Local notes highlight Bill Reed and Cedar Rapids wartime spirit
A Cedar Rapids Gazette column notes Bill Reed leading a veterans parade at Memorial Coliseum and recalls past wartime mass enlistments. It recounts community reactions, a Rotary talk by George Haskell about a billion dollars, and brief items on Judith Ann Yee in a cast, New Yorker Beardsley rumblings, a harp gift to Y M C A soldiers, and local civic chatter on tin can collectors and a Kenwood park fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Reed
Bill
Navy
Memorial Coliseum
American Legion
Army Air Corps
Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Elbert Beaver
Beaver
Burgus
Kenwood Park
WPA
Chuck Kosek
Mrs Nelson Hosts Wednesday Social Club Picnic
The Wednesday Social club plans a 1 p.m. limncheon at the home of Mrs. C. E. Nelson 1836 Washington avenue SE. 60c. Mrs. Wall accompanies the event with the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Nelson
Washington Avenue
Aremue Circle Meeting and Red Cross Talk Planned
Members of the Aremue circle O F S will meet Friday at 2 30 p m with Mrs John Schweitzer 1714 D avenue NE Mrs Wells C Peck will speak to the group about Red Cross work in Cedar Rapids Mrs Anna Heymes will chair a committee of arrangements Chi Omega Mothers club to hold tea Thursday at 2 30 p m
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Aremue Circle
John Schweitzer
D Avenue
Wells C. Peck
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Anna Heymes
Malta
Kensington
Bever Park
Masonic Hall
George Arduser
James Camwell
Elizabeth Smith
Bride of Capt. MacKay Weds in Tallahassee Church
Miss Dorothy Meade Phillips daughter of Mrs. Frances Marion Phillips Tallahassee became the bride of Captain Donald R. MacKay son of Mr and Mrs John MacKay Joliet Illinois and grandson of Mr and Mrs S T Ross. Louise Phillips sister was maid of honor and Lieut Henry C J Evans best man. The bride a Florida State College for Women graduate and Kappa Delta member. Captain MacKay a 1935 Coe College graduate and former assistant secretary with Inter-Ocean Reinsurance now with the first air force at Mitchel Field New York. They plan a wedding trip to New Orleans and will reside in New York after September 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Episcopal Church
Tallahassee
Fla
Dorothy Meade Phillips
Frances Marion Phillips
Donald R. MacKay
John MacKay
Joliet, Ill
S. T. Ross
Sixth Avenue SE
Louise Phillips
Henry C. J. Evans
Geinterfield
Ala
Florida State College For Women
Kappa Delta
MacKay
Coe College
Army
New York
inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Cedar Rapids
First Air Force
Mitchelfield
N. Y
New Orleans
Miss Melsha Engaged To Everett Phillips
Mr and Mrs Wesley Melsha of Brucemore Cottage Sinclair avenue SE announce the engagement of their daughter Frances to Everett M Phillips of 1925 Eighth Avenue SE The wedding is set for high noon Saturday at Sinclair Memorial church The bride elect is a Roosevelt high school graduate and both work at Iowa Manufacturing Company Phillips is a McKinley high school graduate who attended the University of Iowa
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Wesley Melsha
Brucemore Cottage
Sinclair Avenue SE
Frances
Everett M. Phillips
Eighth Avenue SE
Sinclair Memorial Church
Roosevelt High School
Phillips
McKinley High School
University of Iowa
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Community hosts honor visiting MacDougal couple
Mr and Mrs L Von Linder of Adel street and Carroll drive SE hosted a buffet Friday night honoring Dr and Mrs R F MacDougal who will soon move to Omaha for army service. Guests included Mr and Mrs Sumner D Quarton and Dr and Mrs H Lloyd Miller. Lieut John W Altfillisch Jr, son of Mr and Mrs John W Altfillisch of Nineteenth street NE, returned from Camp Wheeler Ga after a five day furlough.
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Thomas F. Lange
Crescent Street
R. L. Burkland
Lancasett, Mo
John W. Altfillisch, Jr
John W. Altfillisch
Nineteenth _ street
Camp Wheeler
R. F. MacDougal
H. Lloyd Miller
Fifth Avenue SE
MacDougal
Omaha
Neb
L. von Linder
Mines
Wallace G. Boyson
von Linder
Shirley Clark
Dean Stauffacher
Arthur A. Collins
H. M. Whitaker
Richard
Wednesday Shakespeare Club Picnic and Social Events
The Wednesday Shakespeare club meets at 1 p.m. for a picnic at Ellis Park river pavilion with a rain plan at Mrs. John E. Stansbury’s home. The event is led by Mrs. C. C. Kaldenberg as chairman and includes a Julius Caesar Act II lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare Club
River Pavilion
Ellis Park
C. C. Kaldenberg
John E. Stansbury
Country Club Parkway SE
Norton clan hosts bridge club affair and anniversaries
A Saturday picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Amor H. Sargent on Washington avenue SE gathered 12 bridge club members. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cuyler of Davenport visit Norton family as they mark sixth and Norton’s thirty first anniversaries. Barbara Dunshee held a barbecue party at 1844 First avenue NE with 35 guests and a slumber party afterwards. Mrs. Russ Gray, visiting the J E Bennett home, plans to return to Rockford Illinois Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ann Fee
James Yee
D Avenue
Judith Ann
Rochester
Mich
Crissman
W. L. Crissman
Fifth Avenue SE
M. H. Crissman
Paonia
Colo
Des Moines
Amor H. Sargent
Washington Avenue
Bridge Club
A. C. Nortons
Charles S. Cuyler
Davenport
Mrs. Cuyler
A. C. Norton
Forest Drive
Cuylers
Nortons
Cuyler
Ono Barbara Dunshee
Barbara Dunshee
Walter E. Dunshee
First Avenue NE
Dunshee
Russ Gray
J. E. Bennett
Rockford, IL
Leonard Family Returns to Michigan From Visit
Mr and Mrs Donald M Leonard and daughter Kay return to Grand Rapids Michigan after a two week stay with Mrs Leonard s parents Mr and Mrs Harry Cocker at the Windermere apartments in their Windermere residence period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Leonard
Michigan
Donald M. Leonard
Kay
Grand Rapids, Mich
Minneapolis Couple Married In Graves Home
Minneapolis residents Mae Lystad and Otto Johnson wed in a ceremony at the Harold NE Graves home in Minneapolis, performed by Dr. Robert Little. An afternoon tea and dinners followed with family and friends from Lakeside, Quincy, London, and St. Joseph, along with local hosts Mrs. Graves and others. The couple, guests, and celebrations reflect a busy social weekend at the Graves residence.
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Harold NE Graves
Linden Drive
Mae Lystad
Otto Johnson
Minneapolis
Robert Little
Roy E. Choate
Lakeside
Mary Carrott
Quincy
Moray Stevenson
London
England
Harold Graves
Mrs. Graves
Roosevelt Hotel
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Carrott
Mr. Stevenson
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Gazette News Room
North Western
Reed
NEW Yorker
Beardsley Rums
Ruml
R. H Macy and Company
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
National Resources Planning Board
National
William Baldridge
Gazette News
George E. Gaumon
Gammon
Mr. Gaumon
Mr. Gammon
Fe . YY
Elmer Wickham
Twentieth Street
Lou Burgus
Wickham
Linn County Salvage
Elmer
Daisy Wickham
Mrs. Nelson
Wall
Areme Circle
C.E
CHI Omega Mothers’ Club
Chi’ Omega Mothers’ Club
Fe Domenie
Capt
Miss Melsha
Everett Phillips
Wes Panek
Frances Melsha
Monday Shakespeare Club
Lucille Maresh
J. C. Lozier
A. R. Swen
Henry IV
Eleanor Taylor
Iowa City
Thomas F. Langes
Jean Severa
Madison
Lumir Severa
Blake Boulevard
Wis
University of Wisconsin
C.E.S
oOo Beta Sigma Phi
Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
Monae
Montrose Hotel
A. A
Otto Kohl
Otto A. Kohl
Seventeenth Street
Charles A. Anderson
Mrs. von Linder
Lieut
John Altfillisch
Georgia
Sally Stamats
Stamats
Marion Cutoff
Mrs. Black
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Robert W. Black
Grande Avenue SE
COE
C. Harve Geiger
David Berger
C. Ward Macy
Alfred W. Meyer
Lola McCullough
Ralph Hinton
Leonard Swanson
Harris Lamb
Erling Hjermstad
Robert Jones
Odo
Lee B. Winterberg
First Avenue SE
Rex V. Porter
Downers Grove
Porter
Johnson School
Wayne H. Montgomerys
Laura Thompson
Hannah Parry
Bartlesville
Okla
Robert L. Parry
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
the Palisades
Palisades
Margaret Massey
Park Avenue SE
Mary Stickles
Lindenwood
St. Charles
Lindenwood Junior College
Mary Ellen Stickies
Sixteenth Street
Mary Ellen
Walter Ragsdale
William W. Roy
Gasette
John Sivertsen
Jean
St. Paul, Minn
Sargents
Conti
Graves Home
Roswell Pickford
Weakley
L. O. Weakley
St. Joseph
Roswell H. Pickford
Elderkin
ST. Louis
David M. Elderkin
David Allan
Connie McClary
Harvey C. McClary
Barbara Booth
Mary Helen Hickman
Marcia McWilliams
Judith Boynton
Judith Johnston
Marie Louise Marshall
Penny Jones
Marjorie Hahn
Mary Miller
Susan Moon
Gretchen Figge
Sandra Torstenson
Uous Service
Hiltbrunner Music Co
Gus
Uncle Sam
Craemer A Bk
Second Avenue
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