Around the Town's Whims and Wit's Light Notes
Light columns recount small town scenes from a cafe display with a polar bear mix up to a traffic stop for defective lights on First avenue. It also highlights church staff humor, a fishing anecdote, golfing in a downpour, and a bridegroom buying cigars for a boy, all with locals in playful vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Caldwell
First Avenue
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids groups plan Women’s conference theme
Jezebel’s Quintuplets Tour Southwest Emma Hagenstein returns as regional chair for the Business and Professional Women’s conference to be held in Cedar Rapids October 14 16 with eight state participation. Cedar Rapids club president Gertrude Stenner names committees Education Finance Health Attendance Public affairs and more with Lena Nelson as local chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hagenstein
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cedar Rapids
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Lena Nelson
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Gertrude Stenner
Cedar Rapids Club
Imogen B. Emery
Lorraine Mitchell
Clare Nichols
Marjorie Walters
Harriett Campbell
Irene Furman
Ida Powers
Mabel Sayers
Marvel Foster
Leta Nezerka
Alice Peters
Edna Elmore
Hope Shultz
Ella Horn
Edna Wilson
Bertha Groves
Alia Duncan
Marguerite Hammond
Ann Melvedt
Nelle Crawford
Sadie Warner
Eva Walker
Margaret McKnight
Martha Heald
Marie Petras
Merle Harris
Emma _ Baumgartner
Edith Williamson
Pearl Hermanstorfer
Louise Koach
Anne Denkman
Mary Dunlap
Edith Lowe
Georgette Dolezal
Florence Ernst
Etta Loyka
Elizabeth Bender
Jenna Strahan
Alice Hall
Josephine Hexhall
Ollie Larson
Eleanor Pohorsky
Pearl Everett
Jane Slavata
Maude Krebs
Viola Hanry
Jezebel Girls Tour 8000 Miles At $100 Each In Month Drive
Five girls led by Miss Gertrude Cramer cruised nearly 7,752 miles from June 19 to July 18 on a westward journey dubbed Jezebel. They camped in tourist cabins, shared costs, and visited Rushmore Buffalo Mammoth Hot Springs and Catalina Island before returning to Cedar Rapids. The trip included wildflowers, snow, and a midtrip misdirection with a final stop at Lake of the Ozarks. The group hoped to repeat the adventure soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Dakotas
Irene Lunicek
Edna Hanna
Virginia DeFore
Gertrude Cramer
Bernita Josifek
Pzebet
Jezebel
Chare
Charn Alia
Miss Cramer
Pineridge
S. C
Miss DeFore
Vega
Cramer
Trude
Hanna
Eddie
Josifek
Bernie
Sleepy-Eye
Lunicek
Skie
Miss Lunicek
Long Beach
Rushmore
Buffalo
Wyo
Mammoth Hot Springs
Trout Valley
State of Washington
Spokane
Grand Coulee Dam
Seattle
University of Washington
Mount Rainier
Yakima
Columbia River Road
Ocean Highway
California
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Forest Lawn
Robert Young
Tommy Dorsey
Ocean Park
Catalina Island
Tijuana
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Carlsbad Caverns
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Barber Honored at Two Shower Parties
Miss Ruth Barber, whose marriage to Donald C. McCormac will take place Aug. 6, was honored at two showers last week. Jane Walters and Margaret Day and Mrs. Harry Green hosted a Friday shower at 325 Sixteenth Street NE with court whist and a green yellow themed basket. Wednesday, her employer at the Woolworth store and Ellis Park hosted a second shower with a picnic supper and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Grimes
Vina
Tillie Knouf
Thirty-sixth Street
Ruth Barber
Jane Walters
Margaret Day
Harry Green
Teenth Street
Barber
Woolworth
Ellis Park
Final Courtesies Given For Visitors
Final Courtesies Given For Visitors burg Pa was the honored guest at a luncheon at the Common wealth tea room Saturday with Mrs David Turner and Miss Laura Turner hosting. Mr and Mrs Harlan Taylor of Los Angeles were honored prior to departure as Mr and Mrs Clark W Chandler arranged a Shaver park picnic. Fourteen shared the courtesy. The Taylors, guests of Mr Taylor's parents, will visit Mrs Taylor's parents in Burning Canyon Utah en route to California. Mr and Mrs Maurice Ford of Des Moines are weekend guests in the home of Mrs Ford's mother and will move Monday to Dubuque where Mr Ford works for Goodyear. A few days with Aunt Mrs C F Strasburger are Lois Tschappat and George Tschappat. Mr and Mrs Charles Bode and Peggie with nephews Billy Ahring and Walter Ohring Jr will attend a picnic today in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Maurice Ford
Des Moines
Mr. Ford
F. M. Ford
G Avenue
Mrs. Ford
Dubuque
Goodyear Company
Charles Bode
Mount Vernon Avenue
Peggie
Billy Ahring
Walter Ohring, Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Ames
Mrs Chas Denecke Summering At Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake news notes describe vacationers in the Spirit Okoboji lake region enjoying leisure activities. Mrs Charles Denecke of Cedar Rapids joins Mrs W H Roberts of Toledo in Spirit Lake with hostess Mrs John T Massey at Templar Park providing Sunday programs and dinner party entertainment. Peggy Smith, Atlanta, GA, visits grandparents Mr and Mrs A G Tosty. Corwin Willets and family visit Cedar Rapids acquaintances during Decatur transfer and Roy Arnett and daughter Marcia stay with O P Moody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Spirit-Okoboji Lake
Charles Denecke
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Roberts
Toledo
Ohio
Denecke
Milo A. Chehak
Peggy Smith
F. Irwin Smith
Atlanta, Ga
A. G. Tosty
D Avenue
Smith
Bernice Tosty
Marguerite Robbie Party Hosted For Engagement
Miss Lida Tallman hosts a buffet supper and shower at 2608 Bever avenue SE in honor of Miss Marguerite Robbie who will marry Dr. E A Kuehn of Vandalia Illinois on August 8. Guests include Grace Robbie, Mrs Russell F Knapp, Rachel Hatch, and others from Mount Vernon and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Tallman
Bever Avenue
Marguerite Robbie
E. A. Kuehn
Vandalia
Ill
Grace Robbie
Russell F. Knapp
Rachel Hatch
Nevin Nichols
Mary Kehoe
Jean Grout
Janet Murray
Richard Buresh
Dorothy Ann Flint
Mount Vernon
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Tom Sawyer
C. H. Hook
Central Park Presbyterian
Mark Twain
CMTC
Fort Des Moines
Chaplain Hook
C. T. Layton
Lake Macbride
Frank B. Benesh
Paul L. Jones
Milo B. Loomis
Fred Fisher
Billy Lavery
Bridge Club
Daniel Warren
Little Billy
Don Hines
Sir Walter
Don
Helen
Neuzil
Jones
Redmond
Belden Hill Park
Linn County Medical Society
M. D
H. R. Hess
Whitefish Lake
Tom Crabbe
Fred Smith
Glenn Fletcher
B. J. Meltzer
Country Club
Henry Files
Ben Wolverton
J. T. Grayson
Ed Files
P. S
Eleanor Hall
Edward Kopecky
Earl Stanley
Baldy” Wilson
Earl
al Mikota
Stanley
Baldy
George Connell
Mikota
Bob Hopwood
B. and
P. W
Charles Silers
Charles H. Siler
Avenue NE
E. R. Woodhouse
Robert Mallonee
Gladner Barnard
Richard Coff
el Reno
Okla
Forest Nave
Fairbury
Neb
Siler
George Heyman
M. J. Kelly
Bernice Randolph
James F,. Randolph
Marengo
Richard Kent Hunter
J. F. Hunter
Marion
Little Brown Church
Nashua
D. S. Collins
Forest Drive
Alden McMasters
Cincinnati
John Jenkins
Dallas
Tex
Dr. Jenkins
University of Iowa
H. F. Spratt
Avenue
Kansas City
Mr. Spratt
G. Fred Wisely
Mr. Wisely
Wisely
Edith Knox
P. T. A. Chorus
P. T. A. Mothers Chorus
H. E. Rosenberg
Thirty-third Street
Maurice Fords
Tschappats
Mrs. Strasburger
C. F. Strasburger
Bever Avenue SE
Lois Tschappat
Grayslake, Ill
George Tschappat
Detroit
Charles Bodes
Mrs. Chas. Denecke
Lake
A. G. Iostys
Moodys
Roy Arnett
Chicago
Marcia
O. P. Moody
Nineteenth Street
Simpsons
MR. Northey
C. E. Simpson
H. E. Northey
Columbus Junction
San Diego
Calif
Nancy
Simpson Home
Harriett Swain
Third Avenue SE
Muncie
Ind
Earle Swain
O. H. Lundquists
O. H. Lundquist
Third Street
D. Marr
Bruce West
Donald Livingston
Lundquist
Teal Lake
Hayward
Wis
Peter
Peter Topic
Linda
Preston
Minn
E. T. Schoenbaum
C.O.D
Second Street
Leile
Zoric
Palm Beach