Whimsical City Snippets and a Flight of Luck
Local notes recount a quirky day with William Shadow flag distress at a Quaker Oats plant, a birthday ball misstep, and bets at the Winter Sports club. Publisher George A. Thise recalls old printing leads, a Linn county damage suit reaching nearly twenty thousand, a courthouse quip, plus Mrs. Lillian Simon’s rare private plane trip of nearly four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shadow
Roosevelt Hotel
Second Street
Arthur Poe
Poe
Catlow
Radio Council Announces Three Weekly Programs on WMT
Cedar Rapids Radio Council outlines a three night series on station WMT airing Monday through Wednesday at 430 pm. Mrs O Houghton Jr speaks on educational institutions, the Council of Parents and Teachers stages a Forty Years dramatization, and Diana Brokaw with Richard Schloss headline the children's hour Adventures in Music. The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, I F W C radio chairman Mrs H G Hewserman. and the recommendations committee meet Wednesday at 10 am. East Side W C T U to meet Tuesday 2 pm at 162 Kenmore NE for a Frances Willard Memorial program. Mercy Hospital Auxiliary also meets Tuesday in the hospital library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
WMT
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
O' Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Houghton
Town State Board of Education
H. G Hewserman
Cedar Rapids
W.C.T.U
Merle White
Kenmore Street
Frances Willard
Waterloo Couple Weds at Westminster Church
Zaneta Paulene Haines of Waterloo wed Samuel V. Braden in a 7 pm ceremony at Westminster Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids and Marion ties. Attendants Myrle Corwin and Roy S. Clark. The groom, a longtime Illinois Central freight agent in Waterloo, and the bride, a former dress department head at Buttreys, plan to live at 817 Home Park Boulevard Waterloo after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Samuel V. Braden
Zaneta Paulene Haines
Cedar Rapids and
Marion
Harry L. Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Harry J. Moore
Myrle Corwin
Roy S. Clark
Braden
Richard Braden
Winthrop
Illinois Central Railroad
Women's Club Departments Program Notes and Meetings
The health education department hosts a Friday luncheon at 1 p.m. at the club house with hostesses N B Larimer Bruce Boland H C Brand and F W Houston. A 2 p.m. meeting features Mrs Philip W Shive on Bandaging and First Aid in the Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Education Department
N. B. Larimer
Bruce Boland
H. C. Brand
F W Houston
Philip W. Shive
Red Cross
Guardians' association meets at St Pauls church for 1941 project talk
The Guardians' association meets Monday at 7 30 p m in St Pauls church to discuss the 1941 birthday project Treasure Trails. Board meets Feb 12 at 9 30 a m at First Presbyterian. Baby craft class runs Feb 8 and 15 at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals. Awards committee meets Feb 15 at 9 30 a m at the public library. Catholic Book club guest day at Mount Mercy college Wednesday at 2 p m with Father Maurice Tracy speaking on Catholic authors and liturgical art. Mary Pierre Mount Mercy reviews Our Lady In the Modern World. For invitation, contact Mrs W T Allen dial 5581.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardians’ Association
St. Paul's Church
Mercy
St. Luke's Hospitals
Catholic Book Club
Mount Mercy College
Maurice Tracy
Mary Pierre
Mount Mercy
Daniel Lord
S. J
W. T. Allen
Dial
Ski scenes and club notes highlight winter sport page
Henry Keyes is pictured with a familiar ski pose as Dr. and Mrs John T Hecker advocate lightweight gear and safe equipment. John Palmer from Lincoln Heights SE is shown removing skis from a car rack. Mrs Cecil Tracy reviews Willa Cather and QOES auxiliary to Chil dren's Home plans a picnic lunch.
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Keyes
Henry
John T. Hecker
First Avenue E
John Palmer
Lincoln Heights
Hard of Hearing Group Schedules Two Meetings This Week
The lip reading class for beginners, free, meets Monday at 7 30 p m at the club rooms apartment A 12614 Third avenue SW. A practice class for all members is Thursday at 2 p m. The Nursery auxiliary picnic is Thursday at 1 p m hosted by Mrs J R Krejer. West Side W C T U picnic luncheon Wednesday at 12 30 p m hosted by Mrs A F Jackson 1516 Ellis boulevard NW with Mrs J S Harper leading the lesson study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
J. R. Krejer
West Side
A. F. Jackson
Ellis Boulevard
J. S. Harper
Holbrook to Address Ashley DAR on Lincoln
Royal H Holbrook will speak to Ashley chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at 2 pm Saturday in the Bungalow of the Iowa Electric Light and Power company His talk covers Abraham Lincoln and delegates to the Continental Congress to be elected during the business session The Congress will meet in Washington DC in April Hostesses are Mesdames Sparling Henderson Montgomery Evans and Misses Kennedy and Post
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal H Holbrook
Ashley
Daughters of the American Revolution
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Abraham Lincoln
Continental Congress
Washington
Louise Wolfinger to Be Honored at Breakfast Party
Complimentary breakfast party at the Gray home in Des Moines honors Louise Wolfinger of Des Moines and serves as a shower ahead of her March wedding to Capt. Roy Lutes. A dozen friends, including Miss Mary Jane Swanson, Miss Betty Hamilton, and Mrs Rob Crosby, attend. plans note Valentine's Day decorations for Swing Night events at Cedar Rapids Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip K Gaines
Seventeenth Street
Barbara
Gaines
Carole Jean van Horn
Doris Kullander
Joan Lichtenstein
Jeannie Todd
Marybel Killian
Judy Morris
Merilyn Ann Paxson
Barbara Ann Barger
Joyce Gaines
Sally Peck
Cynthia O'Brien
Herbert Beckman, Jr
Mildred Boardman
John R. Battin
Grande Avenue SE
Louise Wolfinger
Des Moines
William O. Gray
Bever Avenue SE
Jean Witmer
Third Avenue SE
Gray
Miss Wolfinger
Mrs Gray
Miss Witmer
Roy Lutes
North Carolina
University of Iowa
Betty Hamilton
Carlton Apartments
Roberta Crosby
Roswell, N. M
Bob Crosby
Howard R. Green
David Pickford
Peter Dows
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Radio Artists To Wed In California Union
Betty Glenn daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Glenn will marry Gene W Haulette in a San Juan Capistrano ceremony on February 14. Glenn is an NBC artist who sang in New York City, while Haulette is a CBS alum and Columbia Broadcasting dramatist based in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
CBS
W. D. Glenn
Grande Avenue SE
Betty
New York City
Gene W. Haulette
Los Angeles
Immaculate Conception School
Miss Glenn
National Broadcasting Company
New York
Haulette
William H. Haulotte
Green Bay
Wis
University of Southern California
Columbia Broadcasting System
California
Glenn
Mr. Haulotte
San Juan Capistrano Mission
Mrs Cronbaugh Attends Waterloo DAR Meeting
Mrs. R. B Cronbaugh of 1605 A avenue NE traveled to Waterloo to speak at a four Black Hawk chapters DAR gathering about junior memberships' value to the national organization. Chapter IH PEO hosts a dessert luncheon Tuesday at 1 p.m. at 551 Knollwood drive SE with Mrs. Irving Churchill assisting. Edwin J Bruns will discuss Art of the Middlewest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B Cronbaugh
Avenue NE
Waterloo
Black Hawk
DAR
P. E.O
Irving
Churchill
Knollwood Drive
C. T. Reynolds
W. L. Harrison
Edwin J. Bruns
Middlewest
Grace Lambert
Willis D. Lamb
G Avenue NW
Junior League to Host Gloria Chandler Institute
Miss Gloria Chandler, staff member for the Children’s Theater program of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, will visit Cedar Rapids to lead a two day institute on radio and children’s theater at the Montrose hotel. A Dutch treat dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club and a WMT radio broadcast are scheduled, highlighting her educational work and views on theater as a tool for child education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Chandler
Children’s Theater
Community Service Department
Associatio of Junior Leagues of America
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
WMT
New York University
Miss Chandler
Ater
Chicago
Francis W. Parker School
Smith College
Northwestern University School of Speech
Winifred Ward
Chicago Junior League
Century of Progress
AAUW Group Meetings Review The Star Gazer
The afternoon reading group will meet with Mrs Max T. Bromwell at 352 Twenty-first Street SE on Wednesday at 2 pm. Mrs David M. Elderkin will assist the hostess and Mrs G Richard Shoe maker will review The Star Gazer by Zsolt de Harsanyi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max T. Bromwell
Twenty-first Street
David M. Elderkin
G. Richard Shoemaker
Zsolt de Harsanyi
Social Honors Guests Share In Week End Events
Mrs. Herbert S. Sta mats hosts guests at 2131 Linden Drive SE while Mr and Mrs Samuel E Paul of Oakland California attend as honored guests. Mrs Moray L Eby entertains at 1956 First Avenue E for Mrs Robert B Moore of Shanghai and Miss Evelyn C Street bound for Columbia University in New York for a masters degree. Moore plans visits in New York Medford New London and Philadelphia with Lieutenant Moore's sister in Medford. Ten people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Stamats
Linden Drive
Samuel E. Paul
Oakland
Calif
Moray L. Eby
First Avenue E
Robert B. Moore
Shanghai
China
Evelyn C. Street
New York City
Columbia University
Mrs. Loudermilk Receives China Shower Honors Guests
A china shower and bridge were held in honor of Mrs. Roy A. Loudermilk, former Dorothy Gabbert, at Mrs. Wurster’s tea room. Guests from Mount Vernon and local addresses attended, with prizes awarded for bridge. Included were Mrs. Harold R. Mowrey, Mrs. Ruth Martin, Miss Lillian Clark, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbon Chehak
Loudermilk
Lillian Clark
Bridge
Marian Martin
Burdine Lattner
Frances Halpin
Leone Sutherland
Blanch Hunter
Louise Whelihan
W. Dean Barnhizer
E. Harold Skinner
Henry Holscher
Maria Shinn
A. C. Gossard
R. W. Rinderknecht
Willis D. Lamb
George Martinek
Richard Barker
Mount Vernon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danceland
Alyce Mary Chadima
George A. Thise
West Liberty Index
Hise
Linn County District Court
H C. Ring
AL Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Bickel
Bob
Lillian Simon
Armstrong’s
Barbara Gaines
Cervenys
Biskups
Frank Cerveny
Avenue NW
Joe Biskup
Nineteenth Street
Texas
Pasadena
Cerveny
Roy Berry
Mr Berry
Malta
Circle of Malta
Order of the Eastern Star
Harry Dunker
Crescent Street
Howard L. van Winkle
Radio Council
The
Mercy Auxiliary
Mercy Hospital
Samuel Y. Braden
Woman's Club Departments
Health Education
L. E. MacLaughlin
R. J. Allen
Bertha LeFebvre
Aulden Griffin
A. A. Berry
Spring Lenz
Meadames
L A. Talbott
Charles Duster
H E Rosenbers
Lulu Enelman Wells
May Davy Carol Deems Taylor
Dorothy Metcalf
Ball Crim
Bohm
L. J. Kleises
Beethoven
MacDowell
Grace Listebarger
Gershwin
Denza
Wayne Basler
Kathleen Check
Nature and Garden Department
Jane Garwood
First Presbyterian Church
000 Catholic Book Club
Willa Cather
Cecil Tracy
Frank V. Orr
Fifth Avenue SE
Beckman
Home Auxiliary
QO. E. S
Emil Petranek
Eighteenth Street
T. J. Whitock
C. S. Woodward
Vernon White
Charles Bode
Louis Cullman
E. W. Rossiter
J. E. Crew
Emil Burmeister
Nursery Auxiliary
Royal H. Holbrook
Lincoln
Wallace S. Hamilton
Drury Davis
AEF
Fred M. Higley
Sixteenth Street
Robert Higley
Mary Jane Swanson
Minneapolis
Betty Glenn
Cronbaugh
Waterloo D.A.R
Junior League
Radio Institute
Thrift
Zoric
Iowa
AAUW
Mrs. Loudermilk
China Shower
Patricia Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter
Clarence Day
MR. Keehn
David
New Orleans
Keehn
Glenway Drive
Caribbean Sea
Rio Grande Valley
B. B. Hickenlooper
Park Terrace SE
Hickenlooper
Mrs. Heinze
Junior Ashley
Earl Heinze
First Avenue
Ashley Chapter
D. A R
000 Jensens
Mrs . C. Jensen
Lydia Wehmeyer
1St Ave. E. Dial
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