Midwinter Travel Pulse Draws Local Residents
Cedar Rapids residents cue up for midwinter trips with many heading to warmer climates. Mrs Haven Y Simmons leaves for Pagsidena California to visit her parents while others return from California with updates from Los Angeles Phoenix and Tucson. Mr and Mrs C W Bloomhall and Mr and Mrs Ralph D Hunting plan or complete trips to California and Missouri respectively. The Cocker family returns from Florida and daughter Mrs Donald M Leonard visits from Grand Rapids Michigan. A Mexico trip is planned by Mr and Mrs Douglas B Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
West Coast
Haven Y Simmons
Twenty-second Street
Pagsidena
Calif
John S. Ely
First Avenue E
California
West
Ralph D. Gray
Third Avenue SE
Arizona
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
C. W. Bloomhall
Bever Avenue SE
Bloomhall
Ralph D. Hunting
Excelsior Springs
Harry Cocker
Windermere
Florida
Cockers
Donald M. Leonard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mexico
Douglas B. Grant
Carroll Drive
Beauty Parade at Iowa University selects six Hawkeye queens
Coeds in fancy gowns paraded before Bob Strong NBC orchestra leader in Iowa City to pick six Hawkeye queens from over 100 nominees. Maesto Strong chose 20 for photograph submission to Hollywood for final selection at the Junior Prom, a high point of the university year. Eastern Iowa contestants noted for both looks and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Bob Strong
NBC Orchestra
University of Iowa
Maestro Strong
Hollywood
Flags and patriotism dominate Bundles for Britain ball
A Cedar Rapids Country Club fundraiser features a lavish flag display from Bundles for Britain with 14 national emblems plus 12 American Colonial flags. A large 8 by 18 foot British banner decorates the ballroom as Helen Witchell and Bill Armstrong perform dances for about 150 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlewest
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Bundles For Britain, Inc
Britain
Burton H Saxton
Cedar Rapids
Great Britain
Chicago
George Washington
Burgess West
Hamilton Bell
Helen Witchell
Bill Armstrong
Wedding at Ralston Home for Lorraine Waggoner and Robert Gorham
Lorraine Waggoner daughter of Mrs. H S Waggoner of Peoria Illinois and Robert S Gorham of Boston were married at 3 pm yesterday in the home of the bride's uncle Weston D Ralston 2216 Bever Ave SE Rev James H Blackstone Jr officiated before a flower filled fireplace. The couple will reside at 20 Concord Ave Cambridge Massachusetts after a New Hampshire Green mountains trip. The bride attended Sullins College Northwestern and Leland Powers. the groom Harvard University graduate. Out of town guests included Mrs Rosa Byers and relatives from Charles City Peoria Water loo Primghar and Cambridge. A birthday party for Bill Rieniets followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Waggoner
H. S. Waggoner
Peoria
Ill
Robert S. Gorham
Boston
Thomas Gorham
Augusta
Weston D. Ralston
Bever Avenue
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Betty Stevenson
Helen Jean Waggoner
Rosa Byers
Charles City
Sullins College
Bristol, Va
Northwestern University
Leland Powers Theater School
Mr. Gorham
Exeter Academy
Harvard University
EF. R. Waggoner
Primghar
R. J Ralston
Waterloo
J. E. Waggoner
Lyle Hoffman
Theodore Powers
Bill Rieniets
John H. Rieniets
Twentieth Street SE
Rieniers
Browns Host Housewarming With Local and Out of Town Guests
A housewarming at 1258 Second Avenue SE hosted by Mr and Mrs G W Brown featured musical guests from Cedar Rapids and visitors from Waterloo Oelwein and Dysart. Weekend visitors included Lieut Robert Lamson of Vinton and Mrs Clarence Allen of Swanton Vermont other club meetings noted include the Ladies Literary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue SE
G. W. Brown
Ted Schulze
Charles F. Quentin
Charles Boegel
Elizabeth Munger
Mary Ellen Daly
Robert Lamson
Vinton
R. D. Spears
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Cedar Rapids
Clarence E. Allen
Swanton
Lulu
Averill
Frank M. Hallenbeck
Engagement of Audrey Jones and James Bever Announced
Mr and Mrs Thomas M Jones announce the engagement of their daughter Audrey Gray to James Denecke Bever son of Mr and Mrs James L Bever The couple plan an early spring wedding Both families list Cedar Rapids and Wisconsin affiliations with noted schools and sororities including Kappa Kappa Gamma Provisional Junior League member for Audrey and real estate work for James
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Jones
Country Club Parkway SE
Audrey Gray
James Denecke Bever
James L. Bever
Washington Avenue
Miss Jones
Mr. Bever
St. Katharine’s School
Davenport
Ward Belmont School
Nashville, Tenn
University of Wisconsin
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Bever
Shattuck Military Academy
Faribault
Minn
Pomfret School
Pomfret, Conn
Mrs. Proctor Hosts Coffee for Mrs. Frank Phelps
Hostess Mrs. Richard R. Proctor welcomed guests at a Saturday morning coffee at 2306 E Avenue NE in honor of Mrs. Frank Phelps of Chicago visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Vern Kelley. Out of town visitors included Mrs. Donald M. Leonard of Grand Rapids Michigan and Mrs. Paul Chandler of Des Moines alongside local ladies including Mesdames Topic Vernimont Breen Lyon Bogard Stauffacher Durin Rugg Gearhart Evans and Tousey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Proctor
E Avenue NE
Frank Phelps
Chicago
Vern Kelley
Donald M. Leonard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul Chandler
Des Moines
Peter L. Topic
Raymond Vernimont
Edward Breen
Wallace D. Lyon
Kenneth Bogaard
Dean Stauffacher
Jack EB. Durin
Richard Rugg
Jerome L. Gearhart
Ronald P. Evans
Orville H. Tousey
Open house invitations and club events announced
Robert Vernon Phillip Renick and Robert Kedin invite guests to an afternoon open house at 5 Turner Alley from 3 to 5 and 5 to 7. Sumner D Quarton hosts bridge dinner Monday at 514 Indian Road SE. 606 members of the Wednesday Shakespeare club visit Mrs Earl A Bickel at 2377 Blake Boulevard SE Wednesday at 2 pm for quotations roll call and Act Five of Twelfth Night led by Mrs Harold Trewin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Wolverton
Blake Boulevard
Duplicate Bridge Club
Robert Vernon
Phillip Renick
Robert Kedin
Turner Alley
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road SE
Shakespeare Club
Earl A. Bickel
Harold Trewin
Twins Deny Soft-Soap Attempt at Hawkeye Photo
Iowa City sisters Jane and Anne Frazier insist they were not trying to flatter Judge Strong in a university Hawkeye yearbook photo. Three Hawkeye officials stand in the shot: Ralph Haffner, Elizabeth Charlton, and Jim Kent. Also pictured are sophomores and freshmen candidates including Earleyn Johnson Jean Lawman Charlotte Hegland Kathleen Irwin Kay McElwain Margery Williams Dorothy Keppler Ellen Wilson Allayne Keneeny and Phyllis Hatton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EYE
Jane
Anne Frazier
Iowa City
Strong
Hawkeye
University
Ralph Haffner
Wayland
Elizabeth Charlton
Manchester
Jim Kent
Earleyn Johnson
West Union
Jean Lawman
Charlotte Hegland
Dorothy Keppler
Ellen Wilson
Mount Ayr
Allayne Keneeny
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Hatton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beauty Parade
Iowa
Hawkeye Officials Center
W. D. Ralston
G. W. Browns
Ladies’ Literary Club
Holmes
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
E. P. Ristedt
Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Wolverton
Milford Delzells
Milford M. Delzell
Springfield, S
Mr. Delzell
Earl B. Delzell
Grande Avenue SE
Milford Delzel
H. F. Lockwood
Maron
Audrey Jones
James Bever
Mrs. Proctor
Quartons
Bridge Club
Shakespeare
E. A. Bickel
Kathleen Irwin
Kay McElwain
Marion
Margery Williams
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