Cedar Rapids Luncheon Clubs Keep History and Banter Alive
Longstanding Cedar Rapids business leaders meet at regular lunch groups like the Curry Comb club and Koffee Klub. Members discuss light and serious topics, while roasting each other, with attendance varying by day. John Reid and Arthur Huntington are longtime regulars from the Chamber of Commerce era.
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Cedar Rapids
Curry Comb Club
Horse Buyers
Koffee Klub
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John Reid
Arthur Huntington
Clubs And Characters Of The Curry Combers Horse Buyers And Koffee Klub
The Curry Combers split into whist and kelly pool factions led by George Laird and John Reid, with annual Christmas parties. The Koffee Klub gathers daily for coffee, mugs on the wall, while the Horse Buyers evolved from a hotel dining crowd and keep meetings off the record. Attorneys Trewin Elliott Coquillette and Welch associated with bankers and a realtor are mentioned.
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Koffee Klub
Curry Combers
George Laird
Kelly Pooler
John Reid
Chamber
Jim Ford
John
Horse Thieves
Anti- Spica Thieves Protective Associaton
Harold Trewin
Owen Elliott
S. E Coquil- Jette
Frank Welch
Jay Sigmund remembered as democratic artist in Midwest
Memorial piece lauds Jay Sigmund for embodying democratic ideals in Midwest culture. It credits his belief that art grows from common life in Waubeek Cedar Rapids and Iowa, with strong ties to Grant Wood Marvin Cone and the Cedar Rapids art scene.
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Midwest
Jay Sigmund
Robert Frost
Sinclair Lewis
Iowa
New York
Paris
Waubeek
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Marvin Cone
Wapsipinicon
Valley of the Cedar
State University
The
America
Utility Field Party Involves Hedges and Team
Horace Hedges leads a group including Harold Rowe Frank Chambers John Drabelle and J P Walters in a utility field endeavor claiming strong local support.
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Horace Hedges
Harold Rowe
Frank Chambers
John Drabelle
J. P. Walters
PTA Panel to Discuss Problems of Parenthood Monday
Cedar Rapids fathers are urged to attend a city wide fathers night panel on child guidance at 7 30 p m Monday in the First Presbyterian church chapel. Six local leaders and speakers will cover juvenile delinquency home discipline and parental responsibility with open questions from the floor.
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P.T.A
Problems of Parenthood
Cedar Rapids
Parent Education Project
Parent-Teacher Association
First Presbyterian Church
J. Edgar Hoover
Hill
Advancements Awarded At Cub Pack 29 Westminster Meeting
A large class of candidates received advancement awards Friday evening at Westminster Presbyterian church in Cub Pack 29 annual meeting. William Yates Mogens Norager Richard Kohl Carl Donald earned one year service stars lion badges went to Yates and Donald Anderson bear badges to Jimmy Lovett Russell Ward John Skogsberg Jimmy Powers Mark Antony Jimmy Barlow Jack Mc Gee Richard Surhstedt Wolf badges to Herbert Summers George Owen gold arrows to Frederic Gable John Skogsberg Bob Wiley Mogens Norager John Ferguson Donald Anderson silver arrows to Bryce Hahn John Skogsberg and Bob Wiley Frederic Gable advanced to Scouting New Cubs Tommy Thornton Tommy Williams Ward Mason joined and Ray Allen shared news of his eastern trip and World's Fair motion pictures. Eighty-five Cubs and parents attended.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
William Yates
Mogens Norager
Richard Kohl
Carl Donald
Donald Anderson
Jimmy Lovett
Russell Ward
John Skogsberg
Jimmy Powers
Mark Antony
Jimmy Barlow
Jack McGee
Richard Surhstedt
Herbert Summers
George Owen
Frederic Gable
Bob Wiley
John Ferguson
Bryce Hahn
Tommy Thornton
Tommy Williams
Ward Mason
Ray Allen
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Carl Dueser
Jack J. Shepard
Gus J. Liebke
del Porter
Frank N. Kent
Reid
Huntington
HE Koffee Klub
Harold Ofrs
Trewin
Owen N. Elliott
Horace G. Hedges
S. E. Coquillette
Mr. Trewin
Frank C. Welch
Adrian S. Vermeersch
Edward E. Lowe
Chester B. Myers
Ray Chandler
John C. Reid
J. L. Cooper
Gazette Photos
Henry Scherer
First Lutheran Church
Carl Hendrickson
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High School
I. E Linkletter
Second Christian Church
Fred Carstens
Bert Watkins
Our Parenthood
Neely Hill
PTA Council
ICE and Fuel CO
First Street
First Avenue
16Th Avenue
Wilson School
C Street
16Th Ave
J St
Wilson Ave
Second St
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
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