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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1941

Page

35

Mount Mercy selects Dorothy Weber May queen for ceremony

Dorothy Weber of Stacyville is selected by Mount Mercy junior college students as May queen. The 5:30 p.m. crowning on campus includes a procession to the chapel, the Salve Regina hymn, a crowning by Lavonne Kirk, and a procession to crown the Blessed Virgin Mary statue. Attendants include Kane, Kucera, Connell, Funkey, McSweeney, and Deeny with Spillane as crown bearer.

Mount Mercy Junior College Dorothy Weber Stacyville Sodality Independence Mount Mercy Choristers Patricia Deeny Fort Atkinson Joan Spillane Cedar Rapids May Queen Mount Mercy Lavonne Kirk Miss Weber David Long Larry Tergler

Park Development Plans Shown At Memorial Coliseum Display

Public can inspect long range park development plans May 22 23 and 24 in the Memorial Coliseum lobby. Detailed maps by Harland Bartholomew and Associates of St Louis are on display. The park committee of the city plan commission sponsored the exhibit after three years of study.

Harland Bartholomew and Associates of St. Louis Memorial Coliseum Park Committee City Plan Commission

City plans park survey and detailed report approved

Funds for the park survey were sought in July 1938 and approved by the city council in 1939 with a 1940 appropriation for the detailed report. Completed last December and filed in January, the plan received a Gazette feature last winter. Active figures include T. R. Warriner as chairman and Mrs. C. C. Loomis as secretary with Mrs. R. T. Lubbock, Mrs. C. R. Chandler, Charles Kosek, William Crissman and Horace Hedges on the park committee, working with Park Commissioner Ed Stefan.

City Plan Board Plan Commission T. R. Warriner C. C. Loomis R. T. Lubbock C. R. Chandler Charles Kosek William Crissman Horace Hedges Ed Stefan

Academy of Visitation Retreat Opens June 12 for Women

The Academy of the Visitation in Dubuque will host a women's retreat starting Thursday evening June 12 and running until 7 45 Sunday evening. Leaflets with the order of exercises are available from the Sisters. Those wanting boarding should notify the Sisters promptly. Rev E J Byrne C S P will lead the retreat.

Academy of the Visitation Dubuque E. J. Byrne

Samson Feast on a Lion Question Mark

Ad claims Samson feasted on a lion despite stomach pains and promotes Udgen Tablets for indigestion with a money back guarantee. Encourages purchase at drug stores nationwide.

Samson

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