Grant Wood and American Artists Paint The Long Voyage Home
Grant Wood joins nine American artists in Hollywood to paint impressions of scenes and characters from the film The Long Voyage Home. The group includes Thomas Hart Benton Ernest Fiene James Chapin Robert Philipp Raphael Soyer Luis Quintanilla George Biddle and Georges Schreiber. Wood settles on sailors in a London saloon singing Sweet Adeline. The project for Walter Wanger runs to July 10 with an August exhibit at Associated American Artists Galleries Fifth Avenue New York and a national museum tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood
Hollywood
Associated
Wood
Thomas Hart Benton
Ernest Fiene
James Chapin
Robert Philipp
Raphael Soyer
Luis Quintanilla
George Biddle
Georges Schreiber
Grant
London
Adeline
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Walter Wanger
Associated American Artists
Ai Fifth Avenue
New York
Fredric March
Raymond Griffiths
Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr
Sibelius
Frank Phelps Returns From Wisconsin Lake Trip
Mr and Mrs Frank L Phelps and their son Frankie have returned to 341 Twenty second street NE after a two week visit at Lauderdale Lake Wisconsin with Mr Phelps mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Phelps
Twenty-second Street
Frankie
Lauderdale Lake
Wis
Mr. Phelps
Wray Family Visit From Des Moines Arrives
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wray of Des Moines arrive Saturday evening to spend a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Coquillette located at 540 Knollwood Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Coquillette
Knollwood Drive
Robert Wray
Des Moines
Miss Elizabeth Jackson Engaged to Lester Nickless
The engagement of Miss Elizabeth Jackson daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter L Jackson 1730 Fourth Avenue SE to Lester Nickless of Crossey Ark is announced. July 20 has been chosen as the wedding date and both families share the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jackson
Walter L. Jackson
Fourth Avenue SE
Lester Nickless
Crossey, Ark
Nickless
Alfred S. Nickless
Davenport
Commencement Events Inspire Short Trips
Multiple families plan trips for commencement at Ames Iowa State College and Wheaton College. Trewin will attend Ames with son James receiving a degree. Rev James H Blackstone and family travel to Wheaton where Beth Blackstone will graduate. Other attendees include Tellier and Diers families with their graduates and class reunions noted.
Harriett Daggett Shower Feted By Mrs Dysart
Mrs Martha Dysart entertained at a miscellaneous shower Wednesday night honoring Miss Harriett Daggett who was married Friday. Hearts with prizes to Mrs Byron Rains and Mrs Hugh Daggett. Twenty one guests attended. Wednesday at 1 pm Silver Chain circle of the King's Daughters will hold a picnic luncheon at Ellis Park river pavilion. attendees to bring sandwiches and dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Dysart
First Avenue E
Harriett Daggett
Byron Rains
Hugh Daggett
Silver Chain Circle of the King's Daughters
River Pavilion
Ellis Park
Mayflower
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Edwin Franken
Katherine Franken
Hillcrest Drive
C W. Perkins
Louise Safley
G. H. Tellier
Elizabeth Craig Ross
Fifth Avenue SE
Ed Burke
Mesdames Belle Carpenter
Margaret Burns
Mary Mason
M. Cannon
Mary Skarshaug
Margaret Graham
LeRoy Long
John Cook
J. Frank Cravens
Louis Sommerhauser
Fred Mason
Elmer Laker
LaVerna Mason
Anne Y. Smith
Emma Delp
Burke
Lydia Long
St James’ Methodist Church
Dempsy Jones
Inlaw
Bill Jones
Bernadine Springer
Charles Blacher
Harry Hall
Charles Perkins
Ruben Butler
Arthur Holbrook
Vance Coleman
Thirtyfourth Street
Ella Hungerford
The
King’s Daughters
Local Cedar Rapids golfers compete in Iowa City invite
Six members from Cedar Rapids Country Club traveled to Iowa City for the invitational fall tournament at the Iowa City Country Club. Prizes went to Mrs. Byers, Mrs. Vorkoper, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Hoblitzell, and Mrs. Bell. Lunch was served at noon and players were later entertained at bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Helming Family Reunion Gathers Visitors From Three States
Mr and Mrs Carl G Helming host guests including Harry F Helming and family from Evanston Ill and L M Wolters of Chicago. The reunion marks ten years since the families last united with Charlotte and Peter Helming to return for a brief vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Helming
Park Terrace SE
Harry F. Helming
Jean
Evanston, Ill
Larry Wolters
Winifred
Karen
Evanston
Albert Bahr
Elsa
Waukon
L. M. Wolters
Chicago
Mr. Helming
Charlotte
Peter
Steak fry hosts mark last high school day for Tom Brady Jr
Tom Brady Jr hosted friends at a steak fry on his last high school day. Guests included Eddy Westen John Paul Snyder George Lowe and several others. Nearby families and DAR members held gatherings and a Flag Day luncheon plans surfaced with hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brady, Jr
Tom W. Brady
Avenue
Eddy Westen
St. Louis
John Paul Snyder
George Lowe
David Ring
Warren Hootman
Marshall Nelson
Tom Larson
Stanley Cohen
Bob Zedick
Caroline Furrow to Be Graduated Monday
Mr and Mrs E H Furrow of 2320 Grande avenue SE will drive to Ames to attend the bac calaureate services of Iowa State college with their daughter Caroline Ellen They will also attend graduation exercises Monday when Miss Furrow will receive her B S degree in dietetics Mr and Mrs Farrow will be accompanied by Mrs T E Watters of Anamosa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trewin
Ames
Iowa State College
James
James H Blackstone
Ridgeway Drive
Wheaton
Ill
Wheaton College
Blackstone
Beth Blackstone
Cedar Rapids
Fred W. Diers
Thirty-sixth Street
Diers
E. Thompson
Beverly Morgan
E. H. Furrow
Grande Avenue
Caroline Ellen
Miss Furrow
Farrow
T. E. Watters
Anamosa
Malcolm V. Bolton
First Avenue E
Tommy Miller
Madison
Wis
Bolton
Steele H Wilcox
Niantic, Conn
Elizabeth Wilcox
Brides-Elect Honored in Multiple Weekend Courtesy Events
Brides elect Miss Huston and Miss Carson are feted across several gatherings. Attendees include Misses Primrose Selden Betty Knox Mardella Parrott Marie Dolson Dorothy Carr Phyllis Rogers Betty Mehegan Betty Minshall Bonnie Curry Margaret Fortsch and Mesdames Howard Lee Curry Hauser. A final bridal dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Paul Huston will feature guests from Des Moines Rockford Sigourney Estherville Essex and more. The ceremony is at St Patrick's rectory Monday at 4 with a reception at the Roosevelt hotel at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon Avenue SE
Miss Hauser
Primrose Selden
Betty Knox
Mardella Parrott
Marie Dolson
Dorothy Carr
Phyllis Rogers
Betty Mehegan
Betty Minshall
Bonnie Curry
Margaret Fortsch
Howard Lee
Curry
Hauser
Miss Huston
Mr. Carson
Paul H. Huston
Twelfth Street
Paul Schneider
Mary Margaret Huston
Des Moines
Grover Galvin, Jr
Rockford, Ill
Virginia Bates
Sigourney
Gertrude Shoemaker
Lawrence Thurston
Donald Schultz
Estherville
Betty Carson
Essex
Robert Reid
Pauline Huston
Second Avenue SE
Frances McLaughlin
Doris Garner
Jean Dunlap
Kenneth Myers
Merrill Pulliam
Huston-Carson
St. Patrick's Church
Roosevelt Hotel
D A R Plans Flag Day Picnic in Bever Park
The D A R schedules a flag day observance luncheon at Bever Park marking the season finale. Members will bring covered dishes. social committee led by Mrs. R. C. Folsom will oversee arrangements. Guests include Linn county good citizen contestants Ruth Subotnik Marie Kibler Bes sie Livingood Kathleen Check Eleanor Hurka and others from Cedar Rapids and Western Reserve University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bever Park
R. C. Folsom
Edward M. Soboda
Lewis Emerson
Edwin Broms
E D. Hardwick
C.W. Sutliff
Marion
A. W. Kyndberg
E. M. Shunk
W. R. Grissel
Eleanor Hurka
Imogen B. Emery
University of Iowa
Ned Poyneer Leaves for Chicago Grain Job
Ned Poyneer son of Mr and Mrs Fred J Poyneer 2238 Mount Vernon avenue SE departs for Chicago to join the grain department of Quaker Oats after earning a University of Town degree last week. Local gatherings note several social events and upcoming meetings including a shower at St James church and meetings of the Czech Fine Arts society and Coe college radio council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Poyneer
Fred J Poyneer
Mount Vernon Avenue
Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
University of Town
College Students Arrive With The New Week Guests
A list of college students visiting Cedar Rapids arrives for a two day stay hosted by Misses Marshall. Among arrivals are Eugene Pinney and Kenneth Lindsay Jr from Western Reserve Academy and Northwestern bound students. Princeton and Colorado attendees return home soon. A Newcomers club bridge tea is planned at the Roosevelt hotel with hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Eugene Pinney
Eugene M. Pinney
Ridgeway Drive
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Kenneth Lindsay
Nineteenth Street
Western Reserve Academy
Hudson
Ohio
James Coquillette
SE. Coquillette
Knollwood Drive
Iowa
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Patricia Barry
Donald S. Barry
Fourth Avenue SE
University of Colorado At
Boulder
Donald Barry
Colorado University
Northwestern University
Don Kessler
L. A. Kessler
Greenwood Drive
Jean Killen
Northwestern
Fred H Killen
Grande Avenue
John F. Miller
Evanston
Joan Miller
James Killian
Pleasant Drive
Wheaton
Jean
Wheaton College
Cedar Rapids
Jennie Doupnik
Joseph Doupnik
Hayes Street
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
Roosevelt Hotel
Newcomers Club
H. M. Clarke
Henry Krapel
C. J Pollock
R. A. Rowland
J D. Mills
French
Mary Hall Receives Konrad Trophy at Frances Shimer
Miss Mary Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Hall 2259 Meadowbrook Drive SE wins the Elizabeth Percy Konrad trophy for English excellence at Frances Shimer College eighty seventh annual commencement in Mount Carroll Wisconsin. She earned high English marks and has been on college honor rolls, elected Phi Theta Kappa editor of The Record and active in athletics. Hall also graduates from Frances Shimer and Franklin High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hall
D. M. Hall
Meadowbrook Drive
Elizabeth Percy Konrad
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll
Phi Theta Kappa
Record
Miss Hall
Frances Shimer
Franklin High School
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al Allen
Julianna
Janet Murray
Stone City
Paul
Mary Engle
Janet
Mary
Robert Frost
Jack Lattner
Jack
Leo Logan
Mike Mitralsky
Maurice Flack
Mike
Flack
Donald Patrick Vinton
Mullen
Neb
Margaret Mary Molloy
Catherine Molloy
John Molloy
Immaculate Conception Church
Los Angeles
Peggy
Molloy
Erin
Tom English
John Conlon
Father Dunn
Wdr
Fred Henson
Freddy
Miss Henson
Henson
Frank Phelps
Wisconsin
Robert Wrays
Beverly M. Morgan
Claude Sprague
Wes Kremenak
L. J. Kirchoff
W Lloyd Graw
Frank Netherton
Archie Conklin
Lloyd Koepping
H. D. Durham
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Durham
Thomas
E.A.T. Alumnae
Reynolds Thomas
Kappa Alpha Theta
Margaret Rice
Tenth Street
Edith Rice
Emil Serovy
Third Street
Louis Barta
Louis, Jr
Charles Cerveny
Charles
E. Kilberger
Serovy
Wesley Buresh
Ely
Marsh
Capron
Pearle Sisler Marsh
Charles Edward Sisler
William L. Capron
Little Brown
Nashua
Williams and Hunting Company
Howard Pettit
Delbert White
Harold
K. D
Kappa Delta Sorority
Stephen Pardera
Grande Avenue SE
Carl W. Kirwin
Charles Albaugh
Clarence Schute
Gronseths
Nevin Nichols
John Gronseth
Sioux City
Bertie
Twenty-third Street
Gronseth
National Recreation Association
Russell F. Knapp
Twenty-first Street
Kenneth M. Madden
Byron Anderson
Nichols
Lowell M. Taylor
Mrs. Hall
Harrison
William Hall, Jr
Meredith Harrison
Denver, Colo
Miss Wolfinger
Jean Witmer
Louise Wolfinger
Third Avenue SE
Miss Witmer
Iowa City
Mrs. Peppers
Don Peppers
Wichita, Kan
Elizabeth C. Ross
A. J. Greene
Decatur
B Avenue
Mr. Greene
L. Greene
C. E. Wise
Carol Joan
Caroline Furrow
D.A.R. Plans
Institute
Catherine Crane
Fort Snelling
Frank Scheible
John Kofron
Higley Avenue
Coe College
Helen Rutledge
Blairsburg
Vivian Meredith
Norway
Meredith
Marie Meredith
Omaha
Nebraska
Isabella
Daughters of Isabella
O. W. Latimers
W.W. Latimer
Twentieth Street SE
Latimer
George B. Turner
Turner
Ann
Farmer City
Turners
O. E. Kemp
Mr Latimer
A. O. Latimer
Joseph Kubicek
Second Avenue
Wilson C. Carpenters
South
Wilson C. Carpenter
New Orleans
Miami
San Antonio
Tex
Czech Fine Arts Club
Czech Fine Arts Society
S. V. Shonka
Twenty-fifth Street
000 Radio Council
Dale Welsch
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
Ella Stungerford
Malcolm Boltons
Third Avenue
Lasewall’s
Lasswell Studio
Paramount
Bill Magrue
Palm Beach
Lowa
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