Work Hard: The Widest Awake Senior of Stockport Iowa
Bert E Day a 75 year old Cedar Rapids resident born in Stockport Iowa lives with a daily 4 to 5 am start. He runs errands drives and fixes things for a small group of seniors while dating 65 year old Lillian Schrader and playing cards and dancing weekly. He retired from Century Engineering after a 33 year career and still volunteers by helping neighbors and family. His philosophy is to stay busy and work hard as a model for younger generations.
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Bert E. Day
H Avenue
Bert
Melinda
Council On
Stockport
Iowa
Keosauqua
Mt. Zion
Montana
Pocatello
Idaho
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Century Engineering
Harry Julsgard
Century
Harry
Machinists Local Harmony Lodge
Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Lillian Schrader
F Avenue NW
Lillian
Eagles Club
Richard Day
Juanita
Harry E.) Norman
Revolution Continues Says Bruce Catton in Heritage
Historian Bruce Catton argues the American revolution remains ongoing worldwide. He notes postwar freedom movements, the American ideal of political liberty linked with material improvement, and a global shift toward empowered peoples as a lasting, unsettling revolution. Production has begun on The Lord of the Rings with MGM using new live action and animation techniques.
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New York
UPI
Bruce Catton
Catton
American Heritage Magazine
America
Fife and Drum Corps
Yorktown
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dear Genie Editor's Note and Genealogy Queries From Readers
A collection of genealogy requests from Linn County readers seeking information on Sedlacek, Renfer, Horton, Wag woner, Wheeler, McAdow, Welch, Marsh and related families. They seek birth, marriage, death records and ancestral links in Iowa Kansas Ohio and Michigan, with contact details for replies.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
Dear Genie
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Jacob David Renfer
Lengnau Kanton
Bern
Switzerland
Coggon
Martha Huldah Andrews Davenport
Washington County
Ohio
Martha
Jason Andrews
Roxana Eastman
Jacob
Anna Evelina Reece
Franklin Clifford Renfer
Renee Reece
E. 78Th Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Wheeler, McAdow
Welch
Watkins
St. Clair
Florence
Samuel Wheeler, Jr
John
Mary
James McAdow
Rachel
Enoch Wheeler
Walford
Blairstown
Esther R. Garbers
Second Street
Eagles Rank for Randall and Russell Olson at Hoover School
Randall and Russell Olson, brothers aged 16, sons of Ron and Kathleen Olson, will receive the Eagle Scout rank in a court of honor Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Hoover School. Both have long Troop 29 service, Camp Wakonda years, hikes on multiple trails, and four Grant Pilgrimages. Russell earns Order of the Arrow and both hold 50 mile awards. they are Jefferson students, with wrestling and swimming, and Grace Episcopal church members.
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Randall and
Russell Olson
Ronald B. Olson
First Avenue
Hoover School
Randall Olson
Camp Wakonda
Lincoln
Galena
Ill
Russell
Order of the Arrow
Jefferson
Randall
Grace Episcopal Church
Reborn Shakespeare Globe Opens in London
St George's church in London is reborn as Shakespeare's Globe theater with televised productions planned for the U S and abroad. George Marcell aims to stage all Shakespeare plays in the new old building, starting with Twelfth Night. A separate note reports Cunard offering QE2 youth fare for ages 2 to 26 on select 1976 crossings between New York Cherbourg and Southampton.
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London
UPI
George Marcell
St. George’s
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
U.S
Washington
St. George's
Marcell
Shakespeare
New York
Cunard
Cherbourg
Southampton
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Barbara Ochs
Bert Day
Joseph Sedlacek
Frank Sedlacek
Marysville
Kan
Sedlaceks
Velma Severns
Howard B. Horton
Guy A. Horton
E. Washington Avenue
A-22
Escondido
Calif
John Waggoner
Virginia
Adam
Henry
Als
Berry
Allen
Haywood
Monroe
Leah Toliver
Texas
Nettie Webb
Box
Jacksonville
Ore
Elizabeth Jane Marsh
Fort Madison
John Marsh
Germany
Jane Martin
Emma
Elizabeth
Ionia County
Mich
Lawrence C. Martin
E. Miller Road
Lansing
Meth-Wick Manor
Thirteenth Street
Nell Boyack
Meth-Wick
Marian Hungerford
Ralph Hueston
Elva Fordyce
Gazette
John Mcivor
CHINE
Lindale Plaza
THE
Singer Company
S Saag
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