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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1941
Page
3
A jumble of ads and notices presents services from jewelry repair and car tuning to household products and beauty schools. It lists addresses in Cedar Rapids area and nearby towns, with want ads for office work, sales, and skilled trades, plus driving offers and a welding school.
Pledging ceremonies for Sachem and Crescent were held at Coe College with Prof. C W Perkins leading the service. New pledges include James Leehman Kenneth Anderson Lester McAllister Ralph Nelson Peter Narey John Schwenke Edith Boardman Phyllis Darby Eloise Helfenstine Ruth Rich Patricia Salter Myrna Parke. Crescent requires GPA 2.25 and activity criteria. Sachem requires 75 credits and senior standing eligibility. Invocation by Ruth Kirkpatrick and announcements read by Robert Dunlop. Eleanor Taylor played the organ.
About 50 reserve officers from 27 Cedar Rapids area counties will gather at O Delhi camp near Delhi for a spring quarter field problem. Units from Marshalltown Mason City Charles City Waterloo West Union Dubuque and Cedar Rapids train under Lieut Col Tracy and Maj Obye. A terrain exercise runs 10 30 a m to 2 30 p m followed by a picnic lunch with families.
One hundred thirty four sixth grade girls registered in the Y M C A free swim school will meet again Saturday afternoon for free instruction. Last week the group learned bobbing and floating with sixty earning free beginners buttons signaling fear conquered. The upcoming session will cover arm motion and flutter kick with girls asked to arrive ten minutes early. the regular Y M C A class follows at 1 15.
Capt Harry Powell of Coggon has been called to a year of active duty with the army and ordered to report June 6 to the Sixth Quartermaster Regiment at Des Moines.
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