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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1988

Page

9

Memorial Day events across Eastern Iowa weekend schedule

Memorial Day will be observed with services in Cedar Rapids and other Eastern Iowa communities. In Cedar Rapids a 10 am ceremony at the Armory of Veterans Memorial Building includes Mary Jean Hrbacek, Rev. Gerald Condon, and a taps ceremony. Cemeteries host 8:30 to 9 am services with rain sites listed. The Avenue of Flags at Cedar Memorial Cemetery will display about 1,100 flags in its 35th year. A Czech National Cemetery dedication for a new columbarium is set for Sunday at 2 pm in Chicago accents by Louis Kolarik. The day features veterans groups, choirs, and firing squads. Memorial Day observances continue in Belle Plaine and other communities on Monday unless noted.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Veterans’ Organizations Armory of Veterans Memorial George Hamman Gerald Condon Navy Mary Jean Hrbacek Cedar Rapids Cemetery St. George Orthodox Church St. Joseph's St. Patrick's Catholic Church St. John’s St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Mount Calvary All Saints Catholic Cedar Memorial Cemetery Fami Czech National Cemetery Louis Kolarik Chicago CSA Fraternal Life United States John Gilmore Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church Edward Kuba Federation of Czech Groups Theodore Trefney Heritage Chorus Clarence Frana St. Ludmilas St. Wenceslaus American Legion Post 5 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Belle Plaine Oak Hill Cemetery Earlville Sandi Borcherding Aaron Liebrecht Garnaville Hiawatha — Vfw Post 5349 Shiloh Cemetery Iowa City University of Iowa Duane Spriesters,ach Ralph Neuzil Woodbur Melicio ™ Valdez 108Th Medical Battalion Town National Guard Veterans of Foreign Wars Brown Street Park Oakland Cemetery Oakland Northwest Junior High Robert Medd Wayne Newall Valdez VFW 109Th Medical Battalion Northest Walder Town John McDonld Gen. Logan Wiliam Bock Wayne Newz Ane Junior High School Oun George Dane Rainbow Divison Veterans TEC Associates Inc of Cedars Northwest Junior High Memory Gardens McDonald Avenue of Flags Logan Bock Gettysburg Dane Johnson American Legion Newzi 109K Lamont Lamont Legion Post St. Albert's Spring Hill Cemetery Dundee Legion Gold Star Lone Tree Lone Tree Cemetery John Mum American Legion Post 457 William Bradley Lone ‘Tree Lone ‘Tree School Band Kathy Slycord Marengo Wandling-Wendel Marengo Cemetery Iowa Valley Scott Goodrich Highway 411 Iowa River Legion Hall Mount Vernon Mount Vernon City Hall Mount Vernon Memorial Cemetery Will Bire Daniel DenBeste Jerome Loesch Richard Thomas Jason Happel John-Howard American Legion Post 480 Newhall Newhall Legion Hall Kyle Hummel Vinton Benton St. John's Lutheran Cemetery Olin Olin American Legion Post Gerald Ernst Bellevue Ryan American Legion Post 692 Calvary Cemetery Lutheran Cemetery Golden Cemetery Silvercreek Monti Cemetery Swisher Legion Post 671 Terry Branstad Vinton American Legion Post Riverside Park Vinton Unlimited Benton County Republican Central Committee Walker Walker Cemetery Ray American Legion Post 376 Auxiliary Sacred Heart Cemetery West Union — American Legion Post 15 Auburn Eldorado Bethel Presbyterian Church North High School West Union Chamber of Commerce Courthouse Square Williamsburg VFW Post 8797 City Park Maynard Hofer Chaplains Corps Reserve Forrest Krummer Anthony Conrad Terry Foley

Dedication Sunday by Legion Posts Across Benton County

Legion posts across Benton County plan Memorial Day observances with cemetery services parades and speeches. Speakers include Val Liken Des Moines and Lt Col Wendel Kerr, with Gettysburg Address recitations by Jason Rogers and other veterans.

Temple Hill Fillmore North Garryowen South Garryowen Downtown City Park

State loan to Vogel Popcorn Co. plant sparks displeasure

Hamburg officials approve a 236000 low interest loan for Vogel Popcorn Co. to build a 25500 square foot microwave plant, a project worth 1560000 dollars. Company president Art Vogel criticizes the loan as insufficient versus a grant while Hamburg prepares utilities and expects employment to rise to 165 workers.

State Hamburg Vogel Popcorn Co Art Vogel Vogel Golden Valley Microwave Foods Inc Minneapolis

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