Roundup of small town tales and lighthearted anecdotes
A collection of brief items includes new grandparent jokes about Dean and Mrs Kuever, a newlywed who handles door-to-door sales cleverly, and South American naming quirks. Justice Churchill’s licensing misadventure yields two licenses issued elsewhere. A fastidious woman admonishes a stranger for run over heels, F E Corey’s dieting and a playful cow pasture landing, plus hat mix-ups at two courthouse visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Churchill
Justice Churchill
Woman's Club year opens with varied department programs
The history and literature department starts the club year Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the assembly room with talks on American humor and The Time of Your Life. Other departments announce meetings, picnics, and guest speakers through the week at the club house and nearby venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Hallman
Fred Woolrich
William Saroyan
Mrs Byrne Hosts Tea For Mrs Heffelfinger In City
Seventy guests gathered yesterday afternoon at 202 Forest Drive SE for a tea honoring Mrs Jack Heffelfinger a city newcomer and three week bride. The event ran 2 to 5 pm with peach and orchid gladiolus decorations and a tea table lit by yellow candles. Assistants included Mrs John M Stearns Mrs Arthur Collins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Byrne
Forest Drive
Jack Heffelfinger
Byrne
John M. Stearns
Arthur Collins
L. R. Langfeldt
Carl J. Dueser
B. E. Bachmann
Orchid Gladiolus
Roy Olsen
Earle Fredine
Wallace G. Boyson
Oscar P. Rusch
Shirley A. Clark
Robert S. McLeod
Harold A. Lockhart
Miss Jean Currens Features In Grade Teachers Magazine
The October issue highlights Cedar Rapids teacher Miss Jean Currens of Lincoln School at 1340 Second Avenue SE. Her article titled Masks shares easy methods for engaging children, with photographs of students at work. Currens belongs to the A A U W creative writing group led by Mrs. Frederick G. Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jean Currens
Second Avenue SE
Lincoln School
Miss Currens
Ladies' Literary Club Opens Season With Mrs Boynton
The Ladies' Literary Club will meet Monday at 2 30 p m with Mrs E P Boynton at 2335 Blake Boulevard SE. Mrs Arthur W Erskine will lead a program on Our Contemporary Character and Scene as Reflected in Recent Fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Literary Club
E. P. Boynton
Blake Boulevard
Arthur W. Erskine
Shakespeare Club
B. F. Wolverton
Harold R. Trewin
Fisher Calvin
Junior League Provisionals Profiles and Affiliations
A list of Junior League Provisionals and their educational backgrounds. Names include Mrs Lawrence J. Halpin, Miss Marian Hunting, Miss Audrey Jones, Miss Mary Frances Lee, Mrs Donald M. Leonard, Miss Della May Nash, Miss Betsy Quarton, Mrs Peter L. Topic, Mrs John S. Vavra, and Mrs Raymond Vernimont with colleges attended and sorority memberships noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Halpin
Forest Drive SE
Carroll College
University of Wisconsin
Marian Hunting
R. D. Hunting
First Avenue E
Coe College
Wellesley College
Northwestern University
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Audrey Jones
Thomas M. Jones
Country Club Parkway
Ward
Country Club Parkway SE
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
University of Iowa
Betsy Quarton
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road
Leland Stanford University
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Peter L. Topic
E Avenue
Iowa State College
Ames
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
John S. Vavra
Blake Boulevard
Raymond Vernimont
Davenport
Newcomers reception planned at Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids
All city newcomers welcome this evening at the Roosevelt hotel mezzanine from 5:30 to 8 with supper. Sponsored by the Newcomers club of Cedar Rapids, the event aims to help guests get acquainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hotel
Newcomers’ Club of
Cedar Rapids
Barton Pope Family Visiting John Popes
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Pope of Highland Park Illinois, formerly Cedar Rapids, and their daughter Lucy Jane, visit Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pope at 1212 Fourth Ave SE. Also in town are Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bruch of Detroit with daughter Barbara visiting Mrs. Mary Bruch and Mr. Leo Holmes and Mr. Holmes at 605 McKinley SE, plus Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Bruch of 1389 Elmhurst Dr NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Barton Pope
Highland Park, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Lucy Jane
John H. Pope
Fourth Avenue SE
Robert D. Bruch
Detroit
Barbara
Mr. Bruch
Mary Bruch
Leo Holmes
Mr. Holmes
McKinley Street
Mr Bruch
Richard F. Bruch
Elmhurst Drive
Dr Longman Opens Gallery Season Lecture
Dr Longman opens the gallery season with a public lecture at the university. He has held fellowships at Princeton and McMaster, chaired the art department since 1936, and previously taught at Ohio State and Columbia. Enrollment has grown from about 250 to 950 students. The talk today requires no admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
American Council For Learned Societies
Europe
Iowa City
Carnegie
Princeton
McMaster University
Canada
Ohio State
Columbia
Longman
A A U W group meetings planned steak fry Monday
Mrs Harold Kolar of 440 Sinclair Avenue SE will host the A A U W evening reading group. A steak fry at 6 p.m. Monday will set plans for the year and each member will report on summer reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kolar
Sinclair Avenue SE
Organ Recital By Beethoven Club Tuesday
Open program by the Beethoven Club features an organ recital at 8 15 p m Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church with Miss Marjorie Hungerford and Miss Eleanor Taylor arranging the program and Miss Taylor providing running commentary. A cappella chorus from Coe College will assist under Prof Paul Schumann Ray with Mrs Leo Scofield Patterson as group leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven Club
First Presbyterian Church
Marjorie Hungerford
Eleanor Taylor
Leo Scofield Patterson
Coe College
Paul Schumann Ray
Eleanor
Jane Dunlap to Be Honored at Breakfast Event Today
Bride-elect Jane Dunlap will be honored at a 9:30 AM breakfast at Worster tea room hosted by Mrs. Albert Ellis. She will marry John C. Rice on Oct. 26. Guests include Misses Florence Wendl Beth Mahannah Lillian Harder Ann Dunlap Mary Catherine Carns Phyllis Wenger Sylvia Mrstik and Mesdames Chris Schamburger and Forrest Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Dunlap
John C. Rice
Worster Tea Room
Albert Ellis
Eighteenth Street SE
Florence Wendl
Beth Mahannah
Lillian Harder
Ann Dunlap
Mary Catherine Carns
Phyllis Wenger
Sylvia Mrstik
Chris Schamberger
Forrest Smith
Women's Radio Council Weekly Programs on WMT
The Women's Radio council outlines a week of programs on station WMT. Dr Paul C Greene of Coe college speaks on Emotional Stability of Children. A business women's club dramatization features Elizabeth Hodson and others. A children's hour presents Bomb Shelter with Beulah Harrison Lyons Connor Hajek. The council invites children to submit three questions for a future quiz. Also noted are social dinners and Stardusters club activities with new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Women’s Radio Council
WMT
Paul C. Greene
Coe College
Council of the
Parents and Teachers Association
Business and Professional Women's Club
Elizabeth Hodson
Zoe Heinze
Mariana Sackett
Ida Caryl
Beulah Harrison
Marjorie Lyons
Robert Conner
Vernon Hajek
Radio Council
Van Meter-D Wagner engagement announced for Oct 27 wedding
Mrs. Thomas E. Van Meter of Moline announces the engagement of Nancy Caroline Van Meter to Dr. Eugene C. Wagner of Des Moines. The wedding is planned for Sunday October 27 at 4 30 p m at the First Congregational chapel in Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. van Meter
Moline
Nancy Caroline
Eugene C. Wagner
Des Moines
C. H. Wagner
Davenport
First Congregational Chapel
Miss van Meter
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Phi Kappa Phi and
Crescent
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Wagner
University of Iowa School of Medicine
New York City
Iowa Methodist Hospital
State Health Department
Alpha Omega Alpha
van Meter
Katharine van Meter
Betty Beardsley
Sarah Palmer
Mary Catherine Jennings
Winifred Lillie
Margaret Pratt
Catherine Cooper
Virginia Black
Ruth Jass
Nancy Shields
Mary Lubereger
George N. Harless
New Faculty Members Welcome at Coe College Picnic
Bever park hosted Coe College annual autumnal picnic where new instructors and assistants were welcomed. Dr. Harry M. Gage delivered the address of welcome as Luncheon was served. New to the group are Dr. Dell G. Hitchner Mrs Grace Huddle Locke hoff Miss Elizabeth A. Winds or Dr. Robert W Drexler Lieut Bernard L. Smith Leighton D. Beckett and Dr Earl E. Lewis. Faculty wives in charge of arrangements were Mrs Moray IL Eby chairman Mrs Ben Peterson Mrs C Ward Macy Mrs Willis Lamb Mrs Forest Rutgers and Mrs Alfred W. Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bever Park
Coe College
Harry M. Gage
Coe
Dell G. Hitchner
Grace Huddle Lockehoff
Elizabeth A. Windsor
Robert W Drexler
Bernard L. Smith
Leighton D. Beckett
Earl E. Lewis
Moray IL. Eby
Ben Peterson
C. Ward Macy
Willis Lamb
Forest Rutgers
Alfred W. Meyer
Rehearsals Start for Community Playhouse Front Page
Cast for Front Page taking shape as rehearsals continue nightly for Oct 28 29 30 performances. Notables include Leon ard Fuerhelm George Keegan Lloyd Lowe Jim Eklin and more with tickets via Hobby House and Mrs Sumner Foster. See Cradle Song tryouts Oct 20 and Nov 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Page
Ben Hecht
Charles McArthur
Wilson
Leonard Fuerhelm
Endicott
George Keegan
Murphy
Lloyd Lowe
McRue
Jim Eklin
Kruger
David Munger
Bensinger
James D. Bever
Mrs. Schlosser
Vera Grover
Woodenshoes Eichorn
Harry Doolittle
Diamond Louie
Bill McLaughlin
Sheriff Hartman
Joe Enzler
Jennie
Shirley Kraft
Molly Malloy
Irene McLaughlin
Peggy Grant
Pauline Manley Weds Owen Leverich in Sinclair Memorial Parsonage
Miss Pauline Adrienne Manley daughter of Mrs Alta Manley 423 Eighth Avenue SW married Owen Kenneth Leverich son of Mr. and Mrs William Leverich of Danville Illinois Thursday at Sinclair Memorial parsonage in a ceremony by Rev August Cramer. The couple will live in an automobile trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Adrienne Manley
Alta Manley
Eighth Avenue
Owen Kenneth Leverich
William Leverich
Danville
Ill
Sinclair Memorial Parsonage
August Cramer
Howard Moss
Leverich
McCall Magazine Company
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Rock Island
Merritt
Dean
R. A Kuever
Kuevers
Kuever
Bill Mer
B L. Wick
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Saint Paul
F. E. Corey
Bob Wesely
Ed Lundquist
Vesely
Mr. Lundquist
Mrs. Lundquist
Woman's Club Departments
American Home Department
F. D. Fillmore
America
E. M Soboda
Williamsburg
Aulden Griffin
Glee Club of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
R. O Straughn
International Relations
Havana
H. G. Heiserman
Western Hemisphere
Americas
Latin America
C. H. Darner
Health Education
Health Education Department
S. C. Stookey
C. V. Shepherd
Red Cross
Kenneth Cornell
Marion
Helen Hubbard
Marion H. Williams
First Christian Church
Virginia Ohman
Woman's Club
Mary Randall
Minerva D&elphians
Minerva Delphians
Mrs. Brittin
Monday Shakespeare Club
C. H. Brittin
Seventeenth Street NE
Britain
John
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Gethsemane Shrine
Gethsemane Shrine No. 1
Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Hall
Ella Hungerford
King's Daughters
Homer Grove
Thirty-third Street
Maltese Cross Circle of the King's Daughters
Evan Riley
Greenwood Farm
Mrs. Byrne
Mrs. Heffelfinger
Coronet Club
Voorhees Hall
Cormnet
Coe College Independent Women's
Lee B. Winterberg
Maxine Lutz
Joan Lewis
Mildred Boardman
John's Guild
St. Elizabeth Guild of
St. John's Episcopal Church
the Gas Company
W. E. Mickel
Clyde B. Davis
T. D. White
M. B. Trumbull
Emil Petranek
A. L. Albert
R. E. Wilson
Catherine Crane
la Verna Mae Titus
Dike
Mary Kay
Avenue NE
Zinnias
Orrin Crane
Helen Crane
Jeannette Titus
Billie Kutchera
Maxine Maxson
Dorothy Johnstone
Doris Smith
Donna Kelly
Barton Pope
John Popes
Robert Bruch
City
Dr. Longman
A.auw
Kadasha
Martha Coffman
Richard R. Proctor
Harold A. Schodde
Denver
Lulu Welty
Rhosymedra Vauxhn-Williams
Alice Gard
Guilmant
Grace Gordon
Holst
Man Holst
Schumann Eleanor Taylor
George Holmes
R. J. Miller
Elgin
R. J Gumn
Elburn
Afen
Twenty-ninth Street
William Leggs
Charles Brower
South English
Cyrus Robison
William Legg
Thirty-third Street Drive
Brower
Legg
Tri-Delta Alliance
Tri- Delta Alliance
H. L. Wade
Memorial Drive
T. A. Jacobson
Bever Avenue
Lake Kabetogana
Minnesota
Nauvoo
Park Newbold
Fifth Avenue SE
Reinette
Java Room
Montrose
R. P. Andreas
Commonwealth Apartments
Commonwealth Dining Room
Harlan Sober
Aurora
Fay McKenzie
Crystal Lake
A. C. Stoltz
Mount Vernon
Gretchen Jones
A. M. Andreas
Glenn Andreas
D. O. Andreas
Stardusters
Elizabeth Barber
I Avenue NE
Marian Pollitz
Evelyn Cooper
Verla Bergloff
Virginia Boyle
Patty Dudek
Beatrice Kendall
Norma Schmatt
Caroline van Meter
Eugene Wagner
000 Home Garden Club
W. H. Bailey
Park Avenue SE
Home Garden Club
R. W. Kirn
Arthur L. Bye
J. F. Currell
A. C. Fisher
Arthur L. Augustine
T F. Hersch
O W. Lawrence
Kirn
Mrs. Wolverton
Ashley
Ashley Chapter
A. W. Loftus
Dunreath Drive
Pauline Manley
O. K. Leverich
Killia
Telletries
LN Company
Zoric
Thrift Wash
Mons
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