Mount Mercy Prepairs 35 Degrees at Friday Commencement
The Most Rev. James J. Byrne will confer degrees on 35 candidates at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids at 2 p.m. Friday. Sister Mary Agnes will present the graduates. Richard A. Matre of Loyola University Chicago will deliver the commencement address. The Rev. J. Robert McDonald will preach the baccalaureate sermon. Mary Ann Schwers and Judith Abeln are among those receiving bachelor of science degrees.
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Dubuque
Mt. Mercy College
Richard A. Matre
University College
Loyola University
Chicago
Edgar Kurt
Mt. Mercy
J. Robert McDonald
St. Patrick’s Church
Mary Agnes
RSM
Jananne Baldridge
Mary Jo Belorit
Mary de Lourdes
Mary Kathryn Cahalan
Mary Jane
Shirley Gavin
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Ann Hargrafen
Delhi
Marilyn Harrington
Patricia Hartman
Rita Ann Havlik
Patricia Hlas
Elberon
Stephany Jirsa
Pennie Meadows
Judith Abeln
Patricia Archer
Mary Annis Bartel
Carol Ann Blake
Mary Charlene
Mary Sharon
Jeanette Jaeger
Holy Cross
Anna Marie Murphy
Marion
Dorothy Podhaisky
Toledo
Diane Schmitz
Mary Karla
Regis To Graduate 107 Seniors Tuesday
Regis high school will graduate 107 seniors in commencement exercises Tuesday at 8 p.m. It is the school's first four year class. Archbishop Byrne will preside and present diplomas with Brother J. Leo, Rev. Spahn, and Rev. Engler in roles. The long list of diploma recipients includes Barbara Andrie, Mary Barnett, John Barry, Thomas Birch, and many others.
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Mary Catherine McAuley
Regis High School
Brother J. Leo
Order of Christian Brothers
Brother Leo
St. Mary’s College
Winona
Minn
University of Minnesota
James J. Byrne
Dubuque
Robert J. Spahn
Regis
Ernest J. Engler
Barbara Andrie
Mary Barnett
John Barry
Thomas Birch
Barbara Boland
Janet Breen
Mary Brenneman
Robert Brown
Terrance Brown
Peter Brune
Anita Burger
Susette Burmeister
Robert Carnes
John Carrig
Lawrence Casey
Robert Churchill
Karen Collins
Judith Cooley
Timothy Cooney
Mary Cooper
William Cramer
Marie Croker
Susan Dalton
John Disterhoff
Cheryl Duffy
Sara Edgren
Beverlee English
Helen Feldaverd
David Fish
Blind Workers Escape As Fire Hits Brooklyn Factory
One hundred seventy blind workers used overhead guide lines to escape a fire on the top floor of the Lighthouse Industries building in New York. A non blind driver, James Collura 32 of Brooklyn, was treated for smoke inhalation. The blaze began in cartons in the broom and mop factory before the workers returned to their jobs.
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VPI
Lighthouse Industries
James Collura
Brooklyn
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Patricia Knowles
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Theresa Lee
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James Mottet
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Sharon Astom
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Coralee Schafer
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Marianne Smith
Maurice Soteco
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Antoinette Stephens
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