Book Tak What Cedar Rapids People Are Reading Fiction
List of fiction and non fiction titles read or recommended in Cedar Rapids compiled by booksellers. Highlights include classics by Hemingway Steinbeck Cather Willa, Roberts Morley and others with authors like Lin Yutang Saroyan and Leacock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Heaven
Hartzell Spence
Louis Adamic
Phil Stong
Stephen Leacock
Readers Digest
Theodore Roosevelt
Alfred Adler
Phyllis Bottome
Ralph Buchsbaum
Name Is Aram
William Saroyan
Trelawney
Margaret Armstrong
Lin Yutang
Clare Boothe
Wbtarles
Almanacs and novels vie for reader interest in 1941 picks
The World Almanac for 1941 is reviewed as a compact reference with 1024 pages covering wartime chronology, elections, and licenses. Also highlighted is History of American Journalism by Dr. Frank Luther Mott and Louise Braden's Two to Make a Wife, praised for style but noted as uneven and unsettling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Isle
Army
Navy
Selective Service Act
Frank Luther Mott
University of Iowa
United States
Macmillan
Dr. Mott
Times
Louise Braden
Modern Ace Books
Emily Post on training charming children in new book
Emily Post argues most charm comes from training, not born disposition. Her book Children Are People advocates practical etiquette for mother and child and even fathers, now among Cedar Rapids' most read titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Post
Miss Post
Cedar Rapids
Emily Post Punk
Wacnalls Company
Tale Of France
Book note on Katharine Dunlap novel Once Where Was a Village set in France with pastel figures and pastoral cliches. Lover goes to war and moralizes fin is. $2. Publication by William Morrow and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Katharine Dunlap
J.W
Wiliam Morrow and Co
Erskine Caldwell and Bourke-White Draw Cedar Rapids Readers
Visit by Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke White sparks renewed interest in Tobacco Road at the Cedar Rapids public library. Caldwell’s work recently moved off reserve briefly following Grapes of Wrath, as patrons learn the two cent waiting list to place a name for a book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Wiswell
Kenneth Roberts
Sapphira
Willa Cather
Mrs. Miniver
Jan Struther
Howard Spring
Nina Fedorova
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
John Steinbeck
Green
My Valley
Richard Llewellyn
Lloyd Douglas
Heaven
Percival Wren
Lella Warren
Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell
Marjorie Rawlings
Margaret Bourke-White
Cedar Rapids
Caldwell
W.M
Marilyn Thompson Weds Robert L Scriven in Candlelight Service
Marilyn J Thompson daughter of Floyd and Mrs Thompson 511 Tenth Street NW married Robert L Scriven son of John B Scriven 915 Avenue NW in a Trinity Methodist candlelight ceremony attended by about 100 relatives and friends. The Rev William O Eckler officiated with palm and chrysanthemum decorations. The couple will reside at 1515 Washington Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn J. Thompson
Floyd Thompson
Tenth Street NW
Robert L. Scriven
John Blaine Scriven
Avenue NW
Trinity Methodist Church
William O. Eckler
Mary Scriven
Scriven
Gertrude Steiner
Mary Berry
James Daugherty
Esther Klepach
Dostal
Evelyn Treibel
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Collins Radio Company
Washington Avenue
Pan Hellenic Council Hosts Tea For National Sororities
Cedar Rapids women affiliated with national sororities gathered at the Roosevelt hotel for the Pan Hellenic council tea. Officers hosted. Alpha Gamma Delta president Mrs Harold Kolar led the event with Delta Delta Delta secretary Miss Catherine Cooper and Chi Omega social chair Miss Cora Hampton among the pictured organizers. Alice E Page Coe College faculty adviser stood nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Pan-Hellenic Council
Harold Kolar
Alpha Gamma Delta
Carl W. Kirwin
Kappa Delta
Karl H. Kainz
Alpha Xi Delta
Catherine Cooper
Delta Delta Delta
Cora Hampton
Chi Omega
Miss Cooper
Miss Hampton
Alice E. Page
Coe College
Coe Pan-Hellenic Association
Weekly events forecast for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area
A compiled list of upcoming activities across Iowa including Waldo Peirce paintings at Cedar Rapids Art Association and public library, various talks at Douglas Grant and Cedar Rapids Country Club, Northwestern vs Iowa basketball, Iowa Farm Bureau sessions, Budapest String Quartet in Mount Vernon, Ruth Chatterton in Pygmalion at Iowa Theatre, and an Icecapade at Winter Sports Club with a radio council luncheon at Roosevelt Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Waldo Peirce
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Edwin
Bruns Coe College
Sinclair
James B. Hodgson
Iowa City
Melrose Rink
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Douglas Grant
Gill Robb Wilson
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Y W.C. A
Northwestern
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Gospel Temple
Mount Vernon
Budapest
Cornell
Ruth Chatterton
Iowa Theater
University Orchestra
Iowa Union
Dean Chester A Phillips
Col
Vladimir Hurban
United States
Iowa Investment Bankers Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Queen
Radio Council
H. Clay Harshbarger
Ambar Grotto Plans First 1941 Party
Ambar Grotto hosts its first 1941 party Friday at the lodge rooms for the Prophets and Ladies. Men wear old clothes and women gingham dresses. Supper at 6:30 p.m. and games planned with a supper crew led by Mrs. Hervert and others. Installation of Rainbow for Girls Assembly No. 11 follows at 7 p.m. in the Masonic temple with guest night and a formal dance afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambar Grotto
J. Hervert
J. Randa
S. Hammond
L. Hrdlicka
G. Lenck
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Lorraine Supple To Be Honored At Party Today
Lorraine Supple will be honored at a dessert luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel this afternoon from 2 to 5. Miss Margaret DeBont hosts at 1438 Fourth Avenue SE as Miss Supple is set to receive a linen shower and cards will be played during the hours. Several Mesdames and Misses attend, including the Supple and DeBont families. timing reflects a Feb 8 marriage to Donald J Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Anne Supple
Donald J. Anderson
Margaret DeBont
Fourth Avenue SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Miss Supple
William J Supple
James Brewer
C A Loftus
Robert DeBont
Gwen Nolan
Mary
Faith Fellowship Freedom To Be Theme Of YWCA Meeting
Faith fellowship and freedom guide the Cedar Rapids YWCA annual meeting in the association building dinner follows invoc at 630. Alice Papes former Marion resident and YWCA program adviser discusses Mexico projects with color motion pictures. Mrs Dwight Krumholtz explains YWCA war emblem symbolism linking Great Britain China and the U S. New board members announced and a short business session held. Music by a McKinley Hi Y Ette quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Y Woc
Association
Ywca's of America
Muss
Gertrude Steiner
Alice Papes
Marion
Girl Reserve
Cedar Rapids Association
South America
Y WC A
Mexico
Dwight Krumholtz
YW. CC A
YWC A
Great Britain
China
United States
Krumholtz
C Harve Geiger
YWCA
Geiger
Irene Gianedakis
Joula Zervas
Eleanor Mater
Ruth Kubik
McKinley Hi
Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club Luncheon Meeting Noted
Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers Club will meet Thursday for luncheon at the Light Company Bungalow. Hostesses include Mesdames Walter M Krebs Hesbacher Jacus Vi Shields J L Koneeny and LF Vane. A linen shower was held at Miss Beatrice Birky’s home for Miss Via Wagner ahead of her wedding to Fail Gott of Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Alpha XI Delta Sorority
Dorothy Mueller
Florence Phoenix
Mothers’ Club
Alpha Xt Delta Sorority
First Avenue E
Paul Huston
A. Melsa
L. W Stone
Alpha Gamma Delta Vipers
Light Company
Walter M Krebs
Fda Hesbacher
MS Jacus
Shields
J. L. Koneeny
Vane
Beatrice Birky
Via
Jean Wagner
Mart
Gott
Iowa
Velma Mino
Joseph Merzan
Mathe Wagner
C HH Flecher
E J Birks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Almanac
E. E. Irvine
New York World-Telegram
Dubuque
Braden
U.S Navy
Tom
Dartmouth
Rockwell Kent
Western Union
Zane Grey
Elinor Ames
Roget
Everett
Ernest Newman
Adventure
Dirk van der Heide
Webster
Isanford's
Tale of
Marilyn Thompson
C. A. Reesinks
Elks Club
Chester A. Reesink
Third Avenue SE
J. N. Norris
R. H. Hughes
W. W. White
Blake Boulevard
F. W. Davis
J. S. Arendts
Beta Phi Alpha
Louis Sila
Brabbit-Taylor Music CO
King Band Instruments
1St Ave
New Pan-Hellenic Council
HI. M. Palham
Esquire
John P. Marquand
Little Brown
George Apley
Mr. Marquand
Gazette
Oho
Jacques Jolas
van Vechten Shaffer
John B Magee
Coliseum
Creighton Hardenbrook
Leo Zbanck
Charles Leksa
Robert Sweet
Earl L. Davis
Rainbow Girls
3Rd Ave
Dial
Lorraine Supple
Ricker
Bassett
Madge Ricker
Neela Bassett
F Avenue NF
Gladys Ricker
Marvin Palmer
Runco
Clara Myers
Mrs Palmer
Glen Bateman
Tom Bender
Jim Bradley
Clark Fisher
Edna Hyde
Dale McRoberts
Grace Miller
Clyde Ricker
Sylvia Pokorney
Frank Palmer
J W Russell
John Whyte
Alpha XI
Y.W. Meeting
Mercy Auxiliary
Mercy Hospital
Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers' Club
Wagner
Lasswell Studio
Third Avenue
Paramount Theater
Newman
Hollywood
Cortour
Razor
Newman's Beauty Salon
Paris
Dempsey's
Dempsey’s
Dempsey
Oscar Workman
Dempse
Second Avenue SE
Pemet
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