Cedar Rapids School District Surplus Grows as Budgets Expand
Cedar Rapids school officials announced unanticipated receipts of about 160000 dollars, potentially rising to 200000 with two building sales. The board approved using surplus for renovations pending a public hearing, while delaying a formal budget amendment.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenwood
Cleveland
Board of Education
Supt. of
Clyde Parker
J. C. Blodgett
Maquoketa Girl Found Innocent in Fatal Collision
A coroner s jury cleared 14 year old Maquoketa high school freshman Mavis Grager of criminal negligence in the death of 21 year old Sylvan Erpelding, the motorcyclist killed in a Dubuque crash. The verdict also absolved Maquoketa teacher George Penn of negligence though not named in the ruling.
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Dubuque
Mavis Grager
Maquoketa
Norbert F. Behr
George Penn
Sylvan Erpelding
Specht
Grager
Penn
Miss Grager
Coe Journalism Group Initiates Five Members
Five new members are initiated into the Coe college chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon. Art Koehler and Roberta White of Cedar Rapids, John Lent of Marshalltown, Jim Johnson of Chicago, and George Layton, Coe journalism assistant professor, join the honorary fraternity. Officers elected include Jim Tisdale president, Koehler vice president, White secretary, Johnson treasurer, and Professor Layton grand councilman and historian.
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Coe College
Pi Delta Epsilon
Art Koehler
Roberta White
Cedar Rapids
John Lent
Marshalltown
Jim Johnson
Chicago
George Layton
Coe
Jim Tisdale
Koehler
Miss White
Johnson
Layton
Cafeteria Opens at Harrison Grade School
The Harrison elementary school opened its new cafeteria on Tuesday serving over 200 pupils. Delays due to steel shortages had postponed completion from September, with Christmas dinners also served at Fillmore Van Buren and Hayes cafeterias today and more planned for the four high schools and several elementary schools tomorrow.
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Kenwood
Morehead Construction Company
Buchanan
McKinley High School
Thrallis
Boiler
Shepard Insurance Agency
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
Ardell James
Hayes School
University of Iowa
Anna May Anderson
Lorrine Kindig
Harrison Elementary School
Fillmore
van Buren
Hayes
Arthur, Jackson and Harrison
Mrs Cohrs Injured When Car Turns Over
Jack Cohrs 24 of 3847 First Avenue SE was driving a car that rolled over at Eighteenth Street and K Avenue NE at 2:55 AM Tuesday. He and Mrs. Cohrs were taken to Mercy Hospital where her condition was reported as good. The husband said heavy fog caused him to miss the turn as he swerved to stay on the paving.
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Jack Cohrs
First Avenue SE
Eighteenth Street
K Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Coe Students Share Christmas Gifts in Cedar Rapids Service
Coe college students held the White Christmas gift service in Cedar Rapids. The annual chapel ceremony featured Maxine Darland of Evanston and the campus YMCA and YWCA sponsors. Participants included Edward Parry Helen Taggart and James Nichols who performed a Vaughan Williams carol fantasia.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Maxine Darland
Evanston
Ill
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Byrons. Ollinshead
James Nichols
Denver, Colo
Assessors School Starts Next Week in Cedar Rapids
Twelve field assessors begin a training course from December 27 to 31 to prepare for assessing Cedar Rapids property after January 3. The program aims to standardize methods and help the public with tax questions.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Scolaro
Scolaro
F. K. Hahn
H. B. Lutes
Ester L. Carstens
Hilda Flaherty
John Flick
William Marek
M. W. Schirm
O. W. Schirm
Frank Schultz
John G. Stone
Esther Snouffer
Mildred Woods
Wencil Kulish
McKesson Employees Win Service Awards at Cedar Rapids
Twenty seven McKesson and Robbins Cedar Rapids branch workers received service awards at a Tuesday ceremony. Manager J. C. Lick presented pins badges and mounted certificates for five ten twenty five and over twenty five years of service. Six employees in the top group had 30 to 35 years with the company.
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McKesson and Robbins
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Lick
Liex Announ
Small Fire at Wadena Sparks Townwide Alarm
West Union reports a late night fire scare in Wadena when the alarm drew nearly every resident to the old hotel building now housing Mayor Don Corkery and several families. Smoke poured from a window but firefighters quickly contained the blaze to a dresser drawer. officials suspect a mouse gnawed a match starting it.
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Gazette West Union
Wadena
Don Corkery
Wratten in critical condition after self-inflicted wound
Walter Wratten, 55, of 2760 Meadowbrook Drive SE, remained in critical condition Tuesday at St. Luke's hospital after shooting himself Saturday afternoon. Police said the man, who lost a leg in a railroad accident last February, was reportedly despondent.
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Walter Wratten
Meadowbrook Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wratten
Post Office Records Biggest Day in Cedar Rapids History
Cedar Rapids post office reports its largest day ever with 546 301 letters and 4 178 parcels handled from Monday morning to Tuesday morning. Outgoing letters reached 390 181, plus 2 524 outgoing parcels and 1 654 incoming parcels. 91 regular carriers and 81 clerks plus 91 extra Christmas carriers and 23 clerks fueled the rush. Superintendent Robert T. Lubbock noted the week’s mail volume remains heavy with continued processing through Tuesday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert T. Lubbock
Contractor charged over unpermitted tree removal on Williams Blvd
Krumholtz says a contracting firm hired by Bruce West and Associates removed two trees from a parking area at 1911 Williams boulevard SW without a permit from City Arborist R. K. Alman. The trees, bought by Walter Rose and planted by the city, were removed during sewer work. Rose filed the information against the firm.
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Krumholtz
Williams Boulevard
R. K. Alman
Bruce West and Associates
Walter Rose
Rose
Truck Turns Over in Ditch Near Palo
Earl Cannon of 711 Tyler Court SE suffered a back injury when the Witwer truck he drove rolled in a ditch about 7:30 am Tuesday two miles west of Palo on Highway 74. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital. The tractor-trailer rolled as Cannon pulled onto a soft shoulder to meet an incoming car that did not stop.
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Earl Cannon
Tyler Court SE
Witwer
Palo
Highway 74
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cannon
Sheriff's Office
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Parker
Charles Penningroth
Cleveland Elementary
Jone’s Trucking Service
GMC
Stalker Electric Company
Joe Suma
Bina Clapp
Senta
Smith-Corona
Speschmidt Typewriter Exchange
Second Ave
DIAL
Daniel Green
Daniel
Coe Journalism Group
Harrison Grade
Cohrs
McKesson
Claussner
Armstrong
Bing Crosby Foundation
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