Red Cross Girl Describes Her Work in England
Be Kosina of Center Point recalls her Red Cross dugout in Newquay Cornwall opened November 1943 and run from April 1944 to November 1944. She describes volunteers from the women’s service, a cozy hub for troops with doughnuts coffee and letters, and her journey from Iowa to overseas duty and back aboard the Queen Mary and a hospital ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
England
American Red Cross
Center Point
Be Kosina
O. J. Heverly
Washington, D. C
Basil O’connor
Newquay
Cornwall
Linn County
Women’s Volunteer Service
Army
Center Point Red Cross
Miss Rosina
University of Iowa
Miss Kosina
University of Idaho
G.I
Boon Talk Cannery Row by Steinbeck and Caldwell
Critics compare Steinbeck and Caldwell, noting they depict colorful, human subculture figures such as gamblers and derelicts. Both writers press on with tragic undertones, portraying inconsequential life moments shaped by an inexorable force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
Viking Press
Jon Steinbeck
Erskine Caldwell
Cannery Row and Its Pungent Humor in Steinbeck’s Vein
A lively critique compares Cannery Row to Chaplin’s pathos and Twain’s satire, praising Monterey life and characters like Lee Chong and Doc’s laboratory. It notes episodic plot, party misadventures, and the vivid portrait of Lee Chong as a high point, with the book’s open page storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas
Charley Chaplin
Cannery Row
Monterey
Calif
Dora
Western Biological Laboratory
Lee Chong
Doc
Mack
Steinbeck
Mark Twain
Dee
Miss Betty White Marries Col Riel in South Dakota
Miss Betty Martha White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard White of Dunedin Florida, married Cpl. Paul Eugene Riel son of Mr. and Mrs. William V. Riel of Pittsfield New Hampshire December 31 in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Rev. John V. Madison officiated at a double ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty White
Col. Riel
South Dakota
Max L. Deal
Fifteenth Street
Betty Martha White
J. Richard White
Dunedin
Fla
Paul Eugene Riel
Army Air Corps
William V. Riel
Pittsfield
N. H
Sioux Falls
S. D
John V. Madison
Joanne Grey
Howard C. Lake
Milwaukee
Wis
Community club and lodge notices of meetings
Various fraternal groups announce weekly or upcoming meetings and installat ions. Listings include Women of the Moose at Sokol hall, Post Office Clerks auxiliary, T. Z Cook Woman's Relief Corps, Meloly Camp 10715 RAM, Rainbow No. 22 I C C F degree team, Quaker Oats auxiliary, Townsend auxiliary, Adelphia circle, Valley City O 1 C division installation, Townsend club No 7, Winter Temple Pythian Sisters, Belle Plaine club luncheon packages with host Mrs. Cronbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Sokol Hall
Charles Nelson
M Avenue NW
T. Z Cook
F Avenue NW
Winter Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Hall
Valentine
Belle Plaine Club
Bryan iCronbaugh
A Avenue NE
Elizabeth Clendening Weds Field Musician Robert Jones in Hingham
Elizabeth Ernestine Clendening married Field Musician Robert E. Jones USMC in a Jan 4 ceremony at St Pauls rectory in Hingham Mass. The couple reside at 80 Ford Hill St Hingham. Jones, a service station manager and Edison High School graduate, served 20 months as an aircraft gunner on the Yorktown after enlisting Aug 24 1942. The event featured music and a dance, with attendees including the bride’s and groom’s families and local dignitaries. The bride wore a light blue ensemble and pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl R. Clendening
Elizabeth Ernestine
Robert E. Jones
USMC
Clarence E. Jones
St. Paul's Church
Hingham
Mass
Daniel Sheenan
Jones
Franklin High School
Collins Radio Company
Edison High School
Minneapolis
Martin Oil Company
Cedar Rapids
Marine Corps
San Diego
Ford Hill Street
Fairfax Girl to Wed Conrad Man
Mrs. Olive Burgess of Fairfax announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Dorothy to Clifford W. Leonard son of Mr and Mrs Joe Leonard of Conrad. The wedding will take place Wednesday at 8 pm in the Methodist church at Fairfax. Miss Burgess is a Roosevelt high school and Cedar Rapids Business college graduate and a Welch-Cook Bears stenographer. Leonard has served in the South Pacific for six months and will report to San Francisco after a 21 day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Burgess
Fairfax
Dorothy
Clifford W. Leonard
Joe Leonard
Conrad
Miss Burgess
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Melody Camp
R.N.A
Royal Neighbors of America
Sokol Hall
Wila Mae Batchelder
Mary Bowman
Emma Melsha
Oracle
Mildred Hardy
Genevieve Hollingsworth
Alma O’toole
Ida Mae Danson
Hazel Ross
Clara Ranquist
Marguerite Bradley
Charltyn Pack
Inner Sentinel
Olive Cooper
Outer Sentinel
Bessie Hansen
Bess Wilson
Eve Powell
Courage
Elizabeth Liston
Kay Dougherty
Dixie Mae Grady
Endurance
Leona Smothers
Minnie Johnson
Rainbow Installs Worthy Advisor in Cedar Rapids Rainbow Assembly
Joan Mohn was installed worthy advisor of Cedar Rapids Assembly No 11, Order of Rainbow for Girls, at the Masonic Temple. Mrs Vera Owen and Florence Churchill opened the ceremony. A large slate of officers and choir members were installed and presented with a Rainbow Bible by Clyde Sanborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Jesina
Grand Hope of Iowa
Janet Sullivan
Marcia Knox
Willis Mohn
Churchill
Nancy Moore
Marilyn Moats
Maureen Hamblin
Joan Mohn
Willis M. Mohn
Bever Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Joe Ann Greene
Charity
Jean Hartman
Hope
Jane Bettle
Faith
Alyce Mary Chadima
Ruth Ann Stucker
Carol Boudreaux
Recorder
JoAnn Gray
Patti Clarke
Betty McCabe
Billie Dawn Hughes
Nature
Virginia Reeder
Immortality
Ann Meek
Fidelity
Waneta Owen
Martha Phillips
Service
Jean Richardson
Confidential Observer
Mary Anne Paulu
Outer Observer
Lorraine Leksa
Charlotte Towner
Mary Holvenster
Joan Williams
Gloria Shepherd
Shirley Williams
Mary Alice McCabe
Marilyn Morgan
Carol McCleod
Ruth Rothorf
Lorraine Perley
Darlene Neptash
Helen Stoner
Betty Novak
Joan Brandt
Cheryl Chehak
Barbara Powers
Ilene Warner
Joyce Skinner
Jamey Knox
Florence Churchill
Clyde Sanborn
Mohn
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Mabel C. Wilson
Iowa
Sanford
Averica
Cly
Internal Revenue
Merck
Rolle
Star Jewelry CO
Tom Talbot
Elizabeth North Hoyt
L. E
Mercy Division
G.I.A
Division
B. of
L.E
P. Hall
Edna Turfitt
Edith Fullerton
Marshall
J. H. Earhart
W. H. Herr
Roosevelt Hotel
E. F. Ludwig
The
Brotherhood
6Co
Chicago
David Wallace
David, Jr
Mrs. Wallace
John H. Lynoit
Fourth Avenue SE
000 Rock Island Club
Rock Island Women's Club
C. Fullerton
C. A. Haynes
W. A. Bunebus
L. Swatosh
A. Odegaard
H. E. Johnson
J. W. McGuire
J A. Parcell
Walter Deal
A. C. Meakins
Sentinel
O OD. Mumma
John Randa
Ed Doran
W. A. Gregory
Andrew Kokesh
J S. Arendts
Cornwell
Jensen
C. R. Kiffee
Klersey
Fullerton
T. F. Leonard
Deal
James Myron
A. J. Clawson
C. C. Leatham
Cleo Durkee
Army Nurse Corps
Pacific Area
Glenn B. Durkee
F Avenue
Clubs
Alberty
Second Avenue SE
McCready Health Foods
Miss Hauser
Eulalia Hauser
Fifth Avenue SE
Jeannine Phillips
Jack Clark
Hugh Clatterbuck
Lois Ann Rayman
Mary LeClerc
Suzanne Fitzgerald
Dorothy Booze
Anne Mallon
Sandra Kellogg
David Clark
Faye Booze
Elberta Cousins
Marilyn Zimmerman
Jack Sedlacek
Carol Ann Delaney
Carolyn Champar
Neema Orr
Patricia Sedlacek
Sara Ann Holman
Delores van Horn
Lasswell Photo
Conrad Man
Dorothy Burgess
Rainbow
Montieur
Joan Monhn
Newman's
Montieur Studio
First Ave
Watel Roosevelt
Liabel
Harriet Hughes
Roux
New York City
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