Camp Conservation Dedication Set for Sunday at Waltonian Park
The 80 acre Waltonian park along the Wapsie river near Troy Mills hosts a Sunday dedication of Camp Conservation with flag-raising and an all day outing. B B Hickenlooper will deliver the dedication talk with others including Tom Kelly Mayor Frank Hahn and Mrs J L Rhea. Families are asked to bring side dishes and their own dishes. coffee and sugar provided.
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Waltonian
Wapsie River
Troy Mills
Florence Minert
Camp Conservation
Jack Minert
B. B. Hickenlooper
Tom Kelly
Frank Hahn
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Rhea
Shirley Ann Drew
Patricia Ann Sedlacek
Maria Margaret Morrissey
C. K. Smith
Carl Hendrickson
Milo Sedlacek
John J. Terrall
J. I. Merritt
William W. Crissman
Alex Sampson
Robert Vesely
Frank Powers
Earl North
Don Seeger
Harold Drew
Ed Hofford
O. P. Moody
Vern White
L. L. Smith
A. G. Brown
Wiliam Volz
W. E. McFann
Fred Collard
A. C. Norton
Waltonians
Earl Kohl
Co. K. Smith
Dorothy Crow
H. J. Bender
Ralph Paith
Tony Holicek
Oscar Lundquist
Contributions Increase for Civilian Relief in China
Donations for Japanese Chinese war victims arrive at the Red Cross office in Cedar Rapids. Contributions come from St Pauls Methodist and First Congregational churches, the International Brotherhood of Foundry Employees, Carpenters and Joiners Union locals, and Mount Vernon Red Cross chapter. The Cedar Rapids committee is led by Mayor F K Hahn with ministers and business leaders among its members.
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Red Cross
Metta Burd
St. Paul's
E. D. Wells
Ministerial Association
Msgr. J. M. Molloy
Immaculate Conception
E. G. Nichols
Inter-Service Clubs Council
A. G. Keyes
Linn County
The
American Red Cross
Reuben Smith
Allied Industrial League
Gerald Strausser
A F. of L. United Council For Civilian Relief
China
van Vechten Shaffer
Chamber of Commerce
Leo Smulekoff
Congregation of Temple Judah
School Calendar For Next Year Set
The 1938 39 school calendar approved by the school board lists opening on Sept 6 with early dismissal Sept 29 and all day Sept 30 for the Northeastern Iowa Teachers meeting. Legal holiday Armistice Day is Nov 11, Thanksgiving vacation Nov 24 27, Christmas vacation Dec 22 Jan 2, first semester ends Jan 20, second semester begins Jan 23, Lincoln and Washington birthdays observed as half holidays Feb 12 and Feb 22, spring vacation Apr 1 9, Decoration Day May 30, and school final closing June 9.
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Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association
Lincoln
Washington
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest on daily happiness
Edgar A Guest writes that happiness is fleeting like manna granted for the day. He argues success brings short lived joy and warns against selfish longing. True contentment comes from finding fresh daily joys rather than hoarding ease.
Historic Fredericksburg dog mart celebrated after 240 years
The annual Fredericksburg dog mart draws thousands for a sale led by long time auctioneer N B Kinney. Beginning in colonial Virginia the event traces to early settlers trading dogs with tobacco or skins.
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Fredericksburg
N. B. Kinney
Virginia
Fredericksburg Dog Mart of 1937 Ranked Large and Busy
The bidding was lively at the Fredericksburg dog mart of 1937, noted as one of the largest and busiest on record. Anticipation for the 1938 mart grows as news is watched.
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Fredericksburg
Linn County Finances Shown Sound at Midyear
A Linn County financial report compiled by Treasurer Milo Sedlacek's office shows a strong midyear condition with $3,601,987.76 total general taxes levied for 1937, $1,791,653 collected by June 1, 1938, and $66,008.17 delinquent for 1938. Uncollected 1931–1936 taxes at 1937 end totaled $318,257.69, while 1937- year collections reached $19,725,270.64. Total levy for the period stood at $20,043,528.33, net taxable valuation for 1937 places at $98,404,432 for rent and personal property and $26,007,477 for moneys and credits. Bonded debt declined to $3,233,000 as of June 1 from $3,385,000 Jan 1, with $2,242,000 of this in primary road bonds funded by state allotments. Direct county obligations totaled $991,000, the lowest since 1925, with no defaults in principal or interest. Cash in banks on June 1 reached $1,155,030.27. The paragraph about the Queen Mary notes its features, including a church and theatres, and is unrelated to Linn County finance.
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Linn County
Milo Sedlacek
State Highway Commission
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New Waltonian Park
Wapsie
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
IMPEY
Eazy Sanat
Semple
Scholls
Armstrong’s
Sewice
Slikfit
Armstrong
Newport
ALL Summer Apparel
Ste
Young Men's New Wash
Hongs
Cooper
Longe
Fleer
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