Town Tales Kettle of Christmas Quirks and News
Esther Armstrong frets over Rev. Arthur Brooks leaving Cedar Rapids for Omaha. Mike Mitvalsky greets a baby boy. Cap Hedges plays Santa. Jailer roaches alarm staff. a bath tub tale amuses Mrs. Glidden. Local whimsy covers gifts misfires, radio brag, and New Year wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Armstrong
Arthur A. Brooks
Robert
Dr. Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Esther
Bishop’s
College Set Enjoys Holiday Reunions and Visits
Lawrences and Schultzes plan a Florida motor trip to visit Paul Merioher. The Battins host a Christmas dinner with Lida Battin, Franklin Battin, and the Battins’ sons. Calkins welcome S P Johnson, R R Hungerford, B A Hayt, and C ne plus their daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrences
Schultzes
Paul Menchers
J. J. Calkins
Thirtieth Street
S.P. Johnson
R. R. Hungerford
Salina, Kan
B. A. Hayt
Marion
Jeanne
Charlesne
Annie
Holiday Guests Headed to Family Homes for Christmas
Local families and relatives spread across Cedar Rapids areas travel to spend Christmas and the holiday weekend with relatives in Hinsdale Davenport Manchester Onslow Indianapolis Glidden Evanston and St Louis. Names include the Bells Fisher Salter Olmsted Ring Barlow Orr Barry and the McQuistons among others with multiple children in each household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Bell
Knollwood Drive
Jane and
Hamilton
Louise Whelihan
Bell
Fred Bell
Yuletide
Hinsdale, Il
Frederick C Fisher
Blake Boulevard
Frederick Fisher
Fisher
Robert Gordon
Gordon
Davenport
Chester D Salter
Hher
Suzanne
Peter
Mr Salter
S.A Salter
Salters
A W Brown
Esther Olmsted
Second Avenue SE
William Olmsted
Mrs Olmsted
St. Louis
Miss Olmsted
Lum Severa
Jeanne
William
Eleanor
Evanston
James W Good
James
Severa
Cedar Rapids
J Stuart McQuiston
Twenty-sixth Street
Indianapolis
McQuiston
H C Ochsner
Ochsner
H. M Conner
Rochester
Minn
Florida
Manchester
H.C. Ring
Bever Avenue
David
Dean
Ring
J. C. Barr
Arthur Barlow
John
Jim
Onslow
Barlow
Harriet Lamey
Fourth Avenue SE
Patricia
Margaret Ann
Donald, Jr
Everett E. Fisher
Meadowbrook Drive
Bryce
C. U. Fisher
Glidden
Country Club Tea Dance Attracts Younger Set
The notice details multiple Dutch treat parties hosted by young members of the Belle Plaine social scene. Groups included Miss Mary Gage, Miss Betty Warner, and others from Marion and Muscatine, plus eight members forming a separate younger set group. Additional mentions note a Belle Plaine club Christmas party and a family dinner at Mrs. Arthur Hurtt's home with neighbors and relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Hedges, Jr
Martin Hanson
Jack Downer
Mary Gage
Betty Warner
Mary Lockwood
Robertson Little
Charles Roberts
Davenport
Avery Gage
George Harless
Thomas Jackson
Muscatine
Della Mae Nash
Kathleen Carey
Margaret Farquhar
Nadine Dove
Marion
Jack Heskett
Paul Wagner
Bob Files
Dick Wingert
Harry C. Jensen
P. A. Stover
Arthur C. Gertsen
G. H. Cornwell
Gertrude Myers
G. J. Liebke
H. R. Mowrey
Francis Anton
Belle Plaine Club
R. W. Hunnicutt
Twentieth Street
Arthur Hurtt
Second Street
Owen
Louis R. ‘Kriz
Elyanne
Bsr
Wis
Sversigeh
New Year Celebrations Planned Across Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts multiple New Year events including a Country Club dance 10 30 p m to 2 30 a m with supper at midnight and noisemakers balloons and confetti. Elks and Roosevelt hotel parties feature dinners and dancing into the new year plus coffee and doughnuts for late revelers. A Montrose hotel dance begins at 10 p m with orchestra and ballroom dancing. Miss Helen Mokrejs travels to New York for holidays, and 600 Optimist club members plan a Christmas dance at the Montrose Terrace room led by R Thomas Termohlen and others. Mr and Mrs J W Ballard head to Monona for weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Elks Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
Montrose
Crystal Ballroom
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
R. Thomas Termohlen
John W Altfillisch
Howard Heathman
Ed Drew
Old Maids Club Christmas Dance Planned in Montrose Terrace
The Old Maids Club will host a subscription dance in the Terrace room of the Montrose hotel Wednesday evening. Proceeds from the affair will go to local charities as in past years the club continued the Shipwreck party tradition. Tickets are by telephone invitation through club members Betty Szicar Mary Jane Murdock Patricia Salter and others. An excellent orchestra is booked for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose Hotel
Old Maids Club
Betty Szicar
Mary Jane Murdock
Patricia Salter
Betty Gage
Katherine Luberger
Marianne Corey
Patricia Graves
Jeanne Rowe
Jean Killen
Betty Hamilton
Kathryn Lynch
Barbara Ramsey
Betty Mae Sommer
Marie Dolson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mike Mitvalskay
Co Iearmis
Mike
Cap Hedges
Santa Claus
Horace
Lena Glidden
Old City
Baldy Wilson
Henry Nemec
Iit
Arthur Huntington
Mr. Huntington
Ben Bever
Marie
Bevers
Lake Vermillion
Bever
Lloyd Schuknecht
Ben Pollack
Dallas
Pollack
Tommy Dorsey
Jack Teagarden
Paul Whiteman
Ted Vesely
William F. Vesely
Roosevelt High
Ted
Pollack Band
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Coe Band
Witwers
Weaver
Hettibel
Ojai Valley
Elmer Young
Faun Hamilton
Bob Cook
Greene's Opera House
de Wolf Hopper
Bob
Faun
The
Gazette
Hopper
Wynne Miller
Mary
Hazel
Hobby House
Wynne
Dick Miler
John Beck Baron Munchausen
Purdue
Beck
Jane Slavata
Jane
O. W. Lawrence
Vinton ‘Road
Walter O. Schultz
B Avenue
Lakewood
Fla
Paul Merioher
South
oOo
John Battins
Jane O Meara
H. D. O'Meara
University of Iowa
Max Widmer
J. Max Widmer
Iowa State College
Miss O'Meara
Mr. Widmer
Patricia Barry
Donald S. Barry
Rockford College
Rockford, Ill
Richard Wingert
F. R. Wingert
John Herron Art Institute
Barry
Mr Wingert
Thompson Photos
John R. Battin
Grande Avenue SE
Ner
Mr. Battin
Lida Battin
Marshalltown
Franklin S. Battin
Calkins
Jane O'Meara
Helen Mokrejs
New York City
Optimist Club
J. W. Ballards
Monona
J. W. Ballard
Forest Drive
Chris
Schoen’s
AVENE
Iowa
NEW P Zoric Dar CL Cleaners
Third Street
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