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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1957

Page

17

Prominent educators to speak at Coe College 1957 commencement

Coe College will honor Dr. Andrew C. Ivy of the University of Illinois with the commencement address titled The Heart of the Declaration of Independence on June 9 and Dr. Daniel E. Kerr of Huron College will deliver the baccalaureate sermon the same morning.

Coe College Andrew C. Ivy University of Illinois Daniel E. Kerr Huron College Huron S.D Ivy Kerr Edwin Settle Coe Iowa Dr. Kerr Princeton University Princeton Theological Seminary University of Iowa

Shriners Offer $8 000 Premiums At Horse Show

El Kahir Shrine's sixth annual Shrine Horse show lists 52 classes set for June 7 to 9 at Hawkeye Downs. Highlights include three $500 stake classes plus new Shetland singles and parade, Arabian, roadster, and draft divisions with top premiums totaling over $8,000. Camel rides and Clydesdale appearances join the program.

Shriners Shrine The el Kahir Shrine Hawkeye Downs Wilson and Company Clydesdale Zor Shrine Temple Madison, Wis

Caps Today For St. Luke's Nurses Class

The St. Luke's hospital School of Nursing caps 56 student nurses at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Methodist church marking a turn from classroom to clinical training. Miss Ruby Harris presents the class admitted last September with graduation expected spring 1959.

St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing St. Luke’s St. Paul’s Methodist Church Ruby Harris R.N St. Luke’s School of Nursing State Board of Nursing

Murphy feeds rabbits after garden not ruined

In Chicago Robert Murphy says rabbits in his backyard plundered his garden for weeks. He took the rabbits into his home to protect them and keep his daughter Donna Lynne, 3, happy, saying he would rather feed them milk than let the pests ruin the garden.

Chicago Robert Murphy Murphy Sonaar Donna Lynne

Uranium Rush Forecast in Colorado Land Release

A July 20 release by the Atomic Energy Commission will open 98 976 acres in Montrose and San Miguel counties for mineral location. The area lies in a proven ore belt near three producing zones, including Long Park Monogram Mesa and Bull Canyon, with 3 760 acres privately owned. Federal ownership covers mineral deposits.

Uravan Colo INS Atomic Energy Commission Montrose San Miguel Colorado Four-Corners Plateau Long Park Monogram Mesa Bull Canyon

Parakeet Laziness Noted in Dallas Pet Owner’s Tale

Quincy Kaufman of Dallas reports his parakeet is unusually lazy and prefers lying on its back on a pillow, a behavior highlighted by the owner as amusing and peculiar.

Dallas Texas Quincy Kaufman

Coe Names Seven for Faculty of Summer School

Seven visiting professors were named to teach in Coe college’s fifty-eighth summer school. The list includes Dr Richard E Barnhart Dr Donald G Dunlap Stanley L Johnston James F Lewis Myra Willis Peter Marchant and David C Davis. Courses span guidance biology education bird study literature western world kindergarten methods and more with a May 27 start and an August 16 close. Students earn one credit per week under a five day schedule. Farm Fires Chicago reports 8000 farm family deaths and 152 million dollars in farm losses in 1956.

Coe College Richard E.barnhart Cedar Rapids Public Schools Donald G. Dunlap Ripon College Stanley L. Johnston State University of Iowa James F. Lewis Cedar Rapids Doe Lewis Myra Willis Karl Goellner Coe Marchant David Davis

Practical Joker Triggers Saucer Scare in ALBERT

In ALBERT France a farmer reported a strange shape in a pasture with lights and explosions. Police dressed in uniform rushed to the scene only to learn the shape was a string of firecrackers tied to a fence by a practical joker.

Albert France

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