Longtime Cedar Rapids fire lieutenant forced to retire
Gib Ashley a 50 year old lieutenant at the Cedar Rapids Fire Department ends a 52 year career after a 10 year old back injury from a Bever Avenue SE blaze in 1961. At a dinner at Central Station last week the veteran was honored, and he recalled the moment the city physician advised his retirement.
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Gib Ashley
Cedar Rapids
Ashley
Central Fire Station
Bever Avenue SE
Betty
Fire Department
Edsel McMickle
Steve Bena
Jim Boland
Station Six
Firefighter recalls service and years of duty in Iowa City
Firefighter Gib Ashley, serving since March 16, 1953, recalls the hard dirty and dangerous work and the satisfaction of protecting lives. Fire Chief Edsel McMickle honors Ashley with a plaque at Station Six noting their shared memories from 1961 and 1962. Ashley, married to Betty with four children, plans to finish five and a half more years on the department.
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Gib
Station Six
McMickle
Ashley
Betty
Twelfth Avenue SE
Father Son Team Slated For Concert at Bever Park
Cedar Rapids municipal band presents James Piersol on French horn tonight at 8 under direction of his father Frank Piersol. James, a University of Iowa student, performs first horn in campus ensembles and has toured Russia with the Iowa band. The program features Saint Saens, Mozart, King, Reed, and Sousa works plus a musical drama in progress. Harvard’s namesake John Harvard is cited in a Britannica note.
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Cedar Rapids
James Piersol
Bever Park
Piersol
Frank Piersol
Russia
U. of I
Iowa Brass Quintet
Iowa
Carlisle Floyd
Karl L. King
Alfred Reed
Cole Porter
Wayne Robinson
King Cotton
John P. Sousa
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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