Local Notes and Vignettes From Cedar Rapids Era
A column of society briefs in Cedar Rapids chronicles misheard meals of raccoon for jackrabbit, grammar shifts with 1937 New Deal, and local arts and theater gossip. Items include Rockey Newton at Tri States Theaters, Mrs Simpson lookalikes, neighborhood tales, and a daring ditch rescue by Fay Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ya Rockey Newton
Des Moines
Tri-States Theaters Corporation
D A R luncheon to feature famous ships talk
Mrs Frank O Storrs will speak on Famous Ships and Their Commanders at a Mayflower Chapter luncheon of the Daughters of the American Revolution Friday at 1 p m at 1903 Bever avenue SE Des Moines delegates to the state conference in Des Moines and to the Continental Congress in Washington will be elected Assisting officers include Mrs Lee S Coy Mrs Ralph E Walker and others.
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Frank O. Storrs
Mayflower
Daughters of the American Revolution
H. D. O’meara
Bever Avenue SE
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
O’meara
Lee S. Coy
Ralph E. Walker
Edgar B. Tapper
Louise Safley
Helen Kadlee
Effect Of Movies On Children At A.A.U.W. Talk
The Rev. W. S. Dysinger of Iowa City will address A A U W members January 27 on the effects of motion pictures on children of various ages. He co‑authored a study published with Ruckmick and earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Iowa.
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W. S. Dysinger
Iowa City
H. C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Dysinger
First Lutheran Church
Payne Foundation
Dysinger and
Ruckmick
Wittenburg College
Springfield
Hamma Divinity School
University of Southern California
University of Iowa
Rehearse For Mid West Bridge Meet
Double and redouble players from Iowa prepare for the fifth annual mid winter state championship bridge tourney at the Montrose hotel February 4 5 and 6. Iowa State Bridge league led by Dr. W G Whitney sponsors the event with trophies cups and prizes for top finishers and special events for all classes. Mrs Oliver Longueville Cedar Rapids treasurer is floor chairman with Cedar Rapids committee members listed and E J Carey and Longueville on the league board of trustees.
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Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Iowa State Bridge League
W. G. Whitney
Independence
Oliver Longueville
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Robertson
W. M. Jayne
R. S. Hardendorf
S. A. Sanders
Mozart Members To Present Czech Fine Arts Program
Mozart club members host a Czech Fine Arts society program at 8 p.m. in the Terrace room Montrose hotel venue invites members parents and friends for the annual guest night. The program lists Van Wilm Sheryl Ann Zalesky Roger Cates Mokrejs Jean Marie Horak Schubert Ruth Hemmer Irene Gianedakis Mary Ethel Hurych Lynes Ruth Markham Massenet Bernice Svoboda Barbara Shonka Tschaikovsky Emma Allen plus other student performances. The Christian Endeavor Union meets Monday 7 30 p.m. at Second Evangelical church with speaker Dr James Hodgson and violinist Alvin Hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart Club
Czech Fine Arts Society
Montrose Hotel
Edna Mae Sila
von Wilm
Sheryl Ann Zalesky
Engelmann
Margaret Reid
Christian Endeavor Union
Second Evangelical Church
O. C. Gatrelle
James Hodgson
Coe College
Alvin Hurt
Birthday Party for Newcomers Club Thursday
Largest party of the year for Cedar Rapids newcomers, the annual Newcomers Club birthday event, will be held Thursday in the Terrace room of the Montrose hotel. Twelve birthday tables decorates for the months, with prizes for best table. Program, music and entertainment planned. Grace Boston at 8558 offers more details. Hostesses include Mesdames Slater, Van Dellen, Benson, Powers, Paxson, Risk, Ziemer, Campbell, Broms, Stevenson, Grange and Lange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Newcomers Club
Montrose Hotel
Grace Boston
Dial
Frank G. Slater
C. H. van Dellen
Raymond T. Benson
Frank K. Powers
W. L. Paxson
M. L. Risk
A. Ziemer
E. J. Campbell
Edwin Broms
George G. Stevenson
Ross E. Grange
Oscar Lange
Mrs A M Andreas Hosts Tea for Sister Bettsy Kemper
Mrs A M Andreas of 2523 Twenty sixth street drive SE entertained at a country club tea in honor of her sister Miss Betty Kemper who marked her sixteenth birthday. Kemper plans to leave for Omaha to attend North High School. Guests included Jeanne Stookey Marie Dolson Dorothy Geiger Frances McCormick Genevieve Tanner Dorothy Jane Plock Ruth Jane Hubbard Maxine Huff Gayle Koch Jane Downer and Mary Kathryn Fiebig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Andreas
Twenty-sixth Street
Country Club
Betty Kemper
Miss Kemper
Omaha
North High School
Jeanne Stookey
Marie Dolson
Dorothy Geiger
Frances McCormick
Genevieve Tanner
Dorothy Jane Plock
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Maxine Huff
Gayle Koch
Jane Downer
Mary Kathryn Fiebig
Miss Lenore Silverman to Wed Al Gurewitz in Chicago
Miss Lenore Silverman of Cedar Rapids will marry Al Gurewitz of Newark New Jersey in Chicago on January 31. She has served as office secretary for the Public Health Nursing association here for six years.
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Lenore Silverman
Washington Avenue
Cedar Rapids
J. Silverman
Monona
al Gurewitz
Newark
N. J
Chicago
Miss Silverman
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Surrealist Doll House Delights Cedar Rapids Exhibit
A miniature fully furnished doll house built by Susan Angevine Shaffer with a sun deck and working Venetian blinds is set to be a highlight of the 1937 Junior League arts exhibit in Cedar Rapids. The project, inspired by 1936 doll houses, features scale architecture, hand crafted furniture, and gifts from Cedar Rapids to New York City.
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Susan Angevine Shaffer
Linden Drive
Susan
van Vechten Shaffer
Henry Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. E. Coquillette
Frank Fratcher
Blairstown
Belle Plaine
Dward Rowan
Little Gallery
George Biddle
Department of Justice
Wally Simpson
London
England
Frank Williams
Capitol National Bank
Mrs. Simpson
Tommy Barry
Jack Swan
Dean Lierle
Nancy Finnigan
Bob Toms
Metta A. Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
Cornell
Merner Hall
Bever Park
Helen Jepson
Radio
Opera
Eugene Gilmore
Miss Jepson
White Elephant
State Streetcar
Deane Adams
Meron
Scott McIntyres
Art Augustine
Fay Spangler
McIntyres
Spang
Art
Thompson
D.a.r.’S
Elizabeth Bender
First Christian Church
F. H. Fleming
C. J. Delp
Charles Stocker
H. Wingert
J. A. Geiger
W. Craven Shuttleworth
Second Avenue SE
Everett Phillips
Raymond S. Johnston
Frank W. Orr
W. J. Barngrover
Earl Delzell
Guy E. Hillier
Margaret Mitchell
A.A.U.W
Margaret Ann Twogood
Wellington Street
Miss Twogood
Virginia McLean
Shakespeare Club
John C. Lozier
Seventeenth Street SE
Mothers’ Club
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
G. J. Ottsen
Maplewood Drive
L. Michener
Mozart
Friendship Circle of the
King’s Daughters
L. R. Wilson
Elmhurst Drive
Edward D. Wilde
Sheboygan
Wis
Wilson
R. T. Termohlen
Louise Leibert
J. Stuart McQuiston
Perkins Hospital
Lee Beardsley
D Avenue SE
Mrs. A. M. Andreas
N. W
Chicago and North Western Women’s Club
Z. C. B. J. Hall
Twelfth Avenue
Third Street
Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Business Girls’ Sorority
Dwight Krumholtz
Alpha XI Delta Mothers’ Club
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
First Avenue E
R. H. Thompson
Jay G. Sigmund
L. W. Stone
Frances Westerfield
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Thrift Service
Homestic Service
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