Spring Fever Hits Cedar Rapids This Spring
Spring fever grips Cedar Rapids as gardening, golfing, and roller skating return. Notable locals Katheryn Greene and Alicia Franey are energized by the season while others plan spring activites instead of taking part. Pro George Taylor forecasts the Cedar Rapids Country Club course ready in a week with a bridge luncheon for women members signaling the season’s kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Katheryn Greene
R. W. Greene
Bever Avenue
Alicia Franey
F. W. Franey
Crescent Street
George Taylor
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Jooss Ballet To Be On Cedar Rapids Concert Course
Jooss ballet will join the 1939-40 Cedar Rapids Community Concerts season under Mrs. Clarke Beems. The program also features Ida Krehm, Helen Jepson, and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos. The troupe has been based at Dartington Hall in England, presenting new works Chronica and Spring Tale, with The Green Table previously winning Paris praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pihe
Jooss Ballet
Cedar Rapids
Community Concerts Association
Clarke Beems
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Ida Krehm
Helen Jepson
Metropolitan Opera Association
Dartington Hall
South Devon
England
Jooss
Paris
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Naumberg Foundation
Federation of Music Clubs
Lawrence Tibbett
Metropolitan
Style Show at Cedar Rapids Country Club Monday
A Monday fashion review in the Cedar Rapids Country Club luncheon series features Craemer's department store presenting suits, frocks, coats and formals with a travel theme inspired by the New York and San Francisco world fairs. Models include Jeanne Cash and others. lunch is buffet, followed by bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Craemer's Department Store
Jeanne Cash
Betty Lzicar
Barbara Bloomhall
Orville H. Tousey
Harold N. Graves
John D. Randall
Harold J. Rowe
Glenn O. Fletcher
Fred W. Smith
Burgess West
Robert P. Bell
P. A. Stover
New York
San Francisco
Bridge
Teen Age Dance On Calendar For Young Folk
First social event on the vacation calendar for local youths opens April 1. Cedar Rapids Country club hosts a teen age dance for members children and guests Friday evening from 8 to 11 with refreshments at intermission. Sixth in the series, two more dances follow on April 28 and May 19 to close the 1938 1939 season.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
Helfreds Join Harrises at Toms Home for Weekend
Spending the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Toms at 2300 Grande avenue SE are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Helfred of Chicago who joined Mrs. Helfred's brother, Arthur Harris, and Mrs. Harris of Helena, Mont., guests for several days in the Toms' home. Mr. and Mrs. Toms hosted a Saturday evening family dinner in compliment to their house guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Toms
Grande Avenue SE
Howard Helfred
Chicago
Dresser Hunting
R. D. Hunting
First Avenue
Northwestern University
Cedar Rapids
Western Military Academy
Alton
Theodore Paulsen
O. F. Paulsen
Grande Avenue
B. Lyman
L. P. Lyman
Louis G. Rodriguez
Porto Rico
Montanaro
Junior Art Club Meets at Mrs Gage Home
The Junior Art club will meet at Mrs. Harry More house Gage on 1945 Second Avenue SE at 2 45 p m Monday. Miss Esther Olmsted will give the book review. Mrs James W Bell will leave Tuesday for Park Ridge Illinois to visit her mother Mrs J H Dymond for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Morehouse Gage
Second Avenue SE
Esther Olmsted
James Bell
Park Ridge
James W. Bell
Country Club Parkway
J. H. Dymond
Harry J. Jones
Fifth Avenue SE
New York City
Madge Jones
Katherine Gibbs
Eleven Hoboes Club Members Luncheon Guests
The Eleven Hoboes were hosted Saturday at a buffet luncheon by Miss Betty Ann Ericksen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs T H Ericksen. Attendees included Ruth Knight Jean Elder Jean Fahrney Ruth Hardiman Marcia Kensinger Carolyn Engel Catharine Miller Bonnie Jean McGregor Jean Thompson Dorothy Batchelder, with a Dutch treat ater party to follow. Four members returned from a four week motor trip through the south and southeast, including Mrs A J Diebold Mrs H E Hanson Mrs Oliver Longueville and Mrs Charles E Byrnes. They visited New Orleans and Miami before heading home via Wa al Dig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ann Ericksen
T. H. Ericksen
C Avenue NE
Ruth Knight
Jean Elder
Jean Fahrney
Ruth Hardiman
Marcia Kensinger
Carolyn Engel
Catharine Miller
Bonnie Jean McGregor
Jean Thompson
Dorothy Batchelder
A. J. Diebold
Grande Avenue
H. E. Hanson
Bever Avenue
Oliver Longueville
Montrose Hotel
Charles E. Byrnes
Third Avenue
New Orleans
Miami
Waal Dig
Daughter Susan Avery Born in Spencer March Eighteenth
A notice reports the birth of Susan Avery to Mr and Mrs Alden Avery of Spencer on March 18. Mrs Avery is the daughter of Senator and Mrs Frank C Byers of 314 Nineteenth street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Alden Avery
Spencer
Avery
Senator
Frank C. Byers
Nineteenth Street
Students Home For Midterm Recess
Families welcome returning students from Stanford Monticello and Northwestern to Cedar Rapids and local military academy pupils from Western Military academy Alton. Local homes host Betsy Quarton Peggy Stewart Dresser Hunting and six Cedar Rapids boys with siblings and friends traveling from California Illinois and Porto Rico for a ten day spring break.
Gladys Cherry Clark Bride of Indiana Man
Gladys Cherry Clark of Tama becomes Mrs John S Elliott of Newcastle Indiana after a wedding in Miami Beach Florida on March 18. Mr and Mrs Herbert T Cherry hosted. the Reys plan card club luncheon and bridge at Mrs E H Beaven's home. Bob Meyer hosted a twelfth birthday luncheon followed by a theater party with eight friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Cherry Clark
Bride of
Indiana
Man
TAMA
Herbert T. Cherry
John S. Elliott
Newcastle
Ind
Miami Beach
Fla
Bob Meyer
Leon A. Meyer
Grande Avenue SE
Junior League Committee Heads Named in Cedar Rapids
Newly elected officers of the Junior League of Cedar Rapids and committee heads were named to begin their fiscal year with the April meeting. Officers: Mrs Gordon Fennell president, Mrs Eugene C. Hoyt vice president, Miss Helen Larimer corresponding secretary, Mrs Richard M. Miller recording secretary, Miss Vivien Buser treasurer. Board appointments include Education chair Mrs Hoyt, Placement chair Mrs Bell, Community Nutrition Service chair Mrs Wadsworth, Children's Theater chair Mrs Soboda Jr, Arts chair Mrs Davis, Ways and Means chair Mrs Allen, News sheet and scribblers group chair Mrs Burkhalter Jr, and Publicity and city editor Miss Knox. The league noted its third season of children’s theater work, presenting Nestor the Talking Horse in local schools and the Iowa City Children’s Hospital. The welfare project finances Community Nutrition Service, directed by Miss Bernice Hopper, with league volunteers aiding across districts. Also reported: birth of Charles Freeman Duncan Jr March 23 in Savannah Ga to Mr and Mrs Charles Freeman Duncan. Mrs Duncan is former Helen Hunting, daughter of Mrs Herbert B Hunting, 1857 Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
League
Gordon Fennell
Eugene C. Hoyt
Helen Larimer
Richard M. Miller
Vivien Buser
Hoyt
Robert P. Bell
Community Nutrition Service
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Children’s Theater
Edward Soboda, Jr
J. Elliott Davis
Ways and
Alvin W. Allen
Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr
Edith Knox
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Mitropoulos
Spring Swing
Robert R. Clark
Mrs. Clark
George Lindsay
Thompson Photos
T. F. Lange
Scribblers
Sinclair Avenue
Blanche Krers
Blanche Krebs
Pleasant Drive
Mrs
Clyde Stephent
Minneapolis
Howard Helfreds
Harrises
Toms
Mrs. Rums Home
California
Hoboes Club
Alden Averys
Walter Krebs
Walter M. Krebs
Vernon Drive
Jeanne Krebs
Joan Lynch
Robert Wilson
Peoria
Robert A. Wilson
Fourth Avenue SE
Ill
William Miskee
C. C. Flodin
Rock Island, Ill
Betsy Jean
Villa de Chantal
Muss
Betsy Quarton
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Peggy Stewart
A C Stewart
Park Terrace SE
Godfrey
Monticello College
Stewart
E. H. Beaven
Park Avenue SE
Charles Duncans
Charles Freeeman Duncan, Jr
Charles Freeeman Duncan
Savannah
Duncans
Wise
Helen Hunting
Herbert B. Hunting
Second Avenue
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