Nine Duchesses Contend For Queen At Allied Industrial Ball
Nine candidates from Cedar Rapids at the Allied Industrial League coronation pageant compete for the 1940 Queen title. Attendants and a secret committee will reveal the royal pair as they pass the Me morial auditorium, with candidates including Martha Philipp Frances Melsha Margaret Forbes Helen Kunz Georgia McQuerry and Mrs Don Hunt among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Industrial League
Frances Ruth Melsha
Secret Committee
Wes Melsha
Brucemore Cottage
Sinclair Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Miss Melsha
Roosevelt High School
Don L. Hunt
Twenty-third Street Drive
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Light Company
Hunt
M. C. Kinseth
Bradgate
Roxy Jepsen and Elmer Nemecek Wed in Cedar Rapids
Miss Mae Riley named dark horse for Welch-Cook-Bears crown as industrial pageant candidates prepare for Memorial Coliseum coronation next Friday night. Roxy Jepsen and Elmer Nemecek wed at St. Wenceslaus with Rev. Syrovy officiating. couple resides at 3301 Mount Vernon Ave SE Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Riley
Welch-Cook- Bears
James C. Riley
Sixteenth Avenue
Welch-Cook-Beals
Memorial Coliseum
Industrial League
Chris Jepsen
Springville
Roxy
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Nemecek
W. J. Nemecek
St. Wenceslaus Church
Joseph A. Syrovy
Lumir Zak
Lester Nemecek
Mrs. Nemecek
Mount Vernon Avenue
Legion Auxiliary Fall Conference Attendees and Activities
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary gathered for a fall conference in Wheatland with district and Cedar Rapids units represented. The program included leadership talks by district and department officers, a business meeting, a tea with student entertainment, and 233 delegates registered for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
Mount Mercy
Sacred Heart Hall
Academy
Davy
Edward J. McPartland
Martha Womachil
Catherine Graham
Margaret Tekippe
American Legion Auxiliary
Hanford Post
Wheatland
E. V. Reidesel
John K. Sawyer
Winterset
M. Myrton Shelley
Harland Briggs
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Lundquist
Walter A. Kansky
Robert M. Vesely
Earl Heinze
J. P. Winn
R. A. Duthbert
F. C. Parrish
H. Gunderson
H. Travis
Walter Payne
R. Adams
Roy Decker
Louis Schirm
V. Koffron
A. D. Holbrook
J. H. Walsh
Charles McGinty
O. H. Lundquist
Dan Kruidenier
Gladys Wilson
F. W. Kopp
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Hosted by Morrissey and Hofferd
Leo Morrissey and Bob Hofferd hosted a party for about twenty guests on a Saturday night. They met at the Hofford home and began with a scavenger hunt then danced at Leo Morrissey’s uncle and aunt, M. W. O'Rieley, 2151 Blake Boulevard SE, with Halloween decorations and refreshments served at the O'Rieley residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Morrissey
Leo A. Morrissey
Fifth Avenue
Bob Hofferd
Orville Hofferd
Sixteenth Street
Hofford
Leo
M. W. O'Rieley
Blake Boulevard
O’rieley
Illinois Iowa guests fill local social pages
Duesers host relatives from Urbana Illinois and Davenport for a family visit. Harms receive Lorenzen sisters as guests in Davenport and at Garden Drive SE. Local clubs host meetings including Alpha Gamma Delta Mothers club luncheon and OES past matrons gathering with travel talk. Community groups plan discussions on diets and literature with local ladies assisting and entertaining at church teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Dueser
Eighteenth Street
Mr. Dueser
F. H. Dueser
Urbana, Ill
Miss Marie Lorenzen
Davenport
Miss Lorenzen
Herl Lorenzen
A. E. Harms
Garden Drive
Cedar
O.E.S
Anna Lamey
Park Terrace SE
Agnes King
Jo Ann Bode
Wilda Moulds
Etta Perry
Elizabeth Chase
Lou Ann Morton Birthday Party Noted By Area Friends
Mrs. W. E. Morton and Mrs. R. D. Brown hosted a party Saturday afternoon for Lou Ann Morton on her fourteenth birthday. Guests included Cathryn Bachman Bonnie Adesen Carolyn Nelson Beverly Mario and Phyllis Brown. Other items mention Iowa Sigma chapter of Delta Theta Chi meeting at the YWCA plans for four pledges and fall dance arrangements at the Mon trose Crystal ballroom plus program notes from the Hard of Hearing society and a Plow Jockeys wiener roast group gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Morton
R. D. Brown
Lou Ann Morton
Brown
Johnson Avenue NW
Lou Ann
Cathryn Bachman
Bonnie Adesen
Carolyn Nelson
Beverly Mario
Phyllis Brown
Iowa Sigma Chapter
Delta Theta Chi
Jean Wise
Charlotte Wing
Bernice Culver
Bobbie Kuhn
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose Hotel
Scout Mothers Meeting Postponed to November 8
The Scout mothers association meeting set for Wednesday is postponed until November 8 when the Cub mothers association joins to hear Harold M. Pete, national director of personnel for the national council in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout Mothers Association
Cub Mothers Association
Harold M. Pete
National Council of New York City
Woman's Club Departments Schedule Meetings and Talks
The history and literature department meets Monday at 2 30 p.m. with Mrs Keith Dunn speaking on Our Asiatic Neighbors the Chinese and Mrs O J Elsenbast reviewing The Patriot by Pearl Buck. Members collect garments for the Needlework Guild and other sections hold cookery sewing and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Dunn
O. J. Elsenbast
Pearl Buck
Anna Calderwood
American Home Department x
Gas Company
Emma Miles
Charles Bode
Oliver Wilson
L. L. Owen
A. C. Maxwell
Needlework Guild
Also Mentioned on This Page
Martha Philipp Wilson and Company
Iowa Manufacturing
Ivan J. Dailey
Margaret W. Forbes
the Gazette
Helen Kunz Penick and
Ford
X. McQuerry
lant-Choate
Naomi Doebel
League
Martha Philipp
Miss Philipp
Alwin Philipp
Third Street
Wilson and Company
St. Ludmila’s School
Marty” Philipp
Wilson’s
Lirk-Belt Speeder Corporation
Dailey
Franklin School
Mickey
Mick
E. T. Forbes
Eleventh Street
Marion
Marion High School
Mount Mercy College
Helen Kunz
Penick and Ford Laboratory
Buttercup
Grant High School
H. E. Kunz
Fifteenth Street NW
Georgia McQuerry
Eighth Street
La _ Plant-Choate Manufacturing company
Whyla Kitch
Miss McQuerry
Luther McQuerry
Williamsburg
Mary Konecny
Quaker Oats Company
Necny Is the
Mrs
Cyptain Konecny
O Avenue NW
Iowa Electric
Thompson Photos
Roxy Jepsen
MT. Mercy
Mae Riley Welch
Cook-Beals
Creative Writers Group
Elsie Magnusson
First Avenue W
Jean Currens
Social Studies
Jennie Doupnik
Monmouth College
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Monmouth, Ill
Joseph Doupnik
Hayes Street
Friwoto Camp Fire Group
Cliff Evans
Oakland Road
Darlene Cornthwaite
Minerva Delphians
Duesers, Harms
Illinois
Iowa
Mrs. Coon
Mothers’ Club
John B. Heidel
Twelfth Street
Bernice Hopper
Community Nutrition Service
John W. Barry
David M. Elderkin
Martin
Jefferson
Bready
ST. Paul's
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Charles J. Bready
Europe
John T. Massey
Hesperian Club
Blanche Hunter
Nelle Boyack
Delta Theta Chi Meeting
Hearing Society
Hard of Hearing Society
Helen Potter
Plow Jockeys Club
High Rock
Helen Aupperle
Lorraine Matthews
Marilyn Kelly
Hazel Aupperle
Nadine Florang
Helen Beem
Raymond Mizner
Bob Nemec
George Bickel
Ed Shulgin
Mike Nemec
Bernard Aupperle
Scout Mothers Meeting
Kozy
Brabbit-Taylor Music CO
King Band
First Ave
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
George Steck
Hiltbrunner Music Co
DIAL
Lasswell Studio
Master Photographers
Paramount Theater Bldg
Woman's Club Departments
International Relations
International Relations Group
Thomas A. Dewey
C. C. Moffitt
Cestry
Auldeneffin
Alletta Shadle
M. Soboda
Dewey
C. C. Hilhouse
H. E. Kensinger
Millie Davis
O. H. Adams
Kunstler
H. A. Hoberock
J. P. Mills
Philanthropic Department
Dramatic Art Department
Ways and Means
Charles Gunn
Carl Heinen
Z ¥Idge
E. W. Krickard
Aulden Griffin
Frank X. Guyott
Harry Hoyt
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Anamosa Hartman
Monticello Monte Jewelry Store
Marion Smith's Furniture Store
Meree
Carl
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