Laughs and Libations: Yoder’s Home Front Humor Book
A reader praises Robert M. Yoder’s There’s No Front Like Home a wartime humor collection. The review notes Yoder’s shift from Chicago Daily News columnist to naval lieutenant, praising seventeen essays on civic life tax woes and domestic quirks with witty, sharp observations.
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Robert M. Yoder
Houghton Mifflin $2
Robert Yoder
Mr. Yoder
Chicago Daily News
Yoder
John Q. Citizen
Mr. Morgen
Woman's Club schedules multiple department meetings this week
The History and Literature Department meets Monday at 2 15 p m with Mrs Finley Stone speaking on Our Latin American Neighbors and Mrs W R Foor reviewing Journey into America by Donald Culross Peattie The American Home Department meets Tuesday at 1 p m for a St Patrick's luncheon followed by a musical program and linen conditions today lecture A forum on Pacific relations will be led by Fred Kluss on Wednesday with luncheon to follow The Current Events Department and others gather midweek for luncheons and programs with topics including Queen Wilhelmina Bern ard Baruch Getulio Vargas Dorothy Thompson and more A Red Cross sewing day is planned Thursday with a noon luncheon The Dramatic Art Department hosts a southern dish luncheon Friday with a three act play review followed by hostess duties and a workshop group meets earlier
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Finley Stone
W. R. Foor
America
Donald Culross Peattie
American Home Department
St. Patrick’s
Margaret Bell
Eleanor Houts
M. H. Janowsky
C. C. Hillhouse
J. R. Overly
Lester Johnson
Walter Heather
Pacific
Fred Kluss
Roosevelt High School
J. C. Ramsey
A. H. Mott
W. E. Mickel
Wilhelmina
Robert Campbell
Claire Boothe Luce
Cora Fletcher
Bernard Baruch
Grace Narber
Getulio Vargas
E. R. Newcomer
Anthony Biddie
C. W. Packwood
Dorothy Thompson
Charles Earhart
Leondre Spooner
Dramatic Art Department
Charlies Hoberts
Cheon
Grandchildren Visit in Anderson Home
The three lively grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Anderson visit their grandparents at 1750 B avenue NE for several weeks. Tracey Easterling Anderson is an infant of the Andersons of Orangeburg, Arden Clifton Anderson is two, son of Capt. and Mrs. A. C. Anderson of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Ray Flint Anderson III is two, son of the senior Andersons. Capt. and Mrs. A. C. Anderson and Mrs. Ray Anderson, jr. have also visited.
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Ray F. Anderson
Avenue
Anderson
Tracey Easterling Anderson
Orangeburg
D. C
Arden Clifton Anderson
A. C. Anderson
Eagle Pass
Texas
Ray Flint Anderson III
Ray Anderson, Jr
Andersons
Doris Jean Hines Weds Pfc Robert J Stirton in Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Allison C Hines announce the marriage of their daughter Doris Jean to Pfc Robert J Stirton son of Mr and Mrs J C Stirton of Berkeley California and Washington DC The ceremony was Feb 19 at the Methodist church in Iowa City officiated by Dr L L Dunnington Doris Jean attended Coe College and is a University of Iowa junior Stirton attended UC Berkeley and is now stationed at Iowa City with the AS TP engineering unit.
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Allison C. Hines
Twenty-first Street
Doris Jean
Pfc
Robert J. Stirton
J. C. Stirton
Berkeley
Calif
Washington, D. C
Methodist
Iowa City
L. L. Dunnington
Coe College
University of Iowa
Pfc. Stirton
University of California At Berkeley
Advanced Engineering
The
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YWCA Newcomers Tour and Local Club Meetings
The YWCA invites employed Cedar Rapids women under six months in town to a Monday evening tour departing at 7 30 from the YWCA with highlights at Grant Wood pictures and a residential tour. Other events include lenton service speakers, dancing classes, social dancing, golf and tennis lessons, a Young Matrons dessert luncheon, LaGaiete club activities, Industrial League dinner and health carnival twilight service, Mercy hospital auxiliary picnic meeting, and Volunteer Circle Bible study.
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Y.W. C.A
Cedar Rapids
Y.W.C.A
Grant Wood
Turner Chapel
Industrial League
Effie Eveland
YWCA Health Carnival Aims to Inform and Entertain
The Cedar Rapids YWCA hosts a health carnival at 7 30 p m Thursday with free admission and 25 cent refreshments. Activities include films on nutrition and hygiene, talks on mental health and posture, plus dances, exhibits, and demonstrations by experts.
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Cedar Rapids Y.W.C
Health Recreation Council
Industrial League of the Y and
Dr. Pooh
Dr. Flim Flam
Y’s
National Dairy Council
Samuel Higbee Institute of Posture
U. S. Department of Labor
Edith Barber
Coe College
Mildred Feres
Y.W.C.A
Helen Krogmann
Doris Carlson
Marilyn DeFore
Betty Konigsmark
Virginia Platt
Laura Allyn
Ethyl Mae Sprague
Bonnie Sargeant
Norma Olson
Luella Hamilton
P m
Helen Laipple
Winifred Olson
Ethyl Johnston
Edna Sterner
6Oo Board OF Managers
Miss Corinne Spence Weds Sergeant in Culver City
Corinne Madeline Kleineck and Staff Sergeant William H. Spence wed Feb 14 at 7 p.m. in Maynard Memorial Methodist Church Culver City California with Rev Norman W Taylor officiating. The bride is from Minneapolis and the groom from Flush ing New York. The couple will reside at 3715 Westwood Drive Los Angeles.
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H. C. Kleineck
First Avenue NE
Corinne Madeline
Wiliam H. Spence
Peggy Ann Fergus
George M. Everett, Jr
Immaculate Conception High School
Spence
Los Angeles
Sgt. Spence
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Culver City
Army Air Forces
Westwood Drive
Dr Charles Keyes To Address Kelvin Society Meeting
Dr A R Keyes, director of the Iowa Archaeological survey and retired German professor at Cornell college, will address Kelvin Society at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Science hall Coe college. His talk covers The Broken Kettle and Kimball Village Sites and centers on southwest Plymouth County near Sioux City.
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A. R. Keyes
Iowa Archaeological Survey
Cornell College
Kelvin Society
Science Hall
Coe College
Broken Kettle
Kimball
Keyes
Cornell
Plymouth County
Sioux City
USO Notes Food Committee Hostesses at Center
Members of St Elizabeths guild of St Johns Episcopal church will serve as hostesses at the USO center today. Those on duty include chairwoman Mrs J J Shepard and a long list of guild members and volunteers.
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St. Elizabeth's Guild of
St. John’s Episcopal Church
USO
J. J. Shepard
Hegarty Alberts
Henri Bollen
R. R. Bragg
G. B. Bryson
W. V. Fiebig
Muriel Gaunt
Ralph Hopker
Ed E. Hruska
Charles Jones
Paul Ki
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Sixteenth Street
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Daily Inspirational Guide
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