Two Pianos Bridge Gaps Across Generations in Cedar Rapids
Robert F. Knight 71 and Donald Merridith Bye 7 form a piano duet after meeting through a shared love of music. Knight, born in Providence and now in Cedar Rapids, traces his family to early New York piano making and Foster manuscripts. Bye, son of Arthur L. Bye, studies piano at Johnson School and prepares for competition as 15 contenders near July 1 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Knight
Donald Merridith Bye
Mr Knight
John Firth
New York City
Stephen Yore
Foster
Manhattan
Mr. Knight
Second Avenue SE
Providence
R. I
New England
Pasadena
Calif
Donald Bye
Arthur L. Bye
Johnson School
Knight
City-Wide Marbles And Hopscotch Tournament Opener
The playground and recreation commission will stage the city wide marbles for boys and hopscotch for girls next Saturday morning at 9 30. District eliminations run at Van Bureau Fillmore Polk and Johnson schools under trained directors. City championships follow on May 4 at City Hall plaza with trophies and ribbons for winners and runners-up.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
van Bureau
Fillmore
Polk and Johnson
City Hall Plaza
Iowa Festival Band Benefit Concert For Salvation Army
Town Festival band of the Salvation Army will give a benefit concert Friday April 26 at 8 p m in Coe college chapel under Brigadier H Otway of Des Moines conductor Proceeds above expenses will aid Cedar Rapids Salvation Army band Tickets available at Salvation Army 1030 Seventh Street SE from Franklin and McKinley school music offices and Shoppers Service office Program includes marches solos and vocal selections with pieces by Coles Rimsky Korsakov Mountain and Schubert among others overviews of the evening indicate a lively community fundraiser with a structured program and intermission
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Salvation Army
Coe College Chapel
Brigadier H. Otway
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Franklin and McKinley
Shoppers Service
Coles Selecution
Tchaikovskoe
Art Coles Cornet
Rimsky-Korsakov
Smith, Sisters
Army of Immanuel
Phil
B. Catelinet
B. Catelinet Air Vark—"A Sunbeam” A 2 Phil. B. Catelinet
Schubert
Central States
Soderstrom
Dr. Martin Visit to Coe Canceled Over Illness
Dr Everett D Martin of Claremont college was to visit Coe College this week for an interchange of ideas and a lecture. The cancellation was announced by Dr Harry M Gage due to illness. The program was part of a national effort by the Association of American Colleges and the Carnegie Foundation to send visiting professors to multiple institutions.
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Everett D. Martin
Claremont College
Claremont
Calif
Coe
Harry M. Gage
Martin
R. D. Jameson
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Association of American Colleges
The
Carnegie Foundation
United States
Bandit in toy gun hold up held by police rescue
In Chicago, grocer Hans Hagedorn and his wife were at breakfast when a bandit, Stephen Palmer, entered with a toy pistol. Palmer demanded cash, was struck by Hagedorn, and the police arrived to arrest the would be robber, saving the bandit rather than the grocer.
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Chicago
INS
Hans Hagedorn
Stephen Palmer
Hagedorn
Palmer
Iowa Consistory Reunion Draws 1000 Attendees in Cedar Rapids
More than 1,000 members and visitors attended the three day eighty ninth reunion of Iowa Consistory at the Scottish Rite temple in Cedar Rapids. William Koch of Des Moines spoke at closing sessions and Glenn A Kenderdine gave a brief history of the Consistory since its 1884 charter.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
William Koch
Des Moines
Glenn A Kenderdine
Kenderdine
M. M. Thompson
Kadosh
T Will Runkle
Thomas Sharpe
Toledo
Ohio
Bruce
Rose Croix
George H Cockburn
Louis D Burgus
Henry R. Peters
Wilmer James Robison
Robert P. Ure
Robert C. Hopwood
Harry F. Kensinger
Paul A. Norager
F. A. Ahring
W. O M. Arensman
Harry Cocker
Martin A. Izer
William A. Pope
Loren W. Remington
Zigmund A. Salit
Robert M. Threlkeld
Pope
Waterloo
Man 89 Believed Dead Turns Up To Claim Estate Shares
Eighty nine year old John F Mulhall who was reported dead 60 years ago appeared in surrogate's court in New York claiming a quarter share of a $250000 estate. Mulhall now lives in San Antonio Texas and was identified by surrogate James A Foley despite deep deafness. Mrs Susan J Mulhall was most surprised by the turnout.
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New York
John F. Mulhall
Mulhall
San Antonio
Tex
James A Foley
Susan J Mul
Mulhall Lovers Appeal in Court and Estate Split
Mrs Isabelle Mulhall Mellie left most of her fortune to Seeing Eye Inc Morristown N J. Mr and Mrs Mulhall wed in 1874 and separated in 1881 with a divorce. Their daughter Mellie McHie born 1875. The piece notes a misbelieved death in 1881 and photographers’ failed attempts at portraits. The second largest desert area is inland Australia.
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Seeing Eye Inc
Morristown
N. J
Mulhalls
Australia
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Ivory Keyboard
Fred Henson
Mas
Royal Mint
Edward VII
Britain
Thomas Knight
Donald M. Bye
Dueser
Stoker
Pararta Roems
Ce Secong Ft
Searygex Aes
Newman's
Dr. Martin
R. Floyd Robson Marion
Republican
Linn County
Mary Miles
Carload
Newman
K. A. Victoria
Paul’s
Columbia
E. G. Hill
Talisman
Pres. H Hoover
President Hoover
Wman's Street Fleet
Printi
W.t.sands
Second St. NE
Nelly Dons
Mad-West
Mid-West
Nelda
Nell
Nelly Don
Dr. Parker
Newman's Nations — Street Fleet
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