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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1943

Page

17

Queen's Ball crowns new Cedar Rapids industry duchess

Mystery surrounds the queen chosen from Allied Industrial League members at the eighth annual queen's ball in Memorial Coliseum. A glittering court forms the festival centerpiece with numerous executives from Universal Engineering, Honeymead, Link Belt, Turner, Cedar Rapids Gazette, and other firms pictured in the event lineup.

Allied Industrial League Memorial Coliseum Maxine McLaughlin Universal Engineering Corporation Mary Newman Honeymead Products Company Maxine Stoner Link Belt Speeder

Miss Helen Grubic and Herbert Love wed in St John's Church

Miss Helen Grubic and Herbert Love married in a Thursday 8 p.m. ceremony at St John's Episcopal Church. Dr. Charles T. Hickok officiated and the couple, with attendants Miss Pauline Huston and Joe Nemec, then hosted a reception at the Love home before departing for a wedding trip to Glencoe and New York City.

Charles T. Hickok Fifth Avenue SE Helen Grubic Washington Avenue SE Herbert Love Navy C. A. Love Twenty-fourth Avenue St. John's Episcopal Church Pauline Huston Joe Nemec Huston Ruth Bures Love Home Love Glencoe New York City

Retreat, Hell book review praises wartime grit and humor

A George Fleming section reviews The Colonel's Lady by Helen Montgomery Gunn and Retreat, Hell by William Martin Camp. It notes Montgomery Gunn as an army wife from Iowa with three sons, stationed in Waterloo, and credits Camp's memoir for vivid WW II Pacific combat scenes from Belleau Wood to Manila.

Guadalcanal Southwest Pacific Snat Ois Moneszuma Tripol Aio Elizabeth North Hort Damon Gunn Geneseola West Point Gunns Jones China Orient States Juan Helen Imere Helen Montgomery Gunn E. N Iowa Waterloo Col Geneseo Kelle Plaine Cornell College Belleau Wood Pacific Therm Wiliam Martin Camp San Franeseco Chronicle Japan Shanghai Hell Bataan Corregidor Manila Richard Tregaskis

Snot If You Must by Lucius Beebe critique

A fragmentary appraisal discusses Beebe’s satire on gilded life with sharp quips about art, society, and taste. The piece references Beebe and Vr, mentions wine and champagne, notes a comparison to retreats and modern decadence, and hints at editorial wit about culture and democracy.

Lucius Beebe Appleton Century Beebe Pullinesdys Starke Peettots Pfadtsy Gyesoet Fort Hundred

Cedar Rapids Woman's Club to Host Talks on Wild Flowers

Cedar Rapids Woman's club schedule includes Mrs Gretchen Harshbarger of Iowa City speaking on The Cultivation of Wild Flowers with crayon illustrations. The event, sponsored by the nature and garden department, follows a board meeting and precedes other club activities including art, button collection, and a Christmas luncheon with musical program.

Gretchen Harshbarger Iowa City Cedar Rapids C S Woodward Woodward Wll Warren Hansen Lucille Stauffer Finley Stone Harold Barlow Fuller Trio G J Torenzen H F Spratt Marshall Clark O M = Hepner Nature and Garden Department Ai Prenic Wall Alfred Heinrich S R- Hankins Memken Viv- Hankins Madonnas Perkins Hospital Mra Henry 2 Hromek GY Swartzendruber J W Hepp

College Club Thursday Reading Group Meeting

The Thursday reading group gathered at 275 pm with Vers William Rinderkneht at 2428 Fifth Avenue SE and Miss Betty Pritchett to review "One Far Daughter" by Brune Frank.

William Rinderkneht Fifth Avenue Betty Pritchett Brune Frankay

USO Notes Hostesses for servicemen today

The USO headquarters hosts hostesses to serve servicemen with sandwiches cakes and coffee from 1 pm to 4 pm. Chairman Ava W Nicholas leads the effort and is supported by a long list of volunteers including Netta Chinerton Alma Farlex Stella Phe Beatie Roan ham Norma Karr Chita Hemminger Bess Bachman Helen Vedder and many others.

Miine Qehekal USO Mie Ava W Niehalas Vimes Netta Chinerton Havel Churchill Dalian Butts Clara Schanad Hael Smith Fibel Height Alma Farlex Alien Anederle Mattie Hronk Fibher Hesmer Stella Phe Beatie Roanham Fila Maeds Norma Karr Chita Hemminger Bess Baehman Hilered Brague Faima Hammond Bettys Thomas Wildred Robert Marvel Newnan Hey Wateht The Helen Vedder Tallan Veere Thetis Tlalmes Gertrude Baldwin and Wathion Roberts

Ellen Cook and Robert Mackey Married in Solon Church

Ellen Virginia Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerschom Cook and Robert Thomas Mackey son of Mrs Rose Mackey were united in marriage on November 23 at 9 am in St Patrick's church. The ceremony featured traditional gowns and a reception at the bride's parents home with a dance at the CSPS hall. Both families are connected to Wilson and Company.

Ellen Virginia Cook Gershom Cook Solon Robert Thomas Mackey Rose Mackey St. Patrick’s Church Re. D. G Peters Jines Pauline Mackes Bernice Mackey Mackey Wilson and Company

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