Eleven Women Seek Seats in Congress in 1936 Ballot
Washington reports eleven women vying for seats in the next Congress. Incumbents include Mrs. Florence Kahn, Mrs. Edith Rogers, and Mrs. Mary Norton. Other candidates span Republican and Democratic lists from California to New Jersey, with notable figures such as Mrs. Bertha Baur and Mrs. Caroline O Day.
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Washington
Florence P Kahn
California
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Virginia Jenckes
Indiana
Caroline O'Day
New York
O'Day
Natalie Couch
Franklin D. Roosevelt
O’day
Melinda Alexander
Bertha Baur
Irene Thomas
Ilinois
Naniie Wood Woneyman
Oregon
William A. Reavey
Baur
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Hattie Caraway
Senate
Sluey Long
Italian Palace Set for Death Takes a Holiday at Coe
Coe College Playhouse crews complete an Italian palace set under Kent Andrews for Walter Ferris Death Takes a Holiday to be staged November 12 and 13. Costumes include an eighteen yard black taffeta gown. cast includes Jeanne Cures Cedar Rapids Wilma Bole Cedar Rapids Robert Cress Cedar Rapids John Paivlis Cedar Rapids Faelyn Bawertt Cedar Rapids and Wilma Wakle Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College Playhouse
Kent Andrews
Albert de Cotshey
Walter Ferris
The
Blak Toffeta
Nylitors
Prince Suki
Mater Wintred
Acres
Jeanne Cures
Cedar Rapids
Wilma Bole Singer
Cotesburge
Robert Cressvel
Othurme
John Paivlis
Junior League Campaign For Nutrition Center Starts November 9
The Junior League of Cedar Rapids launches its annual fund drive November 9 at a luncheon in the Montrose hotel, continuing through November 14 with a $3,500 quota. Ella Johnson chairs the drive with 12 captains leading six-member teams and a pre campaign meeting set for November 6.
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Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Junior League
Ella Johnson
William C. Crawford
Deane Adams
William B. Miller
Harold Reid
Arthur M. Tschirgi
Margaret Larimer
Verne Marshall
Henry H. Hamilton
B. J. Moon
Robert P Bell
G. Stewart Holmes
J. Leo Cooper
C. S. Courtright
Worth S. Averill
Crawford
Vernon Drive
Max Dachler
Montrose
Thompson
Junior League of Cedar Rapids
Orville Tousey
Grace Crager
Building and paint crew names listed for Iowa stage project
Wilma Wykle leads building and paint with Cedar Falls’s Charles Shedd and Tipton’s Ray Pierce among listed participants. Stage crew includes Ray Pierce and Charles Shedd with lighting by Jerome Gearhart of Cedar Rapids and Arlene Dwelle of Northwood. additional personnel Kay Boucher of Postville and Wilma Wykle credited as properties.
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Wilma Wykle
Charles Shedd
Cedar Falls
Ray Pierce
Tipton
Arlene Dwelle
Northwood
Ida Mae Carlson
Oelwein
Einer Morness
Burt
Homer McDowell
Scarsboro
Margaret Johnston
Chicago
Philip Reames
Cedar Rapids
Jerome Gearhart
Kay Boucher
Postville
Cue College stages Sister Beatrice tryouts in December
Tryouts for Maurice Maeterlinck's Sister Beatrice, the Cue College Playhouse's second production, are led by Kent Andrews. Fourteen women and six men will be cast for a 13th century convent setting with a subdued natural miracle scene.
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Maurice Maeterline
Beatrice
Cue College Playhouse
Kent Andrews
Cue Theater
Maeterlinck
Sarah Bernhardt
America
New York
Bernhardt
Virgin Mary
Andrews
Ray Pierce
Tipton
November Garden Lore by Mrs J L Rhea
The column extols hyacinths and Madonna lilies for spring bloom. It recommends late fall planting, fall root development, and shallow summer dormancy rules, plus outdoor forcing methods using loam and sand in pots buried under ashes and leaves for winter protection.
Norwegian girl visits Coe through 20 year friendship
Dorothy Melle, a Norwegian student, attends Coe College under a year exchange with Prof. Grace Swab. The piece notes Norway’s gymnasium system, national Day traditions, language study, and walking culture, contrasting Norway and American life while praising Dorothy’s adaptability.
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Coe
Grace Swab
Dorothy Melle
Coe College
Iowa
Germany
Oslo
Dorothy
Coe College School of Music
Norway
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Congress
Ace
Saint Paulia
Baron Walter von Saint Paul
Traven
Jeftes Coe Inc
Duols Pn
Newman's
J. L. Rhea
Jos. Topinka
Linn County
South Side Sash and Door Company
Frank Healy
Tion
Melle
England
London
Allimin
Roosevelt Way
Roosevelt
Democratic State Central Committee
Fort Des Moines
Efetels
Zexele
Des Moines
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