Hawkeye Poetry Pride and Community Jubilee Highlight Iowa Town
Hawkeye Iowa claims poetry capital status after students and adults sweep state honors in the Iowa Poetry Day Association contest. Gov Beardsley lauds the effort with an editor's note in the Oelwein Register, crediting School Supt Fred R Prusha for town wide participation.
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Owa
Hawkeye
Fayette County
West Union
H. H. Engel
Oua
Iowa
Iowa Poetry Day Association
Beardsley
Oelwein Register
Fred R. Prusha
Servicemen Roundup of Promotions and Leaves
A round up of servicemen from multiple towns shows promotions to sergeant and petty ranks, with postings in Korea Japan and England. Names include Vinton Richardson Scott Widner Zapf Luster Koch Nesvik Cof fin Bohr Wheeler Falcon Bixler Roth Wood and others with details on duties bases ships and furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Ralph A. Richardson
A. R. Aardson
Japan
Center Point
Leonard P. Widner
Korea
Seoul
Clermont
Lloyd D. Scott
25Th
Columbus Junction
John Coffin
Conesville
London
England
Navy
Lowden
James Koch
Arnold Koch
H. M. Higgins
Sioux City
Koch
Fort Lawton
Wash
Arthur Zapf
Yokosuka
Naval Base
Stuart Ireland
Wesley Kleineck
San Diego Naval Base
Decorah
Army and Air Force
Martin Conklin
Ossian
LaVern Jean
New Hampton
Daryl Davis
West Union
Air Force
Mary Jo Mitchell
WAF
Harlan Nesvik
Langley Air Base
Melvin Nesvik
Dora Nic
Ola
Homer Birney
Columbus City
Bainbridge
Marquette — Yeoman
Jim Cook
James Cooks
Arthur V. Bohr
John V. Bohr
141St .Tank Battalion
Fort Campbell
McGregor
Pat Wheeler
Clara Ward
Camp Cooke
Calif
Central City
Donald Falcon
Lester Falcon
Clarence
James D. Bixler
Fort Riley
Kan
Blairstown
Willis Roth
Ed Roth
Cpl. Roth
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Raymond Wood
Amarillo
Texas
George Wood
Penitentiary Inmates Donate to Flood Relief Fund
Inmates at Fort Madison’s Iowa state penitentiary, earning 5 to 25 cents daily, contributed 170 to a flood relief fund via a letter to Radio WHO. Warden Percy Lainson praised the inmates’ voluntary donation and noted no solicitation by prison officials.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
WHO
Percy Lainson
Cast Named for 3 Act Play at Upper Iowa U
Fayette Iowa May 19 20 Upper Iowa University Players present All My Sons a three act Arthur Miller play in the university gymnasium Cast includes Virgil Borchert Fayette Grace Gehring Elgin Marian Tresemer Arlington Harold Baker Dysart Bruce Bowersox Fayette Marilyn Jensen West Union Clare Mahoney Stanley member of scenery committee
Mail Box Not Bird House Wrens Don’t Know It
Cedar Rapids postal staffbegin annual safety week as wrens nest in rural mail boxes. Carrier Ted Vavra reports old style boxes invite bird homes, creating delivery issues and occasional egg or nest disturbances.
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Post Office Department
Cedar Rapids
E. R. Petro
Ted Vavra
Route 1
Vavra
Mama Wren
Iowans Drafted 19 548 as Selective Service Totals Grow
Des Moines report shows 19 548 Iowans drafted or inducted since resuming selective service nearly two years ago. Monthly quotas peaked at 1 350 in early 1951 and fell to 350 this month. State director Col Ralph A Lancaster notes student inductions varied by deferment and local boards will decide future actions.
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John Bodenhofer
Anamosa
Bodenhofer
John D. Koppenhaver
Main Street
Hubert Street
DES
State Selective Service
Ralph A. Lancaster
Lancaster
Lutheran meeting set at Peace Lutheran Ryan
Members of area II of the Iowa District Brotherhood of the American Lutheran church meet Sunday at Peace Lutheran church in Ryan. The featured speaker is the Rev. Merritt Bomhoff director of public relations at Wartburg seminary in Dubuque.
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Strawberry Point
Area II
Iowa
Brotherhood of the American Lutheran Church
Peace Lutheran Church
Ryan
Merritt Bomhoff
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
East Iowa Teachers Attend SUI Meeting
East Iowa teachers attended a University of Iowa work conference on writing speaking and reading instruction aimed at improving coordination between the university and Iowa high school programs. Attendees included Margaret Balik Calmar Margaret Strain Sister Mary Assumptia Sister Mary Xavier Cedar Rapids Florence Peters Independence Mary Wessels J Day Marion Powers Katherine Mears Dorothy Haesmeyer Ann McManus Helen Opsake all of Iowa City Julia Boysen Mabel Whiteley Jesup Wilma Harlan Lisbon Kathleen Morrissey London Bess Greenley Oelwein Faye Hedges South English Grace Long Tiffin Gertrude Hilmer Eileen Albaugh Tipton and Grayce Meredith West Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
East Iowa
Margaret Balik
Calmar
Margaret M. Strain
Mary Assumptia
Mary Xavier
Cedar Rapids
Florence Peters
Independence
Mary Wessels
J. Day
Marion Powers
Katherine Mears
Dorothy Haesmeyer
Ann McManus
Helen M. Opsake
Julia Boysen
Mabel Whiteley
Jesup
Wilma Harlan
Lisbon
Kathleen Morrissey
London
Bess Greenley
Oelwein
Faye Hedges
South English
Grace Long
Tifffin
Gertrude Hilmer
Eileen Albaugh
Tipton
Grayce Merredith
West Liberty
Fay ette and Lone Tree youths receive state and school honors
Fay ette will send Bill Moellering and Galen Mack to Hawkeye Boys State in June, sponsored by the American Legion post and the Chamber of Commerce. Lone Tree to host a May 1 musical program. Kalona students to present a band concert Tuesday evening. Independent reports include George A. Plummer posting a 350 cash bond on a drunk driving charge, VFW auxiliary officers elected in North English, and librarian appointment in Belle Plaine. Local notes cover Chamber of Commerce leadership in Central City, extended Wednesday hours in North English businesses, Monona high school commencement May 20 with Dr E H Kiempell speaker, and a Postville clean-up proclamation.
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Fayette
Bill Moellering
Galen Mack
Hawkeye Boys State
American Legion Post
Chamber of Commerce
Lone Tree
Lone Tree Auditorium
Kalona
Independence
George A.plummer
Waterloo
Justice of the Peace
Plummer
North English
VFW
Marilyn Kirkpatrick
Jennie Simoons
Carolyn Jones
Harriet Bell
Pauline Humphrey
Belle Plaine
Lee Martin
Hart Memorial Library
Ida Rank
Iola Morak
Buchanan County
Peoples Hospital
Central City
James L. Stoddard
James Butterfield
John J. Hurwitz
W. B. Tidball
Monona
E. H. Kiempell
River Falls College
Iver Falls
Wis
Vinton
Victor Hanson
Virginia Gay Hospital
Postville
Robert H. Burling
Anamosa
Earl Byerly
Jones County Selective Service Board
L. W. Kellogg
Kellogg
J. W. Kinler
Olin
Iowa City
Johnson County
Red Cross
Otis Walker
Fifty Fourth May Music Festival at Cornell College
Mt Vernon reports the Fifty Fourth annual May Music Festival at Cornell College in King Memorial chapel May 1 2 and 3. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra marks 50 consecutive festival appearances and soloists include Astrid Varnay Mieczyslaw Horszowski Dorothy Krieg Lillian Chookasian Harold Brindell Delores Hanke Norman McLean with Rafael Kubelik conducting the Magnificat and closing with the Chicago Symphony performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horszowski
Pablo Casals
Europe
Bach
Cornell Oratorio Society
Chicago Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik
Corne
Dorothy Kreig
Lillian Chookasian
Harold Brindell
Chicago
Delores Hanke
Norman McLean
Mt. Vernon
McLean
Cornell Conservatory of Music
Cornell
Paul Beckhelm
Cornell Conservatory
Land Management Education Could Cut Flood Damages
A speaker argues that flood trouble could be reduced through a government program teaching land stewardship of grassland brush and timber. He says such education would cost less than dikes and dams and save funds spent on rehabilitating the Mississippi and Missouri valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Missouri Valley
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Rob Roy III
Iowa Historical Society
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Kees
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F.D.R
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Nest
Elmont Stamp Co
Dept
Sixth Ave
HY. 1
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Halamka
MR. Halamka
Allison
Manchester
Glen Charles
Hal’s Service
Harding Des Moines, Iowa
Sigourney
Iowa Braille
Sigourney High School
Mariann Mertz
Mary Lou Aa
Sarah Beatty
Mary Beth House
Josephine Wyllie
Calista Kelly
Gazette
Bob Kenyon
Eleader Brass Quartet
Elkader Brass Quartet
Don Buckman
Don Englehardt
Ronnie Glesne
Mary Trese Bente
Bruce Fishwild
Wrens
Bird House
Borhood
Iowa Briefs
Headel
the Builders Department Store
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply CO
3Rd Ave
Standard Appliance CO. Drive-In Appliance CO
Second Ave
Tenth St. SE
Chicago Symphony
Astrid Varnay
Reardon
Cedar Ra
3Rd Avenue
Dial
Bondex
Dramex
Sherwin - Williams
Barney’s Paint & Wallpaper CO
Klinger
2Nd Ave
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