Cedar Rapids plans in service training for park staff
Cedar Rapids officials study in service training programs used by Cook County forest preserve district and Chicago park district to boost employee know how. They will tour facilities this week to gauge training methods and outdoor sanitation design for future Cedar Rapids projects.
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Park Department
Cedar Rapids
Cook County
Ill
Forest Preserve
Chicago Park District
Don Gardner
Chicago
Supt
Elmer Delaney
Bob Gardner
Gardner
Syracuse class learns of birth during mothers class
In Syracuse New York a mother Mrs Oliver Townsend delivered a daughter during a health department class for expectant mothers. The birth occurred while she attended the session alongside other students and the teacher.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oliver Townsend
Townsend
Syracuse Health Department
Toys for Underprivileged Drive Opens Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids launches a joint Toys for Toys and Junior Chamber project to deliver toys to needy families. Donors can drop new or good usable toys at Albert's Dry Cleaners routes or Shell Service stations through Dec 12. Toy repairs will be done for large items. distribution occurs Dec 19 and 20 via the Sunshine Mission and Christmas Exchange, aiding about 640 children.
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Civil Service Commission
Cedar Rapids
Marine Corps Reserve
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Albert’s Dry Cleaners
Marine Corps
Town and Country
Jane Boyd
Jaycees
Sunshine Mission
Salvation Army
Scouts to Hold High Adventure Parley Dec 14
Explorer advisers and junior leaders from 21 Explorer units and representatives from over 50 Boy Scout troops will attend an Explorer High Adventure conference December 14 at 7 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids YMCA. Robert Browning leads as conference director with Allan Rouse presiding.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
Benton
Iowa
Linn
Johnson, Jones
Washington
Robert Browning
Allan Rouse
Iowa City
Morgan Michel
Marion
Allen White
Monticello
Nashua
Arlyn Marks
Cimarron
N.M
Joe Rogers
Richard Alman
Cedar Rapide
Allen B. Locklier
Kansas City
Air Force Base
Nebraska
Locklier
Air Force Staff
Wyoming
Colorado
Scouts Outline Conference Events and Safety Fair Plan
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri scouts will join their regular units with adult supervision. Attendees will also consider a tentative June Explorer Safety In Action fair as part of the national Safety Good Turn program.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Darien Officials Threaten Resign Over Cocktail Parties
Darien Civil Defense Director Joseph Ward and Chief Warden Mrs. Edward J. Wynkoop warned they may resign citing excessive cocktail parties and social teas as a major drain on the town's civil defense program. Ward said gatherings consume too much resident time.
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Darien, Conn
Darien
Senior Men's Bureau to Hear C R Pastor
A talk titled A Satellite Thanksgiving will be given at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Senior Men's Bureau meeting. Rev J Richard Wagner, pastor of First Congregational Church, Cedar Rapids, will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Chamber lounge.
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Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
J. Richard Wagner
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Hereford cow and calf inspire Cedar Rapids painting
Cedar Rapids artist Edwin Bruns completes Mother Love a Hereford cow and calf study commissioned by Abe Pilkcer for Armour and Company. The piece was shipped to Armour executive E. J. Hennessy as a gift amid an active art season with exhibits on sculpture, music and youth art programs in Cedar Rapids and at Coe College.
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Cedar Rapids
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Abe Pilkcer
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Pilkcer
E. J. Hennessy
Armour
Coe Auditorium
William Zorach
Herbert Melnick
Coe College
Casper
Heidi Krall
Miss Krall
Metropolitan Opera Company
Berlin State Opera Company
Melnick
New York City
Sisters Refuse Castle the Costly Burden
Four sisters turn down 59 room Castle Wemyss in Renfrewshire left by Lord Inverclyde to Mrs Anne Alington with a 56 000 upkeep grant. They say the expense and duty required are beyond their means and duty to live there for ten years.
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Scotland
Britain
Castle Wemyss
Renfrew- Shire
Anne Alington
Inverclyde
Margaret Dundas
Elizabeth Torrie
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