Veteran Cedar Rapids custodian marks 77th birthday with Hay es school tenure
B F Pardubsky, 77, after 47 years as a Cedar Rapids public school custodian, has served at Hayes School the longest with full charge of a building. He recalls Washington high days, classroom antics, and school life through eras of growth from 1900 to today. He lives at 715 Eleventh Avenue SE and shows no retirement plans.
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John Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
B. F. Pardubsky
Harrison School
Madison
Adams
Washington
Hayes School
Gazette
Larry Wayne Pardubsky
R. L. Pardubsky
Pardubsky
Larry
Chicago
Mr. Pardubsky
Sinclair
Madison School
Washington High School
Tyler School
Franklin
Hayes
Old Washington High
Washington High
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Ainsworth
Horak
Eleventh Avenue SE
V F W Band Prepares for Public Debut in Cedar Rapids
The 65 member Veterans of Foreign Wars band holds a final rehearsal Monday ahead of its first public appearance next Sunday. The concert, open to V F W post and club members, caps the Iowa Chapter All American Drum and Bugle Corps and Band Association reorganizational meeting at 1 p.m. Guest conductors will direct selections. Anton J. Schleda will attend a national V F W meeting in Cleveland then join Cedar Rapids events.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Post
Iowa
All-American Drum and Bugle Corps and Band Association
Anton J. Schleda
National Adjutant of
V.F.W
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Auditions Held for El Kahir Shrine Show 1947
More than 100 performers packed the Embassy club room at Fifth Street and Second Avenue SE Friday night to audition for spots in the El Kahir Shrine Minstrels of 1947 led by Director Orville Rennie. Final try outs are set for Monday at 7 30 p m in the Embassy building ground floor corner room.
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Embassy Club
Fifth Street
Second Avenue SE
Orville Rennie
el Kahir Shrine Minstrels
Embassy Building
Coe College Band Tonight Features Rose Marie Jun Soloist
Rose Marie Jun, freshman at Coe College and daughter of Cedar Rapids residents, will solo with the Coe band in the chapel at 8 p.m. Her selections include Debussy and Schimmerling pieces, accompanied by the full band under Stanley Vesely. Proceeds from 50 cent tickets go to the door.
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Coe College
Rose Marie Jun
Henrietta Jun
Cedar Rapids
Jun
Lia
Debussy
Schimmerling
Stanley Vesely
WMT
Federated Music Clubs
Coe
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Madame Legrand Aided Flyers in Belgian Underground Network
Madame Josephine Legrand aided downed American flyers in Liège Belgium during 1943 44. She sheltered four men at 65 Rue St Lambert shared clothing printed counterfeit IDs and underground newspapers. She later helped five more flyers before Germans intensified searches and she sailed home April 26 with many Americans wishing her safe return.
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Louis Breuer
Rue St. Lambert
Liege
Belgium
Madame Josephine Legrand
Madame Legrand
Mme. Legrand
Shrine Band Plans Palm Sunday Concert
The Shrine Band under Roy Schwab with George H. Cockburn as assistant presents the annual Palm Sunday concert March 3 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial building auditorium. A 50 piece group plus Cedar Rapids guest players performs sacred semi classical and march works with several guest soloists attracting public admission or collection.
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el Kabir Shrine
Roy Schwab
George H. Cockburn
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Pythias Hear Supreme Keeper of Seals
Mel M. Ewen of Minneapolis, supreme keeper of records and seals, will attend the fifth district Knights of Pythias meeting at Pythian hall. He will bring the Rathbone Bible, the order’s founding book, for local candidates to be obligated. Extended guests include district and past grand chancellors. attendees from Oxford Junction to Williamsburg are expected.
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Mel M. Ewen
Minneapolis
Iews
Oxford Junction
Monticello
Center Point
Central City
Anamosa
Martello
Dysart
van Horne
Marengo
Williamsburg
Franklin high to install Wurlitzer organ as WWII memorial
Franklin high school will install a Wurlitzer series 20 organ as a memorial to World War II veterans among its students. It is Iowa’s first of this type. Formal presentation will follow. Funds came from students, teachers, and patrons during the war. Installation plans were laid by Clyde Parker Malcolm Hallman and Harold Neilly.
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Franklin High School
Franklin High
Iowa
Clyde Parker
Malcolm Hallman
Franklin School
Harold Neilly
Hiltbrunner
One Husband to Each War for Berlin Wife
In Kiel a grieving wife, told her husband was killed in late World War II battles, suddenly kissed a man she believed to be her mate. It was her first husband, missing since World War I, returning home from Siberia.
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Berlin
Kiel
Siberia
Cooling the Intake Gas Mix Improves Engine Performance
A gas engine runs more efficiently when the intake mixture is kept cool. Cooler air and fuel blend reduce intake heat, enhancing combustion and power output.
Soldiers Relief Position To Be Filled Tuesday
Linn county board of supervisors will choose a replacement for the unexpired Soldiers Relief Commission term at Tuesday’s meeting. Five applications were on file with Board Chairman Clarence Bees, with indications of a decision at the session. Edward J. Weepie resigned earlier this month, ending his three year term next July. remaining members are Frank Simon, chairman, and Carl Smith.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Soldiers Relief Commission
Clarence Bees
Edward J. Weepie
Weepie
Frank Simon
Carl Smith
Nye's Candidacy For State J.C. Office Revealed
Frank T. Nye of Cedar Rapids is named as the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce state candidate by Ray Spielman of the Cedar Rapids bureau. Nye, a former Des Moines Clinton Shenandoah and Iowa City journalist, now leads the Cedar Rapids Gazette news bureau and serves on multiple civic boards including Red Cross and YMCA. He has Shenandoah JCs endorsement ahead of the May 13 Des Moines state convention.
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Frank T. Nye
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ray Spielman
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapid Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Des Moines
Nye
Cedar Rapids
Shenandoah Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clinton
Shenandoah
Iowa City
Iowa Daily Press Association
University of Iowa
National Junior Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee
The
Red Cross
Y.M.C.A
Council of Social Planning
Order of DeMolay To Be Revived in C R
Cedar Rapids Chapter No. 10 of the Order of DeMolay will be revived after a wartime lapse with a special program at the Masonic hall Friday at 8 pm. The youth group for boys 15 to 21 is sponsored by Iowa Consistory and will include talks, organizational steps, entertainment and refreshments. Former DeMolays, prospective members and Master Masons are invited.
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Cedar Rapids
Masonic Hall
Iowa
Parents blame modern parenting for lack of time
Richmond Virginia AP reports after 52 years teaching in private schools Miss Hattie Scott says children are similar to past generations but parents now give too many material things and too little time.
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Richmond, Va
Hattie Scott
Richmond
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