Beahl Perrine Named Recipient of Bnai Brith Community Builder Award
Cedar Rapids lawyer Beahl T. Perrine, long time civic leader, chosen for the Bnai B’rith Community Builder award. The honor will be presented at a 6 p.m. Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau dinner at Memorial Coliseum. Perrine will be represented by Ed Zeller who will accept the award. Perrine has held numerous posts, including Hall Foundation president, Mercy hospital trustee, and director of Amana Refrigeration, with service dating back more than four decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beahl T. Perrine
Cedar Rapids
B’nai B'rith
Hirschel A. Katz
Lodge
Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau
Memorial Coliseum
Perrine
First Avenue
Ed Zeller
YMCA
B’nai B’rith
Katz
Chamber of Commerce
The
Hall Foundation, Inc
Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Assn., Inc
Mercy Hospital Board of Trustees
Rainbow in Rocks Show at Hawkeye Downs Next Weekend
The Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society hosts its ninth annual Rainbow in Rocks show at Hawkeye Downs exhibition hall on Saturday and Sunday. Hours run 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday, with free admission for youth groups and science classes 10 a.m. to noon. Exhibits include scale models of Herbert Hoover’s birthplace, the Old Capitol, sand paintings by the Nolans, glass novelties by Donald Omberg, inlays by Joseph Phetteplace, a lapidary oil well, turquoise demonstrations by Ben Worcester, fossil identification by Donald Good, and more. Proceeds fund $200 scholarships at the University of Iowa.
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Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society
Hawkeye Downs Exhibition Hall
Sixth Street
Herbert Hoover
Raymon Ferguson
Tipton
Mr. Ferguson
Capitol
Iowa City
Hollis Jennings
Col
Elmo
Louise Nolan
Mississippi
Nolans
Donald Omberg
Illinois
Joseph Phetteplace
Waureka
Ben
Annie Worcester
Arizona
Donald Good
Aledo
University of Iowa
Coffee Debate: Coffee Good or Bad for You
In Durham, Duke University and Boston University researchers weigh coffee’s health effects. A Lancet study links heavy coffee drinking to heart disease, while Duke professor Siegfried Heyden finds no link and sees no major differences in cholesterol blood sugar uric acid or blood pressure between heavy coffee drinkers and non drinkers.
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Durham
N. C
UPI
Java
Boston University
Lancet
Siegfried Heyden
Duke University
Film Wednesday On Hong Kong Featured By Butler
Willis Butler, a new Cedar Rapids travelogue presenter and former NBC reporter, will show a film on Hong Kong at a Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting at 6 p.m. at the Coliseum Armoury. The event includes old and new China and the annual B nai B rith community award presentation. Reservations are requested by calling the Chamber.
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Willis Butler
Cedar Rapids
Hong Kong
Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau
Crown Colony
China
Butler
NBC
Coliseum Armory
Chamber
B’nai B’rith
Public agency meetings list for Linn County and surroundings
A dense schedule lists numerous public meetings across Linn County areas including Health Center board sessions at 400 Third Avenue SE and Health Center conference rooms, city council and planning meetings in Cedar Rapids and Marion, airport commission, zoning, water department, and open sessions in courthouses. Several special sessions cover contract negotiations, bid lettings, and area drug abuse council gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Health Center Board of Directors
Third Avenue SE
City Water Department Board
Linn County Health Center
Bishops
Cedar Rapids
Prairie High School
Joint County
Sixth Street
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Marion City Council
No Former Living Presidents Across Six Time Periods
The World Almanac notes that six periods had no former living presidents, leaving five other presidents serving alongside a living successor. Washington’s eight year span was longest and Hoover’s only two months the shortest among those intervals.
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Nixon
The
World Almanac
Washington
John Adams
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
In loving memory notices and donations listed
A mangled public notice lists memorial gifts to various individuals and groups including Camp Good Health, School Maintenance Employees Union Local 55, the Linn County Dental Society, and families in Florissant, Monticello, and Bethany Congregational church. Amounts appear next to names, with several entries in memory of loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Nels J. Lee
Herbert E. Lee, Florissant
Linn County Dental
Library Friends Elect G. Ernst
Gary Ernst of 2074 Larry Drive NE was elected chairman of the board of Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, succeeding H. A. Schimberg. Re-elected officers include John Wilkinson as vice-chairman Nancy McHugh as secretary and Phyllis Fleming as treasurer. Mrs. William Whipple was named to head a membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Ernst
Larry Drive
Friends of the
Cedar Rapids Public Library
H. A. Schimberg
John Wilkinson
Nancy McHugh
Phyllis Fleming
William Whipple
Trailridge Road
Garlic kingdom centers on Gilroy area in 1970 harvest
The garlic industry in California centers on three counties around Gilroy where 73 million pounds were grown and harvested by hand in 1970. Garlic is Allium sativum in the lily family and grows as a bulb in the ground. As a note, even a tiny amount about one millionth of an ounce can be detected by smell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gilroy
Calif
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Bnai Brith Award
Beahl Perrine
Grimm, Wheeler and Elliott
Simmons, Perrine, Albright and Ellwood
Linn County
Linn County Bar Assa
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Raytheon Co
Iowa Steel and Iron Works, Inc
Amana Refrigeration, Inc
Raytheon
Banks of Iowa
Irene L. Hall
Wis
Phetteplace
United States
Elmer Schmidts
RED Wing Shoe Store
Let Ave
Thurs
Willis
Linn County Supervisors
Marion Parks Department
Marion Electrical Appeal and Examining Board
Hiawatha City Council
Hiawatha City Hall
Board of Social Welfare
Urban Renewal Board
Hoover Health Council Board of Directors
Oakdale Hospital
Hlolley
Raymond Goodwater
Carl E. Howland
Monticello
George Moloney
L. W. Herdlicka
J. R. Currell
Carl Howland
Eunice
George S. Goodyear
Erroll L. Miller
Martha
Koch
Ann
Warren Koch
Adella Middaugh
Mothel Orr
Wilma Jean Riley
Hedvika the Stary
Frank Stary
Rosetta
Henderson Ies
Library Friends
G. Ernst
Patricia Jones
St. Luke’s Hospital
Scientific American
Journal of the American Medical Association
Today's Health
Seventeen
Dee
Phi Delta Kappas
Carriage House
Lebow
Holley's
Lindale Plaza
Style
Rytex
Third Ave
Evelyn Waters
Interior Decorator
Lee Overton
Inez Lyon
Dean Stafford
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