Diverse Community Snippets and Humorous Anecdotes Parade in Iowa Column
A collage of light notes and mini stories from Cedar Rapids and environs. Olio includes aviation memories, a detective misstep, Opie Read reminiscences, Beethoven club name mix ups, bus humor, barber shop misfires, Armistice Day child’s moment, and birthday gift ideas trading The New Yorker for The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Montgomery
Myrna Marshall
Neil
New Yorker
Myrna
Rozzie Pickford
Gazette
A A U W Group Meetings Across Cedar Chapter
The A A U W groups meet with Mrs. Harold Kolar 440 Sinclair Ave SE for a contemporary literature review of Black Majesty by Vandercook. Social studies group gathers with Mrs. John Parke 2319 C Ave NE. International Relations group meets at Mrs. Wayne J. Foster 2304 Hillcrest Dr SE. Areme Circle Cedar Chapter No 184 O E S meets at Mrs. Anna Lamey 353 Park Ter Race SE with hostesses. Short program and all Cedar Chapter members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kolar
Sinclair Avenue
Arthur C. Naibert
Vandercook
John Parke
C Avenue NE
V. C. Grant
Consumers Cooperative Movement
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Areme Circle of Cedar
Anna Lamey
Park Terrace SE
Mildred Greenawalt
Pauline Dusdicker
J. Kitterman
Olive McNabney
H. V. Morgan
Lillian Bort
D. P. Schwarzentruber
Ruth Cress
Birdena Smart
Pearl Robinson
Hazel Cass
Rufus Culver
Milo Loomis
Frank Filip
Kenneth Hastie
Cedar
Luncheon For Wives Of Elks Members Planned
The Elks Club hosts a Tuesday 1 p.m. buffet luncheon for wives with guests to form tables for bridge 500 or pinochle. Prizes at each table and a display of holiday table settings are featured. Committee members include Mrs. E Harold Skinner Mrs Don Hines Mrs William P Whipple Mrs M F Mitralsky and Mrs Lynn G Swaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Don Hines
Elks
E. Harold Skinner
Hines
William P. Whipple
M. F. Mitralsky
Lynn G. Swaney
Three Pianos To Be Used In Recital At Coe College
Cedar Rapids awaits an unusual piano recital in the Coe College chapel Tuesday at 8 15 pm Prof Max Daehler leads the junior grand ensemble of three pianos with five child performers Esther Armstrong Ruth Labes John Hickman Wilson Dunn and Rockwell Daehler The program mixes miniature ensemble pieces and works by Couperin Brahms and Liszt ending with pieces by Ravel Prokofieff and Schubert Toussaint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Max Daehler
College
Esther Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Pleasant Hill
Ruth Labes
Fred Labes
Cedar Rapids Country Club
John Hickman
Marshall Hickman
Second Avenue SE
Wilson Dunn
Allen J. Dunn
Avenue NE
Rockwell Daehler
Daehler
Prof
Couperin
Brahms
Ravel
Prokofieff
Schubert Tausig
Prof Daehler
Lindow
Pierne Rockwell Daehler
Maryflower DAR Chapter Hosts Forty at Friday Meeting
Maryflower D A R members and guests gathered at Mrs. George W. Corey’s home in Park Terrace SE for luncheon after a January Friday meeting. Reg ent Mrs. Carl D. Thomas led the session with secretary Mrs. F L Diserens assisting. Kipling Recessional read, and talks on Europe trips and Thanksgiving traditions featured. Betty Hemsky, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hemsky, pledged to Kappa Epsilon and elected secretary treasurer of the AS Pharmacy at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayflower
Daughters of the American Revolution
George W. Corey
Park Terrace SE
G. M. Wodtke
W. H. Hasek
C. E. Fisher
J. H. Ramsey
Carl D. Thomas
F. L. Diserens
Milo Wenger
Katherine Franken
E. E. Schenefelt
Rudyard Kipling
John E. Stansbury
Europe
B. L. Sheldon
Betty Hemsky
William Hemsky
University of Iowa
Kappa Epsilon
Hemsky
Associated Students of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
Woman's Club Departments Program and Meetings
The Woman's Club announces department programs directed by Miss Andrea Johannsen with officers named for the American Home department. Board meetings precede the general session, followed by “Art in the Amanas” with Amana colonies guests, lace work, paintings by Carl Flick, and rare 1829 pictures. Hostesses and coordination details are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrea Johannsen
American Home Department
Gilbert Thompson
C. C. Hillhouse
Victor Holec
Amanas
Amana
Petit Point
Carl Flick
A. D. Holbrook
Mabel Caffee
J. B. McPherson
R. T. Lubbock
A. B. van Dyke
Cochairmen
Make Up Trolley And Bus Groups To Iowa Game
Local athletics office coordinates transportation for the Iowa game arranging make up trolley and bus groups. Officials urge fans to join carpools or reserve seats promptly for the event day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Needlework Guild Aids Needy With Garments This Week
Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild concludes ingathering of two new garments or donations of money for distribution to public agencies. Items go to Public Health Nursing, Children's Home, Linn County relief, Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals, Sunshine Mission, Home for Aged Women, city schools, and more. After-game bus trip and social at Club, attendees dined and continued with cocktails and Dutch treat events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Ristedt
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Children's Home
Linn County Relief Department
South Side Ladies Charity
Mercy Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Sunshine Mission
Home For Aged Women
Five Nephews Visit Dr Krause and Dinner Gatherings Dominate
The report notes Dr. Krause hosting a family dinner to honor five visiting nephews and their families. A dinner party at Dr. and Mrs. Zuercher’s featured a lounge chair gift for Dr. Krause and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith and their son William, Miss Daisy Brothers, and Walter Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuercher
Krause
Arthur Smith
William
Daisy Brothers
Emmetsburg
Walter Brothers
Marshalltown
Calendar of events for Cedar Rapids Iowa City and beyond
Final day of the photographic salon at Cedar Rapids public library runs 2 to 6 p.m. Iowa City hosts homecoming vesper at Macbride auditorium at 8 p.m. P. T. A. panel meets 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian chapel Cedar Rapids. Also stage shows, lectures and musical events including Heifetz in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Little Gallery
Public Library
Iowa City
Macbride Auditorium
First Presbyterian Chapel
Henry Scherer
Paramount Theater
Marengo—Adult School Forum
Max Mayer
Des Moines
McKinley High School
Marriage of Nannette
Iowa City—University
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Macbride
Sob Sisters and a Pioneer Woman Reporter Return
After twenty years away, Mrs. R. E. Josh Wilson returns to Cedar Rapids to live with her sister. The Gazette’s first woman reporter, once known as Mabel Chadband, recalled for bylines on jail visits, stage stars, and odd stunt tales. Her marriage to city editor Josh Wilson sparked rivalries and a staged newsroom tie before their honeymoon even began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wsil G
R. E. Josh Wilson
Wichita
Fred Gray
Third Avenue SE
The
Gazette
Mabel Chadband
Old City
Wilson
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Mabel Wilson’s Rise From Cub Reporter To Gazette Editor
Out of town journalist Mabel Wilson began at sixteen on the Pantagraph in Bloomington and rose to edit Champaign Gazette. She covered Marion courthouse scenes daily in Cedar Rapids trolley days and faced mobbing when exposing jail conditions. Her wit and grit won trust with Judge Milo P. Smith and earned the nickname Joe. Her Gazette career marked by first woman reporter status and a notable scoop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wilson
Bloomington
Cub
Champaign Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mabel Chadband
Milo P. Smith
Joe
the Gazette
Local Hosts Plan Multiple Honoring Events This Week
Social gatherings promote visiting guests at several homes. Mr and Mrs Shuttleworth host a buffet for the Hutchisons while Mr and Mrs Sandrock of Janesville stay with Mr and Mrs Gertsen. A breakfast honors the Sandrocks hosted by Mr and Mrs Quarton. Mrs Rothchild’s guests include Mr and Mrs Amen and Mr Van Fossen as they visit from Minneapolis. Chapter IH of PEO meets for a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs Gray. Vernon Heights Reading club plans a luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel with Mr Wetzel and Mr Newlin departing for Indiana Technological School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue SE
Shuttleworth
Hutchisons
H. F. Sandrock
Janesville
Wis
A. C. Gertsen
Twenty Sixth Street Drive
Sandrocks
William B. Quarton
Third Avenue SE
H. L. Rothchild
St. Paul
A. W. Doubrasky
Washington Avenue
Harlan R. Amen
Vernoncourt
R. L. van Fossen
Minneapolis
Doubraskys
Also Mentioned on This Page
Raven Shuttleworth
Bill Kudina
Earl Stanley
Opie Read
Paul D. Fillmore
Read
Fillmore
Coopertown
S. D
Opie
Florida
United States
South Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Beethoven Club
Gladys Barker
Margaret Pratt
Mary Pratt
Gladys Barger
Vernon Heights
A.au.w
Social Studies
Areme Circle
Ministers Wives Association
Marion Presbyterian Church
Eighth Avenue
Twelfth Streets
Milo E. Wenger
Children of God
Marilyn Cusack
Fifteenth Street
Rita Spaight
Jane Dorman
Mary Jayne Klaassen
Rita Marie Power
Betty Ann Klimes
Bernice Pliffner
Irene Phelps
Bach
Liszt
Cythera
Paganini
Brahms Acus
Prakofleff
Marche’ Militaire
Schubert-Tousle Prof
Dachier
Maryflower D.A.R
Woman's Club Departments
Carl Heinen
Woman's Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Charles Earhart
L. C. Schucknecht
L. L. Owen
T. H. DeWees
W. R. Armstrong
Aulden Griffin
G. T. McKibben
W. R. Foor
G. ¥. Swartzendruber
Matilda Snouffer
Joseph Barnley
Wwen Krickard
C. Heinen
T. McKibben
Herbert DeWees
L. A.’ ‘Talbott
LeRoy
Klersey
Henry Carey
Ohinlow Willow
Wayne Basier
Elks ‘Club
A. G. Brown
Dial
David Lehti
Nature and Garden
Nature and Garden Department
Anna Calderwood
T. K. Hefner
H. M. Holte
Fay Schwartzentruber
Health Education
Health Education Department
Juanita Kenesick
Children’s Hospital
George King
Edgar McNall
Needlework Guild Project
Country Club
T. M. Ingersoll
L. P. Boudreaux
William Baker
Nashville
Dr. Krause
Alpha XI Delta Mothers Club Meeting
Alpha Xi Delta Mothers Club
Paul Huston
Twelfth Street NW
W. W. Richards
L. S. Halpin
Pla-Mor
Art Butterfield
William Myers
Elvice Milburn
Butterfield
Bill Stitkons
Husbands and Wives
Bishop's Cafeteria
Danceland
Bishops
Queen Esther Circle
Queen Esther
King’s Daughters
F. L. Shramek
Grande Avenue SE
A. E. Chase
A. G. Barton
H. Minor
O. F. Paulsen
Iowa Theater
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Paul Harris, Jr
America
First Baptist Church
Town Union
Iowa City—High School
Old Capitol
Northwestern
Evanston
Davenport
Jascha Heifetz
Tri- City Symphony Orchestra
Oscar Anderson
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Brabbit-Taylor
King Band Instruments
1St Ave
R. E. Wilson
Thompson Photo
McKabe
Osen
McRabe
Oan
Dows Bldg
ZOOM
FHONE
Sunday Desk
Shanra ¢N
Josh Wilson
Republican
Josh
Josh Wilsons
Collleagues
P.E.O
R. D. Gray
Grant Miller
C. Harve Geiger
Reading Club
Rooseveltotel
Fort Wayne
George Wetzel
Grant Wetzel
Seventh Avenue SE
Gene Newlin
Fort Wayne, Ind
Mr. Newlin
Indiana Technological School
Helen Heald
R. T. Heald
Charlotte Conway
Third Street
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