17 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1950
Page
1
A witty ice cube trick helps seal Christmas stamps and envelopes at home. News from Cedar Rapids covers a mix of local letters, praise for a film review, anonymous holiday cards, Saint Nicholas origins, humorous courtroom tale, and a missing nine foot Christmas tree.
A flood of Cedar Rapids youths from Yale Stanford Barat Colorado Iowa Carleton and more descend on the city for Christmas week. Dozens of students from Harvard MIT Cornell Coe Drake Northwestern and Dartmouth join families, with dozens of local addresses listed for arrivals and reunions.
Sixty faculty children and parents attended the Coe College party in Voorhees hall featuring a black light puppet show Santa Claus and carols. Mrs. Fred Petrick led the drama Pup Pets, gifts were exchanged and refreshments served around a Christmas tree. co chairs were Mrs. Irving L. Churchill and Mrs. Marvin Cone.
Irwin Shaw’s Mixed Company collects 37 stories highlighting his polished craft and natural dialogue across earlier and new pieces. Betty Martin’s Miracle at Carville, edited by Evelyn Wells, offers a moving leprosy memoir set around Carville Louisiana with dramatic patient stories and medical progress.
Treasure House introduces The Smithsonian from Webster P. True. The Sherman no logo Sheridan House edition priced at 3.50 with a biographical lead on James Smithson the Englishman whose will founded the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Page 11 column sees additional reviews.
Ten Camp Fire Girls preparing for the torchbearer rank completed a child care course led by Miss Diane Marshall. The group—Cora Carlson, Sylvia Blaha, Evanell Manwiller, Janet McFatridge, Margo Mifflin, Lois Paulson, Ruth Schreiver, Joan Slocum, Frances Whetstone and Marilyn Worcester—studied child development, motor changes, play activities, and storytelling for ages two to six, with a visit to the University of Iowa preschool. Kay Halloran and Janet Lewis will receive certificates after a day of nursery school training.
Delta Zeta alumnae will meet Monday at 6 30 p m at the home of Mrs L S Barber 111 Twenty sixth street drive SE for a Christmas dinner party Mrs Robert Johnson and Miss Alberta Owen have planned the program with caroling sorority songs a gift exchange and games Anyone not contacted should call Mrs Barber at 25662
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