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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1952

Page

7

Keep Fit Classes at YWCA Begin Oct 13

Cedar Rapids YWCA schedules fall programs for women and girls, with ceramics, weaving, badminton, dancing and beauty clinic. Classes run Oct 7 through early December, fees vary, registration at 318 Fifth Street SE. Health club offers reducing services and annual membership. Local birthday note included.

YWCA Clare Kledd Fifth Street SE Ralph Shriner Iowa City Gazette Jean Strong Robert E. Kenney Thirty-first Street

Community Club Activities Include Teens Adults and Classes

The Young Adult program features coed activities such as Upper Deck recreation, dancing, ping pong, cards, picnics and Friday tournaments for ages 14 to 21, plus a 20 to 40 club with social dancing and weekend sessions. High schools host Teen groups directed by Mary Goodrich, with Monday teen dances and 19 cent admission. Elective courses cover typewriting, secretarial techniques, and elementary music for teachers, taught by Dr. Fred Cook and Prof. Keith Broman, with 12 week sessions and no classes during Thanksgiving or Christmas weeks.

Les Amiens Mary Goodrich WCA Fred Cook Keith Broman

Evening college classes begin at Coe on Oct. 6

Evening college at Coe opens Monday Oct. 6 with seven courses including Foundations of personality personal typing secretarial techniques interior design public speaking oil painting elementary music methods and a new design serving course taught by Edmund Whiting a former Frank Lloyd Wright student and others instructed by Dr. Max Schoen Mrs Donald E Smith and Mrs William DuVall.

Coe Max Schoen Donald E. Smith William DuVall Cne Edmund Whiting Frank Lloyd Wright

Exchange Tickets For SPEBSQSA Parade Available

Cedar Rapids SPEBSQSA chapter offers exchange tickets for the Parade of Barber Shop Quarters on November 1. Reserved seats go to barber shop enthusiasts through chapter members, with General Chairman Bob Thiel coordinating.

Cedar ‘Rapids The Society For Tthe Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing In America, Inc Bob Thiel

SPEBRSQSA third annual parade tickets on sale

The SPEBRSQSA announces ticket distribution for its third annual Memorial Coliseum parade on November 1. Exchange tickets are available at Hillbrunner's Logan and Taylor Music, with box office sales for reserved seats at $1.20 $1.80 and $2.40. The box office opens Oct 29 30 for exchange holders. The parade roster of committee chairmen is announced with Ralph Connor as general ticket chairman and Jim Logan Wendell Delzell as co chairs.

Isaic Spebrsqsa Memorial Coliseum Hillbrunner’s Logan and Logan and Taylor Music Company SPEB Cedar Rapids Thiel Ralph Connor Jim Logan Wendell Delzell Bill Rogers Billi Pirie House Chris Fontana Adam Kreuter Ken Cameron Harold Miller

Backward Progression Noted By Fairless In 1952 Fritz Award

President Benjamin F. Fairless of U S Steel, accepting the John Fritz Engineering award for 1952, warned that progress in science and technology outpaced improvements in human relations. Since WWII, U S steel capacity rose by about 2.5 million tons yearly while strikes averaged 7 million tons in losses.

Benjamin F. Fairless U.S. Steel John Fritz U.S

Beginner Square Dancing Classes Offered in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission announces two weekly beginner square dancing classes starting next Friday. One series on Friday at Cleveland school runs Oct 3 to Dec 6, eight sessions. another on Monday at Kenwood school runs Oct 6 to Nov 24. Classes capped at 40 couples, enrollment $2.60, 7:30 to 10:20 p.m. Reserve by Wednesday and attend at least six of eight to earn a diploma.

Elmer Peterson Shirley Hamel Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission Keller

Menhaden, Prime US Fish, Abundant and Used for Fertilizer

The article notes menhaden as the prime commercial fish of the United States, chiefly used for fertilizer. It is described as inexhaustible in supply and known by various names including bug head, bugfish, oldwife, alewife, greentail, and chebog.

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