Around the Townsports and incidents mingle in light hometown items
A playful note on a ninth inning homer sparks talk of a famous ballplayer as a local mystery. Golf marathon ends with Eleanor Bell losing after a long match amid storms and heat. Horns blare during a car queue with Officer Walt Bishop unable to start his three wheeler. Iowa licenses reveal several physicians and dentists. Camp Claiborne maneuvers feature the Jolin brothers battling an alligator. Private Beed coins a potato peeler profit while on K P duty. Tait Cummins' birthday turns into a rye bread loaf cake gag at the newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Bell
Walt Bishop
133Rd Infantry
Camp Claiborne
John Jolin
Leon Jolin
Sioux City
Jolin Brothers
David J. Beed
Hampton
168Th Infantry
Claiborne
Beed
Miss Hillmer and Paul Levsen Wed at First Lutheran Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Ann Hillmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Hillmer and Paul C Levsen son of Mr and Mrs Peter Levsen married at First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids with Rev H G Schweegler officiating. The ceremony featured white gladiolas and lilies with music by Lorraine Mitchell and vocal selections. The couple left for a northern States motor trip after a reception on the bride’s parents lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Ann Hillmer
Frederick A. Hillmer
Wilson Terrace SE
Paul C. Levsen
Peter C. Levsen
Clarence
H. G. Schweegler
Lorraine Mitchell
Mendelssohn
Mariam Dieman
Virginia Hillmer
Dorothee Hillmer
Levsen
Carl Levsen
Anna Levsen
Howard Freeman
John Holub
Lumir Holub
Henry Wolfe
Arthur Holub
John Holmes
Anne Holub
Wyoming
Elva Streeper
Peter Scledetzky
Onslow
August Levsen
Canton
Bertha Levsen
Oxford Junction
Bert Ballou
Bruce Johnson
Louis Rohwedder
Hill
H E. Jensen
Bettie Allender
Jeanne Hamblin
Marion Wing
Betty Rowley
Jean Bailey
Annette Fulmer
Betty Lee Warren
Jean Ann Minehart
Mrs. Noon
Cedar Rapids Folk Vacationing At Spirit Lake
Mrs. Ernest R. Moore spent a vacation at the Moores cottage in Templar park Spirit Lake with guests including Mrs Donald Brodine and daughter Ruey of Medford Hillside Massachusetts and Mr and Mrs Frank Davis of Des Moines joining midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
Moores
Templar Park
Donald Brodine
Medford Hillside
Mass
Ruey
Moore
Frank Davis
Des Moines
Davis
Brodine
Sioux City
Kehrers Return From Nemmers Visit
Mr and Mrs J Kehrer of Elgin Illinois and their daughters Judy and Joyce returned home Saturday after a week with Mrs Kehrers parents Mr and Mrs P J Nemmers at 170 Grande avenue SE Accompanying them was Mrs Nemmers who will stay a few days in Elgin and Chicago Mr and Mrs C Schultz of Fargo North Dakota visiting their daughter Mrs C M Altermatt and Mr Altermatt at 1234 Fourth avenue SE will leave today They visited Chicago and South Bend Indiana during the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Boegel
First Avenue E
Chicago
James Skinner
Joliet
Ill
Miss Boegel
Skinner
Carman Grennan
Fourth Avenue SE
Jane Fonte
Montague, Mich
Elgin, Ill
Judy
Joyce
C. Schultz
Fargo
N. D
C. M. Altermatt
Mr. Altermatt
Johnson C. Greedy
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Gladbrook
Richard Rugg
Mer! Holloway
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Joe Veach
St. Louis
Diane
Lee McArthurs
Annual Horse Show At Camp Hitaga Next Sunday
Joanne Crew daughter of Dr and Mrs Philip Crew of Marion is ready for the Camp Hitaga annual horse show at 3:30 p m next Sunday Her mount is Billy with ten events including walking trotting cantering and costume classes The new Boots and Bridle riding club formed at camp will operate in Cedar Rapids with Patty Fortune as president and Margie Race as secretary Thirty five advanced riders formed The Spurs with initiation last week Open house at Camp Huaga invites parents to view camp activities today Also lists names of girls registered in Camp Hiaga units Shabonda Agatth units and out of town attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niss
Joanne Crew
Philip Crew
Marion
Camp Hitaga
Billy
Otto Ambrose
First Avenue E
Joseph Vitt
Shover Oak Farm
Cedar Rapids
Patty Fortune
John H. Fortune
Carlton Apartments
Margie Race
Frank Race
Blake Boulevard
Spurs
Camp Huaga
Hiaga
Delores Barber
Barbara Boyd
Connie Cornwell
Jane O'Brien
Virginia Race
Dixiana Sanford
Delores Sindelar
Cynthia Starr
Joan Adams
Janet Struble
Vinton
Aponita
Shabonda
Esther Armstrong
Janet Robertson
Joyce Sanborn
Tone Warner
Catherine Custer
Ruth Adams
Jeanie Port
Joan Anderson
Wahoo
Neb
Monica Blood
Joan Rich
Mount Vernon
Ursula Dawson
Iowa City
Mary Gwynne
Waterloo
Jane Lord
Burlington
Barbara Mitchell
Rockford
Janyce Musgrove
Nancy Leigh Pearson
Martha Wilkinson
Beth Wilson
Ana
Hirsts to Observe Golden Wedding Saturday
Mr and Mrs William F Hirst celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a 4 to 6 pm tea at the home of their son in Montreal Canada They were former Cedar Rapids residents and recently toured the east coast and Washington DC back to Washington DC headquarters in the Carlton apartments They joined in radio broadcasts and a Senate session with John Henderson of the Associated Press
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Hirst
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Alvin Pearman
Queen Mary Road
Montreal
Canada
Hirst
West Coast
Washington, D. C
Dennis Malloy
Carlton Apartments
New York
United States Senate
John Henderson
Gazette
Senate
Associated Press
Zona Hill and Cyril Noon wed at St Pauls chapel in Mount Vernon
Miss Zona Eileen Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Hill 1706 Sixth Ave SE became the bride of Cyril Noon son of Mr and Mrs J M Noon 390 Fifteenth St SE at 4 pm Saturday. The Rev Dr W G Rowley officiated before an altar of palms and white flowers.-------------</assistant>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Zona Eileen Hill
H. M. Hill
Sixth Avenue SE
Cyril Noon
J. M Noon
Fifteenth Street SE
W. Glenn Rowley
Mount Vernon
Frank F Bates, Jr
Doris Hill
J. Robert Noon
Robert A. Jones
Chicago
Don L. Spencer
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Folk Attend Madison Wedding
Cedar Rapids residents traveled to Madison Wisconsin Saturday afternoon for the wedding of Miss Kathryn Tourtellot and John McElrath. Attending were relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids including Mr and Mrs Marvin D Bailey Mr and Mrs Ray F Anderson Mrs William Dennison Miss Betty Beardsley and Miss Sarah Palmer. The group also visited Davenport to attend state women’s golf finals and meet Miss Katherine Van Meter. Other notes include vacations and visits by local residents Mrs Arthur Taylor left for Freeport Illinois for a ten day visit and Mr and Mrs M Holloway entertained guests at a weekend picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Kathryn Tourtellot
John McElrath
Marvin D. Bailey
Avenue NE
McElrath
Ray F. Anderson
B Avenue NE
Miss Tourtellot
William Dennison
Tweny-fourth Street Drive
Betty Beardsley
Lineden Drive
Sarah Palmer
Knollwood Drive
Davenport
Katherine van Meter
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Taylor
Freeport
Second Avenue SE
Also Mentioned on This Page
ED Williams
Marjorie Hungerford Cook
Helen Kacena Stark
Willams
Williams
Iowa Health Department
Carver
Acher
Fee
Toothacre
Payne
Tait Cummins
News Room
Cummins
Miss Hillmer
Paul Levsen
Mr. Levsen
Leo Levsen
Donald Hillmer
Carl Biskup
Boegel
Joliet, Ill
Morgan Fosters
Clinton
Morgan J. Foster
Washington Avenue
Morgan, Jr
Julie Marie
Louis Sten
Kathryn Lynch
Rhinelander
Wis
Toronto
Buffalo
N. Y
Vincent Miller
Moline
Miss Grennan
Michigan
Margaret Massey
Jack Brust
Shanghai
China
San Francisco
Fred Brust
Tenth Street
Fred Brust, Jr
Daniel Brust
Kehrers
Nemmers
Alice B Salter
Patricia
Grande Avenue SE
Lake Okoboji
E. T. Hitchcock
E T Hitchcock
First Avenue
Ralph Hitchcock
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Legion Pool
Louis Cullman, Jr
Nineteenth Street
Margaret Hunter
Eroy Cullman
Beverly Smith
Rosemary Wilkinson
Rosemary Jun
Coleen Bedell
Theodora Davis
Arlene Gundling
Jean Ann Nelson
Brookman Family
Robert W. Brookman
Forest Drive
Doris
Beryl
Smoky Mountains
South
Roosevelt Hotel
Florentine
Taylor
William Taylor
E Avenue NW
Elva
Jerome Gongwer
Lillian Gongwer
Waveland Drive
Trinity Methodist Church
Gazette Photo
Chi-Namel Store
3Rd Ave
Dial
She Bampoe
Mr. and
Mrs. Hirst
W. F. Nunemaker
William Specht
Zona Hill
Central City
R. Fullerton Place
R. Fullerton, Jr
Beverlee
Webster Groves
B. F. Herrick
Fredericksburg
T. L. Herrick
Park Ridge
Harvey Douglass
Ann
Robert
Jean
Postville
H. E. Jensen
Knoxville, Ill
Dora Geiger
Wilma Geiger
Ames
Betty Roweley
Virginia Fussell
Ralph C. Osberg
Berwyn
Z. R. Mills
Mary
Bethany
T. Ross Young
Sterling, Ill
Ralph W. Yuill
Jack F. Voegl
Monticello
Greedys
Richard Ruggs
Madison
Miss van Meter
Murdocks
Minnesota
H. M. Murdock
Twenty-fifth- Street
Boysons
North
Port Arthur
International Falls
Ruttgers Pine Beach Lodge
Brainerd, Minn
H. N. Boyson
Bever Avenue SE
Merl Holloways
Wiltons
Axminsters
Iowa
Mount Vernon Avenue
Ering CO
Second Street
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