Housewives And Coeds Lead Cedar Rapids Symphony Women
The Cedar Rapids Symphony orchestra, now in its eighteenth year under Prof. Joseph H. Kitchin of Coe college, includes one third women who attend rehearsals weekly and contribute to the group’s six free annual concerts. Notable members include Flora Hromatko Taylor, first chair in the first violin, and Nellie Richardson, now in her twelfth season in the first violin section, plus Miss Fannie Paschel and Miss Helen Masha. The piece highlights family connections within the orchestra and the long tradition of women active in its ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Joseph H. Kitchin
Coe College
United States
Symphony
Flora Hromatko Taylor
Fifth Avenue SE
Taylor
The
Taylor Trio
Beethoven Club
Mozart Club
Czech Fine Arts
Chicago
E. W. Richardson
Alan Richardson
Richardson
American Academy
Lois Richardson
Fannie Paschel
Des Moines
Paschel
Coe
Helen Masha
Third Street SE
Women Violinists Lead Cedar Rapids Symphony Members
The Cedar Rapids Symphony features six women violinists in the front rows: Mrs. Robert Clark Miss Phyllis Scheneberger Mrs. James Taylor concertmeister Mrs. Henry Vyskocil Mrs. Mary C. Cory and Mrs. Doris Sullivan. Additional women players include Miss Fannie Paschel Miss Mary Gilman Miss Virginia Harman Miss Dorothy Wagner and Mrs. Nellie Richardson. A lower photo shows intermission conversations among women musicians including Irene Urban Campbell Louise Shepherd Helen Masha Eleanor Montgomery Virginia Ohmann Beulah Wessale and Maxine Boegel with others not pictured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Robert Clark
Phyllis Scheneberger
James Taylor
Henry Vyskocil
Mary C. Cory
Doris Sullivan
Fannie Paschel
Mary Gilman
Virginia Harman
Dorothy Wagner
Nellie Richardson
Irene Urban Campbell
Louise Shepherd
Helen Masha
Eleanor Montgomery
Virginia Ohmann
Beulah Wessale
Maxine Boegel
Symphony
W. T. McConnell
Otto Kohl
Darleen Pollock
Thompson
Coe College Socials Highlight Fraternity And Sorority Events
Chi Beta Phi hosted a spring dance in the men's gym recreation room with purple and white colors and local orchestra. Chaperons included several professors and doctors. A long list of fraternity guests attended. Alpha Gamma Delta pledges hosted a luncheon for active sisters with a cash gift and a stunt. Pledges plan a buffet supper after the vesper service at Miss Alice Snyder’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Beta Phi Fraternity
J. F. Yothers
C. Wilfred Perkins
Owen Lloyd Morris
Alfred W. Meyer
Ben H. Peterson
Arthur W. Penrose
Janet Thomas
Elizabeth Buckingham
Jayne Carrier
Elizabeth Colton
Mary Ellen Oldag
Janne Hardy
Ruth Beitel
Marylou Cater
Peggie Bode
Marie Dolson
Ellen Snyder
Joyce Edgerton
Catherine Timm
Arlene Parker
Gloria Bailey
Jane Ellis
Eugenia Kelly
Frances Crozier
Shirley Evans
Grinnell
Margaret Cowgull
Ethel Mae Noble
Jane Fuhrmeister
Betty Knox
Norma White
Rachel
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Clara Robinson
Sara Lee Hesbacher
Grace Brownell
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alice Snyder
Blake Boulevard
Sorority Event Invites Grace Brownell as Special Guest
Buff and green attire sets the scene as Miss Grace Brownell will be a special guest. Following dinner, films from last summer's sorority convention will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buff and Green
Grace Brownell
Birthday Honoree Miss Grace Reiff At Coe College Dinner
Miss Grace Ann Reiff daughter of Mr and Mrs M O Reiff 1848 Third Avenue SE was the guest of honor at a surprise birthday dinner hosted by her parents last evening. Sixteen guests and Coe College classmates attended then joined the Coe Grinnell basketball game. Also featured a party for Albert Grunder on his seventy ninth birthday hosted by his sister Mrs Lena Crissinger at 924 Second Street SW with a card evening. New Camp Fire officers at St James church in Tawaki include Virginia Moneypenny president Helen Bell vice president Erma Lee Young secretary Helen Reid social chair Dorothy Kep ler scribe and guardian Maxine Kepler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Masha
Otto A. Kohl
Third Avenue SE
W. T. McConnell
Indianola
Kohl
McConnell
Grace Ann Reiff
M. O. Reiff
Miss Reiff
Coe College
Coe-Grinnell
Coe
Betty Neuzil
Sara Lee Hosbacher
Jeanne Krebs
Mary Helen Sloss
Jane Ball
Norma White
Jayne Olds
Robert Robbins
LeRoy McLeod
Frank McLeod
Edward Cisler
Robert Smith
John Rees
George Hennessey
Franklin Wilson
Lena Crissinger
Second Street
Albert Grunder
Mr. Grunder
Anna Beatty
Jack Beatty
L. B. Merrifield
Anna Rottman
Leona Rottman
Ken Rottman
Jack Merrifield
Marvin Merrifield
William Beatty
Tawakii Camp Fire Group
St. James’ Church
Virginia Moneypenny
Helen Bell
Erma Lee Young
Helen Reid
Dorothy Kepler
Maxine Kepler
Old Maids and Wallflower Clubs Meet This Weekend
High school girls gather for Old Maids and Wallflower clubs events with hostesses Patricia Graves and Eloise Heath. Open house for Marianne Corey and other members follows a Friday supper and movie night. The Friendly club plans a homecoming party at the YMCA with music, games, and piano accordion numbers, and hints at a forthcoming minstrel show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Maids Club
Wallflower Club
Patricia Graves
Blake Boulevard
Graves
Betty Gage
Betty Iziar
Betty Mae Sommer
Patricia Salter
Marianne Corey
Betty Hamilton
Barbara Ramsey
Virginia Dodds
Dorothy Miller
Joan Chehak
Kathryn Dennison
Barbara Shonka
Gladys Linge
Marjorie Moravec
Jeanne Puckett
June DeNio
Theone Larson
Jean Ashby
Mrs Beitzell Hosts Bridge Club Dessert-Bridge Party
Mrs Ora Beitzell entertained bridge club members at a dessert-bridge party Saturday evening in the Commonwealth tea room. The Monday Shakespeare club will meet with Mrs F G Ladd at 215 Second Avenue SW Monday at 2:30 p.m. The lesson covers scene 5 in act II to act IV of Alls Well That Ends Well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora B. Beitzell
Commonwealth Apartments
Commonwealth Tea Room
Shakespeare Club
F. G. Ladd
Second Avenue SW
Tea Tuesday at St Pauls General Aid
St Pauls General Aid society hosts a 2 pm tea in the church auditorium with Mrs. Charles J. Bready reviewing The Citadel by A J Cron. Organ solo by Miss Eleanor Kendall and vocal by Mrs Everett C Pratt. Tea served by officers and hostesses. ushers listed. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Bready
Citadel
J. Cronin
General Aid Society
St. Paul's Church
Eleanor Kendall
Church of Youth
Everett C. Pratt
James Barnett
The
Aid
A. A. Bagley
W. B. Warren
Katherine Davis
T. P. Davis
Louis Cullman
C. E Ferris
G. A. Kay
Lee Eckert
C. W. Whipple
A. O. Bailey
W. L. Crissman
Louis Yachik
B. Harrington
A. M. Noblett
R. E. Wilhelm
J. E. Ives
H. C. Ring
H. N. Boyson
Ralph Spears
A. W. Carlton
Howard Jones Hosts Honor for J R Northingtons
Mr and Mrs Howard Jones 117 First Avenue West hosted a dinner at Mrs Wurster’s tea room honoring Mr and Mrs J R Northington who will move soon to Davenport. After the dinner eight guests went to Pla Mor for the evening. Also honored was Mrs Lee D Evans on her birthday with a surprise party and cake baked by Mrs Howard Blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jones
First Avenue W
Lee D Evans
Howard Blessing
Robert and
Paul
Maude Blessing
Elmer King
Naomi Blessing
Juanita Blessing
Lester Trachta
Lake Evans
Edna Mae Murphy
Arnold Blessing
Five PEO Chapters Plan Group Meetings This Week
Five P E O chapters will hold meetings Monday and Tuesday with various programs. IF meets Monday at Mrs. Davis 226 Fifteenth street NE with program on Influence of Chemistry in the Home. GM hosts at 348 Forest drive SE with Tempest Over Mexico reviewed by Miss Nell Boyack. HJ meets Monday 2 pm at Mrs. Damour 384 Twenty first street SE with Women of the Bible talk. FO hosts Tuesday 2 30 pm with Miss Grace Lambert assisting. 1H meets Tuesday 1 pm at Mrs. Liddle 1728 Bever avenue SE for a dessert luncheon. The Suburban Co workers gather Wednesday at Mrs. Baumhboefner 218 Johnson avenue NW with helpers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Davis
Fifteenth Street
G. E. Turner
Inga
Olga Tapper
Forest Drive
Chapter GM
Nell Boyack
Mexico
Rosa King
F W Damour
Twenty-first Street
Carrie Thomas Wilk
J. Yothers
Fourth Avenue SE
Grace Lambert
George R. Liddle
Bever Avenue
R Ro Williamson
A. J. Baumhboefner
Johnson Avenue NW
W M. Bishop
Leonard Newport
E. W. Spence
Handwork Exhibit At Cedar Rapids Art Gallery
A Cedar Rapids Art Association exhibit showcases handwork by Mrs L D Dennis Shawn at the public library gallery. The display includes tooled handbound leather books, a Camp Huaga history volume, tapestries, plaques, and a cook book. Gallery hours are 3 to 5 pm and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D Dennis
Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Camp Huaga
Cedar Rapids
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Meet Women In Symphony
Harriett Swain
Symphony Orchestra
C Avenue NE
Florentine
Hotel Roosevelt
William 8. Cadew
Kidd
Naoma Hall
Delma Stockwell
Chi Beta Phi
Miss Reifff
Grunder
Tawakii
Old Maids
Lucille Wisely
Betty Meeks
Leah Mack
Howard Moyer
Clare Young Nichols
Lucille Gove
Linn County
Doris Newman
Mrs. Beitzell
Bridge Club
Ladds
St. Paul’s General Aid
J. R. Northingtons
Mrs. Lee Evans
Kemble
Iowa Theater Building
P.E.O
P. E O
Cecil Cram
Twelfth Street
Dee
Marie Hines
Barbara Shaw
Rosy
Clara Brose
Robert
Wayne Quimby
Duane
Ronnie Thenhaus
Donald Hamous
Don Buckheister
Richard Soukup
Mary Erness Cram
Kappa Delta
Arthur Bearle
Avenue
Dorothy Manchester
Margaret Wilcox
Nevin Nichols
Adele Stephenson
Jeanette Demarah Hnostess
Jeanette DeMarah
Mount Vernon Avenue
Emil Pnovsky
Betty Tulson
Betty Jean McGuire
Jane Hahn
Virginia Richter
Betty Tilson
Kenny LeClerc
Earl Pearson
Gordon Nicholson
Eugene Greeb
Paul Prior
Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
O. Wo Latimer
B. O. Mighty
Louise Leibert
Louise Leibert Crele
King’s Daughters
Harry Dunker
Grande Avenue SE
Linecheon
Ory Cama
Ivery Educational
Kues
Bernice Whitsel
Mt. Vernon
Dwight Krumbholtz
5Th Ave. SE
Myrtle Johnston
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