Foto Facts and Frugal Week in a Cedarapidian Life
John Reynolds recounts a week of small dramas and reflections from Cedar Rapids. He notes sanitation quirks, trains of thought on Truman’s budget, conversations with Ed Murphy in Wyoming, and memories of influential figures like Keith Vawter and Henry Clay. Enduring humor about cars, history, and family routines marks daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sary
New York
Plymouth
Cedar Rapids Company
Keith Vawter
Wawters
Franklin
Elizabeth
Tom
Kaye
Armar Ballroom
I. C. Church
Washington
Korea
Cairo
Paul Revere
Homecoming for Little Sharon Nudges Community Support
More than 125 friends of the Charles Matthews family, who lost their furniture and clothing when fire destroyed their house last Tuesday, honored them at a potluck dinner Sunday at Draport Inn. Surveying the gifts their good neighbors brought them are Shirley Matthews.
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Charles Matthews
Draport Inn
Shirley Matthews
Remorseful Tourist Lessons from Paris Rest Then Regret
A wearying travel essay rebukes American tourists for overindulgence in sightseeing. The narrator confesses three hours of rest in Paris and mocks the urge to cram every exhibit, warning that sloth breeds guilt and odd counterfactuals about missing famed works and Betty Grable. He reflects on a man shamed for skipping the Louvre and portrays the social fallout of cultural forgetfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raphael
Botticelli
Louvre
Betty Grable
Sam
Pan American
Bushytail
Miss
Crankshaft
Wyo
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John Reynolds
Henry Clay and
Frelinghuysen
Hoover Cleaners
Little Sharon
M. E. Beecher
Sharon Lee Beecher
Sharon
Atlanta
Iowa
Fanny Ward
America
Evelyn Noel
Associated Press
Frank “Pappy
Noel
Albany
N. Y
Ben
Suef
el Faryum
Egypt
SUEZ
Mediterranean Sea
Port Said
el Qantara
Suez Canal
Bitter L
Matthews
Mr. Matthews
Lillian Hoffman
Karen
Donna
Malta
Suez Canal Zone
Ismailia
Farouk
Vlach Motor Company
First Avenue NE
Doris Lunde
Wes Beecher
Chicago
Waterloo
Traer
Lincoln Zarub
Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Sage
Spice
Lichty
Rawgs
Bulestgci Bourbon
France
High Street
Dudley
England
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