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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1941

Page

25

Neighborly misfire and a duck in Cedar Rapids

A morning misadventure at a Cedar Rapids home ends with Scotty McLeod aiming a .22 rifle at windows, then realizing the target’s a tame duck. The scene shifts to music previews in New York and campus chatter about college sports and local society notes.

Scotty Scotty McLeod

Reveille in Washington discussion at College Club meeting

Mrs R B Van Cleve will review Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech at Thursday reading group. Meeting is at 2 15 p m this week at the home of Mrs Gurney W Day 23330 Avenue NE with Mrs Cecil Smay as assistant hostess.

R. B van Cleve Washington Margaret Leech Gurney W. Day Avenue Cecil Smay Nature and Garden Department The Woman's Club Henry Hromek United States Canada W. A Heathel Mexico Hugh Harrington Jane Boyd

Community Theater Board Elects Officers For Year

Community theater group selects Hazel Brown as president and other officers including Craemer as vice president and Bessemer as secretary. Committees named for play reading prop equipment and publicity. Mercy Hospital auxiliary plans annual bridge party December 1 at Immaculate Conception school to fund a hospital room for working girls.

Hazel Brown Nicholas P. Craemer Lester E. Bessemer Reginald B. Figge C. Louis Fontana E. M. Soboda J. K. von Lackum Mercy Hospital Auxiliary Immaculate Conception Mercy Hospital Leo Carney Harry Teahen

Love's Labour's Lost Preview Honors Laura Pearle Stewart

A preview of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost will honor Laura Pearle Stewart professor emeritus of speech at Coe College. The event includes a reception at the YWCA and a campus performance in the Coe Playhouse with cast led by John White Jack Chronic and Lorraine Rawlings.

Laura Pearle Stewart Coe College Dramatic Art Department YWCA Campus Playhouse C. Harve Geiger Stewart J. Dale Welsch Kent Andrews A. W. Meyer Martha Marquis Mr. Andrews Lorraine Rawlings King of Navarre John White Lord Biron Jack Chronic Lord Longaville J D. Lambert Lord Dumain Sam Kendrick Lord Boyer France John Holley Don Adriano de Armado Kenneth Roberts Nathaniel Ralph Bushee Holfernes Don Mitchell Dull Constable John Bowne Costard Richard Butler Moth Charles Raseley Betty Fischer Rosaline Beth Schlampp Maria Ruthanne University of Iowa State Normal School of California Coe Zeta Phi Eta National National Association of Teachers of Speech Coe College Playhouse Barbara Clay Dick Butler Butler

A A U W Group Meetings And Homemakers Club Notices

A A U W group events list multiple meetings including creative crafts at Mrs H S Morgan 1400 Second Ave SE and a sketch group at Mrs David Bleakley 2600 Meadowbrook Dr SE Homemakers meet at 1041 Twenty sixth St SE for a program by Mrs James D Hill Newcomers club hosts an November city party at Montrose hotel from 2 to 430 p.m refreshments in the Java room hostesses include Mrs Earl Cobb R M Baker Claude Hart B H Eberhart and Robert Dixon.

Creative Crafts Group of A.A. U.W H. S. Morgan the Commonwealth Second Avenue SE David G. Bleakley Meadowbrook Drive Wilbur Robbie Twenty-sixth Street James D. Hill Newcomers Club Montrose Hotel Java Earl Cobb R. M. Baker Claude Hart B. H. Eberhart Robert Dixon

Mary Husak and Herbert L. Morehead Jr wed in Immaculate Conception

Miss Mary Frances Husak married Ensign Herbert L. Morehead Jr at Immaculate Conception church in a navy blue and ivory ceremony. The bride wore ivory velveteen with pearl jewelry, attended by Dorothy Virginia Morehead of Pewaukee Wis.. best man Donald A. Taylor. music by Sister Mary Lee. both families noted with gardenia corsages.

Immaculate Conception High School Mount Mercy Junior College Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company Ensign Morehead University of Iowa Tau Beta Pi Triangle Carrier Air Conditioning School Newark N. J Navy Mary Frances Husak F. J. Husak Fourth Avenue SE Herbert L. Morehead, Jr Herbert L. Morehead Sixteenth Street John M. Molloy Immaculate Conception Church Dorothy Virginia Morehead Pewaukee Wis Donald A. Taylor Robert Maddigan

Camp Fire Leaders Hold Special Training Sessions

Special sessions for Blue Bird leaders occur during the leadership training course on November 12 13 and 14 at the YWCA. Programs include planning handcraft projects a demonstration graduation ceremony songs and dances. Experienced guardians meet with R K Alman city arborist. Sponsors association gathers in First Presbyterian church. Miss Nora Garvin guest speaker with luncheon for her at Mrs Frank C Waples home.

Y.W.C.A R. K. Alman Sponsors’ Association First Presbyterian Church Nora Garvin Garvin Camp Fire Girls Frank C. Waples Forest Drive A. J. Anderson

Master Of The Mysterious Lecture At Cedar Rapids Club

Charles C. Vance will present A Flight on the Magic Carpet at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club guest night in the Coe college chapel Monday at 8 p.m. He is a traveler and magician known as The American Marco Polo and protege of The Great Nicolaa.

Charles C. Vance Marco Polo Cedar Rapids Coe College Vance Nicolaa Europe Far East Woman’s

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