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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1977
Page
6
Fifth and sixth graders from a Christian school visited the First Avenue courthouse for a civics talk. Judicial Magistrate Lynne Brady explained law basics and answered many questions about tickets, speeds, and penalties for youths.
Jefferson high school's Aristotelian chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 83 students in a Tuesday night ceremony in the auditorium. Keynote speaker Dr. Signi Falk of Cedar Rapids addressed dedication. the event honored retiring social studies teacher Jaroslava Wheatley, sponsor since 1957, with music by the Jefferson orchestra.
Washington High School Adastra chapter will induct 55 new members at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium. Dr. Joseph McCabe of Coe College will be the guest speaker. Seniors require a 3.5 GPA and juniors 3.65. new members include listed seniors and juniors with multiple names.
The Dave Major and the Minors quintet performs Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Jefferson high school gym. Sponsored by the Jefferson Band Parents, they play 40 instruments across many styles with comedy skits and audience participation. Tickets at local shops and at door. bleachers 4 dollars, reserved 5 dollars. Mail orders to Luman Colton Jefferson high school 1243 Twentieth street SW with S A S envelope.
Gloria J. Cargin of 1635 Park Avenue SE has been awarded a $2,000 four year Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation scholarship. She is among 23 national winners this year. Eligibility is limited to children of Weyerhaeuser Co employees.
Fifty four French elementary students aged 10 and 11 will stay eight days starting May 19 in Cedar Rapids area schools Hoover and Cleveland. The visitors, two teachers and a counselor, will live with local families and study in classrooms provided by the host schools. They will also visit Chicago, Cleveland and Wilmington, Ohio. The program is sponsored by Campus International Ltd. based in Cedar Rapids.
Marion high school junior Robert Fye, vice-president for sales of his Junior Achievement company High Hangers, set an individual sales record with $1,521 in personal sales and helped his company, counseled by Iowa Manufacturing Co., to a $2,656 total, beating the prior company record of $2,412 and the previous individual mark of $1,500 set last year.
American Gold Star Mothers gather in Iowa with the Iowa chapter hosting the three day event at a Village Inn venue. A banquet is scheduled for Thursday at 6 30 PM.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette and 300 papers report 61.2 percent of 82 Iowa schools and 190000 students oppose abolishing capital punishment locally. National results show 56.6 percent oppose ending the death penalty, 30.8 percent favor abolishing it.
Robert J. Henry 15, of Cedar Rapids represented Hanford Post No. 5 in the regional stage of the 40th annual American Legion oratorical contest in St. Louis. He tied with Charles Neal 18 of Miami high school Miami Okla but Neal was declared winner after a judges conference and score reevaluation. Neal advances to sectional finals in Des Moines. Henry’s post is Hanford Post No. 5 Cedar Rapids.
Regis high school symphonic band will give an 8 p.m. concert in the school gym Friday. The program includes Overture in B Flat The Foot Lifter God of Our Fathers Men of Ohio A Festival Prelude America the Beautiful and selections from A Chorus Line with two Dixieland combos performing Tribute to Louis Armstrong and Original Dixieland Concert. George W Daniels is concert director. Admission is 1 for adults and 75 cents for students.
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