Youth Volunteers Share Time In Community Service
Fourteen girls aged 13 to 20 from Wesleyan Methodist church volunteer in the lay ministry program. Under Lewis Huston and Burton Hornstein, the youths visit three Cedar Rapids area nursing homes on a rotating schedule, each about once monthly, fostering goodwill and personal growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council On Aging
Harold Hensel
Council
Lewis Huston
E Avenue NW
Burton Hornstein
Eleventh Street
LeMoine Hartel
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Huston
Gazette
L. W. Ward
Wesleyan Church
Kathy Ballou
Janice Drive
Lori Vanderheide
Westwood Drive
Anna Beranek
Elsie Marcman
Tammy Dennis
Owen Street
Sandy Herdlicka
Belmont Parkway
Kathy Stewart
J Street
Volunteers visit Cedar Rapids nursing homes to share faith
Accent Youth volunteers seek more help to visit homes every two weeks in Cedar Rapids Marion area. Girls read Bible passages sing hymns and pray with residents. They use a recorder to aid hard of hearing and learn the value of simple acts of care from elderly residents including a 104 year old woman who shared a rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Huston
Jesus Christ
Florida
Lori Vonderheide
Westwood Drive
Ford Grants Totaled $205 Million in 1970
Ford Foundation, the nation’s wealthiest charity, reported grants and commitments of $205.1 million in 1970, up $53 million from gross income of $142.2 million. Total commitments reached $3.8 billion since founding, with major grants including $30 million for an independent police foundation, $6.5 million to NET, and $1.75 million to public TV stations. Significant funding also supported reproductive biology research with $10.9 million allocated to fertility control studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Ford Foundation
Foundation
National Educational Television
NET
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ohio's Jumpin' Joe Ferguson Still Jumpin at 78
Ohio auditor Joe Ferguson, a Democrat, holds a four year term and contemplates running again in 1974 at age 82. He vows to sweep out GOP influences since leaving office in 1956 and to continue inspecting state records for misdeeds. Ferguson has sought statewide office in each of the last five decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Joe” Ferguson
Ferguson
G.O.P
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C.R
Pat Bad
the Gazette
Wesleyan
Pam Hall
Danbury Street
Wesleyan Methodist Church
First Avenue
Accent Youth
Lori
Kathy
Sue Herdlicka
Ford
Cholida
Smulek Off
Joe" Ferguson
Souk
Smulekoff’s Jewelry Department
Smulekoff
The
Decorator
Regis High School
Mareta
Clark College
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Regis
Smulekoff's
Jewelry
Smulek
del Rio
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