Red Cross Volunteers Speed Disaster Aid In Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood chapter volunteers coordinate with fire police and civil defense to respond instantly to disasters. They provide comfort kits, guidance pamphlets, temporary housing, food, clothing, and help with record recovery. Training and free services cover first aid, boating safety, home nursing, babysitting, and counseling. March marks Red Cross month as funds from United Way support ongoing relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
A.C
Tope
Topinka
Vernon Drive
Mildred Linsley
Twenty-ninth Street
Red Cross
Tom Fruehling
Civil Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Grant Wood Chapter
The
George Chitty
A. C
Tope” Topinka
Chitty
United Way
Linsley
Ing. Chitty
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Camp Good Health Donations Highlight 1974 Camp Costs
The article notes 35 more attendees than 1973 at Camp Good Health on old highway 30 near junction with highway 13. Fifty campers were from out of county including 20 from Jones and 30 from Johnson counties. Weekly camper cost was $51.56, an improvement over 1973, with the Children's Home of Cedar Rapids operating the camp which serves children who otherwise could not attend. A $21,500 budget for 1975 was adopted, unchanged from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 30
Highway 13
Jones
Johnson Counties
Children’s Home
Cedar Rapids
Radar unit locations announced for this week
Police radar units will concentrate this week on Northeast Center Point and Oakland roads Prairie drive and Forty second street Southeast Cottage Grove avenue Memorial drive and Nineteenth street Northwest B Johnson and First avenues Southwest C street Rockford road Williams boulevard and Twentieth street Police have begun alerting motorists to radar locations to stimulate traffic safety concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Oakland Roads
Prairie Drive
Forty-second Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Memorial Drive
Nineteenth Street
B. Johnson
First Avenues
C Street
Rockford Road
Williams Boulevard
Twentieth Street
Sousa III forms firm to collect royalties on Sousa titles
John Philip Sousa III creates a corporation to reclaim royalties on about 80 Sousa compositions still under U.S. copyright. He notes many works such as Washington Post March and El Capitan remain protected while Stars and Stripes Forever is public domain. He estimates over $1 million in uncollected royalties may be owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Philip Sousa III
March King
Sousa
U.S
Washington Post
el Capitan
Lifesaving Course Set at Central YMCA
A two in one senior lifesaving course will start next week at the Central branch YMCA. It is open to members and non members and will qualify for Red Cross and YMCA senior lifesaving certification. Registration opens this week with limited enrollment. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm from March 11 to May 8. The course is for ages 15 and up who meet swimming requirements. Cost is 6 dollars for Central Y members and 12 dollars for non members.
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Central Branch Ymca
Peggy Brock
Red Cross
YMCA
Brock
Central Y
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Naomi Doebel
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B. T. Perrine
van Vechten Shaffer
Glenn Fletcher
Weaver Witwer
Gary
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Bud” Kahn
Newton
Grandma Emma Smith
Collins Radio Company
A. G. Burcham
Fred E. Goodhue
Frank Jiruska
Rose E
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Fair Grove Homemakers Club
Holland
Joseph, Solon
Kalona Friends of Children
Leatner
Vohumil
Chester A. Thompson
van Horne
Mary M. Walters
Lucy Woolley
Robert Mitchell Relief Corps
Gladys Dolezal
Stent Eee Eosseneeses
Philodendron
Ellis Blvd
Germany
Rhine River
Higley Bldg
Holley’s
Coats & Jackets
Catalina
Great Western
Holley
Lindale Plaza
Gleneagles
Johnny Carson
Northernaire
Service First
A.E.F
Paris
France
American Legion
America
Sgt.at-Arms
Robert Mendez
John Bloodgood
Edward Kuba
Vernon Sims
Bettie Andrews
Ralph Podzimek
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David Schiel Godfrey Gesmacher
Legion Hall
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