Christmas Communications and Curious Holiday Tales Across Town
A collage of lighthearted notes from Decorah and Cedar Rapids recount Christmas telephone attempts with Berlin and Denmark, a rare call between relatives, and a Marine captain in San Diego. Anecdotes cover a luncheon table talk about water taste, a pipe hunter misplacing his best friend still in use, a Powers agency rumor about photographer John Barry’s daughter, a whimsical poem from The Bee Hive, and bus drivers coping with a dog passenger. Also, a monkey keeps Christmas company briefly before disappearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Decorah
Berlin
Dedar Rapids
Club Will Hear Talk On Bulgaria
A club program features a speaker discussing Bulgaria's industry and trade, with insights from living abroad on The American Way. Miss Johnson, a noted educator with degrees from Iowa State and further study at several universities, will speak along with accompanist Mrs Irene Uten. The event includes a luncheon for past club presidents and various department meetings at the Country Club and club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington, D. C
Johnson
AAA
United States Department of Agriculture
Women's World Affairs Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Grace Gordon
Beethoven Club
AAUW Group Meetings Schedule for Wednesday
The AAUW will hold three group meetings on Wednesday. The creative writing group meets at 7 30 p m at Mrs Sheldon Fillen worth 305 Twenty second street NE led by Mrs Dora Petry. The afternoon reading group meets at 2 p m at Mrs Wayne J Foster 2304 Hillcrest drive SK with book review of How Green Was My Valley led by Mrs Howard Martin and assistance from Miss Tueille Funker. The evening reading group meets at 7 30 p m with Lillian Anderson assisting and reviews Trelawney and One Foot in Heaven by Hartzell Spence with Mrs Harold Kolar and Miss Marguerite Broghammer assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Fillenworth
Twenty-second Street
Dora Petry
Wayne J Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Green Was
My Valley
Richard Llewellyn
Howard Martin
Foster
Tueille Funker
Bever Avenue
Wll
Lillian Anderson
Harold Kolar
Margaret Armstrong
Marguerite Broghammer
Heaven
Hartzell Spence
Bundles for Britain Fund Drives Local Cedar Rapids Sale
Cedar Rapids hosts Bundles for Britain efforts with oOo form bundles sale items like pins bags and cards. Donald R. Lynch donates Lynch Transfer facilities and Modern Laundry volunteers for packing and cleaning. Mrs. Latham leads 300 chapters outlining knitting, funds for medical supplies, and clothing drives to aid British forces and refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Donald R. Lynch
Lynch Transfer and Storage Company
Wales Latham
New York City Society
Bundles
Britain, Inc
Life in Shanghai and evacuee tales from Mrs Moore
Evacuee Mrs Doris Fryer Moore, returning from Shanghai with 850 others, visits Cedar Rapids after a 26,000 mile trip since June. She describes the French concession and International settlement, rationing, and the Monterey voyage via Fiji, Manila, Sydney and Honolulu. She notes Mandarin study, staff roles, and moving into Grosvenor house, with reflections on life in wartime Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Robert B. Moore
Doris Fryer
Cedar Rapids
United States
Robert Moore
Fourth Marines
Sydney
Monterey
Orient
Fiji Islands
Manilla
Honolulu
New Zealand
DeWitt Peck
Elizabeth Peck
Colonel Peck
Killian Company
Eleanor Severa Hosts Eighth Birthday Party
Eleanor Severa daughter of Mr and Mrs Lumir Severa 2300 Blake boulevard SE entertained friends Friday afternoon for her eighth birthday. Guests included Janice Levsen Shirley Wratten Marilyn Zimmerman Marie Louise Marshall Jane Moran Susan Morse Helen Stafford Cloris Meyers and Joan Bochmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Severa
Lumir Severa
Blake Boulevard
Janice Levsen
Shirley Wratten
Marilyn Zimmerman
Marie Louise Marshall
Jane Moran
Susan Morse
Helen Stafford
Cloris Meyers
Joan Bochmann
Lois Grissel Hosts Tea With School Friends
Miss Lois Grissel daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Grissel held a tea yesterday from 3 to 5 for thirty school friends before resuming studies at the University of Iowa. The table featured white tapers and spring flowers, withKatheryn Greene Jane Hall Virginia Harover and Margaret Allen assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Grissel
W. R. Grissel
Upland Drive
University of Iowa
Katheryn Greene
Jane Hall
Virginia Harover
Margaret Allen
Local Folk Are Leaving For Warmer States
Holiday travelers from the area head to the south and east for the season. Mr and Mrs Fred A Winter and Mr and Mrs Richard Barker visited New York City for the National Collegiate Athletic Association meeting. Later, Mr and Mrs Robert W. Black motored to Chicago to meet daughter Virginia Black, who is with six friends from Michigan spending holidays in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A
Grande Avenue SE
Richard Barker
Mount Vernon
New York City
Winter
Barker
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Chicago
Robert W. Black
Virginia Black
Black
Michigan
Miami
Palm Beach
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ashley Chapter DAR Plans Sunday Tea Program
Ashley Chapter D A R members plan a 2 p m program and 4 p m tea Sunday in the Bungalow of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. Mrs F Wallace Darling will speak on American Art and Mrs Imogen Emery will briefly discuss the state conference in Sioux City. A 1 p m board meeting and 1 45 p m institute precede the session. Departing Harvard student Wilfred Kluss and Cornell guest Miss Audrey Joy Nicholson visit local residents. other exchanges include Donald Clark visiting 2338 Blake boulevard SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
F. Wallace Darling
Sioux City
Imogen Emery
J. B. McPherson
Lewis Emerson
B. J. Posegate
Helen Amidon
J. S. Bain
Maude Carr
W. R. Grissel
Institute
Wilfred Kluss
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Fred J. Kluss
Twenty Third Street Drive
Esther Kluss
Cornell College
Audrey Joy Nicholson
Geneva
Wis
Kluss
Mount Vernon
Dorothy Gabbert Weds Roy A Loudermilk in Kirksville
Dorothy Gabbert daughter of the Commonwealth apartments and Roy A Loudermilk of Cedar Rapids married at noon Saturday December 28 in the First Presbyterian church Kirksville. The ceremony was by Rev P McMillen with Miss Leah Gabbert and B W Bonfoey as witnesses. The couple plan to reside at the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Tea Room
Dorothy Gabbert
Commonwealth Apartments
Roy A.loudermilk
Cedar Rapids
Kirksville
Ella Loudermilk
LaBelle
First Presbyterian Church
P. McMillen
Leah Gabbert
Milwaukee
B. W. Bonfoey
Coe College
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Franklin High School
Loudermilk
Missouri State Teachers College
Iowa
A. S. Aloe Company
St. Louis
Commonwealth
Mrs. Bonfoey
Frances
Richard Barker
Mount Vernon
College Group Is Entertained At Luncheon
Cedar Rapids college bound students and friends attended a luncheon yesterday at the Cedar Rapids Country club hosted by Miss Virginia Broadston. The gathering featured a centerpiece of white carnations and yellow acacia and included numerous guests, with plans announced for a DAR Ashley chapter luncheon next Tuesday at 12 30 p m at 2423 First Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Broadston
C U_ Broadston
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Patricia Salter
Peggy Stewart
Henrietta Dows
Jeanne
Barbara Marshall
Phyllis Sheehy
Jessie Benson
Patricia Graves
Marianne Corey
Dorothy Miller
Jeanne Rowe
Frances Blaul
Mary Jane Murdock
Betty Gage
Betty Hamilton
Marie Dolson
Walton P. Keller
Caroline White
Evanston
Til
Miss Graves
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dale J. Fry
First Avenue E
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Roosevelt
Mowe Production
San Diego Authority
Jimmy
Roy Lukanitsch
Powers Model Agency
New York
John Barry
John
United Aircraft Corporation
Zephyr
Hephyr
Dephys
Kenwood
Twenty-ninth Street
Jerry Gearhart
Gearhart House
Monkey
Bulgaria
Waldo Pierce
Miller
Ward Stephens
Ralph A Groom
Chadwood
Schumann
Debussy
Richard Naalbert
Dustance Womans Club Chorus
Clarke Hileman
Barbara Ann Barger
Catherine Ann Duster
Warren A. Hansen
C. R. Hicks
L. C. Schuknecht
George Clements
R. T. Lubbock
Nature and Garden Department
Nevin Nichols
The
Recreation Commission
Health Education
Health Education Department
Roy Ziegler
E. A. Milliken
Linn County
Red Cross
Merle Boileau
Forest Drive
Neva K. Nichols
AAUW
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Admiralty
North Sea
Latham
China
Jackson
Music Study Club
Edna Barrett Jackson
Andrew Petersen
Claude Debussy
Mrs. B. Harrington
B. Harrington
Forest Drive SE
R. S
Hans Vinsser
By Narriett Swain
Lei
Moores
Missey
Perry C. Rudes
Perry C Rude
Vernon Drive
Mr Rude
Ena Rude
Perry
Robert
Moore
le Leech
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
Maternal Health Board
Board of Maternal Health
E. P Ristedt
Country Club Parkway
Mrs. Peterson
Walter G. Peterson
Ernest Noell
Isaac B. Smith
Miss Epler
Durins
Nelle Epler
Los Angeles
Ben H. Witwer
Linden Drive
R. R. Epler
Alfred E. Durin
Warrens
Battins
Ruth Whittom
James Croson
Minneapolis
M. R. Warren
Fifth Avenue SE
John R. Battin
Mr. Croson
Warren
Battin
Newton Thayer
F. N. Thayer
Seventh Avenue SE
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Kaupkes
Wilfarene Johnston
Manhattan Beach
Calif
T. P. Rogers
Mason M. Kaupke
Hedbergs
C. D. Hedberg
Eighth Avenue SE
Ashley
MR. Kluss
Donald Clark Guest
H. R. Taylors
Donald Clark
Mrs
Harmon R. Taylor
Coats
Second Street SE
Roy A. Loudermilk
Junior Ashley Group
Thrif-T
Zoric
Dial
Essel Laundry
Zoric Dry Cleaners
Dita Marioa
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