Midwestern town humor in Grinnell and beyond
A light column recounts humorous wartime style vignettes from Grinnell and Cedar Rapids. A sergeant jokes about paying his own lunch as two officers escorting him to federal custody pass through a restaurant. Other bits include autographs for a boy in Iowa City, a hotel menu joke in Bombay resident S G Joshi's company, a birthday memory in Arkansas, and a Lyons Den quip at a phone call from the bus depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Des Moines
Federal
Cedar Rapids
O'Leary
Inez Lyon
W. D. Lyon
Inie
Lyons
Den
W D. Lyon
Bundles For Britain Plans Colorful Ball
Mrs Glenn O Fletcher opens plans for a colorfully themed Bundles For Britain ball. Contributions may be sent to Reginald B Fuigge, 2008 Grande Avenue SE, with proceeds aiding the national Bundles for Britain and Cedar Rapids chapter for knitting goods clothing salvage and medical supplies. Private subscrip tion underwrites dance expenses as locals arrange Dutch treat dinners at the Country Club that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn O. Fletcher
Reginald B Fuigge
Grande Avenue
National Organization of Bundles
Britain
Cedar Rapids
Country Club
Colonial Ballet To Be Presented For College Club
Members of the Cedar Rapids College club meet next Saturday at 2 15 p m in the Women s gymnasium at Coe college for a Colonial Ballet presented under Miss Ethel Ryan s direction Hostesses include Mrs S V Shonka chairman and others El Kahir unit to meet Thursday at 1 p m for a picnic luncheon at the Masonic hall with Mrs Stella Smith as chairman Members bring a covered dish and sandwiches West Highlands circle new International Order of Kings Daughters and Sons formed at Mrs Stanley L Davis home Officers elected include President Mrs Davis Vice President Mrs William Schaefer Secretary Mrs Fay Clemens Treasurer Mrs Louis Estes Cedar Rapids Society for the Hard of Hearing will sponsor a lip reading class Monday at 7 30 p m at apartment PA 326 15 Third Avenue SW Practice class Thursday at 2 p m Board meeting at 4 30 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids College Club
Coe College
Colonial Ballet
Ethel Ryan
S. V. Shonka
Royal H. Holbrook
Randall C Hart
James Kew Jey
Cecelia Leven
Elsie Probst
Mary Woitishek
el Kahir
Woman's Auxiliary
Shriners’ Hospital For
Masonic Hall
Stella Smith
M. M. Knickerbocker
Hattie Blaine
Jessie Bennett
R. A. Greenawalt
Gertrude King
West Highlands Circle
International Order of King's Daughters and Sons
Stanley L. Davis
Henry E. Haegg
Davis
William Schaefer
Fay Clemens
Louis Estes
The
Cedar Rapids Society For the Hard of Hearing
Apartment PA
Third Avenue
Wgirectors
Radio Council Announces Three Programs For Week
The Cedar Rapids radio council outlines a week of 4 30 pm broadcasts over WMT featuring The Star Spangled Banner dramatized by Mrs George M Newland with Rev. William Jacobs and Coe college students. The Conscript by Mrs A C Strohmeyer with Legion auxiliary sponsors. and The Rabbit's Revenge by Mrs Fernn Hileman on a children's hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
WMT
George M Newland
Jot Hecker
William Jacobs
Hecker
Coe College
Peter Narey
JD. Lambert
Daniel Sweeney
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford Post
A C. Strohmeyer
Carl Ettinger
M. J Frankel
Wilma Adams
Ruth Rich
Mervin Severance
S Revenge
Fernn Hileman
Easts to observe fiftieth anniversary at Cedar Rapids open house
Mr and Mrs Arthur M East of 1400 Elmhurst Drive NE Cedar Rapids invite guests to a 7 to 10 pm open house Tuesday celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They married February 18 1891 in Lake City Indiana and lived in Oak Park Illinois before moving to Cedar Rapids a year ago.
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Arthur M. East
Elmhurst Drive
Lake City
Easts
Oak Park
Ill
Cedar Rapids
East Residence
Charles E Roberts
Robert L. Stone
L. W. Dunlap
East
North Western Railroad
Chicago
Junior League to Stage Elaborate Children’s Play
The Junior League presents a children’s theater with Miss Maurene Munger as Peter and Mrs Cedric Hahn as Boots. Other roles include Mrs Stewart Holmes as Mermaid Princess and Mrs William G Isom as Prince Dolphin, with Della May Nash as Wicked King Ocorpus and Fredric the gold fish held by Mrs Donald P Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Theater
Maurene Munger
Peter
Cedric Hahn
Boots
Kitten
Stewart Holmes
Prince Dolphin
William G Isom
Ocorpus
Della May Nash
Donald P. Barnes
Fredric
Starfish Ladies In Waiting
Herbert L. Nishan
Lawrence J. Halpin
Audrey Jones
James Noell
Clark W. Chandler
Junior League
League
Hans Brinker
Local Reading Groups and Social Gatherings Schedule
A list of gatherings includes the AARVIW group meeting at 2 p.m. with Mrs Delbert R Ashby hosting and Mrs Wayne Arensman assisting. Dinner host families Mr and Mrs Floyd F Moore will honor guests Mr and Mrs Peter L Topic as they plan to move. Other events include Quota Club luncheon at Roosevelt hotel and Czech Fine Arts Society meeting at Mrs Josephine Pohorsky’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert R. Ashby
Country Club Parkway SE
Reading
Wayne Arensman
O W. Lawrence
Floyd F. Moore
Sixth Avenue SE
Peter L. Topic
Oakdale
Everett Chandler
Brodie B. O'Brien
Czech Fine Arts Society
Josephine Pohorsky
Second Street
Joseph Sadowsky
Maurice Hindus
Mayflower Chapter Hosts Washington Birthday Luncheon
The Mayflower chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will entertain at the Washington birthday luncheon next Saturday at the Elks club. Luncheon starts at 1 p.m. Change from the usual meeting date. Hostesses include Mrs. F. E. Corey Mrs. Leland Mahaffey of Iowa City Mrs. Verne Tapper and Miss Louise Safley. Program details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayflower
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elks Club
F. E. Corey
Leland Mahaffey
Iowa City
Verne Tapper
Louise Safley
Jeanne Ann Ward Celebrates Eleventh Birthday Party
Jeanne Ann Ward hosted a roller skating party at the rink on Saturday afternoon for friends. Refreshments with a valentine motif followed and guests received valentine favors. Attendees included Esther Armstrong Sue Randall Joan Atkinson Mary Irene Beerkren Barbara Wagner Barbara Carter Nancy Woggenthaler Virginia Mansfield Norma Jean Ward Louise Blaul Shirley Ehrke Janet Haig Judy Lattner Ailleen Bugenstein Betty Schwinn Ramona Fields Martha Ann Burger Norma June Allen Marianna Herriott and Betty Dooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Ann Ward
J R. Ward
Twenty-first Street
Valentine
Esther Armstrong
Sue Randall
Joan Atkinson
Mary Irene Beerkrem
Sue Smulekoff
Barbara Wagner
Barbara Carter
Nancy Woggenthaler
Virginia Mansfield
Norma Jean Ward
Louise B
Judith Johnston Honored On Her Seventh Birthday
A seventh birthday party was held yesterday at the home of Judith Johnston’s parents 2120 Greenwood drive SE. Prizes were awarded, doll favors given, and guests included Connie McClary Penny Jones Sally Files and others. Chapter FO P. O. members meet Tuesday at 1 pm in Voorhees hall with hostesses Ethel Ryan Mary Bell Minna Wikoff Alice E Page Grace Lambert and Emma Lambert. At 3 30 pm PEQ members are invited to see dances by Coe college women at the women’s gym directed by Miss Ryan. IH members join a dessert luncheon and chapter birthday at 1 pm at 1545 A avenue NE hosted by Mrs Floyd H Knapp with assistants. Mrs Bessie Jacobson will speak on Mountain Handcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dennis
Nineteenth Street
College Club
Charles J Bready
Mary Ellen Chase
Judith Johnston
Judith
R. S. Johnston
Greenwood Drive
Joan
Gloria Johnston
Patty
Carol Jean Boudreaux
Connie McClary
Penny Jones
Sally Files
David Hickenlooper
Mary Krumholtz
Dianne Skinner
Sherylene Rabus
Marsha O'Brien
Dick Keehn
Voorhees Hall
Ethel Ryan
Mary Bell
Minna Wikoff
Alice E Page
Grace Lambert
Emma Lambert
Coe College
Miss Ryan
Floyd H. Knapp
L. W. Walker
D. P. Schwarzentruber
Bessie Jacobson
Mildred Tellier
Forest Drive
Flora Taylor
Sue Damour
Edith Bradley
Winifred Carrithers
Peggy Brown
Nathan H. Strawn
Near Garrison
R. J. Brown
Brown
Sixth Avenue SE
Mr. Strawn
J. T. Strawn
Des Moines
White Shrine Kensington Meeting At Mrs Peter SEN Home
The White Shrine Kensington will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Andrew Peter sen 2447 Fifth avenue SE Mrs W E Mickel will give a book review Kathryn Chambers is hostess chair assisted by Mesdames Edith Herdlicka Bertha Lenck Effie Neill Laura Gregory Sarah Ainsworth Anna Sorensen Libbie Prucha Bessie Novotny Matilda Snouffer Ollie McNabney and Gaie Ward
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Andrew Petersen
Fifth Avenue SE
W. E. Mickel
Kathryn Chambers
Edith Herdlicka
Bertha Lenck
Effie Neill
Laura Gregory
Sarah Ainsworth
Anna Sorensen
Libbie Prucha
Bessie Novotny
Matilda Snouffer
Ollie McNabney
Gaie Ward
Minneapolis Symphony Here Friday With Children's Concert
The Minneapolis Symphony plans a Friday event at Memorial Coliseum with a 3 p.m. children's concert and an 8:15 p.m. adult program led by Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos. Doors open 7:15 p.m. for the adults. Membership tickets apply. out of town patrons may buy at the door. Information via Mrs Robert B Davis or Miss Ollie Larson. The orchestra is on its midseason tour with past numbers including Dorothy Maynor and the Don Cossack Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Community Concerts Association
Memorial Coliseum
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Robert B Davis
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
Ollie Larson
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Minneapolis
Honolulu
Little Falls
Toronto
Canada
Omaha
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Milwaukee
Evanston
Carroll
West Salem
Wis
Ashley Chapter Hosts Washington Birthday Party at Roosevelt
Ashley chapter Daughters of the American Revolution plans its annual Washington's birthday luncheon next Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel. Luncheon begins at 1 p.m in the Roosevelt ballroom followed by an afternoon of entertainment as part of the guest day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Women Voters Tea and Reception Next Wednesday
Midweek events for the League of Women Voters include a tea and reception at Mrs. George C. Claassen’s home on Woodland Drive SE. The event runs 2:30 to 4:30 PM with committee members in charge. invites sent to Monticello and Iowa City leagues and local guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cue Women To Give Colonial Ballet This Week
Senior girls selected by the college YWCA will host a Colonial themed ballet in the women’s gym with a dream fantasy story. Adele Weymouth leads as a modern man in a masque and Margaret Threlkeld as a Colonial lady in the dream sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George and
Martha
Adele Weymouth
Margaret Threlkeld
Ife
Kathryn Shaw
Alice Mae Ottilie
Coe
Margaret Hindee
Martha Leksa
Leota Becking
Virginia Ohmann
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Dick Blazer
University Hospital
Eddie Anderson
Eddie
Anderson
Nile Kinnick
S. G. Joshi
Bombay
India
Gazette
Arkansas
King's Daughters
Badocio
Radio Council
Miss Wipmer Skung
Colorado Mountains
Jean Witmer
Third Avenue SE
Gilbert M. Bates
Linden Drive
Miss Brooks
Marjorie Brooks
Donald D. Gilmore
Center Point
Otto Gustafsson
Geneve Gillmore
Hertha Biberdorf
Dr. Gillmore
James Fairley
Laura Gillmore
Mildred
Zelda Gillmore
Marion
Marie Cook
Walker
H. H Brooks
Caroline Raddatz
Ann Gintert
Lucille Vial
Phylis Robbie
Mabel First
Frances Christiansen
Selah Mock
Ella Kokemiller
Hazel Heasty
Virginia Anderson
Lillian Bezdek
Ruby Ellison
Mrs. Davis
Julian Davis
Bettendorf
W. H. Bontrager
George Youtzy
C. H. Newman
Newman
F Avenue NW
Division No. 5
Trinity Methodist Church
J. O. Linder
Otto Erbe
Vern C. White
J. W. Cocayne
F. W. Kennedy
John Miller
J. L. Myers
C. W. Davis
W T Abernathy
Alpha XI Mothers’ Club
J. F. McLaughlin
Twenty-eighth Street
Alpha Xi Delta Mothers’ Club
Ed Stewart
Bert Haynes
MR. and
Mrs
Hardendor
Robert Straughn, JR
Lawrenceburg
Ind
R. O. Straughn
Seventeenth Street
Quantico
Marine Corps Reserve
Mothers’ Club
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Mothers’ Club
Joel E. Rogers
Park Terrace SE
Floyd Moores
Quota Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Czech Fine Arts
Department of Government and Social Welfare
Cedar Rapids League of Women Voters
Montrose Hotel
Pleer
Falm-Oil, Ol. Guar
White Shrine
Minneapolis Symphony
Ashley
Women Voters
Mrs. Tellier
St. Rita's
St. Matthew's Church
Danceland
R. L. Oberbroeckling
Otto Balcar
Cochairmen
Second Street SE
College
Y W.C.A
Jeanetta Hatfield
Dorothy Little
Ruth Andresen
Mary Ellen Ford
Eloise Helfenstine
Dorothy Stookey
Jonjon Perkins
Frances Beal
Betty Mae Sommer
Beth
Schlampp
Elizabeth Johnston
Frances Wagner
Mary Towne
Alice McLaughlin
Pauline Huston
Jean Richardson
Jean de~ Herder
Margaret Ann Twogood
Betty Lou Erickson
Katheryn Greene
Lila McCormick
Virginia Smith
Alicia Franey
Gavotte
Misses Perkins
Beal
Hatfield
Little, Greene
Elizabeth Colton
Elizabeth Flanagan
Rye
Franey
Perkins
Miss Schlampp
Miss Sommer
Miss Threlkeld
Miss Hindee
Miss Weymouth
Misses Little
Hatfeld
Winn
Sommer
Margaret Mineck
Colton
Flanagan
Threlkeld
Weymouth
Erickson
John
Mineck
McLaughlin Schlampp
Waterloo
Northcott
John R. Northcott
Mount Vernon Avenue
City
Epon eHay
Zoric
Dial
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