Iowa State Guard Unit Showcased in Cedar Rapids
Members of Company L Cedar Rapids Iowa State Guard wear new regulation army garb with a blue patch showing a gold map of Iowa and the inscription Iowa State Guard. The unit’s six squads assemble in a wedge formation as names of several soldiers are listed and First Sergt Tom Termohlex is noted to arrive for the first camp period. The Camp Good Health Fund supports Camp Health for physically handicapped children ages 6 to 12 through the Public Health Nursing association in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Lowa State Guard
Lowe
Iowa State Guard
Hugh DeWees
Bob Palmer
A. E. Nelson
G. W. Brown
G. W. Brown, Corp
W. L. Chandler
Howard Jones
A. Reitschneider
Howard Hiesthman
Jack Hanawald
Tom Termohlex
Camp Crood Health
Camp Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Gauvertren
Camp Good Health
Iowa
New Roof Over Y M C A Is Popular Sun Bathing Spot
The YMCA roof over the pool provides a large flat area with twenty five sun bathers at a time. Two showers and water lines on the boards let bathers cool off. A radio plays while sun exposure is guided by rules on gradual time, cloud caution, and skin care to prevent burning.
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Ym.c.a
Y.M.C.A
Memorial Gifts Support Camp Good Health Fund
Donations totaling 1521.63 dollars honor memory of loved ones and aid Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing led Camp Good Health. Contributions come from clubs churches and study groups as dental and medical clinics prepare for a summer program serving 70 children with staff and improvements underway.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
Public Health
Camp Health
Pack 24 Awards at Garfield School Last Meeting
Cub pack 24 held its final meeting of the school year at Garfield school Thursday evening. Den 4 won the attendance trophy. Louis Merrifield earned his lion badge and the wolf bear and lion badges in one year. Other award recipients included Donald Elliott bear badge and gold arrow Ronald Wright bear badge and gold arrow Johnny Hoyt bear gold and silver arrows. Louis Merrifield Buddy Wies Forest Brebner and Billy Robison received Webelo badges. Den Chiefs Leonard Teeters Howard Parks Marshall Brebner with den chief cards. H L Adams school custodian received a gift for helpfulness and patience. Meeting ended with praise for selling ice cream social tickets.
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Cub Pack
Garfield School
Den 4
Louis Merrifield
George Lodge
Donald Elliott
Ronald Wright
Johnny Hoyt
Buddy Wies
Forest Brebner
Billy Robison
Aviation Courses Planned at Two C R Schools
Roosevelt principal Fred M Kluss announced exploratory aviation courses to help students decide if they could become pilots. He stressed the program is not about guaranteed flight training but about informed study. Leonard Paula will teach at McKinley and Lloyd George at Roosevelt.
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Fred M Kluss
Roosevelt
Mr. Kluss
Kluss
Leonard Paula
McKinley
Lloyd George
Pamphlets Urge Housewives to Aid War Salvage Effort
Linn county housewives will receive pamphlets showing salvage tasks to aid the war effort. Elmer Wickham, county salvage chair man announced Saturday with Cedar Rapids distribution by James Manville and Wilson Carpenter. O. W. Lawrence named deputy head of a kitchen fats and oils project. Retail merchants to pledge salvage under WPB industrial conservation. Civilian defense waste paper collections remain heavy with a weekly average of 6 to 8 tons.
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Linn County
Elmer Wickham
Cedar Rapids
James Manville
Wilson Carpenter
Linn
Wickham
O. W. Lawrence
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
WPB
Employment Service Seeks Carpenters Near Sioux City
The United States employment service urgent call for fully qualified carpenters for work on the bomber site near Sioux City. Applicants should go to the U S employment service office at 308 Third Street SE.
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Employment Service
Sioux City
United States Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Third Street SE
Cedar Rapids pilots brace for postwar aviation boom
After World War II, Cedar Rapids sees a surge in civilian aviation interest. The Cedar Rapids Airways runs CPT training and awaits two more instructors and more planes. a Lisbon auxiliary field handles overflow. A list of local pilots slated to return after the war highlights a broad mix of ranks and addresses, showing aviation’s growing footprint across the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy
Oldster
Cedar Rapids Airways
CPT
Iowa
Lisbon
Saxon Field
Marion
Army
Connon
Uncle Sam
Beekeepers Learn Bees See Past Red Color
Scientists report bees are color blind to red wavelengths and rely on other cues for foraging. The finding clarifies how bees navigate flowers and differentiate blooms for nectar.
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Mr. and
Justice
the Peace Column
The
Justice of the Peace
Cee
For Justice of the Peace
Republican
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Chen
Muppet
Cleveland School
P.T.A. Married Peoples
St. Paul's Church
Sixteenth Avenue Cor
Sigma
Beta Sigma Phi
Inter-Ocean Men's Club
Ality Dship Circle
Loyal Order of Serenee Aange
Cedar Rap
St. James
Cae Eee
Imperial
Newman
DIAL
Kitterman’'s
Kitterman
DAY Cleaners
Third Avenue
C. R
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Gedar Rapids
Farm Dairies
Loyal
CAP
Leo Yount
Washington Avenue
John B. Lyman
First Avenue
A. C. Eddy
Daniels Street
Leo Minor
Fifth Street
John Keefron
Higley Avenue
John Zilatchiarek
D Street
Charlies Tschirai
Nineteenth Street
Raymond Anderson, Jr
B Avenue
den Moen
Grande Avenue
William Broomhall
Bever Avenue
Omer L. Brokaw
Patrick McNally
Second Avenue
James Ralston
Ensign Robert L. Daniels
Fifth Avenue
Clifford Shields
Frank and
Paul Scheible
Robert and
Larry Dennis
Raymond C. Huston
Fourth Street
Jack Caldwell
Twenty-seventh Street
Bill Caldwell
Eleventh Street
Edward G. Stepanek
L. L. Nelson
Hinkley Avenue
Robert M. Adams
Longwood Drive
Clifferd A. Adams
Westwood
John J. Russell
Carl W. Fliermans
Robert E. Ward
Sixth Avenue
John T. Breslin
Fourth Avenue
George Siamis
Willard Jackson Bain
Seventeenth Street
Robert D. Smith
Robert H. Benesh
Corp
Harold F. Benesh
Wee Avenue
William Grafton
A Avenue
Willer Schroeder
Favenue
Charlies Blood
Fourteenth Street
Herbert Morehead, Jr
Sixteenth Street
Geo. E. Farmer
Louis C. Kaiser
Optometrist
Higley Bidg
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