Seniors To Present Class Play Tonight At St Wenceslaus
The St Wenceslaus senior class presents June in January in the school auditorium at 7 30 pm. Aunt Ethel fancies a continental gentleman while nephews scheme to end the affair. Cast includes Inez Margaret Houser Jack Lane Robert White Otis Oleander Frank Schbetka Ono Mary C Kazimour Oscar Larson Richard Taylor Mad Duke Van Della George Matias Jose Pietra Bernard Polansky Agnes Navratil Hazel Barlow Elizabeth Majewski June Day Hattie Capek Gracie Patricia Proskovec Donna Bernice Panek Jessie Lillian Tresnak Alexis a continental gentleman a mystery.
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St. Wenceslaus School
Ethel
Inez
Margaret Houser
Jack Lane
Robert White
Otis Oleander
Frank Scbetka
Ono
Mary C. Kazi
Donna
Bernice Panek
Jessie
Lillian Tresnak
Alexis
Cedar Rapids Sokols to Attend Crete Sokol Meet
Cedar Rapids Sokols prepare for the western division meeting and tournament in Crete Nebraska on June 7 to 9. The local society recently moved into the division and will send the largest Cedar Rapids contingent except possibly Omaha, with two boys teams and one girls team entering gymnastics events.
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Cedar Rapids
Cemetery Board to Inspect Bohemian Grounds May 12
The Bohemian National cemetery board holds its annual inspection Sunday morning May 12 during the regular meeting preparing for Memorial Day services June 2 with Theodore B Hlubucek as principal speaker. If rain the meeting moves to the CSPS hall.
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Bohemian National Cemetery
Theodore B Hlubucek
Bohemian Reading Society Picnic Planned for June 30
The Bohemian Reading society will hold its annual picnic in Miller grove on Sunday June 30.
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Bohemian Reading Society
Miller Grove
Bank Robber Strikes Martel Nebraska Saturday
In Martel Nebraska a robbery occurred at a local bank with about $200 taken by a suspect described as 19 to 21 years old. Bank employees placed the money in a shopping bag before the culprit fled town in a black sedan as a posse formed to pursue.
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Martel
Neb
Christian Education Council Sponsors Church School Forums
The Linn County Christian Education Council will sponsor two church school forums. The first occurs Monday evening at Alburnett Evangelical Church. the second on Thursday evening at Kenwood Park Methodist in Cedar Rapids. Theme centers on spiritual emphasis in church school teaching and work. Bruce Eyestone presides. Program includes opening remarks, devotions by Rev C L Fuller and Rev Merton Green, offering for county expenses, address by Rev Henry Scherer on Deepening our Spiritual Life, followed by forum led by Scherer and closing benediction.
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Linn County Council of Christian Education
Alburnett
Evangelical Church
Cedar Rapids
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Bruce Eyestone
C. L. Fuller
Merton Green
Cedar Raunds
Henry Scherer
First Lutheran Church
Mr Scherer
Primary Contests Reported for County Republicans and Dems
The notice lists Republican candidates for county offices including Howard R. Churchill incumbent J A Dubois Joseph W Hammill and W A Ball with addresses. Republican constables W J Fleming John Taylor both incumbents. Democratic entries include William M Cerveny and sages Vanda with addresses. Justice of the peace Republican incumbents C E Drummond and Winfield A White. Republican constables Charles Dye and W E Kerns, both incumbents, are noted.
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C. E. Drummond
Winfield A. White
Marion
Charles Dye
W. E. Kerns
Nab Ivan Parsons On Assault Charge
Ivan Parsons a 24 year old resident of 720 Third Street SW was arrested at 810 Third Street SE tavern at 4 15 p m on a warrant charging assault and battery. He also faced a separate Marion warrant for driving without an operator s license. The arrest followed a prior drunkenness and disturbing the peace arrest last Saturday with three days served.
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Ivan Parsons
Third Street
H. R. Churchill
Parsons
Winfield White
Marion
M. G. Swords
Local Librarians To Attend District Meetings Next Week
Miss Alice B Story city librarian and Miss Catherine Redmond assistant will attend the northeast district library meeting next Wednesday May 8 at Grundy Center. The round table will discuss Cooperation Between Schools and Public Libraries. May 10 the southeast district meeting will be at Fairfield with Misses Ruby Taylor Edna Erickson Elizabeth Hodson Evelyn Zerzanek and Betty Neal attending.
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Alice B. Story
Catherine Redmond
Grundy Center
Fairfield
Ruby Taylor
Edna Erickson
Elizabeth Hodson
Evelyn Zerzanek
Betty Neal
Elaborate staging planned for Elijah at Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids will host the first large scale dramatized version of Elijah on May 15 at 8 15 pm in Memorial Coliseum. Prof Paul S Ray head of Coe music department says the production will feature elaborate sets costumes and lighting with Chicago sourced elements. Cast includes Mark Love as Elijah Harold Reeves as Obadiah Andrea Johannsen Ruth EbMassey Helen Keith and others. Tickets available on Coe campus and at Roosevelt hotel campaign HQ.
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Elijah
Memorial Coliseum
Paul S. Ray
Coe Music Department
Mark Love
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Salt Lake City
John Ross Reed
Love
Harold Reeves
Obediah
Andrea Johannsen
Widow
Ruth Eb Jing Massey
Helen Keith
Angel
Iowa
Coe
Roosevelt Hotel
Employment Up 8 Million Since 1933 Says Perkins
Secretary of Labor Perkins told a Democratic women’s meeting that nearly 8,000,000 more workers drew pay in March last year than in March 1933 and factory payrolls rose to $185,818,000. She cited non agricultural employment at 33,928,000 in March this year versus 26,086,000 in 1938, excluding about 2,500,000 WPA CCC and NYA participants.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
United States
WPA
CCC
NYA
Local Stamp Club to mark 100th stamp birthday
The Cedar Rapids Stamp Club marks the 100th anniversary of Great Britain's first postage stamp sale with a 40 minute program titled Postage Stamp Centenary Night. The event will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. on the mezzanine of the Montrose hotel.
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Great Britain
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids club hosts stamp open house on penny black
A Cedar Rapids collectors club invites all stamp fans to an open house with slides talks free magazines and an auction. The event recalls the May 6 1840 launch of the penny black the first postage stamp used for franking. Sir Rowland Hill is credited with creating the British uniform postal system and the penny black.
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Cedar Rapids
Queen Victoria
Great Britain
Rowland Hill
Local Woman Nabbed On Charge Of Larceny
Mrs. Susan Mehaffey a 65 year old resident of 75 Wilson Avenue SW was arrested at 210 pm Saturday for allegedly stealing a pair of 59 cent gloves from the McLellan store at 201 First Avenue E A clerk Florence Williams of 652 Thirty fourth Street NE identified her and W F Campbell assistant manager said charges would be filed The defendant had a prior larceny conviction before Justice H R Churchill on November 7 last year
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Susan Mehaffey
Wilson Avenue
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