Around the Lawn And Other Campus Oddities
Humorous snippets report a rug department head followed by a robin across Martins and a nesting bird becoming a housemate. Other items include Win at Latimer-Johnson ranch teaching hens to roost, a bull snake order, and lighthearted notes about local characters, shops, and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Thomas Robinson
Martins
Mr. Robinson
Mother Robin
Wwe
Robinson
Indian Creek
Win
Ella
Leone Elliott
Owen
Exchanges Diplomas For Paychecks In 1937 Graduates
Harriett Swain chronicles 1937 graduates from Coe and University of Iowa as they secure jobs or plan further study. Victoria Ellis, Alice Burton, John Blomquist, Robertson Little, Russell Blaine, Richard Blahnik and others pursue chemistry, teaching, law school, or managerial tracks at Woolworths, Duke, Ohio State, Taylor Instrument, and local firms. Many work summers in camps or prep for advanced degrees while families and communities note wedding and relocation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Ellis
Coe College
Mutual Fire and Tornado Association
Alice Burton
Coe
Iowa City
Busines
University of Owa
John H. Blomquist
University of Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
John
Robertson Little
University of Iowa
Russell K. Blaine
Doe
Rochester
N. Y
Taylor Instrument Company
Blahnik Chain
Richard C. Blahnik
Woolworth’s
Blahnik
Cprah Wykle
Montour
Avery Gage
Wisconsin
Duke University
Janet Coquillette
Mae Fern Uhlenhopp
Missaukee
Mich
Miss Uhlenhopp
Davenport
Flora Fleming
Miss Larimer and Swiler Wed In Garden Ceremony
Miss Larimer and Wesley Swiler marry in a garden ceremony at the Phipps home. Attendants wear coral pink and lavender gowns with daisies in hair. Guests include numerous Cedar Rapids and Burlington residents. reception features white peonies, daisies, crystal candelabra. The couple to reside at 1611 River Street, Burlington after July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lady
Orange City
Ruth Louise Barth
New York City
Betty Davis
Harold E. Reid
Cedar Rapids
Miss Larimer
Miss Lady
Miss Barth
Miss Davis
Mrs. Reid
Wesley Swiler
Burlington
Wendell Delzel
Oliver H. Hamilton
T. P. Nollowell
Fort Madison
Frederick C. Fisher
Amor H. Sargent
James M. Knox
Charles S. Knox
Herbert Heath
Villisca
John H. Schindel
George F. Gibson
O. C. Olney
H. B. Hunting
E. E. Wilcox
Milton Bryan
Arthur A. Taylor
J. W. Albright
Harriet Sargent
Betty Roth
Edith Knox
Swiler
Lake Katherine
Hazelhurst
Wis
River Street
Local Women Attend Commencement at Ames
Local women including Mrs. Owen T. Barry and her daughter Barbara return from Iowa State College at Ames after weekend commencement activities. Also present are Mrs. Clara Robinson and daughter Peggy and Mrs. Charles M. Fisher with daughter Peggy from Mount Vernon. The Ellers of Des Moines, married last week, visit Mrs. Cora Eller as they travel home from Chicago and Lake Geneva. Ed Van Dine of Troy Pa spends weekend with the Jordans at 2121 Linden drive SE, after arriving with Sandy Jordan from Evanston Illinois, Northwestern students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Laird
Glenway Drive
Chicago
Emily
Louise Lasker
George Fullerton
Oak Park
Medinah Country Club
Owen T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Barbara
Clara Robinson
Third Avenue
Charles M. Fisher
Mount Vernon
Peggy
Iowa State College
Ames
Stratton R. Eller
Des Moines
Ed van Dine
Troy
Carl F. Jordan
Linden Drive
Sandee Jordan
van Dine
Evanston, Jrl
Northwestern University
Mrs Ethel Pinney Ristedt to sail for Europe with son
Mrs Ethel Pinney Ristedt and her son Henry will sail from New York City at noon Wednesday aboard the S S Manhattan for a European summer vacation. They plan a return trip to the United States on August 25 after visiting France Belgium and the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
Country Club Parkway SE
Henry
New York City
S. S. Manhattan
Europe
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dinsdale Savings Bank
Arthur E. Chase
Australia
Harry Lauder
Equator
Ilbert Martin
West Side
Legion Post
Martin
Worth Averlns
Three Rivers
Peer
Renny Evans
Don Leonard
Wallie Lyon
A. W. Doubrasky
Star Printing
Mardie Larimer Swiler
E. B. Cameron
Cam
Henry Nemec
Crawford County
Gloria Stewart
Forrest
Ferry Hall
Lake Forest
Ill
Jean Harlow
August N. Venhorst
Fifteenth Street SE
Utah Mountains
Western Air Express
Alpine
Utah
Beethoven Club
Gaboons
H. F. Westfall
Second Avenue SE
Thompson Photo
City
J. Howell Smith
Joan
Longsview
Tex
Harriett Swain
Mary Lou Sigmund
Sigmund
Charles Roberts
Roberts
Lamson Brothers and Company
Burnice Fiellman
Homer C. Maxwell
Montrose Hotel
Billy
Kansas City
Mr. Maxwell
Mrs
Grover C. Maxwell
Donald Lairds
R. H. Pickfords
Minneapolis
Roswell H. Pickford
Forest Drive
Ralph Hamburger
Helen Ely
California
John M. Ely
First Avenue E
Claremont
Calif
Scripps College
Jean Hartman
Jean
J. L. Hartman
Nineteenth Street
Mary Lucristine
Ilene Warner
Mary Ann McWilliams
Joy Ann Noblett
Nancy Macklem
Jacqueline McLaughlin
Doris Kahler
Phyllis Potter
Polly Green Charline
Smothers
Barbara Burrell
Jacequeline Joens
Joanne Greene
Margaret Curray
Nancy Frazce
Angeline Thomas
James M. Skinner
David Bernt
Joliet, I
Don Barnes
Nassau Street SE
Mr. Swiler
Junior League of
Bradford Academy
Bradford
Mass
University of Town
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Amherst College
Amherst
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Beloit College
Beloit
Herbert W. Heath
George C. Swiler
Charles S. Hutchins
J . Fleming
H. N. Goodell
E. G. Disque
J. W. McElroy
W. F. Gilman
E. F. LaForce
Katherine Phelps
Clyde Topping
Blanche Wilcox
Harold Wilson
Ralph Eggert
Carl Stutsman
Guy Thode
Jane Thode
O. H. Hamilton
F. O. Larrabee
W. J. Cooper
Anita Chittenden
Ernest Gerdys
John Lagomarco
Stanley Grant
Paul Rapp
Mary Jane Cady
James Goodbar
Richard Plock
Roy Murphy
Mary Sherrill
J. S. Schramm
Charles H. Walsh, Jr
Joseph B. Googins
Fort Worth
Texas
Parkin T. Lowden
Palatine Bridge
Walter L. Hudson
Philip Johnson
Leavenworth
Kan
Robert Plager
Grundy Center
Robert Sheahan
E. L. Rohlf, Jr
John Deets
Waterloo
Dorothy Jane Griffiths
Murray Goodman
John Howell
Eunice Howell
Edward Howell
Mary Gould
Mason City
James L. Turnbull
Dubuque
George
George Bird
Third Avenue SE
Albright
Busers
Brock
Omaha
Frank L. Buser
Avenue SE
Vivien Buser
Buser
George Brock
Neb
Stratton Ellers
Cora Eller
Jordan
Thompson
Henry Ristedt
Palm ‘Beach
Seersucker
Zoric Day Cleaners
Marion
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