Sororities At Iowa U Issue Pledge Lists
Twelve sororities at the University of Iowa published pledge lists at rush week close. Names of pledges span ALPHA CHI OMEGA ALPHA DELTA PI CHI OMEGA DELTA DELTA DELTA DELTA GAMMA KAPPA ALPHA THETA KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PI BETA PHI SIGMA DELTA TAU ZETA TAU ALPHA and ZETA VU ALPHA with numerous first and last names and hometowns across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Iowa
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Alpha Chi Omega
Margaret Jane Armour
Des Moines
Kathrin Best
Ironwood
Mich
Marielle Fritchen
Decorah
Pat Hecker
Ottumwa
Mary Eileen Murray
Tawa City
Margery Strain
Dunkerton
Florence Walker
Sidney
Alpha Delta PI
Barbara Anderson
Clinton
Ellen Anderson
Bethany
Janet Anderson
Rockford
Mary Lou Bell
Phyllis Hainline
Betts Ann Jones
Denver
Colo
Beverly Martin
Highland Park
Jo Adele Meyers
Manning
Jane Elizabeth Munsinger
Mary Phelan
Davenport
Marie Swanson
Alpha NI Delta
Patricia Ahrold
Eileen Biddison
PI Beta
Anne Ayers
Charlotte Brownlee
Mallard
Elizabeth Charlton
Manchester
Jennie Evans
Armes
Rosemary Ewen
Estherville
Beth Fellows
Newton
Marjorie Grim
Bluffton
Ind
Hariet Sfarlow
Voledo
Barbara Henry
Charles City
Donna Jeanne Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Connie Leonard
Chariton
Merle Travis McKay
Kansas City
Betty Reed
Duluth
Barbara Ricketts
Marjorie Ross
Shenandoah
Jean Tavstorn
Tuwai City
Ellen Wilson
Mount Ayr
Sigma Delta Tau
Dorothy Barvin
Dubuque
Miriam Buazelon
Glencoe
Nancy Bloch
Bettendorf
Edythe Bubb
Council Bluffs
Arline Cohen
Shirley Gavronsky
Centerville
Shirley Gershum
Marilyn Grossman
Janis Goldberg
St. Louis
Ruth Goodman
Milwaukee
Garner
Eileen Pomeroy
Stratford
Dorothy Rankin
Pearl Richmond
Chicago
Helen Stoner
Aurora
Shirley Streeter
New Windsor
Yvonne Voege
Alton
Evelyn Wagner
Perry
Waltonian Archers Hold Sixth Annual Fall Meet
The sixth annual fall shoot sponsored by the Wallonian archers will be held Sunday at the Ellis range in Ellis park. Eighty contestants from across the state are expected to compete in a colorful affair starting at 9:30 am with women shooting the Columbia round and men the American round. Ribbon awards will be given to the winners. The afternoon Harvest Heckle shoot offers prizes with rules revealed only after the round. Miles Fisher, Warren Hartman and Fred Enders lead the event.
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Wallonian Archers
Ellis Range
Ellis Park
Columbia
Miles Fisher
Warren Hartman
Fred Enders
Two Attend Wedding in Chicago Visit Attendants
Mrs. KE J Barker and Mrs H H Noble traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of their niece Miss Lanna Boner. They were joined by Mrs Alice Raines and sisters Mrs Cecil Cresswell and Mrs Chris Catavas, with others named in the notice.
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KE. J. Barker
E Avenue
H. H. Noble
Twelfth Street
Chicago
Lanna Boner
Tomuel Sever
Pullman
Wash
Alice Raines
Kansas City
Cecil Cresswell
Chris Catavas
Aberdeen
Ss. D
Happy-Go-Lucky Club Hosts Picnic at Shaver Park
The Happy-Go-Lucky club held a Thursday evening picnic supper at Shaver Park. Members present included Victoria Abraham Ina Mae Bissell Audrey Bissell Amelia Kriz Lea Meyers Virginia Rhinehart Velva McCalley Lora Peal Neomia Peal Virginia Schlotfelt Velma Walker and Evyln Walraven.
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Shaver Park
Victoria Abraham
Ina Mae Bissell
Audrey Bissell
Amelia Kriz
Lea Meyers
Virginia Rhinehart
Velva McCalley
Lora Peal
Neomia Peal
Virginia Schlotfelt
Velma Walker
Evyln Walraven
Mrs McWhinney Honored By Newman's Store Group
A farewell dinner at the Commonwealth tea room honored Mrs. Lester McWhinney of 1600 Third Avenue SE who is leaving Newman's store. She received a corsage and gift from the group, with many coworkers and ladies listed as attendees.
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Commonwealth Tea Room
Newman's
Lester McWhinney
Third Avenue SE
McWhinney
Ethel Pirie
Mary Reilly
Helen Buchanan
Esther Osborn
Bessie Bacon
Marjorie Beach
Bertha Whitsel
Myrtle Struck
Leona Heil
Kathryn Kirby
Jeanette Totton
Bea Johnson
E. Brown
J. A. Carper
Owen Buss
I. Louvar
B. L. Dodge
Harry Benesh
George Story
Sam Endsley
Charles J. McKim
Charles Johnson
James Netolicky
Richard Michalicek
Auxiliary to Railway Conductors Meet Held
The first social for the ladies auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors took place at Mrs J W Posey 359 Twentieth Street SE with hostesses Mrs T R Jensen Mrs J E Rogers Mrs Alex Lynott and Mrs T E Charter assisting. Guests included Mrs J F Lampman Mrs M J Kelly and Mrs H Pattison. The program featured readings and a review of General John J Pershing birthday in September along with a note on the 64th annual convention of the American Humane Association and National Dog Week open house at Linn County shelter.
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J. W. Posey
Twentieth Street
T. R Jensen
J. £. Rogers
Alex Lynott
T E. Charter
J. FE. Lampman
M. J. Kelly
L. £. Humphrey
H. J. Pattison
American Humane Association
Omaha
Linn County
Avenue
A C E Meeting Opens Year at Grant School
Miss Irma Dovey presided at the Association of Childhood Educators first meeting of the year at Grant school. Helen Arduser serves as secretary treasurer. Committee appointments include Notification and publicity, social, state bulletin, and publications with several members named. Reports covered summer school experiences at Denver University and Columbia University.
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Irma Dovey
Association of Childhood Educators
Grant School
Helen Arduser
Dora Sykes
Mabel Swank
Helen Duncan
Flossie Grafft
Jay Anderson
Florence Felien
Helen Fisher
Tillian Anderson
Cordelia Theiss
Isabel Doty
Denver University
Elizabeth Dennis
Theiss
Columbia University
Frank Koutnik Jr Birthday Party Held by Parents
A sixteenth birthday party for Frank Koutnik Jr. was hosted by his parents at 1605 Eighth Avenue SE. The event featured patriotic table decorations and entertainment arranged by Paul Anthony and Bobby Hedberg with guests including George Pechar, Dick Durham, Leonard Koch, George Fisher, Bob Mack, Warren Pugh, Ed Griffith, Richard Navratil and Charles Dozois.
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Frank Koutnik, Jr
Frank Koutnik
Eighth Avenue SE
Paul Anthony
Bobby Hedberg
George Pechar
Dick Durham
Leonard Koch
George Fisher
Bob Mack
Warren Pugh
Ed Griffith
Richard Navratil
Charles Dozois
District 10 Picnic At Bever Park Meets In Fall
District 10 of St Pauls Methodist church held its first fall meeting Friday morning at Bever park with a picnic breakfast. Mrs Wilmer C Jones led the devotional and committees prepared for a rummage sale in October and the annual church bazaar. Mrs W J Crissman reported 74 Christmas card sales since the last meeting. Guests included Mrs George T Miller and Mrs J W Bryan.
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St Paul's Methodist Church
Bever Park
Wilmer C. Jones
Charles L. Hargrave
W. J. Crissman
George T. Miller
J. W. Bryan
Bridal party honors Mrs Edward Teahen at Mrs Rahe home
Miss Marian Rahe hosted a Thursday evening bunco and bridge party for 16 guests in Sir Fourth Avenue. Prizes went to Miss Mary Virginia Glenn and Miss Mary Scanlan. A dessert luncheon featured a Sea of Matrimony centerpiece with a sailboat and bridal couple, life savers, and sailboat place cards. A gift was presented to the bride.
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Edward Teahen
Marian Rahe
Fourth Avenue
Mary Virginia Glenn
Mary Scanlan
Young Women's bureau meeting at Velma Shimek home
The Young Women's bureau met Wednesday evening at 1837 D Street SW. The diversion was buneo with prizes going to Marjorie Sullivan and Agnes Hermanek. Other members present included Evelyn Hillmer Miriam E Steh lik Maxine Spencer Kathryn Schamberger Florence Gunzen hauser and Lois Rohwedder. The next meeting will be at Kathryn Blair's home.
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Young Women's Bureau
Velma Shimek
D Street
Buneo
Marjorie Sullivan
Agnes Hermanek
Evelyn Hillmer
Miriam E. Stehlik
Maxine Spencer
Kathryn Schamberger
Florence Gunzenhauser
Lois Rohwedder
Kathryn Blair
Miss Annie Laurie Burks Bride Elect Showered in Courtesy
A Thursday evening party hosted by Mrs. Laura Burks at 632 0 Avenue NW honored Miss Annie Laurie Burks, who will wed Dayle Moyer. Guests included 35 attendees who received presents after a mock wedding and bingo. Assistants were Mrs. Lois Cook, Mrs. R. W. Angel and Mrs. A. L. Littleton.
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Annie Laurie Burks
Dayle Moyer
Laura Burks
Avenue NW
Lois Cook
R. W. Angel
A. L. Littleton
Fall Fashion Show Highlights Milady Styles And Fabrics
The William company fall fashion show emphasized reserve and simplicity with slimmer silhouettes, shorter flares, and torso length jackets. Black dominated, with browns greens blues and rusts. skirts stayed long, jackets as dresses appeared, and jewelry furs and accessories offered versatile daytime to evening looks.
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Milady
Willian Company
Mrs. Edmondson Honors Miss Lavertia Mikesell at Shower
Mrs Hazel Edmondson hosted a dessert supper and kitchen shower Thursday for Miss Lavertia Mikesell, bride elect. Tables boasted American Beauty roses and asters, favors were miniature kitchen supplies, gifts were opened for entertainment, with prizes awarded to Mrs Lillian Sheetz Mrs Martin Thomsen and Miss Mikesell.
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Hazel Edmondson
Juavertia Mikesell
Lillian Sheetz
Martin Thomsen
Mikesell
Mrs Cresswell Visits Cedar Rapids Relatives
Mrs Cecil Cresswell of Kansas City Mo visited Cedar Rapids relatives including her sister Mrs Ellis Barker at 1712 FE Avenue NE and Mr and Mrs Edward Dvorak at 242 Johnson Avenue NW She is the former Josephine Raines of Cedar Rapids.
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Cecil Cresswell
Kansas City
Ellis Barker
FE Avenue
Edward Dvorak
Johnson Avenue NW
Josephine Raines
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club Hosts Health Education Luncheon
Forty two members and guests of the Cedar Rapids Health Education Department attended a luncheon and bridge party at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Prizes were awarded for contract and auction bridge with Mesdames Ziegler Colburn Fleury Danner Lincoln among winners and Mesdames Whitcomb Armstrong Monroe Brown as hosts.
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Health Education Department
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Armstrong
R. A. Monroe
A. G. Brown
Jane Boyd Circle Plans Fall Bazaar and Red Cross Sewing
The Jane Boyd circle of the King’s Daughters met for a dessert luncheon at 2114 Bever Avenue SE hosted by Mrs. R. W. Maxson with Mrs. Ross Grange assisting. Mrs. A. F. Sander presided as president as members voted to do Red Cross sewing and chose delegates for the Waterloo state convention. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Pugh’s home.
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Jane Bosd
King's Daughters
R. W. Maxson
Bever Avenue
Ross Grange
William Hughes
A. F. Sander
Red Cross
Waterloo
Sander
David R. Pugh
J. C. Wooleyhan
Bert Anderson
Pugh
P T A Meeting Highlights P. T. A Work Theme
Mrs V L Spohn council president led Fillmore P T A discussions on The Purposes of P T A Work. Mrs G H Johanes reported on the council meeting and introduced Miss Marjorie Donohue who presented teachers Mathilde Menzel Pauline Wershofen Doreen Cobb Marc Kugler Bessie Maloney with class assignments.
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V. L. Spohn
Fillmore P. T. A
G. H. Johanes
Marjorie Donohue
Mathilde Menzel
Pauline Wershofen
Doreen Cobb
Marc Kugler
Bessie Maloney
Scottish dance and social events at kindergarten group
Larue Morrison and Ruby Scheneberger with Mrs Nye led a Scottish dance while a piano piece was played. Hospitality chair Mrs Harry Jones supervised games to mingle members. Executive committee hostesses included Mrs Cr Johnson and Mrs G H Johanos at the table. A friendship tea is planned for Thursday 2 to 4 pm at the school. A card party is set for October 16 in the Glow room of the Gas Company.
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Larue Morrison
Ruby Scheneberger
Betty Lou Pfeffer
Nye
Nola
Harry Jones
Cr. Johnson
G. H. Johanos
Lincoln PTA Opens Year With Welcome For New Members
The first Lincoln PTA meeting of the year was held Tuesday with Mrs. Harold Miner presiding. Forty attended and were welcomed as new members. Mrs. S. V. Shonka spoke on What P. T. A Means to Me. A social hour followed, hosted by the executive committee, with Mrs. John B. Frasher and Mrs. Lester Wiese at the tea table.
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Lincoln Pta
Harold Miner
S. V. Shonka
John B. Frasher
Lester Wiese
Byrnes Attacks Willkie as Inexperienced Leader
Senator James F Byrnes charged Friday night that Republican Wendell Willkie’s campaign speeches prove he is an inexperienced leader who would threaten democracy more than a Roosevelt third term. Byrnes said a true danger comes from an inexperienced leadership that may panic in crisis, not from an experienced statesman.
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Washington
James F Byrnes
S.C
Wendell J. Willkie
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Willkie
Costa Rica Ratifies Havana Pact First in Hemisphere
Costa Rica became the first nation to ratify the Havana agreement to shield the western hemisphere from foreign aggression. President Roosevelt sent the Havana act to the U S Senate and Secretary Hull signaled rush to ratification. Americans purchased sixty million phonograph records and 370000 news radio phonographs last year.
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Costa Rica
Havana
San Jose
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Hull
State Department
Britain may buy 25 U.S. freighters to bolster fleet
The Maritime Commission signaled a possible sale of 25 laid up U.S. government freighters to Britain for about 8 million dollars. Officials foresee bid invitations and expect Britain to purchase the full advertised tonnage to strengthen its merchant fleet amid submarine and air attacks.
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Washington
INS
United States
Maritime Commission
Commission
Great Britain
United Kingdom
War Department
Clas
Navy Department
Naval Heads
Sea Lodge
Mass
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
National Defense Commission
England
Ministry of Shipping
Roosecit
Turkey Withdraws Ships and Enacts War Precautions
In Budapest reports Turkish authorities withdrew all ships from the Mediterranean as Italy kept a Turkish merchant vessel seized ten days. Ankara ordered 18 to 24 year old women to enroll in air raid battalions and to train with rifles and machine guns. Istanbul residents awoke to posters detailing raid behavior and six new air raid shelters housing about 50 000 people were to be built in suburbs.
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Budapest
INS
Mediterranean Sea
Italy
Ankara
Tstanbul
Istanbul
Italy Bombs Matruh In Eastward Drive
Rome reports heavy bombardments of Matruh, a west objective of fascist forces, driving eastward in Egypt in reprisal for a British night raid on Ben gas i. Three killed and 27 injured, fighting in the Awobo river valley on the upper Sudan frontier, with 30 British dead according to the communiqué.
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Rome
Matruh
Egypt
High Command
Siturday
Bengasi
Ahobo River
Upper Sudan
Center Point Man Fined For Reckless Driving
Don Sarchett of Center Point was fined 40 dollars and costs by Justice HW R Churchill for reckless driving on highway 11 between Cedar Rapids and Center Point. The fine was suspended during good behavior after arrest by Highway Patrolman Charles Fels who said Sarchett drove at high speed endangering others.
Navigation Aids Along Coast Guard Lights Count
The United States coast guard patrols a 40,000 mile coastline with about 9,000 lights of various kinds to aid navigation.
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United States Coast Guard
Notice of Probate Hearing for Sharpe Will in Linn County Iowa
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear on September 30 1840 at 9 o clock the Last Will and Testament of William Edward Sharpe deceased for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa September 29 1940. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Jordan and Jordan Attorneys.
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Iowa
Linn County
Atv
William Edward Sharpe Jate
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Iown
My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt describes an unforgettable Carnegie Hall concert by the All-American Youth orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. She praises the Bach program and a unfamiliar Shostakovich Symphony No 5, then reflects on education recreation and patriotism shaping civic responsibility.
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New York City
Carnegie Hall
Leopold Stokowski
Shostakovich
America
Advice From Mary Manners FMR
Mary Manners writing criticizes Mr F R I for acting as a Lothario toward teen girls. She urges him to mature and stop romance gestures toward youths, arguing his attitude harms his image and ends too late if he does not change.
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Fmr I
Ile
Miss Manners Advice on Old Friends Visiting
In a warm hospitality approach, welcome them sincerely and show joy in reunion. Do not boast of grand surroundings as that may reveal exaggerations. If pressed, let them infer modest means and avoid confrontation or town departure. the aim is gracious reception and honest self restraint.
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Pear Miss Manners
Dear Miss Manners on marriage and Happy 40 views
The reader questions why some think all women seek marriage and asks if Happy 40 opinions are agreeable. It contrasts contentedly single women with those downtrodden by marriage and invites agreement or disagreement with the Happy 40 stance.
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Miss Manners
Defense program boosts business optimism and indices rise
Washington reports the national defense program lifting industry with steady growth in business indices. The Federal Reserve monthly index in August reached 123, up from 100 in 1929, and Commerce experts foresee the index surpassing the 126 record by late September.
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Washington
National Defense Program
Comimerce Department
Saturdis
Federal Reserve Board
Seventh Victim in Lindbergh Kidnaping Era Reported
United Press recounts that three year old Count Marc da Tristan is the seventh child abducted since Charles Lindbergh Jr. was taken from his Hopewell crib in 1932. Of the six prior cases, three children survived, three were killed, with four solved and two unresolved. Ransom paid in three cases. in the last three, the children were slain. California stories include Bronko Hart, 22, kidnapped in San Jose in 1933 and slain, mob-removal of suspects, and Marion Parker case in 1927, among others, marking a grim era of child abductions.
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Marc da Tristan
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
California
Bronke Hart
San Jose Calif
Thomas H Thurmond
John M. Holmes
Marion Parker
William Edward Hickman
Solons Threaten To Tie Up Adjournment
Washington UPI reports two lame duck senators Edward R Burke and William H King vow to halt remaining business to force action on the House approved Togan-Watery bill. They seek court review of administrative agency rulings and say they will delay all Senate business until action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Edward R. Burke
Ned
William H Kine
Utah
Senate
Burke
Mr Bhennan Demonstrates Zorth Shield Healing Method
Nationally known method shown to improve circulation and strengthen weakened parts. Demonstration purports to offer immediate results without straps or cumbersome equipment and no medicines. audience urged to contact G I L N Richmond Street Chicago for further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhennan
Shennen
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Delta Delta Delta
Virginia Alsop
Oskaloosa
Beverly Anderson
Sterling
Ann Modlin
Dorothy Muilenbugh
Rolia
Jean Murtagh
Algona
Margaret Ann Rivers
Topeka
Kan
Marilyn Solem
Nevada
Elizabeth Stevens
Muscatine
Patricia Trachesel
Elinor Wisco
Sioux City
Delta Gamma
Dorothy Arnold
Audubon
Wilma Jean Bryant
Cherokee
Jeanne Anne Christie
Belmond
Marianne Corey
Dorothy A. Miller
Mary Nash
Genevieve Slemmons
Jean Slemmons
Lucia Snyder
Burlington
Janet Waterbury
Harriett Willis
Oak Park
Gamma Phi Beta
Jane Abbott
Park Ridge
Ill
May Baker
Joyce Bridges
Mary Bruhnke
Elinor Clark
Marilyn Cooke
Evanston
Mary Dickey
Hannibal
Helen Ross
Missouri Valley
Frances Glockler
Helen M. Gordon
Lamar
Marian L. Hansen
Shirley Heuchelin
Earleyne Johnston
West Union
Kappa Alpha Theta
Jane Augustine
Jean Beck
Freeport
Iil
Jane Billings
Lorna Bohan
Elinor Bonn
Mary Kay Davidson
Savanna
Jackie Doran
Boone
Anne Frazier
Lost Nation
Jane Frasier
Joan Nady
Mary Tou Hitt
Naugatuck
Conn
Jane Laird
Katherine Chase
Jean Clapp
Lubbock
Tex
June Clark
Fort Dodge
Pat Empfield
Wilmette
Lois Krupp
la Grange
Helen McCambridge
Eleanor Pearson
Mary Alice Rhoads
Alice Rohm
Glen Ellyn
Til
Patty
Jane Voss
Marjorie Weaver
Laura Jane Webbles
Jane
Waltonian
Happy-Go-Lucky Club
Java Room
Montrose
Mrs. McWhinney
Newman
A.C.E
Miss Shimek
Miss Burks
Core
Isae
Or Wanda Montz
Mrs. Edmondson
Miss Lavertia Mikesell
Mrs. Cresswell
Jane Boyd
P.T.A. Meetings
Fillmore
Lincoln P Tla
U. S
Navy
Knox
Turkey
Edwin W Lundquist
Jordan & Jordan
Eleanor Roosevelt
National Recreation and Educational Council
Recre
Alabam
Baunkhead
United States Committee For the
Mary Manners
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Rt the United Press
Solons
I. M. Shevnan
Richmond ST
McKinley High School
Board OF Education
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