Greene Square Through Time Near Cedar Rapids Downtown
Aerial comparisons by Vern L. Thompson show Greene Square in Cedar Rapids between two eras. The 1950s view centers on Washington High School, Union Depot, a business block, the Presbyterian church and YWCA, with downtown beyond. The 1973 image notes a bare square, lost high school, Fourth Avenue extension, Legion bowling alley, a city parkade, and expanded YWCA replacing the former grassy lot as downtown grows upward.
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Greene Square
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Vern L. Thompson
1834 Avenue
Old Washington High School
Union Railroad
Arrow
Presbyterian Church and
YWCA
Fourth Avenue
Legion
Salvation Army group meeting schedule listed
Major Eugene Adney announced fall and winter weekly meetings for Salvation Army youth and adults at the Corp Community Center 1123 Third Street SE. Regular sessions run Monday through Thursday evenings with Friday and Saturday for trips. new Friday ceramics class at 7 p.m. led by Mrs. John Hardy.
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Salvation Army Corp
Third Street
Eugene Adney
John Hardy
Salvation Army
Adney
Army
Sunbeams
Joseph Haley
Mary
Hardy
Young People’s Legion
Legion
Ken Adney
Clare Gene Watson
Willie Ieauer
Budding Musicians Seek Used Musical Instruments
Local readers are invited to place want ads for used musical instruments. Evening classifieds encourage sellers to list pianos guitars violins trumpets and other gear to help aspiring musicians acquire affordable equipment. Collections may include accessories and cases.
Redwood Park Started In Big City's Center
In San Francisco eighty redwood trees were planted in a half acre urban park in front of the Transamerica building. The trees, each about twenty feet tall, are part of a $250,000 effort to create the nation’s first downtown urban setting for redwoods. They are expected to reach around two hundred feet in fifty to sixty years.
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San Francisco
Financial District
Transamerica
Swedes First Permanent Philadelphia Settlers
The first permanent dwellings in what became Philadelphia were built by Swedes in the 1640s. The Swedish colony surrendered to the Dutch, who later ceded New World holdings to England. By Penn's founding in the 1680s about 2000 Swedish and Finnish settlers resided in area now South Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
New World
England
William Penn
South
Candidates Night Thursday for two College Community seats
Four candidates in the College Community school board race will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Prairie High Little Theater. Incumbents Milton Chadima of Fairfax and George King of 3412 Ardsley Lane SW vie for at large, while John Anderson Jr. of Route One and Paul Cray of 70 Devonwood Avenue SW contest district two. The event is sponsored by the Community Club and College Community Education Assn. Election day is Sept. 11.
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College Community School Board
Prairie High Little Theater
Milton Chadima
Fairfax
George King
Ardsley Lane
John Anderson, Jr
Paul Cray
Devonwood Avenue
The
Community Club and
College Community Education Assn
Waiters Protest At Rome Café Then Rehired
Thirteen waiters fired when Cas tellino sidewalk café changed hands blew whistles to scare away customers. Coffee sales plunged from 1,500 cups daily to 40. After two days, all waiters were rehired.
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Rome
Castellino
No More Fancy-Looking Literature for Recruiters
Cedar Rapids area army recruiters have shifted to using the Combat Soldier's Basic Combat Training Handbook and post specific materials to better prepare recruits. Sgt. Bill McCollum says the books explain boot camp and job training more clearly, though some fear overemphasis on future training. Recruits like Barbara Mason and Steve Pelisek credit prep and guidance from McCollum, while others note mixed results and concern that basic training details are overlooked.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill McCollum
McCollum
Sgt. McCollum
Dear Genie seeks Iowa linked questions for readers to answer
Iowa readers are invited to submit questions to Dear Genie with an Iowa connection. Limit to 50 words, clearly printed, and include full name and address for responses. Addresses readers and genealogy inquiries. many correspondents request help tracing Crum, Blevins, Noah, Adams and Randolph lineages across Iowa, Indiana, North Carolina, and California.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
inJova
Feangmather
Crum
Blevins
Gayle R. Blevins
N. Prairie
Yates Center
Kan
Old Idea Still Works In Platoon Grouping
Iowa army recruiters note that platoons composed mainly of Iowa soldiers perform well in basic training and beyond. Cedar Rapids men Steve Pelisek and John Hanlon testimony confirms Iowa dominated platoons. Four other Iowa girls in Barbara Mason’s platoon highlight a statewide trend, though no one joined to form an Iowa unit. Coordinated cross state recruitment allowed an Iowa platoon to form in June for their first duty station at Fort Carson Colorado.
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Army Life
Barbara Mason
E Street SW
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Steve Pelisek
Twentieth Avenue
John Hanlon
Sixth Street
Pelisek
Hanlon
Fort Carson
Colo
E Street
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
McCollum
Fraud mail schemes fleece millions from unwary buyers
Janet Wilson of the University of Nebraska Lincoln warns that mail frauds in correspondence schools trap mainly less educated people seeking better economic opportunities. Victims sign contracts with little chance of escape, so buyers should research industry value and employers before agreeing to pay for information on easy home pay.
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New York
UPS
Janet Wilson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
New Vienna Environmental Law Imposes $25,000 Tree Fines
Vienna AP reports a new environmental law takes effect September 1. It imposes a fine of up to $25,000 for chopping down a tree within city limits.
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Vienna
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Indiana
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Rickey L. Cross
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Colorado Springs
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Caroline Jeanette Colegrove
Urbana
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Caroline
Jay Dyer
Emma Jane
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Fred W
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Lottie
Ann L. Mossman
Lafayette Drive
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Ellen
America
Blunt
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Edward Randolph
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College Avenue
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Ohio
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Joseph Burkhart
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Joseph I
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Virginia S. Tate
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Fla
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