Around the Towns Oddities and Earnest Moments
A collage of small town vignettes from a Des Moines area paper. A streetcar mishap injures Officer Bill Milke, a hotel room query during Farm Bureau, a great grandchild’s graduation thrill, a missing curtain bundle found in a fireman's river rescue, blizzard car troubles, guppy shop musings, a child mispronounces a relative, a snowbound mother guides her child to school, and a tour of the new city police station led by Chief Vinch with various groups joining the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Bob Vinch
Teens Dance Series At Cedar Rapids Country Club
The Cedar Rapids Country club plans teen age dances for members children aged 13 to 16 starting Friday from 7 30 to 10 p m with an orchestra and refreshments. Parents will chaperon. The article lists committee members and other 1938 club activities and mentions attending D A R events and Northwestern students visiting for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl P. Blaise
Marvin Wright
Weaver Witwer
Wallace Darling
Frank A. Fratcher
Chester D. Salter
Henry M. Files
Joan B. Turner II
Sutherland Dows
Edward Soboda, Jr
Glenn O. Fletcher
George E. Beattie
Harold J. Rowe
Rockey T. Newton
P. A. Stover
George F. Miller
E. J. Lattner
Harold N. Graves
Frank C. Byers
James W. Bell
Douglas F. Boynton
B. P. Lattner
Frederick 5S. Glanville
Betty Neuzil
Kathleen Carey
David Turner
Thomas L. Crabbe
William C. Crawford
Sumner H. Foster
Roy Lukanitsch
Robert Netolicky
J. A. Yessler
Pool
Donald P. Barnes
David E. Beardsley
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Milo A. Chehak
Robert C. Safely
Greens
Andersons Host Bob Party for Kirks in Cedar Rapids
Dr and Mrs Ernest W Anderson hosted a bobsled party at their 2222 Fifth Avenue SE home Saturday night before guests sleighed to the Anderson residence for supper. Mr and Mrs Douglas Kirk plan to move to St Joseph Missouri Monday. Jeanne Marshall sails to New Orleans to visit her grandparents and aunt in Biloxi before returning to Cedar Rapids after a month. Martha Marquis circle meets Thursday at 1 pm at 238 Twenty fourth Street SE with devotions led by Mrs Max Daehler and a talk by Robert Ebel on Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern
Esther Yothers
J. F. Yothers
Fourth Avenue SE
Martha Beardsley
David E Beardsley
Linden Drive
Don Kessler
L. A. Kessler
Greenwood Drive
Evanston
Douglas Kirk
Twenty-fifth Street SE
Ernest W. Anderson
Fifth Avenue SE
Anderson
Mrs. Kirk
St. Joseph
Kirk
Quaker Oats Company
Jeanne Marshall
Verne Marshall
Knollwood Drive
New Orleans
Mrs. Marshall
L. E. Robichaux
South
Miss Marshall
Lawrence Fabacher
Biloxi
Martha Marquis Circle
Karl A. Stiles
Twenty-fourth Street
Marvin D. Cone
William V. Burger
J. Dale Welsch
Vernon E. Lichtenstein
Max Daehler
Robert Ebel
Harm D. Peters
Twenty-sixth’ Street
Wurster Tea Room
M. O. Waterman
B Avenue NE
Burlington
R. R. Epler
James L. Bever
Washington Avenue
Florida
Bever
Cedar Rapids
Miami
Mary Jane Stephenson
T. R. Stephenson
C Avenue NE
Miss Stephenson
Sally Luberger
An Hill
Marjorie Fiebig
Ellen Curray
Elora Boardman
Miria Greenberg
Betty Hruska
Barbara Hird
Betty Atkinson
Barbara Anderson
Dick Rayburn
Merritt Johnson
Jack Alberts
Bob Jones
Jack Hamiston
Stanley Potter
Frank Powers
Duane Emerson
Wayne Fosters to Visit in California
Dr and Mrs Wayne J Foster of 2304 Hillcrest Dr SE depart today for two weeks in Los Angeles and Pasadena visiting Mrs Fosters sisters Mrs Paul Berger and Mrs J Howell Smith. Dwight and Mrs Krumboltz hosted a dinner at 2231 Fifth Ave SE for Mr and Mrs Robert Kelly their daughters Dorothy Kelly and Mrs Melvin Hasselbush and Mr Hasselbush of Clarence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Foster
Paul Berger
J. Howell Smith
Dwight Krumboltz
Fifth Avenue SE
Robert Kelly
Dorothy Kelly
Melvin Hasselbush
Mr. Hasselbush
Clarence
Junior League Fine Arts Show Highlights Heirlooms and Antiques
The Junior League Fine Arts and Hobby show opens in Cedar Rapids Little Gallery featuring family heirlooms, antique table settings, and Civil War objects. Highlights include Empress Josephine shawl owned by Mrs. Howard Hall and a 1654 autograph book loaned from the Chicago Art Institute, valued at $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Bell
Forrest W. Stewart
Little Gallery
Public Library
China
Junior League
Art
Cedar Rapids League
Josephine
France
Howard Hall
Donald Laird
Chicago Art Institute
Neville
Ben F. Wolverton
Winthrop
Bon Voyage for DeLay and Party in New York
Mrs H Gordon DeLay and John Carey depart for New York with Mrs Frederick S Glanville for a granddaughter’s send off as Mr DeLay sails to Buenos Aires with Harm Peters party preparing a three year home there. Kathleen Carey joins them in Washington DC before the New York departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mrs. DeLay
New York City
H. Gordon DeLay
John Carey
Grande Avenue
Frederick S. Glanville
Bever Avenue
DeLay
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Daughters of Isabella Plan Card Parties at Cedar Rapids
The Daughters of Isabella Our Lady of Perpetual Help circle will host card parties Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Gas company to raise funds for chorus robes. Members include Mrs Goodyear and several others. the American Legion auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial building with Fred J Kluss speaking on the Constitution. An executive board will convene at 7:15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Isabella
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Circle
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Monica Goodyear
Goodyear
Mary Keith
Mary Quass
Lulu Lambert
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford
Memorial Building
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High School
United States
H. E. Travis
Dinners and dances at the Country Club noted in society column
Henry Adams and Frank Jakoubek hosted large dinners at the Country Club with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Files and others. Eleanor Cook, 222 Crescent St SE, along with Mrs. Edward H. Smith, 810 First Ave E, sail on the S S Rotterdam for a two month southern voyage via the Panama Canal and back. Lieut. Robert Moore heads to Norfolk after two weeks with parents at 536 Knollwood Dr. RS. Mrs Hunting and Mrs Olney depart for Mexico City for several weeks. Chapter HJ of PEO planning a meeting at 1508 A Ave NE with a program on Sarah Porter Beckwith home and Cottey College. Engagement announced for Gladys Genevieve Streeter and Donald Lafrentz. wedding planned in February. Beethoven club shifts meetings to the public library art room. Youth Temperance Council to meet at Mrs Nettie Sisam’s home Monday at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Bye
Mayflower
Second Avenue SE
L E. Henry
George M. Newland
Harold A. Lockhart
Carl D. Thomas
Everett R. Phillips
Washington, D. C
Katherine Franken
Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Charles G. Oxley
F. L. Diserens
Milo Wenger
J. C. Milner
Lee S. Coy
Fred J. Kluss
D. A. R. Magazine
Wenger
Kluss
Ellis Island
Island
Donald §. Barry
Harmon R. Taylor
Eleanor Cook
Crescent Street SE
New York City
Edward H. Smith
First Avenue E
Tampa
Miss Cook
Mrs. Smith
S. S. Rotterdam
New York
Panama Canal
South America
Jay W. Hesser
Educational Fund
T. H. Wright, Jr
Cottey College
A. L. Woggenthaler
Sarah Porter Beckwith
Robert Bickel
J. W. Streeter
Anamosa
Gladys Genevieve
Donald Lafrentz
R. E. Lafrentz
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
Miss Streeter
Lincoln’ School
Cedar Rapids Produce Company
Original Old Maids Club Has Reunion
A Cedar Rapids social weekend features the Original Old Maids club gathering with a bridge tea hosted by Miss Sara Lee Hesbacher. Members and guests attend various events as semester breaks prompt social outings and weekend visits. Renovations and plans for the upcoming Bach elors Ball, February 12 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, are outlined with organizers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Maids Club
Sara Lee Hesbacher
Seventeenth Street SE
Miss Hesbacher
Edith Hesbacher
Missez Valerie Konecny
Primrose Selden
Maxine Kopel
Dorothy Leefers
Della Mae Nash
Dorothy Carr
Goldena Greenblatt
Jeanne Krebs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill
First Avenue
Third Street
Bill Milke
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
George Raabe
Belle Plaine
Memorial Coliseum
Hattie Canfield
Twentieth Street
Fred Dice
Roosevelt
Grandma Canfield
Louise Eldridge
Charlie Usher
Louise
Herm Strasburger
Virg
Clark Chandler
Hermie
Clark
Barbara Booth
Ronald Booths
Marion
Dr. J. J. Booth
Barbara
Dr. Booth
Hisami’, Fla
Betty Soboda
Betty
Nancy
Joann Hanzlik
Stephens College
Columbia, Mo
Milos
Hanzlick
Avenue
James Savery
Richard Westerfield
Atlantic
University of Iowa
West Union
Mr. Westerfield
Mrs. C. M. Westerfield
Mrs. A. L
Howard Secor
Louise Watterson
Harold V. Neilly
Mary Elizabeth Hillbrunner
Gene Green
Don A. Dunn
Anton L. Naso, Jr
J. L. Green
Mary Virginia Jamesson
Lucille Hillbrunner
Frances Halpin
Thompson Photo
Ernest Andersons
Martha Marquis
Wayne Fosters
California
MR. and
Mrs. Krumboltz
Hudson Swilers
Mexico
Hudson Swiler
Mexico City
Eluta Tami Camp
Sara May Messenger
Miss Messenger
Ruth Bokerney
Verna Krough
Margaret Clark
Beverly Wright
Jane Herdlicka
Margaret Swope
Audrey Anderson
the Guardian
A. J. Anderson
van Vechten Shaffer
Neil Montgomery
Orville H. Tousey
James H. Yuill
Shaffer
Jay G. Sigmund
James Sigmund
James H. Yuili
Edwy J. Clapp
Henry Ristine
Tamar Meister
R. H. Meister
Forest Drive
Betty Drum
Oak Park, Ill
Frances Shimer
Mount Carroll, WI
000 Mercy Auxiliary
Mercy Hospital
THE
Watermans
Jolas
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
MKS
Longueville
Oliver Longueville
Blake Boulevard
E. J. Carey
R. S. Hardendorff
W. J. Neuzil
S. A. Sanders
Ray Goreman
William Jayne
S. P. Moore
Isabella
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Henry Adams
Frank Jakoubek
W. Craven Shuttleworth
Arthur Barlow
Arthur L. Augustine
Roy E. Curray
Robert Moore
Norfolk
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood
Hunting
Olney
H. B. Hunting
O. C. Olney
Glenway Drive
Hesser
Beethoven Club
Montrose Hotel
Youth's Temperance Council
Nettie Sisam
First Avenue W
Original
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Geneva
Steva Smith
Robert EF. van John Vavra
Charles Schoonover
Eplers
MR. Bever
Mrs. Hickman
M. J. Hickman
W. E. Peschau
Guy E. Hillier
Mrs. Rowe
Grande Avenue SE
Bridge
Clare Marshall
Clare R. Marshall
Pleasant Drive
A. J. Ramsey
Addison J. Ramsey
Clark L. Sherwood
Commonwealth Apartments
Ramsey
Frank Listenwalter
Bess Listenwalter
Eurydice Wallace
Bertha Wallace
Horton Bailey
Balcom Luberger
John Choate
Roy E. Choate
Blair Boulevard
John
Choates
Lakeside
W. C. Howe
David and
Tommy Barry
Ridgeway Drive
George F. Gibson
Fla
George N
Hedges
Harry T. Hedges
George H. Hedges
Chicago
Lloyd
George Hedges
Margaret Farquhar
Eighteenth Street
Jo Graham
Grinnell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!