Dinner for Lois Grissel climaxes week of parties
Miss Lois Grissel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Grissel, plans to marry Har Pressor Aldrich Jr. Saturday evening. Pre nuptial events include a Roosevelt hotel dinner and multiple showers hosted by friends in Dayton and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Grissel
Pressor Aldrich, Jr
Miss Grissel
Walter R. Grissel
Upland Drive
Iowa City
Roosevelt Hotel
Margaret Barngrover
Bever Avenue
Barngrover
Robert Johnson
Blake Boulevard
Alan Felthous
John Owen
Melvin Heinke
Terry Noe
Dayton
Ohio
Noe
Grisse
Rollo Pickford
D A R Luncheon Attended By Several Cedar Rapids Guests
In Cedar Rapids Friday the Washington's birthday luncheon of Ashley chapter D A R drew guests including Mrs. R. P. Ink Mt. Vernon state vice regent Mrs. Howard More Iowa City and Mrs. Leonard Porter Council Bluffs. Seventy five reservations were reported for the Roosevelt hotel luncheon. Speaker was Mrs. Tom B Throckmorton Des Moines vice president general of the national society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ashley Chapter
D.A.R
R. P. Ink
Mt. Vernon
Howard More
Iowa City
Leonard Porter
Council Bluffs
More
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Tom B. Throckmorton
Des Moines
The
National Society
Mt Mercy Woman’s Club to Meet at Junior College
Mt Mercy Woman’s Club will meet Sunday at Mt Mercy junior college at 2 30 for a business session followed by a tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Mercy Woman’s Club
Mt. Mercy Junior College
Hohnbaum named vice president of Iowa Mutual Girls club
At the February meeting of the Iowa Mutual Girls club Wednesday evening Miss Margaret Hohnbaum was elected vice-president. The dinner was held in the YMCA dining rooms. Committee in charge of arrangements was Arlene Freeman, chairman, with several Misses named as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Mutual Girls Club
Margaret Hohnbaum
Y.M.C.A
Arlene Freeman
Dorothy van Vieck
Mary Woolf
Betty Pagel
Lucille Grob&tick
Alberta Achenbach
Ella Jansa
Louise Rickman
Germaine Deeny
Helen Skvor
Lucille Melichar
Phyllis Schnoebelen
Dorothy Muller
Irene Tumiltity
Rita Kazimour
Beverly Zeman
Georgia Ann Hubert
Mardi Gras crowned at Grace Episcopal Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Lee O Whitcomb were crowned king and queen of the Mardi Gras in Grace Episcopal church. Dukes and duchesses included Forrest Maag Leo Schoonover and G L Prowit with Mrs H L Spratt as chair. Max Hahn presented acts and Jimmy Adams led the band for dancing. The event opened the year for the ways and means committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee O. Whitcomb
Grace Episcopal Church
Ways and Means
Cedar Rapids
Max Hahn
Jimmy Adams
Miss Haworth Weds Pfc Earl McBurney in Iowa City
Miss Mary Anne Haworth and Pfc. Earl McBurney wed in a Methodist parsonage ceremony in Iowa City. The bride is a Roosevelt High School alumna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Haworth, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. McBurney of Walker. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents until McBurney reports to Camp Sheridan for overseas duty with the Seventy-fifth Division after furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Mary Anne Haworth
Pfc
Earl McBurney
Miss Haworth
Wilmer J. Haworth
Ninth Street
Mr. McBurney
L. M. McBurney
Walker
Fred Hogan
Doris Burt
Roosevelt High School
Pfc. McBurney
Camp Sheridan
Europe
Sororities Adopt New Rushing Plan at Iowa
The University of Iowa sororities approve a temporary rushing plan to pledge more women this semester to bridge to the deferred rush in February 1947. Dean Helen Fecht notes the plan aims to reduce past selective criticism and will allow orientations before pledging. The Pan-Hellenic council has guided policy changes over several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Helen Fecht
Miss Fecht
Pan-Hellenic Council of Sorority Women
Miss Donna Mae Sponar Named Bride Elect at Shower
Donna Mae Sponar was honored as a bride elect at a Wednesday evening shower hosted by Marilyn Tomash of 1515 Sixth street SW. Guests included Mrs. W. M. Washburn, Mrs. J. J. Sponar, Mrs. Helen Stanford, Mrs. J. W. Engle dow, Jo Ann Sponar, Elaine Brack, and Catherine Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Mae Sponar
Marilyn Tomash
Sixth Street
W. M. Washburn
J. J. Sponar
Helen Stanford
J. W. Engledow
Jo Ann Sponar
Elaine Brack
Catherine Morgan
St Patrick's Day Dance Plans At Keen Teen Kinb
Gloria Weiser outlines Keen Teen Kinb plans for a March 15 St Patrick's Day dance with a committee including Gable Dulin Shaheen Fillenworth Fry and Vosdingh plus a floor show led by Hartman Spohn Abodeely and Heefner. Jimmie Adams and his band provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Sure
Gorra
Winton Gable
Joan Dulin
Don Shaheen
Chuck Fillenworth
Bob Fry
Mary Alida Vosdingh
Jean Hartman
Janice Spohn
Vickie Abodeely
Dorothy Heefner
Dorothy Thibeau
Doris Craven
Chuck Welsh
Charolotte Davis
John Vernon
Don Paxton
Sandra Schenefelt
Pauline Linder
Jimmie Adams
St. Patrick’s School
Daniels Park Church
Mt. Mercy Junior College
Woman’s Club
Ray Long
Times
Johnny Mercer
Woody Herman
Dinner Precedes Annual Colonial Ballet at Coe
At Coe College the Colonial ballet week continued with a Thursday dinner to honor the upcoming performance. Janice Bailey and Eleanor Rodgers were introduced as George and Martha Washington to preside, selected by Coe WCA members. The event featured period dances and a soft shoe by Robert Bannister, with Ruth Webster on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College Colonial Ballet
Janice Bailey
Cedar Rapids
George
Eleanor Rodgers
Davenport
Martha Washington
W.C.A
Coe
Department of Physical Education
Ruth Zika
Washington
Leta Yourd
Clinton
Marilyn Levitt
Chicago
Betty Dahl
Barbara Fitzgerald
Hayes School Chorus Delights Cedar Rapids Club
The Cedar Rapids Women's club music department heard five vocal selections by the Hayes school mixed chorus of 30 pupils. Under Miss Irma Kubik's direction the choristers sang pieces representing five countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Women’s Club
Hayes School
Irma Kubik
Woman's Club Music Dept Programs Highlighted
Members of the Woman's club music department discussed several tunes with Mrs. Karl E. Manz in charge of the program guiding the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Karl E. Manz
Dolorez Sewell Becomes Bride of Levi Pennington
Miss Dolorez Sewell, daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Sewell of 1012 C avenue NW, wed Levi C Pennington of Solon at 6 p m Thursday in Rev Don Cassidy’s home at 1726 C avenue NE. Attendants from Cedar Rapids wore blue outfits and corsages of gardenias and pink rosebuds. a reception followed at the Sewell home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolorez Sewell
William H. Sewell
C Avenue
Levi C. Pennington
Solon
Don Cassiday
Walter Merritt
Cedar Rapids
William E North to address Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters members will hear William E North of Chicago, manager of the northern Illinois branch of New York Life, at the Montrose hotel meeting Saturday noon. North has held leadership roles with Portland Oregon and Chicago life underwriters groups and is secretary treasurer of the Chicago Life Managers group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
William E. North
Chicago
Northern Illinois
New York Life Insurance Company
Montrose Hotel
North
Portland, Ore
Life Underwriters Association
Chicago Life Underwriters Association
Chicago Life Managers Association
Chicago Life Managers Group
Cedar Rapids Association
Ira Carruthers
David DeLay Honored On Sixth Birthday
Fourteen guests attended a party for David DeLay on his sixth birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Marcus M. DeLay of Elm Avenue SE. The event featured games, prizes, and a patriotic decor theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David DeLay
David
Marcus
M. DeLay
Elm Avenue SE
Billy Clymer
Loren Dietz
Bobbie
Sandra Litts
Harold Heck
Fritzy Fisher
Michael Davin
Margaret Ann Pettit
Vern Tihlers
Bobby
Janet Payne
Gary
Vern Clemenson
Pork and Peppers Flavorful Sunday Dinner Dish
Over the Back Fence presents a recipe for Pork and Peppers serving four. It details ingredients including pork butt peppers onion butter margarine and seasoning plus side dishes baked potatoes coleslaw and baked or chilled pears with orange juice and curacao. Instructions cover cubing pork sautéing with peppers and onion then combining before serving with a pear dessert.
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Curacao
Mary Queen of Scots Marriage Ties to Darnley Heir Line
Mary Queen of Scots married Henry Stuart Lord Darnley who, next after her, stood in line for succession to the British throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Queen of Scots
Lorde Darnley
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Iowa Mutual Girls
Mrs. Whitcomb
Mrs. McBurney
McNamara
First Avenue
Gloria Weiser
Y Indian Guides
Hayes School Chorus
DIAL
Mrs. Pennington
C.R. Life Underwriters
Wm. E. North
Naomi Doebel
Harmony
Uae
AL Dda
Waubeek
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