Town notes mix sports, theater and humor in light column
A collage of small town items covers Legion baseball box score quirks, theater quips about Deanna Durbin, a newlywed cosmetics dispute, train-surprise farewells, campus jokes, a Cedar Rapids legal quip, ornithologist banter, barefoot mishaps, a political dinner mix up, and a golf bag nut scene.
Bridal Dinner Welcomes Miss Gladys McKinlay Bridegroom Elect Lloyd Barnes
A bridal dinner party at the Roosevelt hotel honored Miss Gladys McKinlay and her groom elect Lloyd C. Barnes of Colorado Springs on the eve of their wedding set for this afternoon at 4. Guests included Miss Helen Snyder and several bridesmaids, ushers, and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McKinlay
Park Avenue SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Gladys McKinlay
Lloyd C. Barnes
Colorado Springs
Colo
McKinlay-Barnes
Beethoven Club To Close Season At Dinner Tuesday
Beethoven Club plans a year end dinner and officers election Tuesday at 6 30 PM in the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room The burlesque program from Faust includes a ballet number and an instrumental novelty by Grace Gordon Mrs John T Massey is planning the burlesque act Other items include D A R breakfast plans and a club business report with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven Club
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hotel
John W. Miller
Faust
Grace Gordon
John T. Massey
B. T. Perrine
Crescent Street SE
Mayflower
Perrine
D. A. R. Magazine
Harold A. Lockhart
C. C. Cunningham
Earl O. Coffing
Vern Tapper
Milo Wenger
J.H. Ramsey
Paul A. Snowman, Jr
L.E. Peterson
Polly Green Hosts Theater Party For Birthday
Polly Green daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard R Green 2003 Bever Ave SE celebrated her birthday with a theater party. Guests included Ann Wadsworth Nancy Frazee Jacqueline Joens and many others. The event followed by refreshments at the Green home and other local club meetings were noted including Junior Red Cross and King’s Daughters circle activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen E. Peck
Vernon Drive
Sally
Sandra Schenefelt
Natalie Jenkins
Gloria
Joan Johnston
Lois Fox
Marilyn Paxson
Don Challed
Patty Dunshee
Bobby Brownbridge
Mollie Zimmerman
Teddy
Oes Todd
Ann Peddycoar
Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Alcock
Nathaniel G. Alcock
Iowa City
Jay F. McNamara
J. J. McNamara
Alcock
Mr. McNamara
St. Patrick’s Church
Patrick J. O'Reilly
Drew McNamara
Los Angeles
Mary Parden
William C. Rastetter, Jr
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jane Alcock
Theresa Christensen
Cedar Rapida
Herdis Christensen
Des Moines
Edward Howell
Clyde Fairless
Maurice Bates
Allan Carey
Thomas Welch
Joseph Pugh
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Howard Hall
Owen N. Elliott
Brucemore
Hall
Miss Alcock
Dean M. Lierle
Fred M. Pownall
Lierle
Polly Green
Howard R. Green
Bever Avenue SE
Green
Ann Wadsworth
Nancy Frazee
Jacqueline Joens
Margaret Curray
Gaynor Dorrien
Joanne Greene
Ann Henry
Barbara Burrell
Charlene Smothers
Phyllis Potter
Jean Sear
Jean Hartman
Jean Bae
Silver Cross Circle
the King’s Daughters
L. A. Walker
Third Avenue SE
H. R. Hess
Irene Douglas
King’s Daughters
W. E. Hampton
Grande Avenue SE
Mary Katherine Knapp Honored At Linen Shower
Miss Mary Katherine Knapp receives a linen shower hosted by her sister Agnes Lucille Knapp at 349 Seventeenth Street SE, with pastel garden decor. Attendees include Mrs. Mary Bruch and multiple Mrs. and Miss Holmes, Schrieber, Houser, Se cor, Waldron, Bruch, Kelly, Diers, Ellis, Horesowsky, Coffman, Curry, Konecny, and Sterner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Katherine Knapp
Leo S. Holmes
Agnes Lucille Knapp
Seventeenth Street
Miss Knapp
Mary Bruch
Merrill V. Fisher
Ernest J. Holmes
Betty Holmes
Floyd Holmes
Mrs. Orr Hosts AAU.W. Meeting and Talk by Prof Cone
Mrs. Frank V. Orr, retiring Cedar Rapids AAUW president, will host the final meeting of the season at her home 2058 Fifth Avenue SE. Newly elected president Mrs. Wayne J. Foster will lead the session and Prof. Marvin D. Cone of Coe College will speak on Viewpoints of a Painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V. Orr
Cedar Rapids
American Association of University Women
Fifth Avenue SE
Wayne J. Foster
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
Marvin D. Cone
Coe College
Cone
Iowa
John T. Hecker
Dwight J. Krumholtz
Lulu Evans Peterson
E. W. Spence
Karl A. Stiles
W. W. Walker
Marcella Klein
Marguerite Hibnes
Elsie Magnusson
Betty Kitterman
Grace Lambert
Alice Peters
Mary Redmond
Jenna Strahan
Inga Tapper
Penningroth to Lead Cedar Rapids College Club
RS Charles Penningroth was elected president of the Cedar Rapids College club at the final meeting of the year, succeeding Mrs. Wilbur D. Kennedy. Other officers include Mrs. J. S. Skien as vice-president and Mrs. John T. Hecker as recording secretary. Guest speaker Mrs. Frank G. Brooks outlined summer reading and noted shifts toward religious themes in modern authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Konecny
Otto Sikora
Chicago
Konecnys
Konecays
St. Paul’s Church
Paul Seichert
H. J. Hartman
W. L. Crissman
C. L. Hargrave
Harriet Heinrich
Albert Sova
Crissman
Bever Park
F. J. Lightner
Queen Esther
King’s Daughters
Glow
Gas Company
Frank L. Shramek
O. H. Daniel
R. J. Minor
A. E. Einen
Jennie McCowen
James Barnett
Einen
McCowen
Arthur E. Chase
The
RS. Charles Penningroth
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids College Club
R. D. Taylor
Wilbur D. Kennedy
Penningroth
J. S. Skien
John T. Hecker
Paul B. Bradley
Helen Hibnes
Kennedy
E. E Shenefelt
T. M. Ingersoll
W. E. Ruebush
Brooks
Frank G. Brooks
Mount Vernon
Goethe
Keats
Shelly
Jane Austen
Aldous Huxley
Count Keyserling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy McHugh
Roy
Legion
Deanna Durbin
Gus Schrader
Gus
Ames
Reid Parks
Parkson
Federation of Labor
Reid
A F. of L
A. F. of L
Parkson’s
Niagara
Weldon Klug
John D. Randall
Congress
Alfred C. Mueller
Shrine Temple
Attorney Randall
Mueller
Mr. Mueller
Randall
Walsh
Hines
Baldy Wilson
P. A. Wolff
E Avenue NW
Baldy
al Mikota
Fred Carstens
Miss McKinlay
Mr. Barnes
Sally Peck
Malta Kensington
Malta
Kensington
J. G. Harper
J. L. Burgar
L. P. Davis
E. L. Brewer
W. E. Mickel
L. H. Shirk
J. M. Morton
Mamie Mather
C. R. Armentrout
John Ryan
Council Bluffs
R. A. Mikesell
Louis Wise
Lillian Sheetz
Floyd Greenlee
Hobart Edmondson
An Thomson
George Harwood
Jacobson
Central Park
Presbyterian Church
P. W. Jacobson
England
Richard Lord
Charles E. Roberts
R. M. Threlkeld
ST. Paul's Group
RED Cross
oOo
Daughters OF Isabella
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Circle
Helen Kacena Stark
Lula Cacek
Donna Kelly
Lulu Lambert
Julia O'Connell
Anna Getz
Dorothy Johnstone
Wanda Smith
Gladyce Getz
Catherine Quass
Monica Goodyear
Ministers’ Wives’ Association
W. A. Montgomery
Hillcrest Drive
Charles F. Edwards
Elton D. Wells
August Cramer
R. N. Coolidge
S. L. Barnhart
Marion
Margaret Bottome
King’s
Lasewell Photo
Charles Penniningroth
New President College
Inga
Olga Tapper
Forest Drive
Ray F. Anderson
Tapper
Mrs, Markland
T. J. Markland, Jr
Memorial Drive
E. Russell Wolfe
Cedar Chapter
Cedar
Masonic Hall
Queen Esther Circle
Areme Circle
Bode
O. EF. S
Jo Ann Bode
O. F. Paulsen
Pecae
Atend
Mrs. Orr
AAU
College Book Club
David G. Bleakley
Meadowbrook Drive
Arthur Bearle
Stuart Cloete
Linn Boulevard
O. J. Elsenbast
Aquilla
Hervey Allen
Mayflower Chapter
F.L. Diserens
Carl D. Thomas
Louise Leibert
George Serovy
Party
Lasswell
Lasewell's
Third Avenue
Paramount Theater
Mrs. Penningroth
Mabel’ DeWoody
F. C. Meyers
8S. V. Shonka
Publicit
Eleanor Pohorsky
Otto Schluter
Ralph
Roy E. Curray
Wilm
Elva Rigby
Leonard Helmer
Mechanicsville
Duane
Tacoma
Wash
Elecer
Marengo
William Helmer
E. Winslow Brown
Washington Avenue
Mr. Brown
Miss Hopkins
Mary E. Gallagher
Wilma Coosley
Ella Hansen
Florentin Room
Alice L. Hopks
Rodger Weismann
Youth Temperance Council
Cil
Regina
Vera Drak
Temperance
Tee Best
Third Street
Marrion 760
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