Around the town column serves up cluttered tales and wit
A town column blends playful anecdotes about a cat named Tom that becomes Thomasina, bets on real estate at a Cedar Rapids corner, wedding SOSs, fashion nods, and various local mischiefs. It includes a coroner’s auto death note, a best dressed man contest, and humorous city vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elor
Tom
Thomasina
Cat and Dog Hospital
Mozart Junior Music Club Holds Annual Piano Contest
Thirty four piano students competed in the Mozart Junior Music Club spring tournament at Montrose Terrace starting at 9 a.m. Winners across divisions included Sheryl Ann Zalesky and Jimmie Geyer in Division A, Mary Ellen Dennis and Marie Morlan in Division B, and multiple ties in Division C with Ruth Hemmer and Betty Jean Stephenson among top finishers. Judges were Louise Hagerman of Waterloo, Rose Lena Ruegnitz of Iowa State Teachers College, and Klara Robbins of Iowa City. The state contest is set for March 20 at Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart Junior Music Club
Montrose Terrace
Sheryl Ann Zalesky
Jimmie Geyer
Arlene Dvorak
Mary Ellen Dennis
Marie Morlan
Olga Sindelar
Betty Jean Stephenson
Ruth Hemmer
Lorraine Jones
Josephine Goss
Ruth Mary Buresh
Dorothy Hronek
Kathleen Check
Rose Ann Kubovec
Marjorie Davis
James Hodgson
Louise Hagerman
Waterloo
Rose Lena Ruegnitz
Iowa State Teachers College
Klara Robbins
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Franklin McKinley Students Host Dance at YWCA
Franklin and McKinley high school students will jointly host a dance Saturday evening at the YWCA. Committee members from both schools include Anne Dunlap Gail Hunnicutt Christine Mull Marjorie Matthews Mary Katherine Carns Jean Newburger and Barbara Marshall. Betty Dodd of the YWCA will direct plans for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin and
McKinley High School
Y. W. Cla
Anne Dunlap
Gail Hunnicutt
Christine Mull
Marjorie Matthews
Franklin
Mary Katherine Carns
Jean Newburger
Barbara Marshall
McKinley
Betty Dodd
Yw,ca
Stewart Holmes
Children's Play Project Planned By Junior League
The Junior League plans a children's play with an all star committee. Mrs Deane L Adams is business manager and Miss Betty Davis is contact manager. Mrs Louis D Burkhalter Jr serves as publicity chairman. FP Cherayaks host bridge club dinner at Commonwealth tea rooms to start the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane L. Adams
Betty Davis
Eleanor Cook
Elizabeth Carey
Harold E. Reid
Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr
Ernest W. Anderson
Edith Knox
H. Gordon DeLay
Wallace D Lyon
Patricia Burkhalter
Orville II Tousey
F. M Chermak
Ninth Street
Commonwealth Tea Rooms
Chermak
Mrs Neil Montgomery Reelected Cedar Rapids Junior League President
Mrs Neil Montgomery was reelected as president of the Cedar Rapids Junior League at a Tuesday meeting at the Montrose hotel. This will be her second term as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Montgomery
Linden Drive
Cedar Rapids Junior League
Montrose Hotel
Montgomery
Marriage of Mrs Hubbell and Edwin C French Revealed
Announcement details the December 12 1936 Los Angeles ceremony at Mrs H W Atkinson home. The couple plan a two month Mexico visit then reside in Cedar Rapids at Commonwealth apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton H. Hubbell
Los Angeles
Calif
Edwin C. French
Cedar Rapids
Inter- Ocean Reinsurance Company
H. W. Atkinson
French
Cyrus B. Sweet
C. B. Wright
Mexico City
Commonwealth
Cedar Rapids Folk Return From Mexico Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs R J Vorkoper of Cedar Rapids have just returned after a month touring Mexico. They rated the impromptu Cedar Rapids colony found en route as a major thrill. The couple stopped for luncheon at Le Borda garden in Cuernavaca with guests including Dr and Mrs H X Pfeiffer Herman Robertson Jr Dr and Mrs David Beardsley Miss Betty Beardsley and the Misses Jessie Lulu Averill all of Cedar Rapids addresses shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AW. E. Pfeiffers
Herman Robertson
H. E. Pfeiffer
Commonwealth Apartments
Herman J Robertson, Jr
Third Avenue SE
Mexico
Monterey
Mexico City
Taxco
Cuernavaca
Acapulco
R. J. Vorkoper
Grande Avenue
Cedar Rapids
le Borda Garden
H. XE. Pfeiffer
Herman Robertson, Jr
David Beardsley
Betty Beardsley
Linden Drive
Jessie
Lulu Averill
Second Avenue
Miss Heaton Honored by Multiple Social Events and Tea
Nellie Krueger and Miss Edna DeLang hosted a Wednesday evening at Ruth Nehls home honoring Miss Heaton and Mr. Manville. A bridge tea at Miss Florence Jayne’s home honored Miss Heaton with attendees from the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority of Coe college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Krueger
Edna DeLang
Ruth Nehls
Twentysixth Street
Miss Heaton
Manville
Florence Jayne
Mount Vernon Road
Helen Hughes
Seventeenth Street
LaVon Buchanan
Norway
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Coe College
Kathleen Franey
Valerie Konecny
Lydia Ann Courtright
Alice Snyder
Dorothy Grunewald
Marguerite Hyten
Norma White
Eleanor Sweitzer
Katherine Stark
Ellen Snyder
Jane Ball
Virginia Ohmann
Jayne Olds
Helen Simmons
Marjorie Smith
Rosalie Stanley
Josephine Thill
Margaret Wilson
Lucile Coon
Arminia Davidson
Jean Erbe
Betty Neuzil
Marabelle Mattern
Virginia Ellis
Lenore Stark
Camp Fire Girls mark 25th Cedar Rapids anniversary
Cedar Rapids celebrates a quarter century of Camp Fire Girls with 850 local members and 273 surrounding groups. Noted for the Indian headbands designed by Mary Jo Johnson Ruth Toogood Oma Booth Nedra Arendts Ardyce Woodside and Madora Murtaugh, the headbands were highlighted by national headquarters. The observance includes displays in Cedar Rapids business windows and the history of the council founded in 1928 with Camp Huaga dedicated in 1931 under Mrs. M. R. Warren and a large local leadership group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QIX Little Girls
Cedar Rapids
Camp Fire Girls
Mary Jo Johnson
George Johnson
Ridgewood Terrace
Ruth Toogood
R. S. Toogood
Washington Avenue
Oma Booth
R.B. Booth
Nedra Arendts
J. S. Arendts
A Avenue
Ardyce Woodside
J. H. Woodside
First Avenue
Madora Murtaugh
Peter Murtaugh
Waterloo
Edith Kempthorne
Camp Fire
Ruth Fletcher Phinney
Guardian
Gertrude Hall
Gladys Anne Florence Prohaska
Esther Metzger
Ruth Augustine
Merle Emmonds
Eleanor Brown
Arlene Ravenscroft
Gladys Robb
Emma Hayek
Carmen Ormsby
Ferne Armstrong
Lulu Jones
Salome Hromatka
Ruth Harrison
Lulu Hoskin
Edna Snyder
Ruth Tus
Florence Brown
Ida Caryl
Katherine Bingham
Josephine Hamilton
First Reformed
Carl Nietzel
St. Paul’s M. E
Bertram Puckett
First Baptist
Alice Watson
Westminster Presbyterian
Isabel Rasmussen
First Presbyterian
G. P. Spicer
Trinity M. E
L. R. Buffington
First Christian
Joseph Yeager
First Congregational
Ruth Gifford
Raymond Moore
Second Evangelical
George Stauffacher
Anamosa
Fairfax
Lisbon
Marion
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Norway
Springville
van Horne
Vinton
Wyoming
F. L. Bokerney
L. D. Dennis
C. C. Flodin
Henry Haegg
James Knox
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Wells C. Peck
Charles Penningroth
Forest Protzman
John
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C. L. Becker
Jim Yuill
Uncle Sam
Becker
Weaver Witwer
Jim
Ora
Meinard Darling
Lincoln
Neb
Meinard
Tuma County
B. J
Prince of Dudes
Archie Stewart
Martinsons
A. C
Mr. Stewart
Paul E. Fidler
Ward J Long
Old Maids
Washington High Girls
Bachelors
Frances Westerfield
Tom W. Moore
Gazette
Grant Wood
Wren de Goodth
The
Sons of the American Revolution
D. A. Ro
Des Moines
Wild Fields of Endeavor
Ron
W.de Fields of Endeavor
Betty Radio Skeet
Montis
St. Luke's Hospital
Mozart Junior Club
Forest Drive
Longueville
Oliver Longueville
Blake Boulevard
Henry Files
Henry M. Files
Tri-Delt Alliance
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
First Avenue E
Bailey
Chicago
Fred W Bailey
Second Avenue SE
Thompson
Executive Council
Coe College Science Hall
Mary Ludlow
Myr
J. W. Ludlow
Polly Spohn
Vernon Spohn
LaVonne Miller
R. E. Miller
Mary Ellen Stamy
Allen Stamy
Nem Montgomery
Edwin French
Web
Miss Deacon
Miss Robinson
Marjorie Deacon
W. M. Deacon
Knollwood Drive
Mary Jane Robinson
Mary Robinson
Seventh Street
Betty Whipple
C. W. Whipples
Meadowbrook Drive
Iowa State College
Ames
Sally Henry
N. E. Henry
Nineteenth Street SE
Henry Home
Sally Zuercher
Mary Hubbard
Florence Churchill
Patricia Benesh
Andrean Lowe
Tone Peterson
Ariene Mastin
Geraldine Berg
Harriet Bernstein
Tommy Menary
Billy Shuttleworth
Don Chadima
Don Deamer
David Martin
Paul Jones
E. H. Bingham
F W. Rockwell
New York City
Charles Shepard
Dairy Dale
Dury Date
Emma Miles
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Amy Sinclair
Moons
First Presbyterian Church
B. J. Moon
Herbert Henderson
Albert P. Jenkins
Fifth Avenue SE
the Jenkins
Fifth Avenue
Quaker Girls Club
Quaker Girls’ Club
YWCA
Quaker Oats
Lorraine Nelson
Health Recreation Department
E. E. Fisher
Zoric
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