Residents contest Boyson Road plan in Marion meeting
About 140 residents gathered at Wilkens School to hear the Boyson Road Committee explain its proposal to extend three roads to speed northeastward travel from Marion to Cedar Rapids. The group learned the committee will present its report at the Marion City Council meeting, with routes including a two lane Boyson Road extension east from Alburnett Road and a southern Alburnett extension to Eighth Avenue.
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Marion
Boyson Road Committee
Wilkens School
Cedar Rapids
Boyson Road
Alburnett Road
10Th Street
Indian Creek Bridge
Indian Creek Road
Country Club
Eighth Avenue
John Vavra
West 8Th Ave
Vavra
Grundy
Don Claussen
Claussen
Donnelly Park
City considers long road plan tying into Boyson Donnelly parks
A city committee recommends routing a north south road through Boyson and Donnelly parks and linking 29th Avenue between 10th Street and Indian Creek Road. The council will tentative accept the report, with final approval years away and funding tied to tax decisions.
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Boyson
Donnelly
29Th Avenue
10Th Street
Indian Creek Road
Reunion for Marion High School Class of 1933 to Meet
The Marion High School Class of 1933 plans its 45th reunion with a Sunday banquet at the Longbranch Supper Club at noon and a Saturday 5 p.m. gathering there. Invitations went to 61 members and about 40 expect reservations. Reunion committee includes Mrs. Margaret Wager Mrs. Dorothy Smith Bernard Port DeWayne Dickey and Blanche and Galen McDougall.
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Marion High School
Longbranch Supper Club
Longbranch
Margaret Wager
Dorothy Smith
Bernard Port
DeWayne Dickey
Blanche and
Galen McDougall
Final Cedar Rapids outdoor concert slated at Noelridge Park
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band performs its last Wednesday concert of the season at 8 PM at Noelridge Park with Frank Piersol conducting and James Debb soloing on trumpet. The one hour free program repeats Sunday as the 1978 season finale, featuring Sousa, Lehar, Bach, Rodgers, Osser, King, and more with a trumpet solo and flute trio. Debb, a Cedar Rapids musician, also leads the Symphony Quintet and co-founded a local academy of music with his wife.
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Cedar Rapids
Noelridge Park
Frank Piersol
James Debb
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Manhattan Beach
Sousa
Friedemann
Villa
Franz Lehar
Vincent Bach
Huffine
Rodgers
Debb
Brent
Cedar Rapids-Marion Academy of Music
Marion
Brighter Headlights Headed For 1979 GM Ford Cars
Detroit AP General Motors and Ford plan to fit some 1979 models with brighter headlamps to boost night visibility by about 20 percent. The Transportation Department approved the sealed beam design, with GM unsure which models will receive the upgrade and Ford noting the Lincoln Versailles will feature the brighter lamps in 1979.
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Ford
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Transportation Department
Don Postma
Robert Harnar
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Gazette
Mayor Grundy
William Grundy
Larry Asaro
Asaro
Rainbow Board
Rainbow Advisory Board
Georgia Windenburg
24Th Ave
Retail Bureau
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Farmer’s State Bank
Ray
Stickney
Iowa
Freiantes
1St Ave
I A
Union Prescription
UNION
Junvon Prescripton
Gaviscon
Dairy Maid
First Ave
Center Pt. Rd
Edgewood Rd
Sixth St
Mt. Vernon Rd
Smulekoff
3Rd Ave
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