College Commencements Inspire Short Weekend Trips
Cedar Rapids residents take weekend motor trips as nearby colleges and universities host commencements. Mary Frances Lee travels to Denver for a wedding then to Tulsa to visit Miss Gerre Phillips. Addison J. Ramsey and Mrs. Ramsey head to Sioux City. Dr. and Mrs. J. Stuart McQuiston and son visit Rochester Minnesota. Harold R. Trewin and daughters Martha and Charlotte join the weekend exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mary Frances Lee
William M. Lee
Washington Avenue
Denver
Peggy Barker
Monticello College
Lee
Tulsa
Gerre Phillips
Sioux City
Addison J. Ramsey
Crescent Street
Ramsey
J. Stuart McQuiston
Twenty-sixth Street
James Conner
Rochester
Elizabeth Jackson to Wed Lester Nickless in Cedar Rapids
Engagement and upcoming wedding announced for Elizabeth Jackson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Jackson of Cedar Rapids to Lester Nickless of Crossett Arkansas son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Nickless of Davenport. The ceremony set for Saturday July 20 at Westminster Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids. Elizabeth a Coe college graduate 1937 and former Augusta High School teacher. Nickless a Coe graduate 1936 with a Yale forestry master degree 1939 and now employed by Crossett Lumber Company. Plans home in Crossett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Jackson
Fourth Avenue SE
Elizabeth
Lester Nickless
Crossett, Ark
Alfred S. Nickless
Davenport
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Miss Jackson
Washington High School
Coe College
Chi Omega Social
Coe Y. W. C.A
Chi Delta
Augusta
Nickless
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Clan of C
Coe
Iowa State College
Ames
Yale University
Yale Foresters
Crosssett Lumber Company
Crossett
Three Brides-Elect Feted At Weekend Affairs
Three June brides elects, Miss Jeanne Curry, Miss Wilfreda Hauser, and Miss Jane Huston, are feted at informal parties this weekend. Events include breakfast at the Curry cabin on the Wapsie river, a garden party, and a personal gift shower, with many friends and Chi Omega sisters attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Curry
Donald L Reid
Wilfreda Hauser
Robert Ralph Norris
Jane Huston
Gene D. Carson
Nashua
Elmer G. Curry
Westminnster Presbyterian Church
Miss Curry
Bonnie Curry
John Watson, Jr
Donald Ultang
Reid
Ernest H. Christensen
Donald Altang
John Watson
Clifford Rice
A H. Aukerman, Jr
Curry
Miss Hauser
Wapsie River
Coe College
Chi Omega Sorority
Dorothy Carr Paulene Fredericson
Mary Nelson
Peggy Bode
Bette Mehegan
Jeannette Focnt
Marie Dolson
Naomi Hauser
Betty Minshall
Ernest P. Mickel
Howard Lee
E. B Hauser
Ida Mae Carlson
Oelwein
Pauline Frederikson
Mount Vernon Avenue
Frederikson
Betty Mehegan
Zoe Burge
Betty French
Margaret French
Jeanette Focht
Betty Focht
Eleanor English
Dorothy Carr
Barbara Henry
Mesdames Hauser
J. P. Frederikson
Ernest Mickel
Joseph Roeder
Chi Omega
Charles Bode
Peggie Bode
Margaret Curray Hosts Luncheon and Theater Party
Saturday hostess Miss Margaret Curray daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy E Curray 2200 Linden drive SE entertained at luncheon at her home and later at a theater party. Her guests included Nancy Frazee Angeline Thomas Polly Green Jeanette Blaine Jane Pardera Mary Helen Armstrong Ilene Warner Mary Ann McWilliams Mary Sue Ristine Jean Hartman Joanne Greene and Flora Mae Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Curray
Roy E. Curray
Linden Drive
Miss Curray
Nancy Frazee
Angeline Thomas
Polly Green
Jeanette Blaine
Jane Pardera
Mary Helen Armstrong
Ilene Warner
Mary Ann McWilliams
Mary Sue Ristine
Jean Hartman
Joanne Greene
Flora Mae Robinson
D A R To Place Marker On Vardy House In Bever Park
Ash ley chapter D A R plans a flag day marker for the Vardy house Cedar Rapids built by John Vardy in 1841 following a picnic luncheon meeting and program in Bever Park. Mrs R C Toms to present. marker placed by city council member. tablet unveiled by Ferol Ann Britton. B L Wick to speak. gathering at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Vardy
Bever Park
Robert C Toms
Cedar Rapids
John Vardy
B. L. Wick
Ferol Ann Britton
Howard Britton
Thirty-third Street
Hostess Honoring Margaret Young At Phyllis Kobe Home
Phyllis Kobe hosted a breakfast at her residence to honor guest Margaret Young from Crescent Street SE. Numerous local ladies attended while Mr and Mrs A W Loftus hosted others including visiting relatives from Birmingham Michigan and New York City guest David Hedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Kobe
Margaret Young
David Hedges
New York City
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeeth Street
Mr. Hedges
Midwest
Bank of Newan
More College Students To Return Home
Beginning a new week, more college students arrive for summer vacations. Mr. and Mrs. Worth Averill will drive to Milwaukee Sunday to meet their children Dudlex at St John’s Military Academy in Delafield and Nancy at Milwaukee Downer. They will then travel to Corey Lake in Michigan for the summer. Jeanne Marshall returns from Evanston to visit family at Northwestern University, joined by her sister Barbara Marshall and Bobbie Lou Cramer of Pueblo who also attends Northwestern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Averill
Second Avenue SE
Milwaukee
Dudlex
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Nancy
Milwaukee-Downer
Corey Lake
Michigan
Jeanne Marshall
Verne Mareshall
Knollwood Drive
Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Vacation return and luncheon honors in local households
Mr and Mrs Wallace Dar returned Friday from a spring trip to Excelsior Springs Missouri. Mrs William Green of Schenectady with her husband and daughter are visiting at the Howard R Green home. Mrs Ronald Evans entertained at luncheon with guests including Mrs Peter Topic Mrs Donald Leonhard Wallace Lyon Edward Breen and Frank Phelps plus Miss Margaret Wilcox and Miss Betty Beardsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wallace Dar
Cottage Grove Avenue
Excelsior Springs, Mo
William 4. Green
Schenectady
Howard R Green
Bever Avenue SE
Ronald P. Evans
Meadowbrook Drive
Peter L. Topic
Donald M. Leonhard
Wallace D. Lyon
Edward Breen
Frank L. Phelps
Margaret Wilcox
Betty Beardsley
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Elizabeth Jackson
Betty Davis
New York
George S Davis
First Avenue
McMillen, Inc
C. S. Krause
Vernon Drive
Minn
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Herbert L. Killian
Cotton Ball
Henry H. Hamilton
Jack E. Durin
Carlton Apartments
Edward M. Seboda, Jr
J. Rayner Harper
Twenty-first Street
Killian Photo
Herbert Killiem
Carl Dueser Prote
Wes Panek
Edward M. Soboda, Jr
D. A.R
Mrs. Ristedt
William Macaulays
E. P. Ristedt
Country Club Parkway
William J. Macaulay
Indian Road SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Robert S. Cook
Crescent Street SE
Tuesday Bridge Club
Phillis Kobe
Marilyn Milner
Doris Jackson
Mary Louise Jesina
Jean Ferguson
Kathryn Barngrover
Mary Louise Nelson
Barbara Harmer
Charlotte Trewin
Martha Lou Smith
Charys Lenzen
Katharine Safely
Peggy Paxton
Laura Safely
William P. Ellwood
Scott and Sutherland
Birmingham
Mich
Evans
William H. Green
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