Mt Vernon Youth Center Proved Success
Mt Vernon transformed after a 1946 Halloween spree as students built a youth center. A student board and adult advisers run activities, fund it with a 25 cent per couple charge, and restore the town with music, dances, murals, and community use of the hall.
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Mt. Vernon
Richard Nelson
Cornell College
John McCullough
Mt. Vernon High School
Fo Hall
Stuents
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Illinois
Eight Year Old Aids Police In School Shakedown Case
In Cleveland eight year old Donald Philbrick helps police expose a juvenile protection racket at St. Clair School. After a truancy report and a father’s talk the boy gave details of two bigger pupils demanding nickels for safety. Police say such protections rackets crop up as school winds down.
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Leveland
Ohio
Nea
Donald Philbrick
St. Clair School
Cleveland
Donald
Juvenile Bureau
1949 Coe College Graduating Class Members Listed
The list includes graduates from many towns and states such as Cedar Rapids Fort Wayne Chicago Elgin Mt Carroll Des Moines and Omaha. Names include Wayne M. Allen Beverly Bain Louis Baker Gilbert Baumgartner Ruth Bottorff Elizabeth Carle Robert Connell Dorothy DeGroot John Dillon George Donlea Roy Beadle and numerous others with hometowns ranging from Cedar Rapids to Oak Park and Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Wayne M. Allen
Beverly Jane Bain
Louis R. Baker
Gilbert Wayne Baumgartner
Ft. Wayne
Ind
William J. Beckman
Perry Roy Beadle
Thomas V. Boog
San Antonio
Ruth H. Bottorff
Ross L. Brown
Marion
Richard D. Buffington
Frank Edwin Burton
William Monroe Campbell
Oskaloosa
Elizabeth Ruth Carle
Chicago
Frank E. Chase, Jr
Robert William Clyde
John A. Combs
Gladys Elizabeth Conley
Robert Eugene Connell
Elgin
Beth FE. Cornick
Northwood
Robert J. Dane
Helen Lilias Davis
Wilmette
Dorothy Jean DeGroot
John E. Dillon
Tll
George W. Donlea
Rowley
William McElroy DuVall
Mt. Carroll
Earl J
John DeWitt Manville
Robert L. Matheus
Ottumwa
George C. Meadows
William D. Mehegan
Alfred C. Michener, Jr
David Mitchell
Gwendolyn Mix
Linden
William E. Moody
Oak Park
Jack Wallace Morgan
Mason Oward Orr Neff
John David Neff
Marjorie L. Northrup
New
Iowa Newspapers Win NEA Honors In Salt Lake City
Several Iowa papers earned NEA contest honors at the national awards event in Salt Lake City. The Algona Upper Des Moines took second in best advertising promotion, Newell Mirror received honorable mention, Laurens Sun placed third in general excellence among small weeklies, Centerville Sowegan and Maquoketa Sentinel earned honorable mentions in community service. Montezuma Republican third in illustrative material. Eldora Index honored as well. Publisher Paul C. Smith of Rock Rapids chaired the NEA contest committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Iowa
National Editorial Association
Algona Upper
Community Service
Centerville Sowegian
Maquoketa Jackson Sentinel
Montezuma Republican
Eldora Index
Paul C. Smith
Rock Rapids
NEA
Thirty Lost License Plates at Courthouse
Linn county treasurer's office reports thirty license plates turned in by Deputy David Day. Owners may reclaim by presenting registration certificates. Plate numbers include Linn county 57 series such as Passenger 18941 and Commercial 3753 2799 1160.
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Linn County
David Day
Youngest Solon Too Young He Caught Mumps
Washington’s youngest congressman Rep Hugo Sims Jr 27 years old has mumps likely contracted from his three children. Meanwhile a gala garden party for King George VI at the British Embassy in Washington is postponed due to his illness. Vice President Barkley hosts first formal dinner since January. President Truman attended the earlier event with about 80 guests at the Carlton.
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Washington
INS
Hugo S. Sims, Jr
D-S.c
Sims
Silver Spring
Lady Franks
George VI
England
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Embassy
Donnybrooks
Alben Barkley
Truman
Carlton Hotel
Carlton
Padilla Photo in NPPA 100 Best Pictures of 1948
The NPPA announced winners at its fourth annual meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey with Don Padilla among 71 photographers represented in NPPA's 100 Best Pictures of 1948 from 837 entries. Gazette staff photographer Del Blumenshine attended as chairman of the National membership committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press Photographers Association
Atlantic City
Gazette
Don Padilla
NPPA
del Blumenshine
More Congressmen To Attend Demos Midwest Meeting
More than 20 congressmen from 116 states will attend the Democratic Midwest farm meeting in Des Moines June 12 13. The group departs by plane to join sessions with farm labor and consumer groups and discuss Brannan farm legislation. Vice President Barkley will keynote June 13 with a Mutual broadcast. Eight Democratic governors will attend along with cabinet officials Clark Tobin Chapman and Gibson.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Des Moines
Democratic National Committee
Brannan
Barkley
Mutual
CST
Big and Little
Clark
Tobin
Interior Chapman
Gibson
Brannan Plan Tests Eyed by Senate for Wheat Pigs
Concern over falling prices and bumper crops pushes farm allies to back a speedy trial of the Brannan plan on wheat and pigs. Senator Elmer Thomas says Brannan will brief the committee Monday, with a pig trial possible later. hearings set by a five member subcommittee under Senator Gillette to explore the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Southwestern
Wheat Belt
Thomas
Senate
Senator Gillette
D-Ia
Covered Wagon Parade Reminisces 1849 Gold Rush in Cedar Rapids
A 1949 Opportunity bond drive parade features a Conestoga wagon from Cedar City Utah, two marching bands, and local units. The wagon will travel Cedar Rapids routes at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with dignitaries aboard, then tour display venues at the Paramount theater and bond offices as Linn County eyes a $1 894 783 goal.
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Cedar Rapids
U. S. Savings
Cedar Rapids’ Loop
Paramount
Moose
VFW
Women’s Auxiliary
Coe College R.O.T.C
Frank Hahn
Linn County
Tom Pirnie
Gronway R. Parry
Cedar City
Utah
Parry
Iowa City
Waterloo
Pirnie
Chamber of Commerce
First Avenue
Third Street
Third Avenue
First Street
Bill Remington
Frank Hidinger
W. K
Peter Studebaker
John Studebaker
Paramount Theater
John Walters Heads Coe Alumni Association For 1949 50
John Walters of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Coe Alumni Association for 1949 50 at an alumni dinner in Voorhees hall. The event honored Dr. Stephen W. Stookey on his 65th Coe graduation anniversary and paid tribute to late Minna Wikoff. New officers include Bickel Winterberg Ford Nicolis Marquis Morris Moninger, with regional vice presidents and a campus and guest list led by President Hollinshead.
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Coe College
Voorhees Hall
Stephen W. ‘Stookey
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Minna Wikoff
C. Ward Macy
Association
John Walters
John Bickel
Lee Winterberg
Theodore Ford
Chicago
Edwin Niccolis
San Francisco
Sarah Marquis
New York
Merlin Morris
John Moninger
Glencoe
Coe Fund
Byron S. Hollinshead
Richard Keen
Des Moines
Senare T. Tsukiyama
Honou
Boy's Theme Termed Gem of Originality
A ten year old unnamed lad is praised for originality in the May issue of the Chicago Natural History Bulletin. His essay titled A Bird and a Beast weighs the owl and cow with humorous misstatements and childlike observations. Sir Ernest Gowers cites it as a gem for originality and gives the pupil an A for style.
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Chicago
Chicago Natural History. Bulletin
Ernest Gowers
Natural History
Lost and found and services listed in Gazette ads
A long scanned page of Gazette ads includes lost items such as a red bone hound with a scar, a rose gold wristwatch, a pink rim glasses, and a billfold. It also lists services from painters, insurance, remodeling, and nursing homes, with multiple contact numbers and locations in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
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Red Bone Hound
Sear
Cedar Rapids
Rose
12Th St
Ellis Camp
Dial
Nick
Ward
Pinder
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Doug
Jane Anderson
al Morrissey
Larry Nutt
Jack Stanton
Bob Gaston
Lamplighters
Robert Smith
Cornell
John Ducknall
Jim Eastman
Palisades State Park
Arthur Roth
Bureau
White House
Max O’rell Truitt
Truitt
Douglas MacArthur II
Boone
Wesley Boyd Estill
Marilyn Eloise Hayes
Kings
Charles Proctor
Hopkins
William C. Johnson
Carol Yue Kim
Honolulu
Hawaii
Richard Curtis Lewis
Rollin O. Lynn
Columbus Junction
Jean Olson McLain
Raymond D. Mitchell
F. Dean Nemecek
Richard Fos
Ter Peterson
Carson City
Nev
William B. Petty
Ill
James Richard Risk
Oe6elwein
Kenneth R. Savel
Robert Neal Sohark
Ft. Madison
Donald Alfred Seltin
Virginia L. Stouffer
Mt. Morris
Joseph J. Svoboda
Richard M. Wallace
Helen Louise Wilson
Homer R. Wilson
Albion Jay Young
Donnellson
Francis William Towner
Russell Collins
Rose Marie Jun
Marilyn Lou Kiefer
Stanley
Solon
Padilla
Demos
Midwest
Speedy Brannan
New Coe Alumni Association
Boy
Edward
Kitch
Sir Ernest
Sunday Gazette
Don Jensen
Keys and Allen Motor Y Chain
A. Kendall
Jack’s
St. S.E
Bay Endanton
2Nd’ Ave SE
Buresh Motors
3Rd Street SE
4Th St
Vincents Jewelry Store
Pairmont
Seclusios
Ing
Kansas City
Iliana
Buresh MO Motors Inc
Dick Contino
Marlene Geesamen
First Ave. N.E
Kerfwood
George Strachota
15Th Sth
7Th Ave
Socagrons Sands
Kindly Nursing
Diag
Baas Fur Shop
Granby
Donald L. Burnell
Dr. SE
Friesnes
Les Hartman
Ray Winegar
Lang
Lisbon
THE
Ridge Riders
Swisher Pavilion
Sary
Billie
Green Castle Gun Club
Swisher
Seem Cote
Wes Triska
Barn Dance
Saturda
Leo Beshen
Center Point
Kalamazoo Ezporte
Seeevre
Kutchera Excavating Vatling CO
Elles
Timates
Hinishea
Svea
Cusack Electric Service
Jack Igetering
Cal F. Brinkman
Virgil Horak
Ronnie
Dick Alexander
Kinkead Construction Co
Eveery Ealy Novak Hea Co
3Rd Ave
Eager
Purnace Ing
Welty Y Heating Co
Cail
Leibrand and Lohman
Charles
8Th St
Gall
Warren
Eis
NOBLE
Ratrick
Papal
Hesengos
Owers
Hubbard Ave
Ee Rapids 8 Heating Co
Harold Arengo
William Turner
Saris Carpenter
Hous
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