Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Local People Events
Local notes cover Mrs. Mina Gilchrist an amateur word expert on cradle boards and Detective Hanna’s Cedar Rapids quest. The Gazette family doctor series spreads nationwide with university and press group interest. A map guessing game, bridge reports, a babysitter tale, Zachary Scott call, and poems close the segment with playful local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Gilchrist
Walker
Hanna
Cedar Rapids
Carbon Copy Sets Shown By Craemer’s
The McCall pattern company arranged a working agreement with Italian couture designers and presented six carbon copy sets at Craemer’s style show in the Roosevelt hotel. The copies mirrored original lines with minor sewing ease changes, using silks, shantings, and nylon fabrics to create versatile designers’ originals for American home sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Craemer
Roosevelt Hotel
Clair W. Engh
Roy E. Hauser
Enghe
Hauser
Elinor Day
McCall Pattern Company
Couture Group
McCall
Fear of Criticism Keeps Women from Responsible Jobs
Ruth Millett argues fear of criticism blocks women from leadership roles such as PTA presidents or political offices. The Portland mayor notes criticism is unpleasant but tolerable when doing meaningful work, and better to be criticized for action than avoid effort.
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Portland
Ore
Mrs. Brown
PTA
Malta Chapter OES Meeting Advised for Saturday Evening
Tableware care tips advise drying knives spoons and forks after washing in hot soapsuds to prevent cloudy film on stainless steel. Malta Chapter OES invites all members to a 7:45 p.m. meeting Saturday with refreshments and a social hour.
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New
Malta
C.E.S
O.E.S
Order
King’s Daughters Circles Plan Luncheons and Sewing
Ida Mansfield circle meets Tuesday at 1 p.m. for luncheon at 2217 Ridgeway Dr SE. Louise Leibert circle meets Tuesday at 1 p.m. at 306 Crescent St SE. Star of the East circle meets Monday at 1 p.m. for dessert luncheon at 1544 A Ave NE. Mayflower junior circle met Friday at 1850 C Ave NE with devotions by Lola Flohra and sewing for St Luke’s hospital project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mansfield
Owen T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Louise Leibert
L. J. Klinger
Crescent Street
Star of the East Circle
G. L. Peet
A Avenue
Mayflower
King’s Daughters
Sally Rinderknecht
C Avenue NE
Lola Flohra
St. Luke’s Hospital
Watson to Speak on The Consumer's Position
Dr. Donald Watson an economics assistant professor at Coe College will address the American Association of University Women at 8 p.m. at the Woman's Club on The Consumer's Position and the Present Inflation. The program is sponsored by the club's legislative committee and hosts include Mines and several named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Watson
Coe College
American Association of University Women
Woman’s Club
Watson
University of Iowa
Walter R. Wichser
M. L. Heinke
John Heston
Raymond Lund
Jeffe W. Smith
William A. Windus
Annie Y. Smithey
Community Groups Schedule Week Botany Studio
The Woman's Club Chorus rehearses Monday at 10 a.m. History and Literature department meets Monday at 1 p.m. for a picnic luncheon. Miss Alice ones reviews Sweeper in the ky. Art department crafts Monday at 7 30 p.m. Cards and refreshments follow. Take a food donation for party prizes. Keep fit classes Tuesday at 11 a.m. led by Mrs Hadzis. American Home department picnic luncheon Tuesday at 1 p.m. Miss Mildred Scott speaks on The City's Adult Recreation Program. Mrs L A Talbott, Mrs E O Samuelson, and Mrs A R Locke sing with Mrs John A Burrell on piano. Hostesses include Misses Frank Gates, Finley Stone, Raymond Dahms. Art department card party Friday at 7 45 p.m. Prizes and refreshments. Committee includes Mrs A B Cronbaugh etc. Miss Edna Dieman dancer and Miss Julia Bennett vocalist present Murals in Three Dimensions Tuesday evening for Mu Phi Epsilon and alumnae at Coe college Little Theater with Alma Turechek on piano. Coe faculty and students attend. Piano accordion recital tonight at 7 30 p.m. YMCA Little Theater features Marilu Brunson students and two accordion bands. Public invited.
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American Home Department
Mildred Scott
City Playground Commission
L. A. Talbott
E. O. Samuelson
A. R. Locke
John A. Burrell
Mies
Frank Gates
Finley Stone
Raymond Dahms
Edna Dieman
Julia Bennett
Mu Psi
Mu Phi Epsilon
Coe College
Alma Turechek
Coe
Ymca Little Theater
Marilu Brunson
Joyce Brown
Merle Linkletter
Barbara Dunlap
Diane Dunlap
Larry Svoboda
Lorraine Franklin
Don Morrison
Jean Magirl
Sandra Schaeffer
Dick Mills
Doris Clemons
Barbara Melichar
Margaret Buttre
Kay Bruzek
Dolores Klouda
Barbara Myers
Judy Ernst
Deanna Dougherty
Dorothy Pracock
Cobina Wright Jr. Through Glamour and War Years Adventure
Elaine Cobb grew up on an Oregon ranch and became Cobina Wright Jr. a famed society hostess and nightclub figure. Her life spans European voice training war work New York high society and a 1929 fortune collapse before she built a public persona as a columnist and social observer.
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Elaine Cobb
Oregon
Cobina Wright, Jr
Elaine
Europe
Cobina
New York
Owen Johnson
America
Paris
General Pershing
Bernard Baruch
Aga Khan
United States
Bill Wright
New York Stock Exchange
Bill
Cobina, Jr
Wrights
Wright
Waldorf-Astoria
Prince Philip
Greece
Philip
Princess Elizabeth
INS
Fourteen Men on Heard Island Antarctic Expedition Tale
Arthur Scholes recounts the 1947 Australian national Antarctic expedition to Heard Island. Fourteen men endure violent storms and isolation while collecting weather data cosmic rays and ecological notes during a year on the desolate isle 2,550 miles from the South Pole.
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Australia
Heard Island
South Pole
Arthur Scholes
John Robertson
The Sin of the Prophet by Truman Nelson review
Boston setting a decade before the Civil War centers on Anthony Burns, runaway slave. Theodore Parker and prominent abolitionists champion the Negro as Nelson situates Hawthorne and Thoreau among other era figures in a 450 page historical novel about Anthony’s return, ministerial training, and aid to his people in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Anthony Burns
Theodore Parker
Nelson
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Samuel Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Hawthorne
Thoreau
Anthony
South
H. G
Reviewer's January pick reads like autobiography in disguise
This reviewer praises the Literary Guild January selection as absorbing and enlightening. It highlights the Turkish revolutions, Greek conflicts, and a remarkable grandmother who bridges tradition and modern life, all based on real people.
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Literary Guild
Helen Goddard
The Dark Moment by Ann Bridge review
Ann Bridge’s Turkey study follows two sheltered girls as they join Mustafa Kemal’s army in 1920. The novel tracks their adaptation to harsh climates and a veil free Turkey under Kemal, capturing the upheaval of the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Bridge
Turkey
Mustafa Kemal
Kemal
Himalayan Assignment unfolds under North in perilous Himalayas
Col Hugh North embarks on a dangerous Himalayan mission to align world peace amid Chinese and Russian Communist delegations and natural hazards. A blizzard landslide and spy games test wit and nerve, but North remains master of the situation by story's end.
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van Wyck Mason
Hugh North
Himalayas
India
Col. North
Shangri la
H. G
More of the Same My Cousin Rachel Review Note
A short piece notes continued commentary on Daphne du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel. The excerpt hints at a skeptical, distant narrator and a refrain echoing in a popular song. Further reviews are promised on page 8 column 7.
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My Cousin
Rachel
Daphne du Maurier
Doubleday
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