Lakeside House Reflects French Provincial Design
Lakeside is built of Iowa stone with a Vermont slate roof reflecting French provincial architecture. The Choates planned the home for years with imports from old French chateaux over 100 years old. Mrs Choate designed the pink hallway and the ornate living room bay window. a Russian snow painting once admired by Queen Mother Mary hangs in the dining room.
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Lakeside
Iowa
Choates
Europe
England
Iown
Roy E. Choate
Thirtieth Street
Younger Group Celebrates At Picnic Supper
Meeting at the W. J. Brown cottage near Paris Friday evening Cedar Rapids group celebrated the Fourth of July with a picnic supper. Attendees included Susan Brown Marion Reiff Kathryn Claassen Doris Cone Donna Jeanne Johnson Bonnie Diebold Kathryn Wandle Patricia Marshall Mary Zuercher Louise Flaherty Eugene Pinney Horace Hedges Jr Gordon McKay Bryce Fisher Ralph Gearhart Jr Kenneth Lindsay Jr Martin Hanson Charles Knox Jr Bob Taylor Hulbert Rice.
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W. J. Brown
Paris
Cedar Rapids
Susan Brown
Marion Reiff
Kathryn Claassen
Doris Cone
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Bonnie Diebold
Kathryn Wandle
Patricia Marshall
Mary Zuercher
Louise Flaherty
Eugene Pinney
Horace Hedges
Gordon McKay
Bryce Fisher
Ralph Gearhart
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Martin Hanson
Charles Knox, Jr
Bob Taylor
Hulbert Rice
Cedar Rapids Families Plan Travel for July 4 Weekend
Cedar Rapids families plan trips across the country as the holiday weekend arrives. Miss Harriette Hamilton visits Evanston and sails to Lake Geneva with relatives. Betty Hamilton travels to Rice Lake to see the Roswell Pickfords. Others head to Chicago, Alaska, Cadillac in Michigan, and sites from Mount McKinley to the Black Hills.
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Cedar Rapids
Wallace S. Hamilton
Harriette Hamilton
Evanston
Drury Davis
Mr. Davis
Lake Geneva
Wis
Betty Hamilton
Chicago
Rice Lake
Roswell H. Pickfords
Hamilton
Lumb Severas
Blake Boulevard
Walter Hall
Aurora
Severas
Mary Bell
Coe College
Ethel Ryan
Department of
Columbia University
New York City
Evelyn Street
Carol
Cadillac
Mich
Coe College To Reopen Children's Theater This Summer
The Coe college children's theater will reopen from July 14 to August 16 under Margaret Fortsch and Eleanor Peters with Kent Andrews supervising. Ages 5 to 12 may enroll for five weeks of morning sessions, including storytelling, pantomime, play writing, and scenic design. Registration is at the Coe playhouse in Sinclair Memorial chapel Friday and Saturday 9 to 11 am and 1 to 3 pm.
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Coe College Children's Theater
Margaret Fortsch
Eleanor Peters
Kent Andrews
Coe Playhouse
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Out of Town Guests Honor Weekend Social Scene
Cedar Rapids hosts welcome a stream of visitors over the Fourth of July weekend. Guests include J G Prosser and grandson from Pasadena staying with John Ely at 2222 First Ave E, then heading to Manistee Michigan. Byers entertain Alden Avery and daughter Susan from Spencer. Lynn Pratt with Dr and Mrs Knox at 517 Knollywood SE, preparing a Chicago move. guests from Chicago and Boston visit area families. Mary Ann Turnbull’s birthday party drew friends at 2018 Fifth Ave SE. additional out of town visitors include Ruey Brodine from Boston and Barbara Dvorak from Chicago visiting relatives.
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John Ely
First Avenue E
Pasadena
Calif
J. G. Prosser
Joe Prosser
Manistee
Mich
Cedar Rapids
Frank OC. Byers
Nineteenth Street
Alden Avery
Spencer
Susan
Lynn Pratt
Philadelphia
Eliza Merrill Hickok
Chicago
Mary Ann Turnbull
Charles T Hickok
Fifth Avenue SE
Mary Ann
Ohio
Hickoks
Jeanne Hareper
Anthony Anderson
Susan Ray
Anne Lichtenstein
Caroline Knapp
Patricia Stiles
Jame Hamilton
Sandra Lee Paxson
Ly D. Hurd, Jr
Sherran Hurd
Sally Files
Susan Clapp
John Hamilton
David Turner, III
Suzanne Hahn
Edward McQuiston
Lee Cooper
John Marshall
Marie Louise Marshall
Martha McIntyre
Bill Beck
Timothy Evans
Ruey. Brodine
Boston
E. R. Moore
Knobwood Drive
Barbara Dvorak
Grant Musger
First Avenue
Lenders Entertain At Dinner Saturday
Hosts Mr and Mrs A Hz Lenders entertained at their home for dinner with two out of town guests Miss Rosemary Ridder and Joseph Ridder of New York City. Mrs H E Pfeiffer hosted twenty luncheon guests at the Florentine room Roosevelt hotel honoring Mrs R E Buchanan of New York City and Mrs Clark Galloway of Washington DC. Galloway and daughter Virginia will return home Monday.
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H E. Pfeiffer
Third Avenue SE
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
Pfeiffer
R. E Buchanan
New York City
Clark Galloway
Washington, DC
Carl D. Thomas
Galloway
Virginia
Betty Neuzil and William Wartman Wilson Wed July 26
Betty Neuzil and William Wartman Wilson plan a small church wedding on July 26 with only family present. Miss Neuzil is the daughter of Dr and Mrs William J Neuzil of 2343 Grande avenue SE and Mr Wilson is the son of Dr and Mrs George Wilson of Penn Valley PA. Invitations for a Cedar Rapids Country club reception will be sent this weekend. The couple will honeymoon after the ceremony following a family vacation in Minnesota at Kamberling's resort on White Fish Lake.
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Betty Neuzil
William Wartman Wilson
Miss Neuzil
William J. Neuzil
Grande Avenue SE
Wilson
George Wilson
Penn Valley
Neuzils
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Neuzil
Mr. Wilson
Minnesota
Kamberling
White Fish Lake
Yhear Jenkins
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Roy Choate
Old France
Mrs. Choate
Earle Allen Smith
Second Avenue SE
Lincoln
Neb
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Lake Louise
B. F. Schwartz
West
E. W. Steffen
Maplewood Drive
Lillian Serbousek
Second Street
South Dakota
Seattle
Glacier Na
Coe Children’s Theater
Jane Fagan
Ed Cleary
Kansas City
G. W. Brown
Wendell B. Deizell
William O. Gray
George N. Harless
Leslie C. Thompson
Robert Byrnes
John Choate
Wes Panck
Mrs. Pfeiffer
William Wilson
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