School Bonds Defeated in Elkader Vote
Elkader area voters defeated two school bond issues totaling 330000 by a small margin. A 300000 bond for a school addition fell 0.6 percent short of 60 percent. A 30000 bus garage bond received 59 percent, 1 percent short. Total 442 yes 302 no for the addition, 432 yes 299 no for the bus garage. Precincts show mixed results across Elkader St Olaf Elkport and Littleport.
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the Gazette
Elkader
Elkader Area
Decorah Man Is Busy Toastmaster
LAS ANGELES AP The 24th annual Toastmasters International convention in session highlights Everett Gross of Decorah Iowa as its most enthusiastic member. He belongs to two clubs, attends Waukon and Decorah weekly, and maintains perfect attendance at both clubs after joining six years ago.
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Los Angeles
Toastmiasters International
Iowa
Everett Gross
Decorah
Toastmasters International
Gross
Waukon
Executrix Appointment for John Ernst Estate in Linn Co
Mildred Mraz has been duly appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of John Ernst, deceased of Linn County Iowa. Creditors are asked to pay debts immediately and file claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court, Iowa. O Rieley and O Rieley are the attorneys for the executrix.
Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Linn County
Charlene Francis Robinson has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of Hershal C. Robinson, deceased, Linn County Iowa. All debts should be paid promptly and all claims filed with the attorneys Fred W. Hann and Wm. A. Bergman.
Blaze Destroys Gudenkauf Barn Near Hopkinton
A large barn on the Joe Gudenkauf farm five miles northeast of Hopkinton was destroyed by a Friday night fire. The 37 by 72 foot structure held hay, straw, machinery and milking equipment with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. Fire crews from Hopkinton Manchester Worthington Cascade and Delhi fought the blaze, saving the house as onlookers jammed surrounding roads.
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Manchester
Joe Gudenkauf
Hopkinton
Gudenkauff
Worthington
Cascade
Delhi
Clarence Sabers
Gudenhauf
Mysterious Death of Iowa Doctor in Dayton
Webster County Coroner said the cause of death for 41 year old Dr Harold W Burleson will be determined after lab tests. He was found dead in his Dayton clinic by his wife and nurse with no autopsy finding. Tests are being conducted in Minneapolis. Burleson had moved from Fort Dodge to start a Dayton clinic and is survived by his wife two children and three brothers Warter Des Moines Gerald Fort Dodge and Dr Ferris Fresno Calif.
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Dayton
Harold W. Burleson
Webster County
Paul L. Stitt
Burleson
Stitt
Minneapolis
Fort Dodge
Warter
Des Moines
Gerald
Ferris
Fresno
Calif
Two Men and Woman Charged After Robbery
MT PLEASANT UP Charles Simmons 21 Bellefontaine Ohio and Jim Patterson 23 Lakeview Ohio held on robbery with aggravation charges. Both arraigned before Justice of the Peace George Means and referred to Henry county grand jury after a Friday morning holdup at a filling station where 65 dollars were taken. Captured in a roadblock at Fairfield about 75 minutes later. Simmons wife Betty 20 charged as accessory. Phyllis McGee 15 claimed to be Patterson wife turned to juvenile authorities. Illinois hold order placed on all four per stolen car report.
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MT. Pleasant
Charles Simmons
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Jim Patterson
Lakeview
Justice of the Peace George
Henry County Grand Jury
Fairfield
Simmons
Betty
Phyllis McGee
Patterson
Charles Garretson
Illinois
Moffitt Named SUI Student Aid and Placement Chief
Iowa City native Howard Moffitt, a 21 year veteran in high school coaching and teaching, is appointed manager of the University of Iowa Student Aid and Placement bureau. He succeeds the late Robert Ballantyne, after serving as Fort Madison high school guidance director and Iowa City City high athletics director among other roles.
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Iowa City
Howard Moffitt
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
SUI
Moffitt
Robert L. Ballantyne
State Board of Regents
Fort Madison High School
Iowa City High School
City High
Waukon
Vinton
East Waterloo
Iowa
Jess Moffitt
H. L. Bailey Insurance Agency
Smith Mental Test Results Due Monday
DES MOINES UP Dr Charles C Graves director of mental institutions for the state board of control said Saturday results of a mental test given James B Smith 23 will be revealed Monday. Smith was given a two hour examination here Friday and then returned to Knoxville where he is being held on a charge he murdered his grandmother Mrs Joe Betterton 67 last weekend. Graves said he will report on the examination to Marion County Attorney Bert Bandstra. Bandstra said another mental examination will be given Smith Aug 31. The former soldier and mental patient admitted striking his grandmother with a shovel at her Attica home.
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Des Moines
Charles C. Graves
State Board of Control
James B. Smith
Smith
Knoxville
Joe Betterton
Attica
La Porte City Man Charged With Libel and Burglary
Uri Rich ard Elliott, 57, of La Porte City, posted a 4000 dollar bond on charges including breaking and entering and criminal libel in alleged efforts to smear a former prison inmate. Police say he stole a typewriter from Waterloo Dredging Company, left a card with the other man’s name, and sent a letter to the plant claiming plant workers disliked a jailbird working beside them.
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Waterloo
Uri Richard Elliott
la Porte City
Harry Krieg
Elliott
Waterloo Dredging Company
Krieg
Notice of Executor Appointment in Iowa Estate
Notice is hereby given that on August 12 1955 the undersigned was duly appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Ary Nyeretate in Linn County Iowa deceased. Persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned or file them with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. D. N. Hahn Executor. Fisher & etc.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
John Ernst
Iowa
Mildred Mraz
O'Rieley
Towa
Hershal C. Robinson
Charlene Francis Robinson
Fred W. Hann
Wm. A. Bergman
Yowa
Fous
Linn
Paneries Swyers
Bernice Swyers
State of
Lin County
Eigabeth Flaherty
Ted Saldes
Galy
Coladyce Chiverton
Holmes & Holmes, Attorneys
Notice of administration in Linn County Iowa
Notice hereby given that the estate of Swyers late of Linn County Iowa is deceased. All persons indebted to the estate must pay promptly. Any claims against the estate should be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Bernice Swyers. Wm C Slade, Attorney.
Disabled American Veterans elect Maas as national commander
Des Moines AP Retired Major General Melvin J Maas of Washington DC was elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the close of the national convention. Maas, a blind former marine, succeeds Judge Alfred English of Shelbyville Tennessee and vows to keep disabled veterans from being forgotten.
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Des Moines
Melvin J. Maas
Washington D. C
Alfred English
Shelbyville
Tenn
Maas
Joseph Burke
Bayonne
N. J
Robert McFarland
St. Louis
Paddy Driscoll
Little Rock
Ark
David J. Peters
Belmont
Long Island
N.Y
Helen Heckler
Albuquerque
N. M
DAV
Helen Ishmael
Kansas City
San Antonio
Texas
Jas
Tama Jim Wilson Memorial Slated
Plans of Iowa Chapter of the Society of American Foresters announce a memorial to James Tama Jim Wilson, secretary of agriculture 1897 to 1913. Location proposed in Tama county, Ames officials note, with possible plaques or larger memorials under consideration.
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Traer
Iowa
Society of American Foresters
James “Tama Jim” Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
George W. Thomson
Iowa State College
Ames
Wilson
Tama County
Thomson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Gifford Pinchot
U. S
United States
Tama Jim
George B. Hartman
Forestry Department
Forester’s
Hartman
Injured Worker Dies After Cement Load Accident
Gerald McCain aged 34 an employee of Booth and Olson Inc of New Hampshire died Friday from injuries sustained last week when a cement load collapsed onto him. Also notes union strike vote by Local 310 United Rubber Workers set for August 29 if a wage settlement with Firestone in Des Moines fails. Brown Derby restaurant in Carroll suffers severe fire damage from kitchen stove blaze early today burning two dining rooms and a bar. firefighters contained the fire after several hours.
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Gerald McCain
Booth ,and
Olson, Inc
New Hampton
United Rubber Workers of America
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Des Moines
Carroll
Re Incorporation Of Upper Iowa Okayed
DES DES MOINES AP Upper Iowa university Fayette has been re incorporated as a non profit for the next 50 years. Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst approved the move on Friday. The 1911 incorporation is noted in Fayette county records. Officers listed include W H Antes president L C Surfus secretary Roy V Porter vice president and E A Billings secretary.
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DES Moines
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Melvin Synhorst
Fayette County
W. H. Antes
West Union
L. C. Surfus
Roy V. Porter
Montice
Alleged Army Deserter Jailed in Iowa City
Ed Commander 27 a Des Moines man under an alias Ed Clark was arrested at Westlawn nurses dormitory Iowa City on a federal warrant for desertion from the army since last March. He reportedly left his 10-year-old son Robert with his sister a nursing student to seek work. Commander offered no resistance and was held for army authorities while the boy was sent to his grandmother in Des Moines.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Des Moines
A.w.o
Westlawn
Ed Commander
Ed Clark
Clark
SUI
Robert
Richard Lee
FBI
Jack Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Commander
Gazette Classified Rates and Lost and Found Notices
Rates show prices for want ads with two and one day insertions and extra lines. Nearby listings include lost objects and pets such as a black and white male cat named Peppi and a black and gold Sheaffer fountain pen seeking its owner with contact numbers provided. The notices reflect local classified ad practices and indicate deadlines for same evening publication and Saturday edition.
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Gazette
E Gazette
Sunny Gazette
Local business and notices fragment in ROSEN'S TAILOR SHOP ad
Fragmentary classified items list services for Rosen's Tailor Shop Probasco Jewelry Mot hproofing Rent service and asthma relief ad lines plus a music act listing. Reads like a vintage town directory with multiple vendors and upcoming events.
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Rosen’s Tailor Shop
4Th St. S.E. Magnus Hotel
Probasco Jewelry
K & M Pharmacy
Vernon Road
3 Vehicles Figure In Crash on 150
Three vehicles were involved in a crash about nine miles north of Cedar Rapids on highway 150. Kenneth A. McMillan 49 of Walker was treated for a deep cut. Mrs. Warren C. Tucker 47 of Evansdale was treated for a bruised hand. The crash occurred as McMillan attempted to pass a car driven by Harold Peacock of Center Point, then struck a southbound gravel truck driven by Gene A. Kelley before colliding with Tucker’s car which ended up in a ditch.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth A. McMillan
Walker
Warren C. Tucker
Evansdale
Waterloo
St. Luke’s Hospital
McMillan
Tucker
Out-State Egg Buyer in Monticello Area Fined
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports the first prosecution under the new egg grading and candling law. Alphonse Eberle operating as Dodgeville Produce Company of Dodgeville Wisconsin paid $25 plus costs in Monticello Justice Court for buying current receipt eggs, a prohibited practice under the 1955 act. A cow may consume 150 to 200 pounds of grass daily if available.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Alphonse Eberle
Dodgeville Produce Company
Dodgeville
Wis
Court of Justice of Peace Bay Echternacht
Monticello
Eberle
Notice of Appointment of Administratrix No 44333
In Linn County Iowa on August 5 1955 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Elisabeth Flaherty of Linn County Iowa Persons with claims against the estate should file promptly with Holmes and Holmes Attorneys serving as legal counsel and authenticated by the clerk of Linn County District Court
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The District Court of Linn County Iowa will hear August 26 1955 at 9 o clock for proof and admission to probate of the lost will of John Hynek deceased. The case concerns the town of pate in Linn County and will be held at the Cedar Rapids Court House. Joseph J. Severa is the attorney on record.
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Linn County
John Hynek
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
de Cedar Rapids
Notice of Administrator for Linn County Estate
O J Elsenbast appointed August 19, 1955 as Administrator of the estate of Frank Belka late of Linn County Iowa. All persons indebted must pay. those with claims must file in the Linn County Court Town District. O J Elsenbast Administrator and Attorney.
Local Trades and Services Advertising Listings
A mixed page of local service ads includes tree trimming, painting and decorating, masonry and cement work, hauling, and general repairs. Listings mention Cedar Rapids Tree Service and various painters, carpenters, and contractors offering estimates, insured work, and delivery or pickup tasks. Several want ads seek laborers, route sales, and weekend or part time positions in maintenance, dining, and construction.
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Bob
Getlin
F.C
Akiey Bowell
Arline Hughes
Marion
Lester Yradios
ROGER _HALSE
Poe EE
Cedar Rapids Tree Service
Tree Builders Association
Ed Rathie
Irving W. Smith
Wally
Elise
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Decorah Man
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Lichty
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MR. Squatwell
Wm. C. Slade
Tama Jim Wilson
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John E. Wasgoner
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Roosevelt
Iday
Apie Paralsget
Smokey
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Dick Haddy
Sammy
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Jon Hall
The
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Town News
Preeart Court
Joseph J. Severa
Mes
Agust
Frank Belka
Éeplore
Cour Town
O. J. Elsenbast
Mayou
el Anern
Ruyways
Melody Inn
M. W. Freese
Robins. Ln
Kutch
John Fisher
J St. SW
Kutcheraxa Avating Co
J. Crittenden
Dick Alexander
Marion Fioor
Robert Kalous
Kenneth
Ra Pee Nias
Ssurney Mou
Dial
Housewie Cement
Irvin Martinson
Taitete
Sodding
Frank Pecka
Venetian Ag
Vosdingh
Mt. Vernon Road
G. AD L. A
CAARP
ACTEO
Ed Simon
Paul J. Nolan
Aterior
Leibiana
Ray Leep
Cary
Breneman
Vic Bartow
Areding
Lymean
Uis D. Enyant
Yorkville
Cail Sore Carpenter
the Friendly
Ann
Cal
Samuel Carpenter
Magnus Hotel
Nesters
Evers
M. Brown
2nd_ Ave
Mt. Vernon
N.E
Dis Dial Ltd
Paul Myers
Ave. No
WM. T. Collins
BIG Shoe
3Nd Ave
Century Engineering Corporation
TER
Mott Street
Sebras Aska Omaha
Triple E
5Th Ave
Contac Er
Breren
All-towaff
Bird Dessola
Rockford RO
Wareco
16Th Ave
Peter Krening
Ncel
Experi Tenced
Netionn Ban
City Saison
Tview Klingeringer Paint Co
Fisher Drug
Cedar Rain
Er Lines, Inc
8Th St. Medar Rapids
Union Carpester
Bill Kyach
Albert's Dry Cleaners
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