Famed Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Girls hit record local growth
FOTO FACTS reports Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Girls exceed 2,500 members reflecting strong leadership from executive director Mrs. John Battin and assistant Noel Newell. The city opts for sectional council fires instead of one mass event at Memorial Coliseum as membership expands across age groups.
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Camp Fire Girls leaders win national recognition
Mrs. Battin of 1926 Grande Ave SE and Miss Newell of 327 Fifteenth St NE lead Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Girls with long service since 1943. Both graduates of Coe College have held multiple roles from guardians to chairing education departments. Mrs. Battin spoke at the American Camping Association meeting in Boston and heads the Iowa section. National offices have adopted local program features into the national constitution.
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Fifteenth Street
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Camp Huaga
Cedar Rapids
Prisoners Believe in Old Try Try Adage
In Springfield Illinois inmates at Sangamon county jail embraced the motto If at first you don't succeed try again A mass jail break on January 16 failed due to loud singing and a rasping file A second attempt over the weekend failed when Sheriff Meredith Rhule found a hole in a cell wall a paper covering the hole and improvised tools were found He ordered guards to watch prisoners more closely for a third attempt.
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Sangamon County
Meredith Rhule
Hirohito’s Brother Urges Ainu Land Restoration Talks
In Tokyo Prince Nobuhito Takamatsu met three Ainu leaders from Hokkaido to hear their appeal for return of land confiscated as imperial pasture during Meiji era. He promised to improve their condition without specific commitments and has recently broken precedent by attending a public cabaret dance for Japanese repatriates.
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Hirohito
Nobuhito Takamatsu
Hokkaido Island
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Takamatsu
Japan
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