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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1966

Page

7

Mentzer Fund Scholarships Awarded by Merchants Bank

The Mentzer Scholarship Fund announced awards and outlined district grade reassignments at Marion schools. Board discussions covered dropout causes, policy for retiree recognition, and Title I progress. Lincoln and Emerson to host area vocational election next Tuesday.

Mentzer Fund John P. Mentzer Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Richard Sorensen Marion Washington Starry Lincoln Long- Fellow Emerson Irving Hortense Ebel Secord Area 10 Vocational School Sorensen Gordon Harstad Ap

Classified Notices from Local Advertisements

Rentals and services include lawn mowing jobs at 1415 10th Street and babysitting for three children nights a week at $25. The Reverberations will play at Marion YMCA teenage night with dancing and activities for all ages. A giant basement sale at 1815 4th Avenue features clothes lamps and baby goods. Gift ideas include Parker pens from Ray's Jewelry and Mother’s Day jewelry from Nordman Jewelers.

4Th Avenue

Driver Fined $50 for Hit and Run on First Avenue SW

Rienara i. Boatright of 729 Wesland Road NW was fined $50 and costs by Municipal Judge Loren Hullinger Jr. after leaving the scene of an accident in the 100 block of First Avenue SW Thursday at 9 15 p.m. Police noted Boatright’s car struck another vehicle and he did not identify himself.

Rienara i. Bootright Wesland Road Boatright First Avenue SW Loren Hullinger Jr

Lynn Engdahl Wins Iowa Poetry Award for Nature Poem

Cedar Rapids resident Lynn Engdahl 1332 B Avenue NE earned an Iowa Poetry Association award for the poem Out of the North in the nature division. His work will appear in the 2nd edition of Lyrical Iowa. Other Linn County entrants named include Mrs James D Marsh Frank Snyder Alma Sword Louise Wright Mildred Barthel Homer Busby Naomi Gay Maud Holsinger and Julie Berger of Buchanan School earning an elementary division rating.

Cedar James D. Marsh White Pine Drive Frank Snyder Franklin Avenue Alma Sword E Avenue Louise Wright D Avenue Mildred Barthel Knollwood Drive Homer E. Busby Twenty-fifth Street Naomi Gay Maud Holsinger Sixth Street Julie Berger Buchanan School

Anamosa Referendum On Four School Sites

Anamosa educators plan a May 25 referendum on a site for a new high school. Voters will choose among four options: Central where the current high school stands, an industrial site on the north, the sale barn site in the northeast, and the McNamara site in the east. The measure funds a $940,000 bond to finance the school site purchase.

Anamosa Industrial Corporation Sale Barn McNamara

Gunshot Fatal to Iowa Man in Dubuque County

Andy Scherbring, 67, of Dubuque, found critically wounded at his summer home near Petersburg, died about 2:15 a.m. Friday in a Dubuque hospital. Delaware county authorities continue an investigation while noting a .22 caliber rifle bullet wound in the head. Scherbring, a bachelor, formerly operated a shoe repair shop in Dyersville and spent summers in Dubuque.

Dubuque Andy Scherbring Petersburg Delaware County Scherbring Dyersville

Merengo Farmer Died In Tractor Accident Near Belle Plaine

Robert E. Hannah 53 died Thursday when a tractor overturned after hitting a small tree near Marengo. Services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hrabak Funeral Home. Survived by wife Ann a stepdaughter Audrey Crost mother Gertrude and sister Aurel Scibelli of Redwood California.

Belle Plaine Robert E. Hannah Fores Marengo Hrabak Hannoah Ann Audrey Crost Gertrude Aurel Scibelli Redwood Calif

City Market Opens for 1965 Season on Saturdays

Market to open at 5 am and close at noon with same hours every Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday through Oct 29 in Riverside Park. All 48 stalls rented. daily table space $4. Call Melsa at 264-2038 for details. Parking available in municipal lot across from market.

Riverside Park MeKa

Ely Youth to Attend Hawkeye Boys State

Frank C. Stadek, 4, of Ely and son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stadek, has been selected to attend Hawkeye Boys State from June 5 to 12 at Camp Dodge in Des Moines. Stadek is a junior at Prairie High School.

Frank C. Stadek Frank Stadek Ely Seramericana Lega Post SS Hawkeye Camp Dodge Des Moines Stadek Prairie High Schoo

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