Mid-Continent Bottlers Opens Cedar Rapids Plant
A new Mid-Continent Bottlers plant at 1051 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW Cedar Rapids opens with 2 to 5 pm open house. Guests include Donna Loren Boots Randolph Jerry Reed and the Geezinslaw Brothers. Falls under Dr Pepper Seven Up Royal Crown and other brands with 400 guests at a Dallas dinner later.
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Plant
Donna Loren
Hollywood
Boots Randolph
Jerry Reed
RCA Victor
Geezinslaw Brothers
Arthur Godfrey
Billy Albaugh
Little Squirt
J. B. Maher, Jr
Mid- Continent
Des Moines
N. L
Eddie Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Maher
Dr. Pepper
Seven-Up
Royal Crown Cola
Squirt
Canada
Soft Drink Firm Officials to be Honored in C R
Dallas based Dr. Pepper Co will honor soft drink executives from visiting parent firms and Mid- Continent officials at the Town House convention hall in a ceremonial event.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nebraska
Dr. Pepper Co
Dallas
Town House Convention Hall
Sur
New Plant To Serve East Iowa Suppliers
The Mid-Continent Bottlers Company opens a Cedar Rapids plant at 1051 Twenty-seventh Avenue SW. The 85 000 square foot facility features 79 000 square feet of main space and a 6000 square foot office building. Two automated bottling lines capacity about 16 000 cases daily. Supplies warehouses in Waterloo Dubuque Decorah Davenport Sigourney Keokuk Burlington McGregor Manchester Iowa Falls and Galesburg Ill. Products include Seven Up Like Royal Crown Diet Rite Dr Pepper Squirt Frostie Mason's Crush and Canada Dry.
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U.S.A
Leigh Avery
Stephanie Crane
Mid-Continent Bottlers
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nebraska
Waterloo
Dubuque
Burlington
Decorah
Manchester
McGregor
Sigourney
Iowa Falls
Keokuk
Galesburg
Ill
Seven-Up
Royal Crown Cola
Like
Diet Rite
Squirt
Frostie
Canada Dry
Crush
Mason’s Root Beer
Dodger
Mid-Continent Bottlers Company
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Davenport
Royal Crown
Masons
Maher to attend Cedar Rapids plant opening
J B Maher Jr president and chairman of Mid-Continent Bottlers will attend the opening of the Cedar Rapids plant Friday and Saturday. He grew up in the business since his father founded Seven Up in Iowa in 1936. He served in the Philippines area in World War II and later attended Drake University. He and his wife Patricia have four children and own 85 percent of the company's stock.
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Mid-Continent Bottlers, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Maher
Iowa
Ohio
Campion Military School
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Philippines
Drake University
Patricia Ann Dwyer
Mid-Continent
Iowa Bottlers
Cedar Rapids Bottlers Manager N L Edwards Named VP
N L Eddie Edwards who has led Mid-Continent Bottlers Cedar Rapids since 1948 is named vice president of the eastern region. Born 1921 Ashland Illinois he joined Mid-Continent in 1939, served as a marine tank commander in World War II, returned in 1947, and has since guided the operation. He and wife Mary have three children Maureen Tom and Terry with college and school plans noted.
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Cedar Rapids
N. L
Eddie” Edwards
Ashland
Ill
Edwards
Mid- Continent
South Pacific
Tarawa
Iwo Jima
Mary
Public Invited to Hear Recording Stars at Cedar Rapids Open House
A Saturday open house 2 to 5 p.m. at Mid-Contin ent Bottlers Eastern Iowa HQ 1051 Twenty-seventh Ave SW Cedar Rapids features Donna Loren Boots Randolph Jerry Reed the Geezinslaw Brothers and Billy Albaugh sponsored by Dr Pepper. Loren performs at 2:30 p.m. Randolph Reed and the Geezinslaw Brothers are cited for notable work in radio TV and country music. The event invites the public to tour the new quarters and enjoy performances by these artists.
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Twenty-seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mid-Continent Bottlers, Inc
Saurday
Iowa
Donna Loren
Boots Randolph
Jerry Reed
Billy Albaugh
Geezinslaw Brothers
Arthur Godfrey
Dr. Pepper
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Ben Wells
Ernest Lowry
W. E. Uzzell
R. A. Poindexter
William Fessler
Walter Red
Ralph Mason
America
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Tom
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Loras College
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Randolph
Monument
Music City
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Yakety
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Cacklin
Sax
Simon
Yakety Sax
Gret Atkins
Rich
Reed
Jerry
Atlanta
Reed By
Chet Atkins
Texas Stars
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Sam Allred
Dewayne Smith
Austin
New York
Godfrey
Diplomat Hotel
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Reno
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Squirt Co
Albaugh
Buffalo, Nly
Squirt Company
U.S
Mexico
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Buffalo Bills
Niagara Falls
Miami
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