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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1962

Page

17

Crestview Acres Inc Plans New Marion Nursing Home

Mr and Mrs C Lee Winger form Crestview Acres Inc to operate a 50 bed nursing and residence home in Marion Cedar Rapids area. Located at Grand Avenue and Fifteenth Street on four acres with 220 foot one story building. Completion expected May 1963 with around the clock nursing care. Officers include Peter Bezanson Robert Allsop and Melvin Struthers Jr.

Mation Crestview Acres, Inc Marion Cedar Rapids Iowa Growth Investment Co Small Business Investment Co Grand Avenue Fifteenth Street Morehead Construction Co Winger Peter F. Bezanson Robert W. Allsop Melvin Struthers, Jr

City Council Debates Building Boom and Public Works

Public and private building dominated Monday night’s council agenda as Mayor George H. Brewer reported 167 new house permits and 148 garages issued this year, with a building value of 3 982 706. Notable projects include a high school, a Christian church, and a nursing and rest home over 100 000, plus remodeling of city hall and the sanitation shop.

George H. Brewer Council Brewer Christian Church Pat Hall Public Works Thirty-fifth Street Hall Dale Wears

Rites set for George J. Houghman at St Patrick’s

George J. Houghman 67 a former Mercy hospital engineer died Sunday after a short illness. He is survived by his wife and his step-children. Services will be held Wednesday at 9 15 a.m. at St Patrick's church with military rites by the Roy Chopek American Legion post in Oakland cemetery. Rosary is to be recited Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. at Donohue mortuary.

Iowa City George J. Houghman Mercy Hospital St. Patrick’s Church Roy Chopek

Sorg Pharmacy Advertisement Offers Complete Prescription Service

Late Mrs. E. L. Brandt and Mrs. Francis Lyon are noted in a local ad for complete prescription service at fair prices from Sorg Pharmacy, highlighting accessible, affordable drug needs for the community.

E. L. Brandt Francis Lyon Sorg Pharmacy

Burglary at Schmid Implement Co in Marion

Police report burglars pried open a west side door at Schmid Implement Co on Highway 64 in Marion early Tuesday. A check protector and 21 blank checks were stolen along with 50 cents in pennies. An east door was tried but failed.

Schmid Implement Co Highway 64 East Marion

Bonds in Marion Rural OK Bonds in Marion Rural

Voters in the Marion rural school district approved a 297000 dollar bond issue for a junior high school building. The vote was 247 yes and 23 no with three spoiled ballots, on 273 total ballots. Supt. Clifford Wilkins said contracts will be let early next spring for the seventh and eighth grade facility to open next fall. This marks the ninth straight rural district bond pass on the first attempt. Fly-up White Cloud Blue Bird group conducted its fly-up at Longfellow school with several members listed and leaders noted.

Marion Clifford Wilkins

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C. Lee Winger By Larry Tanner Larry Martin Read Roofing and Construction Co Warren Read Raymond Eckhart John Dedic Read Fourteenth Avenue Twenty-sixth Street Jesse Andrew Cannon Park View Tavern Harold C. Stickney Gazette Wise Santas Ben Blackstock Marion Mobile Home Court No. 2 Edward Hiams Patmos Commandery No Wil Masonic Temple Michael B. Williams Saginaw, Mich Bernhard T. Palas Miller and Co Edison Pharmacy Marion Branch YMCA E. B. Castle and Son Master Builders of Iowa Des Moines Nettie Brown Wood Nursing Home Civil Defense Marion High School O Han Ti Camp Debbie Burns Linda Lint Georgianne Peters Margaret Dougherty Board of Education of the Marion City Schools White Cloud Blue Bird Group Longfellow School Debra Brandt Linda Brandt Sheila Cady Pamela Daub Jeanette Hauter Julie Knott Judith Lyon Wendy Miner Shelly O’brien Susan Potter Sandra Slater Linda Techau Linda Waite Dickey's Yee Ae Me Ee Aad National Institute of Dry Cleaning 7Th Ave 10Th Street FIRST Tendent’s Norelco North American Philips Company, Inc E. 42Nd Street New York N.Y Canada Free World Ontvi Storm Ben Franklin Iowa Live Modern Natural Gas Pipeline Company OF America Illinois Gas and Electric Company
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