Cedar Rapids Boy in President's Drum Corps Heads to Inauguration
John McIvor of Cedar Rapids is the sole Iowan in the President's Drum and Bugle Corps for the January 20 inaugural. A Marine sergeant and former YMCA drummer, he joined in 1945 and has since performed at events from New York to the congress joint session, earning the Good Conduct ribbon and marksman rating. He lives with his parents at 1220 Sixth Avenue SE and will return to duty after holidays.
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Cedar Rapids
Drum and Bugle Corps
U.S. Marine Organization
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Y.M.C.A
Champion
Y Corps
Marines
John
Iwo ‘Jima
Parris 15- Jland
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Washington
Soler
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R. Ariel Cross
Tama
New York Legion
VFW
Cleveland
Congress
Truman
Cuba
Washington Monument
Sgt. McIvor
Joseph McIivor
Sixth Avenue
Eastern Iowans Cast for Coe College One Act Plays
Nine eastern Iowans head casts for four one act plays at Coe College directed by drama students. Casts include Cedar Rapids and Manchester actors in Embryo and The Marriage Proposal, with John Hanna directing Which Is the Way to Boston. The Monkey's Paw features Cedar Rapids actors and two Coe professors also appear in the productions.
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Dramatics
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
James Threlkeld
Mary Martha Gill
Manchester
Walter Saur
Elkader
Alicia Rose
Park Ridge
Marilyn MacKenzie
Chicago
Percival Wilde
Donald Gunn
Lois Strother
Martelle
Jack Morgan
Mason City
Richard Peterson
Carson City
Nev
John Hanna
Rudolph Lorenzen
Boston
Gene Whiteman
Fort Madison
Luanne Darpee Cresco
Barbara Kiser
Keith Chartier
Omaha
W. W. Jacobs
Edward Parry
Coe Little Theater
John Krumbolts
Philip White
Margean Schneider
Donald Kosek
Coe
Edwin T. Settle
J. R. Ashton
Golfer Davis Sinks Hole in One Then Wrecks Car
Jeff Davis of Watsonville scored a hole in one at a Monterey golf course. On the way home his car was smashed and he suffered a broken rib in the accident.
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Monterey
Calif
Jeff Davis
Watsonville
Talking Birds Ejected For Talking Too Much
In Sydney Town hall two budgerigars were removed from a talking bird contest for excessive talk. They swore when a judge began the entry forms and continued until their embarrassed owner led them outside.
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Sydney
Sydney Town Hall
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