Around the Lawn and Its Odd Local Encounters
A collage of short, humorous vignettes from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Dr. R Arthur Erskine's unannounced home visit leads to a party scene at Tom Warriner's. Elevator boy Ben Wolverton misreads a tip hunt. Grant Wood guards privacy in a Clear Lake studio. Little Sandra Dennis comments on Gazzy the bear. Ray Anderson decodes a mystery telegram about Sansorigine, hinting at kin in Asia. A nostalgic photo gag with family reunions and Pvt. Jack Steele’s double exposure at Camp Claiborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Arthur Erskine
Ralph Clements
Dr. Erskine
Tom Warriner
Grant Wood
Clear Lake
Ray Anderson
Anderson
Ray
India
Brazil
Western Union
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
New York
Hemisphere
Howard
Singapore
Elmer
Jack Steele
Camp Claiborne
Private Steele
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club health education meeting
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club health education department meets Friday at 9 am at Kenmore Country Club for golf and an afternoon of luncheon golf or cards with prizes for golfers after lunch. Also notes on social visits and residents hosting guests in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids
Anniversary Observed by Kidds Parents and Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bland of Moline Illinois marked their 60th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter Mrs. Charles L. Kidd at 1228 Third Avenue SE. They attended Miss Mary Virginia Jamesson and Dr. William D. Yavorsky’s wedding and recent travels included a visit to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Bland
Moline
Ill
Charles L. Kidd
Mr. Kidd
Third Avenue SE
Mary Virginia Jamesson
William D. Yavorsky
Harriett Swain
Muncie
Ind
Donald D. Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Lakeside home reveals Choate taste in European heirlooms
The Choates’ Lakeside residence features a pink theme in living areas with a crystal chandelier from Hamilton Palace and French mirrors. Rooms blend old world art with modern practicality including a birch paneled library, built in storage, and a vast recreation area beneath the dining and living spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choates
Hamilton Palace
England
Lakeside
Europe
Tiny Pain
Italy
France
Choate
Seine
Travel Lures Local Folk to See Regions of the West
Local families share news of visits to Wisconsin Milwaukee and Chicago and describe their summer travel plans touring Puget Sound Yellowstone and the Black Hills. Merwin Woodward will stay two weeks with his parents and other relatives travel for extended weekends and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tional Park
Puget Sound
Yellowstone National Park
Black Hills
C. S. Woodward
Perry
Nineteenth Street
Merwin
Arthur Anderson Accounting Company
New York City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Yellowstone Destination of Philip DeVoe
Mr and Mrs Philip E DeVoe of 1519 Park Avenue SE left Saturday by motor for Creston where they will meet his parents Mr and Mrs J W DeVoe for a trip to Yellowstone National Park They will be gone for two days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip E. DeVoe
Park Avenue SE
Creston
Hisents
J. W. DeVoe
Yellowstone National Park
Many Visitors Honored In City
City residents and relatives host a steady stream of visitors and guests this week. Guests include Kath erine Wolverton en route from burg to home after California visit, Glen Harris family from Fargo, and Lynne Crabbe visiting Burlington, with other arrivals and departures noted at addresses on Blake boulevard SE Grande avenue SE Park avenue SE and Twenty-sixth street SE. Further rooms include Mrs. Franks Orr and Mrs. James Weepie, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Foss visiting from Cleveland, and Harold Reid leaving Green Bay after visiting local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Toms
Grande Avenue SE
Glen Harris
Fargo
N. D
Herbert
Gordon
Thomas L. Crabbe
Park Avenue SE
Crabbe
Lynne Crabbe
Burlington
Frank V. Orr
Fifth Avenue SE
Mr. Orr
Frank Orr
James Weepie
Independence
Edwy J. Clapp
Twenty-sixth Street
Walter K. Roth
Park Terrace
Charles Bode
Mount Vernon Avenue
Walter Ahring, Jr
Little Ark
Peggie Bode
Phyllis Wilber
Missouri Valley
Utah visitors conclude stay at Cashman home
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cashman and their sons Tom Jr and Jack and Mrs. Cashman's mother Mary Witherow left Thursday for Salt Lake City after a two week visit with relatives in Iowa. In Cedar Rapids they stayed with Mr. Cashman's brother C M Cashman and Mrs. Cashman of 111 Sixteenth Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cashman
Tom, Jr
Jack
Cashman
Mary Witherow
Salt Lake City
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Cashman
C. M. Cashman
Sixteenth Street
Ashley Chapter DAR Names Committees for 1941 42
Ashley Chapter D A R lists standing committees for the 1941 42 club year with Miss Thelma Boegel as regent and multiple chairmen. Key posts include social committee chaired by A W Loftus, defense through patriotic education led by Imogen Emery, Americanism co chairmen Earl Heinze and Lorte Irvin, conservation chair Leonora Beggs, genealogical records led by Charles J Smith, flag use under William Johns, and hospitality finance and other service groups with named members. Officer slate includes vice regent George L Yuill and chaplain Earl Shunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thelma Boegel
Rova! S. Holbrook
Charles S. Krause
Posegate
C. Woat i
F. W. Darling
A. W. Loftus
Charles J. Bready
Lewis Emerson
G. F. Gibson
E. G. Paxton
B. P. Mavis
Louise Hathaway
Olive Mix
National Defense Through Patriotic Education
Imogen By
Emery
W. A. Montgomery
J. S. Bain
Harold R. Trewin
E. J. Esgate
Leonora Beggs
A. W. Stonebraker
O. J. Felton
Hugh Rick
Jennie E. Post
Charlies J. Smith
W. L. Crissman
O. S. Johnson
Edwin Broms
William F. Johnes
Marion H. Williams
National Historical Magazine
F. E. Ormsby
Harriette Boyce
Dale J. Fry
R. C. Folsom
W. H. Tenney
Mary Kennedy
Roy K. Stoddard
R. W. Manatt
Margaret Grissel
Maxine Boegel
Mixed golf foursomes planned at Cedar Rapids Country Club
A blind bogey mixed foursomes event is scheduled for this afternoon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Players tee off at 2 39 and a buffet supper will be served at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Miss Ridder and Karl Gerlach Honored At Luncheon
Miss Rosemary Ridder of New York City and her fiancé Karl Gerlach were honored guests at a Saturday luncheon hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hamilton II at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Gordon of Rochester, Minnesota, are weekend guests of Dr. Gordon’s sister Mrs. E. A. LaCombe and Mr. LaCombe. They will stay until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesca Villa
Hugh Rutherfurd
Newport
Miss Villa
Alfonso P. Villa
New York City
John T. Hamilton II
Forest Drive
Mr. Rutherford
Winthrop Rutherford
Allamuchy
N. J
Aiken, S.C
Frederick G. Murray
B Avenue NE
Janet Lindsay
John Codman Fiske
Fiske
Janet Murray
Cedar Rapids
Rosemary Ridder
Karl Gerlach
Forest Drive SE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Lacombes
C. P. Gordon
Rochester, Minn
Gordon
E. A. LaCombe
Mr. LaCombe
First Avenue W
Miss Gretchen Groesgen and Leslie Giblin Wed in Cedar Rapids
Miss Gretchen Groesgen and Leslie T. Giblin were married at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Giblin with Rev. John M. Molloy officiating. The bride wore white mousseline de soie over satin with a lace train and illusion veil. bridesmaids wore lime yellow frosted organdy. Out-of-town guests joined the ceremony and luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt before a plan to travel to Miami Flat and Havana then settle in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Giblin
Third Avenue
John M. Molloy
Emelies White
Betty Burke
Robert
Gayle Giblin
Pauline Groesgen
Ralph Fahl
Clinton E. Shaeffer
J. Giblin
Gordon J. Delaney
William Groesgen, Jr
Clement J. Delaney
Hotel Roosevelt
Miami
Havana
Cuba
Cedar Rapids
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Ben Wolverton
Allison
Ben
Sandra Dennis
Gazzy
Bever Park
Woman's Club Departments
Health Education
Jensens
Okobosi
Okoboji
H. C. Jensen
First Avenue E
Janis Lou
Nancy Ann
Miss Yessler
Joan Yessler
Fourth Avenue SE
Mary ‘Lou Protzman
Omaha
Virginia Galloway
Washington, D. C
Carl D. Thomas
Patricia Kettering
Pueblo
Colo
John E. Stansburys
Barbara Barry
Charlotte Trewin
Doris Cone
Patricia Marenall
Joanne Crawford
Patty McAlpine
Margaret Barngrover
H. Adams
Catherine M. Adams
Clement
Miami University
Oxford
C. H. Adams
Bever Avenue
Adams
Coe College
Ohio
New Orleans
W. P. Rohrbach
Rem
Lieut
Maney
Rohrbach
C. L. Kidd
Miss Swain
Ben H. Witwers
Will J. Price
Scarsdale
N. Y
Peggy
Billy
Andrew Petersen
Petersen. Petersen
Iss
Poe
Nancy Cherie
Ella Hungerford
Cook
Camp Huaga
Stone Terrace
Sara Davis
Netahi
Peggy Boyer
Appleton
Wis
Agatth
Virginia Mansfield
L. A. Mansfield
Fiona Kennedy
E. Y. Kennedy
Fourth Avenue
Ruth Shean
B. N. Shean
C Avenue NE
Elaine Zarub
L. A. Zarub
Daniels Street
Dorothy
Mr. Choate
John
Culver Military Academy
Son
John Mitch
Manchester
Cty
Russell Hasinbiller
Marion
Milwaukee
Hasinbiller
Fiskes
Franklin Battin
Cottage Grove Avenue
Robert D. Taylor
Eleanor Taylor
Raymond Wendland
Jean McGinnis
Robins Jackson
Corinne Hendrickson
Dan Cross
Yellowstone
Philip Devoes
Grant Collins, Jr
Grant Collies
H. L. Morehead
Dorothy Morehead
Dorothy Morris
Oklahoma City
Iowa State College
Utah
Charles H. Wilkins
The
Mesdames
J. E. Ives
T. P. Rogers
R. Lee Taylor
C. W. Sutliff
R. R. Mayberry
Merle H. Harris
Maude Carr
Helen Ba
Margaret C
Mouana
Walter R
George L. Yuill
Earl M. Shunk
R. M. McCullough
Newtons
J. W. Hatch
Grace Hatch Wickland
Rockey T. Newton
Miss Ridder
MR. Gerlach
Musketeer
Philadelphia
Dees
Gretchen Groesgen
Leslie T. Giblin
Lansing
Mich
Eldo Ilten
Bonnie Jean
Rockford
C. H. Ilten
Cedar Falls
LeRoy Hansen
Vera Sulek
Iowa City
Harold L. Cooper
Charles
Des Moines
Joseph Rock
Parnell
Quenton Nemmers
Cleveland
Lasswell Studio
Phot
Great Lakes
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Erie
Georgian Bay
Green Bay
St. Mary’s River
Porte
Detroit
Butiae
Soo
Istate
Grey and
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