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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1939

Page

19

City Ends Fiscal Year With Balance

Finance Commissioner Burgus reported the city closed the year March 31 with a cash balance of 142 762 57 in the treasury. Expenditures totaled 1 283 434 61, taxes and assessments brought in 826 400 50, fines and licenses 86 150, water rentals 305 862 96, and refunds and transfers 133 050 41. The park department ran a deficit under its 5 8 and 4 mill levies, while bonded debt fell to 2 472 600. A new 24 inch water main and bridge work were funded from current receipts. Burgus praised a year of strong finances and projects ending with better conditions than last year.

L. D. Burgus Burgus Park Department First Avenue Third Avenue

DeMolays to Install Cedar Rapids Chapter Officers Publicly

Cedar Rapids DeMolay No 11 will stage a public installation at 7 30 p m Friday in the Masonic temple Karl Biskup will be installed master councilor James E Ralston senior councilor and Bob M L Johnson junior councilor also to be installed are senior deacon Charles Moeller junior deacon Robert Harper marshal Vernon Laton chaplain William Capron senior steward Emil Pnovsky junior steward Donal Harper scribe Robert Nelson treasurer George Helmendahl orator Joe Nemec almoner Arthur Abodeely standard bearer Weston Ralston sentinel John Risk preceptors George Owen Hulbert Rice Robert Lauffer John Thousand Robert Mellon Robert Jones and Mike Risk installing team Chevalier rank holders Raymond Churchill Millard Buchanan Don L Russell Dick Morehouse Paul Clendenning Robert Kolarik a post installation dance follows the ceremony A long mail route from Rock Creek Wyoming to Etchetah Montana established 1878 once stretched 500 miles by horseback spockets printed on postmen’s saddles are noted in early history.

Cedar Rapids Order of DeMolay Masonic Temple Karl Biskup B Avenue NW James E. Ralston Vernon Laton William Capron Emil Pnovsky Donal Harper Robert Nelson George Helmendahl Joe Nemec Arthur Abodeely Weston Ralston Sentinel John Risk George Owen Hulbert Rice Robert Lauffer John Thousand Robert Mellon Robert Jones Mike Risk Raymond Churchill Millard Buchanan Don L. Russell Dick Morehouse Paul Clendenning Robert Kolarik

Old Saying Always True Judged By Our Associations

Advice column summary recounts a mother of four seeking relief from poverty and fatigue. Mary Manners counsels on work, finances, and family morale, urging practical help from employers, planning affordable activities, and gratitude while offering supportive guidance.

Miss Manners

Dear Miss Manners and Mr Manners Note

A reader thanks Miss Manners for her guidance and reports steady progress. The note ends with a casual remark about a summer season oak tree evaporating 28 gallons of water.

Miss Manners Mr Manners

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