Captain Ben Forbes biography fuels ocean adventure appeal
A review of Connelly’s Canton Captain traces Robert Bennet Forbes from ship captaincy at 25 to his role in the Canton opium trade and rescue work, highlighting a long life of service, fortune swings, and seafaring exploits in a Doubleday Doran seaport series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
James
Connolly
Doubleday
Doran
Carson
High Seas
Ben Forbes
Robert Bennet Forbes
Forbes
James B. Connolly
Doubleday, Doran
Elizabeth North Hoyt
Weis hosts bridal shower for daughter Marcella
Mrs. E. J. Weis entertained for her daughter Marcella with a Friday evening shower at home. Attendees included Emily Drakos Jean Weis Ersel Price and many local guests with two out-of-town visitors from Belle Plaine and Water town. Women of the Moose plan ritual practice Tuesday at 7 p.m. and a card party Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Glow room of the Gas company. guests bring their own cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella
E. J. Weis
Emily Drakos
Jean Weis
Ersel Price
C. T. Klein
Ed Burns
Tom Parry
Robert Mills
Art Nowadzky
Alfred Heinrich
Henry Weis
Weldon Klug
J. L. Drahos
Belle Plaine
Art Nelson
Watertown
S. D
Society For the Hard of Hearing
Gas Company
Fred L. Richmond
Second Avenue SW
Areme Circle Hosts Meeting at Lamey Home
Areme circle of O E S. will meet at 2 30 p m Friday with Mrs W E Lamey 353 Park Terrace SE. Mrs Andrew Petersen leads the program with assistances including Mesdames Estes Albright Afflerbaugh Artis Arduser Arendts Bell Hiehon Bort Berger Beecher Brems Carr Can field and Childs. Dr Hulda Rice to host Wednesday Social at 2 30 p m at 2201 Fifth Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Carpenter
A Avenue NE
White Shrine
Kensington
Mesdames Omer McGlaughlin
David Pugh
Lulu McKinnon
Iva Kurtz
Abbie Sheldon
Jessie Canfield
Elizabeth Enders
Edna Duncan
Harry Palmer
Mary Hurtt
Rose Cessford
O. P. Myers
Mary Kendall
Jessie Bennett
Charles Bode
John Schweitzer
Ruth Martin
Leon Blinks
Richard Greenawalt
E. W. Rossiter
Louise Padley
Gethsemane Shrine No. 1
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Red Cross
Areme Circle
O.E.S
W. E. Lamey
Park Terrace SE
Andrew Petersen
David Estes
W. L. Albright
J. M. Afflerbaugh
Hubert Artis
A. T. Arduser
J. S. Arendts
Lillian E
Rice
Hulda Rice
Fifth Avenue SE
Miss Lipton Contralto to Give Cedar Rapids Concert
Miss Martha Lipton the renowned contralto will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Coe College chapel Cedar Rapids under Beethoven club auspices. Tickets available from club members or at the door. Accompanist is Alice Collins Chase. The program includes Purcell Faure Saint Saens Moussorgsky and other classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Lipton
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Beethoven Club
Iowa City
St. Mary’s
St. Patrick’s
Activities and events listed for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
A roundup of upcoming events includes lectures by Dr. Herbert J. Wood and Ruth Draper, concerts by Martha Lipton, theater performances of Seven Keys to Baldpate and Flanker's Frolic, high school and college games, and civic meetings across Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Charles City, and Cedar Falls. The schedule spans Thursday through Sunday with multiple venues and affiliations. }
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Cedar Rapids
Herbert J. Wood
Woman’s Club
Baldpate
St. Patrick's
Immaculate Conception
Iowa City
Ruth Draper
Macbride
Gnas Rapids
Franklin High School
Roosevelt High
Coe
McKinley High
Wilson High
Danceland
Coe College
St. Wenceslaus of
Charles City
Iowa Association of Social Welfare
Edmund Zimmerer
Iowa Division of Cancer Control
Celwein
Immaculate Conception High School
Sacred Heart
Cedar Falls
Teachers High
Marion
College Club Meeting Next Saturday 1942 Cedar Rapids
The first College club meeting of 1942 in Cedar Rapids opens Saturday at 2 15 p m in the Light company bungalow. Mrs John T Hecker will preside with Miss Hazel Brown as speaker on An Appreciation of Fine China. Hostesses include Mrs Henry E Holscher and others, with young ladies assisting.
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Cedar Rapids—College Club
Bungalow of Light Company
Hazel Brown
Cedar Rapids Country Club
College Club of
Cedar Rapids
the Light Company
John T Hecker
Henry E Holscher
Burton H Byers
Irving Churchill
Rex B Conn
Roy E. Curray
Robert W Drexler
C. A. Smay
R. D. Taylor
Harold Waite
Mary Bell
Sara Ann Brown
Esther Chapin
Florence Chapin
Amy Christian
Pearl Colton
Helen Duncan
Bernice Toms
Mary Woitishek
Butler and Schindler Wed in Richmond Virginia
Marian Louise Butler and Ralph J. Schindler married Friday morning at St Paul church in Richmond Virginia. Butler is the daughter of H D and Mrs Butler of Campbell Virginia and Schindler is the son of J C and Mrs Schindler of Atlanta. The couple were attended by Alfred Moore Jr of Richmond. Mrs Schindler is a Madison College graduate in education 1941. Schindler holds BA and JD degrees from the University of Iowa with Gamma Eta Gamma. They left for Richmond after a tour of the South.
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St. Paul Church
Richmond
Marian Louise’ Butler
H. D. Butler
Campbell, Va
Ralph J. Schindler
J. C. Schindler
Seventh Avenue SE
Alfred Moore, Jr
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Saratoga
Edna Ferber
Louis Bromfield
A. J. Cronin
Mary Ellen Chase
Carl Carmer
Latin America
John Gunther
Berlin
William J. Shirer
London
Miss Bronska
Gene Menry
Dodd Mead and Company
Gene Henry
Julianna Bronska
Warsaw
England
Saturday Evening Post
Carl Koehn
the Land of Silent People
Beecher
St. John Doubleday
Robert St. John
Associated Press
France
Hitler
Poland
Balkans
Belgrade
St. John
Sonia
Corfu
Patras
Corinth
Greece
Mediterranean
Crete
Egypt
J.S
The
Junkers
Meinrich Hauser
Reynal and Hitchcock
Einrich Hauser
Germany
Hauser
German Republic
Count Wrede
Frankfurter Zeitung
Sarrasani
Rio
New York
Darss
Mrs. Carpenter
Malta
Kensington of Malta
Edith Kibier
Oakland Road
Gladys Doolittle
Lillian Bell
Caroline Barta
Ellenore Norton
Ruby Stookey
Anna Anderson
Sanford
Third Avenue
Nancy Yuill
James H. Yuills
Pleasant Drive
Jane Grayston
J. T. Graystons
Eighteenth Street
Patty Fortune
John H. Fortunes
Carlton Apartments
Bill Campbell
Jane Alexander
L. W. Alexander
Linn Boulevard
Hamilton Bell
J. Hamilton Bell
Knollwood Drive
Women OF the Moose
Mrs. Lamey
Areme
Miss Lipton
Tr I
Aurepine
Martini
Saint-Saens Mon Coeur
Vols Saint-Saens
John Niles
Jesus
Robert MacGimncy
Tachaikowsky
Moussorgsky
Alice Collins Chase
Beta Sigma Pin
Beta Iota
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Miss Roy
Washington, D. C
Gretchen M. Roy
Office
Federal Housing Administration
Charles C. Roy
First Avenue W
Robert Rogers
M. Benninghoff
Avenue NE
Hecker
Marguerite Steen
Ralph Schindler
Marian Butler
Virginia
W. C
Chicago
W. C. Black
Fifteenth Street
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
Montieur Studio Hotel
Roosevelt
First Avenue E
Baldwin
PIARG
the Baldwin
Harold Bauer
Cedar Rapids Piano CO
Baldwin Pianos
Tuird Street
ROUX
Lisntaveden
Labch
Newman
Beatty Salon
Royal
Pella
Kriz
Java Room
Montrose
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