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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1939

Page

13

Around the Town: Cedar Rapids Pool, Cigar Jests, and River Floods

A breezy roundup from Cedar Rapids covers a swimming misadventure after a Cedar River flood lip turning a car ride into a splashy trek. Patrol stories recount kissing rescuers and a wedding cigar prank, while tales from Scarsdale to Hinsdale tell of travel in pajamas and back-seat adventures.

Committees Named For Women's Golf Event

A long list of event committees for a women's golf tournament is announced with roles for Rules registration locker room prizes banquet social and reception. Notables include Mrs A H Boileau Mrs Frank C Byers George Taylor and Miss Laura Harper. The report also notes attendees and visitors from Cedar Rapids to St Louis.

A. H. Boileau Frank C. Byers George Taylor Miller Laura Harper Robert P. Bell Edith Knox David Beardsley Wallace Darling Harold N. Graves Robert A. Wilson G. H. Cornwell George S. Josselyn W. E. Peschau Ben F. Wolverton Patricia Burk Carl D. Thomas Glenn O. Fletcher Milo A. Chehak Perry West Haverly Jones T. J. Whitock Ray Vernimont A. L. Taylor R. I. Horton Betty Neuzil Della Mae Nash Elfrieda Metz David Turner E. P. Ristedt Orville H. Tousey Jack E. Durin Franklin E. Katterjohn A. C. Gertsen Clare R. Marshall James W. Bell Barbara Bloomhall Country Club Richard Jones John Heins T. J. Markland Ralph Clements J. B. McPherson Kenmore Emery James Cedar View Lumir Lorene Marion

Younger Group Has Moonlight Horseback Ride

A Dutch treat moonlit horseback ride led by a younger group began at 6 pm from Ely stables. The ride followed timbered trails to a picnic spot for a steak fry before returning by another path. Participants included Dorothy Spencer Marion Reiff Barbara Rogers Nora Cocker Kathryn Claassen Louise Flaherty Mary Zuercher Bob Tucker and others.

Ely Dorothy Spencer Marion Reiff Barbara Rogers Nora Cocker Kathryn Claassen Louise Flaherty Mary Zuercher Bob Tucker Horace Hedges, Jr Martin

Club Luncheon Honors Mrs Hilton Richards

Members of a sewing club entertained at a luncheon Thursday at the Elks club as a courtesy to former member Mrs Hilton Richards of Wellington New Zealand visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Urban 858 Fifteenth Street SE After luncheon the group visited the home of Mrs Willard Chadima 2200 Washington Avenue SE

Elks Club Hilton Richards Wellington New Zealand Joseph Urban Fifteenth Street Willard Chadima Washington Avenue Dorothy Morehead Herbert L. Morehead Sixteenth Street Oklahoma City Aliah Mae Mideke William Gaines Roach Morehead Stephens College Columbia Patricia Nelle Morehead Independence Becky Jean Rowland

Cornwells Welcome North Dakota Guests

Arriving today to visit at 358 Garden Drive SE are Frank G. Cornwell and his wife from Fargo North Dakota with their daughter Renee visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs G H Cornwell.

Donna Jeanne Johnson Chester S. Johnson Twenty-seventh Street Drive Charles Henshaw Des Moines Miss Lynch Kansas City Carl B Myers, Jr Barrington Myers Frank Hersch Greenwood Drive Mr. Myers Gertrude Myers Windermere George B. Turner Farmer City, I Anne Mrs. Turner Oscar Kemp Third Avenue SE Mr. Turner B. J. Turner Vinton Turner G. H. Cornwell Garden Drive Mr. Cornwell Frank G. Cornwell Mrs. Cornwell Fargo, N. D Renee Frances Blaul Theodore F. Blaul Woodland Drive Margaret Foley Davenport Cedar Rapids Franklin Peddie Fort Wayne Ind Horace G. Hedges Seventeenth Street E. B. Cameron Cameron Second Avenue SE Deane L. Adams Madison Susan Joan Adams Charles Moyer Moyer Tama Sally Charles Charles M. Daniel Edward LaPlante Daniel E. W. LaPlante Blake Boulevard O. H. Daniel Sinclair Avenue LaPlante John Shoenhair, Jr Pittsburgh G. King Thompson Fifth Avenue SE G. K. Thompson, Jr Nora Springs Bill Chicago

Hungarian Exhibit Continues At Art Assn Gallery

The Cedar Rapids Art Association gallery hosts a continued Hungarian painting exhibit in the public library. Paul Glucksmann states the show runs all week except Tuesday with all 120 oils on display. The collection features academic works by artists with works in major museums and private collections in Europe and the U S.

Cedar Rapids Art Association Paul Glucksmann Glucksmann Europe

Holiday Guests Arrive Across Cedar Rapids Homes

A parade of visitors fills Cedar Rapids households for July 4 celebrations. Fragments name Frances Blaul and Margaret Foley, Dr. J. Foster McNary, Col. C. B. Robbins, Deane Adams, Charles Moyer, and several families from Milwaukee Omaha St. Paul and Chicago visiting relatives at multiple addresses.

Harvey McClary Family Guests in St Joseph

Mr and Mrs Harvey C Mc Clary and daughter Constance stay over the holiday weekend with Mrs Mc Clarys parents Mr and Mrs L O Weakley in St Joseph Missouri The visit is described as a holiday weekend guests arrangement.

Harvey McClarys ST. Joseph, MO Harvey C. McClary Crescent Street Constance

Special Events Planned At Hitaga This Week

Camp Hitaga near Troy Mills hosts a Hill Billy grand opera a Hay Rack walk a Fourth of July picnic carnival and a water carnival. Shabonda unit exhibition Tuesday features lariat throwing and rope twirling with water carnival planned. Junior unit Hill Billies include Cedar Rapids campers Mary Helen Armstrong and others with several from Keokuk Coral Gables Florida Davenport and more. Apprentice unit lists Annabelle Hershey Dorothy Mueller Jean Richardson from Cedar Rapids and others from Mount Vernon and Farming ton Missouri.

Camp Hitaga Troy Mills Lolr Oaluruday Aponita Hill Billies Mary Helen Armstrong Carol Irene Barta Faye Booze Sheryl Chehak Margaret Curray Nancy Frazee Joan Gray Jerry Lou Hart Jane Hickenlooper Roberta Hill Laurine Howells Rosanne Klass Virginia Kluber Elaine Miller Patsy Milroy Dolores Paulsen Cornelia Polosky Patsy Pratt Jean Richardson Mary Sue Ristine Flora Robinson Suzanne Salter Polly Green Nancy Shean Doris Tappin Ann Wadsworth Mary Ella Wolverton Cedar Rapids Marilyn Hart Keokuk Margie Race Coral Gables Fla Betty Sutton Vinton Charlott Towner Moline Mary Alice Walker Davenport Shabonda Mary Byrnes Ruth May Coates Marilyn Condon Harriet Dauchy Corrine Dautremont Jean Denton Audrie Domer Patty Fortune Jean Frederick Jane Grayston Nancy Hale Mary Hubbard Jo Anne Kadlee Eleanor Lagoni Andrean Lowe Patricia Maloney Joan Nilles Rozanne Oshman Marian Paulsen Bonnie Westinghouse Virginia Reeder Ruth Shean Leona Sprynel Carol Stookey Glatha White Betty Wolfe Nancy Yuill Ella Agee Marengo Kathryn Bickel Mary Cooney Mary Countermine Virginia Grant Jean Milroy Betty Lou Moore Oelwein Beatrice Nelson Iowa City Aris Gertrude Platt Atellia Solbrig Margaret Templeman Walker Helen Travis Patricia Mitchell Mount Vernon Margaret Davis Farmington, Mo

Ronnie Moore Celebrates Fourth Birthday at Home Party

Ronnie Moore son of Mr and Mrs Ray Moore 25 Blake terrace SE celebrated his fourth birthday at a Saturday afternoon party at their home Games were played and refreshments served Guests included Lynn Kemp Jim my Biddinger Mary Donahue Susan Whitlock Richard Wilson Jack Cutler and Lorna Jean Steul

Ronnie Moore Ray Moore Blake Terrace SE Lynn Kemp Jimmy Biddinger Mary Donahue Susan Whitlock Richard Wilson Jack Cutler Lorna Jean Steul

Vacationers Head Off For Summer Trips In Iowa

Vacation season in full swing with families planning trips and visits. David Hedges of New York City sails for a Bermuda cruise lasting three weeks. Annabel M. Anderson leaves for a month in Los Angeles. Lincolns take their son on a Lake Okoboji summer visit. Arthur Deamer and Fred J. Kluss depart for the National Education Association convention in San Francisco.

Bermuda David Hedges New York City Horace G. Hedges Seventeenth Street Annabel M. Anderson Ridgeway Drive Los Angeles Calif Leo Leo P. Peiffer Upland Drive Lake Okoboji

Dr Edward Murray To Teach At McGill University

Dr Edward Murray son of Dr and Mrs Frederick G Murray of 1829 B Avenue NE has been appointed assistant in the pathology and bacteriology departments at McGill University Montreal He will start immediately and continue through next year He is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Medicine Murray serves as medical director of a boys camp Nominiaque in July in the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal.

Edward Murray Frederick G. Murray Avenue Montreal General Hospital McGill University Montreal Murray Canadian University University of Iowa School of Medicine Nominiaque Laurentian Mountains

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cedar River Second Avenue Park Court Eigteenth Street Clark Gable Robert Taylor Joe Louis Don Robb Minnesota Winnibigosh Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Scotty McIleod al Mikota Scotty Pete Funcke Vince Kofron West Side Funcke Kofron Korron Vince Pal Pete Scarsdale N. Y Hinsdale Ill John Savery Clyde Saverys Fred Betty Fisher Johnny Savery Fishers Legion Pool Thomas Park Talk of the Town New Yorker Magazine New York Cedar Rapidians Rebecca Hollywood Paramount Theater Miss McCrone Dwight Mounds Beth McCrone San Francisco Charles E. Roberts Wheeling W. Va Dwight E. Mound That City Barbara Marilyn Diane Adolph F. Boyson Commonwealth Apartments Commonwealth Tea Room Hupp Tevis Arthur Dunn St. Louis Ruby Wingert Tipton Will Leefers William Herbert Wingert Frank Wingert Arthur Wingert Wallace G. Boyson J. W. Albrights Burlington J. W. Albright C Avenue NE Hudson Swiler Genevieve Lynch Fourth Avenue SE John Wood Doebel Houston Naomi Doebel Roosevelt Hotel Tex Robert Brinton Brinton Adelaide Avery Miss Alice Hall Illinois Alice Hall L. E. Foiles Mr. Foisles Earlville, NL Fern Jean Bob Carol Leo W. Larson Higley Avenue Fred R. Carter Avenue NE Milwaukee C. F. McDonald Carl B. Myers’, JR William Quartons Wisconsin William B. Quarton Janesville, Wis Fred J. Poyneers Fred J. Poyneer Mount Vernon Avenue Devil’s Backbone State Park Maurice Cahill Bever Avenue Patrick Fort Dodge Bertha Conn Mrs. Shields Os Angeles J. M. Shields Charles D. Roberts Peoria Spirit Lake Roberts Mary Lockwood Hervie F. Lockwood Mr. Roberts B Avenue NE George B. Turners G. H. Cornwells North Dakota Art Assn Lasswell Thompson O. F. Paulsen F. T. Sullivan Washington, D. C Gerald Thomas Timothy Sullivan Grande Avenue SE Col. Robbins John L. Miller Anna Liljedahl Edward C. Clark Clark J. Foster McNary Jean McNary Alvin W. Allen First Avenue E Shoenhair Edwy J. Clapp Twenty-sixth Street Ada Clapp Flora Frum Alice Frum Shelby St. Paul Robert B. Angell Albert P. Jenkins R. F. O'Brien, Jr Mae Fisher Omaha Robert B. Davis Twenty-ninth Street Howard A. Horan James Lowe Fort Madison Charles Bode Mount Vernon Avenue SE Mr. Bode Berney Joseph Mr. Joseph O'Fallon Bodes Robert Bode G. K. Thompsons L. Ray Erickson First Hitaga Mrs. J. F. Lincoln Edw. Murray McGill ‘University Connie Paris Connie Creations Mary J. Pederson Fourth Ave Newman's Hotel Roosevelt WM. S. Cadow
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