March 17, 1945.

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March 17, 1945 – George Boller and Dixie Boyer take a quick three-day leave from Heart Mountain and are married in a Presbyterian parsonage on St. Patrick’s Day in nearby Billings, Montana.

George Boller and Dixie Boyer – both stationed at the Heart Mountain Japanese Determent Camp in Wyoming – took a quick three-day leave and were married at 4:35 p.m. in Billings, Montana.

Happy 81st Wedding Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

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March 17, 1975.

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**Iowa City’s A&P Food Stores**.
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March 17, 1975 – After nearly 50 years of serving Iowa Citians, A&P announces the closing of its last location at 903 Hollywood Blvd.

In 1959, after serving our city since the late 1920’s, A&P Grocery moved from downtown Iowa City, opening its new, state-of-the-art 21,000 sq. ft. facility at 700 South Clinton Street – just one block from the Rock Island Railroad Depot. In 1971, a second location was added at 903 Hollywood Blvd – next to K-Mart, but in the summer of 1974, the larger store on South Clinton closed, and by April 1, 1975, A&P Grocery was gone forever.

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March 16, 1997.

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March 16, 1997 – Famed Iowa City historian Irving B. Weber dies.

From The Iowa City Press Citizen – Irving Burge Weber, 96, of 421 Melrose Court, died Sunday, March 16, 1997 at Lantern Park Care Center in Coralville, after a short illness. He married Martha Thoren Whiteside on Feb. 19, 1926 in Ackley. Survivors include his wife, one son and his wife, Willis and Dee Weber of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three granddaughters and one great granddaughter.

There is a magnificent bronze statue depicting Irving Weber, located on Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City, appropriately very near where the University of Iowa’s first classroom (1855), the Mechanics Academy, first stood. The statue was donated by Steve Maxon and Doris Park in 2003, along with sponsors; Iowa City Host Noon Lions Club, Iowa City Public Art Program, Quality Chekd Dairies, and Friends of Irving Weber.

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