Open House Weekend to Feature Parades and Band Festival
Cedar Rapids plans a festive Open House May 12 to 14 featuring two parades, crowning ceremonies for two queens, 25 bands for the Eastern Iowa Band festival, a free Memorial stadium show, a Hawkeye Downs band review, plant tours, a Linn County dairy empress reveal, and a Cedar Rapids-Decatur game. Candidates for Miss Eastern Iowa include Beverly Hahesy, Marjorie Gilmore, and Janet Wandling.
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Memorial Stadium
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Decatur
Eastern Iowa
Janet Wandling
Marengo
Beverly Hahesy
Manchester
Marjorie Gilmore
Troy Mills
University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders
Highlanders
Cedar Rapids-Decatur
Webster Couple Observes Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George E Rubins celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house for more than 100 guests. He is a Webster native and former mayor, active in town council and church work. she helped found local women’s groups and chairs the WCTU. The couple married April 15 1890 and have four children eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Webster
George E. Rubins
Methodist Church Board
Rufus Is Really Popular Now in Johnson County Square Dance Scene
Rufus R Einen, 41, a square dance fiddler, and his son Cliff, 17, are central figures in Johnson County dances. He learned by ear after a Windom elder gifted a fiddle 21 years ago and plays most Monday nights for the Hick-Hawks at the UI campus.
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Chuck Krause
Gazette
Jowa
Rufus R. Einen
Johnson County
Einen
Windom
Cliff
Eiien
Son
Hick-Hawks
SUI
Linen
The
Winarmy
Iowa Ity
University of Iowa
Offringa Announces Democratic Candidacy for County Extension
The article profiles Offringa a Cedar Rapids resident with a long Iowa extension career from 1914 to 1949 including posts in Bremer Linn and Jones counties. He and his wife Ruth Dannatt have two children. He announces first for the Democratic nomination with potential primary opposition from Gale McLean of Wilton Junction. He is a member of the American Legion Methodist Masons and Rotary.
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Bremer County
Linn County
Jones County
Offringa
Grande Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Dannatt
Low Moor
Robert P. Keehn
Ottumwa
Coe College
Gale McLean
Wilton Junction
American Legion
Methodist Ante Masons
Rotary Club
Indicted Feitler Ties To Gardner and Co In Punchboard Case
Des Moines AP Erwin Feitler described by County Attorney Ed S Thayer as operator of Gardner and Company Chicago has been indicted jointly with Herbert Wolf on conspiracy to violate Iowa gambling laws in connection with punchboard sales The Polk County grand jury charges a conspiracy involving escoe and other unnamed persons Wolf appeared in court and was given a week to plead He was released on a 2500 bond.
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Des Moines
Erwin Feitler
Ed S. Thayer
Gardner and Company
Chicago
Herbert Wolf
Iowa
Feitler
Thayer
Wolf
Gardner
Polk County
Escoe
Luther College Music Festival Clinic Heads Set
Luther college festival Tuesday will feature Prof. W. H. Stubbins of Michigan and Carleton Lee Stewart of Mason City leading clinics and giving critiques at the Dorian sponsored event.
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Decorah
W. H. Stubbins
University of Michigan
Carleton Lee Stewart
Mason City
Gladiolus bulb sale with refund promise and COD request
A fragmented advertisement offers a carton of 100 Gladiolus bulbs and 3 extra Tuberoses with COD shipping and a $1.69 charge. It promises a money back refund if not satisfied and urges a quick order from an older customer.
Senate panel weighs closed sessions on Communists probes
Hickenlooper urged closing witness sessions while Lattimore pressed for public hearings. He warned that secrecy would shield McCarthy style charges. The subcommittee planned to meet as the dispute over inquiry methods continues.
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Hickenlooper
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Subcommittee
Local Iowa firms see leadership changes and expansions
Eastern Iowa business notices report resignations and new appointments at banks and shops from Onslow to Monticello and Decorah. Monticello merchant A J H McNeill Sr marks 40 years in hardware, while Wayne A Dutton residence bought for nearly 25 000 by Nesbitt Printing. West Union starts major postwar housing boom as basements go in. Delta drugstore sale ends 46 years in business with plans for a golden wedding anniversary in 1950.
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Rudolph A. Rickless
Albert McNeill, Jr
Manchester
P. R
M. G. Nesbitt
Model Printing Company
Wayne A. Dutton
Winthrop
John Kurtz, Jr
Bill Williams
Oelwein
Gassville
Ark
Decorah
Jack Haloupek
Belle Plaine
Harry Steine
Steine Funeral Home
Waukon
Kenneth Reside
Waukon Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Ossian
Marc Barthleme
Cahill
Williamsburg
J. Henry Meyer
South Side
Joe O’donnell
Meyer
West Union
Onslow
C. M. Holst
Savings Bank
W. K. Kennedy
Delta
C. A. Burt
Herman Gatewood
Burt
Illinois
SUI Party Days Opened to All Colleges in Iowa
Iowa City report states four year and junior colleges in the state are invited to attend Iowa political party days. The event aims to broaden student participation and engage college communities across Iowa.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Political party days set for UI campus May 9 and 23
On the University of Iowa campus a May 9 Democratic Party day and a May 23 Republican Party day will feature leaders from each party. Dr. Robert F. Ray, director of the university institute of public affairs, says students at other Iowa campuses are invited to attend either event.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Robert F. Ray
University Institute of Public Affairs
Last Attempt To Form Linn Town Fails In Iowa
Forty six residents seek incorporation of Hiawatha Linn county near Cedar Rapids Six of the original Cabin Park petition signers withdrew and Judge Ring ruled the prior effort aimed to gain beer sales The May 10 vote in Hiawatha will decide if the community becomes a town paving way for a later mayor treasurer and council election involved parties include Fay M Clark Midwest Oil Company owners of area property
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Hiawatha
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Cabin Park
H. Ring
John
Anna Cox
Ring
Linn County District Court
Shiloh Cemetery
Illinois Central
W.C.F
G. K. Thompson
Hiawatha Water Company
Fay M
Clark
Midwest Oil Company
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