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Jerome Hanna (Dizzy) Dean was an Arkansas native, born in the small town of Lucas in 1910. He enjoyed sports, especially baseball as a young man and became a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1930-1937. Following his time with the Cardinals, he was with the...
In the years following the Chautauqua, an event called the Lyceum took a place of community importance. It was a series of speakers and entertainers who presented programs to people in various communities throughout the United States. A splendid thing for a community,...
For fifty years the name “Hancher” has been synonymous with fine entertainment in the university town of Iowa City. But many might not be aware their fine arts auditorium was named in honor of the thirteenth president of the University of Iowa, Virgil Hancher. Clear...
