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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1955
Page
5
A mural titled Sugar Creek Lady Godiva painted on a concrete pier wall under a bridge near Fairfield township is signed Abe. The work, not visible from the road, draws on the Lady Godiva legend with the horse and a peeping Tom present.
Local column lists servicemen from multiple towns including Earlville Merrill North English Waukon Oxford Junction Central City Sigourney Atalissa Chelsea Wellman Postville Kalona Oxford Junction Clarence Postville Anamosa Coggan Vinton Tipton West Liberty Marquette and others. It notes shipboard, base, or training assignments at locations such as USS Samuel B. Roberts Lackland Keesler Chanute Field Rivera Fort Leonard Wood Fort Benning Fort Monmouth Alameda Seattle San Diego North Island Wichita and Germany with family mentions and furloughs.
About 250 presidents of organizations and community leaders are expected for the Beniolin Boy Scout district relationships conference Thursday night. Gov. Leo Hoegh will speak at 7 30 p.m. in Blairstown high school. Dr. Ralph Ojemann of Iowa Jelly will speak briefly and a discussion will follow with District Judge J P Gaffney presiding.
In Cosgrove the school music department will present Black face and Music a minstrel show on Oct 11 in the school gymnas ium. The enrollment totals 190 with 63 in high school and 127 in grades. Student council officers are Roger Haerther president David Rinderknecht vice president Carol Whihelms secretary and Susan Koch treasurer.
Lisbon resident M. E. Mike McCann restores a 1913 Harley Davidson single cylinder 35 cu in motorcycle begun decades ago. The bike uses a drip oiling system, non skid tires from Saxon cars with a six quart fuel tank and three start methods. McCann also owns a Harley racer once tied to Gordon Hughes and Elmer Dietz, with Dietz later injuring himself in a Central City track crash.
Voters in the Elkader district will ballot next Thursday on two bonds totaling 330000 for a school addition and a bus garage. Polls open noon to 7 pm at four precincts including St Olaf Elkport Littleport and Elkader.
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