Katharine Spangler Smither to Chester Barth in New York
Katharine Spangler Smither and Chester Albert Barth wed on March 4 at Christ church in New York City. Dr Ralph W Sockman officiated. The couple will reside in New York after April 1, with Barth employed as vice president and director of Muzak corporation.
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Chester Barth
May Florence Frick
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
Chester Albert Barth
Albert J. Barth
Fifth Avenue SE
Christchurch
New York City
Ralph W. Sockman
David E. Spangler
P. C. Frick
Ballinese
Sherry-Netherlands
Book review of Black Boy by Richard Wright
A HarperCollins 2.50 study notes Wright's memoir Black Boy. The review highlights Wright's resilient boyhood amid Southern racism, his pursuit of learning, and the harsh social order that shaped his early life from Natchez to Beale Street, Memphis. It notes his unflinching, factual narrative and the complex view of race in America.
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Richard Wright
Harper
FR Tebled Wright
South
Richard
Natchez
Jackson
Miss
Arkansas
Beale Street
Memphis
America
Wright and the humanity of the self in Black Boy
Elizabeth North Hoyt reflects on Richard Wright’s sense of human dignity and the struggle to let people confront each other without fear or shame noting the lasting impact of Black Boy on autobiographies. Also, Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae plan a Thursday luncheon at Mrs. Horace G. Hedges home with Mrs. Wallace S. Hamilton hosting and Red Cross sewing during the season.
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Wright
Richard Wright
South
Elizabeth North Hoyt
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street
Wallace S. Hamilton
Red Cross
Book list of biographies novels and poetry with prices
A cropped catalog style list shows numerous titles across biography fiction poetry and children books with authors and publisher notes. Prices range from about 1.50 to 58.00 reflecting a mixed library sale or catalog listing.
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Viking Book of Poetry
Kahil Gilbran
Peter
Pauper Press
Poe
Cedar Rapids Hi-Y Council to Discuss Tourney Plans
Cedar Rapids Hi-Y council meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the YMCA to discuss a Hi-Y basketball tournament after high school postseason play and a Hi-Y assembly in Cedar Rapids next fall. Bill Pfeffer of Roosevelt serves as council president and Eastern Iowa assembly general chairman. Bob Sedlacek of McKinley is entertainment chairman for the meeting.
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Hi- Y Council
Y.M.C
Bill Pfeffer
Roosevelt
Iowa
Hi-Y Assembly
Pfeffer
Bob Sedlacek
McKinley
Cedar Rapids WEE Gazette March 11 1945 item
Local newspaper brief from Cedar Rapids dated Sunday March 11 1945. Readable items cover community notices, small events, and public announcements typical of mid century local papers. No single dominant news story identified within the fragment.
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THE
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Weee Gazette
Sun
Mr and Mrs Mokrejs to celebrate fiftieth anniversary
Mr and Mrs W B Mokrejs of 802 B Avenue NE Cedar Rapids celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. He was born 1867 in Cedar Rapids and worked 62 years for Iowa Manufacturing. Their family includes five children and relatives in New York City and Yonkers. Mrs Mokrejs, born Anna Lila, immigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1885.
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Mokrejs
Anna Lila
America
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Vardy
Bever Park
Iowa Manufacturing Company
The
Foresters
John Mokrejs
Ben Mokrejs
China Lamp Company
New York City
Harry Mokrejs
Army
Robert Mokrejs
Jan Hus House
D. H. Lavacek
Yonkers
Mrs Hillhouse Hosts Monday Shakespeare Club Meeting
The Monday Shakespeare club will meet at 2 15 pm with Mrs Clyde C Hillhouse of 508 Third Avenue SW. The lesson begins at scene 5 act III King Richard the Third. Mrs Bower Hosts Theta Alumnae Meeting
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Shakespeare Club
Grant F. Anderson
Hillcrest Drive
Clyde C. Hillhouse
Third Avenue
Richard the Third
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