Commencement Plans At Coe College Highlight Busy Week
About 125 Coe College seniors will receive diplomas in the T. M Sprelatr Memorial chapel during the sixth annual commencement with Miss Maria Leonard of the University of Illinois as speaker. Junior class duties include ushering at events, presenting the commencement play, and hosting activities from Friday through Monday as alumni join in the ceremonies and dinners.
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Coe College
T. M Sprelatr
Maria Leonard
Uninverety of Illinois
Vendes
Coe
Shaver Park
Christian Batos
Charles Shedd
Abigail Ann Gilbert
Esther Yothers
Alice Snider
Beulah Detwiler
Voorhees Quadrangle
Sinclair Chapel
Harri M Gage
Lamp care lore from Fayette woman recalls kerosene light era
Mrs Juliette Bender an 87 year old Fayette resident visiting her granddaughter Elizabeth Bender recalls kerosene lamps as a safer daily habit and shares rules for lamp care learned over sixty seven years. The piece blends practical tips with memories of earlier lighting before widespread electricity.
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Blairstown
Yesteryear
Juliette Bender
Fayette
Elizabeth Bender
Brien
Memorial Day Observed In Bay Cemetery Before It Was National Event
A garbled memorial item recalls Bay cemetery ceremonies and early US observances. The fragmented text mentions veterans, Delaware connections, and a 19th or early 20th century context, with scattered references to national recognition and local ceremonies.
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Bay Cemetery
Linn county near full filing of homestead tax claims
Linn county nears complete homestead tax exemption filings with 11 500 applications by Saturday noon, about 1 000 shy of state-planned housing. The courthouse closes Monday for Memorial Day. filings may resume Tuesday at auditors offices Cedar Rapids assessors or local banks abc savings and loan with nominal fees. Deeded or inherited properties cannot file. late filers lose 1936 1937 tax reduction. Notarized signatures from applicant and two property owners required.
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Linn County
State Planning Board
Cedar Rapids
Savings and Building and Loan Association
Masonic Grand Lodge Instruction School Opens Friday
A three day grand lodge instruction school precedes the 94th annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa. Classes run Friday 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday and Monday with sessions 9 am 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm. Masters from Cedar Rapids lodges assist and Wizpah Mount Hermon and Crescent lodge men provide candidates.
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Grand Lodge
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Masonic Hall
Charles C Clark
Burlington
John Times
Traer
Thomas W Wellington
Fort Madison
Wizpah Mount Hermon
Crescent Lodges
Cedar Rapids
ATL
Shrine Temple
Towa
Consistors Temple
Raiders Bench Banter Mirrors Cedar Rapids Baseball
The Cedar Rapids Raiders entertain Des Moines at Belden Jill Park with coach Dan Crossley directing a lively, banter filled bench. Fans witness ribbing, strategic coaching notes, and standout plays including two home runs by Ray Thomas and a triple by Cal Lahman as the Raiders win or lose with spirited bench antics.
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Belden Jill Park
Rube Waddell
Des Moines
Gilbert Gebo
Demons
Ray Thomas
Red van Fleet
Tommy
Sara Wilson Writes of Big Muddy River Poem
Descriptive poem by Sara Wilson daughter of R E Wilson focuses on the muddy Missouri River. The piece, published in Lindenwood College's school paper, reflects on foggy bridges and life along the water as it flows toward the sea.
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Chartak
Raiders
Sara Wilson
Missouri
R. E
Josh’ Wilson
Wichita Beacon
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Wilson
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Fred Gray
Third Avenue
Sara
Mercy Hospital
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Mount Mercy to honor 38 graduates with speaker Robert O Brien
Mount Mercy junior college and academy will honor 38 graduates in two departments on Thursday at 7 45 pm. Iowa secretary of state and former Morningside College president Robert E O Brien will give the commencement address.
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Robert O'Brian
Robert E. O'Brian
Iowa
Morningside College
Sioux City
Mount Mercy Junior College and Academy
DePauw University
Phi Beta Kappa
Northwestern
Patricia Milly
Helen O'Connor
Mary Irene MacLaughlin
Marcella Roushar
Esther Rahe
Margery McKenna
Helen Ford
Bridgetta Daly
Gladys Sherrer
Madaline Monaghan
Mary Frances Husak
Mildred Lence
Eleanor Stallman
Catheerine Tocher
Patricia Burke
Catherine Flynn
Carmel Ann Heffron
Carita Saunders
Dorothy McGraw
Catherine Carroll
Clela Shellenberger
Eleanor Whitters
Mary Blanche
Bette Giblin
Gloria Taylor
Mildred Sheda
Marian Grant
Rita Ferreter
Ella Davin
Gerard M Dolan
Dorothy Hutchcroft
Mary Louise Jacobs
Catherine R. Jean
Helen Ann Lahey
Geraldine J. Rabe
Edith Isabelle Rice
Mary Evelyn Wall
Virginia Whitters
Playround Archery Classes Begin At Ellis Park Range
The playground commission sponsors free beginner archery classes at Ellis park range every Tuesday at 6 30 p m for adults and youths 16 and over. Waltonian archers provide weekly instruction with bows and targets supplied. Last year about sixty individuals enrolled and competitive matches will be arranged during the summer.
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Playground Commission
Ellis Park
Waltonian
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