Marion Legion Banquet Honors Local Athletes and Veterans
Nearly 300 attended the annual Marion Post 298 American Legion athletic banquet at the Presbyterian church. Highlights included toastmaster Earl Welsher and Commander Ed Boyanovsky, plus James Fry’s football team response. Supt. Vernon praised athletics in schools while Coach Coffman awarded letters to seniors and juniors, and freshmen.
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Marion Post No
American Legion
Presbyterian Church
Earl Welsher
Ed G. Boyanovsky
James Fry
Supt. C. B. Vernon
Eldon Coffman
Don Tow
Frank Swift
Bernard Ringland
Richard Little
John Trimble
Gordon Spence
Bob Hense
James Kitts
Bernard Mullahey
Wayne Jenkins
Wallace Davis
Earl Davin
Max Hampton
Harold Thompson
Oren Covington
Wayne Carpenter
John Ferreter
James Chesley
Warren Bleakley
Bob Davin
Dale Thomas
Myron Oxley
Bob Carey
Bob Marsh
George Bresnahan
University of Iowa
Marion
Merle Alderman
Merrill Bailey
Irl Tubbs
Fleming's Central Market Ad Listing Local Meat Prices
Marion Iowa advertisement for Fleming's Central Market lists home rendered lard hamburger beef and pork prices per two pounds, veal roasts and stew per pound, corn fed beef and pot roasts, veal chops, and various items with prices including 21 to 35 cents per two pounds or per pound.
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Fleming’s
Central Market
Marion
Iowa
Fleming
Culbert’s
Leibsohn
Wilson’s
Avia
Blackhawk
Local Lodge Officers Named for Coming Year
Senior warden P C Lassen junior warden L R Fitzgerald treasurer W S Winter recorder and the Rev C A Badger named as prelate outline the leadership slate for the lodge.
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P. C. Lassen
L. R. Fitzgerald
W. S. Winter
C. A. Badger
Frenzied bar patron slashes three in Los Angeles
In downtown Los Angeles a customer identified as Emery Smith went berserk at a cocktail bar slashing three patrons. Police report he gave no reason for his attack as chaos erupted and women fled the panic stricken scene.
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Los Angeles
INS
Emery Smith
Smith
Greater Opportunity For Negroes Urged By Social Agencies Speaker
The Rev W A Johnson pastor of Mount Zion Baptist church urged greater opportunity for the Negro race at a Council of Social Agencies luncheon. He cited Negro achievements in art literature science and invention and noted that despite a college degree many jobs remain closed to Negroes.
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W. A. Johnson
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Council of Social Agencies
Negro hopes for full American rights and improved conditions
The minister cites racial inequality in housing and employment, noting Cedar Rapids hosts 1,200 to 1,300 Negro residents with few industry jobs. He calls for equal wages, better schools, housing, recreation, fair courts, and civic projects, illustrating with nursing school access and the slow graduation rate among Negro nurses.
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Cedar Rapids
America
Johnson
United States
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Long Beach
Alif
H. 3. Wiley
H. J. Wiley
J. T. Yocom
Springville
Carl L. Wiley
R. F. Wiley
W. G. Bromwell
Center Point
Willa E. Crane
Carl Wiley
Brooks Yocom
John W. Fleming
John Wilson Fleming
N. A. Fleming
Alburnett
Mr. Fleming
John J
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Otter Creek Township
Elmer E. Fleming
Julia A. Fleming
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Albert McCulloch
Springfield
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Clyde Kearns
Joe Velbeny
Marjorie
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Elsie Jordan
J. F. Coakley
Paul Fiedler
F. J. Cleveland
W. C. Sheets
Free Methodist Parsonage
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C. O. Monroe
C. W. Rollins
G14
Eighteenth Street
Hawkeye
Ed Sigfred
Dorothy Jean Davis
Mrs. Clair Davis
Emma Kindler
Fourth Avenue
Gordon Grocery
Frank Frederick
Ladies Progressive Club
Dry Creek
Mildred Hickman
Maude McBride
Ed Boyanovsky
Adolph Christianson
Charles Dukek
C. W. Frederick
Isabel Atwater
Mark Hickman
Amos Wood
Velma Maxine
John Blakely
Adair
Methodist Parsonage
Kahoka
Blakely
Marion High School
Mount Mercy Junior College
Mr. Blakely
Ladies Union of the Christian Church
Keith Vawter
Lee Tucker
Christian Orphanage
Omaha
Shakespeare Club
Hattie Frager
George P Whitney
Goodfellows Fund
H. G. Stitzel
A. G. Beckman
Josephine Whitacre
Patmos
Knights Templar
L. S. Barber
A. R. McElwain
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Lions
Vorhies Ponae
Murdoc
A. Beckman
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Armstrong
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Mhaver
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Oxley
Eee
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Old Post Office
IGRAM
M Ave
DIAL
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Lux Soap
Rinso
Third Ave. SW
16Th Ave. SW
del Monte
Winston
Campbell
Nancy Hall
Sunkist
Tex
Ohio
C&h
C&h Pond
A&h
White House
del Maiz
Rustana Red
Hershey's
Ecea
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Clapp
Los
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IONA
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Campbell’s
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Snider
van Camp
Stokely
del Mont
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Kellege
Seer
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Burlington
Sojka's Market
Sixteenth Avenue
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