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10 20 30 years ago in the Gazette
Twenty items from the Cedar Rapids Gazette column note honors and moves. W W Severn earns the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion for meritorious service. A L Alcorn speaks at a lumbermen’s joint meeting in Des Moines. E E Bickerton couple injured in a Fifth Street collision. James E Blake returns from New Orleans. Captain Walter A Meyer on a 20 day leave at Cedar Rapids. Harold Kremers to captain Coe basketball next season. Leo Gurren visits from Camp Cody for his mother's illness. Lieut Vern Hinkley promoted to first lieutenant. Rip Van Winkle at Greene’s opera house. James Elson and Chris Wetzel head to Two Harbors for cigar store business. Cyril Slapnicka features at People’s theater. Marcus Fisher and daughters relocate from Oskaloosa to Cedar Rapids.