Linn Civitan Wins Top Club of the Year Honors
Linn County Civitan club received the Min Owa district top club award and the Governor's trophy at a district convention in Des Moines last weekend. The 1 trophy was presented Friday morning at Bishops downtown. Allen Peterson and Walter A. Blair posed behind the trophy reviewing Civitan activities. The Min Owa district includes 11 clubs across Iowa and Minnesota.
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Linn County Civitan Club
Des Moines
Bishops Downtown
Civitan
Allen Peterson
Windsor Drive
Walter A. Blair
Shady Oakscourt
Min-Owa
Iowa
Minnesota
Shrine Parade Route Planned For Saturday Event
Shrine parade set for Saturday in Cedar Rapids with ceremonial start at 2 p.m. from Second Avenue and Fifth Street SE, route south on Second Street to Third Avenue then east to Sixth Street SE, following the river toward the Gulf. Classes for a June program run 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting June 34 through June 29 at Kenwood Presbyterian Church on Thirty-fifth Street and C Avenue NE.
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Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Thirty-fifth Street
C Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Second Avenue
Martin
Fifth Street
Second
Mississippi River Parkway
Second Street
Third
Minnesota
Avenue
Gulf of Mexicanue
Sixth Street
Donald Canney
Shrine
Joseph Sampson
el Kabir
Sampson
Embassy Club
James H. Smith
Bruce Boland
el Kahir Hospital
Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital
R. L. Aldershot
Glenn Tanner
Charles King
Russell Anthony
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Dominican priest named Aquinas Institute president
The Rev. Cletus Wessels, a long time Dominican priest on the Aquinas Institute of Theology faculty since 1959, is named president effective May 1 succeeding Rev. Kevin O’Rourke. Ceremony and Shrine parade details follow with local officials and participants listed.
Johnson Named To Head Mental Health Observance
Richard Johnson president of the Linn County Assn for Mental Health will head National Mental Health month activities in Linn County in May. The drive aims to recruit at least 1,000 members with letters to about 5,000 local citizens. A special program featured a mental health film to raise awareness and membership. State chairman is Mrs. Robert Ray. national chairman is Barry Sullivan. The association promotes hospital mental health work and community programs for returning patients from state hospitals.
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Richard Johnson
Linn County Assn
Linn County
Linn Association
UCS
Linn
Johnson
Association
Robert ‘Ray
Ray
Barry Sullivan
Linn County Assn. For
Higley
Call Ann McIntosh
St. Luke’s Hospital
Honor Christian School Students Win Blue Ribbons at Meet
Four Cedar Rapids area students from Honor Christian School earned blue ribbons at the 14th annual Midwest Academic Spring Meet of Christian Schools in Peoria. Denise Bahnsen seventh grade Bible-Christian biography and Twyla DeHaan sixth grade spelling were first-phase winners along with Kara Benedict and Jerry Living in special categories.
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Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Denise Bahnsen
Twyla DeHaan
Kara Benedict
Ing Passage
Jerry Living
Ston
Pby
Red Cross Plans First Aid Courses
Linn county Red Cross schedules OSHA geared first aid courses. Standard class at Red Cross office Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. next week through June 7 taught by Carmen Gobidas. Advanced class at YWCA Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. next week through June taught by Kenneth Candler. Multi media course May 19 at Red Cross office 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. First aid instructor course also offered for conventional instruction.
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OSHA
Linn County
Red Cross
Carmen Gobidas
YWCA
U. Kenneth Candler
Richard Reeves
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Smulekoff
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Kerastany
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Karastan
America
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GIANT
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Fan Ae Mouse
Pat Quanewa Ait
MAY City Shopping Center
Giant Store
Amana
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Amana Way
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