Queens Parade Colorful 1949 Eastern Iowa Band Festival
The Cedar Rapids festival on May 21 features 24 queen candidates led by Leeda Ann Borden of Hopkinton and 28 band units from eastern Iowa with entries from Center Point Solon Marengo Monticello Clarence Donnellson and others. A full day of parades free movies tea dances and a coronation caps the event.
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Cedar Rapids
Leeda Ann Borden
Hopkins
Miss Borden
Iowa
Hopkinton
W. A. Schmitz
Center Point
Eunice Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Young Men’s Bureau of
Chamber of Commerce
Margene Holubar
Eastern Iowa
Roy Holubar
Miss Holubar
Marengo
Mary Ann McAndrews
R. C. Forbes
McAndrews
Joan Claassen
Wellsburg
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Bob Lilly
KCRG
Clarence
Miss Schneckloth
Girls Glee Club
Max Northrup
Hawkeye Downs
Hill Park
Doris Zimmerman
Monticello
Miss Zimmerman
Ray Stumbaugh
Coe, College
Virginia Doherty
Miss Doherty
Donnellson
Jack Cameron
Tipton
Anamosa
Belle Plaine
Central City
Coggan
Colesburg
Earlville
Fort Madison
Mechanicsville
Olin
Reinbeck
Solon
Sumner
Troy Mills
Walker
Washington
Williamsburg
Cornell May Music Festival Plans At Cornell College Chapel
The 51st annual May Music Festival at Cornell College Chapel features the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cornell Oratorio Society, and soloists Isaac Stern Mack Harrell and Nancy Carr. Brahms German Requiem is performed with Tauno Hannikainen conducting, joined by 150 student voices for the Saturday concert. Harrell Carr and Stern appear in various programs Thursday through Saturday, continuing a 51 year tradition with 47 CSO participations under Dr Frederick Steck.
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Hannikainen
Isaac Stern
Mack Harrell
Metropolitan Opera
Nancy Carr
Chicago
Fes
Harrell
Miss Carr
Michigan
Cornell
Chicago Symphony
Frederick Steck
Frederick Stock Memorial fund aims to sustain festival standards
A drive to raise 112000 funds a memorial for Dr Stock to subsidize future music festivals at Cornell College Mt Vernon. Mrs R D Cole chairs the fund committee and the final festival event features Weber Beethoven Franck Barber Wagner conducted by Hannikainen. Season tickets cost nine dollars and are being filled by the financial office.
400 High School Seniors To Visit U I A Thursday
About 400 seniors from 20 northeastern Iowa high schools visit Upper Iowa University on Thursday for Senior Day. Activities include a 8:45 registration, 9:00 band concert, 9:15 welcome program, department open houses, luncheon at 12:15, interviews with major students, social hour, intramural track, and a 2:30 Wartburg versus Upper Iowa baseball game with refreshments after.
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Fayette
Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa
United States
Henderson Library
Dorman Field
Wartburg
Lyle Schroeder to present final recital in Postville
Tenor Lyle Schroeder a MacPhail student will give his graduation recital Tuesday at 8 p.m. in St Pauls Lutheran church assembly room Postville. He will be assisted by his brother Gerald a senior at MacPhail. The recital is open to the public.
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Lyle Schroeder
Postville
MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art
Minneapolis
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Schroeder
Gerald
MacPhail
Lyle
Cairo
Giordani
Vicino
Rosa
Forsyth
Delius
Gerald Schroeder
Chopin
Jessye Schroeder
Postvillle
History of St Pauls Reformed Church Traced in Iowa County
The story of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Sumner township near Marengo dates from July 1 1888 with pre church meetings earlier. Ground breaking for a new church occurred last Palm Sunday after 102 communicants and 49 unconfirmed members, costing about 17000 dollars. The German speaking settlers formed the church with Rev Andrew Hocker founding leadership and the church has shared services with Zion Reformed since 1888. The original structure was built in 1888 with enlargements in 1902 adding a bell and Belfry. Ministers serving include Hocker Ellicker Snitker Moser Schlamp and Jasmann.
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Marengo
St. Paul’s
Sumner Township
Sumner Center School
Carl G. Zipf
St. John’s Reformed Church
Home Missions Board of the Reformed Church In
United States
Andrew Hocker
Samuel Ellicker
Harold Snitker
Louis Moser
John Schlamp
E. Jasmann
German Students to Speak at Mission Meeting in Farmersburg
Two German exchange students Hans Labitsky and Wolfgang Tillmanns from Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque will speak at the Northeast Iowa Women’s Missionary Federation meeting at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Farmersburg on May 11. Wartburg hosts them with support from the Luther League European Youth Relief fund.
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Farmersburg
Germany
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Northeast
Iowa
Luther League of the American Lutheran Church
European Youth Relief Fund
Hans
Pullman
Wash
Greeks Establish Colonies Along Spanish Coast
Greek pioneers founded settlements along the Spanish Mediterranean shore in the 6th century B C. Their ventures reinforced trade, culture, and urban development across the region.
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Spanish Mediterranean
Eagle Grove garage operator pleads innocent in tax evasion case
H M Christensen of Eagle Grove pled innocent in federal court to evading about $40 000 in federal income taxes. He was released on a $5 000 bond and a trial date was not set.
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Des Moines
H. M. Christensen
Eagle Grove
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Donna Dix
Coggon
Miss Dix
Future Homemakers of America
Future Farmers of America
Joyce Schneckloth
Queenie
Leoda Ann Borden Hopkinton
Margene Holubar Solon
Donna DIX Coggon
Dornellson
Cornell Music Festival
Jacques Jolas
Joanne Curnutt
R. D. Cole
Cornell College
Jolas
Miss Curnutt
Coles
Frederick Stock Memorial Fund
U.I.A
Trace History of
Iowa County
Tore Zor
Richer Jost Vip
Marburg
Philipps University
Verna
Treysa
Hesse
George Labitsky
Wolfgang
Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz
Rhine
Gustavsburg
W. G. Tillmanns
Wartburg College
Waverly
Harold Sieglaff
Waterloo
L. L. Belk
le Mars
George A. Reinke
Crippled Children’s School
Jamestown
N. D
Sieglaff
Sudan
Egypt
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ministry of Education
Mrs. Sieglaff
Hans Labitsky
W. Tillmanns
Element Paint Dy Guttbies Shop
Barney’s Paint & Wallpaper
First Avenue
Wrank Cach Glass & Paint Co
Second Street
M. Cach Glass Co., Inc
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply Co
Third Avenue
Walter J. French Co
Standard Glass & Paint Co
Second Ave
Cook Paint & Varnish Co
First Avenue SE
Klinger Wallpaper & Paint Co
Second Avenue SE
Standard App Co
98 First Ave
Heather Co
Center Paint Rd
Mind Craces
Bondex Hydraulic Cement
the Reardon Company
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Bayonne
N. J
Montreal
Bondex
Reardon
DU Pont
Dist
Bondex Cement Paint Herbel Company
Aes
Center Point Read
Dial
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