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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

21 Dec 1975

Page 6

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1975

Page

6

Early Czech settlers in Cedar Rapids shaped by farming and growth

The piece traces 1850s Czech arrival along the Iowa and Cedar Rapids area, noting families like Ligr Poster Korab and Sosel who learned English and helped settle the community. It cites census figures, land purchases, and the shift from beets to corn, with social life including St. Wenceslaus and Ctenarsky Spolek Reading Society fostering culture and education.

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Joseph Sosel Prague Sosel America Brewer and Wick Linn County Ligr Ely John Poster Paul Korab Western John Witousek Jacob Polak Karel Jonas Wisconsin Thomas Korab Kirkwood Boulevard Seventy-sixth Avenue Martha Kralik Thomas Martha Eleanor Griffith Town Journal of History and Politics Mora College Putnam Township Vaclav Rieg Kralik Europe Cedar Rapids Pokrok Liin County U.S Iowa Thomas Paine Joseph Hajek Freethinkers St. Wenceslaus Church St. Mary’s Church Immaculate Conception Frana Protivin St. Mary’s Francis Chmelar St. Ludmila’s Catholic Florian Svrdlik St. Wences Vaclav Hlavaty Ctenarsky Spolek the Reading Society Reading Society
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Organizations Long Important to Czechs

Fraternal lodges and insurance have long aided Czech communities in Cedar Rapids. Notable groups include CSPS now CSA, Western Fraternal Life, Sokol Assn, Catholic Workmen, Kamensky society, and Matice Skolska. The Czech school at Hayes street, and women’s groups like Anna Naprstek’s association, keep heritage alive. Sokol membership remains strong with 160 men and 200 women.

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New York City Cesko-Slovanska Podporuski Spolka CSPS CSA Czechoslovac Society of America Cedar Rapids Csps Supreme Lodge Chicago Edward Kuba Second Street Federation of Kuba Western Fraternal Life Assn Zcbj Lodge Sokol Assn Sokolice Sokols Reading Society St. Wenceslaus Church Kamensky Society South Side JCD Association of
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Old World Apron Dance Fades From Czech Celebrations

Mrs Drahovzal recalls the apron dance fading about 35 years ago as women now work alongside men. Czech sources note the dance did not require an apron and featured waltz and polka with an accordion. St Ludmila parish tried to revive it 15 years ago but the custom faded again. Be seda remains in Sokol social affairs and the dance includes a minuet style with folk dances and dracky.

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St. Ludmila's Marie Wokoun Fifteenth Street
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