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State group to honor 8 C R people for service
Cedar Rapids eight residents will be cited by the Criterion Club at the 77th Iowa convention of the National Association of Colored Women Inc. The banquet at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel will honor Virgil S. Powell Dr. Percy Harris Mrs. Viola Gibson Vanessa Shelton Eric Thompson Kenneth Braxton Mrs. B B Davis and Minard C Wright for community service and achievements. Guest speaker will be attorney Mary Robinson.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of Colored Women Inc
Criterion Club
Iowa
National Association of Colored Women Inc
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Virgil S. Powell
Carlisle NE
Adeline
Yani
Powell
WMT
Percy Harris
Bever Ave
Harris
State Board of Regents
State
Medical Society
County Psychiatric Clinic
Viola Gibson
16Th St. SE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Witwer Senior Center
Ior
Heritage Agency On Aging
Vanessa Shelton
McKinley St. SE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Y.M.C.A. Big Brother Board of
Jane Boyd
Eric Thompson
Slayton Thompson
Sixth Ave. SE
Cleveland
Buddy Rich
Kenneth Braxton
Chelsea Drive
Rockwell International Collins Division
Braxton
B.B. Davis
Seventh Ave
Armstrong’s Department Store
Y.W.C.A. Board of
American Business Women’s Association
Cedar Rapids Junior League
Minard C. Wright
11Th St
American Management Association
Democratic Women’s Club
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs Inc
Phoebe Smith
Mary Robinson