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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1964
Page
1
North English residents Ilo Kerkore report three rare whooping cranes using their farm pond as a resting place during high winds. The birds, wintering in Texas and migrating to Canada for nesting, numbered about 38 in Texas this year.
Luther college music department presents Le Roi David by Arthur Honegger in Decorah at 8 p m on April 26 at Decorah Lutheran church. The free concert welcomes the public with a free will offering. Weston Noble directs with the Luther college choir faculty soloists and winds.
A short item notes Luther College concert band and mentions a narrator to be announced later. It adds a light note about wanting a job guiding readers to the want ads.
The Northeast Iowa Hosteling club announces a two day 36 mile bicycle hike from McGregor to Lansing on May 2 and 3 with a following river road route via Lynxville Wisconsin and Kettle Creek Boat Landing. A support truck will accompany the group to assist tired participants.
Decorah runs its annual clean-up paint-up fix-up week through the week. Bill Walker Decorah Chamber manager notes last year's success led to continuing the program. Volunteers began Saturday and many groups have contributed about 2500 man hours.
North English Burrell Gardner is being transferred to Honolulu Hawaii by the Air Force. He and his family are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Gardner.
Two Mesquakie Maple sugar makers Leonard Youngbear and Curtis Youngbear operated near Tama. Leonard tapped about 50 soft maple trees, boiling sap for a month with two kettles. He expects help from family and notes the season lagged due to warm spells. Curtis tapped up to 10 trees amid cold nights and thaws. An Arts and Crafts fair by Craft Guild was set for May 17 in Iowa City with a May 1 registration deadline.
A terse notice calls for a Gazette want ad instead of sending a boy. The item implies a preference for printed help wanted space over a live courier, reflecting a local posting style of soliciting assistance.
West Union the North Fayette County Community district school board approved 64 faculty contracts for 1964 65 leaving only two vacancies to fill one for junior high mathematics and one for superintendent Five new teachers were hired Betty Boulton Fay ette will teach art in high school and junior high Mary Rose Marion was named first grade instructor at the Hawkeye attendance center Howard Poitevin Pocahontas will teach vocational agriculture Marjorie Franklin Hawkeye was hired as fourth grade instructor and Carol Hildebrandt Tracy will become a first grade teacher in West Union All have prior experience Resignations were Miss Ruth Egeland girls physical education Steve Drewes bus driver and Elmer C Gast superintendent Ella Peterson Alpha cook was granted a leave of absence Everett Lockhart will have
Anthony Prochaska intends graduate study in instrumental music. Steve Story will again oversee the summer recreation program.
The Ford Foundation awards 570000 to Iowa State to run a Mid-America State Universities Association cooperative program with the National Engineering University in Lima Peru. John Lagerstrom associate dean will serve as counselor to the president for two years and departs May 26 with his family. The grant funds visiting professorships and graduate study for Peruvian students in the Mid-America program with a return obligation to teach in Lima after completing studies.
A bank heist report notes suspects wore a Dick Tracy mask as a disguise during a robbery. Sheriff Steve and KCRG TV 9 covered the event highlighting the unusual disguise and police response.
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