avenue NE. She was assisted by Mrs. Darwin VanSkike and Miss Maxine Cornthwaite. Guests included Marilyn Rech Barbara Clendenning Sendra Harold White Nancy Bar Marcia McCabe Paul and Bill Miller Walter Brown and Barbara Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McCabe
K Avenue NE
Barry
Darwin VanSkike
Maxine Cornthwaite
Marilyn Rech
Barbara Clendenning
Sendra
Harold White
Nancy Bar- Marcia McCabe
Paul and
Bill Miller
Walter Brown
Barbara Wood
Folk Return from West and North Social Calendar Update
Social calendar notes visitors and travelers returning from trips with names and addresses listed. Franks Race family plan a Coral Gables Florida move after summer at 2320 Grande Ave SE. Lattners Gray Cleaver Wolverton families and friends are cited with recent travels and weekend visits across Iowa and Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
West
North
Frank B. Race
Margaret Ann
Virginia
Frank, Jr
Bobby
Coral Gables
Fla
Grande Avenue SE
Play day at Cedar Rapids Country Club Wednesday
The Cedar Rapids Country Club hosts a all day play day on Wednesday with a rain postponement planned for Friday. Committee members include Miss Betty Idsley as chairman, Mrs. Thomas L. Crabbe, Mrs. A. H. Boileau, Mrs. R. C. Booth, Miss Marianne Corey and Miss Ruth Ann Hasek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Betty Idsley
Thomas L. Crabbe
A. H. Boileau
R. C. Booth
Marianne Corey
Ruth Ann Hasek
Sunday Guests At Peschau Home Include Agnews
Sunday visitors to Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Peschau of 360 Park Terrace SE were Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Agnew from Iowa City. Mrs. Agnew is the Peschau niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Peschau
Park Terrace SE
J. W. Agnew
Iowa City
Agnew
Peschau
Miss Metela Engaged To Corp Hansen In Bell Telephone Ceremony
Announcement lists Miss Dorothy Metela daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Metela of 1159 C avenue NW and Corp A L Hansen son of Mr and Mrs Martin Hansen of 1639 C avenue NE as engaged and planning marriage after Hansen completes officers training school at Camp Lee Virginia Metela a Roosevelt high school graduate and a Northwestern Bell Telephone employee will join Hansen at Camp Lee for the ceremony Hansen a Franklin high school graduate is a San Antonio quartermaster school alumnus and is to be graduated from the officers training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Metela
Jerry Metela
C Avenue NW
Corp. A
Roosevelt High School
Corp. Hansen
Franklin High School
Miss Metela
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bridal Shower Honoring Donna Hersh Ahead of Seaton Wedding
A courtesy shower for Miss Donna Hersh, soon to wed William F. Seaton on September 5 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, will be given by Mrs. Louis Cullman Jr. at 428 Nineteenth Street NE. Attending will be Nina Hersh, Elizabeth Seaton, Roland Frink, Stanley Davis, Louis Herdlicka, Cecil Miller, C. F. Hardenbrook, George Lenck, A. B. Hird, L. W. Minhart, George Starman, L. J. Vondracek and A. J. Barta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Hersh
William F. Seaton
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Louis Cullman, Jr
Nineteenth Street
Nina Hersh
Elizabeth Seaton
Roland F Frink
Stanley Davis
Louis Herdlicka
Cecil Miller
C. F. Hardenbrook
George Lenck
A. B. Hird
L. W. Minehart
George Starman
L. J. Vondracek
A. J. Barta
Betty Winn Accepts Assistant Director Post in North Chicago
Miss Betty Winn of 1650 East Avenue Northeast moves to Chicago to take the role of assistant director at the USO club serving the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The appointment was announced Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Winn
E Avenue
Chicago
USO Club
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hammond visitors arrive for week at Gordon home
Mr and Mrs J P LaForce and daughter Marilyn of Hammond Ind arrived Monday to spend a week in the home of Mr and Mrs John F Gordon 1737 B avenue NE. They brought the Gordons infant son Frederick whom they had been caring for. Ramona Jean Gordon recently returned home after summer with the LaForces. Mrs R A Gordon of Des Moines and Mrs Emory Stockham of Bloomfield left Friday after two weeks in the Gordon home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. LaForce
Marilyn
Hammond
Ind
John F. Gordon
B Avenue
Gordons
Frederick
Ramona Jean
LaForces
R. A. Gordon
Des Moines
Emory Stockham
Bloomfield
Gordon
Miss Cejka Honored At Surprise Roosevelt Birthday
A surprise birthday dinner honored Miss Alice Cejka at the Roosevelt hotel Saturday evening. Hostess was her mother Mrs. Anna Cejka. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Cejka, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter T. Baylor, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Furman, and Miss Sedie Kacer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
Alice Cejka
Anna Cejka
Longwood Drive
W. T. Sands
Elmer F. Cejka
Hunter T. Baylor
O. E. Furman
Sedie Kacer
Mary Ellen Daly Engaged to Private Pischke
Mr and Mrs R C Mullen announce the engagement of Mary Ellen Daly to Private Pischke. The couple plans a September entry into service with basic military training at the army air corps. The ceremony will be held Saturday in the army chapel at Camp San Luis Obispo with Corp and Mrs Robert Speedy Jr of Atascadero, California attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Daly
Pischke
R. C. Mullen
Twentieth Street
Army Air Cope
Army
Camp San Luis Obispo. Corp
Robert Speedy, Jr
Atascadero
Calif
Buffet honors Lieut Tuomey before military service
Seventy five friends honor Lieut. T. W. Tuomey at a Cedar View Country club buffet supper Monday night. Tuomey will depart Sept. 2 for Monroe La. to enter the service. Leo T. LeFebvre is toastmaster with patriotic decorations. Hostesses are the Mines. Mr. and Mrs. John McIntyre host an informal after party at 2618 E Avenue NE with ten guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Tuomey
Cedar View Country Club
Lieut
Tuomey
Monroe
Leo T. LeFebvre
Paul Huston
Harry Carringer
William McDonald
Lee LeFebure
John Mcintyre
Carolyn Keith celebrates ninth birthday party
Carolyn Estelle Keith daughter of Mr and Mrs Millard M Keith marked her ninth birthday at a Saturday afternoon party at their home 703 Thirty second street SE. Guests included LaVon Felter Marie Louise Marshall Rose Mary Diane Skinner Judy Johnston Delores Kratz and Mary Joan Keith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Estelle Keith
Millard M. Keith
Thirty-second Street
LaVon Felter
Marie Louise Marshall
Rose Mary Diane Skinner
Judy Johnston
Delores Kratz
Mary Joan Keith
Raymans Leave Ottumwa for Little Falls Home
Mr and Mrs C J Rayman and their family departed Ottumwa Saturday for their home in Little Falls New York after a ten day visit in the home of Mrs Raymans parents Mr and Mrs John O Tucker 1611 Thirteenth avenue After a week in the Tucker home Mrs George J Simitz returned to Ottumwa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian
Eugene
Dick Pinney
Big Drive
Bill Brown
First Avenue NE
John Chehek
Greenwood Drive
C. J. Rayman
Little Falls
N. Y
Tucker
George J. Simitz
Ottumwa
Nemmers Guests Visit Kansas City Family
Mr. and Mrs. Quentin J. Nemmers of Kansas City stayed a week with Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Nemmers at 1701 Grande avenue SE. Quentin Nemmers left for home Sunday and Mrs. Nemmers will visit Belle Plaine and Iowa before returning to Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin J. Nemmers
Kansas City
Mr. Nemmers
Peter J. Nemmers
Grande Avenue
Quentin Nemmers
Trinity-Ettes Meet and Elect Officers
The Trinity Ettes gathered Friday evening at 816 C Avenue SW for a wiener roast and business meeting. Elected officers include Doris Sears as president, Betty Jane Nichols as vice president, Betty Lou Soukup as secretary, Shirley Ann Hilborn as treasurer, Audrey Ballou as program chairman, Lillian Busek as scribe, and Irene Minor as adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity-Ettes
Shirley Ann Hilborn
C Avenue
Doris Sears
Betty Jane Nichols
Betty Lou Soukup
Audrey Ballou
Lillian Busek
Irene Minor
Miss Cuhel Honors Dorothy McLeod at Luncheon
Dorothy McLeod was honored by Miss Cuhel at a luncheon in the tearoom Setur ry. Guests included Cort Marsh, Margaret Bittle, Lillian Jesina, Zoe Shipton, Bernita Conway and Mabel Wetzler who presented a gift to the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cort Marsh
Margaret Bittle
Lillian Jesina
Zoe Shipton
Bernita Conway
Mabel Wetzler
Miss McLeod
Newcomers Club Bridge Tea Set at Roosevelt Hotel
The Newcomers club hosts a bridge tea on Thursday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel ballroom. All newcomers to the city are welcome. Hostesses will be the Mines and include Mervin Ray W F Todd John Connore R Hinton and Margaret Fagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
Mines
Mervin Ray
W. F. Todd
John Connore
R. Hinton
Margaret Fagen
Van Zante Family Returns to Chicago
Mr and Mrs C P Van Zante and their sons Robert and Richard have returned to their Chicago home after visiting Mrs Van Zante s parents Mr and Mrs F E Ormsby at 1563 Second Avenue SE for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Gray
Memorial Drive
League of Women Voters Meeting Friday at Commonwealth
The League of Women Voters will meet Friday at 9 45 a.m. at the Commonwealth apartments. Following the meeting luncheon will be served in the Commonwealth tearoom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League OF Women Voters
Commonwealth
YWCA Board to Convene Tuesday Morning
The board of trustees of the YWCA will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the home of Mrs. W. H. Frick located at 805 Third Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Y.W.C.A
W. H. Frick
Third Avenue SE
Children's Home Board to Meet Tuesday at 10 A.M.
The board of managers of the Children's Home will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Home
Viola Williams and Schultz visit from Austin Minn
Miss Viola Williams and Miss Erma and Glenn Schultz recently returned from Austin Minnesota after a week with Mr and Mrs Mike Schultz at their home on Sixteenth Avenue SE and F Avenue NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Williams
F Avenue NE
Erma
Glenn Schultz
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Austin
Minn
Mike Schultz
First Lutheran class hosts wiener roast at Beach home
Forty members of the Young Married Couples class gathered Thursday at Mr and Mrs Paul Beach 700 Thirty third street NE for a wiener roast. They planned a near term reception to honor Rev Paul Luther Miller and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran Church
Paul Beach
Thirty-third Street
Paul Luther Miller
Brighten Your Home Curtains and Draperies Pattern 443
Transform a room quickly with clear directions for making curtains and drapes in varied styles. Send 15 cents plus pattern number 443 to The Needlecraft Dept. Cedar please address 82 West Eighth Avenue New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Lodge Wedding Anniversary Observed at Tearoom
Lester Lodge at 314 Sixth Street SW honored Mrs. Lodge on their twelfth wedding anniversary with a dinner at Mrs Wurster's tearoom Friday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. O A Knapp Mr. and Mrs Everett Finch Mr. and Mrs George Holsinger and Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Canaday who later joined at the Lodge home for cards and a gift from the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Lodge
Sixth Street
Lodge
Rebecca Alexander Tent Meets Tuesday in Montrose Hotel
Rebecca Alexander Tent of the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold a meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the French room of the Montrose hotel with members expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Alexander
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the
Montrose Hotel
Church Picnic Planned With Missionary Meeting
Members are invited to a church picnic luncheon Wednesday at 6 p.m. hosted by Mrs Libbie Kraut. The Woman's Missionary Society convenes at 2 p.m. in the church parlors with hostesses Mrs Edward J Dahms Mrs John Bruce and Mrs Edith Hickman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libbie Kraut
Woman's Missionary Spa Ee Eee P.m
Edward J. Dahms
John Bruce
Edith Hickman
Velma Rose Love Visits Parents in Chicago
Velma Rose Love returned to her home in Chicago Monday after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Co. A. Love, at 252 Twenty-fourth Avenue SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Rose Love
Chicago
Co. A. Love
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Community clubs and lodges schedule across city
Ben Hur court 12 meets 8 p.m. at Sokol Pythian Sisters while Winter Temple Pythian Sisters gather Thursday 8 p.m. in K P hall. Various groups plan September birthday events, picnics, and meetings at homes and lodges including Chicago North Western Woman's Club and Railway Mail Auxiliary Cedar Rapids Marion branch. Publicized dinners and hostesses named. Moose and O L A T clubs schedule activities and drills this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Temple
Pythian Sisters
K. P. Hall
Railway Mail Association
Cedar Rapids-Marion
W. H. Yates
Memorial Drive
Cc. P. Walderbach
Easton
W. R. Mason
Do Yourself A Good Home Shampoo Job
Dr. Mary MacFedyen explains a home shampoo method with liquid soap, correct rinsing, and gentle handling. The guide covers wetting with warm water, repeating shampooing if needed, careful rubbing to avoid hair breakage, thorough rinsing, and brushing while damp to set waves, plus weekly to biweekly washing depending on oil and dust.
New Management Renames Delavan Hotel to Norva
A. J. Stewart of Baltimore has secured a 10 year lease on the Delavan at 316 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids and will rename it the Norva hotel. Stewart owns the Norva Hotel System and operates properties in Baltimore Norfolk and York. He plans to redecorate and run the 91 room hotel and cafe through Oct 1 before turning it over to local manager Ralph Ostrander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Delavan
First Avenue NE
Norva Hotel
A. J. Stewart
Baltimore
Norva Hotel System
Frank C. Byers
Stewart
Ralph Ostrander
New York
Norfolk
York
Eight More Recruits For Navy and Marines
Eight men enlisted in the navy and marine corps at local recruiting stations on Monday. Navy enlistees include Vernon L. ______, W W Netolicky of Solon, Clifford A. Billington of Iowa City, and Wayne W. Hahn of Lone Tree. Marine Corps enlistees are Arthur A. Miner Jr, Richard T. Estes, Herbert Morrow, and L. Gossett of Monmouth Lil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Marine Corps
Vernon L
W W. Netolicky
Solon
Clifford A. Billington
Iowa City
Wayne W. Hahn
Lone Tree
Arthur A. Miner, Jr
B Avenue NW
Richard T. Estes
J Avenue NW
Herbert Morrow
Hillside Drive
L. Gossett
Monmouth
Lil
Truck Hearing Opens Over Midwest Driver Strike Threat
A War Labor board panel hearing began Monday in Chicago on a threatened strike by 10,000 midwestern truck drivers, highlighting possible disruptions in motor freight and related industries as labor actions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Labor Board
Truck Driven by Cedar Rapids Man Burned at Logan
A Cedar Rapids driver, Ed Janes of 1317 L Avenue NE, lost control of a 10 ton mixed cargo semi near Logan Iowa while reaching for a wrench. The truck caught fire and was destroyed after Logan firefighters pumped 1,800 gallons with no injuries reported. Janes was driving for Kingsley Truck Lines Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Janes
L Avenue NE
Logan
Janes
Con
Jones
Kingsley Truck Lines, Inc
Oelwein Man Charged With Drunk Driving
Leslie Olsen, 31, of Oelwein, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a head on collision with a machine driven by Dean Lemon of Cedar Rapids. Three in Olsen's car were injured on Highway 150 north of Midway between Cedar Rapids and Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Olsen
Oeelwein
Dean Lemon
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hostal
Pete Whittemore
Olsen
Midway
Center Point
Lemon
Larry Condon
Oelwein
Condon
Greene Square Fountain Becomes Water Hyacinth Bed
The former dry Greene Square fountain has been transformed by the city parks department into a water hyacinth bed. Violet and blue blooms, resembling wild orchids, have been visible for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Square
City Parks Department
World War Vet Captain Joins Army at Santa Ana Post
W H Buck, a World War I veteran and father of 11, rejoined the U S Army with the support of his wife and children. Now back in uniform as a captain, he moves his family to the Santa Ana, California post, where officers say they may have the largest army family on base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Buck
Fourth Avenue SE
J. T. Ansberry
Lakewood
Ohio
Ansberry
United States
Ansberry supports war effort with family help
Ansberry figures with his pay as a teatide and the help of his older children the family will get along fine and he can do his part to help win the war at the same time. Mrs. Ansberry is the only child of Buck's sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs. I J Windau of Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ansberry
Buck
I. J. Windau
Lakewood
WPB Representative To Discuss Priorities
A War Production Board representative from Chicago will visit the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to discuss priorities. Anyone with an appointment from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. should call the chamber at 5135 to arrange a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Champlain Launches Two Navy Submarine Chasers
Burlington Vermont officials report two submarine chasers were launched on Monday, the first fighting craft built on Lake Champlain since the War of 1812, marking a historic naval milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Navy
Lake Champlain
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Jane Wyatt
Barry McCabe
Seattle
Wash
B. P. Lattner
Burdine Lattner
Fifth Avenue SE
Merk M. Cleaver
Arlington Heights
Tom
Sally
Centerville
Grant Venell
Ben F. Wolverton
Blake Boulevard
Wolvertons
Mary Ella Wolverton
Bedford
Mary Hamblin
Ben Wolverton
DPR
Lasswell
Mrs
Louis Cullman
Miss Hersh
John F. Gordons
Cejka
Prige
the Killian Company
Lieut. T. W. Tuomey
John O. Tuckers
Miss Cuhel
Dorothy McLeod
C. J. Schnoebelens
van Zante
W.C.A. Board OF Trustees
Board OF Managers
Minnesota
Leiust, Wheelew
Clubs
Ben Hur Court
Ben Hur
Sokol
Chicago North Western
Chicago North Western Woman’s Club
Steve Sars
Railway Mail Auxiliary
Bluff View Aid
Bluff View Aid Society
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Eleanora Clemons
Ing
O. L. A. T. Club
E. J. Lattner
Cottage Grove Avenue
J. W. Wright
L. E
Norden
Norden Lodge No
Vasa Order of America
Carl Ahlgren
Tenth Street
L. A. P. M. Staff
Sunshine
Maine Lodge Hall
Star of the West
Star of the West Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
T. Z. Cook
Adelphia Circle
John Tomash
Woerderhoff
First Ave. East
Mary MacFedyen
Delavan Hotel
Marines
Little Boy
Blaine
Barney
By d@Alsssio
Samuel
WPB
Champlain
Hallmark
For All
Hallmark Cards
Holden-Kahler CO
Third Ave. SE
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