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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1936

Page

14

Captain Stevens to give illustrated talk on record stratosphere flight

Capt. Albert W. Stevens, with Capt. Orvil Anderson, reached 13.71 miles in a 1935 balloon ascent and will recount the feat with many slides at the Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday October 28. The talk is under the young men’s bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.

Stevens Young Men’s Bureau The Chamber of Commerce Albert W. Stevens Orvil Anderson Memorial Coliseum U. S. Army South Dakota Black Hills Earth National Geographic Society United States Army Air Corps Capt. Stevens Chester A. Wolfe Ervin Stepanek

Fraternal lodge meetings and events announced

The text lists lodge gatherings including hall meetings Tuesday at 2 p.m. Zofie Podlipska lodge Wednesday at 2 p.m. Pomnenka Vlasti lodge No 91 apron dance and card party October 8 at CS P.S. hall. Sokols meet tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at Sokol hall with fall project discussion. Prokop Velky lodge meets this morning at 9 in CSPS hall with refreshments. Z C B J district committee meets at Z C B J hall on Oct.

Zofie Podlipska Lodge C.S. P.S Pomnenka Vlasti Lodge No. 91 CS. P.S Sokols Sokol Hall Prokop Velky Lodge C.S.A C.S.P.S Z.C.B.J Z.C.B.J. Hall

Forty-three enroll in free piano course at city hall

Forty-three pupils enrolled Saturday for the free piano school sponsored by the playground commission. Miss Elaine Graham of Coe college conducts the classes at the playground sub-office, city hall, each Saturday morning. Twenty-six were beginners and seventeen advanced. next week open for enrollment.

Playground Commission City Hall Elaine Graham Coe College

Registration and swimming class schedule at city playground

Desiring entrants must register at the playground office on the fifth floor of City Hall before 8 45 a m Saturday. Beginners age seven to ten meet from 8 45 to 9 15 a m older beginners from 9 15 to 9 45 a m and advanced students receive one to one instruction from 9 45 a m to noon.

First Lutheran Church Hosts Sunday Lectures Series

The First Lutheran Church sponsors a series of Sunday evening lectures by Rev. Henry Scherer, 7 to 8 p.m., starting this evening and continuing weekly through December 20. Topics cover faith, Jesus, the church, grace, and the Holy Spirit with public attendance invited. Dancing Mania, a medieval epidemic, began with a religious inception then devolved into obscenity in several European nations.

First Lutheran Church Henry Scherer Church of Jesus Christ Jesus God Christ Savior

Hayes night school offers English and citizenship classes

The Hayes night school on D street and Twentieth avenue SW runs three evenings a week from 7 to 9 for foreign born adults to learn English and qualify for citizenship. The program covers government and the U S Constitution. Local Czech and Sokol groups announce upcoming events including gymnastic season starts and a card party at the Sokol hall with prizes and refreshments.

Hayes D Street Twentieth Avenue SW United States Hayes School

The Harvest Czech Drama Presented By Local Cast

A three act Czech drama The Harvest by Frank A. Subert will be staged by the Bohemian association under Theodore B. Hlubucek Jr at the CSPS hall on Sunday Oct 25 in commemoration of Czechoslovak independence. Subert, once director of Prague National Theatre, wrote the play in 1994 as a tribute to Jindrich Mosna.

CSPS Bohemian Association Theodore B. Hlubucek, Jr Frank A. Subert Subert National Theater of Prague Kralovske Vinoyay

Bohemian Reading Society Receives Czech Library Shipment

The Bohemian Reading Society in the city announces a new shipment of books from Czechoslovakia for its library. Members and others interested may visit the library this morning or next Sunday between 9 and 11:30 to borrow books. Henry Jambor is the librarian.

Bohemian Reading Society Czenarsky Spolek Czechoslovakia Henry Jambor

Room For More In Czech School

Two classes taught by Mrs. Marie Chmelicek and Miss Jaroslava Holubova are well attended but no time remains for new enrollments. No tuition for fall and winter, classes meet Saturdays and Sundays 8:30 to 11:30 AM. Open to Czech parentage children ages 7 to 15.

Marie Chmelicek Jaroslava Holubova

Czech Independence Program Planned For November

In commemoration of Czech independence a program is set for November 2 at the C S P S hall sponsored by the Central Czech Lodge association. Dr. J V Vojan of Chicago will give the principal address and the Czech Fine Arts society will present a program. The event was moved from October 25 when Dr Vojan could not participate.

Central Czech Lodge Association C.S.P.S. Hall J. V. Vojan Free Thought Speaker Chicago Czech Fine Arts Society

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