PTA Founder’s Day Dinner Draws Cedar Rapids Crowd
More than 200 attended the fifth annual founders day dinner of Cedar Rapids Council of Parents and Teachers in the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel. Dr Marcus Bach spoke on The Will To Believe. Presiding was Mrs Sherman B Watson.
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Cedar Rapids
St. James Methodist Church
Charles Roberts
L. C. Schuknecht
R. F. Erickson
Vernon Spohn
Arthur Norman
George Hogan
Harold Meyn
John Matthews
Frederick G. Murray
Charles Hubbard
Robert Atkinson
Tyler School
PTA
Mothersingers
A. R. Locke
Jimmy Williams
Roosevelt
Nancy Froeberg
Leeta Bradshaw
Bill Brousard
Haneys Return From Five Week Aruba Vacation
Mr and Mrs J R Haney of 2220 Upland Drive SE have returned home after a five weeks vacation in Aruba Dutch West Indies.
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J. R. Haneys
Dutch West Indies
J. R. Haney
Upland Drive
Aruba
Miss Jean Koestler and Orville Beenken Wed in Traer
Miss Jean Koestler daughter of Mr and Mrs E V Koestler married Orville Beenken of Buckingham Friday at Traer Methodist Church. Rev Paul Somerville officiated. They will reside in Buckingham after March 1. Mrs William Goetz and Mervin Manfull attended. The bride teaches at Gene Sed consolidated school and the groom works for Buckingham Grain Company.
Elnora Terry to Celebrate Her One Hundredth Birthday
Elnora Kemble Terry born February in 1852 in Poweshiek county Iowa will observe her 100th birthday in Cedar Rapids with son M E Terry and wife. She taught 33 years in Oskaloosa and Muscatine and has four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Relatives will attend a quiet celebration at the Brucemore estate home where she resides.
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Elnora Kemble Terry
Poweshiek County
Cedar Rapids
M. E. Terry
Brucemore Estate
Terry
Muscatine
Iowa
Oskaloosa
John R. Terry
Teen Age Sweetheart Ball Crowns King and Queen
Pauline Hahn and Jack Bevins were crowned king and queen of the Sweetheart ball held Sunday evening by the teen age group of the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters in St. Patrick’s school gym. About 125 teenagers attended and the couple were crowned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kenney with attendants Bernita Erger Sue Meister Harlan Tehner and Bob DeLay.
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Pauline Hahn
Jack Bevins
Courts
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Patrick’s School
Joseph A. Kenney
Bernita Erger
Sue Meister
Harlan Tehner
Bob DeLay
Mardi Gras Ball by ROA Saturday at Montrose Hotel
The Reserve Officers Association hosts a Mardi Gras ball Saturday at the Montrose hotel to celebrate National Defense week. The event features dancing by the Mel-O-Airs in the Crystal ballroom with a social hour at 8:30 and a costume prize contest. Proclamations by Gov Beardsley and Mayor Sedive will mark the observance.
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Roa
The
Reserve Officers Association
Montrose Hotel
Officers Club
Walter Block
William S. Beardsley
Clarence Sedive
Armstrong Clothing Company
RCA
Woc-Tv
Davenport
Kenwood School PTA Schedules February Square Dance
The Kenwood School PTA will host the first of two February square dance sessions from 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. Thursday in the Kenwood gym. The event is under PTA sponsorship and Playground and Recreation Commission supervision inviting Garfield and Arthur PTA members and all square dance enthusiasts.
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Kenwood School
PTA
Kenwood
Playground and Recreation Commission
Garfield
Arthur
King George Dies as Elizabeth Becomes Queen
The royal succession unfolds as King George VI dies in Kenya and Elizabeth II ascends the throne. Elizabeth and Prince Philip hasten home, she signs documents, takes the oath, and prepares for her father's funeral and coronation.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Lilibet
Canada
George VI
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Philip
East Africa
Australia
New Zealand
London
Kenya
Sandringham
King George
Little St. Mary Magdalene
Royal House
Westminster Abbey
Scone, l
Elizabeth II
Dolores Shedeck to Wed Wilbert Ruchotzke
Mr and Mrs Walter Shedeck announce the marriage of their daughter Dolores Margarette to Wilbert Ruchotzke son of Mr and Mrs August Ruchotzke of Lowden. The wedding will be February 24 at the Lowden Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Oxford Junction
Walter Shedeck
Dolores Margarette
Wilbert Ruchotzke
August Ruchotzke
Lowden
Lowden Trinity Lutheran Church
Red Cross Residential Helpers Organize 1952 Campaign
Linn county Red Cross appoints five majors and 30 precinct captains for the residential division. Mrs. Howard Graham will lead a house to house drive March 3 to 15 under Campaign Chairman Barney Morrison. The effort emphasizes donor participation enabling relief work even without disaster presence.
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Linn County Red Cross Fund
Howard Graham
Red Cross
Graham
Barney Morrison
Morrison
Charles O. Norberg
Norberg
A. M. Blum
Edward F. Sweetser
Bernard Werner
Harry W. Kelly
F. Y. Thompson
John Boegert
Walter C. Anawalt
C. B. Ellis
Chester N. Affeldt
William Morgan
Edward Kuba
Ed Mittwalsky
Larry Johnson
George Merrifield
Alfred Schluntz
M. L. Karkosh
Robert Leonlard
Ralph Nandell
Charles Madsen
William Mineck
Marvin Gard
W. E. Ackley
Paul Miller
Raymond Shaw
Marvin R. Bishop
Beth Dodge circle sews for St Luke's Hospital
Members of the Beth Dodge circle of the King’s Daughters met at Mrs. Jerry Ovel’s home at 1021 First Avenue SW to sew for St. Luke’s Hospital. The circle announced its anniversary supper for March 9.
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Beth Dodge
The
King’s Daughters
Jerry
Ovel
First Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bonnie Lee Drahn to Wed Dale Henning in February
Mr and Mrs Elmer Drahn announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Bonnie Lee to Dale E Henning son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Henning The wedding is scheduled for February 25 at St John s Lutheran church Farmersburg.
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Farmersburg
Elmer Drahn
Bonnie Lee
Dale E.henning
Marvin Henning
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Arkansas visitor to Cedar Rapids honored with luncheon
Mrs Roy Bollinger of Donaldson Arkansas, formerly of Cedar Rapids, visits Cedar Rapids homes of Mrs Clara N Avis and Mrs Herbert Ellingson. She will be honored at a Wednesday luncheon at Mrs May Snell's Marion home and at a Wednesday evening gathering at the Unity Center.
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Roy Bollinger
Donaldson, Ark
Cedar Rapids
Clara N. Avis
McKinley ‘Street
Herbert Ellingson
First Avenue NW
May Snell
Marion
Unity Center
Connor Moore wedding at Oxford Junction in Methodist church
Miss Carolyn Connor and Merlin Moore wed at the Oxford Junction Methodist church Saturday evening. The couple will honeymoon then farm near Hale, with attendees Miss Karen Bright and Junior Paulsen. Engagement announced: Beverly Schoonover of Waterloo to Douglas Keith of Hudson, wedding planned in Fredericksburg in April.
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Oxford Junction
Carolyn Connor
Keith Connor
Merlin Moore
Alfred Moore
Hale
Karen Bright
Junior Paulsen
Moores
Traer
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