Red Cross to Build Its Own Home in Grant Wood Area
After six decades in rented quarters the Grant Wood area Red Cross wins deed for a one acre parcel and plans a 3800 square foot building on Forty second Street and Glass Road NE. Construction could start soon with completion aimed next spring aided by Hall foundation grant and Petersens donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Red Cross
Grant Wood Area
Forty-second Street
Glass Road
Red Cross
George Chitty
John L. Petersen
Cedar Rapids
Public Library
Federal Building
Elmer Higley
Granby
Chitty
A.C. Topinka
United Way
Hall Foundation
Brenton Bank
Peter Bezanson
Fourteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Bank
Topinka
Bezansons
Petersens
Leo Peiffer and Associates
Friends of the Red Cross
Novak
Collins Radio
Civil Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Jobs Services of
Iowa
Eby
Coe College
Jim Novak
Johns Hopkins Hospital Bans Cigaret Machines
Johns Hopkins Hospital prohibits cigaret machines and smoking by doctors, nurses, and students in patient care areas. Physicians must set an example, following a letter from Dr. Robert Mason, with smoking limited to designated areas in dining rooms and non patient zones such as research labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins * Hospital
Surgeon General
Ing
Robert Mason
In Memory Notices From Community Groups and Families
A garbled collection of memorials from Camp Good Health Bingo, Geneva Towers Pinochle club, Western Fraternal Life Assn Lodge 262, and multiple individuals. Entries honor Louis Lacina, Lumir Struesky, Edward J. Kouba, Mildred Klinge, Frank Maresh, Roland Milner, David, Avery McNeal, and Melvin Ferguson among others with dates, affiliations, and small donations or budget notes interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lacina
Geneva Towers
Lumir Struesky
Weaver
Evelyn
Dorothy
France
Edward J. Kouba
Donald E
Mildred Klinge
Freda G. Abring
Avery McNeal
Dean
Bessie
Melvin Keith Ferguson
Ralph Duane Scott
Richard Smejkal
Erma Scheppele
Melvin Ferguson
Ozzie
Miriam Drahos
Margaret McCracken
Iowa Dominates Coe College Registration This Fall
Coe College reports 61 percent of fall enrollment from Iowa, with 690 Iowa students out of 1,134 total. Cedar Rapids provides 304, Marion 52, and other Linn county areas 48. Illinois accounts for 163 students, Missouri 32, Wisconsin and Minnesota 28 each, and 19 from Hawaii. Students hail from 37 states and DC, plus five from Iran and Japan, three from Germany, and individuals from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Panama, Belgium, Venezuela, Nigeria, Thailand, Colombia, Spain, Lebanon, and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Iowa
John Jackobs
Cedar Rapas
Marion
Linn County
Illinois
Coe
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hawaii
States
District of Columbia
Iran
Japan
Germany
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Panama
Belgium
Venezuela
Nigeria
Thailand
Columbia
Spain
Lebanon
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Tom Fruehling
Armstrong's
Third Avenue SE
Deeeeeee
Teres
Perr
Soviet Union
American Federal Savings
Nino Cerruti
M. Wise
Rue Royale
Holley’s Shop FC
First National Bank OF Marion
Washington, D.C
First National Bank of
Washington D.C
Independence
Kiest National Bank
the First National Bank OF
FDIC
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