Cedar Rapids native Frederick Ross leads in Dear Ruth as stage manager
In Cedar Rapids, Frederick Ross, 15 year show veteran and Army veteran, returns for Dear Ruth after serving as a company commander in Europe. He is the show’s stage manager and plans directing, with stock work and possible future roles. Ross, single, studied at Neighborhood Playhouse and worked with Orson Welles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Chuck Vincent
Ruth
Iowa
Frederick Ross
Cedar Rapids
Sgt. Vincent
Ross
Showtime
David Turners
Waterloo
William H. Ross
Winter Haven
Fla
Hugh Ross
Sinclair Packing Company
Elizabeth Ross
William Ross
Chicago
Frederick
Gloria Swanson
New York
Neighborhood Playhouse
Dramatic School
The
Playhouse
Orson Welles
East
Parlor City Distributing Co Incorporation Notice
Incorporation under Chapter 491 of the 1946 Iowa Code for Parlor City Distributing Co with Cedar Rapids as principal office Linn County. Authorized 60 shares par 100 dollars. corporate existence from November 12 1946 for twenty years with renewal. Board of directors two to five, officers president vice president secretary treasurer. annual stockholders meeting second Tuesday of January. stockholders’ private property exempt. Dated January 28 1947 Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlor City Distributing Co
Iowa
Cedarapids
Linn County
Board of Directors
A-D
Jewell H. Ward
Rolla J. Midcalf
Cedar Rapids
WM. O. Slade
Guaranty Building
Designing Woman By Elizabeth Hillyer
A concise reader on furniture terms defines breakfront as a front formed by multiple planes and describes a bookcase or cabinet with a projecting center section. It notes the growing but imprecise use of breakfront to describe proportioned cabinets and explains highboy and credenza forms with distinguishing features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hillyer
Notice of Appointment of Administratrix in Linn County
On February 18 1947 Orpha Bealer Grimm was appointed as administratrix of Donald Stephens Grimm estate Linn County Iowa He urges all debtors to pay promptly and directs claimants to file authenticated claims with Imogen B Emery attorney at law in the Linn County District Court Iowa planning the administration of the deceased’s estate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Donald Stephens Grimm
Orpha Bealer G ‘Rimm
Imogen B. Emery
Icebreaker Burton Island Surveys McMurdo Sound Near Mt Erebus
The icebreaker Burton Island steamed into McMurdo Sound to begin survey operations near Mt. Erebus the Antarctic volcano. Flying Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen commands the Burton Island with a two star flag as the vessel enters largely iced uncharted waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Olympus
Burton Island
McMurdo Sound
Mt. Erebus
Antarctic
Richard Cruzen
Russell Ice Cream Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation under Chapter 491 of the Iowa Code for Russell Ice Cream Company with principal office at 3 theater Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa. Capital stock 1500 shares nonassessable $100 value. Commenced February 1 1947. Board of 2-3 directors. officers president VP secretary treasurer chosen from directors. Annual meeting third Monday September. Directors Sidwell Weber. Sidwell as president and treasurer Tevkin B. Weber as VP and secretary. Private property exempt from corporate debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Code of
Iowa
Russell Ice Cream Company
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Count Lowa
Albert B. Sidwell
Irving B. Weber
Tevink B. Weber
Albert
Sidwell
Ocean mapping report notes ice cover and green hues near McMurdo
Navy Correspondent John Lee, escorting Admiral Cruzen, describes a five foot ice pack over a sound during an Antarctic expedition. He notes pea soup green waters around McMurdo, influenced by shoals and ice, contrasting with the deep blue open ocean and a reported depth of about 13,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
John Lee
Buffalo
N. Y
Admiral Cruzen
Lee
McMurdo
Antarctic
Snow Clad Erebus Reveals 8000-Foot Crater Forms
The high peak of Erebus was veiled in haze then cleared to show a snow covered summit and an 8000 foot crater with paw like rock formations. Evidence of prior lava flows scattered the area around the still active volcano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erebus
Mt. Vesuvius
Lava Embankment Reaches 600 Feet Toward Sound
Outcroppings of the lava embankment extended as far as 600 feet toward the sound, indicating ongoing geological activity in the area.
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Dear Ruth
C.R
Second ‘Ave
Mademoiselle
White Eagle Coal
Dial L
Eagle Coal CO
First Street
Norcross America
Designing Woman
Auery
KREBS
First Ave
Second Avenue
Robert A. Doolittle
Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance Company
R. B. Jones & Sons Agency
Kansas City
Bob
Doolittle & Company
Guaranty
Patek
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply CO
Gazette
Third Avenue
Dexter
Hird Avenue
S.W
Owa
Beavy
Wategy
Curlers
Eihers
May's Drug Store
Second Street
Madelyn Bishop
Broiler
Owa-Illinois Gas and Electric
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