Town Tales Bring Laughs From Cedar Rapids Readers
A Cedar Rapids couple sought a marriage license and quipped about a birth certificate. An Urbana man invited the fire department to a home but no fire existed. Bake sale gossip centers on Colleen Hedges's treats signed as names. A Delaware County worker wears overalls home, only to discover the watch and money in the cow barn. A Chicago officer recalls a misdirected driver who replied Saginaw when asked where he was going. The Leon Klemish car yields an oil stained hen perched on the engine with an egg nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
Urbana
Mr. Johnson
Charley Penningroth
Delaware County
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Ohio
Saginaw, Mich
Leon Klemishes
Twentieth Street
Dale Oliphants
Center Point
Oliphants
Ellen Rasley Weds Jack D Piper in Westminster Chapel
Ellen Frances Rasley daughter of J A Rasley 1639 Avenue NE became the bride of Jack D Piper son of Mr and Mrs J M Piper 303 Twenty fifth Street Drive SE in a morning ceremony at 11 o'clock in Westminster Presbyterian Church Chapel. Rev James H Blackstone Jr officiated with organist Artoire Hungerford. Attendants included Ruth Rasley and Robert J Brodie Jr Best man. After a short eastern motor trip the couple will reside in Cedar Rapids after June 1. The bride a Washington high school and St Luke's Hospital graduate 1938. The groom a Washburn graduate and Coe College 1934 with Zeta Tau Kappa Epsilon. He works with Piper Grain and Milling Co. Guests included out of town relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Frances Rasley
J. A. Rasley
Avenue NE
Jack D. Piper
J. M. Piper
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Westminster Presbyterian Church
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Westminster
Artorie Hungerford
Robert M. Chapman
Piper
Coe College
Zeta Chap Tau Kappa Epsilon
Mrs H L Foster Celebrated On Eightieth Birthday
Mrs H L Foster of Wellman is honored in Cedar Rapids at a family dinner in the country club dining room. Hosts include her Cedar Rapids sons Dr Wayne J Foster and Dr Morgan J Foster with their wives. Other guests include relatives from Clinton Wellman and Iowa City as well as Foster family members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
H. L. Foster
Wellman
Foster
Cedar Rapids
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Morgan J. Foster
Washington Avenue
Warren Foster
Clinton
Lavonne Hansen
John
David Foster
Wayne Foster
Morgan J. Foster, Jr
Julie Marie
Morgan Foster
Woman's Club luncheon at Roosevelt hotel Thursday
The Woman's Club announces a rental luncheon this Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel. Reservations must be made by Wednesday with Mrs. R. E. Stephens for a special table. Attendees who stay for the afternoon should bring their own cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
R. E. Stephens
Virginia See Becomes Bride of Lynn Pratt
Virginia See becomes bride of Lynn Pratt in a Cedar Rapids ceremony. The mother of the groom wore a lavender chiffon gown with a heart neckline and a purple hat. Afterward a reception at Dr. and Mrs. Knox’s home featured white flowers and gardenia toppers on the cakes. The couple will honeymoon by motor to the east and reside in Philadelphia. Out‑of‑town guests include Pratt and Knox families from Milford Delaware, Baltimore, Chicago, Des Moines, and more. Virginia is a Coe College alumna and Junior League Cedar Rapids member. Lynn attended Du Bose and Washington Square College and works with L D Caulk Co of Milford. A PEO meeting and social dinner follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Charles S. Knox
Fred J. Payneer
Howard Cherry
David Turner
William M. Deacon
E. J. Larimer
Delbert R. Ashby
Amor H. Sargent
Caroline Soutter
Kenneth Bogaard
Orville H. Tousey
Wallace D. Lyon
Robert B. Davis
Henry J. Adams
John Lynn Pratt
Milford
Del
Gene L. Pratt
Baltimore
S. Meigs Jones
Kansas City
Kan
James G. Knox
Chicago
Knox Booth
Hubbard Woods
Nii
John Cherry
Highland Park, Ill
Sherman M. Booth, Jr
Glencoe
Andrew Woods
Iowa City
Washington High School
Coe College
Kappa Delta Sorority
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Pratt
du Bose
Monteagle, Tenn
Washington Square College
University of New York
L. D. Caulk Company
Milford, del
Beethoven Club Elects Mrs Louis H Sila President
Newly elected Beethoven Club president is Mrs Louis H Sila of 1017 Twenty first street SE. She is a Coe College graduate with a B M in piano and organ minor. She has studied with notable teachers and served as a Mozart club counselor for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven Club
Louis H. Sila
Twenty-first Street
Sila
Coe College
Max Daehler
Edward Haman
Virginia Paul Moore
Cedar Rapids
Mozart Club
Mu Phi Epsilon
Beta Phi Alpha
Winifred Murray to Leave Ossian for East Visit
Miss Winifred Murray who has taught in Ossian arrives to visit her parents Dr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Murray at 1829 B avenue NE. She plans to visit her brother in law Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Shepherd in Washington DC and spend time in New York City with Mrs. John Codman Fiske. After a month in the east she goes to Camp Osaka on Trout Lake Wisconsin to serve as head counselor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Murray
Ossian
Frederick G. Murray
Geoffrey Shepherd
Washington, D. C
New York City
John Codman Fiske
Fiske
East
Miss Murray
Osaka
Trout Lake
Wis
Summer Travel Continues From Page One
Gertrude Stenner’s destination is noted as the summer travel continues. On June 19 20 and 21 Miss Florence Leiter of 215 Twentieth Street NE will leave for Mexico after Wilson High School duties end. She will be accompanied by Miss Dorothy Manchester and Miss Inez Nasinec. Their route will follow the International highway paved through to for the first time. En route home they will Mexico’s Gulf shoreline through Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Stenner
Florence Leiter
Twentieth Street
Mexico
Wilson High School
Dorothy Manchester
Inez Nasinec
Gulf
Texas
Tuesday First Ladies Day at Cedar View Club
The Cedar View Country club hosts the first ladies day of the summer on Tuesday with morning golf and an 11 30 a m brunch. In the afternoon the clubhouse hosts card games while Mrs Charlester chairs the event aided by Mrs Ray Cary and Mrs Jack Krumbholz. Weekend guests from Des Moines include the Harrington family and relatives of Mr and Mrs C G Garten and Billie and Betty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar View Country Club
Charlester
Ray Cary
Jack Krumbholz
B. Harrington
Forest Drive
Des Moines
C. G. Garten
Billie
Betty
Wayne West
Merry June
Jimmy
Summer Counselor Staff For Hitaga Is Announced
Jane Garwood Cedar Rapids Camp Fire executive announces the summer counselor staff for Hitaga. Betty Niles Anamosa heads the junior unit Aponita directing all activities including camp craft. Jane Eades Central City Kentucky heads the intermediate unit Shabonda directing activities and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Garwood
Cedar Rapids
Betty Niles
Anamosa
Aponita
Huaga
Jane Eades
Central City
Shabonda
Aes Daet
A Il
Agatth
Wos
Miss of
Man
Walker
Billie Bolton
Sioux City
Fern Newcomer
Iowa City
Ruth Sheffield
Storm Lake
Annabelle Hershey
Mary Towne
Burlington
Barbara Wilkening
Ill
Brittell
Virginia
Cedar Rania
J. E. Junk
Bert Ace Troy Mills
Emma Forrestal
Hitaga
Verne Upmeir
Ely
Also Mentioned on This Page
Britain
Colleen Hedges
Colleen
Ellen Rasley
Henry H. Hamilton
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Dent Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
John D. Randalls
John D. Randall
A. C. Loepp
Fourth Avenue SE
Faith McMurray
L. A. Kessler
Phillip Klass
Ames
Iowa State College
Ta Sigma Rho
National Forensic Society
Raymond N. Klass
Bever Avenue
Phillip
Hickenloopers
Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
B. A Hickenlooper
Woman's Club Departments
Virginia See
Lynn Pratt
P.E.O
C. S. Krause
Vernon Drive
Lulu Weld
Bertha Wolf
Marian Wilson
Ella Tallman
Wes Panek
Uso
DOWS
Second Avenue and
Second Street
Cedar View
Harringtons
Greenawalt
Cedar Rapids College Club
Richard Greenawalt
Blake Boulevard
Isabel Schluter
G. Y. Swartzendruber
Florence Chapin
Henry Holscher
Blue Bird Magnete
Blue Birds
Gay Wood
M. R. Warren
Jay H. Hesser
Guy Hershey
W. H
Ellis Park
Edward McQuiston
J. Stuart McQuiston
Garden Drive
Lasswell Studio
Third Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Bidg
Zoric
Thrift Wash Service
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