Two Will Receive Eagle Scout Awards at Court of Honor
Barry Bell and Donald Vyskocil will be honored as Eagle Scouts at a court of honor Monday evening at Van Buren school. Barry, jefferson high senior and electronics hobbyist, advanced through ranks since 1955, and Donald, also a Jefferson student, has held leadership roles in Troop 26 and Post 26. Other award recipients include Mark Arnold, Steve Vosatka, Tom Blevins, among many others. Kenneth Thatcher of the Iowa Farm Bureau will speak at the Chamber of Commerce dinner titled Our Iowa Farm Situation, with Outstanding Young Farmer and Distinguished Civic Service awards to be presented.
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Barry Bell
Donald Vyskocil
van Buren School
Barry
Byron Bell
Twenty-fourth Ave
Jefferson High School
Valley Forge
Penn
Philmont
Asbury Methodist Church
Jefferson
Donald
Charles H. Wyskocil
Fifteenth Ave
Asbury Church
Mark Arnold
Steve Vosatka
Tom Blevins
Ron Henderson
Keith Thorpe
Larry Bates
Wilford Green
Charles Burlingame
Frank Carpenter
Richard Lewis
Larry McDowell
Robert Novak
Richard Pohorsky
Dennis Roman
Lyle Smith
Edward Springer
Bernard Vokolek
Louis Zaspal
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Chamber
The
Jaycees
Civic Bureau
Munro Leaf to Speak at Executive Club Event
Munro Leaf, author of the Can Be Fun series and creator of Ferdinand the Bull, will present The Wonderful World of Munro Leaf at the Executive Club on Monday at 6 15 PM in the Sheraton Montrose. He has illustrated and written numerous educational books since 1934 and contributed a malaria field manual during World War II.
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Munro Leaf
Ferdinand the Bull
Executives Club
Sheraton-Montrose
Ladies Home Journal
Leaf
Maryland
University of Maryland
Harvard
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
Remote Ladakh Faces Three Nations’ Rivalry
Washington report notes Ladakh’s remote Himalaya location makes it a strategic prize as India Pakistan and China press competing claims. The region’s uncertain status stems from a 1949 UN cease fire and shifting border pressures along its Tibetan frontier.
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Ladakh
Pennsylvania
National Geographic Society
Tibet
China
India
Russia
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Catholic Charities Opens Cedar Rapids Area Office
Catholic Charities will open an area office in Cedar Rapids this year as archdiocese parishes prepare for the annual collection. Archbishop Leo Binz notes growing need for child welfare services and for care of unmarried mothers, with St. Marys Home in Dubuque serving Cedar Rapids children and Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy involved in advisory work. An advisory committee of Cedar Rapids laymen has been formed.
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Catholic Charities Organization
Cedar Rapids
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Leo Binz
Catholic Charities
St. Mary’s Home
Maurice S. Sheehy
Immaculate Conception Church
Archdiocese
Wants Buyers Fast with Ga zette Want Ads Dial EM 12 1121
Classified plea for quick buyer outreach via Gazette want ads. Encourages dialing EM 12 1121 to place notices and connect sellers with interested customers.
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Gazette
First Annual Meeting of Family Service Agency Held Monday
The Family Service Agency will hold its first annual meeting Monday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel. Officers and board members will be elected for terms from one to four years, replacing the temporary board currently serving the agency. The agency was part of the United Fund campaign last fall.
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New Family Service Agency
Roosevelt Hotel
United ‘Fund
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Farm Bureau
C.R
Mrs. Bridge
Charles Goren
OYF Award
Agriculture Committee
Washington
Himalayas
Kashmir- Jammu
United Nations
Sinkiang
Gulab Singh
Jammu
United States
Third Ave
Sat
Sun
Cedar Rapids Area
Snow
Family Service Agency
Swartzendruber Jewelers
Iowa Jewelers
Guaranty Bank
Bermuda
Wellesly
Smulekoff's
Kildaire
Chester
Smulekoff
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