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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1942

Page

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Lady in a Jam name origins linked to wartime theater scene

Local theater chatter traces the nickname Lady in a Jam to a line spoken by soldiers during Irene Dunne and Patric Knowles film work at Williams field near Chandler Arizona. The anecdote ties to Lieut G K Wodtke and family and recalls a brassbound era of home front humor and serviceman life.

G. K. Wodtke G. M. Wodtkes Crescent Street

Back To College Rush In Cedar Rapids Area

As Labor Day ends Cedar Rapids youths prepare for college staffed by Iowa State Ames and multiple eastern schools. Students head to Ward Belmont Shipley Shattuck Carleton Brown Northwestern and other campuses for registration and classwork while some remain near home for Iowa institutions.

Cedar Rapids University of Iowa

Miss Sylvia Hardy Engaged to Ensign James Trewin

Herbert A. Hardy of Beresford South Dakota announces the engagement of daughter Sylvia Hardy to Ensign James Arthur Trewin son of Mr and Mrs Harold R Trewin 1950 Fourth Avenue SE No wedding date set The bride elect is a 1941 Iowa State College graduate affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta She was treasurer and vice president of the Women's Athletic Association and treasurer of Phi Upsilon Omicron She is employed as merchandiser at Montgomery Ward Chicago Ensign Trewin earned a 1940 BS in Mathematics from Iowa State College and was senior manager of the swimming team He later earned an MBA from Wharton in 1942 and is in the naval reserves supply corps attending Harvard Business School in Cambridge Massachusetts

Herbert A. Hardy Ber Esford S. D Sylvia Hardy James Arthur Trewin Harold R. Trewin Fourth Avenue SE Iowa State College Gamma Phi Beta Women's Athletic Association Phi Upsilon Omicron Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago Ensign Trewin Iowa State Tlege Sigms Alpha Epsilon Ensignees Penn Wharton School of Finance Philadelphia Supply Corps Naval Reserves Naval Supply School Harvard School of Business Cambridge Mass

Miss McLeod and Mr Newberry wed at St Pauls

Miss Dorothy Ann McLeod and F Devere Newberry were married Saturday afternoon at St Pauls Methodist Church. The ceremony featured Miss Mary Ellen McLeod as maid of honor and bridesmaids Miss Carol McLeod and Miss Zoe Shipton. George Stone of Chicago served as best man with ushers Richard Pugh and a McLeod. The couple received guests at a church parlor reception with a three tier cake and floral decor.

St. Paul's Methodist Church Dorothy Ann McLeod R. W. McLeod Vernon Road F. Devere Newberry O. D. Newberry Washington Avenue SE Dr. Charles Mary Ellen McLeod Carol McLeod Zoe Shipton George Stone Chicago Richard Pugh Williamsburg Ae McLeod

Mr Bennett to wed Miss Norton in Springfield ceremony

Mrs Norton plans a Springfield Mass wedding for Eleanor Maralee Norton to Bennett Gardner Magedoes Seoukas Gowan Md. The couple will wed with a reception at the church Guild room and a Martha's Vineyard honeymoon. Attendants include Doris Walker maid of honor and bridesmaids Christine Ritchie Carolyn Walton Pearl Rhodes Elizabeth Patten. Bennett is a second lieutenant and a Westinghouse chemist's son with guests from Cedar Rapids Boston Brooklyn and Amherst.

Springfield Mass Eleanor Maralee ‘Norton Horatio Gates Norton Eee See Bennett Gardner Magedoes Seoukas Gowan Harris Holt Bennett Blake Boulevard John Love Doris Walker Christine Ritchie Boston Carolyn Walton Brooklyn N. Y Pearl Rhodes Leyden Elizabeth Patten Sterling Bennett Robert D. Walker Chester L. Thorndike, Jr Roland Holmes David Thompson Martha’s Vineyard Island Cape Cod American International College Sield Westingouse East Sield Bennett Atten Iowa State College

Becomes Bride of Lieut. Mercer in Coronado

Dr and Mrs G A Kay of Dallas announce Miss Barbara Louise Rogers and Lieut Melville Mercer wed on September 1 at Coronado. Rogers a Cedar Rapids native tied to S M U sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mercer SMU graduate in Kappa Alpha and air corps member.

G. A. Kay Dallas Texas Barbara Louise Rogers Melville Coronado Cedar Rapids Franklin High School Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Lieut Mercer Kappa Alpha Fraternity Air Corps

Summer Picnic Closes Cedar Rapids Country Club Season

A Cedar Rapids Country Club picnic marked the end of summer with bonfires, games, and group singing Saturday evening. Several Dutch treat groups formed among members including families and visitors from Iowa City, Waterloo, Louisville and New York, sharing meals and socializing on and around the fifteenth hole.

Cedar Rapids Country Club Cedar Rapids Robert E. Yaw Patricia Salter Marianne Corey Henrietta Dows Dorothy Miller Jeanne Marshall James Coquillette Scotty Swisher Iowa City David Pickford Dick Brecunier Waterloo J. Harold Horan Roy E. Choate Charles A. Spears Charles Spears, Jr Louisville Harold N. Graves Harlan R. Amen E. Beattie David Beardsley Howard Green Frank Byers Kenneth Lindsay Carl Jordan Sutherland C. Dows Herbert Stamats L. V. Bower J. J. Mokrejs Robert Mokrejs New York City L. Crabbe James Canfield M. A. Chehak

Ralph Leo Receives Praise In Major Papers

The Chicago Tribune lauds Mr. Lee as a model of English diction in song. Chas. E. Watt notes superior enunciation in Chicago. The New York American calls Ralph Leo recital an artistic success while the Boston Post reports an ovation. Leo sang Gurnemanz in Parsifal with Metropolitan Opera performers Arthur Middleton and Marie Rappold and later partnered with Middleton in The Age of Five with accompanists from the orchestra. He plans to award scholarships to a worthy high school baritone and soprano.

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