Around the Town glimpses from social scenes and light gossip
A collage of local anecdotes includes a St Louis Symphony moment at a downtown eatery, Wendell Delzell's fashion for Commerce Mart, a missed concert, a playful Pekingese rescue, Baxter family breakfast anecdotes, a Chicago writer’s poems, college fraternity pranks, odd delivery quirks, early morning Penick workers, and a Chicago Hedges child queries about prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Symphony
Symphony
Torgeson-Brown Rites In Kimball Wyoming
Miss Gertrude Louise Torgeson wed Robert Gene Brown Saturday at St. Joseph’s Kimball Nebraska born couple will reside in Cheyenne Wyoming. Attendants included maid of honor Frances Blaul and best man Frank Burke Casper. Ushers from Kimball and Casper. A wedding breakfast followed at the Torgeson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Louise Torgeson
Alfred G. Torgeson
Kimball
Neb
Robert Gene Brown
Earl R. Brown
Cheyenne
Wyo
St. Joseph's Church
Frances Louise Blaul
Theodore F. Blaul
Woodland Drive
Sonia Torgeson
Frank Burke
Casper
Mr. Brown
Leo Kronkright
Leo O'Hare
Joseph Burke
Torgeson
Brown
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
Miss Madeira
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Brown
Blaut
James L. Bever
Charles Denecke
Sally Zuercher Hosts Dinner And Theater Party
Miss Sally Zuercher daughter of Dr and Mrs A R Zuercher 1852 Second Avenue SE hosted friends at a local theater then returned to the Zuercher home for dinner with twelve places set Guests included Jane Grayston Mary Hubbard Sally Henry Patricia Benesh Janet Peterson Andrean Lowe Harriet Bernstein Jane Lyons Arline Maston Judy Anderson and Jane Taylor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Zuercher
A. R. Zuercher
Second Avenue SE
Zuercher
Miss Zuercher
Jane Grayston
Mary Hubbard
Sally Henry
Patricia Benesh
Janet Peterson
Andrean Lowe
Harriet Bernstein
Jane Lyons
Arline Maston
Judy Anderson
Jane Taylor
Franklin Students To Sponsor Dance At Club Saturday
Franklin Hi Y club plans a Saturday 8 30 to midnight dance at Cedar Rapids country club open to peers from all four area high schools. Dutch treat dinners may precede the event with home picnics for younger groups. Local orchestra to play. Dick Wildman and Bob Smythe co chairmen. Jack Talbot tickets. chaperons named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hi
Dick Wildman
Bob Smythe
Jack Talbot
Robert Nicholson
Frank X. Guyott
Ferris Clarke
Orville J. Deeds
Walter Estby
Harry Hansen
George Millers Host Bridge Club Dinner At Commonwealth
Mr and Mrs George F Miller entertained bridge club members at a dinner party Saturday evening at the Commonwealth tea room in the Washington avenue SE area. Also noted, WCTU east side meets Tuesday at 2 PM at Mrs Guy C Richs home with a memorial program for Lillian M national president 1898 1915. Better Health Club to meet Thursday at 8 PM in Montrose hotel. Cedar Rapids Boy Scout mothers meet Wednesday at 2 PM Chamber of Commerce. Fred J Payner speaks on camping and mothers discuss camp benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Miller
Washington Avenue SE
Commonwealth Tea Room
The
Commonwealth
W.C.T.U
Guy C. Rich
Washington Avenue
Lillian M
W.c.t .U
Better Health Club
Montrose Hotel
Boy Scout
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Fred J. Payneer
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford Post No. 5
Memorial Building
W. J. Barron
Linn County Safety Council
Auxiliary
Lloyd Grover
Home For the Friendless
Sokol Hall
Third Street SE
George Resler
J. J. Kroulik
Ward Vanderpools
Milwaukee
Thomas F. Lange
Fifth Avenue SE
Lancaster
Esquires
Ed Melcher
Darrel Costello
John Kassel
al Kitzhaber
Bill Carran
Virgil Wade
Bob Bixler
Don Davis
Bridge
Dean
Myron L
Koenig
Ernest Mickel
Oliver W. Muelcher
Betty H. Pritchett
Minna Wikoff
Kent Andrews
C. Harve Geiger
William V. Burger
Bill and
Bob Curran
Ralph Preckel
William Boardman
Cleo Byers
Arthur Vetter
Don Conway
Phineas James
Carl Koehn
Jimmy George
Arden Hughes
Bob Shearer
Lloyd DeJong
John Mansfield
George Stone
Wayne Baden
John Prasch
George Reinfeld
Milford Mills
Irene Bishop
Betty Coe
Betty Buckingham
Ruth Cully
Mary Ellen McLeod
Marjorie Reaney
Ruth Watterson
Dorothy Blodgett
Ruth Preston
Gertrude Shoemaker
Mildred Johnson
LaVerge Sem
Ilene Jones
Freda
More Folk Leave Others Return Home
Snowy January and February trips wrap up with Lairds and Armstrongs returning home. Cruises include Empress of Australia to Rio de Janeiro and Lurline to Honolulu, with stops in Kingston Jamaica Havana and Mexico City. Others head south for extended winter travel and plan later returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Laird
Vernon Drive
Rio de Janeiro
Hudson Swiler
Burlington
Nancy Green Pamela Shackell Host Younger Johnson Pups Dinner
Nancy Green and Pamela Shackell hosted a Johnson school dinner party at Miss Green’s parents home 2003 Bever avenue SE. Guests included Misses Jacqueline Wright Rose Marie Doty Corrine Hendrickson Janet Crabbe Marian Taylor Marion Toms Betsy Anderson and others. chaperon Miss Ethel Shean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Green
Pamela Shackell
Johnson School
Miss Green
Howard R. Green
Bever Avenue SE
Jacqueline Wright
Rose Marie Doty
Corrine Hendrickson
Janet Crabbe
Marian Taylor
Marion Toms
Betsy Anderson
Jim Liek
Don Denny
Gordon Fennell
Johnny Bob Horton
David Warren
Arthur Gertsen
David Darling
Joe Parcell
Larry Johnson
Ethel Shean
New P. E. O. chapters elect officers
Two new P. E. O. chapters organized February 19 by state organizer Mrs. Moray L. Eby elected officers. Mrs. R. R. Williamson heads Chapter IIH and Mrs. C. V. Lehman leads Chapter II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moray L. Eby
R. R. Williamson
C. V. Lehman
Party Guests Fill Rooms at Preceding Socials
A large list of social hosts entertained hundreds at cocktail parties and Dutch treat dinners before a central event. Among the hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Killian, with numerous Dubuque Tama and Omaha guests attending at homes and clubs across the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ond
Country Club
Robert B. “Davis
Mae Fisher
R. F. O'Brien, Jr
Omaha
Reginald B. Figge
Earl P. Blaise
Marvin Wright
J. Hamilton Bell
William S. Catlow
Davenport Brown
J. Elliott Davis
Glenn W. Hopkins
Bedford P. Lattner
James Y. Canfield
J. Max Widmer
C. Louis Fontana
Gordon Fennell
Eugene C. Hoyt
Herbert L. Killian
Vernon Drive
Deane L. Adams
William B. Miller
Dubuque
Charles Moyer
Tama
William B. Quarton
Third Avenue SE
Harry J. Chadima
T. M. Ingersoll
Harold J. Rowe
Lael Ray Abbott
David M. Elderkin
E Avenue NE
Mary Elizabeth Stuhler
Jane Dunlap
John Locher, Jr
Jack Rice
Mary Entertain
M. D. Marr
Miss Maurene Munger and Guests Visit Here
Miss Maurene Munger daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant B Munger and her guests Miss Maxine Baxter of Fort Madison and Miss Mildred Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh spent Saturday with Miss Munger's parents at 1921 First Avenue E. They are students at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurene Munger
Grant B. Munger
First Avenue E
University of Iowa
Maxine Baxter
Fort Madison
Mildred Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh
Miss Munger
Miss Baxter
Miss Fitzgerald
University
Esquire Club Hosts Costume Ball at COE Social Weekend
COE students and guests attended a campus weekend of dances and luncheons with Esquire, a new non-Greek men’s club, hosting a costume ball in the men's gym recreation room. Sorority members and faculty guests joined the festivities as song sets and bridge entertained chaperons.
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Coe
Esquire
COE College
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Wendell Delzell
Commerce Mart
Iowa City
WSUL
Helen Larimer
Wendy
Helen
Millie Albright
St. Louis
Bill Milke
Bill
June Provine
Chicago Tribune
Frances W. Moore
Frances Westerfield
Gazette
Chi Beta Phis
Teke
McGregor Twins
Bruce
Bob
Chi Betas
Penick
Ford
Ann Budd
Ann
George Hedges
Chicago
Gertrude Torgeson
MERCY
Board of Mercy Hospital
M. B. Dillon
J. R. Stava
Harry Teahen
A. C. Meakins
F. J. Monahan
Bixlers
West Side
W.C.T. U
Ira A. Moore
First Avenue
Walter Butterfield
Ira Hardesty
Royal Homestead
Royal Homestead No. 214
I. O. O. F. Hall
Priitian
Neff
Harriet Lee
George Millers
Bridge Club
East Side
Legion Auxiliary
Ward M. Vanderpool
Twenty-sixth Street
Charles H. Shults
Vernon Heights Club
Ravenscroft
T. E. Ravenscroft
Fourth Avenue SE
Vernon Heights
Reading Club
Women Voters Group
League of Women Voters
M. M. Thompson
George L. Krabbenhoff
Ashley
W. R. Grissel
Upland Drive
Bill McCollister
Kathryn Wandel
Park Terrace SE
Miss Wandel
Jeanne Cash
Nora Cocker
Barbara Rogers
Dick Savel
Bob Brosh
Kenneth Lindsay
Martha Marquis
Thomas Hayden
J. F. Yothers
L. E. Garwood
Myron L. Koenig
LeRoy D. Weld
Evelyn Street
T. F. Lange
Woman’s Club
C. and
N. W
Y.W.C.A
Park Avenue SE
K. J. DeBolt
Silver Chain Circle of the King's Daughters
Asawell Photes
Herbert Killians Hoste
Schoen’s
Thriet Service
Marion
Iowa
Best Street NE