Coed Hikes 20 Blocks Between Home And Coe Daily
Miss Beulah Detwiler a Coe senior walks about eight miles daily between her home at 1205 Fifth Street NW and the Coe campus. She has done so since first grade, totaling roughly 5,120 miles by June. Walking is a habit, not hardship, with her daily routine including classes, lunch, and errands, rain or shine. She studies zoology and physical education, edits the Cosmos science section, and leads the Writers' club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Detwiler
Coe
Miss Detwiler
A. S. Detwiler
Fifth Street
Harrison School
Roosevelt
Cee
Miss Dewiler
Cosmos
Doe
Thompson
Miss Detwiler’s lifelong walking habit featured in campus life
Crescent senior honorary member and W A A council figure Miss Detwiler participates in multiple societies including Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Alpha Theta and contributes to Acorn staff. She recalls hiking Ozark mountains at lake Luzerne and Red Cross aquatic school, noting eight mile conditioning and shoe wear concerns while balancing summer walking and swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent
W. A. A. Council
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Alpha Theta
Kelvin
Science
Coehan
Women's Literary Society
Acorn
Red Cross
Miss Detwiler
Ozark Mountains
Lake Luzerne
Ark
Prof
Leroy Coffin
Oxford Junction Bridge Club and Alumni Meet
Mrs Tillie Pashek hosted a Bridge club evening with prizes to Mrs Bees Mrs Shedek and Mrs Bieber. The Oxford Junction High School Alumni association met in Legion rooms with Miss Lasack presiding in Miss Zak's absence. A public bingo party was proposed to fund the annual banquet, date to be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Pashek
Bridge Club
G. J. Bees
O. L. Shedek
John Bieber
Oxford Junction High School Alumni Association
Legion Rooms
Helen Lasack
Annabel Zak
California
Grand Mound King’s Daughters Host and Budgets
Grand Mound King’s Daughters members served as guests on Wednesday with Mrs Lillian Lichtenstein and Mrs Will Ehlers voting funds for painting the Methodist church exterior. April hostesses are Mrs Will Gest and Mrs Lyle Stotesberg. Grand Mound mission workers met to tie a comforter and prepare wearing apparel for drought area families in Montana. Mr and Mrs Ray Kelly hosted Ride A Whees and their husbands at bridge on Wednesday with prizes won by Mrs H F Mueller Mrs H E Vetter Will Rathje and M A Carlsen.
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King’s Daughters
Lillian Lichtenstein
Will Ehlers
Will Gest
Lyle Stotesberg
Grand Mound
Casperson
Montana
Ray Kelly
Ride-A-Wees
H .F
Williamsburg Couples Tie the Knot in Local Homes
Williamsburg Sam P. Jones and Mrs. Katherine Byam wed at the bride’s home with Rev. E. S. Sheldon officiating. They will reside in Williamsburg until April 12 before moving to Belle Plaine. Mary Claypool and Henry Williams Jr. were married at the Hodgson home in Cedar Rapids with Rev. James Hodgson presiding. The couple, attended by Everatte Mathews and Mrs. Hodgson, are linked to local schools and households in North English and Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam P. Jones
Williamsburg
Katherine Byam
Belle Plaine
E. S. Sheldon
Methodist Church
Mary Claypool
Willard Claypool
North English
Henry Williams, Jr
Henry Williams
James Hodgson
Hodgson
Cedar Rapids
Everatte Mathews
Williams
North English High School
Mr. Williams
Couple to Make Home on Groom's Farm at Williamsburg
A marriage is planned with the couple to reside on the bridegroom's farm at the west edge of Williamsburg, continuing family farming on his father's land. The wedding date and further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Williamsburg
Washington
Mount Vernon
Calamus Social Clubs Host Meetings and Prizes
Mrs. Harold Shelton entertained the Afternoon Bridge club with awards to Mrs. Leonard Horstmann first, Mrs. Harold Anderson second, Mrs. La Verne Sampson traveling, and Mrs. R. F. Mueller sow. Davenport visitor Mrs. Horstmann attended from out of town. The Shakespearean Study club met with Mrs. Rae Hazen, with grammatical corrections by the hostess. Mrs. Hazen led a paper on Books of the Bible classifications and a book review on Green Light by Lloyd Douglas by Mrs. Emma Dosland. Mrs. Alice Neff, president, named nominating and year book committees including Mrs. Roy Scott, Mrs. Emma Dosland, Mrs. Rae Hazen, Mrs. Blanche Neff and Mrs. Arnold Laham. The North Auxiliary club met at Mrs. Amos Spillman’s home with prizes to Mrs. Peter Johannsen, Miss Elizabeth Weiss, and Mrs. August Jensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Shelton
Leonard Horstmann
Harold Anderson
la Verne Sampson
R. F. Mueller
Davenport
Rae Hazen
Hazen
Louis Vetter
Lloyd Douglass
Emma Dosland
Alice Neff
Roy Scott
Blanche Neff
Arnold Laham
North Auxiliary Club
Amos Spillman
Peter Johannsen
Elizabeth Weiss
August Jensen
National council on economic course urged by Senator Bulkley
Ohio Senator Bulkley proposes an appointive nonpartisan council representing business agriculture labor and sciences to chart a national economic course for the government and people. Citizens react with mixed views praising the idea for unity while worrying about practicality and partisan challenges.
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Bulkley
Ohio
National Council
Business
Agriculture
Blackwood Adds Interest To Bridge
Spring brings gardening interest and a renewed passion for bridge in Cedar Rapids. The Blackwood convention, similar to four no trump, uses artificial bids to probe aces and kings, guiding partners toward a slam. Players jump to four no trump, ask for aces, then bid sequences based on aces and kings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Birthday Party At Center Junction
Maxine Moats hosted schoolmates Tuesday at her parents home for her sixteenth birthday. Games and refreshments followed. A double birthday party was given for Mrs. Augusta Norris and Mrs. John Carson at Norris home on Thursday.
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Maxine Moats
W. K. Moats
Augusta Norris
John Carson
Fashion Flashes New York Style Sprinting Into Spring
Style notes from New York shoppers and celebrities signal spring finery. Albanian Zog sisters sweep through a major emporium buying lingerie then raid the junk jewelry department while Gladys Swarthout stands for a florist’s bouquet. Ina Claire hurries to a Hattie Carnegie fitting in a grey tailleur. Sonia Henie admires a red faille baby bonnet at Lilly Dache. Jeannette McKelvie wears pale blue silk jersey for her St Thomas church wedding with blue orchids on a silver fox muff. Betsy Roosevelt persists with the Dalmatian pill box as fashion authorities signal changes for the season.
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New York
INS
Zog Sisters
Gladys Swarthout
Mme
Valentina
Ina Claire
St. Thomas’ Church
Jeannette McKelvie
Jimmy Roosevelt
Betsy Roosevelt
Club Women Promote Whitley Forest Project in Iowa
In observance of National Conservation Week the Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs announces progress with the Whitley forest. The project spans 100 acres in Warren County near Ahquabi State park with native oaks elms ashes and walnuts to be planted. About 80 000 seedlings were planted last fall and 100 000 more are expected this spring. A bronze tablet at the forest entrance will honor Mrs Francis Whitley who died December 30 1937 and the marker will be dedicated in October at the sixth district meeting in Indianola.
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Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs
Whitley Forest
Iowa
Francis Whitley
American Forestry Association
Towa
Club
Whitley
Warren County
Ahquabi State Park
Federation
State Planning Board
State Conservation Commission
Federated Women's Clubs
Iown Conservation Commission
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Indianola
Ladies Club Delights With Movie Talk and Bridal Shower
Coggan Mrs Ralph Du Bois hosted the Ladies Literary and Social club Friday with a movie program led by Mrs Shannon Little and papers on Great Movie Producers and Can Movies Teach the Church by Mrs W J Montgomery. Miss Helen Gater, daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Gater, was honored at a Methodist church shower. Margaret Henderson will marry Harold R Hill, in a ceremony at First United Presbyterian Waterloo last Sunday, attended by Wayne Hinton and Lorraine Kinley. The bride is a Cog gon high school and Cedar Rapids Business College alumna. Hill is a Cog gon high school graduate employed at the Cog gon creamery.
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Ralph du Bois
Shannon Little
W. J. Montgomery
Lynn Savage
Wayne Davis
Girls Council of the Christian Church
Pearl French
Evelyn Caldwell
Muriel Moraine
Mardene Coquillette
Doris Hendrickson
Helen Gater
W. L. Gater
A. W. Henderson
Margaret
Harold R. Hill
Ross Hill
First United Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
W C., Porter
Wayne Hinton
Lorraine Kinley
Coggon High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Mr. Hill
Coggon Creamery
Urbana social and cemetery association notices
Mrs. Ted Luken hosted the K Y B club on Tuesday. Kisling Cemetery association plans its annual meeting at Miss Lela Kelly s home on Saturday April 2 with officers to be elected a sexton hired and books audited. Mrs. Willie Cue hosts the Ever Ready club and invited guests Friday.
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Ted Luken
Kisling Cemetery Association
Lela Kelly
Willie Cue
Eastern Star Masons Host Luncheon and Meetings
Wyoming The Past Matrons circle of Wyoming chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, met for a luncheon at Mrs. Robert Platner’s home as retiring worthy matron Klaud Dick was initiated. Supt. and Mrs. Tidman hosted the school faculty dinner, the C. T. T. club was hosted by Mrs. George Miller, the Dorcas class gathered at Mrs. S. H. Brainard’s home, and the Progressive Woman's club discussed The Fascist Movement and Il Duce at Miss Maye Brownell’s residence led by Mrs. H. P. Barber and Mrs. W. J. Beckwith.
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Circle of Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
Robert Platner
Klaud Dick
R. J. Tidman
George Miller
Dorcas
S. H. Brainard
H. P. Barber
W. J. Beckwith
Progressive Woman’s Club
Maye Brownell
Lisbon Thursday Club Programs and Yellowstone Talk
The Thursday club gathered with Mrs. St. Fouse last week. Miss Daisy Burd performed piano and Mrs. Fouse spoke on drama. Camp Fire girls hosted a Yellowstone program Friday. Dr. Miner of Cornell College, a geology professor who summers in Yellowstone, spoke and showed pictures.
Ruth Murphy Celebrates Eighteenth Birthday Party
Brandon residents gathered Friday for Ruth Murphy's eighteenth birthday party held at her home north of Brandon. Neighbors and Ruth’s senior high classmates attended and presented a gift to the honoree. Jo
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Ruth Murphy
Brandon
Ruth
Progress club meeting hosts new officers and readings
Elgin Helen Wegner welcomed members as hostess. Roll call sparked discussion on Russia with Edna Hunsberger reading Elizabeth McMillan’s review of Ding Goes to Russia by J N Darling. Officers elected include Mrs. Helen Muehlethaler president Margaret Strach vice president and Delila Oldag secretary treasurer.
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Helen Wegner
Progress Club
Russia
Edna Hunsberger
Elizabeth McMillan
Ding Goes
J. N. Darling
Helen Muehlethaler
Margaret Strach
Delila Oldag
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Coed
Home
North Western Bridge
Writers’ Club
Eres
Oxford Junction
Calamus
Arthur E. Chase
Grande Avenue
James W. Barnett
Third Avenue SE
F. W. Damoar
Twenty-first Street
America
A. J. Fleckenstein
Fourth Avenue SE
Blackwood
Center Junction
Coggan
Urbana
Wyoming
Lisbon
Elgin
Luberger’s
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