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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
8
The YMCA annual free swimming school for boys aged 10 to 17 runs May 21 to June 2 at the Y pool under Frank J. Kirkner. The program aims to bring non-swimmers into the pool and improve existing swimmers, building endurance, speed and form. The slogan Every Member a Swimmer Every Swimmer a Life Saver guides the season with plans for an adult instruction program later.
The Standard Battery & Electric Co plans a Cedar Rapids branch at 709 Third Avenue East with F M Wood as manager. The move supports broader eastern state coverage and solidifies its role as Crosley radio and automotive equipment distributor with ten traveling reps. Corporate leaders include John Hanson as president and W D Decker as vice president.
Cedar Rapids May 16. Closing their annual convention here, the Iowa Association of Master Barbers awarded the 1929 convention to Waterloo in May next and elected officers including J. L. Coats Cedar Rapids president. Hanson will return tonight from Cincinnati where he attended the Crosley dealers and distributors convention.
Former Mayor Fred Frost aged 67 suffered a paralytic stroke late Tuesday in Grundy Center Virginia. His daughter Mrs Harold Thomas of Des Moines is in town to care for him. Frost was until three months ago the manager of the local telephone office.
Dunkerton Iowa May 16 Special report of the death of K D Perry received here today. He is a cousin of Mrs R A Haze and Mrs Tom Perry.
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