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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1966

Page

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Wild birthday party marks Arthur’s first year recall

Din and darkness filled the chic discotheque as 70 guests including Sybil Burton and a parade of stars packed the party for Arthur. Jordan Christopher and Sybil greeted guests while Joan Morse electrified in a bulb dress. luminaries from Bacall to Nichols mingled as The Wild Ones played and a one candle cake was cut. The Storm Rider movie listed for Channel 9 at 4 PM, closing the night.

EW York Arthur Richard Burton Sybil el Morocco Jordan Christopher Jordan Eli Zankoff Akron Ohio Lauren Bacall Jason Robards, Jr Henry Fonda Jane Maureen O’sullivan Baby Jane Holzer Joan Morse Mme Herve Alphand France Washington Pierre Cardin Charles de Gaulle

Donna Burgher Becomes Bride

MT. VERNON Miss Donna Jean Burgher and Edward Steven Stastny married Saturday at 2 30 in First Methodist church Marion with Rev. Lloyd C Kellams officiating A reception for 100 followed in church parlors The bride wore lace over satin with a scalloped neckline. She and her attendants carried white carnations and blue flowers. They will reside in Mt Vernon.

Diane Cerveny Ruth Ann Burgher David T. Stastny

Surprise party honors Novak couple on 20th wedding anniversary

In Oxford a surprise dinner was hosted Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Novak to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Hosts were their children Billy Connie and Norman and the Novak siblings and families from Oxford along with Cedar Rapids friends Laurence Voleskys and Raymond Westemeiers. The Novaks were married May 7, 1946.

Oxford William E. Novak Billy Connie Norman Mr. Novak Louis Novaks W. W. Novaks Laurance Voleskys Raymond Westemeiers Cedar Rapids Mrs Novak

Douglas Moore Receives Pi Kappa Lambda Award

Douglas Moore son of Harold L Moores of 700 Twenty sixth Street SE received a $200 award at his initiation into Pi Kappa Lambda the national music fraternity at Indiana University Bloomington Moore a junior cello major in Bloomington last week.

Douglas Moore Harold L. Moores Twentysixth Street Pi Kappa Lambda Indiana University Bloomington Douglas

Mrs Struve and Mrs Nelson Host Coffee Social

Thirty five women attended a Tuesday morning coffee hosted by Mrs Hugo P Struve at 4357 Eaglemere Court SE with Mrs Carl Nelson at 601 Twenty seventh Street NE as co hostesses.

Hugo P. Struve Eaglemere Court Carl Nelson Twenty-seventh Street

Divorce of Stones Cost 1 Million

New York Maria Stone, 38, won a Mexican divorce from world famous architect Edward Durell Stone, 62, on incompatibility. The decree was issued in Juarez district court after months of court squabbling. The couple met in 1953, married in 1954, and Stone’s wife served as design consultant for projects including the U S embassy in New Delhi nicknamed Taj Maria. The divorce cost about 1 million dollars, covering education funds for their children, insurance premiums, and other non alimony items. The children will remain in Maria Stone’s custody.

New York UPI Maria Stone Edward Durell Stone William G. Mulligan Juarez Stone Europe Beirut U.S New Delhi Orlean Vandiver Stone

Maybe All the Girls Should Follow Suit

In Montgomery Alabama Sue Stock a 19 year old contestant in Alabama’s Miss Universe pageant comments on teen fashions. She says she does not date boys with hair longer than hers and prefers clear faces over Beatle hairstyles.

Montgomery Ala UPI Sue Stock Alabama

Lorenzen Honored at Shower Ahead of May wedding

Judy Lorenzen daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Cohn was honored at a miscellaneous shower Monday evening with 20 guests. Hostess was Mrs Mickey Sanders and co hostess Mrs Cohn. Lorenzen will marry Ken Robertson May 25 at 4719 Danbury Street NE.

Judy Lorenzen Jack Cohn Twenty-fourth Street Drive Mickey Sanders Scutter Avenue Cohn Miss Lorenzen Ken Robertson Danbury Street

Trachtas Daughter Jeanne Honored at ISU Freshman Dinner

Miss Jeanne Trachta daughter of Edwin Trachtas route two will be honored at a scholarship dinner Tuesday evening for freshmen at Iowa State University.

Jeanne Trachta Edwin Trachtas Route Two Iowa State University

Springville Girl Wed in Nevada

In Las Vegas at the Little White chapel Miss Paige Lynne Kennedy of Huntington Beach California daughter of Mr and Mrs Millard Kennedy of Springville married Hubert Gerald Holloway of El Rio California son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Holloway The couple attendants were Miss Barbara Sheehy and Jack Brown The bride a State College of Iowa alumna employed by Signal Gas and Oil Co Long Beach The groom works for Trans American Aviation They will reside in Huntington Beach.

Las Vegas Nev Paige Lynne Kennedy Huntington Beach Calif Millard Kennedy Springville Hubert Gerald Holloway Clifton Holloway el Rio Little Whitechapel Barbara Sheehy Jack Brown State College of Iowa The Signal Gas and Oil Co Long Beach Trans-American Aviation Long Beach City College

Foote to present senior clarinet recital at Coe College

Stephen H Foote a Coe College senior from Cos Cob Connecticut will give his senior clarinet recital Tuesday at 730 PM in Daehler Kitchin auditorium He studies with Thomas Slattery of the Coe music department and will perform works for clarinet and piano by Schumann Bozza and Saint Saens J D Kelly assists on piano David C Clause from Chicago and David Christopher from Oelwein perform on clarinet and bassoon in Divertimenti No 4 by Mozart

Stephen H. Foote Coe College Cos Cob Conn Coe Daehler-Kitchin Thomas C. Slattery Coe Music Schumann, Bozza Saint-Saens J. D. Kelly Foote David C. Clause Chicago David Christopher, Oelwein Mozart

This Wife Won't Be Governor

Betty Foy Sanders wife of Gov. Carl Sanders rejects following Lurleen Wallace in seeking the governorship. A Ga. editor proposed drafting her as a candidate to block a Republican win, but she says she has no political aspirations.

Atlanta, Ga Betty Foy Sanders Carl Sanders Lurleen Wallace Alabama George Wallace Norah Lawrence Smith Ashburn Sanders Wallace

Beauty's Parents Got the Message Miss Oklahoma winner Melva Brown

Melva Lynn Brown 21, a brown eyed Oklahoma State University coed, won the Miss Oklahoma universe contest. Her parents run a dairy farm in southern Oklahoma and are both deaf, so she received the news by a chain of calls ending with her neighbors and brother.

Oklahoma City Okla Melva Lynn Brown Melva Oklahoma State University

Surprise Shower for Miss Sherry Smith at UI campus

A surprise kitchen shower was given Saturday evening for Miss Sherry Smith of 304 Fortieth Street Drive SE at Burge Hall on the University of Iowa campus. Hostess Miss Carol Floyd led 15 guests. Miss Smith, daughter of the Rex Smiths, is set to wed Richard Cornish of 450 Liberty Drive SE on August 27.

Sherry Smith Fortieth Street Burge Hall University of Iowa Carol Floyd Miss Smith Richard Cornish Liberty Drive Rex Smiths

Ruth Ann Elledge Repeats Vows in Cedar Rapids Wedding

Ruth Ann Elledge and Gary Leonard Klosterman wed in Manchester. He farms. she is a Mercy hospital nursing graduate employed by Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids. The couple will reside in Edgewood.

Edgewood Ruth Ann Elledge Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Stanley Elledge Gary Leonard Klosterman George Klosterman Mr. Klosterman Manchester

Mary Jo Toms Named Fraternity Sweetheart at Drake

Mary Jo Toms daughter of Jack Toms was named Pi Kappa Alpha Dream Girl at Drake University on Saturday. She is a sophomore and a member of Chi Omega.

Central City Mary Jo Toms Jack Toms Pi Kappa Alpha Drake University Chi Omega

Former Miss America Norma Smallwood Bruce Dies

Wichita AP report states Norma Smallwood Bruce, 57, former Miss America from Oklahoma, died Sunday. Born Norma Smallwood in Bristow, she won Miss Oklahoma and Miss America in 1926. Her husband heads Aladdin Petroleum Corp.

Wichita, Kan George H. Bruce Oklahoma Norma Smallwood Bristow Okla Aladdin Petroleum Corp

Mrs. Barth to Visit in New York City

Mrs Chester A Barth of New York will arrive Wednesday to spend several days with her mother in law Mrs A J Barth at 2002 Fifth avenue SE.

Chester A. Barth New York A. J. Barth Fifth Avenue SE

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Society For Women Features Jean Sprain Wilson Sharman Douglas Princess Margaret Ruth Scott Edward Villella Muriel Resnick Mike Nichols Huntington Hartford Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Murray the K Barry Nelson Lee Remick David Merrick Channel 9 Gerald Harbin Morris, Ill Carleen Harbin Henry Betts Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Lynda Donna Burgher Kenneth Vanda John W. Burgher Thomas Fields Charles W. Emig William Rawson Terry Spilman Cindy Bragg Stastny Alcove Cafe Iowa Steel and Iron Works Mt. Vernon William Novaks Center Point Rd N.E Chesterfield Coats Music Fraternity Mmes. Struve Nelson JET Actio Frigidaire Sio Shubert Shien Ilten & Taege, Inc Second Avenue Nevada Mrs. Holloway Stephen Foote Beauty Miss Sherry Smith Mrs. Klosterman Mrs. Barth Boddicker First Ave Star Petunia Coleus Unwin PHLOX St. John’s Zinnia Isezdeh Marion Boulevard
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