Around the Town in Cedar Rapids and Pasadena Notes
Alma Whitaker praises Mrs Theodore Stickney of Cedar Rapids in her Sugar and Spice column as the kindest, sweetest visitor in California. The item recalls local and national lighthearted vignettes from Cedar Rapids including theater mishaps, radio chatter, and neighborhood curiosities with references to notable locals and events.
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 Dana Rehnberg and Charles Rubias
Lois Dana Rehnberg of Oak Park Illinois and Charles Robert Rubias of Chicago announced their engagement. Lois is a Beloit College graduate Phi Beta Kappa and Delia Gamma sorority president. Charles is a Coe College alum and works at Ross Llewellyn Advertising in Chicago. The couple has not set a wedding date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl H. Rehnberg
Oak Park
Cedar Rapids
Lois Dana
Charles Robert Rubias
Chicago
Charles Rubias
Third Avenue SE
Adiss Rehnberg
Beloit College
Phi Beta Kappa
Delia Gamma
Rehnberg
S081
Trace Clearing Corporaton
Chicara Mir
Rubias
Coe College
Phi Alpha Pi
Pi Delta Epsilon
Ross Llewellyn Advertising Agency
Czech Arts Society To Feature John Mokrejs Works
The Czech Fine Arts society presents compositions by John Mokrejs in a musical program Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Terrace room of the Montrose hotel. Guest performers include Helen Mokrejs, Martha Leksa, a string trio, and Miss Mary Trzil. Dr. Leo Sedlacek and Joseph Sadowsky will discuss Mokrejs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mokrejs
Czech Fine Arts Society
Terrace
Montrose Hotel
Mokrejs
New York City
Helen Mokrejs
Coé
Winona
Frank V. Orr
Martha Leksa
Valcik
Chester Petranek
Alma Turechek
Harry Mokrejs
Robert Mokrejs
Cedar Rapids
Betty Edmondson Hosts Pot-Luck Supper Tonight
Miss Betty Edmondson of 611 Seventeenth Street SE will host a pot-luck supper at her home this evening. Guests include Miss Barbara Marshall, Betty Holloway, Betty Starman, Jean Rasdall, Mary Louise Baldridge, Shirley Larson, Gilbert and 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
The College club hosted about 100 people for Edward A. Wright’s dramatic presentation The Unknown Soldier Speaks at Mrs. Royal H. Holbrook’s home. The piece adapts John Haynes Holmes sermon into an imagined dialogue with the Arlington National Cemetery soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Wright
College Club
Royal H. Holbrook
Second Avenue SE
Wright
John Haynes Holmes
Arlington Cemetery
Engagement Announced for Miss Lms Dona Rehnberg
The engagement of Miss Lms Dona Rehnberg to Charles Robert Rubias of Chicago is announced today by her parents Mr. and Mrs Karl H Rehnberg of Oak Park Hl. The Rubias family name appears as the fiancé and their address listed as 1407 Third Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lms
Dona Rehnberg
Charles Robert Rubias
Chicago
Charles Rubias
Third Avenue SE
Karl H. Rehnberg
Oak Park, Hl
Harold Leslie Leaves After Denio Visit
Mr and Mrs Harold Leslie of Los Angeles Calif left Saturday after visiting Mr and Mrs E W DeNio at 507 Fairview drive SE Leslie was guest speaker at the life underwriters luncheon Friday at the Roosevelt hotel The American Legion auxiliary Hanford post No 5 will meet Monday at 8 pm at the Memorial coliseum An executive board meeting is 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 run the dining room Miss Louise Gillette left this weekend for Chicago and was honored at a farewell party Friday at Miss Ruth Klepach 1015 Thirteenth street NW Those present included 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
Gillette
Martha Elliott
Marylou Carnes
Jane Gable
Geraldine Bissel
Mary Esther McCune
Chicago North Western Woman’s Club
Y. W.C
Wilson
Bolton Wilson
Mount Vernon
Byron Wilson
Memorial Drive
Alumnae Guests for Gamma Phi Beta Dinner at Iowa U
Local Gamma Phi Beta alumnae will dine with the University of Iowa chapter at the chapter house in Iowa City to honor the new house mother Mrs J Jasmine and celebrate the house redecoration. A meeting will follow. about twenty alumnae invited. Cedar Rapids event postponed. Mrs Bolton Wilson visits Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
University of Iowa
Iowa City
J. Jasmine
Cedar Rapids
Collects Her Pups By Breeds
Viola Hanry of 1240 B avenue NE pursues a scientific dog hobby collecting more than sixty five canines representing twenty one breeds from eleven nations. She uses an illustrated Dog World map and its facts on chows hounds mastiffs terriers and more. Her lifelong interest fills her home with rare reproductions including a Pekingese weighing thirteen and a half pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Hanry
B'avenue NE
Miss Hanry
The
Dog World Magazine
China
B. C
United States
Germany
B Avenue
Pekes
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Wildwood Drive
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Arthur Gertsens
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Arthur C. Gertsen
Pleasant Drive
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Linden Drive
Czech Arts Society
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Karl P. Blaise
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T. E. Ravenscroft
J. F. Yothers
A. L. Kil- Han
Myrtle Cavin
Robert C. Davis
Cora Eller
Rosalie Swanson
Stratton Eller
Des Moines
Mr. Eller
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A. A. A. W. Groups
Fifth Avenue
W. W. Walker
F. G. Murray
J. M. Wiley
P. E. OO
J. Ferguson
Meadowbrook Drive
P E.O
F W,. Damour
Arthur Barlow
Everett Phillips
Shakespeare Club
O H Daniel
Grande Avenue SE
C S Foster
Blake Boulevard
F C Meyers
Harlem
Robert Calder Davis
Crescent Stret SE
Anne Witwer
Miami Beach
Fla
C. L. Douglass
Knollwood Drive
Mrs. Peterson
Walter G. Peterson
First Avenue E
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Viola Hanry
Unknown Soldier
Dr. Holmes
C. Harve Geiger
Inga Tapper
O P Busch
Russell F. Judson
St Louis
R P Taylor
William Kinderknecht
Wells C Peck
Red Cross Flood Relief Fund
S G Armstrong
Lulu Averill
Katherine Bryan
R. P. Taylor
Wilma Cooley
Elsie Propst
Lillian Beck
Helen Keith
Margaret Pratt
Ethel Ryan
Lucille Duncan
Helen McFarland
Helen Young
Teen Peet
H C Ring
Broghammer
Lawrence Danvers
O J, Elsenbast
Ray T Moore
B. M. Ross
Paul Thorn
Jolly Eight Club
Gertrude Merklin
KK Avenue
Jolly Eight 500 Club
R. H. Burns
H F. Halloway
Leo Slaughter
Alpha Gamma Celta
Sanford Kerr
Alaska
East Side
Metcalfs
WCTU
Cyrus Metcalf
Francis Willard
C B Hungerford
Grace Walpole Circle
Grace Walpole
King’s Daughters
Edwin C Nelson
Washington Avenue
Lois Dona Rehnberg
Harold Leslies
Denios
Legion Auxiliary
Honor Louise Gillette
Gamma Phi Beta
Iowa U
N. W
Alice Davidson
Zoric Dry Cleaners
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