Pile of Rubble Becomes a Park in Hopkinton
Civic pride and volunteers transformed a rubble site into Memorial Park opposite Hopkinton’s railroad station. Initiated in 1946 by the Kill Kare club, the project included clearing the hotel and church foundations, fundraising, and city support. Total park investment tops about 5 000 with a 1 400 shelter house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opeinton
Iowa
Memorial Park
Phillips
Christian Scientist Church
Kill Kare Club
Hopkinton
Kill Kare
Servicemen Roundup Each Town Reports Wartime Postings
Eastern Iowa notes list soldiers sailors and airmen visiting relatives furloughs home on leave or discharged. Entries name towns such as Maxwell Riverside Greeley Clermont Onslow Calmar Traer and Grundy Center with individuals and bases including Fort Riley Fort Benning Lackland Reese Gary and Annapolis. The items reflect routine updates on service members staffing regional communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
R. W. Griffin
Maxwell Air Base
Ala
Fred Woeste
James Phillips
Conley Air Base
Texas
Mather Air Base
Calif
J. J. Arnold
Wyoming
Ross Hamilton
Clayton Hamilton
Air Force
Clermont
Carman Swenson
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Atkins Native Gets Promoted
ATKINS First Lt. Clyde A. Dunn, a Lincoln air base dental clinic staff member, was promoted to captain. He entered the air force on November 14 1953 and previously practiced dentistry in Cedar Rapids. He attended a dental refresher course in Montgomery Alabama before his Lincoln assignment and is married to Jeanette Olivetti of Lincoln. They reside in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Clyde A. Dunn
Lincoln Air Force Base
Dunn
Iva Dunn
Air Force
Gunner Air Base
Montgomery
Ala
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
John S. Roulson
Cedar Rapids
Capt. Dunn
Jeanette Olivetti
Postville
Richard J. Cayton
New Jersey
Norfolk
Wayne L. Walter
Karl Walter
Japan
Brandon
Glen Roster
Fort Leonard Wood
Arlington
Frederick Boehmke
Fort Riley
Kan
Lynold Boehmke
Buckingham
Earl Russell
John Russells
England
Winthrop
George E. Brubaker, Jr
Schweinfuet
Germany
86Th Infantry Regiment
Solon
David Cilek
John Cilek
Anamosa — Army
James W. Thompson
W. M. Thompson
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Political Notes By Frank Nye Previewing Iowa politics
Frank Nye discusses Dan OBrien ex aide to Sen. Hick enlooper in Cedar Rapids and notes his seniority ranking among senators. He surveys W H Nicholas interest in lieutenant governorship and possible bids by Byers Kosek Novak Ely and Martin as 1956 campaigns loom. The piece also previews guest writers on upcoming Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Nicholas
Mason City
Leo Elthon
Nicholas
Herman Knudson
Clear Lake
H. R. Gross
Sen
B. B. Hickenlooper
Frank C. Byers
Ernest Kosek
Emil Novak
Byers
John M. Ely, Jr
Francis L. Martin
Cedar Rapids
Road Projects and Repairs Across Iowa Counties
The list details road jobs including widening paving and bridge work across multiple counties. Projects cover 12 mile segments on Jackson to Spragueville and Cedar Rapids to Palo, plus concrete box culverts, reinforced beams, and a large 3 350 cubic yards of stripping material work in ditches.
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County Line
West Union
Jackson
Iowa
Spragueville
Keokuk
Keswick
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Palo
Tama
Gladbrook
U. S
Washington
Benton
Buchanan-Fayette
Fayette
Oelwein
Stanley
Marengo
U. S. 218
North Western Railroad
Toledo
Lutherans of Missouri Synod To Meet Monday
Iowa District East of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod convention opens Monday at St Pauls Luth eran church in Alden. It lasts through Thursday with five pastors to be received. Revs Ralph Underwagen George Mumm Don Braunersreuther Jack Wangerin Fred Kowert will join. H Harms of St Louis will address the opening session. A 42 percent budget increase proposal for 1956 will be voted on along with delegate elections. Memorial services and educational activities are planned. the convention will be filmed.
George H. Smith Injured in Fall While Cutting Tree Limbs
George H. Smith of North English is hospitalized at St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids after fracturing his right leg in a fall while cutting tree limbs at his home on Thursday.
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George H. Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Governor to attend Mesquakie powwow on Friday
Governor Leo Hoegh will attend the Mesquakie Indian powwow in Tama Friday and be honored at a settlement reception with tribal members and visiting Indians. The event runs Friday to Sunday with dances, crafts displays, an Indian baby show, squaw games, parades, ball games, and a Sunday western championship dance contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hoegh
United States
Brazilian Worker Visits Iowa Farm Family in Heat
Osman Mohamed Abou Jokh, 25, visiting Strawberry Point from Lebanon via Sao Paulo, discusses life in Brazil and Lebanon, his hopes to gain title to land share, and his plans to return home. He notes Brazil’s wages, coffee culture, and irrigation improving land value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Sao Paulo
Osman Mohamed Abou Jokh
Iowa
Abou Jokh
William Bushaw
Ghazze
Lebanon
Damascus
United States
Brazil
Bushaw
Inis
Mr. Bushaw
Osman
William
U.S
Alwin Zwandiser
Osman Mohamed Abou Jakh
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Delaware County Highway Department
Archie Beitz
Lyle Joseph
Raymond Joseph
Bill
Monticello Twins
Gazette
John Reynolds
Clayton
Clay Powers
Joseph Powers
Monticello
Des Moines
Ossian
Buck Creek
Fred Zweibohmer
Delbert Weber
Fred Powers
Coggan
Aletha
Monticello High School
Eastern Laws
Frank Franta
Fairbanks
Alaska
Lake Charles
Millersburg
Richard B. Cable
Sam S. Cable
Sgt. Cable
The
Air Police
Army
Marshall M. Scott
Gerald Scott
74Th Field Artillery Battalion
Urbana
Lyle D. Fry
Warren E. Fry
Fort Knox
3Rd Armored Division
Allan W. Brant
Russell W. Brant
5021St
Manchester
Merle J. Wegmann
Ludwig Wegmann
3Rd Infantry
Fort Benning
Blairstown
Kermit M. Coover
Merritt Coover
4Th Infantry
Louis E. Dunkel
Reese Air Base
Reese
Traer
Jack C. Lansinger
C. E. Naylor
Lansinger
University of Iowa
Azores
Central City
LeRoy Powers
Ronald McMurrin
Lackland Air Base
Pfc
Fay F. Edgerly
March Air Base
Coggon
Louis F. Sperfslage
San Diego
John Greif
Far East
Fort Sill
Oklo
Norman A. Schroeder
Lena Schroeder
Navy
Frank Nye
Dan O’brien
American Legion
Dan
Hickenlooper
Senate
Congress
Hoegh
Elthon
Bimary
Senator Bender
Ohio
Congressional
Robert Taft
Philadelphia
Chicago
Eisenhower
Gerald Bogan
United Press Bureau
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Good Roads Association
Jake More
Harlan
Don Pierson
Humboldt
Buchanan
Jesup
Delaware
Delwein
East
Lutherans of Missouri Synod
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