Soubos to South Boston mix up on the line
A humorous retelling shows Ralph Clements mispronouncing an exchange as Sou Boss then Sorbonne before the operator realizes he wants South Boston. The item sits among quirky local vignettes and light human moments from town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Clements
Boston
Ralph
Sorbonne University
Paris
South Boston
Final Bridge Party Closes Series for Catholic Library Fund
About 200 attended the final mer ry-go-round bridge party in a Daughters of Isabella fundraiser for the Catholic book shelf at the public library. Frances Duffy organized the event with units listing chairs and dates through October 21. Grand prize winners included Agnes Cramer Lulu Lambert J J Carney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Isabella
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Public Library
Frances Duffy
Laura Buck
Goldie Johnstone
Irene Marousek
Pauline Murray
Edith Zachar
Agnes Cramer
Lulu Lambert
J. J. Carney
M. J. McGowan
F. A. Simkavitz
Dorothy Stark
Lillian Frantz
Mary Molumby
Cedar Rapids Observes American Art Week With Contests
Cedar Rapids and statewide groups plan events for American Art Week November 1 to 7. Poster contests for schoolchildren and communities offer cash prizes, with Iowa winners advancing to national competition. State winners receive prizes, including a complete oil painting set, and judging runs across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Artweek
American Artist Professional League
New York
Mississippi
Louis Pelzer
Iowa City
Club Hosts Dinner Party With Eleven Hoboes
The Knight home at 2219 Grande Avenue SE hosted a dinner party featuring eleven hoboes as entertainment. Hostesses included Bonnie McGregor Catharine Miller Dorothy Batchelder Jean Elder Ruth Hardiman Marcia Kensinger Betty Ann Ericksen and Ruth Knight. Guests listed include Don Loepp N J Markey Guy Baldwin George Hulme Paul Loepp Donald Deal Stanley Mohrbacher and Fred Fleugel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Knight
B. L. Knight
Grande Avenue SE
Hoboes
Knight Home
Bonnie McGregor
Catharine Miller
Dorothy Batchelder
Jean Elder
Ruth Hardiman
Marcia Kensinger
Betty Ann Ericksen
Don Loepp
N. J. Markey
Guy Baldwin
George Hulme
Paul Loepp
Donald Deal
Stanley Mohrbacher
Fred Fleugel
Pretty duo crowned at Coe college Big Little Sister party
Eloise Helfenstine daughter of Mr and Mrs E C Helfenstine 618 Thirty second street NE and Miriam Clure daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Clure of Greenfield were named prettiest girl and cutest boy at Coe college Big Little Sister party. Y W C A cabinet members selected the winners from about thirty costumed Coe students with judges Miss Ethel Ryan Miss Evelyn Street Doems Mary Beil and Miss Claire Rundle present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Helfenstine
E. C. Helfenstine
Thirty-second Street
Miriam Clure
E. E. Clure
Greenfield
Coe College
Y.W.C.A. Cabinet
Coe
Ethel Ryan
Evelyn Street
Doems Mary Beil
Claire Rundle
Areme Circle Cedar Chapter to Meet
Areme circle of Cedar chapter O E S will meet with Mrs. Robert McNabney at 409 A avenue NW on Friday at 2 30 p m Mrs George Heider will chair the hostess committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Areme Circle of Cedar Chapter
Robert McNabney
A Avenue NW
George Heider
L. A. Kessler
Greenwood Drive
Estelle Trosky
Hattie Cook
Educational Fund
Cotteg College
Various Iowa events include concerts, lectures, and homecomings
A roundup of cultural and community activities across Iowa cities. Jacques Jolas performs in Mount Vernon. art exhibit at Mrs. Blanche Armstrong’s collection. VFW pow wow in Marshalltown. Luther Leagues rally in Luana. Eastern Star session in Cedar Rapids. Ruth Bryan Owen lecture in Ottumwa. Paul Engle poetry in Iowa City. multiple campus talks and a Dolphin festival in Iowa City. CorNell and Coe college events. Des Moines drama production. corn husking contests. and fall festivals in Ottumwa and Traer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
College Chapel
Blanche Armstrong
Marshalltown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Luana
Iowa
Federation of Luther Leagues
Cedar Rapids
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star of Iowa
Ottumwa
Ruth Bryan Owen
First Methodist Church
Woman's Club
Paul Engle
North Conference Room
Iowa Union
All Maccabee State Association
Moose Hall
Charles L. Biggs
Detroit
Supreme Record
Iowa City
Linton Wells
Fred W. Sargent
Military Road
Des Moines
Room Service
Des Moines Community Drama
Eleader
Molumby Field
Northeastern
Nino Martini
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Town Hall
South America
Field House
A. E. Bagley
Senate Chamber
Old Capitol
Traer
Tama County
Methodist Church
Ringsted
Frank Fewell
Coe College
William G. Murray
Coe
Iowa State College
Coe Players
Clinton Hosts Y W C A Business Girls Conference
The tenth annual weekend conference of the Y W C A Business and Industrial Girls of Iowa convened in Clinton with thirty two Cedar Rapids attendees. Highlights included a lecture by Evelyn Duvall of Chicago and a luncheon hosting Miss Dorothy Hahn on her upcoming marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Industrial Girls
Iowa
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Esther O’brien
Helen Gable
Cleo Cubbison
Lottie Priborsky
Ruth McCune
Ann Kopecky
Pauline Blessing
Quaker Oats
Elizabeth Jones
Martha Peterson
Lydia Kriz
Norma Lohman
Lydia Lohman
Mabel First
The
Industrial League
Janetta Merritt
Dorothy
Bessie Graves
Iowa State Employment Service
Evelyn Duvall
Chicago
Chicago Association For Child Study and Parent Education
Miss McFall
Miss Kriz
Graves
Miss Crane
Cedar Rapids Group
Margaret Day and Don Morgan Wed In Noon Ceremony
Margaret Day daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred A Day and Don Morgan son of Dr and Mrs Garth Morgan wed at high noon in the Central Park Presbyterian chapel. The couple, after a Chicago Milwaukee trip, will live at 1038 Seventeenth Street NE. Morgan works for Iowa Mutual Liability. Day is a Washington high school and Dickinson Secretarial School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lenore Day
Fred A. Day
Seventeenth Street
Don Morgan
Garth Morgan
Third Avenue SE
Central Park Presbyterian Church
C. H. Hook
Howard Young
Des Moines
Morgan
Chicago
Milwaukee
Washington High School
Dickinson Secretarial School
R. A. Vorpahl
University of Iowa
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Needlework Guild Ingathering and Water Color Exhibit
The Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild of America prepares its annual ingathering on November 1 under President Ethel Pinney Ristedt, collecting new garments for local charities and hospitals. A Cedar Rapids Art Association exhibit features American water colors from the Museum of Modern Art and the National Academy of Design, opening Monday with works by Beardsley Ruml and contemporaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Needlework Guild of America
Ethel Pinney Ristedt
Needlework Guild
Public Health Nursing Bureau
The
Children’s Home
Linn County Relief Department
South Side Ladies Charity
Mercy Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Sunshine Mission
Home For Aged Women
City Schools
Community House
Junior League Projects
Independent School District
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Public
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
National Academy of Design
Modern School
Beardsley Ruml
W. Ruml
Fifth Avenue SE
New York
Wiener Roast And Hayrack Party Recalls Local Youth Group
Yvonne Svoboda hosted a wiener roast Friday evening for a group of young people at a farm home after a country ride. Attendees included Mary Jo Studer, Merilyn Miller, Phyllis Horak, Jane Zadnichek, Jean Morris, Betty Kessler, Jane Watson, Margaret Jacobs, Don Raher, Joe Bramsen, Wallace Johnson, Wayne Swan, Bill Moore, Bastian Kruidentier, Dick Pinney and Clint Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Svoboda
Seventh Avenue SW
Mary Jo Studer
Merilyn Miller
Phyllis Horak
Jane Zadnichek
Jean Morris
Betty Kessler
Jane Watson
Margaret Jacobs
Don Raher
Joe Bramsen
Wallace Johnson
Wayne Swan
Bill Moore
Bastian Kruidenier
Dick Pinney
Clint Edwards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Johnson
Mechanicsville
Win Lattner
Ella
Franklin
Jim Bever
Gazette
Luetta Zisko
Jack Young
Luetta
Bever Avenue
Colorado
Frank Hahn
Dave Williams
Williams
Dave
N. A. York
Lisbon
Nadia Thorpe
Sheldon Rahn
Cornell
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Ovo
Georgianne Ryan
LaPlant Choate Company
Commonwealth Tea Room
Robert Nelson
Mercy Auxiliary Plans
Mercy Hospital Auxiliary
Pla-Mor
Service
Montieur
Areme Circle
Cedar Chapter
Cue College
Carleton College
Shrine Temple
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Iowa Sailors and Marines
Montrose Hotel
Business Girls of
Y.W
Dorothy Hahn
Smower
Frank K. Hahn
Don Hamblin
Mrs. Hahn
Fourth Avenue SE
Earl Koehn
Miss Hahn
Carl Headlee
Anamosa
Tirzah Society
Oscar F. Quick
Wenng Road
Mary Hahn
C Avenue NW
Bance
Opal Snetzler
Peter Hansen
Carl Euken
Frank B. Johnson
Fred Steuber
B. H. Froman
Clarence Radeke
Patricia Loveless
Richard Riley
John Patrick Loveless
Miss Hartman
Marguerite Hartman
Verba Parker
First Avenue E
Margaret Day
Shakespeare Club
W. C. Bernstorf
Sixteenth Street SE
Henry the Fifth
Vernon Heights
Reading Club
Stickley
J. D. Stickley
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Robert Maclean
J. A. MacLean
Sixteenth Street
Cherry Burrell Corporation
Cherry-Burrell
Evelyn Benjamin
I. K. Benjamin
First Avenue W
Beth Harmon
Jean Jelinek
June Rawson
Helen Gould
Martin J Behel
J. Stary
Verna Benjamin
M. Ione Wooldridge
N. D. Wooldridge
Fifth Street
M. Ione
Raymond W. Olmstead
Ray Olmstead
F. W. Kopp
oOe
College Club
Cedar Rapids College Club
E. J. North
Forest Drive
H. M. Benninghoff
P. M. Snowman
Arthur E. Hertzler
Miss Nelson
Rosalind Nelson
Seventh Avenue SE
Eva Byerly
Hope Kurtz
Kaura Turner
Beta Sigma Phi
Home For the Friendless
St. Luke’s Hospital
Public Health Nursing Association
South Side Ladies Charity Club
Mrs. Pearson
Sara Pearson
Denver
G. H. Lutz
Cobbancourt SE
James Jakuebec
K Street
Colonial Tea Room
Third
Virginia
Schoby
Horse Owners
Marion Boulevard East
Merle White
Zoric
Marion
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