Lumir Striesky A South Side Banker And Civic Leader
Portrait of Lumir W. Striesky assistant cashier and trust officer at First Trust and Savings Bank a Cedar Rapids native since 1891. He led civic groups served as secretary president of the South Side Civic club and held many posts with banks credit men Elks and Knights of Columbus. He helped organize the Vigilantes a county wide bank bandit task force later dissolved with the highway patrol. The piece notes his long community service including USO treasurer and roles with Sokol Czech clubs and arts groups.
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Lou Breuer
Lumir W. Striesky
First Trust and Savings Bank
South Side
South Side Civic Club
Stritesky
Cedar Rapids
Monroe, Jefferson
Washington
Cedar Rapids Clearing House Banks
I.C.B.J. Hall Trustees
Credit Men’s Association
Linn County Bankers Association
Knights of Columbus
Elks Welfare Committee
USO
Struesky
Vigilantes
Linn County
Company C
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Registration of Bikes for Grade Pupils in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police announce bicycle registration for grade school children from April 21 to May 2. Caps Remington says registrants receive sealed tags. transfer fee is 15 cents. Registration occurs after school hours at listed schools with specific times.
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Cedar Rapids
L. W. Remington
Police Traffic Department
Remington
Edgewood No
Edgewood
Harrison
Fillmore
Taylor
Trinity Lutheran School
Taylor School
Hayes
Cleveland
Lincoln
St. Ludmila
van Buren
Tyler
Buchanan
Kenwood
Arthur
Jackson
St. Wenceslaus
Polk
St. Mathews
I. C
Garfield
Johnson
Shaffer Heights
St. Patrick’s
Frozen fish stocks fall 29 million pounds in February
Public cold storage inventories of frozen fish dropped by 29 million pounds in February, the second largest monthly decline on record. The decrease is linked to higher demand for fish during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nero Eyed Gladiator Contests Through Emerald Lens
The ancient report notes Nero used an emerald carved as a lens to view gladiatorial games. This unusual artifact linked to imperial spectacle highlights early interest in optics and public entertainment.
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Nero
YMB Plans Large State Delegation to Junior Chamber Confab
The Young Men's Bureau will send at least 12 voting delegates to the state JCC convention May 1 to 3 at Fort Des Moines Des Moines with YMB President Ray Spielman leading to back Frank T Nye for state president Nye is the recent holder of the organization civic service award for 1946 The delegation includes noted members and follows first day registrations with sessions split by city size and ends with plans for a national JCC gathering in Long Beach Calif June 9 to 15 Cedar Rapids will have 10 voting delegates at the national event and tours include the Port of Long Beach Howard Hughes flying boat display.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul E. Palmer
Gayle Miller
John Baldridge
Charles Severn
Pat Patterson
Kenneth L. Hastie
Bezanson
Harold Ward
Howard I. Bair
Bob Belgalske
Ted Birdsall
Emil Novak
George Hallenbeck
Kenneth Moon
Jim McDonald
Jim Brady
Bill Thayer
Dick Besta
Hugh Newell
Jack Mobley
Jerry Hiland
Bob Peck
YMB
Nye
Spielman
J.C.C
Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Harbor
Howard Hughes Flying Boat
Catholic Music Festival Scheduled for April 20 21
Cedar Rapids’ annual city wide Catholic school musical festival runs April 20 and 21 in Immaculate Conception school auditorium. The first program is April 20 at 2 30 p m with about 450 participants joining in a solemn high mass Gregorian style at Immaculate Conception church. A second general program follows April 21 at 8 p m in the same auditorium with Mount Mercy junior college and academy and parochial schools performing vocal choral and instrumental pieces.
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Cedar Rapids
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception Church
Mount Mercy Junior College
Public Health Nurse Week Marks 70th Anniversary Observance
Public Health Nurse Week runs April 20 to 26 marking the 70th anniversary of public health nursing in the United States. The event is sponsored by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing and the United States Public Health Service with local sponsors in Linn County. Cedar Rapids nurses logged 965 visits in March, with about 1,000 monthly, supported by county taxation and multiple funding sources including city health boards and state and federal funds.
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United States
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
United States Public Health Service
Linn County Nursing Service
Linn County Nursing Service, Public Schools
Linn County Tuberculosis Association
Mercy School of Nursing
Health Education
The
Woman’s Club
Harry S. Truman
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Helen Hayes
H. J. Heinz II
Walter Lippman
Clare Boothe Luce
W. V. McClung
Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing Association
F. W. Orr
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Public Health Nursing Association
City Board of Health
Dental Society Dinner Meeting Set for Monday in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Dental Society will hold a 6 30 p m regular meeting with dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. Table clinics by J C Dunn F B Lehman H W Olmsted J G Wratten K E Heck and J O Downing cover precision investment space maintenance mucostatic impressions operative dentistry indirect inlays and root canal therapy. Members plan to buy tickets for the President's Ball at the Roosevelt hotel April 23.
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Cedar Rapids Dental Society
Roosevelt Hotel
J. C. Dunn
F. B. Lehman
H. W. Olmsted
J. G. Wratten
K. E. Heck
J. O. Downing
Loyal E Keir to Address Cost Accountants in Des Moines
Loyal E Keir a Des Moines tax attorney and University of Iowa law graduate will speak at the National Association of Cost Accountants meeting in the Roosevelt hotel Tuesday at 6 p.m. His talk titled The Tax Arena covers his experience with the Office of Chief Counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Loyal E. Keir
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Roosevelt Hotel
Keir
Law School
University of Iowa
Bureau of Internal Revenue
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South Side News
Vigilante Group
Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men
Mercy Hospital
Council of Social Planning
Z.C.B.J
Lodge 262
the Elks
C.S.A
Sokol Association
Sokol Union
Chicago
Czech Fine Arts Society
Sokol
Leo B. Sedlacek
Hermina Netolicky
Esther Hronik-Klersey
Z. F. Pauk
Marie Chalupnik
Martha Kralik
Margueritte Roushar
Francis Dusek
Frances Roushar
T. B. Hlubucek
Karel
Lumir Stritesky
LENT
Dental Society
Cost Accountants
E. Keir
Carton
Isopropyl Alcohol
DRUC
Butterscotch
Rocky Road
Sys
DR. Lyons
Colgate Liquid
Ron
Miles Nervine
Unicapco
Ana
VICK
Vaporub
PYCOP
SIZ Ouenet
Cray
Yitle
Paris
Absorbine JR. Siz
O’henry
Dal
MA Drug Store
Liha
Foitton
Sore de Vine
Elizabeth Arden
May's Drug Store
Second Street
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