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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1947

Page

5

Hawkeye Music Festival Aids Legion Fourth in Hawkeye Downs

Coe College and Hanford American Legion post present the Hawkeye Music Festival as part of the Legion Fourth of July celebration at Hawkeye Downs. Iowa contest winners advance to the Chicagoland festival, with prize fireworks over $1,000 and midget auto races on a racetrack expansion under the Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association. Profits fund Legion youth programs and Hawkeye Downs improvements.

Coe College Hanford Post American Legion Hawkeye Downs Iowa Praga Cedar Stani+, Weseley Paul S. Ray Coe Music The Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association Legion Gazette Hanford Legion Youth Activities Downs Improvement Fund Stanley Vesely Coe Hawkeye Rudolph Novak Sam Cohen John Greenlee

Community festival band to headline Chicagoland event

Legion Commander Sam Cohen promotes a community service project featuring a massed band of 250 performers from Marion Anamosa Coggon Center Point and Tama. Captain Howard Stube conducts the mix with Philip Maxwell directing the Chicagoland Music Festival. Contestants will travel to Chicago for broader Midwest competition. Harold Ward leads overall planning of the celebration. The report notes regional coal beds in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Philip Maxwell VFW High Per Oan Marion Anamosa Coggon Tama Howard Stube Chicago

Sokol Group Arrives in Cedar Rapids July 3

Official confirmation announces 61 Sokols from Czechoslovakia to reach Cedar Rapids July 3 at 2 10 p m. Mayor Frank K Hahn will greet them at city hall at 3 p m with a ceremonial reception. A two hour An Evening of Culture program follows at the Paramount theater. The July 4 tour includes visits to local industries by the diverse group.

Chicago Sokol Cedar Rapids Sokols Czechoslovakia Frank K. Hahn Sokol Ee Ee Aeik Paramount Theater Sokol Group Craft Science

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