Cedar Rapids Civic Chorus Plans Spring Serenade Program
The Cedar Rapids Civic Chorus, two years old, will present a Spring Serenade at 8 p.m. Sunday in Coe Auditorium under Terrence Carlson. It features Lincoln Lyrics a McKay marked Edwin Markham choral suite plus lighter numbers by a 70-voice ensemble with piano and organ. Proceeds support the chorus continuation.
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Cedar Rapids
Terrence Carlson
Coe Auditorium
Lincoln
Edwin Markham
George Frederick McKay
U.S
Natal
Donald Key
Anne
Eleanor Taylor
Civic Chorus
Arthur Wulfsberg
Promenade
Miss Esther Armstrong to Speak at Foreign Trade Dinner
Miss Esther Armstrong of Cedar Rapids, four years as a Methodist missionary in India, will address the Foreign Trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at a 6:15 p.m. dinner meeting Tuesday at the Sheraton-Montrose hotel. Reservations to EM 33577 by Monday. She graduated from Cornell College in 1952 with majors in English, French and sociology. Her talk titled An American in India Today will cover life in India and its political and economic conditions.
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Esther Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
India
Foreign Trade Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton-Montrose
Miss Armstrong
Cornell College
Delhi
Dreams of Blaze Trigger Fire Alarm Rescue
In Hipston on Stour England a woman dreamed of smoke and flames and phoned the fire department. Fire engines arrived but found no fire as the woman had triggered the alarm in her sleep.
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Hipston ON
Stour
England
Linn's Cancer Crusade Tops Goal in Linn County Drive
Linn County Cancer Crusade surpasses its $34,000 goal with contributions totaling $34,199 announced by Chairman O. H. Tousey. He credits volunteers countywide for the success and notes funds fund year round services, education, and research.
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Linn County
O. H. Tousey
Tousey
Cedar Rapids
Camel Rides Return for 1957 El Kabir Shrine Horse Show
Cedar Rapids will host the sixth annual El Kabir Shrine Horse Show June 7-9 at Hawk Eye Downs with free camel rides for children. The Wisconsin Shriners Zor Shrine temple of Madison provides camels under supervision, joining other features like Wilson Clydesdales demonstrations and cash prizes totaling more than 7500 dollars. Entries from nine states are expected to exceed 400 animals, with classes for Shetland ponies junior Tennessee walking horses and a five gaited division for three year olds.
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Cedar Rapids
el Kabir Shrine
Shrine Committee
Hawkeye Downs
Zor Shrine
Madison
Wisconsin Shriners
Wilson Clydesdales
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Youngsters Register for Free Swim Lessons at Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids youths aged 8 to 15 must register at the Red Cross office 327 Granby building between now and June 15 to join free swim instruction at Ellis pool. Lessons run June 12 to August 31, limited to about 1,200 beginners due to space. In town pupils are assigned class times. out of town schedule to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Red Cross
Granby Building
Colored Slide Contest At Camera Club Meeting
A potluck supper and a colored slide competition will be featured at a meeting of the Y Camera Klub on Thursday at 6 30 p m in the Keen Teen room at the YMCA Slides from the last PSA Color Club competition will be shown and discussed Members are asked to bring slides made at the Do Yourself meeting for discussion.
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Philip Bezanson
SUI
Robert Kelly
Illinois
Ross Lee Finney
Michigan
Donald Johns
Northwestern
SUI Symphony Orchestra
James Dixon
John Ballard
Marion
Camera Klub
YMCA
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Hillbrunner’s
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University of Michigan
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University of Ilinois
Cedar Rapids High School
Public Library
Art Association
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Union
Carl Orff
Dieman-Bennett Ballet Company
University Theater
Fire Dept
Linn
First Avenue
Empire
Baldwin
Ellis
Camera Club
Craemer
Craemer's
Marion McCoy
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