Around the Lawn roundups and cafe quirks blaze in Cedar Rapids
A jumble of humorous vignettes from Cedar Rapids covers a hotel mix up with Eleanor W and her parents, a pigeon delaying a driver, a syrupy mishap with vinegar, a clerk’s political joke, novelty pets from Mexico, children’s story hour antics, a clashing of market letters, a comedy of milk chocolate, and a grand bridge hand at a city Elks club gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S
Eleanor W
Eleanor
Fuzzy Ahring
Bob Vlach
Elks Club
Ahring
Yellow Jack stage cast and production details announced
Community Players present Yellow Jack a drama from Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif directed by Mervin Severance with Sidney Howard arranging. Jan 31 Feb 1 2 at the YMCA Community Theatre. cast includes Kent Andrews Chauncey Fay Donald Barnes and many local actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul de Kruif
Sidney Howard
Mervin Severance
Y.M.C.A
London
West Africa
Cuba
Kent Andrews
Coe College
Walter Reed
University of Iowa
Andrews
Ames
Community events and social gatherings in Cedar Rapids
The notice slate includes a reception for Douglas Kirk at an open house and a Shakespeare club meeting hosted by Mrs Frances S Ray. It covers twenty first wedding anniversary dinner for E W Sommer and an eighteenth anniversary dinner for J C Liek and attendees at the Elks club. A Cedar Rapids Art association tea at the public library Little Gallery showcases prints by living American artists and a David Turner pipe collection. Bowling party hosted by Glenn Wheeler ends with supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Sommer
Twentieth Street NE
Richard Jones
Walter L. Musker
Donald W. Kleitsch
Henry E. Holscher
J. C. Liek
Twentieth Street SE
Elks Club
Liek
Harry J. Chadima
Orie S. Imes
Homer W. Carley
David W. Lehti
Mank Pugh
Canton
Ohio
Mr. Pugh
Imes
Grover Belter
Des Moines
The
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Little Gallery
David Turner
Frank C. Byers
Frank J. Gibbons
Glenn C. Wheeler
Crescent Street
Wheeler
Honor Mary Lou Protzman At A Series Of Parties
Mary Lou Protzman is celebrated with a sequence of social gatherings hosted by Marion residents. Doris Elaine Cone coordinates a luncheon and theater outing at the Cone home with local guests. Betty Larson hosts a dinner party followed by a McKinley high school play attendance. A separate group assembles for a post outing in Marion, while Mrs. Charles M Daniel of Fairfield and her son Edward conclude visits with family in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Protzman
Fisher Home
Patricia Marshall
Joan Yessler
Virginia Hendrickson
Doris Elaine Cone
Barbara Barry
Betty Larson
Horace Hedges, Jr
Marvin Jones
Eugene Pinney
John Foster
George Nemec
Kenneth Cornell
Marion
Marvin D. Cone
Fifth Avenue SE
Miss Protzman
Cone Home
Norman Bauer
Rebecca Hallman
Patricia
E. W. LaPlante
Blake Boulevard
Charles M. Daniel
Fairfield
Edward LaPlante Daniel
LaPlante
Daniel
Betty Ford
L. M. Ford
Crescent Street SE
Miss Ford
Ford
D. W. Warren
Carroll Drive
Mary Bell Mulvihill
Dow City
Clark A. Beems
Twenty-first Street
Ernest W. Anderson
Grace McIlrath Ellis
Marengo
Betty Wherry
Wyoming
DeLay Couple To Move To Buenos Aires For Three Years
Mr and Mrs H Gordon DeLay plan a three year stay in Buenos Aires Argentina after leaving Cedar Rapids to work with Quaker Oats. They will sail February 5 aboard the S S Southern Place from New York City. Their dog Happy will stay behind with Mrs DeLays parents at 2317 Grande avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Buenos Aires
H. Gordon DeLay
DeLay
S. S
Argentina
Quaker Oats Company
Junior League Groups Plan Meetings in Cedar Rapids
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids outlines upcoming activities for the week. Helen Eastman of the Association of Junior Leagues of America arrives for talks with local leaders. The Scribblers Group meets Tuesday at 2 PM at 124 Crescent SE with discussions led by Prof. Clyde W. Tull and Mrs. Jewell Bothwell Tull. The brain derby fundraiser with Time quiz advances group planning at the Montrose hotel Tuesday at 8 PM. Chapter IF PEO meets Monday at 2:30 PM at 1326 A Ave NW with Mrs. Tarpy Jr. in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Helen Eastman
New York City
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Scribblers
Wallace Darling
Crescent Street
Clyde W. Tull
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Mount Vernon
Montrose Hotel
Time Magazine
Gordon Fennell
R. J. Tarpy, Jr
A Avenue NW
G. H. Morse
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
Country Club Parkway SE
Ladies’ Literary Club
James M. Knox
Frederic Prokosch
Dorothy Geiger And Frances McCormick Host Miss Koch Tea
Franklin high students Miss Dorothy Geiger and Miss Frances McCormick will host a tea Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the McCormick residence in honor of Miss Gayle Koch who is leaving Cedar Rapids for Denver. About thirty guests invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Geiger
Washington Avenue SE
Frances McCormick
Bever Avenue SE
Franklin High
McCormick
Gayle Koch
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Denver
Colo
John Geiger
Joe McCormick
Open House Honors Altana Burr and Local Guests
Cedar Rapids society notes detail an open house for Altana Burr of San Diego at Mrs. M. R. Warren’s home Monday evening. Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Dennis, and Mrs. Taylor host as Burr plans a brief Cedar Rapids visit en route from New York City. Camp Fire activities and other social engagements fill the weekend schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altana Burr
San Diego
Calif
Cedar Rapids
New York City
Miss Burr
Nadia Thorpe
Warren
Dennis
Taylor
Fifty Second Founders Day Observance Planned
Founders Day events will feature a silver tea from 3 to 5 PM in the Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel with Mrs. W F Boiler of Iowa City as honored guest. County officers and local leaders will receive guests and preside at the tea. The program includes a mock radio broadcast and talks highlighting the King's Daughters and Sons mission and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Daughters and Sons
Montrose Hotel
W. F. Boiler
Iowa City
Boiler
Carl Goodwin
Tom Walpole
Rufus Culver
E. W. DeNio
King’s Daughters
Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Margaret Bottome
New York City
United States
Canada
Australia
Bahama Islands
British West Indies
China
Dominican Republic
Hawaii
India
Nicaragua
Siam
Virgin Islands
Iowa
Old Peoples Home
Burlington
Perry
Fort Madison
University of
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
M. G Morris
Cochairmen
Morris
James W. Barnett
Edwin C. Nelson
Paul Gard
Arthur C. Burnell
Reading
Avalonne Cross
Coe College
Florrie Ann Ruebush
Patricia Rice
The
Beacon
Ernest Anderson
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Joe Miller
Joe
B. D. Silliman
Max
Mary Daehler
Rocky
Mexico
Laura Turner
Louise Hathaway
Susie Clapp
Mary Isabell Clapp
Susie
Three Bears
Mommy
I. O. A. Manufacturing Company
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Helen Mokress
Bobby Manatt
Miss Mokress
Bobby
Yellow
Chauncey Fay
O'Hara
Dr. Stackpoole
Donald P. Barnes
Kenya Colony
Herbert Levin
Royal Air Force
Edwin H. Wadsworth
George
Lloyd Lowe
Harkness
Dean Stauffacher
Kenneth Kent
Kraemer
Bill Lattner
McClelland
Max Hahn
Busch
Robert Gardner
Dr. Carroll
M. D. Marr
Lazear
W. Temple Taylor
Colonel Terry
Edward McPartland
Gorgas
Edward Soboda, Jr
Major Cartwright
James Patterson
Grafton Hale
Finlay
Robert B. Davis
Pierre Tracy
Wilson High School
Dr. Stokes
Charlotte Weaver
Miss Blake
Frank Hilton
Mullins
Norman Fissland
Brinkerhof
Lawrence Halpin
Meyers
Fred C. Meyers
Ridgewood
Terrace SE
J. A. Yessler
Boegels
C. W. Boegel
First Avenue E
Toscanini
Douglas Kirks
Erick S. Glanville
Orville H. Tousey
J. L. Cooper
John B. Turner I
Eleanor Cook
Eleanor Taylor
John Carey
Sam Nigh
Shakespeare Club
Frances S. Ray
Henry IV
E. W. Summers
J. C. Lieks
ART Association
Glenn Wheelers
Charles Daniel
Thompson Photo
Mrs. H. Gordon DeLay
South America
Brain Derby
Mrs. Hale
Horace G. Hedges
Frank M. Hale
Grinnell
Seventeenth Street
Penningroths
Tipton
Charles Penningroth
Fourth Avenue SE
Penningroth
Henry L. Huber
Miss Koch
Walter Roth
Florida
Walter K. Roth
Park Terrace SE
Betty Roth
Miami
Fla
Roth
Harold E. Reid
Mr. Reid
Newark, N. J
Roths
Fletchers
Jack Fletcher, Jr
St. Paul
Minn
Mr. Fletcher
William M. Deacon
Knollwood Drive
Fletcher
Deacon
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Wallace D. Lyon
Park Avenue SE
Hudson Swilers
E. J. Larimer
Mrs. Hudson Swiler
Mrs. Swiler
Mrs. E. J. Larimer
R. H. Pickfords
Roswell H. Pickford
Forest Drive
Mulvihill
Mrs. Crabbe
Chicago
Thomas L. Crabbe
Grande Avenue
James R. Shaffer
Downers Grove
Mrs. Gibson
W. E. Dunshees
George F. Gibson
Waterloo
Jack Deets
Mr. Deets
Gibson
Walter E. Dunshee
Mr. Dunshee
Mount Vernon Road
Mrs. Kiburz
Richards
Kate Kiburz
W. W. Richards
Eks Club
C. O. Gray
Clarence O. Gray
Vernon Drive
Ernest Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Frederick C. Fisher
Scarsdale
N. Y
Clyde W. Savery
Savery
Frank Nevilles
Donald R. Laird
Glenway Drive
Zeric
Third Street
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