Committee To Study School Transportation
The Cedar Rapids school board in special session formed a joint education finance panel chaired by Charles Penningroth to review bus service for grades below high school, enforce state rules, and consider sending a second bus for Kenwood kindergarten pupils. The board also addressed Seven teenth Street property for a potential city alley and reinstated Marion E. Warner to his Wilson high school drafting instructor position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Penningroth
Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Dwight Krumholtz
Kenwood School
Kenwood
Yellow Cab Company
Harrison
Jackson
Garfield
Roosevelt
Arthur
Seventeenth Street
Cleveland
George Kosek
Kosek
Marion E. Warner
Wilson High School
Army
Gordon Hughes Talks Bike Safety to Cub Pack 5
Gordon Hughes, retired traffic captain, spoke at Den Park Presbyterian church on bicycle safety rules during a Cub Pack 5 meeting. Awards were presented to Cubs Dicky Brink and Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hughes
Den= Park Presbyterian church Friay
Dicky Brink
Jack
New Members Initiated Include Noted Local residents
New members initiated are Billy Dykhusen Ray Howland William Paeth Dale Arnold LeRoy Arnold Bobby Sadilek Bobby Zemsteg and Forrest Brown. The list also names Bobby Cech Bobby Gemuees Bobby Tehnik Orval May Ronny Kokesh David Shean Paul Johnstone Renny Thenhaus Wayne Ellingson Ronny Hovlick and Thomas New.
Lechay Exhibit Closes Today at Public Library Gallery
The 21 oils and watercolors by former New York artist James Lechay close today at the Public Library Art Gallery. The gallery is open 2 30 to 5 30 p m. Lechay teaches in the University of Iowa art department. His works appear in major national shows and in permanent collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and state universities of Iowa and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lechay
New York
Lechay
University of Iowa
United States
Art Institute of Chicago
Iowa
Arizona
Boy Scout Hit By City Bus Regains Good Condition
Lowell Lindaman a 14 year old Boy Scout was struck by a City Lines bus while delivering papers. He was listed in good condition at Mercy hospital with fractures to both wrists a cut above the left eye and a bruised cheek officials said. The accident occurred as the youth darted across Mt Vernon avenue in the 2200 block as O A Oliver drove eastbound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Lindaman
City Lines
Mercy Hospital
E. W. Lindaman
Pleasant Drive SE
O. A. Oliver
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Cub Pack 13 Pot Luck Supper Honors Reach Cubs
An amateur night at Fillmore school features Cub Pack 13 annual pot luck supper. Awards given include Wolf badges to Bill Siver Robert Naughton and Jimmy Coffey Bear badges to Gale Morey Steven Sedlacek Tommy McEachron Richard Gnogg and Bob Little Lion badge to Basil Lu cas Gold arrow to David Crew and silver arrow to John Yuva Wayne. Vernon Powlishta earned Webb badge and progressed to scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore School
Bill Siver
Robert Naughton
Jimmy Coffey
Gale Morey
Steven Sedlacek
Tommy McEachron
Richard Gnogg
Bob Little
Basil Lucas
David Crew
Richard Polansky
John Yuva
Wayne
Silver Arrow
Vernon Powlishta
Webb
Boy Scout Old Paper Drive Nets 80 Tons
The Boy Scout paper drive collected 80 tons of old paper on Saturday. From 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 200 scouts on 26 trucks canvassed the city and will pick up late curb stacks if residents call 2 3119 with their addresses and estimated paper amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Office
Mixup Ends as Infant Reunited with Mother in LA
Four month old Donna Lee Kelly is home with her mother Anna Pitts after a birth certificate mixup at a Los Angeles hospital misallocated the infant. Telegraphed verification from Quincy Massachusetts confirmed the daughter’s birth there, prompting the mother to recover her baby from hospital care.
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Los Angeles
Donna Lee Kelly
Anna Pitts
Quincy
Mass
Pitts
Donna
Speakers at Tenth Annual Coe College Evangelism Conference
Dr George E Sweazey and Dr G Ernest Wright headline Coe College tenth annual conference on evangelism and Old Testament study. Registration at 9 a.m. in Old Main with sessions led by Dr Theodore G Lilley and Dr David I Berger. Lectures cover evangelism and biblical interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sweazey
G. Ernest Wright
Coe College
Sweazey
Department of Evangelism
The
Presbyterian Church
Board of National Missions
Wright
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Old Main
Theodore G. Lilley
David I. Berger
Coe Bible Department
Troop Arrivals Reported By The Associated Press
At least 9,966 war veterans are expected to return home aboard 18 troopships. Ships arrive in New York Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego with troops from Bremerhaven Le Havre Calcutta and Pearl Harbor including Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard personnel. All vessels originate from Pacific forward areas and include vessels such as Victory Howard and Napa with mixed contingents.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Victory
Bremerhaven
Hg. and Service Co
Eng
Q.m
Howard Victory
le Havre
Seton Hall Victory
Calcutta
Westbrook Victory
Alexandria
Bessemer Victory
Seattle
U.S.S. Island
Korea
U.S.S. Gold Star
Pearl Harbor
Navy
San Francisco
Rawlins
Saipan
Army
Lenawee
Guam
Los Angeles
Chilton
San Diego
LCI
Napa
Marines
Coast Guard
Pacific
Linge Plans $100,000 Addition to Cedar Memorial Chapel
Cedar Memorial park announces a $100,000 expansion to the Chapel of Memories. Carl K. Linge says work will begin when materials arrive. The addition will enclose a hollow square centered by a prayer garden and will house a mausoleum. Exterior Dormite stone interior Italian marble with copper fittings. Hills-Gilbertson Hayes of Minneapolis are architects and O F Paulson Construction is the contractor.
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Cedar Memorial Park
Carl K. Linge
Hills-Gilbertson and Hayes
Minneapolis
O. F. Paulson Construction Company
Eagles To Mark 48th Anniversary Initiation
Dr. B H Devine of Des Moines will speak at the Eagles initiation marking the 48th anniversary. Cedar Rapids hosts visiting delegates from Des Moines Marshalltown Waterloo Boone Iowa City Creston and Marion. Initiation starts at 2 p m with a 50 member Gay Nineties Review directed by Max Hahn, followed by dancing at 7 p m.
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B. H. Devine
Des Moines
Order of Eagles
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Boone
Iowa City
Creston
Marion
Eagles
Max Hahn
Iowa Grange Backs Britain Loan With Price Protections
The Iowa State Grange executive committee endorsed a loan to Great Britain with a condition that no British agricultural stocks be sold or dumped in the United States to depress American prices. This marks the first Grange position on the British loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa State Grange
Great Britain
Britain
United States
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Cubs
Boy Scout
Coe Pastors
G. E. Sweazey
Joanna" Cretonne
Graemer’s
Irving Fredrick
Ney Fredrick
Linge
Iowa Grange
Woon
S$ P.M
Mildred Bennett
Jacqueline Cochran
Chromablend Foundation
Thornton Wars
Wren
Craemer's
Thornton
Harper's Bazaar
Buster Brown
Craemer’s
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