Duke Alexander retires after 41 years guiding Linn county roads
Duke Alexander a long time Linn county road foreman retires on his 65th birthday after 41 years with the county road crew. He led a 10 man team operating plows sand and chemical spreaders and diesel scrapers and helped modernize from horse drawn to radio dispatched equipment. He plans gardening trips with wife Lillie and visiting brothers while reflecting on a career marked by harsh winters and public service.
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Ewey
Duke
Alexander
Linn County
L Street
County Road
Aing
Alexander Hus
Vallie Hansel
Palo
Lillie
South Carolina
California
Dewey
Linn
UCS Directors to Meet Wednesday in Montrose
The Board of Directors of United Community Service will meet Wednesday at noon in the Sheraton Montrose. This is the final meeting of the UCS interim board before the first permanent board is elected at the first annual meeting next month. Reservations must be made through the UCS office by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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United Community Service
Sheraton-Montrose
UCS
Cedar Rapids Man of the Year Banquet Set for Agents
Robert B. Coolidge will speak at Cedar Rapids General Agents and Managers Assn and Life Underwriters Assn first annual Man of the Year banquet at Town House Thursday at 7 30 p m. One man from each agency will be honored based on insurance sales premiums civic activity and industry involvement. About 200 attendees expected. Coolidge is a West Point graduate and former Aetna executive who rose to senior vice president in 1958.
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Robert B. Coolidge
Retina Life Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Coolidge
West Point
Aetna
Home Office
Cleveland Life Underwriters Assn
Life Insurance Agency Management Assn
Life
U.S
Canada
Seek Okay for 3 Fund Drives
Three fund campaigns are on the Cedar Rapids Solicitations Review committee agenda for a Tuesday meeting. They include the American Cancer Society with 36 575 dollars planned from March 29 to April 24, the Iowa College Foundation with an April campaign for an unspecified goal, and the Linn County Heart Association with 35 000 dollars from now to February 28. The meeting is at noon in the Roosevelt hotel and reservations are requested by calling the Chamber of Commerce.
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Cedar Rapids
American Cancer Society
Iowa College Foundation
Linn County Heart Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Baroness von Trapp to Speak at Cedar Rapids Club Program
Real life Baroness Maria von Trapp will present Around the World with the Trapp Family at the Cedar Rapids Executives Club Monday at 6 30 p m in the Roosevelt hotel The tale of the Trapp Family Singers and their world travels is told as she shares memories from her life in Austria and Vermont with a lifelong mission and musical career.
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Maria von Trapp
Sound of Music
World
Trapp
Cedar Rapids
Austria
Salzburg
Georg von Trapp
Maria
Tyrol
Stowe
Baron
Cor Unum, Inc
Naisereland
Vitu
Lvv
Fiji
Msgr
Wasner
Vermont Lodge
Pie Vendor To Head Mardi Gras at Rio
Abraham Haddad a 255 pound pie vendor was chosen King Momo the Monarch of Mischief who rules Rio s glittering pre Lenten Mardi Gras carnival.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Abraham Haddad
Momo
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By Ben Blackstock
Cedar River
Dewey Alexander
Landis
Landis Large Loan
Landis Loans and Investments, Inc
First Avenue
C.R
Baroness von Trapp
Franz Wasner
New Guinea
Honolulu
Maryland
Vermont
Dartmouth
Ford
Second ST
Mochnick
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