Retiring After Nearly Half A Century Of Railroading
Joseph Pavlis, a Cedar Rapids born locomotive engineer born 1884, retires after a fifty year railroad career on the BCR and N and Rock Island systems. He survived near accidents and dangerous steam exposures while serving as fireman and engineer. Pavlis held leadership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and remained active in church and fraternal orders. He has two children and four grandchildren and plans to spend retirement driving parishioners to church each Sunday.
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Joan Liffring
Oseph Paviis
E Avenue NW
Bcr&n
Rock Island
Pavlis
E. M. McEndree
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis
Roundhouse
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Parls
Iowa State Legislative Board
Railroad Brotherhood
First Baptist Church
Masonic Crescent Blue Lodge
Iowa
Maccabees
the Shrine
Frederick
Pasadena
Arlene
C. L.) Raymond
Independence
John K. Pavlis
Who Teaches the Facts of Life to Iowa Youth
David T. Marke reports Murray urges home school church and street as four paths to sex education. Murray says less than 25 percent of homes address the topic and parents must prepare to answer questions. He outlines five actions including leaflets lectures and parent forums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard C. Murray
Division of Health Education
Iowa State Department of Health
Midland
Iowa State Education Association
Murray
Muscles Boyle Urges Be Yourself In Self Image Satire
Hal Boyle lampoons self improvement fads and diet plans in a wry column urging readers to accept themselves. He recalls his failed muscle building course and warns against cultural snobbery that pressures people to change. The piece nods to early Europe and prehistoric tools as counterpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
York
Sunday Plaza Concert Draws Large Crowd in Cedar Rapids
The seventh AFM local 137 band concert in eight weekly imparts starts at 8 pm on Island Plaza with a trumpet sextet solo spot. Intermission features a Community Sing with songs like Smile Awhile and Jingle Bells. Between 1,500 and 2,000 attendees have packed the plaza weekly, backing the AFM royalty fund aimed at reviving live music and musician employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Musicians Local 137
Island Plaza
Cedar Rapids
AFM
Frozen coffee headed for grocers this fall
The article details a new ready to heat frozen coffee concentrate coming to grocers this fall. It explains the concentrate is brewed then frozen, to be used in vending machines and future home canisters, and notes firmer growth in frozen fruit juices and other products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudd-Melikan Company
Philadelphia
Coal to coke process time noted at nineteen hours
A historical reference states that converting coal into coke takes about nineteen hours. The note highlights the lengthy duration required for the destructive distillation process used in steelmaking.
Mankind Faces Tooth Decay as Common Disease
Article cites Dr. Paul E. Boyle of the University of Pennsylvania arguing tooth decay is a universal problem in civilized society. He links decay to high carbohydrate and sugar intake, notes prehistoric peoples show less decay, and endorses fluoride treatments to cut incidence. Norwegian studies during World War II also tie sugar restriction to reduced caries.
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Chicago
Paul E. Boyle
University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
The
American Dental Association
Boyle
Guttorm Toverud
Oslo
Norway
Toverud
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Stephen Foster
Dogtrot
Elsie Dinsmore
Europe
Plaza Well
Charles Musil
Municipal Plaza
Dick Brickley
Anamosa
Dale Sigmund
Ray Beneke
John Beer
Francis Wilcox
Iowa City
Don Dodge
R. L. Moehlmann
Sam Dawson
Florida
H. K. Schraffler
National Wholesale Frozen Food Distributors Association
Cedar
As Rapids
Allied Lines
Automobile
Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance CO
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Sanford
Downtown Market
First Street
First Avenue
Dr. Toverud
Hallerfelt’s
Zenith
R.C.A
Universal Electric
Hallerfest, Inc
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