Fractured Tales and Busy Cedar Rapids Times
A collage of lighthearted vignettes from Cedar Rapids includes Lenore Chehak’s fire scare and misadventures with the phone, a frigid ice carnival misadventure in St Paul, a mistaken identity robbery scare in Missouri, reporter misfire over scallops, and small town anecdotes about community figures and everyday mishaps. The items capture Local color and gentle humor from a bustling weekend.
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Cedar Rapids
Ann Uherka
Edna McElroy
Agnes Kuba
St. Paul
Como Park
Travel talk by Grace Behr for Cedar Rapids College Club
Mrs Grace Millikan Behr of Des Moines will speak to the Cedar Rapids College Club about Around the World on a Freighter at 2 15 p m next Saturday in the Bungalow of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company She is an English teacher and Oberlin graduate who studied in Berlin and has spent summers touring Europe The hostess committee will be chaired by Miss Nelle Erwin
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Cedar Rapids College Club
Grace Millikan Behr
Des Moines
Iowa Electric Light and Over Company
Behr
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
University of Iowa
Berlin
Germany
Europe
College Club
Nelle Erwin
Local AAUW Cedar Rapids Meeting Hosted Tuesday
The February meeting of the American Association of University Women Cedar Rapids branch will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the YWCA with speaker Mrs. A. H. Fuller of Ames. A playlet “Via Iowa” precedes the talk, and 6:30 p.m. dinner honors Fuller. Several study and social groups meet around town.
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American Association of University Women
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Fuller
Ames
Wayne J. Foster
Iowa
Frank V. Orr
Delbert R. Ashby
M. R. Warren
Donald S. Barry
Nevin Nichols
J. Stuart McQuiston
Fuller
Commonwealth
Chi Omega Sorority
Frederick C. Fisher, Jr
First Avenue E
Ray Ashlock
John Gilmore
Frances Balder
Jane Onlap
Colonial Ball Event Showcases Coe Women Performances
Miss Musgrave and Miss Threlkeld lead soloists in the Bridal Minuet while the group dances and sings Pop Goes the Weasel and Rye Waltz. Buckingham and Parrott offer Crinoline Days, and Lavender and Old Lace features a large cast. Mokrejs, La vend er and Old Lace soloists headline, with the program climax involving multiple performers in a grand finale. Barbara Ramsey joins Iowa State sorority after pledge. Ladies Literary Club dinner planned. PEO meeting set. Tau Gamma Sigma Founders Day dinner at Wurster’s tea room with officers elected. Christine Svoboda to wed Humbert on Feb 26. O’Leary home hosts honor event.
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Miss Musgrave
Miss Threlkeld
Miss Buckingham
Miss Curry
Miss Parrott
Miss Levsen
Tau Gamma Sigma
Trinity Lutheran Church
Coe Tri Deltas Honor Pledge Members At Tea
Active Coe college Delta Delta Delta members host a 3 to 4 tea at the sorority rooms honoring pledge members. Miss Betty Buckingham presides over a pansy color decor with Miss Marjorie McCrillus chairing. Following tea, the chapter attends vesper services. Pledge honorees include Betty White Bonnie Schermerhorn Phyllis Sheehy Patricia Salter Marjorie Reaney Dorothy Nelson Mary Jane Murace Patricia Graves and Betty age.
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Coe College
Betty Buckingham
Marjorie McCrillus
Agnes Johnston
Betty White
Bonnie Schermerhorn
Phyllis Sheehy
Patricia Salter
Marjorie Reaney
Dorothy Nelson
Mary Jane Murace
Patricia Graves
Betty Age
Washington Birthday Luncheon By Mayflower D A R Chapter
Mayflower chapter of the D A R plans a Washington luncheon Wednesday at the Montrose hotel at p.m. The program committee directs arrangements. The Roosevelt high school girls sextet will perform three numbers led by Ruth Miller the musical director. Ruby Taylor will speak on Intimate Glimpses into the Life of George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon.
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Washington
Mayflower
Montrose Hotel
Chaper
Roosevelt High School
Lovesther Patterson
Marilyn Thompson
Mary Ellen Reese
Janet Dennis
Carole Chapman
Merrell Keyes
Sara Mak Messenger
Ruth Miller
Ruby Taylor
George
Martha Washington
Mount Vernon
Muskers Celebrate Twelfth Wedding Anniversary
The Walter L. Musker and wife hosted an old fashioned anniversary party at 233 Twenty-third Street Drive SE. Guests wore period costumes as the home showcased Gay Nineties decor with antique china, oil lamps, and music from old records for square and circle dances. The Kernel club members and spouses attended, including E. W. Sommer, Richard Jones, Henry Holscher, Harold Mowrey, and Donald Kleitsch.
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Walter L. Musker
Twenty-third Street Drive
Muskers
Musker
Musker Home
Kernel Club
E. W. Sommer
Richard Jones
Henry Holscher
Harold R. Mowrey
Donald Kleitsch
Mrs L M Griswold Honored by American Pen Women
Recognition of Lucille Griswold as a member of American Pen Women for her writing and prose achievements.
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Lucille Gris
Woman Becomes Iowa County Books Field Auditor
Antoinette Thoma of Fairfield, 25, is appointed Iowa state field auditor becoming the first woman to hold a junior examiner position. She moves from Parsons College to Des Moines Cedar Rapids to begin work with O L Stubbs and N A Buck to study Iowa code and auditing forms while continuing fitness plans and bridge games. Her sisters and relatives hold roles in education and politics.
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Boro
Antoinette Thomas
Iowa
State Auditor
Worpan
Linn County
O. L. Stubbs
N. A. Buck
Antoinette Thoma
Fairfield
Leo D. Thoma
C. B. Akers
Karlena
Parsons College
Miss Thoma
Elzevir
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Washington, D. C
Wilhelmina
New Sheridan High School
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
Jefferson
van Buren
Anea
Ake
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Lenore Chehak
Milo Chehak
Lenore
Gertrude Fletcher
Gertrude
Bridge Club
Milo
Fire Department
John
George Lindsay
St. Joseph
Bob
Ellen Clark
Arthur Tschirgi
Art
Bud” Proctor
Bachelor Club
Bud
Ray Anderson
Gazette
Ray
Bob Snodgrass
Gazette Newsie
Guaranty Bank
Duncan
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Grant Wood
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Cedar Rapids Association
Madge LA Porte
Madge
Skid Batiin
David
Jimmie
U.W
George Kosek
Hawthorne Hill
Carroll Drive
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
Country Club Parkway SE
Reading
J. A. Stolar, Jr
Eighteenth Street SE
Arthur C. Naibert
Margaret Fishback
Mrs
Arthur Bye
Arthur L. Bye
Second Avenue SE
E. G. Nichols
Educational Fund
Cottey College
Pierre A. Tracy
Knapp
Russell F. Knapp
Twenty-first Street
Evelyn Northcott
Japan
China
Allan G. Thurman
R. P. Taylor
Mrs. Wolverton
Shakespeare Club
B. F. Wolverton
Blake Boulevard
Frances S. Ray
Man Shakespeare
Otto Kohls
Oklahoma
Otto A. Kohl
Third Avenue SE
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Kohl
Kohls
C. A. Richardson
Glenn E. Fisher
Frank L. Busers
Frank L. Buser
B Avenue NE
Swatosh
Eckhart
Dubuque
Nadine Swatosh
Tik Fifth Aves SE
Paare
Dubuque Ne
Sunshine Circle
Sunshine Circle of the King’s Daughters
Leona Brown
Twentyeninth J Street
Coe
Barbara Ramsey
J. C. Ramsey
Avenue
Iowa State College
oOo Ladies Literary Club
Ladies Literary Club
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Lumir Severn
H. R. Taylor
Mes. Ross
Harold J. Ross
Forest Drive
Otto Ambroz
Grace Lambert
Ethel Ryan
Karl P. Blaise
Miss Svoboda
Christine Svoboda
Humbert
J. G. O'Leary
Coe Tri Deltas
Mes
Buser
B Avenue
Music Study Club
William B. Millers
Boltons
W B. Miller
Pees and Theg
Miller
Malcolm V. Bolton
First's Avenue
Geraldine Daleske
Sammon
Grinnell. Company
Friendship Circle
Treat Tancheon
Jarath Uatroet
W. L. Muskers
F. C. Meyers
The
Fred C. Meyers
Ridgewood Terrace
the Sea
R. H. Triem
E. E. Shenetel
Elizabeth Goudge
Ashley
Commonwealth Apartments
St. Paul's Church
DR. Schermerhorn
Bryants
George W. Bryant
Center Point Road
Bryant
Grace Schermerhorn
Clinton
Norah A. Gott
Everinire
Linn
Harriett Swain
Elkader
CHI Omega Alumnae
Mrs. Fisher
Miss McLaughlin
Ella McLaughlin
Sixth Avenue SE
Rex B. Conn
DIAL
Thrift Wash
Marion
Vi At
Third Street
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