Local notes mix humor and spring in Cedar Rapids
A Wheaten mix of light vignettes opens with Weaver Witwer and a prize bull, then small town observations on spring fever. The page surveys school life, fashion, charity teas, gallery guffaws, and a Y M C A tale of old minutes, all tied by Cedar Rapids community life.
Delta Delta Delta Formal Party At Roosevelt Hotel
Coe college Tri Delta sorority hosted its first spring formal in the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room. Guests sat among spring flower décor and rainbow candles as a local orchestra played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
Kathryn Beucher
Angel
Alice Street
Myron L. Koenig
C. Ward Macy
Darleen Pollock
Jewel Allman
Richard Blahnik
Ruth Beitel
Bob Hahn
Chris Bates
Betty Buckingham
Bob Evans
Ida Mae Carlson
Ward Long
Jayne Carrier
George Oldag
Marylou Cater
Fletcher Herrald
Diana Coffey
Bill Kettlitz
Frances Crozier
Ray Hibbing
Elizabeth Colton
Bob Carmichael
Marjorie Deacon
Bob Cresswell
Anogene Faris
Carl Jass
Jane Fuhrmeister
John
Harley Moore
Betty Warner
Bob Little
Lauraine Walter
Roy Roughton
Betty Wick
John Combs
Katharine van Meter
Bud Hoffman
Caroline van Meter
Don MacKay
Phyllis Closson
Bob Dennis
Margaret Carson
Dick Wagner
Grant Wood Paintings Exhibit At Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood paintings from local collections and private lenders will headline an exhibit in Cedar Rapids. Works include portraits of Susan Angevine Shaffer and Mary Van Vechten Shaffer, European studies, and pieces like Autumn Oaks memorial to Elizabeth Cook, with arrangements led by Mrs. Clare R. Marshall and Prof. Marvin D. Cone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
Wood
France
David Turner
John B. Turner
James Chapin
McKinley School
Turner
Frances Prescott
McKinley Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Cook
Benjamin Franklin School
Grant Wood
Europe
Blue House
Munich
Robert J. Miller
Latin Quarter
van Vechten Shaffer
Periguex
Te Association
Indian Creek
Chamber of Commerce
Susan Angevine Shaffer
Mary van Vechten Shaffer
Ernest W. Anderson
Jennie Post
George Laird
Frank J. Gibbons
Gordon Fennell
C. Louis Fontana
Dorothy Munger
Patricia Burkhalter
Arthur L. Augustine
Daughters of Isabella Host Annual Charity Dance
The Daughters of Isabella sponsor their annual charity dance Easter Monday April 18 at Pla Mor ballroom. Funds support hospitalization for needy expectant mothers. Laura Buck chairs the affair with Esther Hronik as co chair. helpers include Hazel Moore Sarah Long Gertrude Flaherty Dorothy Stark and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Isabella
Pla-Mor
Laura Buck
Esther Hronik
Hazel Moore
Sarah Long
Gertrude Flaherty
Dorothy Stark
Harriet Kelly
Betty Allen
Elinor Brady
Catherine Brems
Catharine Gleason
Local clubs host Tuesday Study Club meeting change
Mrs Earl B Delzell will host the Tuesday Study club at 1900 Grande avenue SE Tuesday afternoon with Mrs John E Stansbury directing the program. Dinners hosted for Dr and Mrs Charles J Bready featured 12 guests at Commonwealth tea room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Nash
Country Club Parkway SE
Commonwealth Tea Room
Nash
Mrs. Delzell
Earl B. Delzell
Grande Avenue SE
John E. Stansbury
Charles J. Bready
Third Avenue SE
Belle Butterfield
Ruby Byers
Park Terrace SE
H. N. Boyson
I. E. Jackson
Herbert C. Ring
B. Harrington
Dorothy Morehead joins Stephens College educational tour
Dorothy Morehead daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Morehead leaves Columbia Missouri with Stephens College on the thirteenth annual two week tour by train. Stops include Dallas Austin San Antonio El Paso Juarez Los Angeles Del Monte Riverside San Francisco Portland Seattle Victoria Spokane Missoula Butte. Social events feature dances at University of Texas USC and University of Montana. Chapter DK of P E O meets Monday at 8 pm at Mrs Mary B Palmer home to elect officers delegates and alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Stephens College
Dorothy Morehead
Herbert L. Morehead
Sixteenth Street
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Los Angeles
del Monte
Riverside
San Francisco
Calif
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Victoria
B.C
Spokane
Missoula
Butte
Mont
University of Texas
University of Southern California
University of Montana
Coe Military Ball Promises Grand Era Night
Miss Maxine Boegel sketches for children up to age 17 in her Cedar Rapids home studio at First Avenue E turning sketches into actual outfits in pique seer sucker linen and more for a Friday Coe Military Ball. The event features cadet colonel Scabbard and Blade pledges drill squad and a guest list of dignitaries led by Gov Kraschel and Major General Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Beegel
Cedar Rapids
Maxine Boegel
First Avenue E
Miss Focht
Chi Omega Sorority
Acorn Board of Control
Chi Delta
Davidson
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Coe
Ray Smith
George Oldag
Robert Shearer
Russell Goodwin
Curtise Wood
Kelley Wootke
H. M. Gage
Stanley Ford
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Ford
R. H. McMasters
Nels G. Kraschel
Des Moines
C. B. Robbins
Chicago
George F. N. Dailey
Iowa City
Herbert Odell
Ames
Frank K. Hahn
Frederick G. Murray
S. W. Mikulas
Arthur W. Pen
Miss Boegel
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Mary Sue Ristine
Henry Ristine
Mary Sue
Wohl Company
New York
Miss. Boegel
Drake
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Snow White
Roger Peterson
Ben H. Peterson
Roger
Amy Battles
New City
Hastile
George Griner
Miss Battles
Gazette
Sunday Gazette
Ambro
M. M. Thompson
Thompson
Otto Ambroz
Harold Rowe
London
Grant
McKinley
Miss Prescott
Hazel Brown
Ed Bruns
Public Schools
Rosemary Canfield
Miami Beach
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Mrs. Morris
Philip Morris Morrises
Cornelia Moershel
Eugenia Kelly
Art
Faye Gertsen
King Thompsons
Gertsen
F. Clark
Association
Clark
Dorothy Mesknes
John Mesknes
Avenue NE
St. Patrick’s
Leone Engberg
Joan Yessler
Virginia Clapp
Merri Frances Bucknell
Jean White
Arlene England
Rebecca Hallman
Joanne Crawford
Betty Larson
Mayflower
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Imogen B. Emery
Katherine Franken
J. R. Treichler
Louise Safely
Franken
Younger Set Club
Bishop’s
Dorothy Little
Mary Zuercher
Mary McMillan
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Jean Walter
Frances la Rue
Mary Whisler
Alice Harmer
Kathryn Claassen
Betty Peck
Dorothy Spencer
Annabelle Hershey
Trumbull
Haldeman
Geanie Trumbull
M. B. Trumbull
Forest Drive
Geneva Haldeman
Vogel Harley
Frances
Lydia Bennet
Miss Haldeman
Mrs. Lake
Bobby Kloppenburg
Barngrovers
W. J. Barngrover
Bever Avenue
Allen Nashes
Bridge Club
Mrs. Bready
Ashley Chapter
C. D. Hedbergs
Charles D. Hedberg
Eighth Avenue SE
Hedberg
R. W. Manatt
George M. Bird
Gilbert M. Bates
Leon A. Meyer
Harry QO. Cutler
H. C. Watson
E. O
H. Carson
Greenwood Drive
Everett C. Pratt
W. H. Bailey
Guerdon Archer
Johnstons
Raymond S. Johnston
SE. Lave
Johnston
Sheldon
Archer
Phillip Gilbertson
Mr. Archer
Mrs. Johnston
Mrs. Palmer
Mary B. Palmer
J. W. Bryan
Belle Wilson
Helen Hibnes
C. S. Krause
Mrs
Howard Green
Schenectady
Howard R. Green
Bever Avenue SE
Schenectady, N Y
Son
William H. Green
Mrs. Green
Edith Knox
Jimmy Deyarman
Lester DeYarman
Twentieth Street
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Shir
Iowa
Marton Phene
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