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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1947

Page

22

Horizon Club Tolo Dance Set for March One at Montrose

Horizon club plans its annual Tolo dance March 1 in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel with Skeet Davis and his orchestra. From 16 candidates a queen will be chosen. escorts and attendants will join the king during the evening.

Horizon Club Crystal Ballroom Montrose Hotel Skeet Davis Eleanor Diller Kathryn Edmunds Carolyn Lindahl June Allen Peggy Vetter Judy Lattner Bonnie Smith Alberta Mueller Helenka Bartunek Marilyn le Mars Carol McLeod Joan Johnston Donna Atkinson Ruth Corin Leah Rosenberg Marie Hines Tommy Wong Gertrude Stenner M. J. Frankel Katherine Hodge Camp Fire Janet Jones Mary Kenyon Leonta Morrison Norrine Fenner

Reserve Officers Hold Its First Military Ball

About two hundred guests attended the inaugural Military Ball by the Reserve Officers Association at the Montrose hotel Crystal ballroom. The event honored navy marine corps national guard and regular army units with Vic Miller and his band providing music. Attendees included Coe college and University of Iowa military personnel, as National Security Week concluded, plus numerous local couples at preand post events.

Reserve Officers Association Crystal Montrose Hotel Robert Clark John Nevin Nichols Linn County R.O.A Nichols Louis Burkhalter Burkhalter Armed Services Vic Miller Navy Marine Corps National Guard Regular Army Organized Reserves Coe College Military Department University of Iowa Fifth Army Reserve Des Moines

Mrs. M. H. Williams Addresses Two DAR Groups

Mrs. M. H. Williams of 2316 Fourth Avenue SE spoke at a George Washington birthday tea in Burlington hosted by the Stars and Stripes chapter DAR. Earlier she lectured Washington chapter at a dinner meeting as part of her duties on the DAR state speakers bureau.

M. H. Williams Fourth Avenue SE Stars and Stripes Daughters of the American Revolution Burlington Williams D.A.R. State Washington

Calendar of Events for Iowa City and Mt Vernon

Public school vesper concert at Memorial Coliseum 3 p.m. Second annual Iowa Watercolor show public gallery and library 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. In Iowa City Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Iowa Union 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Labor Management Institute final meeting address by Senator Wayne Morse Coe College King Memorial chapel 8 p.m. Open to public In Mt Vernon Louis Adamic lecture Tolerance Is Not Enough Cornell College King Memorial chapel 8 p.m. Thursday Ballet Theater Memorial Coliseum 8:30 p.m.

Memorial Coliseum Iowa Public Library Iowa City Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Iowa Union Labor Management Institute Wayne Morse Coe College Mt. Vernon Louis Adamic Cornell College King Memorial Chapel

Junior League resumes Cedar Rapids Children's Theater

The Junior League of Cedar Rapids restarts its Children’s Theater March 22 with The Tinder Box at the Paramount in three performances for city grade schools. Cast includes Mrs Richard S Sheehy as Petrov and Mrs Edward M Soboda Jr as Round Tower. Tickets are sold a week before. Cedar Chapter OES meets with initiation and activities planned.

Cedar Rapids Children’s Lives Junior League of Paramount Theater Richard McKelvey Willis A. Glassgow Wallace D. Lyon Thomas F. Lange M. Darwin Sandy C. Max Widmer Dean Stauffacher Robert Farrell Ronald P. Evans Henry J. Adams George N. Harless Clark W. Chandler Peter L. Topic Donald P. Laird Glenn W. Higbee, Jr Robert Creswell Edwin H. Wadsworth C. James Noell Frederick S. Glanville

Margaret Tuttle to Be June Bride

Mr. and Mrs. Royal L. Tuttle announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret to First Lt. Robert D. Dunham of Westboro Missouri. Both graduates of Iowa State College Miss Tuttle is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Lt. Dunham is stationed in Washington.

Norway Royal L. Tuttle Margaret Robert D. Dunham Glen Dunham Westboro Miss Tuttle Dunham Iowa State College Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority Lt. Dunham Washington

Miss Robertson Engaged to Darold Jack of Marion

Mr and Mrs James C Robertson announce the engagement of their daughter Joanne to Darold J Jack son of Mr and Mrs Edward D Jack of Marion formerly of Cedar Rapids The couple have not set a wedding date Miss Robertson attended the University of Minnesota A graduate of the University of Iowa Mr Jack is a member of Theta Xi and Gamma Eta Gamma fraternities He served three years with the army air forces and is now associated with a law firm in Eldora

James C. Robertson St. Paul

Delta Kappa Gamma Group Meeting Planned Thursday

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at 334 Nineteenth Street SE Miss Cordelia Theiss host. Rabbi Herman E Schaalman will speak with Miss Catherine Eckstein in charge of the program and Miss Agnes Carlson handling refreshments.

Delta Kappa Gamma Society Cordelia Theiss Nineteenth Street SE Herman E. Schaalman Catherine Eckstein Agnes Carlson

Monday Shakespeare Club Meeting This Week

The Monday Shakespeare club will meet this week at 2 15 p m at the home of Miss Mae Hollen Beck 1417 First Avenue SE. The lesson study will be Act III Timon of Athens. Roll call will be responded to with items of interest.

Mae Hollenbeck First Avenue SE Timon Athens

Dinner Today Opens Annual Concert Drive

The Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association launches its seventeenth annual membership drive with a 6 p.m. workers dinner at the Montrose hotel led by Paul S. Ray president and Mrs. S. W. Wilder in charge of arrangements. The drive runs Feb 26 to March 1 with headquarters at the Montrose parlor and renewals for current members.

Cedar Rapids Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Thor Johnson Mona Paulee Metropolitan Opera de Paul Infantry Chorus Maryla Jonas F. G. Kellogg Fourth Avenue SE

Newcomers Club to Meet at Roosevelt Hotel

The Newcomers' club meets Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 30 in the Florentine room at the Roosevelt hotel. Cards provide entertainment and tea will be served. All newcomers to the city are invited with hostesses the Mines. Don Martin Don Miner Paul Heitzman P. H. Hostetler and Charles Dutton listed as hosts.

Florentine Roosevelt Hotel Mines Don Martin Don Miner Paul Heitzman P. H. Hostetler Charles Dutton

Mercedes Gorman to Become Bride

Miss Mercedes Gorman daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Gorman 1412 Third Avenue SE will marry John Vinson Nash Jr son of Mr and Mrs John V Nash 1440 A Avenue NE The bride to be attended Mercy Junior College and works for Collins Radio Company The groom served two and a half years in the navy and is a student at Coe College

Mercedes Gorman John C. Goreman Third Avenue SE John Vinson Nash, Jr John V. Nash

John Smiths of Oelwein To Note Golden Wedding

John P. and Mrs. Smith of Oelwein celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on March 1 with an open house March 2 in the Julian room of the Candy Box after a March 1 1897 Westgate marriage. Mr. Smith served with the C G W Railway 1908 to 1937 and they have four children Lucile Wood Leanore Levans Edith Stevens and W A Smith.

Oelwein John P. Smith Julian Candy Box Westgate Smith C.G.W. Railway Company Lucile Wood Leanore Levans Edith Stevens Boston W. A. Smith Bakersfield Calif

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Sandra Sandra Sprynel Jerry Sprynel Second Avenue SE Kay Culver Sally Mavis Mary Eaton Kay Evans Kay Lambert Winifred Bryson Barbara Williams Bonnie Busby Mary Vail Susy Mosley JoAnn Spryner Culytus Club Cultus Club Gas Company Earl C. Busenbark Italy Don E. Smith Ernest Kosek John A. Kooreman A. C. Topinka Donald Kessler Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr Donald G. Buck C. Kenneth Brown Richard Naibert Robert Nelson David Elderkin Ruth Bartling John Powell Tipton William E. Crissman Major Buck Iowa State Senior Organized Reserve HE J. Rayner D.A.R Rita Kennedy Mer Dempsey Dial Ballet Theater Margaret Tuttle Darold Jack Miss Robertson Delta Kappa Gamma Group Shakespeare Club Homemakers Shop First Avenue NE John Smiths Homemakers McNamara the Homemakers Shop First Avenue
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