Woman Helps In Launching Of Missiles By Inez Robb
Ruth Harlam a 33 year old woman engineer leads a group of male engineers at the Electro-Mechanical Laboratory of American Machine and Foundry in Greenwich Connecticut working on missile handling launching and support systems She rose from sewing machine operator to mechanical engineer earning BME in 1949 and MME in 1951 while working day and studying night She sees equal opportunities for women in engineering and hopes for peacetime applications of war projects while she focuses on equipment to handle assemble fuel transport and launch missiles
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Inez Robb
New York
Yak
Ruth Harlam
Uncle Sam
Electro - Mechanical Laboratory
American Machine and Foundry Company
Greenwich
Bis
Hunter College
Hunter
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Nellie
Hitler
Germany
America
Harlam
United States
Hospital Addition Approved in Waukon
Voters in Waukon approved adding to the Veteran's Memorial hospital at a cost not to exceed 150000 dollars. The total vote was 979 with 773 in favor and 206 opposed.
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Waukon
Veteran’s Memorial Hospital
East Iowa Band Festival events set for Saturday
Cedar Rapids hosts the East Iowa Band Festival with school bands honoring Col. George S. Howard chief of U S air force bands. Howard will arrive Friday. the Washington band under Ellison will perform the Colonel Howard March. He will lead the parade in a lead convertible followed by the Jefferson band. Tickets for the night show cost 50 cents for adults.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George S. Howard
U.S. Lair
Air Force
Howard Ellison
Washington Band
Colonel Howard
Howard
Hermann Pecking
Col. Howard
Jefferson Band
R. Cedric Anderson
Poppy Sales Fall in West Union Says Legion Auxiliary
West Union reports poppy sales this year fell to 206 dollars from last year’s total, according to Mrs Merle Brown local chair for the American Legion auxiliary.
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West Union
Merle Brown
American Legion Auxiliary
Scattergood School Commencement Set
Scattergood school commencement will be held Saturday with a student program Memories 1890 to 1958 at 10 a.m. lunch at noon and commencement exercises at Hickory Grove meeting house at 2 p.m. The commencement speaker is not specified in the available text.
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Gazette
West Branch—Scattergood School
Hickory Grove
Pendle Hill Quaker School Adds Graduates
Wilmer Young from Scattergood and former Whittier resident joins Pendle Hill staff in Wallingford Pa. The graduating class includes William E. Barthelow Memphis Tenn Kenneth Bergstrom Southampton Pa Gertrude Bonzo Davis Calif Paul J. Krum West Hilton Ohio John C. Qualey Northfield Minn Doris Rockwell Monte Verde Costa Rica Roger Schletter Ann Arbor Mich Sara Watson Chicago Allan Winder Ann Arbor Mich
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I Wilmer Young
Scattergood
Whittier
Pendle Hill
Wallingford
William E. Bartholomew
Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth Bergstrom
Southampton
Gertrude Bonzo
Davis
Calif
Paul J. Krum
West Hilton
Ohio
John C. Qualey
Northfield
Minn
Doris Rockwell
Monte Verde
Costa Rica
Roger Schletter
Ann Arbor
Mich
Sara Watson
Chicago
Allan Winder
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Inez
Brewster
O'Hearn and Sprague - Carleton
Kenwood
Second Street
East Iowa
Don Fahrenkrog
Jaycee Committee
Anita Petrusch
Karen Townsend
Jefferson
Cedar Rapids Camp
Miss Townsend
C. A. Townsend
First Ave
KKR Business Club
Girls Recreational Association
Future Teachers of America
Ushers Club
Music Club
Miss Townsend Aso
Outlook
Miss Petrusch
Eitel F. Petrusch
Route 2
Old
Marion Road
Marion
Anita
St. Luke’s Hospital
Karen Townsend Jefferson
3Rd St
N.E
Blessing’s
Bode Optical
Montgomery Ward
Babyland
Roosevelt Hotel
Penney
Mer
Scattergood School
Neumode
St. SE
Granby Bldg
Town & Country
Merchants National Bank
Giger
Tiger
Second Avenue SE
Fae Jubste Shop
Lorex
Stel Ness
2Nd Ave
RCA Whirlpool
Rt Va
Rca-Whirlpool
Robb
First Street
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