Speaks at Family Forum Tomorrow
Paying All Parents, a program for constructive family living, will be presented at five p.m. Monday at the Y M C A as part of National Family week opening today. Dr. Frank E. Coburn, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Town, will headline a public forum with a Cedar Rapids panel on family problems and a film discussion of The Feeling of Rejection.
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Frank E. Coburn
Univer
Harry Boyd
John Matthews
Herman E. Schaalman
Vern Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Coburn
Iowa City
LeRoy Peterson
Elizabeth Burianek
Abbott Lipsky
Kohl
Alice Bothell
Racine's Phaedra at Coe Little Theater This Week
Racine's Phaedra returns in a Coe Little Theater production directed by Jeannette Ringland running Thursday through Saturday. The classical tragedy features 24 hour action with Greek costumes and a three pillar set. Cast includes Rose Marie Jun and Don Gunn with design by Forrest Hinkhouse and lighting by Wilfred Shaw. Tickets and reservations available via Coe office.
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Racine
Phaedra
Coe Little Theater
Hippolytus
Euripides
Coe
Louis XIV
Sarah Bernhardt
Jeannette Ringland
C. Ward Macy
Boys Drum Corps to Perform at All-Iowa Fair
The Cedar Rapids Boys Drum and Bugle corps sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. and the All-Iowa fair will appear daily at the 1948 fair. They will spend two afternoons at Hawkeye Downs and parade before the grand stand each evening. Directed by Vernon Kriz the corps won a state American Legion championship last year in Sioux City. Appearances include the North Western railroad centennial, Eastern Iowa Band festival May 29, and Memorial day parade with three Cedar Rapids shows planned in May.
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Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Paul Noeller
Andy Hanson
Hawkeye Downs
Vernon Kriz
American Legion
Sioux City
North Western Railroad
Will Pearch
Showers Arrived Late Then Temperatures Jumped in April 1948
April 1948 saw unusually warm weather with average 54.95 degrees and highs near 65 to 69 degrees, while rain was sparse early and total precipitation reached 2.25 inches. Measurable rain occurred on eight days, mainly in the last two weeks after a dry start.
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the Gazette
Chambers
Weather highlights for April show varied temperatures and winds
The report notes nine days with only three dry, two and a quarter inches of rain, river levels from 5.0 to 3.7 and back to 4.1, highs hit 86 on April 18, lows reached 30 on April 1 and 14, and several days saw freezing or near freezing. Strong winds persisted from March transitions.
Familiar South Side figure Robert E. Brosh active in civic groups
Robert E. Brosh of 115 Sixteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids is an longtime local resident, Navy veteran, married with one son, and active in Junior American Czechs C S A Eagles Veterans of Foreign Wars and recently elected to the American Legion executive board. C S A lodge Karla Masaryk meets Monday at 8 p m in the C S P S hall. The Sewing club holds a rummage sale Wednesday at 8 a m in Sokol hall. bring sale articles by Tuesday or call 29074.
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South Side
Robert E. Brosh
Brosh
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Solon
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High School
Coe College
the Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Young Men’s Bureau
Terry
Sokol
Civic Bureau Dads Entertain Children
One hundred fifty Civic Bureau dads and their children attended Children's night at the Chamber of Commerce. After a 6:15 p.m. dinner, three movie shorts and magic acts by L. A. Lower entertained the young guests who received balloons. Bill Waite served as party chairman.
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Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
L. A. Lower
Bill Waite
Trains Use New Fog Devices to Halt Delays in Britain
British railways adopt gadgets on 4000 trains to detect fog and trigger brakes when danger signals are passed. The system aims to reduce delays and lessen crew strain while maintaining safety across service times.
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London
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