Mount Hope Methodist Church History and Milestones
This feature recalls Mount Hope Methodist in rural Iowa, tracing its founding in 1877 at the Rand schoolhouse, the 1880 parish formation, moves in 1898, and two major remodelings in 1924 and 1950. It notes 46 ministers in 86 years, anniversaries, and a longtime Ladies Aid later known as the Women’s Society of Christian Service, with Rev. Donald Wooge serving the congregation.
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Rand
Kda Parker Beadle
Mount Hope
Ladies’ Aid Society
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Pottawattamie County
Donald Wooge
Carson
Young Atlantic Scientist to Try Cultivating Animal Tissue in Lab
A 16 year old AUente high school junior, Paul Stadsvold, begins an after school tissue culture project. He will study chicken heart and lung tissue using embryo eyes at day ten, kept at 160 degrees with three feeding solutions to observe potential growth and beating in a germ free environment.
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Young Atlantic
Auente
Paul Stadsvold
Stadsvold
Experimental sender of pictures by electricity kid hides in traffic joke
A fragment recalls a past experiment about sending pictures by electricity. The speaker is the son of Mr and Mrs Stadsvold. A traffic officer questions a driver about yielding the road to a lady in a car and a pickup driver jokes he could not tell which half she wanted.
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Holger Stadsvold
Architectural Keynote Doorknob Sets Home Style
A prospective builder and an architect clash over home style. The client insists the design must match a doorknob bought at an antique shop, prompting a playful exchange about ranch, colonial, and split level options.
Ambitious Graduates for Freight Terminal Job
A young athletic high school graduate applies for a position at the freight terminal office. After reviewing the four page application, he locates a question he can answer and provides a response.
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Poul Stedsveld
Mac
Architectural
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Mexico
Greyhound Highway Tours, Inc
U.S.A
Greyhound Motor Coach
Atlantic Travel Bureau
Walnut
Greyhound Bus
Depo
Bigelow, Magee, Armstrong
Gold Seal
Atlantic, Iowa
Cornelison Motor Co
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