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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1941
Page
11
Members of the Junior League of Cedar Rapids finish preparations for their fourth consecutive children's production titled Peter and the Mermaid Princess. Two performances are scheduled next Saturday at 9 and 1 a.m. in the Paramount theater with cast members in sea lore costumes.
A Cedar Rapids group directed by Robert Downing will present two productions at the Community Playhouse as part of a spring program. The first show Theater Guild comedy Morning's at Seven opens April 14 with tryouts Wednesday at 7 30 pm at the Playhouse. Mervin Severance resigns as Community Players director and Downing, a Cedar Rapids native with Broadway credits, returns from New York to lead the group.
Many Cedar Rapids residents plan a 3:30 reception in the Iowa Union to honor university artists Emil Ganso and Fletcher Martin. An open exhibit features watercolors drawings lithographs and oils with faculty hosts and tea service.
Cedar Rapids residents resume social routine after winter vacations. A. W. Leaders return from Smoke Tree Ranch in Palm Springs with residence at 2101 Grande Avenue SE. James E. Blake comes back from two weeks in Florida. Mrs. Sutherland C P Daws and Mrs. Weaver Witwer stay in the south for longer. Miss Manjorie Deacon travels from Norman Oklahoma to visit the Frantzes at Knobwood Drive SE.
The Coe College military ball at Memorial Coliseum, hosted by Scabbard and Blade, highlighted the Saturday social scene. Two Roosevelt hotel dinner parties preceded the event with guests including Col and Mrs F M Flanagan and Prof and Mrs Ward Macy among others. Martha Trewin of Washington, Iowa visits her parents on Fourth Avenue SE.
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