Children’s Home Re elects Bjornson as President
Barbara Bjornson of 501 Knollwood SE is re elected president of the board of directors of the Children’s Home of Cedar Rapids. At the 1976 annual meeting officers named Hamilton Vasey first vice president Scott McIntyre second vice president Mrs Charles Loomis Jr recording secretary Mrs John L Peterson corresponding secretary Mrs Theodore F Paulson assistant corresponding secretary and Mrs Adolph C Topinka past president. The home runs Heartwood a residential center for emotionally disturbed teens Maplewood a group home for female adolescents and Camp Good Health a summer camp for under served children. Robert Bloomberg joined as therapist at Maplewood bringing prior experience with Jewish Board of Guardians Hawthorne Cedar Knolls and Mt Pleasant Mental Health Institute where he earned his MSW through a Smith College program.
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Barbara Bjornson
Knollwood Drive
Children’s Home of
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton Vasey
Scott McIntyre
Charles Loomis, Jr
John L. Peterson
Theodore F. Paulson
Adolph C. Topinka
Heartwood
Maplewood
Camp Good Health
Robert Bloomberg
Children’s Home
Jewish Board of Guardians of
New York
Hawthorne Cedar Knolls
Bloomberg
Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Smith College For Social Work
North
Hampton
Mass
Morning Activities for Women at Central YMCA
Central YMCA offers weekday morning access for women with options including swimming and racquetball under the direction of Larry Bush. A "Slim n Trym" class, aqua exercises, and a pool program are offered with babysitting available, plus two coed activities in the afternoon and weekly recreational volleyball on Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Branch Ymca
Larry Bush
Bush
Central Y
Securities Topic For Rotarians Talks By McFarland Leader
Richard D. McFarland, president of Dain, Kalman and Quail, Inc., Minneapolis, will address the Rotary club Monday noon at Roosevelt on Economic Outlook and Changes Taking Place in the Securities Industry. He joined Kalman in 1953 as vice-president and rose to senior vice-president in 1969, becoming president in 1972. the firm hosts a Cedar Rapids office. He is a Dartmouth BA 1951 and Amos Tuck MBA 1952.
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Roosevelt
Kalman
Dain, Kalman and Co
Dain, Kalman and Quail
Cedar Rapids
McFarland
Dartmouth
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Suspicion Sparks First Dial Telephone Invention
Washington reports that Kansas City undertaker Almon Brown Stowger used suspicion of operator interference to create an automatic telephone exchange. He developed the Stonger Switch, secured a patent in 1891, and installed the first system in La Porte, Indiana, in 1892 serving subscribers.
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Washington
Almon Brown Stowger
Kansas City
Intellectual Property Owners
U.S
Patent Office
la Porte
Ind
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Bjornson
Smulekoff
Marquis
G. Man's Diamond Ring
Sale
Central Ymca
Richard D. McFarland
Dain, Kalman and Quail, Inc
Minneapolis
Rotary Club
Richard
Gift Dept
Smulekoffs
Desley
Valances
Adorne
Saxony
Liberty
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