Playground Program Set to Start June 18
The annual summer playground program funded by the P T A council will open June 18 at Grant school. Activities run 1 to 4 p m weekdays for six weeks with supervision by Mrs Grace McCoy and Mrs Helen Seivert. Open to children aged four to 12 with crafts music stories and games. Last year’s average daily attendance was about 50 children.
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P.T.A. Council
Grant School
Grace McCoy
Helen Seivert
McCoy
Reward Offered For Cable Damage Suspects South of Atlantic Iowa
A $100 reward is offered by The Telephone Co for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for damage to continental telephone cables near Atlantic Iowa on May 29 1956. Call or visit Mr J T Summers Lewis Repeater Station with any information.
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J. T. Summers
More Predicts 125000 State Demo Votes
Des Moines reports Iowa party leaders estimate Democratic primary turnout at about 125000, with Republicans at around 390000 total and a 3 to 2 edge for Republicans. Democratic chairman Jake More cites increased contest activity and organization as drivers, while Republican leaders warn of complacency and seek a better margin.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Jake More
George Nagle
State of State
Don Pierson
Nagle
NFO
Dayton Countryman
U. S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Senate
Janice Eilts to Represent Cass at State Contest
Franklin township resident Janice Eilts won the county 4-H girls grooming contest and will represent Cass County at the state contest in Ames this month. She led the senior division as purple ribbon winner, with Judy Ann Daniels and Marsha Schaaf also earning top ribbons in their divisions.
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Janice Eilts
CASS
Franklin Township
Ames
Miss Eilts
Judy Ann Daniels
Pleasant Township
Marsha Schaaf
Franklin
Roscoe Jones
Carolyn Kennedy
Marilyn Miller
Janice Kerkman
Carolyn Holaday
Patty Bailey
Lucille Gruske
Orlene Schrader
Sharon Davis
Sharlene Bannick
FFA Banquet Honors Griswold Students and Guests
The Griswold FFA held its annual agriculture banquet Friday evening at the Griswold school with Roger Hull delivering the welcome and Russell Hull replying. Jim Borthwick of College Springs will represent Iowa in the National public speaking contest. Honors went to Bob Gray for outstanding four year Griswold Ag student and retiring president. Dennis Tietz, Ronald Gray, Dennis Pelzer, Stanley Shearer, Glenn Hemphill and others received National FFA Foundation medals for various achievements. Honorary members added Glen Allison, Ira Ryan, and Charles Vanderbur. Dwight Lewis and Mrs. Lewis attended as guests. mothers were presented red roses. TheNew York metropolitan area has 12,300,000 people.
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Griswold
FFA
Griswold School
Roger Hull
Russell Hull
Jim Borthwick
College Springs
Iowa
Bob Gray
Gene Gray
Griswold Ag
Bob
Dewayne Sunderman
Ron Gray
Burdel Hensley
Bruce Sunny
Dennis Carspecken
Dwight Lewis
Jesse Jones 82 Former RFC Official Dies in Houston
Jesse H. Jones 82 a Tennessee farm boy who rose to wealth as wartime secretary of Commerce and head of the RFC died Friday night. He loaned over 50 billion dollars as RFC chief and built Houston skyline with 35 buildings up to 37 stories. Leaders in Washington and Texas praised him as a top business statesman.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
Tennessee
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Hom
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
South
Houston Chronicle
Washington
Commerce
Weeks
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Texas
W. P. Hobby
The
Houston Post
Exira Notes on Local Visits and Trip Winners
Mrs. Margaret Ries gaard visited Lake Benton Minnesota with relatives and traveled with her son Eldon and his Leon family. Eldon won the Leon merchants trip. Esther Dimick and Darlene finished a Kansas City visit with Allen and his wife. Brook Petersen came home from Grinnell for the summer and will return to college in the fall.
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EXIRA
Margaret Riesgaard
Lake Benton
Minn
Eldon
Leon
Leon Merchants
Esther Dimick
Darlene
Allen
Kansas City
Brook Petersen
Grinell
Ivan Porter to Head Lumber Yard in Fullerton
J L Thielen resigns due to age and will retire July 1, ending 15 years in Massena. Ivan Porter, two-year employee, takes the helm at Fullerton Lumber yard. Don Dougherty, discharged in March, becomes assistant as the Thielens plan to move west to California with their son Bruce.
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Massena
J. L. Thielen
Fullerton Lumber Yard
Ivan Porter
Don Dougherty
Penwell Dies in Villisca Heart Attack
Joe Penwell 42 of Toronto Iowa formerly Grant died suddenly Thursday in Villisca at his in laws home from a heart attack. Funeral Sunday 2:30 p.m. Villisca Methodist church burial Morton Mills. Survived by wife two children mother five brothers two sisters.
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Grant
Joe Penwell
Toronto
Iowa
Villisca
Jim English
Villisca Methodist Church
Morton Mills
Eva Penwell
Howard
Gerald
Maurice
Mac
Leonard
Corning
LeRoy Baker
Elliott
Howard Mosman
Creston
Notice: Bad Officials Are Elected by Citizens Who Don’t Vote
A civic notice urges eligible voters to exercise their privilege and vote. It emphasizes that poor governance results from inactive participation and calls for turnout in upcoming elections.
Rites Saturday for Mrs. Anna Jensen
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at McFadden Funeral home for Anna N. Jensen 63 who died Thursday at Iowa Lutheran hospital Des Moines after a four day admission. She had lived in Audubon most of her life, later moving to Des Moines, with survivors son Jasper and daughter Mrs Lyle Mersman of Des Moines and 15 grandchildren.
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Audubon
McFadden
Anna N. Jensen
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Erhardt Nielsen
Maple Grove
Marne
Andrew and
Sine Jorgensen
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Sharon Gissible
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Charlote Kinen
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Patricia Pellett
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Connie Holst
Shirley Sasse
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Ruth Boyd
Diane Jennings
Donna Heckman
Marjorie Roberts
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Marcene Bailey
Ruth Shahan
Carla Robinson
Karla Brower
Marcella Retallic
Linda Swanson
Donna Andrews
Jeanne Casey
Ardyth Harristed
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Mary Herchenbach
Rita Pont
Shirley Tietz
New York
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Wieta
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Wiota
Otto Schwartz
Board OF Supervisors
Cass County
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Schwartz
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Exira News
Teresa Armstrong
Klassy Kassettes
Wallie Pellett
Lee Johnson
American Bible Society
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Mrs
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Strong Furnace & Sheet Metal Works
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