Reading List Features Noted Cedar Rapids Selections
A list of books reading by Cedar Rapids residents features Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls and titles by Engle, Roberts, Struther, Cather, Hilton, Wren, Morley, Caldwell, Llewellyn, Eaton, Rawlings, Spence, Adamic, Armstrong, Waltin, Wiley, Stong, Post, van der Heide, Johnson, Boothe, and several others compiled by libraries and bookstores. The compilation highlights fiction and non fiction works and reflects mid-century literary interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hemingway
Paul Engle
Oliver Wiswell
Kenneth Roberts
Mrs. Miniver
Jan Struther
Sapphira
Willa Cather
James Hilton
Heaven
Percival Wren
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell
Green Was
My Valley
Richard Llewellyn
Evelyn Eaton
Marjorie Rawlings
Osa Johnson
Random Harvest
Odgen Nash
Paul Encle
Kenneth Reberte
Sister
Dirk van der Heide
Merven
Hartzell’ Spence
Deree Smediey
Osa Johnsen
NEW Garden
Seymour
Engle Critics Out On Always the Land
Metropolitan reviewers from the New York Sun New York Times and New York Herald Tribune weigh Paul Engles first novel Always the Land. Bartlett in the Sun lauds Engle for his land sense while noting a journalistic flank. Feld in the Times notes strong character drawing and horse talk. Lechlitner in the Herald Tribune questions the books portrayal of land and people yet praises the authors natural idiom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Engle
New York Sun
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
New York
Randolph Bartlett
The
Sun
Engle
Bartlett
Times
Rose Feld
Ruth Lechlitner
Herald Tribune
Iowa
Dreiser Urges America to Save Itself in Wartime Essay
Theodore Dreiser argues America must focus on building its own democracy rather than aiding Britain. He criticizes the social order as inefficient and says wealth through capitalism sustains war aimed at empire. He asserts America’s Constitution and Independence justify saving the nation despite international turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Dreiser
America
Dreiser
England
Democracy
France
Mussolini
Hitler
Soviet Socialist Union
Germany
Europe
Mourad
William Saroyan
Aram
Saroyan
Bob Burns
Melik
Jorgi
Dikran
Mark Twain
Board of Education
Harcourt, Brace
Victorian Light by Scotty Mileod on Fanny by Gaslight
Victorian Light reviews Michael Sadleir novel Fanny by Gaslight. The piece notes Sadleir as a collector of Victorian nightlife lore and compares the work to Dickens in tenderness toward sordid material. It follows Fanny Hooper, illegitimate daughter of a nobleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Sadleir
Sadleir
Fanny Hooper
Fanny
Fanny’s Gaslight Novel Explores Love and Betrayal
In a Victorian style tale, a wife’s faithfulness falters after a romance, she bears a daughter who dies, and the narrative shifts among voices including Fanny and the author. The story culminates with the lover and the author revealing parts of the plot set against a quaint French village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Sadleir
Fanny
Michael Sodlett
Appleton-Century
Wheels in the Timber and Village News Highlights
A mixed page features a book notice on Wheels in the Timber by ELFIE MAGNUSSON, a Cedar Rapids marriage announcement for Irene Ann and Nolan A. Theriot, a Winter Temple memorial service for Mrs. Delia Newlin, and several local society items. Also reported are Western trip notes by the Freund family and multiple Valentine day twin births and family gatherings in Cedar Rapids.
Camp Fire Notes and Meetings Schedule
The Executive board will meet Wednesday at 9 30 a.m. at First Presbyterian church and all members are urged to attend. Ted Malone will read prize winning Camp Fire poems Friday from 2 15 to 2 30 p.m. on WMT. The awards committee meets Saturday at 9 30 a.m. in the library's children's room. Baby craft class final session will be Saturday morning. Those attending both events should call the Camp Fire office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Ted Malone
Camp Fire Girls
WMT
Garden Club
Town State College
Ames
Esther Martin and Jerry Meredith Wed in California
Miss Esther Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs O S Martin Wayland wed H J Jerry Meredith son of Mrs Marie Meredith Cedar Rapids and P J Meredith Baldwin Park California The ceremony was at Church of the Nativity El Monte at 8 am officiated by Rev Anthony Kelly Attendants included Miss Vivian Meredith Norway Ia and Mr Meredith The bride wore a powder blue wool suit with navy accessories The bridesmaid wore teal blue with black accessories They corsaged with camellias The couple will reside at 1234 Covina boulevard Baldwin Park California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Martin
O S Martin
Wayland
H J. “Jerry” Meredith
Marie Meredith
Cedar Rapids
P J Meredith
Baldwin Park
Calif
Church of the Nativity
el Monte
Anthony Kelly
Vivian Meredith
Norway
Mr Meredith
Wayland High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Theta Gamma Nu_ social sorority
Order of the Eastern Star
Wyman
Ladora
Montrose
Meredith
Announced Marriage Of Miss Faires And H D Rickey
Miss Dorothy Arlene Faires and Harold Dean Rickey wed in Anamosa on November 9 1940 at a Methodist church the ceremony led by Rev J K Delahooke. Dorothy is a Roosevelt high school graduate and Cedar Rapids Business College attendee. Harold is a Franklin high school graduate who attended the University of Dubuque. Host couple Jess A Kitt erman and 1627 First Avenue W hosted a farewell dinner for Ralph J Whitmore at Gabels restaurant with Kitt erman employees and families. Whitmore a staff sergeant in Company H 136th Medical Regiment will report for federal service at Camp Claiborne for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Faires
Dorothy Arlene
Harold Dean Rickey
J. Rickey
D Avenue
Anamosa
J KK Delahooke
Rickey
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Jess A Kitterman
First Avenue
Ralph J. Whitmore
Oakdale
Gabel’s
Kit+terman‘’s
Whittmore
Whitmore
Company H
136Th Medical Regiment
Town National Guard
Camp Claiborne
Weekend campus events fill Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City area
A packed slate lists ski tournament in Waterloo Cedar Heights at 2 pm. In Iowa City Dr. Mortimer Adler speaks at 8 pm Macbride auditorium. Cedar Rapids hosts Golden Gloves prelims at 7 pm Coliseum through Wednesday. Humans panel discussion 8 pm Tuesday in Iowa City. Bee keepers meet 10 am 3 30 pm Cedar Rapids federal building. Glacier Priest lecture 8 pm Iowa Union Iowa City. Mount Vernon Paul Douglas speaks Thursday at Cornell chapel 8 pm. Firemen’s ball 8 30 pm Cedar Rapids Coliseum. Mischa Levitski piano West High Catholic Daughters concert. Y M C A dinner 6 pm Cedar Rapids. Minnesota vs Iowa track 7 30 pm in Iowa City fieldhouse Pan Hellenic supper dance 9 pm. Letter Carriers meet 6 30 pm Youdes Inn. Wrestling 2 pm Iowa State Teachers vs Iowa in Iowa City 7 35 pm Michigan vs Iowa in basketball. Lincoln Washington band concert 3 pm Cedar Rapids Coliseum. Wajtgoose banquet James Young speaker Iowa Union River room 6 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Cedar Heights
Iowa City
Mortimer Adler
Vesper
Macbride Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Golden Gloves
Iowa City—Humanist Society
Funke
McGalhard
Sellars
Kertzer
Bergmann
Ryan
Bee-keepers
Federal Building
Bernard R. Hubbard
Glacier
Iowa Union
Mischa Levitski
Catholic Daughters
West High School
Towa City
Minnesota
Iowa
Letter Carriers Association
Lincoln-Washington
James Young
Iowa Union River Room
Camp Fire First Aid Course Opens for Girls
Red Cross first aid instruction for Camp Fire girls 12 and older starts Thursday and runs ten Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Miss Leola Jack will lead. register by Wednesday at the Camp Fire office. Meetings set for 1815 First Avenue. fees total 70 cents plus 6 cent manual and 10 cent bandages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Leola
Jack
First Avenue
Mary LaVonne Coyle and Dale Hinman Wed in Dubuque
Mary LaVonne Coyle of Dubuque and Lynn Dale Hinman of Dubuque married in a Saturday morning ceremony in Dubuque. Attending were Miss Irene Morse and Paul Urban. The couple plans to live in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary LaVonne Coyle
Dale Hinman
Dubuque
Hugh J Coyle
Mary LaVonne
Dubuqe
Lynn Dale Hinman
Irene Morse
Paul Urban
Mrs Hinman
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BY Nadine Subotnik
Scotty Mileod
Elfie Magnusson
Rogers
Evelyn Voss Wise
D. Appleton-Century Co
Mildred Lanus
Bride OF
Ray Roth
Pocahontas
Immaculate Conception
Rose M. Ries
Roger S Conrad
Avalon Apartments
Delia Newlin
Pythian Sisters
Winter Temple No. 78
K.“P. Hall
Mary Kirkpatrick
Carolyn Terrill
Bertha Buffington
Isabelle Gallagher
Effie Enenberger
Ruth Kent
Ruth Reid
Irene Ann Seda
Nolan Theriot
West
Milo Seda
Twelfth Avenue SE
Irene Ann
San Francisco
Nolan A. Theriot
Emilien Theriot
Theriot
Carl Freund
A Avenue NW
Julianne
Tom
Monterrey
Mex
California
Shakespeare
George Arduser
1622 Avenue NE
Monday Shakespeare Club
King John
Jo Ellen
Allan Frank
Frank Mary
Johnson Avenue NW
Maly
Martin Gibbs
Willard H. Gibbs
Park Avenue SE
John Francis Strain
Paul R. Strain
Third Avenue SE
Larry Crissman
W. W. Crissman
Seventeenth Street
Carl J. Dueser II
Carl J. Dueser
Oakland Road
Sanford
St. Luke's Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Geiger
H D. Wingert
J. A. Geiger
Bridge
Leo Vanous
C. S. Stocker
Charles S. Stocker
Geiger
C. J. Delp
Lester Martinek
Vanous
Frank Oxley
Floy Melsa
Stocker
R. Brown
Jerry Meredith
Cedar Rapids Society For the Hard
Third Avenue
NEW Man
Miss Faires
H. D. Rickey
Ralph Wiutmores
Mount Vernon
Paul Douglas
Chicago
Iowa State
Iowa Union Michigan
Wass Mari Helen Wiliams
YWCA
Charles Burkart
Y Woc
Ida Mansfield
the King's Daughters
Alfred Wo Meyer
Fegbth Avenue SE
Dental Auxiliary
Fellows
Dmm Fellows
Caves Rue NE
Moesdaimes
Ernest W Anderson
S Peshek
N Booth
Frank B Benesh Vrs
W Anftich
Gla
Auracher
Joan Auracher
Lisbon
Eitth Hetdas Ermaas
Frank E. Bates
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapads
Out of Foundry
Macy I.ee
Bessie Kurtz
Les Easy
Hiltbrunner Music CO
First Street SE
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