Delaware Limited miniature railroad delights Delaware town
In Delaware a new gasoline powered miniature railway, the Delaware Limited, operates on a 400 foot wooden track in a vacant lot behind Ray Woock's store. Built by Ray Woock for his daughter Rondalyn, with 14 year old Lindy Meader assisting, the project uses a washing machine motor and hay loader wheels.
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Delaware Limited
Rondalyn Woock
Delaware
Ray Woock
Lindy Meader
Iowa
Woock
Rondalyn
Little Rondalyn
Young Meader
Delaware Fair Opens Tuesday in Manchester
The Delaware county fair begins Tuesday in Manchester and runs through Friday night with a full slate of events. Five albino horses headline the White Horse show. baseball games open Wednesday with Ryan versus Silver Creek, Dundee versus Greeley Thursday, and Delhi against Hopkinton Friday. Music and dances fill the evenings, special acts perform throughout the week, and a state mobile X ray unit offers free chest X rays on all fair days. Fayette C Anderson purchases Miss Nagle's interest in the Nagle and Smith law firm as Miss Nagle leaves for graduate work.
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Manchester
Ryan
Silver Creek
Dundee
Greeley
Delhi
Hopkinton
Stan Stanley
Don Rhines
The
Prairie Pioneers
WLS
Lula
Francisco
Joe Page
Hoaglan Hippodrome Circus
Stars On Parade
Don Morales
Teeter Board
Jimmy Lynch
Death Dodgers
Cedar Rapids
Manchester Riding Club
Manchester High School
State Mobile
Delaware County
Identification Methods Told By Nebergall
Nebergall explains identification steps for disaster victims detailing sex, age, weight, height, marks and clothing numbers. Fingerprints and dental charts aid IDs, with special techniques for burned remains and insulin testing. The Iowa bureau prepared after Sioux City and Davenport disasters. McGregor’s A G Janke buys Scenic hotel equipment and leases the building.
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Nebergall
State Bureau
Iowa
Swift Packing
Sioux City
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Loftsgard Family Musicians From Fayette with West Union Ties
Ruth Loftsgard, a West Union High School graduate, won the state music contest baritone euphonium division for three straight years and was named all state band and top soloist at the Upper Iowa Music festival for two years. Her sister Armella Barron studied piano at Luther College and pursued solo work, while Arthur Loftsgard Jr. played in the West Union band and the Great Lakes Naval band and taught music at Fredericksburg High School.
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Gazette
West Union
Arthur Loftsgard
Fayette
Ruth Loftsgard
West Union High School
Upper Iowa
Ruth
Armella
James Barron
Luther College
Decorah
Arthur, Jr
Ng Great Lakes Naval Band
Theedericksburg High School
Linn County School Budgets Hit 1949 50 High at 3.94 Million
County Superintendent Walter A. Shupp reports Linn county public schools spent 3 940 446 for 1949 50, funded mainly by local taxes 3 001 528 and state aid 600 000. Salaries for 739 teachers totaled 2 181 706. 266 officials serve without pay. Cedar Rapids accounts for most costs with 2 597 221 in expenses and 10 663 students enrolled.
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Linn County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Walter A. Shupp
Shupp
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley
Franklin Township
Mt. Vernon
Linn
Gingerich and Trost named leaders of Iowa Conservation Commission
MASON CITY AP E G Trost of Fort Dodge was reelected chairman and Arthur C Gingerich of Wellman was elected vice chairman of the Iowa State Conservation Commission for one year. It will be Trost s third consecutive term.
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Mason City
E. G. Trost
Fort Dodge
Cha’ Nan
Arthur C. Gingerich
Wellman
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Trost
Onslow-Marvin Hill Buys Wyoming North Tavern
Onslow-Marvin Hill, operator of a local tavern, has purchased the North tavern in Wyoming, expanding his holdings in regional hospitality.
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Onslow
Marvin Hill
Wyoming
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Clarence Cox
Woodk
Ronald
Illinois Central
H. B. Young
Charles Wood
Waterloo
Fayette—C. J. Anderson
Marathon
University of Iowa College of Law
Ethel Nagle
Nagle
Des Moines
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
International Association For Identification
Ottawa
Canada
Russia
Association
Texas City
Texas
Nethergall
McGregor
A. G. Janke
Franklin
Strawberry Point
Maico
Loftsgard Family
Pat McPartland
Department of Agriculture
Hawkeye Downs
AAA
Johnny
Parsons
Indianapolis
Radio Stars
Jose
Chitwood’s
Devils
Iowa Fair Revue
Chuck
Joie Chitwood
All-Iowa Fair Revue
Johnny J. Jones
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