School Board Backs Reorganization Amid March Election Details
Cedar Rapids school leaders approve administrative area reorganization to take effect July 1 pending favorable votes from four of five districts. Cedar Rapids plans a $66 000 bus garage via existing funds and sale proceeds, plus sale of Big Springs building. Six candidates filed for two board seats, with 72 judges and 24 clerks designated for March 13 polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
College School Township
Lind Rural
New Buffalo
Monroe School
Eeach
Cleveland
Kenwood
Big Springs
Center Point Road
E. W. Lundquist
Richard Cheverton
Numerous births and obituaries in Iowa communities
A long list of birth notices across Iowa towns includes many families welcoming daughters and sons on Feb 20 21 with addresses in Mercy and various streets. Obituaries note deaths in Blairstown Monticello Shellsburg Iowa City McGregor Waukon Dorchester and Stadium areas with service details and funeral homes.
John Buchanan Fined For Reckless Driving
John Buchanan of 1222 Seventh Street SE was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving in traffic court. He was arrested at 12 55 a.m. when his car struck a light pole near Second Street and Fourteenth Avenue SE. Two passengers Mrs Lyle Suits of 317 H Avenue NW and Mrs Leona Thome of 1237 Lake Avenue NE were treated at Mercy Hospital for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buchannan
Seventh Street
Lyle McBurney
Toddville
Henry Ely, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Wallace Hanson
Eighth Street
G. W. Gilbert
Franklin Avenue
Robert Blahnik
Bever Circle Drive
John Buchanan
Second Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Lyle Suits
H Avenue NW
Leona Thome
Lake Avenue NE
Mercy Hivopital
Insurance details and contract denial reported
The report covers premium figures for 80 percent co insurance on two buildings in Cleveland and Kenwood, contents insurance awarded to Jackson and Watson agency, and builders risk insurance on a new Buchanan building. A board denied Clara Mae Frederick’s request to be released from her contract to join a mobile rehabilitation unit in Little Rock Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kenwood
Jackson and Watson
Tri States Mutual
Buchanan
Clara Mae Frederick
Miss Frederick
Little Rock
Ark
Deaths Over Services for Mrs. Edgar Oyer
Services for Mrs. Edgar Oyer of Cedar Rapids route 3 who died Sunday will be conducted in the Beatty chapel at 3 30 p m Wednesday Burial will be in Shi loh cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Oyer
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Shiloh
Services for Mrs Baxter G Jones Held Wednesday
Mrs Baxter G Jones longtime Palo Covington area resident died Sunday. Funeral services will be in Turner chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday with Rev J P Van Horn officiating. Burial is in Palo cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter G. Jones
Palo and
Covington
Turner Chapel
J. P. van Horn
Palo Cemetery
World War II Veteran Fred Pazour Dies in Oakdale Sanatorium
Fred Pazour, 39, of 82 Nineteenth Avenue SW, died Tuesday morning at Oakdale sanatorium after a long illness. He had been a patient there about two years. A Brush funeral home service in Cedar Rapids will handle arrangements with details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pazour
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Oakdale Sanatorium
Brush Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Services for Henry Menges at Gleim Funeral Home
Henry Menges of 126 Sixth Street NE died Sunday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gleim funeral home in Arlington with burial in Taylorville cemetery. The body will be moved to Arlington Wednesday morning. Friends may call at Monahan funeral home in Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Menges
Sixth Street
Gleim
Arlington
Taylorville Cemetery
Monahan
Cedar Rapids
Services for Philip Drahos Conducted in Bertram
Philip Drahos died Monday at his Bertram home. Services will be at Polansky funeral chapel Wednesday at 8:30 am then at St. Wenceslaus church at 9 am officiated by Rev. Anthony W. Chihak. Burial is in St. John’s cemetery with Rosary at 7 pm Tuesday recited by Father Chihak and the Cadets of St. George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Drahos
Bertram
Polansky
St. Wenceslaus Church
Anthony W. Chihak
St. John’s Cemetery
Father Chihak
Cadets of
St. George
Mrs Homer Lester 64 Dies In Cedar Rapids After Brief Illness
Mrs Homer Lester aged 64 of 844 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at 1 p m Monday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born August 31 1885 in Fenimore Wisconsin she lived in Cedar Rapids 25 years. Survived by husband two brothers Fred Farnham Madison and Lloyd Farnham Milwaukee. Services 9 a m Wednesday at Monahan funeral home with Dr Andrew Kurth Westminster Presbyterian. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Homer Lester
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fennimore
Wis
Fred Farnham
Madison
Lloyd Farnham
Milwaukee
Monahan Funeral
Andrew Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Services Held for Mrs Josephine Young in Washington DC
Mrs Josephine Young a former Cedar Rapids and Shellsburg resident died February 17 in Georgetown hospital after a long illness from a heart disorder. Funeral services were held in Washington Monday. She was born December 4 1874 at Shellsburg and widow of Edward M Young. Survived by son Ralph E Young of Washington and sister Mrs Oscar E Ryde of San Antonio.
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Washington, D. C
Josephine Young
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Georgetown Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Young
Edward M. Young
Ralph E. Young
Washington
Oscar E. Ryde
San Antonio
Mrs. Paul E Floyd dies after brief illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Paul E Floyd 55 of Vin ton road NW Cedar Rapids died at 7 p m Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness She was born Jan 19 1895 in Cedar Rapids and lived there all her life She was a Gold Star Mothers member Surviving are two sons Paul Jr and James three daughters Phyllis Jean and Shirley a brother Fred Steuber and a sister Mrs Anna Werning Services will be held at Beatty chapel at a time to be announced Friends may call at the chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Floyd
Vinton Road
Cedar Rapids
Floyd
Gold Star Mothers
Paul, Jr
James
Phyllis
Jean
Shirley
Fred Steuber
Anna Werning
William L. Doyle Rites Set In Cedar Rapids
William L. Doyle 73 of 429 Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died at 3 15 p m after brief illness Born Aug 4 1876 Anamosa Iowa he farmed in Huron S Dak before moving to Cedar Rapids 12 years ago Employed by Iowa Steel and Iron Works until retirement two years ago Survived by wife Mary two daughters Marjorie Kathryn sister Sister Mary David of Oelwein brothers David Marion Albert and Leslie Anamosa Services Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rt Rev Msgr J M Molloy Burial Holy Cross Cemetery Rosary at 8 p m Wednesday Monahan funeral home where friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening
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William L. Doyle
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Huron
S. D
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Mary
Marjorie
Kathryn
Mary David
Oelwein
David
Marion
Albert
Leslie
Immaculate Conception Church
J. M. Molloy
Holy Cross Cemetery
Msgr. Molloy
Monahan Funeral Home
Nevada Rainfall Record Cited by Weather Bureau
Nevada ranks as the driest state with about 8.81 inches of annual rainfall per the U S weather bureau. The figure appears in a brief weather statistic citing statewide precipitation data and the agency responsible.
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Nevada
U. S. Weather Bureau
State presents evidence in Rector embezzlement trial
The state called witnesses in the case against 34 year old H Austin Rector of 1224 Maplewood Drive NE at the A T Chemical Company embezzlement trial. The alleged theft of 169.66 occurred from August 1 to September 10 during collections. Jurors seated include George Bowler Ruth Robbins Howard Kirk Belle Thompson Berniece Buse Mildred McIntosh Gerald Malloy Mary Broxey Ruth Graham Harry Snell and Stanley Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Austin Rector
Maplewood Drive
A & T Chemical Company
Chuck Lindholm
Davenport
Maynard H. Moenke
William E. Haensche, Jr
Austin, Minn
Thomas J. Peters
Cedar Rapids
The
Chemical Company
Rector
George Bowler
Monroe Township
Ruth Robbins
Sixteenth Street
Howard Kirk
Spring Grove Township
Harold J. Emmons
Ninth Avenue
Belle Thompson
Mt. Vernon
Berniece M. Buse
Twenty Seventh Street
Mildred McIntosh
Thirty-second Street
Gerald J. Malloy
Third Street
Mary E. Broxey
Fourth Avenue
Ruth B. Graham
D Avenue
Harry Snell
Marion
Stanley Lubbock
Clinton Township
Bridge Lumber Contract Awarded To Des Moines Firm
Linn county supervisors awarded a bridge lumber contract to Wheeler Lumber Bridge Supply Company of Des Moines for 123192 board feet of treated fir timber and 6725 feet of treated yellow pine piling at a low bid of 23577.43. Six firms submitted proposals. estimated material cost was 24193.01. Also noted are local court actions and a courthouse closing for Washington's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Supervisors
Wheeler Lumber Bridge Supply Company
Des Moines
Judge awards default judgments on accounts in Franklin Jayne suits
Judge Floyd Philbrick issued two default judgments Tuesday against Franklin Jayne et al. Aeroil Products was awarded $249.65 and Globe Roofing Products $288.68. Hunter Motors sued M Raisch in Dumont for $1,128.53 on a promissory note for $2,899.15 dated Sept 17, 1948. B F Goodrich sued Mrs. Lucille Elliott for $83.97. A Avenue Auto Service sued Fred Harbit for $234.69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Cooperative Oil Company
James Flickinger
Floyd Philbrick
Franklin Jayne Et al
Aeroil Products Company
Globe Roofing Products Company
Hunter Motors
M. Raisch
Dumont
B. F. Goodrich Company
Lucille Elliott
Irving R. Finger
Frank Koutny
A Avenue Auto Service
Fred Harbit
Funeral Accelerates Road Repair Effort in Maine
A funeral in WEES MILLS Maine united state and local crews to repair a thaw damaged gravel road so a hearse could carry Mrs Myron A Day to the cemetery. The combined effort by state and local road workers restored passage for the cortege after thawing weather made the route impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wees Mills
Holdup Man Demands Quarters in City Jail
In Carrollton Georgia John C Brown arrived at the city jail asking to be locked up claiming he was the suspect sought for holding up a taxicab driver and produced a pistol. Mrs Leonas Garrett deputy sheriff's wife guided him to a cell until her husband returned.
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Carrollton
Leonas Garrett
John C. Brown
Cedar Rapids Sets 1950 51 School Opening Sept 5
Public schools in Cedar Rapids will open September 5 1950 for the 1950 51 year. The board adopted a calendar by a 3 to 1 vote with 181 pupil days and 190 teacher days. Christmas and spring vacations were set, with alternatives debated by the education committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Dwight Krumholtz
Krumholtz
Douglas Grant
Sandoe Jordan
E. F. Moorman
Moorman
State Approves St. Luke's Addition Plans
The Division of Hospitals under the State Department of Health approved St. Luke's hospital addition. Hospital Superintendent Louis B. Blair announced bids on the 2,250,000 project will be accepted, with plans available around March 1 and bids due by 3 p.m. April 12 in several classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Division of Hospitals
State Department of Health
Louis B. Blair
Hospital Board of Directors
Blair
Ellerbe and Company
First National Bank
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids Braces For Record Cold After Slippery Tuesday
Cedar Rapids faced slippery conditions with a around 27 degree morning and a 26 degree daytime reading. Bus service lagged early but neared normal by mid-morning while icy runways disrupted Cedar Rapids airport with a Chicago to Omaha flight canceled and an eastbound plane unable to land. Forecast calls for a drop to 14 at night and a Wednesday high near 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chicago
Omaha
Weather Bureau
Ghost rides on bus top in Italy scare passengers
A Rome dispatch reports in Forli a bus overcrowded with riders. A man clings to a coffin on the roof to stay dry, then two more board. When the lid is raised for air, passengers leap off at high speed and suffer serious injuries at a nearby hospital.
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Paris
INS
Rome
Figaro
Forli
Pierre di Riveschio
Pievre di Riveschio
Italy
Safety-Crusading Cops Smash Up Patrol Car
In Fort Worth Texas two officers were taking a prisoner to jail when their patrol car hit loose gravel and careened into a curb. A rear wheel was broken during the collision as they attempted to pass a car in a curve. Officers C R Williams and J H Murphy were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
C. R. Williams
J. H. Murphy
McCarthy Targets Name Publishing in Senate Clash
McCarthy demands naming accusations from a Wisconsin senator, presses for names and immunity waiver while clashing with Lucas over disclosure. The White House denies a speech writer belongs to a Communist front, asserting no Red sympathizers on President Truman’s staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Guided Missile Review Ordered by Defense Chief
Secretary of Defense Johnson ordered a comprehensive review of the U S guided missile program. The review follows Sen Johnsons demand that Russia lead the United States by about two years in missile development. The Defense Departments R and D Board and its Guided Missiles Committee are conducting the study for direct submission to Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Defense Chief
Congress
Sen. Johnson
Texas
Russia
Defense Department
Research and Development Board
Senate Democrats Sidetrack FEPC Debate
Senate Democrats advanced three other measures before addressing the FEPC bill. Democratic Leader Lucas said the party caucus will delay the FEPC measure until sometime next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
III
FEPC
Lodge Meeting Prokop Velky No 7 ZCBJ Tonight
Lodge meeting at the ZCBJ hall at 7 30 tonight. Century Cabs listed by dial number 5146. Park board officers also set to meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the ZCBJ hall. Ash Wednesday service at Trinity Lutheran Church February 22 at 7 30 p m no charge. You are welcome. Stag party for air reserve and Air Force Association guests on Wednesday at 8 p m on Chamber of Commerce City Cab second floor dial 6161. Return home R B Booth has returned from St Luke's hospital after a two week stay for a fractured hip suffered in a fall on the ice near his home.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Hollywood
Jesus Christ
Air Reserve
The
Air Force Association
Chamber of Commerce
R. B. Booth
First Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
C R Law Club Dinner Hosts Senior Bar Members
Cedar Rapids law club members and senior county bar wives gather at Elmacrest Country club for a 6 30 social followed by a 7 o clock dinner. Dr William J Petersen of the Iowa State Historical Society will present an illustrated lecture on Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi River with W Howard Smith introducing.
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Law Club
Cedar Rapids
Elmacrest Country Club
William J. Petersen
Iowa State Historical Society
Iowa City
Petersen
Upper
Mississippi River
W. Howard Smith
The
Historical Society
Rites for Paul Schmidt At Iowa City Thursday
Services for former state Sen. Paul W. Schmidt 63 will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary's church. He died Monday after a yearlong illness. A Democrat Schmidt served in the Iowa senate 1932 to 1936 and helped organize the highway patrol. He co owned the Iowa City Iron and Construction Co with his father. He was a past president of the Iowa Elks Association and the sole Iowa City member of the Knights of Columbus Alhambra fifth-degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Paul W. Schmidt
St. Mary’s Church
Schmidt
Iowa Senate
Highway Patrol
Iowa City Iron and Construction Company
Iowa Elks Association
The
Knights of Columbus
Import Cuts Could Wreck Crude Oil Price Structure
The article discusses how congressional import cuts or British curbs could destabilize oil prices. Industry figures warn price structures would topple and surpluses could surge in the Middle East and Venezuela. Compromise is seen as likely but imperfect.
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New York
Congress
Venezuela
Middle East
B. Brewster Jennings
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
United States
Southwest
Sterling
U. S
C. L. Harding
Socony
Jennings
London
South
Committee Backs Housing Measure With 2 Billion Support
The House Banking Committee approved an administration bill creating a $2 billion corporation to spur middle income home construction. The vote was 11 to 4. Senate panel expected to consider similar legislation later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Motorists Urged To Watch Those Puddles
Police officials report multiple complaints about drivers speeding through puddles at intersections to splash pedestrians. A woman said she had to change clothes before resuming her day, prompting a patrolman to call for more courtesy.
Unfermented Coffee Grounds Not Fertilizer
Contrary to common belief, unfermented coffee grounds do not serve as a fertilizer and offer limited agronomic value.
Cedar Rapids Considers Abolishing Superior Court
A proposal argues the superior court handles limited work per week and could be replaced by the district and police court system. If abolished, a traffic court judge would be appointed and juvenile cases would move to district court, with Cedar Rapids potentially adopting a one judge municipal court system pending legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
Acheson Urges Doubling Urgency for Marshall Plan Aid
Secretary Acheson told Congress it is doubly urgent to sustain Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe as Russia shows signs of boldness. He testified before a joint Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committee to support continued funding for a third year to thwart the Kremlin's world dominion aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Congress
Russia
Western
Europe
Kremlin
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committees
Priest Beaten to Death in Texas Church Living Quarters
Gregory Texas AP reports Sheriff Frank Hunt says Rev. Leonard Petrykus pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was beaten to death in his church living quarters Monday night. Deputy sheriffs found his body in the bedroom shortly after midnight. A youth, 18, injured in a crash nearby will face murder charges. the car belonged to Father Petrykus and crashed near Aransas Pass Texas.
Ivan Woods Fined for Assault on Wife in Police Court
Ivan Woods, 68 Ellis Terrace NW, was fined $100 and costs after police court Tuesday for beating his wife who was reported in fairly good condition at St. Luke's hospital. Police found her on the sidewalk in the 100 block of First Street NE after Woods struck her and left. Her injuries included a possible concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Woods
Ellis Terrace
St. Luke's Hospital
Woods
First Street
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Muriel Harper
Waterloo
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Dolly Clawson
Goodland
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Nancy Wickham
Lisbon
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Forrest Burt Sharp
Carl A. Massey, Jr
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Maxine L. Watson
Frank Leslie Watson
Elroy H. McKean
Mary E. McKean
Lucille L. Hess
Paul D. Hess
Ernest Dean St. Germain
Jeanne Ruth St. Germain
Anne K. Jacque
Joseph J. Jacque
At Mercy
Joseph Goetschius
Fifth Street
John Gibney
Route 1
Joseph Heiberger
Seventeenth Street
Donald Miller
Raymond Alexander
LaVerne Moone Garrison
St. Luke's
Adair Spear
Stanwood
Junior Hagen
van Horne
Russell Omar
Tenth Street
Clifford Thompson
Harold Edmonds
Richard English
Elmhurst Drive
M. E. Warner
Wellington Street
Sfe
Edward Hutchings
Fiftieth Street
Earl Lentz, Jr
Iowa
Independence
Blanche Whitney
Swan
Blairstown
Kenneth T. Randall
Marengo Methodist Church
Monticello
Joseph Eby
Goettsch
Ralph
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North Liberty
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McGregor
George T. Milcks
Pilkington Funeral
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Celia McLaughlin
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Dorchester
Stuhr
Buchanan School
Cleveland and
Joe Suma
Suma
Insurance
Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agents
Phoenix Iinsurance Company
Over Services
Jones Services
Menges Services
Drahos Services
Mrs. Homer Lester
Mrs
Paul Floyd
Elizabeth Taylor
Nick Hilton
Hilton
Beverly Hills
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Bridge Lumber
Des Moines Company
Linn County
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Buffalo
N. Y
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Vernon Wilson
Mt. Vernon Road
H. R. Churchill
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McCarthy
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Wisconsin
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State Department
William Langer
R-N.d
J. Edgar Hoover
Illinois
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Prokop Velky No. 7
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Dial
Adv
City Cab
California
Tracey E. Dale
Tracey, Jr
Torrance
Carlif
Laurence R. Dale
Eddie
Los Angeles
James A. Dale
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Mr. Dale
C.R. Law Club
Paul Schmidt
Sam Dawson
James Young School
John B. Turner & Son
Toman
Third Avenue
RIAL
Monahan Mortuary
F. J. Monahan
Wm. J. Stewart
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