Around the Town column from Cedar Rapids notes
Highlights include Alma Whitaker praising Mrs. Theodore Stickney of Cedar Rapids in California, streetcar workers briefing on reading the paper, onstage mishaps during The Devil Passes, radio chats with Los Angeles friends, and assorted local vignettes from Cedar Rapids and Blairs town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Whitaker
West Coast
Cedar Rapids
California
Theodore Stickney
Iowa
Jennie I. Berry
Los Angeles
The
Red Cross
Mrs. Stickney
Pasadena
Engagement announced for Lois Rehnberg to Chicago man
Lois Dana Rehnberg daughter of Mr and Mrs Karl H Rehnberg of Oak Park Illinois formerly of Cedar Rapids is engaged to Charles Robert Rubias of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs Charles Rubias 1407 Third Avenue SE No wedding date set Miss Rehnberg Beloit College Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Gamma president Rubias Coe College alum and Pi Alpha Pi Pi Delta Epsilon with Ross Llewellyn Advertising in Chicago The notice also lists social visits club meetings and current events from the period eyewitness details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl H. Rehnberg
Oak Park
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Lois Dana
Charles Robert Rubias
Chicago
Charles Rubias
Third Avenue SE
Miss Rehnberg
Beloit College
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Gamma
Rehnberg
Board of Trade Clearing Corporation of Chicago
Rubias
Coe College
Phi Alpha Pi
Pi Delta Epsilon
Ross Llewellyn Advertising Agency
Lois Dona Rehnberg
Oak Park, Ill
Czech Arts Society To Feature Works Of John Mokrejs
The Czech Fine Arts society presents John Mokrejs compositions in a Tuesday 8 p.m. program in Montrose hotel Terrace room. New York City resident Mokrejs is uncle to Helen Mokrejs of Coe College. The event includes readings and performances by Miss Mokrejs and Mrs. Orr, Martha Leksa, and a string trio led by Chester Petranek with Harry Mokrejs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mokrejs
Czech Fine Arts Society
Terrace
Montrose Hotel
Mokrejs
New York City
Helen Mokrejs
Coe
Winona
Frank V. Orr
Martha Leksa
Valcik
Chester Petranek
Alma Turechek
Harry Mokrejs
Robert Mokrejs
Cedar Rapids
Betty Edmondson Hosts Pot Luck Supper At Home
Miss Betty Edmondson of 611 Seventeenth Street SE will host a pot luck supper this evening at her residence. Guests include Misses Barbara Marshall Betty Holloway Betty Starman Jean Rasdall Mary Louise Baldridge Shirley Larson and Gilbert Edward Person John Hallenbeck Bob Adams Dave Miller Bob Kosek and Bob Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Edmondson
Seventeenth Street SE
Barbara Marshall
Betty Holloway
Betty Starman
Jean Rasdall
Mary Louise Baldridge
Shirley Larson
Gilbert
Edward Person
John Hallenbeck
Bob Adams
Dave Miller
Bob Kosek
Bob Jordan
College Club Hears Unknown Soldier Drama
About 100 members and guests attended a College club meeting to hear Edward A. Wright present The Unknown Soldier Speaks, a dramatic adaptation of John Haynes Holmes sermon and an imagined dialogue with the Arlington tomb. The program praised peace amid World War memories and highlighted the soldier’s suffering and perceived futility of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Wright
College Club
Royal H. Holbrook
Second Avenue SE
Wright
John Haynes Holmes
Arlington Cemetery
Harold Leslie Leaves After Visiting Denios
Mr and Mrs Harold Leslie of Los Angeles Calif left Saturday after spending a few days in the home of Mr and Mrs E W DeNio 507 Fairview Drive SE Mr Leslie was guest speaker at the life underwriters luncheon Friday at the Roosevelt hotel The American Legion auxiliary to Hanford post No 5 will meet Monday at 8 pm at the Memorial Coliseum Executive board meeting at 715 pm Mrs Clare Nichols chairman of the Americanism and national defense committee and Mrs Robert Vesely program chairman will present a guest speaker Mrs C E Darey division chairman and her committee will be in charge of the dining room Miss Louise Gillette who left this weekend to make her home in Chicago was honored by a group of her school friends at a farewell party Friday evening at the home of Miss Ruth Klepach 1015 Thirteenth Street NW Those present were the Misses Gillette Martha Elliott Marylou Carnes Jane Gable Geraldine Bissel and Mary Esther McCune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Leslie
Los Angeles
Calif
E. W. DeNio
Fairview Drive
Leslie
Life Underwriters
Roosevelt Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford Post No. 5
Memorial Coliseum
Clare Nichols
Americanism and National Defense Committee
Robert Vesely
C. E. Darey
Louise Gillette
Chicago
Ruth Klepach
Thirteenth Street NW
Gillette
Martha Elliott
Marylou Carnes
Jane Gable
Geraldine Bissel
Mary Esther McCune
Alumnae Of Gamma Phi Beta To Dine With Iowa Chapter
Local Gamma Phi Beta alumnae will join the University of Iowa chapter for a dinner at the chapter house in Iowa City. The event honors the new house mother Mrs J Jasmine and marks the house re opening after decoration. A meeting will follow with about twenty alumnae attending. Cedar Rapids alumnae meeting postponed due to this. Mrs Bolton Wilson of Mount Vernon has left after a week at her son Byron Wilson s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
University of Iowa
Iowa City
J. Jasmine
Cedar Rapids
Bolton Wilson
Mount Vernon
Byron Wilson
Memorial Drive
Collects Her Pups By Breeds
Viola Hanry of 1240 B avenue NE pursues a dog breed replication hobby collecting over sixty five canines from eleven nations. She relies on Dog World map guides and a magazine for breed histories, tax facts, and dog world statistics as she expands her growing menagerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Viola Hanry
Avenue NE
Miss Hanry
The
Dog World Magazine
China
B. C
United States
Germany
Lois Dona Rehnberg to wed Charles Rubias of Chicago
Engagement news announces Miss Lois Dona Rehnberg and Charles Robert Rubias of Chicago as fiancé and fiancée. The couple’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Karl H. Rehnberg of Oak Park Illinois and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rubias of Chicago.
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Blairstown
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Chase Wickershams
S. E. Coquillettes
Wes Novotny
Coquillette
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Wes
Guaranty Bank
Grace Chaffee
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Jim Yuill
Moray Eby
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C. D. Hedberg
George Koseks
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Ray Anderson
Jane Clements
Ralph Clements
Herman Daehn
Charles Schroeder
Fred Daehns
London
Clyde Marinus
Independence
Middle West
Vinton
J. J. Varras
John Vavra
Augusta
Lois Rehnberg
Frank Baldwin
Frank B. Baldwin
Wildwood Drive
Alvan Baldwin
Davenport
Ramona Bachman
Shirley Flannigan
Arthur Gertsens
Mrs. Kennedy
F. A. Kennedy
Arthur C. Gertsen
Pleasant Drive
Sandoe Jordan
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Carl F. Jordan
Linden Drive
Cora Eller
Rosalie Swanson
Stratton Eller
Des Moines
Mr. Eller
Fourth Avenue
Frank V. Ory
Fifth Avenue SE
W. W. Walker
F. G. Murray
1829
J. M. Wiley
H. J. Ferguson
Meadowbrook Drive
F. W. Damour
Arthur Barlow
Everett Phillips
Shakespeare Club
O. H. Daniel
Grande Avenue SE
C. S. Foster
Blake Boulevard
F. C. Meyers
Harlem
Czech Arts Society
Karl P. Blaise
Fighteenth Street
T. E. Ravenscroft
J. F. Yothers
A. L. Killian
Myrtle Cavin
Robert C. Davis
Robert Calder Davis
Crescent Stret SE
Anne Witwer
Miami Beach
Fla
Social
C. L. Douglass
Knollwood Drive
Mrs. Peterson
Walter G. Peterson
First Avenue E
St. Louis
Richard Belding
Minerva Delphian
H. W. Ward
Wordsworth and
Coleridge
J. W. Barnett
Shelley
F. H. Knapp
Keats
H. R. Hess
Lord Byron
H. G. Heiserman
H. S. Johnson
Unknown Soldier
Dr. Holmes
Inga Tapper
O. P. Busch
Russell F. Judson
R. P. Taylor
William Rinderknecht
Wells C. Peck
Student Loan Fund
Helen Young
Ileen Peet
H. C. Ring
B. C. Broghammer
Lawrence Danvers
O. J. Elsenbast
Ray T. Moore
B. M. Ross
Paul Thorn
Jolly Eight Club
Gertrude Merklin
K Avenue
Jolly Eight 500 Club
R. H. Burns
BH. F. Halloway
Leo Slaughter
A. G. D. Alumnae
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Sanford Kerr
Alaska
East Side
Metcalfs
Grace Walpole Circle
Grace Walpole
King’s Daughters
Edwin C. Nelson
Washington Avenue SE
Harold Leslies
Denios
Legion Auxiliary
Honor Louise Gillette
Gamma Phi Beta
Iowa U
N. W
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Mrs. Wilson
Alice Davidson
B Avenue
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Vey Pro Zoric Dry Cleaners
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