Around the Lawn and Local Oddities Chronicle
A collage of lighthearted vignettes from city life includes a poll of famed figures Ferdinand the Bull Duchess of Windsor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, a swanky student about New York City, a Vancouver gifts order linked to a trade treaty, toy doll serenades in a shop, a Chicago route for angels, Scribblers at a country club, a tale of twins and alarm clocks, a Hindu on a Caribbean cruise hailed as the Maharaja of Indore, and a Springer spaniel Cap humorously ousted by a sheriff for a hunting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Chadima
Park Avenue
New York City
East
O’meara
Ted Fawcett
Vancouver
B. C
Len Jenkins
Oldham
Lancashire
England
Ted
Len
Cody Allen
Indore
Marengo Housewife Announces Rouberta Ringsmuth Heckscher Marriage
Mr and Mrs William G Dixon announce the marriage of their daughter Rouberta Corrine Ringsmuth to Eric Heckscher son of Mr and Mrs James Heckscher of Greenwich Conn The wedding occurred Nov 26 in Greenwich Mrs Heckscher works in The New Yorker advertising dept since moving from Cedar Rapids nine years ago She is a Washington high school graduate Mr Heckscher a Princeton graduate works in merchandising at John Wanamaker New York City couple will reside in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Dixon
Dalewood Drive
Rouberta Corrine Ringsmuth
Eric Heckscher
James Heckscher
Greenwich
Conn
Heckscher
New Yorker Magazine
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Princeton University
John Wanamaker Department Store
New York City
New York
James Coquillette
Pomfret School
Pomfret, Conn
S. E. Coquillette
Knollwood Drive
Martha Trewin
Harold R. Trewin
Fourth Avenue
University of Arizona At
Sixteenth Street
University of Kentucky At
Lexington
Madge Jones
Harry J. Jones
Fifth Avenue
Katherine Gibbs
Henrietta Dows
Peter Dows
Winter Setting Planned For Pickwick Ball
Winter dances hosted by the Pickwick Parthenon club honor group forms from Cedar Rapids society. An orchestra, ticket and publicity committees named. events organized by the luncheon club sponsors with invitations issued and members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickwick Ball
Edward M. Soboda
Rockey T Newton
John B. Turner
James H. Yuill
Neil Montgomery
Douglas F Boynton
James Y. Canfield
A. J. Coburn, Jr
Edward Sheehy
Henry H. Hamilton
Robert C. Safely
Harry G. O'Donnell
Glenn Ravenscroft
Donald P Barnes
James E. Franken
Russell W. Lemley
Ingathering totals 4031 garments for local charities
Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild reports 4031 garments collected on Ingathering with distribution among City schools 1396 Public Health Nursing 487 county relief 138 Mercy hospital 272 South Side charities 273 Children's Home 787 St. Luke's hospital 307 Community House 118 Home for Aged Women 49 and Sunshine Mission 204. Members thank contributors and note improved quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Needlework Guild of America
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
City Schools
Public Health Nursing Association
County Relief
Mercy Hospital
South Side Charities
Children's Home
Paul Huston
E. P Boynton
Lester DeVarman
Arthur L. Augustine
Edward H. Files
C. W. Bingham
Carl Ettinger
Arthur Tschirgi
B. J. Newburger
Grace Ellis Wins Scribner’s Life in the United States Contest
Grace MclIlrath Ellis of Marengo earns 250 dollars for a Scribner's magazine story “Big Broadcast of 38” about a broadcasting episode. The mother of two juggles writing with home duties, crediting her children for motivation and noting her husband and brother are her only editors she fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace MclIlrath Ellis
Scribner’s
Life
United States
Paste Reer Ners Panasere
Grace Ellis
Scribner's
Ellis
Ames
Grinnell
Grinnell Herald
American Home
Better Homes and Gardens
Country Gentleman
Ladies Home Journal
Woman’s Home Companion
Hollywood
Fawcett Publications
Marengo
Annual Beta Brawl At Coe Gym Highlights Fraternity Event
Chi Beta Phi members hosted their annual Beta Brawl in the Coe college recreation room with a long list of attendees. Guests included Mrs. A L Newell and Mrs. Alice B Salter. The College Book club meets Tuesday at 2 15 pm with Mrs. Irving Churchill 551 Knollwood drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kosek
Hawthorne Hill
Carroll Drive
Kenneth Madden
A. M. Warner
F. R. Wingert
Fourth Avenue SE
John E. Stansbury
Forest Drive
Shakespeare Club
T. E. Ravenscroft
Chi Beta Phi
Coe College
Lloyd Morris
Alfred W. Meyer
C. W. Perkins
J. F. Yothers
Ben H. Peterson
Arthur W. Penrose
A. L. Newell
Alice B. Salter
Lyle Gunderson
Marie Dolson
Barney McPartland
Dorothy Walter
Fred Monther
Jayne Carrier
Howard Kohl
Elaine Miller
Gilbert Northey
Mary Ann Pohorsky
James Cousin
Verna Hanold
John Swearingen
Jane Fuhrmeister
Edward Hopkins
Dora Jane Hamblin
Howard Cherry
Jane Ross
Raymond Hibbing
Frances Crozier
Clifford Helman
Ellen Snyder
Wayne Baden
Erwin Nelson
Marjorie Greer
Russell Burkhart
Jeanne Durfee
Wayne Miller
Patricia Graves
Bill Gage
Katherine Luberger
Harlan Rice
Geraldine James
Kelly Wodtke
Rachel Austin
Bud Hall
Rosa-lind Palmer
Peter Narey
Mary Ellen Oldag
James Heffelfinger
Dorothy Clausen
Dick Keen
Helen Mary Knox
Jamison Davis
College Book Club
Irving Churchill
Knollwood Drive
Burton Byers
Arthur Bearle
Ogden Nash
Students Return for Christmas Holidays From Across America
Readable list of students and relatives arriving for the Christmas vacation. Names include Lee Thomas from Kemper Military Academy Boonville Missouri and Sutherland Cook from Princeton University New Jersey. Other arrivals span Vassar College Poughkeepsie NY University of Colorado Boulder and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Anne Miller
John L. Miller
Avenue NE
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Nadine Dove
L .S. Dove
Marion
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Peggy Stewart
A. C. Stewart
Park Terrace
Monticello College
Godfrey, I
Patricia Barry
Donald S. Barry
Fourth Avenue
Rockford College
Rockford
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Sutherland Cook
Robert S. Cook
Crescent Street
Symphony Program Is Announced For Cedar Rapids Benefit
Prof. Joseph H. Kitchin announces the Cedar Rapids Symphony annual benefit concert Tuesday at 8 15 p m in Shrine temple. Dr Herbert Gould will solo with the orchestra and will rehearse with Lucy Ambroz. program features works by Quilter Wagner Godard and more. Tickets at Montrose hotel under Leslie Crabbs, proceeds fund free year concerts by the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association led by Otto Ambroz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Kitchin
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Quilter
Jesu
Montrose Hotel
Leslie Crabbs
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Association
Otto Ambrozi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ferdinand the Bull
Duchess of Windsor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Messer High School
Northpoleland
Chicago
Mary Luberger
Country Club
Bill Breidert
Breidert
Bill
Cap
Jim Smith
Marvey
C. McCclarys
Harvey C McClary
McClary
Francis Weakley
St. Joseph
George Bird
Milwaukee
George M. Bird
Third Avenue SE
J. Co. Mackie
Ladies Literary Club
Stewart Holmes
Matthew Josephson
Kennetil Adairs
Indianapolis
Michael LaPlante Adair
Kenneth Adair
Adair
Zola LaPlante
E. W. LaPlante
Blake Boulevard
FR. Wingerts
Betty Mae
Betty Mae Sommer
E. W. Sommer
Twentieth Street
Landon C. George
Equity Masonic Lodge
George
Sommer
Harold Rowe
Harold J. Rowe
Grande Avenue SE
Bridge Club
Mrs. Keech
R. K. Keech
Park Terrace SE
Iowa City
Maeterlinck
the Bluebird
University Theater
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Country Club Parkway
Ann
J. L. Cooper
Glenway Drive
John
Grande Avenue
Barnes
Donald P. Barnes
Garden Drive
Mitchell
Richard M. Miller
Second Avenue
Bernice Hopper
Joan Killian
Richard E. Killian
Theta Alumnae
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Brown Apartments
Betty Meerdinck
Martha Walker
Shakespeare
Mrs. Ravenscroft
Geneva
Haldeman
Geneva Haldeman
Vogel Harley
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Memorial Presbyterian Church
University
Salter
Delta Gamma Sorority
Grace Mcllrath Ellis
Coe Gym
Patricia Salter
James French
Jane Frazier
Harley Moore
Catherine Timm
Dale Notestine
Eugenia Kelly
Robert Nelson
Shirley Madsen
Everett Stoutner
Kay Berry
Fred Wooster
Margaret Cowquill
James McFadden
Elaine Benson
Donald Ross
Alice Kenworthy
Jack Cocker
Marilynn Newell
Bob Hach
Winifred Erbe
George Oldag
Betty Lou Harmon
John Ashby
Mary Kathryn Fiebig
Bill Norris
Betty Gage
Bob Dennis
Phyllis Closson
Bill Dygert
Margaret Farquhar
Witit
Churchill
Earl G. Nichols
Meadowbrook Drive
Mayflower Chapter
W. F. Cooper
Paul Snowman
Harmon R. Taylor
G. H. Tellier
Milo E. Wenger
Imogen Emery
Committee On National Defense
Frank V. Orr
Henry van Dyke
Orr
Katherine Franken
Pickfords
Tommy
Roswell H. Pickford
R. H. Pickford, Jr
Sutherland Dows
Twenty-seventh Street
David Pickford
R. H. Pickford
Miss Dows
Greenwood School
Ruxton
Peter
David
Tabor Academy
Mass
Betsy Quarton
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road
Bill Mills
Ray J. Mills
Florida Military Academy
St. Petersburg
Stephens
Stephens College
Edna Mae Haldy
Bir
Ed Haldy
A Avenue NE
Kathryn Lynch
Donald R. Lynch
Jeanne Rowe
Frances Hallgren
Alex Hallgren
Nineteenth Street
Betty Neuzil
W. J. Neuzil
Rosemont
Rosemont College
Villa de Chantal
Rock Island
Betty Ann Becker
H. J. Becker
Bever Avenue
Bonnie Mae Diebold
A. J. Diebold
Frances Blaul
Theodore F. Blaul
Woodland Drive
Betsy Jean Flodin
C Os Flodin
Geanie Trumbull
M. B. Trumbull
Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
John Davenport
Louis ‘Davenport
McKinley Street
University of Chicago
Donald Barry
University of Illinois At Champaign
Jerusalem
Joseph Toman
Florist
Third Ave
DIAL
Zoric
Yen PR
Christians
Killian
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