Coe May Fete To Be Given In Flower Garden Setting
Coe College will transform the campus by the T. M. Sinclair Memorial chapel into a flower garden for the annual May fete on Thursday at 6 30 pm hosted by the department of physical education for women under Miss Ethel Ryan with Miss Ruth Zika assisting. The program features a Queen crowned by Dean Mary Bell, flower girls, crown and train bearers, dancers in vivid flower costumes, and a dream garden theme with classic daffodil and briar rose dances performed by named soloists and ensembles. Musicians include Rose Ann Kubovec Marion Bailey Betty Jane Levien and Jean Burroughs. Two children Primrose Selden and Dorothy Carr appear at the opening. The event promises its best dances in years with new costumes and symbolic choreography. Details of the accompanying social item note Mrs Walter M Jeanes of London sailing to England Wednesday, with family remaining in Cedar Rapids for the summer.
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COE College
T. M. Sinclair
Department of Physical Education For
Ethel Ryan
Ruth Zika
Rose Ann Kubovec
Marion Bailey
Betty Jane Levien
Jean Burroughs
Queen of Coe
Primrose Selden
Dorothy Carr
Catherine Timm
Sweet William
Elizabeth Buckingham
Maxine McAnulty
Phyllis Rogers
Betty Winn
Dorothy Barnes
Lorena Musgrave
Peggy Threlkeld
Patricia Kaufman
Donald Bilas Hosts Ninth Birthday Picnic at Bever Park
Donald Bilas celebrated his ninth birthday hosting a Saturday afternoon picnic at Bever Park. Attendees included Donald Burleson, son of H. C. Burleson, and a group of friends such as Jack Bickert, David Hoyt, Dicky Kurtz, Tommy Kurtz, Tommy Crabbe, Barnes O'Donnell, Tommy Chadi, Roger McDonald, George Lehman, Mac and Jack Clark, Herbert Summers, and Charles Vavra.
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Donald Burleson
H. C. Burleson
Twenty-first Street
Bever Park
Jack Bickert
David Hoyt
Dicky
Tommy Kurtz
Tommy Crabbe
Barnes O'Donnell
Tommy Chadima
Roger McDonald
George Lehman
Mac
Jack Clark
Herbert Summers
Charles Vavra
Betas Sigma Phi Here For State Meeting
A two day program for 300 young business women opens Cedar Rapids hosting the sixth annual state convention of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. Ada Vedder of Cedar Rapids is state president, with Ruth Bartling as a leading organizer.
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Lanning
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Cedar Rapids
Ada Vedder
Lambda Chapter
Miss Vedder
Ruth Bartling
Area social calendar features Ames weekend events and travels
Ada Vedder Miss Phyllis Sheehy Ned Sheehy and Miss Barbara Marshall spend the weekend in Ames with Sigma Alpha Epsilon party hosts Bill Keehn. Mrs Foster and Mrs Kilian host relatives. Junior Art Club meeting Monday. six‑week West coast trip planned by Amidon Rickert party. Mayflower D A R breakfast Friday with officer elections.
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Phyllis Sheehy
Ned Sheehy
Edward Sheehy
Knollwood Drive
Barbara Marshall
Verne Marshall
Ames
Bill Keehn
P. F Keehn
Glenway Drive
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Miss Sheehy
Miss Marshall
Delta Delta Delta
Mr. Sheehy
Royal H. Holbrook
Eelen Amidon
Second Avenue SE
Belle Rickert
Shullsburg
Wis
Suesday
el Paso
Carlsbad Caverns
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Social Groups Turn to Picnics This Weekend
Local social circles plan casual picnics this weekend with river trips and open-air dining. Mr and Mrs Jack Durima host a steak fry at their Carlton apartments before a Cedar river boat trip with canoes along a hillside route.
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Picne
Jack Er. Durima
Carlton Apartments
Cedar
Gages Plan Reception and Commencement Events
Invitations from Coe College president Harry Morehouse Gage mark a June 2 to June 5 commencement sequence at Voorhees quadrangle Cedar Rapids Country Club and related events. A May 15 birth is noted for Norman Whelpley of Nevada.
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Coe College
Harry Morehouse Gage
Voorhees Quadrangle
Gage
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Voorhees
College Club to Elect Officers This Saturday
The final meeting of the College club for the year will be held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Irving L. Churchill 551 Knollwood drive SE. Officers will be elected. Mrs Grace Looseley of Rock Island Ill will present a dramatic reading program.
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James M. Knox
Knollwood Drive
W. J Brown
Pierre van Paassen
College Club
Irving L. Churchill
Grace Looseley
Rock Island
Inl
Cedar Rapids Club Dance Hosts Named For Memorial Day
Social committee selects nine couples to serve as honorary hosts for the Memorial Day dance on May 29 at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Guests include Dr. and Mrs. Beardsley and others. Robert Yaw is in charge of the club party.
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Cedar Rapids
Brides-Elect Feted Ahead of June Weddings Across Iowa
The article reports pre nuptial celebrations for two brides elect Miss Rosamond Kearney and Miss Dorothea Dolson. Kearney plans to wed Philip E DeVoe June 12 at her Cedar Rapids home with Dr Charles J Bready officiating. Dolson’s ceremony is set for June 30 with Glenn W Beneke. her honor includes a dinner party and theater outing in Vinton and Cedar Rapids hosts.
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Rosamond Kearney
Dorothea Dolson
Miss Kearney
O ' Kearney
Grande Avenue
Nevin Nichols
Clare Young Nichols
Twenty-third Street
Philip E. DeVoe
Cedar Rapids
Philip Kirby DeVoe
Creston
Charles J. Bready
Miriam Hungerford
Bellers Tea Room
Vinton
Miss Dolson
Agnes Ottilie
Phyllis Bixler
Jane Ellis
Jeanette Focht
Marie Dolson
Jayne Carrier
Betty Crew
Naoma Hall
Eleanor Hurka
Town City
Jean Russell
Cedar Falls
Marguerite Nelson
Downers Grove
Arthur A Brooks Jr to Wed Miss Owen of Denver
Denver social circles note the engagement of Miss Willamain Owen daughter of Mrs Persis McMurtrie Owen to Arthur A Brooks Jr son of the Rev Arthur A Brooks of Omaha formerly Cedar Rapids The couple plan fall marriage joining prominent Nebraska and Denver families Miss Owen a Kent School and Smith College student Mr Brooks a Duke Law graduate Phi Delta Phi member Chi Beta Phi and Coe College alumnus
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Denver
Persis McMurtrie Owen
Willamain Owen
Arthur A. Brooks, Jr
Arthur A. Brooks
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Owen
Kent School
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
A A A W Year End Meeting in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids AAUW chapter to close 1938-39 season with an 8 p.m. meeting at 348 Forest Drive SE hosted by Miss Olga Tapper and Miss Inga Tapper per featuring a Mia Frederick G Murray Evelyn Street playlet addressing educational groups' work under AAUW sponsorship. Cast includes Lum Ristedt Swartzendruber Palmer and Kosek with Erwin as hostess chair aided by McCullough Foster Hughes Gritaner McIntosh Peters Yeager.
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Cedar Rapids
American Association of University Women
Olga
Inga Tapper
Forest Drive
Mia
Frederick G. Murray
Evelyn Street
A A U. W
Prnta
Dorothy Lum
E P Ristedt
Cgy Swartzendruber
Sarah Palmer
George Kosek
Nelle Erwin
Leslie McCullough
Wayne J. Foster
Helen Hughes
Ethel Orr
Florence Gritaner
Elizabeth MccIntosh
Alice Peters
Dorothy Yeager
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Ruth Bartling and
Inez Brollier
Diana Coffey
Margaret Cook
Peggy Fedder
Patricia Graves
Lola Grovert
Geraldine James
Frances Rubins
Miss Tusgrave
Betty Pfandhoefer
Lois Sutter
Betty Wagner
Eloise Balear
Naida Bradley
Betty Gage
Jeanetta
Walter Jeanes
London
Walter M. Jeanes
England
Robert J. Safely
Robert C. Safely
B Avenue NE
Safely
Mrs. Jeanes
Ellen
Mary Frances
Jeanes
Donald Bilas
Betas Sigma Phi
Thompson Photos
Ned
Phyllis Sheeity
Sumner H. Foster
Country Club Parkway SE
Foster
Elizabeth C. Finlayson
Long Island
N. Y
Keosauqua
H. L. Killian
Herbert L. Killian
Vernon Drive
Killian
J. Henry Strickling
James Knox
California
West
Mayflower
May
Edwin Franken
Katherine Franken
Hillcrest Drive
Mesdames
Clark A. Beems
Joseph W Carberry
Lee S. Coy
B. T. Perrine
Billa Cheney and
Kathryn Marshall
Leonard Cherry
Tama
John S. Fhott
Newcastle
Ind
Richard Kuge
Robert R. Clark, II
Orville H Tousev
James L. Cooper
Frederick S. Glan
Upmeier Stables
Marianne Corey
Betty Mae Sommer
Mary Jane Murdock
Ailayne Koneen
Hetty Lvivar
Jeanne Cash
Jim Ralston
Chuck Moes
Clark MceCornack
Charles Knox, Jr
Dick Savel
Norman Wheapleys
Norman Whelpley
Nevada
Mr. Whelpley
C. B. Whelpley
Fourth Avenue SE
Barbara Sitonka
Minneapolis
Barbara Shonka
S. V Shonka
Twenty-fifth Street
Shonka
Frances Shimer School
Mount Carroll
Gildcroy Scott
Frances Shimer
Ella Labes
Hollywood
Calif
Fred F. Labes
Labes
el Capitaine College
Henry Duffy
Scribblers
Mrs. Montgomery
Junior League of
Neil Montgomery
Linden Drive
Kay Diers
Carmen Grennan
Tom McLaughlin
John Tellier
Towa State College
Community Concerts Association
Minneapolis Symphony — Orchestra
Helen Jepson
Ida Krehm
Jooss Ballet
Board of Directors
Roosevelt Hotel
Arthur Wisner
Columbia Concerts
Guy E. Williers
Guy E. Hillier
Meadowbrook Drive
Hillier
Edwin Wadsworths
Des Moines
Edwin .H. Wadsworth
Ralph Read
A. J. Coburns
A. J. Coburn, Jr
C. A. Fisher
Glidden
Donald S. Barry
Barry
Bernice Hopper
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Helen Larimer
Richard M. Miller
Burlington
Iowa Association For Social Welfare
John Cherrys
Lairds
Howard Cherrys
John G. Cherry
Chicago
Joan Barbara
Howard Cherry
Nassau Street
George Laird
John Cherry
Mr. Cherry
Miss Owen
A.A.A.W
A.W II
A. W. H. Lenders
Grande Avenue SE
Belle Butterfield
Park Terrace SE
Margaret Hall
Crescent Street
W. E. Lamey
Oliver Longueville
Montrose Hotel
Lincoln and
Jefferson
Hall
J. W. Moran
Spokane
Wash
Community Players Board
C. Louis Fontana
Franklin S. Battin
Community Players Board of Directors
Cottage Grove Avenue
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