Patricia Graves and Dr MacVane Wed in Cedar Rapids
Patricia LaPlante Graves and Dr William Leslie MacVane II united in marriage at First Christian church Cedar Rapids last evening. The ceremony was performed by the bride’s grandfather the Rev Willis N Graves with a reception for about 400 guests at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. The wedding party included bridesmaids and a matron of honor in slipper satin gowns, a kiss of gardenias and tuberoses, and attendants from Cedar Rapids Indianapolis Terre Haute Evanston and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Nathan Graves
Linden Drive
William Leslie MacVane II
Baltimore
William Leslie MacVane
Portland
First Christian Church
Willis N. Graves
Logan
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Marianne Corey
Henrietta Dows
Mary Jane Murdock
Walton P. Keller
Cedar Rapids
Caroline White
Evanston, Il
Betty McCall
Nancy Adair
Indianapolis
Thomas Riddick
MacVane
Charles Daniel
Terre Haute
Ind
Bill Lattner
Bill Wheeler
Glenn W. Higbee, Jr
John Choate
Frank Bates, Jr
Patricia LaPlante Graves
Burgundy
Sherry
Miss French and George Tilson plan October wedding
Engagement announced by Miss French and Mr Tilson with a October marriage planned. Parents of the bride reside at 308 Eighteenth Street SE and Tilson is son of Mr and Mrs Richard Tilson of 111 Tenth Street NW Both are Immaculate Conception graduates and he works at Walter French Paint Company. A tea at Cedar Rapids Country Club honors the bride elect and relatives today with about fifty guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Louise French
George S. Tilson
Walter James French
Eighteenth Street
Tilson
Richard 13. Tilson
Tenth Street NW
Miss French
Immaculate Conception High School
Coe College
Chi Omega
Immaculate Conception
Walter French
Walter French Painte Company
Robert E. Hyde
Robert S. Savage
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Savage
Claude W. Galloway
Jean Savage
Joseph B. Scannell
Laverne Green
Jeanne Howell
Exodus of Students To College Has Begun
Cedar Rapids families prepare for departures as students head to colleges nationwide. Gardner Cowles Quarton leaves for Harvard Medical School in Cambridge. Joanne Crawford goes to DePauw University in Greencastle. Joan Yessler will enter Oberlin College and other teens head to Dartmouth and Tabor Academy with family farewells noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Cowles Quarton
Sumner D. Quarton
Indian Road
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Medical School
Greencastle
Ind
William C. Crawford
Vernon Drive
Joanne
DePauw University
Joan Yessler
J. A. Yessler
Fourth Avenue
Oberlin College
Oberlin,o
First Day Joy as Local Kindergartners Begin
Children start kindergarten in a community wave of pride. John Hamilton son of Dr and Mrs Henry H Hamilton at 127 Cottage Grove Ave SE begins at Arthur. Michael O Donnell son of Mr and Mrs Harry G O Donnell at 2220 Grande Ave SE and Mary Ann Turnbull join Johnson group. Mary Ann Hickok Turnbull granddaughter of Dr and Mrs Charles T Hickok at 2018 5th Ave SE is daughter of Capt James L Turnbull stationed at Camp Wolters. Carol Nilles daughter of Louis J Nilles at 1914 Grande Ave SE attends Immaculate Conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamilton
Henry H. Hamilton
Cottage Grove Avenue
Arthur
Michael O'Donnell
Harry G. O'Donnells
Grande Avenue
Mary Ann Turnbull
Johnson
Mary Ann
Charles T. Hickok
5Th Avenue SE
James L. Turnbull
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Tex
Art Association Readies Annual Membership Drive in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Art Association plans its annual membership drive starting Monday Sept 15 with over 150 solicitors. The drive supports a city art program at the public library gallery begun in 1896 and expanded after Carnegie funds in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Art Association
E. M. Sefton
Coe College
Marvin Cone
Grant Wood
Wood
Cedar Rapids
American Federation of Arts
Art Center
Bundles for Britain Benefit Bridge Set at Roosevelt Hotel
Fabian Engel named general chairman for Bundles for Britain benefit bridge to be held Thursday Oct 2 at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids. Proceeds support British soldiers and civilians. Announced by Mrs Sherman Yates with plans for prizes and organized foursomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabian Engel
Second Avenue SE
Britain
Roosevelt Hotel
Sherman Yates
Cedar Rapids
Alan Kenna
Dunics Wlakeil
Florentine
Carl F. Jordan
Yates
A. J. Diebold
Leo Carney
A. L. Smulekoff
Burgess West
M. J. Frankel
Ristines Return From Summer Cottage Time
Mr and Mrs Henry Ristine their daughter Mary Sue and Mrs Glenn C Wheeler return to Cedar Rapids after August at the Ristine cottage on Hungry Jack Lake near Grand Marais Minnesota. Mr Ristine joined for the last week. Leaving Saturday by motor were Mr and Mrs Harry A Palmer who will tour the north east visiting relatives in Milwaukee Port Arthur Montreal Quebec New York City Cleveland and Chicago before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ristine
Crescent Street
Mary Sue
Glenn C. Wheeler
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Ristine
Hungry Jack Lake
Grand Marias
Minn
Harry A. Palmer
Fourth Avenue SE
Milwaukee
Port Arthur
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
New England States
New York City
William R. Fuller
Fuller
Cleveland
Chicago
W. J. Bakken
Bakken
Miss Jean Engelman Engaged to Robert Safley in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Frank E. Krider hosted a tea for 100 guests at 1740 Fourth Avenue SE honoring Miss Jean E. Engelman, bride elect of Robert S. Safley of Oelwein. The couple plans a October 4 wedding at First Lutheran Church. Safley is a Coe College graduate with Chi Beta Phi affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Krider
Fourth Avenue SE
O. F. Paulsen
Max Mildenstein
William Williams
Kay Dolan
Lulu Engelman Welty
Woodrow Bockhaus
Ruth Esther Morgan
Engelman
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids Business
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patricia Graves
Dr. MacVane
Kenneth Adair
John D. Randall
Owen N. Elliott
Arthur Tschirgi
E. J. Lattner
Roy E. Choate
George Tilson
Ralph P. Schump
Washington Avenue SE
MacVane-Graves
L. P. Boudreaux
William B. Quarton
T. M. Ingersoll
A. J. Coburn
Chester A. Barth
Dallas
A. J. Barth
Forest Drive
McMillans
Lake
J. T. McMillan
James ‘McMillan
Mary McMillan
Love Lake
Danbury
Wis
McMillan
United States
Eugene Pinney
Eugene M., Pinneys
Ridgeway Drive
Horace Hedges, Jr
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Pinneys
Tabor Academy
Marion
Carol Nilles
Louis J. Nilles
Grande Avenue SE
Art Association
Edward B. Rowan
J. Elliott Davis
J. T. Grayston
M. H. Morrison, Jr
DeVere Smith
Howard van Winkle
Perry West
Harry Chadima
David Bleakley
Milo Chehak
Alfred Nutt
B. T. Perrine
Harm Peters
Chester Salter
P. A. Stover
Richard H. Weldhouse
Harold Domeny
Homer C Carrier
Allen Dunn
Bill Campbell
Benefit
Shakespeare Club
John E. Stansbury
Country Club Parkway SE
Harold R. Trewin
Henry the Eighth
Harry Palmers
East
Jean Engelman
Me Angee
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