Streamlined Party Takes Its Passengers to Winter Resort
Cedar Rapids Community Players hosted a Streamlined Party at the Country Club with more than 100 dining attendees and about three times that number dancing from 8:30 to midnight. The lounge was decorated as a winter resort with depot like details and a Shack replica. Hosts and committees listed included Mrs. James L. Cooper and Edwin H. Wadsworth. Several pre parties and gatherings honored local residents bound for trips, including West Indies cruises and Europe, with multiple guests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Cedar Rapids
Paniuilar Acadante Cnot
City of Denver
Robert B. Davis
Lael Abbott
Eugene M. Pinney
James L. Cooper
Edwin H. Wadsworth
J. Max Widmer
Franklin Battin
Dean Stauffacher
Donald P. Barnes
Clare R. Marshall
Hazel Brown
Neil Montgomery
H. Gordon DeLay
Wallace Darling
O. H. Tousey
John B. Turner II
Deane L. Adams
G. H. Cornwell
Betty Neuzil
B. P. Lattner
Marian Galloway
Edwy J. Clapp
van Vechten Shaffer
Gladyce Getz
Joe Cohen
Henry M. Files
Blake Boulevard
Crescent Street
Jack Walsh
Iowa City
Darlings
Turners
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Turner
David Turner
Twenty Third Street Drive
James Y. Canfield
Second Avenue SE
J. Hamilan Bell
Knollwood Drive
Honors Visitor From Denver At Luncheon Party
Mrs. C. L. Douglass hosted a noon luncheon at 549 Knollwood Drive SE in honor of Eva N. Benson of Denver who is wintering with Mrs. Imogen Emery at 361 Twentieth Street SE. Guests included Ce dar Rapids and Mitchell South Dakota visitors and local families. A separate note mentions Mrs. Henry Ristine and daughter Mary Sue planning a two month California visit, while Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Waples and daughter Diane head to Miami Beach with Washington, D. C. stopovers en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Douglass
Knollwood Drive
Eva N. Benson
Denver
Colo
Imogen Emery
Twentieth Street
Henry Ristine
Second Avenue SE
Mary Sue
California
F. C. Waples
Forest Drive
Diane
Miami Beach
Fla
Washington, D. C
Dr Russell Guest In Macy Home Honored At Dinner
Dr Nelson Vance Russell of Washington DC former Coe College faculty spent the weekend at Prof C Ward Macy 1935 Blake Blvd SE. He spoke at the Iowa history conference in Iowa City on Saturday. A group of friends gathered at Clara Robinsons Colonial Food shop for a dinner in his honor then returned to the Macy home for bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Vance Russell
Washington, D. C
Coe College
C. Ward Macy
Blake Boulevard
Russell
Iowa City
Clara Robinson
Macy
Bridge
Delta Gammas Plan Cedar Rapids Alumnae Tea
Delta Gamma members in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas are invited to a tea Friday at 2 30 p m at Miss Betty Davis’s home 1948 First Avenue East where a local alumnae group will be organized. Call 6018 to respond and assistants are Mrs Clare R Marshall Mrs Edwy J Clapp and Mrs Ernest W Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Gamma
Cedar Rapids
Betty Davis
First Avenue
Delta
Ernest W. Anderson
Frank C. Byers
Harrison E. Spangler
L. T. Jackson
Sumner D. Quarton
Milton G. Bryan
James H. Yuill
Henry Hamilton
Robert Tarpy
Dorothy Munger
J. T. Grayston
Ruth Eleanor Matson
Chester M. Salter
Harold Hawthorne
Cecily Cocker
Bertram Puckett
Marie Jeffrey
Jane Lady
Clyde Tull
Mount Vernon
Buser Family Heads to Florida and More Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Frank L Buser and their daughter Miss Vivien leave for Florida visiting Daytona Beach and Miami Beach before April. Mr and Mrs F D Hutchinson travel to Los Angeles then Panama Canal cruise to New York returning mid April. Pi Beta Phi alumnae host luncheon. White Cross society and Junior Art club meet with speakers on neutrality and art topics. Mrs Haven Y Simmons discusses neutrality. Mrs Paul S Ray assists. Mrs Matthew Tschirgi and daughter Miss Mattie Tschirgi depart for Bradenton for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Buser
Avenue
Vivien Buser
Florida
Daytona Beach
Esther Olmsted
Second Avenue SE
Haven Y. Simmons
F. D. Hutchinson
Park Terrace SE
Los Angeles
Calif
Panama Canal
New York City
Emmett Hutchinson
Mrs. Berg
East Orange
N. J
Pi Beta Phi
W. Craven Shuttleworth
Paul S. Ray
First-Week Kindergartners Start School Year 1954
Three children from the class of 1954 pose with homework and new classroom routines. Lois Sue Welch of 2030 Bever Avenue SE leans on her hand and jokes about balancing art with education. Billy Boyd McCullough of 1809 Ridgewood Terrace SE says school work will be a snap after mastering spelling. Morgan Jacob Foster Jr. of 2249 Washington Avenue SE works on complex letters, predicting learning will be as easy as ABC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Sue’ Welch
John M. Welch
Bever Avenue
Lois Sue
Billy Boyd McCullough
J. Renwick McCullough
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Morgan Jacob Foster, Jr
Morgan J. Foster
Washington Avenue SE
ABC
Master Foster
Bachelors Ball Set For February 20 At Cedar Rapids Club
The Bachelors' club plans its second annual dinner dance on February 20 at the Cedar Rapids Country club with about 300 invitations issued midweek. Iowa City eight piece orchestra will perform from 10 to 2, plus special entertainment. Committee members include Stevan Smith John Carey Frank Fratcher James Bever and John Vavra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelors’ Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Frank Fratcher
Iowa City
Stevan Smith
John Carey
James Bever
John Vavra
al Allen
Richard Lord
Herman Strasburger
George Lindsay
R. D. Proctor
Territorial Highways and Byways Talk by D A R Historian
Mrs. Sarah Paine Hoffman of Iowa City Iowa state historian of the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution will speak on Territorial Highways and Byways at a Ashley chapter D A R meeting Saturday afternoon at the Woman's club home Delegates to the Continental Congress to be held in Washington D C in April will be elected Hostesses include Mrs Hugh E Rick Mrs H E Blasier Mrs E D Hardwick Miss Mary Dickey Mrs F S Snyder and Mrs M E Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Paine Hoffman
Iowa City
Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution
Ashley Chapter
Woman’s Club
Engles To Leave On Eastern Trip For Speaking
Paul Engles and his wife prepare for an eastern speaking tour with engagements in Granville Detroit Pittsburgh Boston West Point Rochester and more. They plan several weeks in New York then a visit to Gabriel Newburger in Coral Gables Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Engle
East
Engle
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Rinderknecht
Dr. Russell
Delta Gammas
Frank Busers
Miss Buser
White Cross Society
Ramseys
The
Addison J. Ramsey
Crescent Street SE
Miss Olmsted’s
F. D. Hutchinsons
PI Phi
Tschirgi
Matthew Tschirgi
Miss Mattie Tschirgi
Bradenton, Fla
Thompson
Alec Douglas
Jean Douglas
Cobourg
Ontario
Canada
Commonwealth Apartments
Douglas
Buffalo
N. Y
Miss Douglas
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
U. W
Nadia Thorpe
Eighth Avenue SE
O. J. Elsenbast
Grande Avenue SE
John R. Battin
Alvin T. Nelson
Third Avenue SW
Gayle Giblin
Marie Antoinette
Zweig
Joanna Hagey
Fourth Avenue
Dorothy Lillick
Europe
L. D. Weld
Chicago
D.A.R
Ashley
Paul Engles
Mrs. Deacon
W. M. Deacon
Miss Sneath
Mrs. McGregor
Jeanette Sneath
Skookumchuck
British Columbia
A. W. McGregor
B Avenue NE
Bixlers
Ingram Bixler
Olga Tapper
C. T. Hickok
Shakespeare Club
Fifth Avenue SE
Richard II
Philbrick
Cone
Mary E. Cone
Caroline J. Philbrick
Seattle
Wash
Marvin D. Cone
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