Myers Military Band of the 80s A Cedar Rapids Staple
The Myers Military Band was a famed Eastern Iowa ensemble in the 1980s. Members of Company C, First Regiment, they traveled by train from Cedar Rapids to entertain at encampments and public events while supporting themselves with day jobs.
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Myers Military Band
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
First Regiment
Myers
W. L. Myers
Wetzell Hall
Wes Mokrejs
B Avenue NE
Mokrejs
Myers Band
Elwood Long
Frank Hayden
Herb Shuey
Edwin Derby
John F. Powers
W. T. Keogh
Sam Card
Charles Hibbard
John Fawcett
Wes Koffron
Charles Dunn
R. J. Stewart
Howard Blackley
Warren Card
Reserve Officers Meet in Council Bluffs May Fifth
Iowa reserve officers of the Reserve Officers association of the United States will hold their annual department convention in Council Bluffs on Sunday May 5 with headquarters at the Hotel Chieftain. A 12 30 p.m. dinner precedes the business session and Maj Floyd E Eller of Minneapolis will speak. Maj Roscoe B Davidson of Waterloo is the current Iowa department commander.
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Army Reserve Officers of
Iowa
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Council Bluffs
Plane Crash Kills Two In Port Washington
Two men died and a third was critically injured when a Sikorsky amphibian plane struck 20 feet of water off Plum Point in Port Washington New York on Saturday.
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Port Washington, N. Y
Plum Point
Playground Garden Planting Schedule For Week Announced
Mrs. L. T. Smith, children's garden director for the playground and recreation commission, announces week planting times for nine playground gardens. Locations include Holland Fur nace, Harrison, Fillmore, Cleveland, Lincoln, and Van Buren gardens with 363 children enrolled in playground plots and 1518 home garden enrollments. Mrs. Smith will visit each site weekly to assist and teach gardening.
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L. T. Smith
Playground and Recreation Commission
Holland Furnace
Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Harrison
Ellis Boulevard
N Avenue NW
Fillmore
D Avenue
Eleventh Street
Cleveland Garden
First Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Lincoln Garden
Sixteenth Avenue
van Buren
Garden Staff to Visit Parents for Seasonal Lessons
Families will be visited at least twice during the season by a member of the garden staff. They may also attend garden lessons offered at the playground nearest their home.
Surgical Platoon Heads New Medical Guard Unit
The heart of Co. H of the 136th medical regiment in Cedar Rapids becomes its surgical and medical platoon led by three medical surgeons and one dental surgeon. It includes complete operating X ray and fluoroscopic equipment and will evacuate patients to convalescent hospitals or rest camps. The platoon also runs the maintenance and pharmacist sections and will attach army nurse corps personnel as needed. A recruiting detail staffs the armory daily for enlistment.
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Co. H
136Th Medical Regiment
Cedar Rapids
Army Nurse Corps
Top Aviation Jobs Go To Trained Mechanics
Kansas City aviation jobs go to men holding U S Civil Aeronautics Authority certificates as Airplane and Engine Mechanics. The Missouri Aviation Institute trains men quickly for government examinations and offers railroad fare subsidies and flexible terms.
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Kansas City
U.S Civil Aeronautics Authority
Missouri Aviation Institute
U. S
Municipal
Missouri
Poor Reading Cited After Franklin High Forum
Blanche Anderson argues in support of college education but notes widespread poor reading skills among graduates. She cites speakers Shaffer and Johnson on gutter English while lamenting lack of reading comprehension and requests better use of textbook instruction. letter signed 103 Fourteenth Street SE.
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the Gazette
Franklin High School Forum
van Vechten Shaffer
Chester Johnson
Shaffer
Johnson
Geiger
Doe
Nate
United States
Franklin Forum
Blanche Anderson
103
Fourteenth Street SE
Woman barber unmasked after 15 years living as a man
Catherine Rowena Wing 36 admits in justice court she posed as Kenneth Raymond Lisenbee for fifteen years while barbering in California. She previously worked as a lady barber in Salt Lake City and Eureka and says the disguise failed after a traffic stop revealed her true identity.
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Wilmar
Calif
INS
Catherine Rowena Wing
Kenneth Raymond Lisonbee
Justice Court
Salt Lake City
Eureka
Utah
Kenneth Newell
Miss Wing
California
Ken
Newell
Skxenneth Lisenbee
Woman Charged With Falsification of Records Released on ROR
Justice Newele charged her with falsification after she used an assumed name for business. He released her on her own recognizance with a condition to change the driver’s license to her real name. She returned to her shop awaiting a customer.
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Ing
C.S.P.S
John F Powers
W. T Keogh
Eighth Avenue
John McGraw
New York Giants
Ed Derby
Fourth Avenue
Minneapolis
Art Snider
Heart of New Medical Guard
Chicago
Morning Glory
the Doughnut Shop
10Th St
3Rd Ave
Pontisc
General Motors
Pontiac
New York
San Francisco
Alam
Bowe
Tee Lewset
Pantiec
Mich
Culver Motors
Second Ave
McLaughlin Pontiac CO
S. Cedar S
Monticello
People’s Forum
SRR
W. T. Sands
I-N-Ging CO
Second St. NE
DIAL
Smulekoff
RRS Gas
3D Ave
West Side
Ulekohs
Third Avenue
Third Ave
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