Cedar Rapids School Board Studies Air Conditioning Bids
Cedar Rapids school officials debated bids for cooling the administration building receiving five package and unit bids. A special committee will study the bids further. The board approved staff changes including four retirements and six new hires for 1954 55 and adopted new arithmetic and health texts for grades 1 6 and 4 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. Sandoe Jordan
Maplewood Drive
Garfield School
Building Committee
Arthur School
Flood Suit Won By Power Firm At Manchester
District Judge Paul Kildee ruled Iowa Electric Company not liable in an $80,000 flood damage suit brought by Robert P. Nall and others of Manchester. Plaintiffs alleged the West Marion street dam near the power plant caused river flooding and asked flood gates to prevent damage. The dam reportedly dates to about eighty years before the first cited flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Paul Kildee
Iowa Electric Company
Robert P. Nall
Kildee
West Marion Street
Maquoketa
Vacancies for 10 Teachers in C R Still To Be Filled
Cedar Rapids school officials warned of a looming teacher shortage as 10 positions remain vacant for 1954 55. Superintendent Clyde Parker urged the board to act, noting about 70 80 teachers needed yearly with 60 hired this year. Higher starting pay elsewhere draws graduates away, prompting calls to keep salaries competitive and attract newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Burgstahler
Mankato State Teachers College
Sarah Wendlandt
Coe
M.A
SUI
Richard M. Wallace
Irene Simmen
Cries Rapids
Irene Brezinsky
Rochester
N. Y
State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Peoples Savings Bank
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
First Trust and Savings Bank
United States Bank
C.R
Clyde Parker
Hale Reid
Reid
Ben Peterson
H. Franklin
Kemp
All State Instrumental Camp Queen Is Named
Dumont high school student Carole Pfaltzgraff was crowned queen of the All State Instrumental Music Camp at the University of Iowa. Attendants were Elizabeth Field, Jann Fraser, Joanne Moon, and Barbara Stephens. The event capped two weeks of classes and rehearsals for 260 campers from 87 Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Dumont
Carole Pfaltzgraff
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Carole
Lloyd Pfaltzgraff
Elizabeth Field
H. P. Field
Decorah
Jann Fraser
Oroville
Calif
Joanne Moon
Claire Moon
Charles City
Barbara Stephens
Robert Stephens
West Chester
University
Iowa
Waukon Boy, Five, Stricken by Polio at University Hospitals
Waukon boy Donald Olson five, son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Olson of Waukon, was reported in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City on Saturday after being stricken with polio Thursday. He first went to Waukon hospital Thursday and was transferred to U Hospitals Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Donald Olson
Arnold Olson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Waukon Hospital
U. Hospitals
Negotiations Continue In Iowa Power and Light Talks
DES MOINES AP. Negotiators from local 499 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers rejected Iowa Power and Light Companys latest contract offer but agreed to resume talks Tuesday morning. The union seeks a 10 percent raise with regional differentials. current pay ranges from 1.56 to 2.50 an hour. No strike will occur over the Fourth of July weekend as talks proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Power and Light Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Power and Light
C. E. Nordstrom
Iowa
Nordstrom
Gov.Beardsley
Iowa's 1955 Wheat Acreage Cut 34 Percent
Des Moines report from Dwight W. Meyer states Iowa's 1955 wheat allotment will be 138,404 acres, down 34 percent from 209,753 acres in 1954. National 1955 allotment is 55 million acres, 11 percent below 62 million in 1944. County allotments to be set within days based on a 10-year average from 1944 to 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dwight W. Meyer
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Iowa
Meyer
Notice of Administrator Appointment in Linn County Iowa
State of Iowa Linn County notices that Ralph W. Conley has been appointed and qualified on June 25 1954 as Administrator of the estate of Alice Conley late of Linn County deceased. Creditors are asked to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court clerk. Rees and Remiey are attorneys for the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
Alice Conley
Iowa
Hose Haying
Ralph W. Conley
Rees & Remiey
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Misc Listings
The notice presents Gazette advertising rates for 2 to 6 line placements across 1 to 7 days with unit prices. It lists numerous personal ads including lost items watch lighter billfold and notes about not being responsible for others debts. The page also includes service offers from tailors, jewelers, detectives, demolition and utility yard services, and local venue event listings with small town contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
the Gazette
Sunday Gazette
Rosen Tailor Shop
Probasco Jeweler
Goodman Detective Service
Kenwood Spankters
Dial
Dorothy Scovel
G Sturtz
North Wacker Drive
Chicago
Illinois
Amne E. Hubbell
Rhuel H Rosé
6Th St
Armacy
Os Sernon Ie
Wind
2Nd Ave
W. J. Williams
Circle Drive
Happy Nursing Home
R. N
8Th St
C Ave. NW
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School Board
Gertrude James
Elsie Propst
Ella Grissel
Maude Brownell
John G. Hurwitz
Carol Mann
Robert Hutchinson
James A. McGrew
Edythe Barlow
Edwin W. Lundquist
Everett Pratt
Edward J. Kasper
Pratt
Harvey Young
Eighteenth Avenue
Lincoln School
Walter J. Brown
Twentieth Street
B. A. Jensen
General Fund
U.S
Permanent Pension Fund
Ronald Eugene Walker
McKinley
W. L. Paxson
Walker
Edward Popelka
Harrison ‘School
Darlene Reinberg
McKinley High School
Eeal
George Schley
Midland Mortgage Company
Cedar Rapids School District
White Oak Road
Clark Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Johnson Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Hoover School
West Side
City Engineers
Lundquist
Frank Riemann
Rolland Burch
Lynn Crozier
Leonard Hamilton
Howard Helm
George McAchron
Raymond McGee
Guy Schultz
Leo Slaughter
Frank Valenta
Vernon Vorishek
Charles Waterbury
Paul Winchell
Stanley Bowers
David Driscoll
Hampton Bus Company
Dick Carrell
Guy Curran
Rusall Stemple
Elmer van Roen
Laidlaw Brothers
Galbraith Heating Company
State Auditor’s Office
Niew
Franklin, Roosevelt and Wilson
Rins
Fellman
New York City
Ernest N. Dever
San Francisco , Calif
Saugor
India
Ea Ngoni
Africa
Lichty
By WiLliams
Owlside
Jet
Cornelius
Eliot O. Waples
Waukon Boy
Novak Monument’co
A Ave. N.W
2Nd St. SE
Park
7Th Ave
Marion
L. Campbell
6Th Ave
Beatrice Kramer
North Liberty
Bia
Swisher Sat
Andy Doll
Kenny Hofer
Swisher Pavilion
Melody Innair
Sankot's
Fairfax EM
AL Sankot
Phovoine
Cedarapids
Delh Drapor
Ely
Fe A Business” Services
Fitzpatrick
Ave
Mackenzies
Sodding & GR
Robert Kalous
Hed Caine
SEARS
Thor
Kahird St. SE
Cochran
3Rd Ave
Golden Rule
Ins. Co
Irvin Martinson
Rich Bass Pitt
Dick Alexander
Marton
A. Sharp
18Th Ave
Cliff Rogers
H. White
Alburnett
Overly Bros
J. Cement
Clark
Hewitt
CEC
Martin Tree Expert Co
Minor's
11Th &T. NW
Albert Gee
Ronnie
Fred Kramer
Don J. Donato
Mack E. Augustine
L. L. Augustine
Interio
Paintin Generail
Vic Bartow
Beechmidt
Eit Keke
Jay
Paul J. Nolan
F. Lyman
Mason
Bob Baeay
Lester Bailey Sr
Ravel
RuGee
Dial Oise Pha
Kalous Sodding
Breneman
Comte
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