Civvies and discharge buttons spark Cedar Rapids curiosity
Civilians in Cedar Rapids scrutinize veterans in uniform or civilian clothes via discharge buttons. Residents describe guessing service branches from button tilt and wear, noting kinder curiosity and pride as veterans return. Major Don Anderson faces heckling then dons civilian wear. Local recruiters watch for ex mates and potential reenlistment.
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Winifred Murray
B Avenue NE
Miss Murray
Celestine Oates
Twenty‘sixth Street
Don Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Germany
Lorraine Supple
Calvary Baptist Church to Hold Study Course Series
Calvary Baptist Church at Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street SW will host Camp Inspiration Point a study course on deepening the Christian life announced by Rev. Rodney C. Gould. The program runs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. with junior and intermediate sessions led by Mildred Yantis and A Timothy Starr and other courses for adults and youth.
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Inspiration Point
Calvary Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Rodney C. Gould
Jesus
Mildred Yantis
Frank Myers
Mr. Gould
B.Y.P.U
A. Timothy Starr
Dairy Dale Community Church
L. L. Adams
John Brague
Henry Heaton
Daniel Helmich
Margery Hartley
Gould
All-city Music Festival staged Friday with large combined ensembles
A 300 voice chorus, 85 piece band, and 75 piece orchestra perform at Memorial Coliseum Friday at 8 15 p m guest conductors include Charles B Righter of the University of Iowa and Dr Max T Krone of USC The program features works by O Hare Wilson Knipper Wilhousky Mozart Hanson Bolzoni Gretchaninoff Matesky and more with Thelma Trimble as piano soloist under Cedar Rapids school music directors and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Coliseum
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa
Max T. Krone
University of Southern California
Righter
Dr. Krone
O’hare- Wilson
Mrs. Krone
Meadowlands
Knipper-Wilhousky
Peddler
Lyn Murray
Mozart
Hanson
Bolzoni
Marcelli
Gretchaninoff
Matesky
Roosevelt
Rachmaninoff
Guilmant-Righter
Gounod
Bennett
Paris
Conrad Magidson
Thelma Trimble
John E. Hutchins
Cedar Rapids
Helen Keith
Neil Borden
Franklin
Maurine Hamblin
Paul Anthony
McKinley
Margaret Porter Kamradt
Ronald Fleming
Gladys Thomann
Stanley Vesely, Jr
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Robert P. Hogan
Thomas
N. L. DeWees
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Shore and Begorra
Miss Oates
Dorothy Morehead
Sixteenth Street
Uniformed Service
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
M. W. Chapman
Henry E. ‘Hoch
Bud
Gazette
Jack Mighton
Kathleen Jones
Allen E. Greb
Navy
Mighton
Naval
Pittsburg
Rotary
Iowa
Sth Ave
Bell Telephone Labora
Tories
CG. Chambers Inskeep Optical Company
3Rd St. SE
Dial
Harry F. Tisher
Pres
Heinz
Taragon Vinegar
ST Ita
Heinz Spaghetti
Proctor & Gamble
Sopace
Sunshine
Durkee
BTV Sae
Harvest Inn
Monarch Brand
van Camps
Podris
Sunshine Market
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Newman
Magicolor Paints
America
Magicolor
Magicolor A.P.C
A.P.C
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