Parade to kickoff Fire Prevention Week downtown Cedar Rapids
A parade through downtown Cedar Rapids on October 6 at 10 30 a m opens Fire Prevention Week with free bus rides for third graders and hats from an insurance agency. Antique fire equipment, bands, and safety groups will march from Greene Square Park to Second Street and Third Avenue. Free home inspections will be offered throughout October by the fire department.
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Fire Prevention Bureau of the
Cedar Rapie
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Mass Transit
Fire Prevention Bureau
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Virgil Johnson
Hiawatha Department
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Johnson
Bezanson-Whitehead-Russell Insurance Agency
Shriners
Smokey the Bear
Sparky the Fire Dog
Harding
Jefferson
Greene Square Park
Second
Third Avenues
Second Street
Fire Department
Central Fire Station
Peshtigo
Wis
Chicago
Ill
Coe names two appointments at alumni and annual giving
Coe College announces Libby Gotschall Slappey as director of alumni relations and assistant director of development and Jon Galloway as director of annual giving. Slappey, a 1974 Coe alumna, has held White House Visitors Office duties and JEC roles while Galloway, a 1972 Coe graduate, will also lead alumni and parents programs alongside his church relations work. They reside on campus with spouses and hold joint leadership roles.
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Libby Gotschall Slappey
Coe College
Jack Laugen
Laugen
Jon Galloway
Slappey
Coe
Washington, D.C
Dick Clark
Joint Economic Committee
White House
Paul
Metro East
Washington High School
Murray Hall
Galloway
Yale
Chris
26Th St. Drive
Regional post to Burtine Motley Regional post to Burtine Motley
Burtine W Motley of 1920 Fifth Ave SE becomes Region VII representative for the National Women's Conference. Elected at the Continuing Committee meeting in Madison Wisconsin. Region VII includes Kansas Nebraska Missouri Iowa. Motley attended UN Decade for Women conference in Washington DC by invitation of Secretary Cyrus Vance. She and daughter Kathy elected as delegates to the Houston conference.
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Burtine W. Motley
Fifth Ave
NWC
Madison
Wis
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Houston
Texas
Motley
United Nations
Washington, D.C
Cyrus Vance
Bureau of Public Affairs
Department
U.S
U.N
Iowa State Coordinating Committee
Kathy
Division leaders named for Coe fund drive
Jack B Evans named division leaders for the 28th Coe Growth Alumni Fund Drive to recruit about 250 volunteers. Leaders cover alumni commercial construction finance professional and staff divisions with名 entities including John Walters Ralph LaCombe Gene Carson Aldrich Drahos Rheinschmidt Duane Schmidt Richard Sedlacek Terry Abernathy Cal DeVries Dawson Grim Donald Ebinger William Spellman Robert Lana. The drive starts with an Appreciation Dinner Oct 29 at Coe College Gage Union.
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Jack B. Evans
Coe
Coe Growth
John “Jack” B. Walters
National Life of Vermont
Ralph W. LaCombe Jr
LaCombe- Kucera and Associates
Gene D. Carson
Central Concrete Co
Aldrich “Ozzie” A. Drahos
Cedar Rapids
Richard E. Rheinschmidt
United States Bank
Duane A. Schmidt
Richard L. Sedlacek
Terry J. Abernathy
Cal DeVries
First Presbyterian Church
Dawson E. Grim
Donald R. Ebinger
Bishop Buffets Inc
William E. Spellman
Robert J. Lana
Marion Sentinel
Marion
Gage Union
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George Gershwin
Burtine Motley
Sears
Kenmore
America
Srars, Roebuck and CO
Des Moines
Merle Hay
Mason City
Ames
Southridge Waterloo
FT. Dodge
Marshalltown
Ligux City
Dubuque
Iowa City
Estherville
Southridge
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