Around the Town highlights at Fontenelle and beyond
Omaha notes describe a Midwestern visit by a correspondent at the Fontenelle Hotel where coins shine, a toll-bridge encounter over the Missouri at Yankton, S Dakota, with a cautious guard and a half-dollar, and a remark on counterfeit coins. Also history on Jim Killian recalling Churchill’s 1908 Westminster Abbey wedding. Community notes from Johnson School feather trivia and a surprise baby bassinet, postal quip on airmail to Baranquilla. Odyssey of Arthur the Indian guide at Paradise Camp in Quibell Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Omaha
Fontenelle
Homer
Montrose
Missouri River
Yankton
S. C
Chic
Jim Killian
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Clementine Hozier
Westminster Abbey
London
Europe
Mr. Killian
Baranquilla
Colombia
Gazette Office
J. K. von Lackum
E G Kieck
Alex Fidler
Delbert Stanton
Arthur
Paradise Camp
Canon Lake
Quibell
Ontario
Woman's Club Art and Music Programs Planned Weekly
The Woman's Club announces art department hosts with Mrs A B Van Dyke and Mrs Frank T Gates presiding at 2 15 p m. The program covers Ernest Thompson Seton book review by Mrs H J Hromek. Chorus and music department meetings follow with discussions, songs, and guest performers. A nature and garden talk by Mrs J Carl Baumhoefner on chrysanthemums is scheduled, plus a health education benefit bridge and dessert luncheon Friday at the clubhouse. Reservations via Mrs Frank K Powers or Mrs R B Burch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. van Dyke
Frank T. Gates
Ernest Thompson Seton
H. J. Hromek
Nature and Garden Department
J. Carl Baumhoefner
Joseph Mekota
Health Education Department
Woman’s Club
Frank K Powers
R. B. Burch
Bundles for Britain shipment sent from Cedar Rapids chapter
Eight cartons of clothes and shoes were shipped to Bun dles for Britain headquarters in New York City by Cedar Rapids chapter. The goods include used garments for men women and children cleaned and ready for use. The Bundles for Britain office on the Me Too building third floor is open for donations and volunteer work. A bake sale is planned for early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Britain
Bundles For
Me Too
Coe Girl Misses Excitement Of Bullfights In Mexico
Ann Tamarr i reports Lucille Henderson a Coe College freshman from Mexico City who longs to attend bullfights in Chihuahua. She contrasts Mexican life with Midwestern college life, recalls Ar millita and Balderas, and shares family ties to mining, culture, and plans to teach English someday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Land
Lucille Henderson
Coe College
Chihuahua
Armillita
Toreador
Tyrone Power
Balderas
Toreader
Mexico
Henderson
Lucille
Mary
J. H. Henderson
el Potosi Mining Company
Mrs Henderson
Concepcion Revilla Saenz
Lindenwood Inaugural Attended By Lindenwood Figures
Dr. Harry M. Gage inaugurates Lindenwood College eleventh president in St. Charles Missouri on Founders Day. Guests include Deans C Harve Geiger Mary Bell and others plus a Cedar Rapids delegation. Mayflower Chapter D A R hosts luncheon with devotions a new member Dorothy Stoler and a quiz on The Constitution. Rummage sale planned for Oct 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Gage
Lindenwood College
C. Harve Geiger
Mary Bell
Ethel Ryan
George N. Harless
Billy
Betty Gage
St. Charles
Dean Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Fred J. Kluss
Twenty Third Street Drive
Mayflower
Donald S. Barry
W. E. Peschau
Milo Wenger
Robert W. Livingston
C. W. Perkins
Charles M. Fisher
Emma Elliott
Coe Players Prepare Love's Labour Lost at Little Theater
Coe College prepares to stage Love's Labour Lost with Kent Andrews directing. costumes in gold and silver lame and brocade are being crafted. the set mimics Queen Elizabeths courtyard with a fountain and arches. The queen will appear on stage, and the audience arrival is part of the performance. The show runs November 11 to 14 at the Coe theater and travels to Franklin high school on November 17, Marshalltown on November 18, and Eldora later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College Little Theater
Kent Andrews
Queen Elizabeth's Palace
Mr Andrews
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Beth
Dee Little Theater
Coe
Franklin High School
Marshalltown
Eldora
Miss Hogan and Dillon Franks Marry in Monticello Church
Kathleen Hogan daughter of Dr and Mrs Mark Hogan of Monticello wed Dillon W Franks son of Mr and Mrs Edward Franks of Lisbon at Sacred Heart Church Monticello. Officiating priest Rev A L Lorenz, with Mary Lucille Rickless singing Ave Maria. Reception at Hogan home. couple plans two week southern states trip before settling in Lisbon. Both families noted, Franks in lumber business, Hogan family hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Hogan
Mark F. Hogan
Monticello
Dillon W. Franks
Edward M. Franks
Lisbon
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Mary Lucille Rickless
Dubuque
Mary Olive
Roland Goudy
Jean Hogan
Stuart M. Franks
Robert P. Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Hogan Home
Lillian Locher
Mary Beth Mackay
Madison
S. D
Mary Kennedy
New Hampton
Winifred Wiley
Kennedy
Miss Mackay
Kappa Alpha Theta
College Club Hears SUI String Quartet
The University of Iowa string quartet performed for Cedar Rapids College Club members at the Cedar Rapids Woman's club house. Players Arnold Small Julia Mueller Hans Koelbel and Otto Jelenek shared a program as Mrs. W. L. Barnard introduced it and officers oversaw the event with hostesses and guest Bee thoven club members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa String Quartet
Cedar Rapids College Club
Cedar Rapids Woman's’ Club
Arnold M. Small
Eastman
Carnegie
Julia Mueller
Eastman School
England
Hans Koelbel
Leipzig Conservatory
Europe
Chicago Opera Company
Otto Jelenek
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
W. L. Barnard
John T. Hecker
Richard Buresh
Paul Henderson
University of Arizona
R. D. Conley
Iowa State College
P. F. Beizanson
Eau Claire State Teachers College
Margaret Guthrie
State Normal
Bloomington
Rachel Morgan
Ralph Lanning
University of Iowa
Forrest Maag
Simpson
University of Oregon
C. C. Tucker
Ohio State
Jean Davidson
Buena Vista College
Halloween Party Celebrations At Local Homes
A Halloween party hosted by Mary Ann McWilliams at 2248 Grande avenue SE featured games and dancing with numerous guests listed. Katharyn Barry held a fifth birthday party Saturday afternoon with a large group of friends. An executive Panhellenic meeting is set for Monday 730 pm at Mrs. Roy Loudermilk’s home. Tea hosted for Mrs. Drury Davis of Evanston by Mrs. Frederick G. Murray at 1829 B avenue NE. Visitors include Mrs. Lynn Pratt of Chicago with her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann McWilliams
M. D. McWilliams
Grande Avenue
Mary Sue Ristine
Margaret Curray
Flora Robinson
Ann Wadsworth
Polly Green
June Pardera
Nancy Frazee
Ilene Warner
Mary Helen Armstrong
Jean Hartman
Joanne Greene
Leila Mueller
Marcia McWilliams
Dick Hunter
Bob Miller
Katharyn Barry
John W. Barry
Twenty-third Street
Louise Barry
Sharon Gaston
Betty Nelson
Susan
Margaret McIntyre
Anne
Mary Elizabeth Hess
Jane
Phillip Montgomery
Carolyn
Johnny Knapp
Jeanne Harper
Owen Winterberg
Marjorie
Sally Hahn
Kay
Janet Herrbach
The
Cedar Rapids Panhellenic Association
Roy Loudermilk
Commonwealth Apartments
Drury Davis
Evanston
Ill
Frederick G. Murray
B Avenue NE
Davis
Wallace S. Hamilton
Lynn Pratt
Chicago
James M. Knox
Picnic at Stonebraker Home Draws Out-of-Town Guests
The Stonebraker residence at 1258 Second Avenue SE hosted a Saturday picnic supper for guests from Evanston and Chicago. Attending were Drury Davis and wife, Miss Betty Hamilton, Herbert Licht, Robert and Mary Yaw, Charles Roberts Jr, Harriette Hamilton, Henrietta Dows, Howard Smith, and Jim Hamilton, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Stonebraker
Second Avenue SE
Drury Davis
Evanston
Betty Hamilton
Herbert Licht
Chicago
Robert E. Yaw
Charles D Roberts, Jr
Harriette Hamilton
Henrietta Dows
Howard Smith
Jim Hamilton
Mrs Morehead Daughters To Fete Miss Husak
Hostesses at Cedar Rapids Country Club breakfast honor Miss Mary Frances Husak on her upcoming November wedding to Herbert L. Morehead Jr. Guests include Mrs. Ben Douglas of Grinnell and several local residents. another dinner at Elks Club honors Mrs. Ben Miller of La Jolla and her son Elmer Miller with sixteen attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Herbert L. Morehead
Sixteenth Street
Patricia
Dorothy
Mary Frances Husgak
Herbert L. Morehead, Jr
Ben Douglas
Grinnell
J. J Roushar
D. B. Conley
Victor
Ruth Neary
Mary Nick Olson
Lucille Funkey
Mary Kay Jennings
Mary Frances Lee
Mary Esther Gibson
Patricia Stephens
Robert Maddigan
John Andrie
Vernon Hendryx
Frank J. Husak
Robert Keehn
Don C. Cook
Ellis Boulevard
Edith Durin
Jennie Little
Linden Drive
Elks Club
Ben Miller
la Jolla
Calif
Elmer Miller
A. E. Durin
A A U W Group Meetings and Moving Party
Homemakers group of A A U W will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in the home of Mrs James D Hill 222 Fifth Avenue SW Mrs G W Brown will have charge of the program Creative crafts group meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the home of Miss Elizabeth Witt 1225 Second Avenue SE Mrs W J Hladky opens her home Tuesday at 1 p m to members of the Spanish study group of A A U W and all association members who want to learn Spanish Dr and Mrs Myron L Koenig will move to 1902 E Avenue NE Monday entertaining last evening at a moving party Twelve attended the potluck and evening festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.E.O
Rosalind Nelson
Seventh Avenue SE
Helen Hibnes
Scandinavia
Alaska
Katherine Bryan
Helen Dunn
John Vernon Lawson
Betty Ann Lehman
C. V. Lehman
Fifth Avenue SE
Lehman
Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
George Lawson
Boone
Homemakers Group of
James D. Hill
Fifth Avenue
G. W. Brown
Creative Crafts Group
Elizabeth Witt
Second Avenue SE
W. J. Hladky
Aveenue
A.A. U
Koenig
Myron L. Koenig
E Avenue NE
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson School
West Side
Woman's Club
E. W. Reed
Guy McKibben
Ralph Groom
Scotland
Lulu Engelman Welty
Jackie Mordorst
Dorothy Hurka
Catherine Ann Duster
O. J. Elsenbast
Charles Earhart
Co. E. Ferris
Nature and Garden
Hesser
J. W. Hesser
Carl K. Linge
Helen Murch
Des Moines
R. D. Spears
Ralph D. Spears
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Paul Kinney
Karen Louise
Kenneth Maddens
Kenneth Madden
Carroll Drive
Bridge Club
Russell F. Knapp
Byron Anderson
Miss Nelson
Ann Tamarri
Sierra Madre Mountains
Hendersons
Mexico City
Fresnillo
Zacatecas
Mary Kay Fiebig
Cottage Grove Avenue
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Vesper Choir
Voorhees Hall
Manana
Gage
Lindenwood
Gazette Shoto
Miss Hogan
D. W. Franks
Mrs. Franks
Sacred Heart High School
Mount Mercy Junior College of
Mr. Franks
Lisbon High School
Alpha Tau Omega Social Fraternity
Interfraternity Council
Don Hersch
Barrington
T. Frank Hersch
Greenwood Drive
Carl B Myers
Hersch
Lou Footefield
Stamford
Tex
Constance Sheridan
Hal R. Sheridan
Avenue
DR. C. 8. Foster
C. S. Foster
Blake Boulevard
Houston
Tyge J. Rothes
Tyge J. Rothe
Minneapolis
College Club
SUI String Quartet
Panhellenic
Dows
Montieur Photo
Stonebraker Home
California
A.A.U.W. Group Meetings
Homemakers
Creative Crafts
Colonial Cabinet Shop
Vernon Ave
Dial
Custom Ceann
Craemer's
Marion D
Antoine Caserta
Cédar Rapids
Maddigan School OF Music
International Repute
Bolm and
Fokine
Caserta
Maddigan
School of Music, Dramatic Art, and Dancing Academy
Third Street
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