Around the Town’s Wartime Anecdotes and Local Notes
A column of light human interest items from Cedar Rapids and surrounding Iowa towns. Vignettes include a mother halting a bedtime debate, navy enlistment quirks, Fort Leonard Wood reports, a child’s tire ration joke, a spankings joke, a cyclist’s cross-state ride, a public warning for a theater sign, and campus crowding at Iowa State with 4-H girls.
Johns Hopkins appoints Miss Alice M. as assistant nurse supervisor
Miss Alice M daughter of Mrs A E and niece of Miss Maude Krebs of 408 Fourth street SW has been named assistant supervisor of nurses in the Eastern Health district connected with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore Md. Sundberg a Coe college graduate trained at Peter Bent Brigham and Simmons colleges, was active in public health work in Boston. She belonged to Delta Delta Delta at Coe. The note also mentions visits and social events in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with various hosts and guests across multiple addresses.
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Alice M
A. E
Maude Krebs
Fourth Street
Hy End
Johnskins University
Baltimore
Sundberg
Coe College
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Simmons College
Coe
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Cotton Ball Highlights Cedar Rapids Junior League Event
The Cedar Rapids Junior League hosted its annual Cotton Ball at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with formal gowns and garden flower bouquets for a summer mood. Proceeds fund the League's Community Nutrition Service. the event featured a grand march and the Cotton Queen announcement, followed by numerous Dutch treat dinners and social gatherings among guests and hosts across several households.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Cotton Queen
Renean Bride Of Elbert Beaver in Tipton ceremony
Velma Lucille Spidle to Elbert E. Beaver of Rapids will wed Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the home of George Kopf in Tipton with Rev. C. F. Littell officiating. Spidle, a Tipton junior college graduate and Downey teacher, and Beaver, Cornell college graduate and Cedar Rapids YMCA official, plan to live at 1434 First Avenue SE.
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Velma Lucille
Elbert E. Beaver
Rapids
Charles Beaver
Lisbon
George Kopf
Tipton
C. F. Littell
Cornell College
Miss Spidle
Tipton Junior College
Downey
Beaver
Cedar Rapids Y. M. ,c. A
First Avenue
Chadima
Engagement and upcoming wedding plans outlined
Mary Louise Marsh Sheets of Iowa City will wed Robert R. Kennedy of Cedar Rapids on June 21 at Trinity Episcopal Church. The couple’s families, including Mrs. Ethel Kennedy of Chicago, announce the engagement with details of the groom and venue. Mary Irene MacLaughlin and Sgt. John E. Christensen also receive a bridal luncheon hosted by Mrs. Martin J. Cole of Los Angeles.
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George Marsh Sheets
Iowa City
Mary Louise
Robert R. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Kennedy
Chicago
Trinity Epischurch
Iss Sheets
Iowa City High School
University of Iowa
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance
Martin J. Cole
Los Angeles
John L. Millers
Mary Irene MacLaughlin
Sergt
John E. Christensen
First Christian Church
Cole
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Miss Killen to Wed Oak Park Pastor in Evanston Ceremony
Miss A Jean Eleanor Killen daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred H Killen of 1950 Grande avenue SE will wed Rev L Churchill Austin of Oak Park Illinois this afternoon at five o'clock in the SHE HOWES MEMORIAL chapel Evanston Illinois The couple will exchange rings in a ceremony read by Dr Lynn Radcliffe pastor of the First Methodist Church of Oak Park Ontario ornamentation will be white gladioli and larkspur and the bride will wear a powder blue crepe two piece dress. Nearby Mayflower chapter D A R held a Bever park picnic with officers and guests named.
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She Howes
Evanston
Ill
Jean Eleanor Killen
Fred H. Killen
Grande Avenue SE
L. Churchill Austin
Oak Park
Lynn Radcliffe
First Methodist Church
Francis Moore
Will of Love
Killen
Northwestern University
Margaret Wieder
Houghton
Mich
Lorenz
Dayton
Ohio
James Ferris
Richard Ricker
Orrington Hotel
Mr. Austin
Michigan City
Ind
Oak Park Avenue
Mrs Kitchin Presents Pupils in Piano Recital
Mrs Flora MacKay Kitchin will showcase her pupils in a piano recital this afternoon at 4 in her home studio 1723 Third Avenue SE. Parents and friends of the pupils are invited, including Markey and Janice Bailey.
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Flora MacKay Kitchin
Third Avenue SE
Markey
Janice Bailey
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