Cedar Rapids Native Ruml lauded as national idea man in Gazette talk
Alvan Johnston recalls Cedar Rapids figure Ruml praised for tax plans and frontier wit. The piece blends social satire with local scenes, from street humor at drugstores to a theater crowding tale, and notes on wartime shortages and a Stanwood incident. It captures a city portrait through civic and cultural vignettes.
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Alvan Johnston
Cedar Rapids
Suzette
National Idea
Uncle Sam
Johnston
Gazette
Treasury Department
Treasury
Macy’s
New Yorker
Iowa
Grant Wood
Rome
John Reynolds
France
Italy
G.I
Jerry
Durey Kridler MARRY AT St Pauls Chapel
Maxine Virginia Durey daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl E Durey and Lt Harold Kridler son of Mr and Mrs Paul L Kridler were united in a double ring ceremony at St Pauls Methodist Church Tuesday at 4 pm. Dr Charles J Bready officiated before white floral arrangements. Attendants Miss Jeanne L Kridler and Ensign Wayne John Foster. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home and a dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. Out of town guests included Mrs W O Briar Des Moines Miss Edna Schuler Oak Park and Mrs W C McClanahan and son Billy Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Maxine Virginia Durey
Carl E. Durey
D Avenue NE
Harold Kridler
Paul L. Kridler
Upland Drive
Charles J. Bready
Marshall Hickman
Jeanne L. Kridler
Wayne John Foster
Kridler
Roosevelt Hotel
Franklin High School
Coe College
Lt. Kridler
W. C. McClanahan
Billy
Chicago
Engagement of Patricia Jean Bridge to Donald Krohmer
Patricia Jean Bridge, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy J Bridge, announces engagement to Donald R Krohmer of Des Moines, son of Mr and Mrs John Krohmer of Lenox. Includes mention of other local notices on meetings and anniversaries.
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Roy J. Bridge
First Avenue NE
Patricia Jean
Donald R. Krohmer
Des Moines
John Krohmer
Lenox
Delta Delta Delta Alliance Meet Tuesday Dinner
The Delta Delta Delta Alliance will meet Tuesday at 6 30 p m for dinner with Mrs Ernest Rasmus sen 825 Twenty first street SE Hostesses will be the Mines J H Rowe G M Bird L R Grimes and Dr Alice B Salter and Miss Marian Hunting More than 180 reservations were made for the Cedar Rapids Country club s president s ball Saturday evening with Percy F Keehn as new club president and past presidents honored Music by Laurance Foster and his orchestra Chi Omega alumnae will dine Wednesday at 6 15 p m with Mrs Henry Gundling 2233 Meadow brook drive SE Assistants include Mrs Ray Ashlock Mrs Ralph Whitlock Mrs Howard C Strong and Mrs G M Ottsen
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State Theater
Horace Spencer
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Second Avenue
Gazette
Pella
Spencer
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
Ernest Rasmussen
Twenty-first Street
Mines
J. H. Rowe
G. M. Bird
L. R. Grimes
Alice B. Salter
Marian Hunting
Cedar Rapids
Chi Omega
Henry Gundling
Meadowbrook Drive
Ray Ashlock
Ralph Whitlock
Howard C. Strong
G. M. Ottsen
Health Education Department
Wurster
B Avenue NE
F. E. Wells
Chris Broadston
Chi Omega Mothers Club
First Avenue SE
M. F. Fortsch
C. M. Hatfield
Marie Miller
C. V. Ren
S. G. Armstrong
Blake Boulevard
Frank V. Orr
Stephen Foster
Fayette Moore
Jean Killian
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Willis Lamb
Fourth Avenue SE
Myron Koenig
Germany
Marnachin
Gilbert EF. Mains
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Kenneth Myers
Teheran
Stalin
Woman's Club to Present Two Act Play Fame in the Attic
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club drama department presents Fame in the Attic a two act play by Paul Mc Coy at a 2 30 p.m. general meeting directed by Mrs W R Armstrong with Olga Pestal Gladys Spratt Lillian Michel Daly Foor Bette Hibnes Margaret Heinrich and Ottilie Hruska in the cast. Board and trustees meetings follow and various club departments schedule picnics luncheons and programs through Friday with guests and hostesses listed.
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Dramatic Art Department
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Paul McCoy
W. R. Armstrong
Charles Gunn
Olga Pestal
Gladys Spratt
Lillian Michel
Daly Foor
Bette Hibnes
Margaret Heinrich
Ottilie Hruska
Wallace Engagement to Marry Nelson at Coe College
Jeanne Wallace announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter Jeanne to Midshipman Robert C. Nelson USNR son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Nelson of Jenkintown Pa The wedding is set for March 10 at 2 pm in Sinclair Memorial chapel Coe College Miss Wallace is a Franklin High School graduate and Coe sophomore Delta Delta Delta member Nelson is a Jenkintown High School graduate who attended The Citadel for two years before joining the Navy He is stationed at New Dame University and will receive his commission March 8
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John H. Wallace
Ridgewood Terrace SE
Jeanne
Robert C. Nelson
USNR
Charles E. Nelson
Jenkintown
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
Wallace
Franklin High School
Coe
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Nelson
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Navy
New Dame University
Beethoven Club Hosts State District Officers Meeting
Districts 1 and 2 of the Iowa Federation of Music clubs met at the Y M C A with Beethoven club as hostesses. Guests included state federation officers and Cedar Rapids Woman's club music department members. A program on Types of Dances featured Mrs. O S Beatty. Officers elected: Mrs Harold Stark district director 1 and 2, Mrs Francis Cuyler senior extension, Mrs Louis Sila junior extension. Mrs Clyde Sanborn president of the federation.
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Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Y.M.C
Beethoven Club
State Federation
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
O. S. Beatty
The
Mines
H. D. Miskimen
J. Taylor
D. D. Mitchell
C. K. Brown
G. 0. Fletcher
M. J. Hickman
A. O. Ambroz
Elizabeth Bohac
Margaret McCall
Harold Stark
Iowa City
Francis Cuyler
Cedar Rapids
Louis Sila
Clyde Sanborn
Junior League to Meet in Cedar Rapids
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids will hold a meeting on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the French room of the Montrose hotel.
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Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
College Club to Hear Expert in Parent Education
College Club invites members to a 2:15 p.m. Saturday meeting at the Woman's club house with Dr. Ralph H. Oejmann, associate professor of psychology and parent education at the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station in Iowa City. He will discuss adolescent development and parent education. he has held national roles in parent education and educational research.
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Ralph H. Oejmann
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Iowa City
College Club
Woman's Club
Oejmann
University of Illinois
University of Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
American Educational Research Association
W.S. Hill
Roger Choate
Irving Churchill
William Dennis
J. P. Galway
Lloyd Goettel
Scott Hallman
Paul Henderson
Morris Katzoff
Charles Overley
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Godfrey Votroubek
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Stanwood
Godfrey
Jay
Votroubek
Red Cross
Allied Action
Young Men’s Bureau
Chub
Maxine Durey Is
Married
John W. Barry Photo
Patricia Bridge
Mrs. Brown
W. J. Brown
Mary Burkhalter
Mrs. Shaffer
Jake Shaffer
1300
Eleventh Avenue
Marion
Troy Mills
Mia
Walter Rech
Vernon Heefner
Toddville
Orville Shaffer
Central City
Kiwanis Ladies
Kiwanis Club
Baldridge
3Rd St
Oo Country Club
Woman’s Club
Trustees
Emma Elliot
Bonnie Popham
Coek College Music
G. A. Johnson
E. R.newcomer
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Charles Cuyler
Beulah Hawley
Robert Kirkman
Virginia Ohmann
JoAnn Lattner
Ruthanna Herrald
Ardis Golken
W. E. Goreham
C. D. Moore
E. B. Rohn
Myrtle Hagan
Red Cross Sewing
Nature and Garden Department
A. H. Mott
Henry Coward
Clayton P. Smith
Ray Bridge
Charles Stocker
Health Education
Ida Mansfield
King’s Daughters
Owen T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Jeanne Wallace
Wes Panek Photo
Jay Hesser
Fifth Avenue SE
Meta Aussieker
Leila Stevenson
P. W. Jacobson
China
Alpha XI Delta
Toran Dow
Kayo
Martha
Manning
Hte Lee
O.P.A. Odd Lot
Tabee’s
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