Grant Wood portrait donated to Cedar Rapids Art Center
The Grant Wood portrait of Frances Fiske Marshall was donated by her daughters Jeanne Byers Barbara Hoffman Patricia Sheehy and Frances Lash to the Cedar Rapids Art Center. Completed in 1929 the oil on canvas life-size work joins the museum’s permanent collection with conservation details shared publicly.
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Grant Wood
Frances Fiske Marshall
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Verne
Jeanne Byers
Barbara Hoffman
Patricia Sheehy
Frances Lash
Wood
Edward O. Fiske
Mary Frances Miller Fiske
Minneapolis
Fiskes
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Frances
Washington High School
Coe College
Mr. Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Marshall
Memorial Union
Iowa State
Nutcracker Ballet Brings Full Orchestra to Paramount
Eastern Iowans enjoyed a full scale Nutcracker at the Paramount Theater features Cedar Rapids Symphony under guest conductor Gary Sheldon. Suki Morrissey led as Sugar Plum Fairy with Stuart Weinbrenner, Annie Weinhardt, Susan Schuchmann, Rise Karns and others delivering memorable pas de deux and ensemble moments. The production showcased elaborate costumes, striking lighting by Doug Anderson and a chorus from the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Gary Sheldon
Sheldon
Suki Morrissey
Stuart Weinbrenner
Weinbrenner
Morrissey
Doug Anderson
Annie Weinhardt
Susan Schuchmann
Cedar Rapids
Rise Karns
Noble
Study finds Fillmore not fit for admin offices or warehouse
Cedar Rapids school board hears that converting Fillmore Elementary to district offices or storage is uneconomical. Closing in June, Fillmore would require costly renovations, and the ESC would remain the admin center. A buyer or tenant may be sought after the 1982 closure if board approves.
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Fillmore
Cedar Rapids
G Avenue NW
Newell Lash
Educational Service Center
ESC
Lash
Grant High School
Second Avenue SW
Burglary Turns to Robbery at Southeast Side Home
Joe A. Thomas and Dale E. DeHoedt returned home to a ransacked rear bedroom and encountered a gunman who forced them to the floor and stole about 500 dollars in cash plus wallet cash and car keys. The suspect, a 6 feet 1 inch man around 20, wore jeans and a dark jacket with a white mask.
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Joe A. Thomas
Thomas
Bever Ave
Dale E. DeHoedt
E Ave
Cedar Rapids
Unidentified man found injured along Chain Lakes Road
A man aged about 25 to 30 with long brown hair and a full beard was found unconscious in a Chain Lakes Road ditch Sunday at 10 30 a m about 24 miles north of Cedar Rapids. He was airlifted by Lifeguard to St Luke's Hospital in serious condition with head injuries as deputies seek his identity and explain the circumstances.
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Chain Lakes Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
Chain Lakes
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jim Houlihan
Eagles Club Awards Boost Community Honor at Dinner
At the Eagles Club on Seventh Ave SE the annual Home and Family Dinner awarded Cedar Rapids Officer Bob Jaeger for outstanding law enforcement more than 700 hit and run cases solved in eight years. Firefighter Phil Bode received the Firefighter award. Don Sawyer got the Home Town Builder Award. others earned Good Neighbor and Civic Service honors.
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Eagles
Eagles Club
Seventh Ave
Don Miller
The
Cedar Rapids
Bob Jaeger
Jaeger
Louis Stepanek
Stepanek
Phil Bode
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Linn
Don Sawyer
Grant Wood Chapter
American Red Cross
C. P. Rhode and
King Builders
Keith Moreland
Garfield School
Agnes Breedlove
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Art Advancement Fund
Joseph Czestochowski
Art Center
Dance Review
Bruce Giza
Amy Lifson
Clara
Kingdom of Sweets
David Campbell
von Rattensteins
Tom King
Drosselmeyer
Tchaikovsky
Corps de Ballet
Les Zacheis
Jacob K. Hanson
Ruth Bevins
Joe Sindelar
Gladys Lint
Clarence Milota
Naomi Wheeler
del Woods
Eagle
Carl and
Patricia Cornell
Frank
Donna Warner
Miller
Berke Breathed
Thomas Jefferson
John Wayne
Woafields
Sam
Bohemian Savings
New L.R.A
Koegh
Bohemian Savings Financial Counselor
Center Point Rd
N.E
Williams Blvd
S.W
Moulil Lender
Reet
S.E
Mount Vernon Rd
Eleventh Street
Marion
Glenbrook Drive
1St Avenue
Lindale Mall
John's
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