Club Young Folk Have Swing Night
Cedar Rapids Country club hosted a Swing Night for Young Moderns with dinner parties for 18 and Dutch treat dining before a dance. Guests included Barbara Beals Cynthia Daly Keith Deal and many others. activities featured dancing ping pong and bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Folk
Cedar Rapids Country Club
James Barry
Halford T. Barry
Ana Tamaec UaAlma
Ann Hill
Mary O'Meara
Robins Jackson
David Battin
Dutch Treat
Charlotte Trewin
Betty Markey
Flo Markey
Jeanne Wallace
Rosemary Wilkinson
John Liddle
Paul McNall
Paul Norager
Jim Meek
Keith Hines
Guy Linville
Charles Hopkins
Jim Pickford
Surprise Housewarming For Wm J Barrons At Crescent Street
A surprise housewarming for Mr and Mrs William J Barron at 313 Crescent Street SE featured a picnic supper and a home gift. Organizers included Carl D Thomas Perry West G King Thompson Walter J Barngrover W E Peschau Harold J Ross and R W Manatt. Also reported is the birth of daughter Kate Saturday morning to Roswell H Pickford Jr of Minneapolis, son of Mr and Mrs R H Pickford of 357 Forest Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Barron
Crescent Street SE
Barrons
Barron
Carl D. Thomas
Perry West
G. King Thompson
Walter
Roswell H Pickford, Jr
Minneapolis
Pickford
R. H. Pickford
Forest Drive
Kate
Archer Sinclair
Indianapolis
Arthur Poe
Twenty-seventh Street
Harold Reid
Susan Brown Honored With Farewell Weekend
A farewell courtesy for Susan Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Brown 1962 First Avenue E was hosted by Miss Phyllis Hook with 22 guests at breakfast and lunch and a theater outing. Weekend guests at Mr and Mrs Walter G Petersons were Mrs Petersons brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs R A Belding of New York City and Robert Higley of Minneapolis visiting parents at 857 Sixteenth Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Brown
W. J. Brown
First Avenue E
Walnut Hill
Natick
Mass
Phyllis Hook
C H. Hook
B Avenue NE
Miss Brown
Barbara Wright
Cynthia Daly
Ruth Hardiman
Catharine Miller
Bonnie Jean McGregor
Miriam Armstrong
Barbara Hird
Sally Luberger
Laura Ann Safely
Jane Livingston
Betty Payne
Dorothy Jane Nesper
Jane Alexander
Doris Jackson
Jane Wandel
Betty Bachman
Marjorie Gray
Ann Hill
Ellen Curray
Yvonne Swoboda
Walter G. Peterson
Fred M. Higley
Sixteenth Street
Robert Higley
Minneapolis
Canning Drama Plays Out In Three Domestic Scenes
A trio of New Brighton households serves as a snapshot of wartime canning life. Mrs. Robert J. Thiel on 1540 Fifth Avenue SE ponders how to use a last jar of peaches. Mrs. Lawrence Halpin on 335 Forest Drive SE contemplates her next move. Mrs. LeRoy Kling on 522 Twenty-third Street NE finishes canning and enjoys labeling her jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning
Robert J. Thiel
Fifth Avenue
Lawrence Halpin
Forest Drive
LeRoy Kling
Twenty-third Street
Griff Williams Orchestra Set for Country Club Dance
Country club plans a Friday October 11 engagement featuring Griff Williams and his orchestra in a dinner dance. The event coincides with Dad's Day weekend featuring the University of Wisconsin game and a post game party at the club. Williams, rated among the top ten orchestras by Music Corporation of America, recently concluded a four month run at the Trianon in Chicago and a stay at the Stevens Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Yaw
Griff Williams
University of Town
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Iowa City
Music Coreporation of America
Trianon
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Soprano Dorothy Maynor Opens Community Concert Series
Dorothy Maynor a Newark born soprano who rose to fame last year will give the first recital of the Community Concerts in Memorial Coliseum Monday evening Oct 14. The season is sold out with Don Cossack Choir Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and cellist Piatigorsky also on the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Maynor
Nefro
Memorial Coliseum
Clark A Reems
Association
Don Cossack Chorus
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Piatigorsky
Berkshire
Stockbridge
Mass
Mass Maynor
Norfolk
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Coffter-Miller Players To Open Cedar Rapids Club Season
The Coffer-Miller players of Chicago present the three act farce So to Bed showing Samuel Pepys and Mrs Pepys during the Restoration. The Cedar Rapids College club meets next Saturday at 2 15 p m in the Woman's club house with Mrs Irving J Churchill welcoming members and Mrs John T Hecker outlining the year’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffer-Miller Players
Chicago
Cedar Rapids College Club
Cedar Rapids
Martha Miller
Jess Coffer
Samuel Pepys
Acts of the Navy
Pepys
Henry E. Holscher
Hubert Artis
W. L. Barnard
Wendell Barrett
A. D. Biddinger
Richard H. Buresh
Arbon Chehak
F .F. Corey
Florence Beenk
College Club
S. W. Wilder
B Avenue NE
Vernon L. S. Jones
Robert Rogers
John T. Hecker
First Avenue E
R. B. van Cleve
Earl J. North
Laura Krey
Katharine Safely Hosts Mary Shaffer Farewell Luncheon
Katharine Safely hosted a luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club honoring Mary Shaffer of 2001 Linden Drive SE who departs this week for Shipley School in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. Guests included Diane Marshall Betty Ford Charys Lenzen Betsy Blaise Louise Gage Georganne Dunshee Jane Bell and Marthe Lou Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Katharine Safely
Robert C Safely
Mary Shaffer
van Vechten Shaffers
Linden Drive
Shipley School
Bryn Mawr
Miss Safely
Diane Marshall
Betty Ford
Charys Lenzen
Betsy Blaise
Louise Gage
Georganne Dunshee
Jane Bell
Marthe Lou Smith
Raat
Janet Lothian to Be Honored at Breakfast Today
Miss Janet Lothian of Marion will wed Leon F. Fuller Jr. of Chicago this Saturday. A breakfast at Wurster's tea room hosted by two hostesses Ms Margaret Clark and Mrs Marion E. Barger features guests including Maureen Munger Maxine Culbertson Betty Schmidt Marian Busby Valerie Konecny Sara Lee Hesbacher and Mesdames Marvin D. Bailey LeRoy Kling Joseph R. Buss. Mr and Mrs J A Yessler hosted a dinner party last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Clark
First Avenue E
Marion E. Barger
L Street
Janet Lothian
Marion
Leon F. Fuller, Jr
Chicago
Wurster
Maurene Munger
Maxine Culbertson
Betty Schmidt
Marian Busby
Valerie Konecny
Sara Lee Hesbacher
Marvin D. Bailey
LeRoy Kling
Joseph R. Buss
A A U W To Begin Its New Year Wednesday
The Cedar Rapids branch of the American Association of University Women will start its new year next Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs Otto A Kohl’s home. The program features travels in Mexico with motion pictures and a local art souvenir exhibit. Mrs Clyde B Meffert presides over the business session and a hostess committee is announced along with year long standing committee heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Cedar Rapids
Otto A. Kohl
Seventeenth Street SE
Mexico
Clyde B. Meffert
Connie McClary Celebrates Her Sixth Birthday
Connie McClary celebrated her sixth birthday at her home 335 Crescent Street SE with a morning of games and a luncheon. Guests included Barbara Booth Gretchen Figge Janet Figge Janet Young Judith Boynton Marie Louise Marshall Marjorie Hahn Marcia McWilliams Penelope Jones Mary Miller and Judith Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey C. McClary
Crescent Street
Connie
Barbara Booth
Gretchen
Janet Figge
Janet Young
Judith Boynton
Marie Louise Marshall
Marjorie Hahn
Marcia McWilliams
Penelope Jones
Mary Miller
Judith Johnston
Social notes of travel and visits in Cedar Rapids area
Mrs LeRoy Kling plans a Friday departure to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Mrs Edward F Winslow has returned from Rochester Minnesota with her son in law and daughter and was joined by Agnes Serbousek and the Salters party. Mr Salter’s mother accompanies them on a Denver trip. Mrs Frank Heald returns from six weeks in California after visiting Cedar Rapids friends and San Francisco area with Mrs Lorton H Stubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Blaise
Karl P. Blaise
Country Club Parkway SE
New York City
Neighborhood Playhouse
School of the Theater
Edward F. Winslow
Linden Drive
Rochester
Minn
Inlaw
Robert B Irons
Agnes Serbousek
Frank Heald
Grande Avenue
California
William Chamberlain
Peninsula
San Francisco
Lorton H Stubbs
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
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Suc
Amanru Uggiuics Savuallits
Stewart Holmes
North Woods
Barbara Beals
Lorraine Barron
Mary Stenner
Laura Ann Safety
Keith Deal
Dick Ferguson
Tom Shive
Marcus Bates
Dick Layman
Tom Grayston
Dick Reeder
Herbert S. Stamats
Clare R Marshall
Roswell H. Pickford
Robert C. Toms
Wm. J. Barrons
R. H. Pickfords, JR
Walter G. Petersons
Lawrence J. Halpin
Country Club Dance
Coffter-Miller
Archer Sinclairs
Harold E. Reid
Green Bay
Wis
City
Walter K. Roth
Park Terrace
Mr. Reid
Raymond A. Reid
Knollwood Drive
Carl Duever Pho
Katharine
Yesslers
J. A. Yessler
Fourth Avenue SE
A.A.U.W
Connie McClary
Mrs
Mrs. Winslow
Rochester, Minn
Chester D. Salters
Denver
Chester D Salter
Salters
S A_ Salter
Davenport
West
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