Cedar Rapids Notes on Language and Local Personalities
A Cedar Rapids column covers humorous anecdotes and local curiosity from the era. Topics include a soldier in France preferring Esperanto after French lessons fail, Cherries fame in New York, a stage manager's Cedar Rapids ties, mystery about Mrs Clark's mother's host, Red Cross policy on fundraisers, bureaucratic wartime paperwork, and a doctor regretting duplicate encyclopedia purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Addie
Effie Cherry
New York City
Grant Wood
Beardsley Ruml
Robert Downing
Community Players
Downing
Mae West
Catherine
New York
Alfred Lunts
Thayers Visit Relatives Before Lincoln Training
Mrs. F N Thayer and Lt. Thayer Jr spent several days last week with Lt Thayers parents at 3702 First Avenue NE. The couple were married in Des Moines. Lt Thayer, an Army Air Corps pilot, has completed training at Liberal Kansas and will continue training in Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Thayer, Jr
Thayer
F. N. Thayer
First Avenue
Des Moines
Armay Air Corps
Liberal
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
D D Offringa to Speak at Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
D D Offringa will address the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club at a 2:30 p.m. general meeting, with a preceding 1:30 p.m. board session. The topic is Appreciation of American Citizenship, reflecting his UN relief work and Dutch origins. Proceeds from apron and pantry shelf sales support a blood plasma bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross
D. D. Offringa
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Offringa
Linn County
United Nations’ Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Maryland University
Europe
Holland
Andella Rees and Ross S Pyle to Wed Today
Andella Rees and Ross S Pyle plan a 4 pm wedding at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The ceremony will be performed by Rev C V R DeJong before an altar with pastel flowers and candles. The bride wears ivory satin with a junior train, and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs F G Pyle of Rockville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ross S. Pyle
Farris G. Pyle
Rockville
Ind
C. V. R. DeJong
Marion Presbyterian Church
Don C. Cook
Lenore Stark Topinka
Chantilly
Johanna Hill
Ristedt Marriage to Lt Channer Planned at Dunshee Home
Mrs. Ristedt announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Georganne Dunshee Ristedt to First Lt. Frederick Wyndham Channer. The ceremony is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Dunshee residence in Indianapolis. The bride will be attended by Barbara Dunshee as maid of honor and Pa Dunshee as bridesmaid, with Mrs. George Owen as matron of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Clark
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Iowa State Teachers Convention
Walter E. Dunshee
First Avenue NE
Georganne Dunshee Ristedt
Frederick Wyndam Channer
George Sj Channer
Glencoe
Ill
Dunshee
Lt. Channer
Ind
Army
Barbara Dunshee
Pa Dunshee
George Owen
George Channer, Jr
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Orporal
Richard P. Hugh
D Street
Churchill
Transportation Corps
France
Cpl
Hach
Wilson High
Vernon Heights
State Liquor Commission
CPA
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
John W. Bricker
Mt. Pleasant
Hick
United States
Bricker
Fairfield
Ger. Bricker
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Edward H. Files
Woman’s Club
E. J. Bruns
Alleta Shadle
Gertrude Kilborn
the Mines
W. R. Armstrong
W. J. Johnson
L. A. Talbott
A. E. Heinrich
R. A. Lacy
Charles Custer
Roger Conrad
F. J. Maag
Charles Cuyler
Betty Jean Kirkman
Will
P. D. Merveaux
Will.Goon
J. C. Heins
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Warren Hansen
Mary Weutishek
G. Y. Swartzendruber
Anna Woitishek
Anuna Marie DeCastello
Robert Pike
The
Iowa Federation of
Sioux City
Nature and Garden
Nature and Garden Department
Mary Woitishek
Red Cross Sewing
Memors of
Health Education
Health Education Department
Keith Irwin
John Hager
Waukon
Muscatine
Anamosa
Merimyx
Roosevelt Hotel
Lincoln and Jefferson
Andella Rees
Frances Rees
Wilma Pyle
Paul T. Miller
Vernon Perry
L. E. Bees
Bennett
John Allen
Hoosevelt Hotel
Lincoln and
Jefferson Room
Second Avenue SE
Wilma
L. S. Buchanan
West
J. A. Yessler
Fourth Avenue SE
Joan Yessler
Ss Club
W. C. Bernstorf
Washington Avenue
Troilus
Cressida
Erskine HO
A. W. Erskine
John M. Ely
Berger
Miss Pugh
David I. Berger
Twenty-second Street
Evid Pugh
Y.W.C.A
Coe College
Max Daehler
Robert C. Armstrong
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
J. C. Baumhoefner
Johnson Avenue
B. H. Day
H. O. Cutler
C. D. Hedberg
R. W. Manatt
Marian Martin
PI Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Owen Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Pi Phi
Cultus Club
Howe
W. C. Howe
H. N. Johnson
China
W. T. Sands
Second St. NE
Dial
Dot
Baldridge
3Rd St. SE
Mrs. Ristedt
Higbee’s
Jean Flarper
Bree
Jean Harper
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