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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1948
Page
2
The Cleveland district plans a new 500-student school on a 10 acre site near First avenue W and Twenty‑first street for about 517000. The two level design includes fourteen classrooms two kindergartens a visual education room a library a multipurpose room and a lunchroom with community center potential.
The Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will host a sports program after dinner Thursday. Rollie Williams of the University of Iowa will speak on the basketball team and show Purdue Iowa game films. Guests include Lloyd Wilson and wrestlers Bob and Wilbur Salzbrener. Glen Wellves notes no board meeting this week.
Junior Chambers of Commerce in Clear Lake Manly Osage and Charles City host state Jaycee officers this week. Frank T Nye Cedar Rapids state president Keith De Lacy Mason City state vice president and Craig Mosier Waterloo national director will attend a dinner in Clear Lake Monday and visit Manly Tuesday Osage Wednesday and Charles City Thursday.
Col. William N. Leaf head of the Rock Island district U S Army Corps of Engineers will address the Cedar Rapids Engineers club on flood control in Iowa. A 1923 West Point graduate, Leaf led the 592nd Engineer boat and shore regiment in 1943 44 and served as task force engineer in the Admiralty Islands campaign and as assistant chief of staff with Gen Krueger s Sixth Army through New Guinea and the Philippines. He has led the Rock Island district since 1946. Dinner at 6 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce building. Reservations via William Behrens at Linn county courthouse.
Frank Stanek, longtime secretary of Cedar Rapids Bowling Association, holds the highest bowling average and devotes two evenings weekly to leagues. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1889, he came to the U.S. in 1909 and settled in Cedar Rapids with siblings. He also serves as secretary of the major bowling league and director of the annual tournament. The article also lists Czech lodge activities, meetings, and a dried milk fundraising drive led by John Rompotl for Czechoslovakia.
The Allied Industrial League presents two travel films at the Little Theater YMCA Monday at 8 p.m. China a March of Time covers history, people, and Japan’s war. The Children of China shows customs and school life. Speakers Rev. Marvin B. Kober and Keith Tow. An admission charge applies for non ticket holders.
Cedar Rapids teachers say they live their own lives despite a U S education office warning to keep hands off teachers private lives. The report notes many boards ban married women and that permanent supply teachers in Cedar Rapids are paid like contract teachers, with policy divisions among the school board. The article cites surveys of 40 cities and discusses how societal scrutiny affects teachers.
Plans are complete for the March 7 appearance of the 54 member Lyra Singing Society of Chicago at Memorial Coliseum. Under Frank Kubina the group marks its 58th year, honors Masaryk and the Sokol movement, and comes to Cedar Rapids after canceling a Europe tour. Tickets are sold at multiple local businesses and banks.
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