Rail and utility assessments rise in Iowa 1950 figures
Iowa Tax Commission releases 1950 assessments showing increases across railroads and utilities. Public utilities rise to 183.1 million, railroads 122.9 million, telephone lines up to 54.0 million. Major jumps reflect plant expansions and new services, with notable rises for Central Iowa Power Cooperative and Iowa Electric Light and Power Company.
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Des Moines
ICPA
Iowa State Tax Commission
Pullman Company
Railway Express Agency
George Cosson
The
State Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Milwaukee
North Western
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Manchester
Oneida
Tama
Toledo
Corn Belt Power Cooperative
Humboldt
Great
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Peoples Gas and Electric Company
Kansas City Power and Light Company
South Dakota Public Service Company
Iowa Public Service Company
Wapsie Goshen Electric Light
Western Union Telegraph Company
Tax Commission
Iowa
Northwestern Bell
Opening Dates Listed By Four Iowa Schools
Eastern Iowa schools opening Monday include Mt. Vernon Stanley and Lamont. Strawberry Point school will open Tuesday. A second school bus will operate east of Strawberry Point this year. Lamont's school lunch program starts Tuesday at 20 cents per meal. Mt. Vernon faculty held a workshop Friday with Dr. Harold Ennis of Cornell College as guest speaker.
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Iowa
Mt. Vernon
Stanley
Lamont
Strawberry Point
Harold Ennis
Cornell College
Exhibit Winners In Celebration At Wyoming
Special to The Gazette reports on winners at the Wyoming exhibit ceremony highlighting top displays and presenting awards to standout exhibitors. Credits to organizers and judging panel for selecting prize recipients across categories.
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Wyoming
Wyoming celebration honors wide range of 4-H and fair winners
A two day Wyoming celebration concluded with a parade and extensive exhibits at Memorial hall featuring flowers, oven products, vegetables and fruit, hobbies and 4-H work. Winners spanned many categories with numerous individuals named for hand work, flower arrangements, oven products, vegetables and fruit, and hobby entries from schools including Oxford Junction Monticello and community groups. The event showcased a large roster of prize recipients such as Susan James Ruth Wilsler Judy Usher Philip Eichhorn and many others across diverse exhibits.
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Wyoming
Memorial Hall
Susan James
Ruth Wilsler
Judy Usher
Philip Eichhorn
James Eichhorn
Eugene Hamilton
Michel Crowley
Richard Malley
Winfred Tasker
Susie Millsap
Merlin Usher
Marvin Millsap
Janet
Albert Burda
W. N. Morse
Martin Petersen
Earl Keegan
Marvin Nissen
F. L. Harrington
Morris Gamble
C. R. Smith
Lee Peck
Alfred Leeper
Elsie Bender
Mary Constance
Monticello
John Mayberry
John Hansen
Oxford Junction
Cyril O’hara
Lester Breunig
Everett Vrooman
Naomi Orth
Gordon Marshall
E. F. Kleineck
Otto Allén
Nellie Jansen
M. D. Dreibelbis
Edward Barron
Robert Tasker
J. W. Morse
Roberta Nissen
Peter Sievers
Carl Markman
Sally Reitz
Allie Norton
Duane Kegan
Dreibelbis
Hans Hinricksen
Carol Coleman
Emma Siler
Raymond Garside
L. L. McCreight
Pete Countryman
Frieda Holmes
Larry
Verlyn Wenndt
Albert Hurda
Mary Mohr
Will French
Hobby Shaw
Bara Miller
Connie Holub
Sandra Eichhorn
Nancy Jamison
Janice Huggans
John Dusanek
Robert Holmes
Dorothy Petersen
Joe Petersen
David Petersen
Onalee James
Jane Holmes
Betty Newell
Marlene Ingwersen
Ann O’hara
Shirley Harms
Patsy Buresh
Karen Hart
Cattle Talk Dominates at Iowa State Fair
At Des Moines the Iowa State Fair opened with youth and livestock on display as a 19-year-old Vinton farmer Wayne Wieditz tends his 1016 pound steer Gus. Amid war news from Korea fairgoers focused on 4-H cattle contests and farm life.
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Robert Baldwin
Des Moines
Korea
Wayne Wieditz
Wayne
Gus
Vinton Farm
Iowa
Plains
Notable Names in Local Public Notices List
A compact record notes individuals including Janice Huggans Cecil James Sharley Bearce Nina Fitch Alice Larkey Marjorie Jamison Donna Catlett Rosalie Nowachek Marcy Vacek Kathleen Burda Judy Ing wersen in an itemized listing within a community notice. The piece preserves names and sequence typical of local notices without further context or actions.
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Wig
Janice Huggans
Cecil James
Sharley Bearce
Nina Fitch
Alice Larkey
Marjorie Jamison
Donna Catlett
Rosalie Nowachek
Marcy Vacek
Kathleen Burda
Judy Ingwersen
Bedding Restored To Youth in Jail
In Des Moines Polk county officials will provide bedding and medical care to 18 year old prisoner Mervyn C Williams. He had sued through his mother Agnes Williams claiming he slept on a bare cell bed. Sheriff Howard Reppert promised equal treatment as other inmates after Williams set fire to a mattress. Dr Rodney Fagen found him mentally confused and recommended psychiatric attention. Williams serves 12 months in lieu of two 600 dollar fines for auto theft pled in district court last May.
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Williams
Rodney Fagen
Around Iowa Items Highlight Local Incidents And Notes
A roundup from Des Moines to Estherville reports a man from Omaha paddling fully dressed in the Des Moines River before being guided ashore for intoxication. Imogene struggles with water needs. drilling yielded only rock at 250 feet. A Des Moines youth faces fines for traffic violations after a police chase, with partial jail time suspended. Korean War casualties for Iowa include Sutphin of Newton wounded, Hanson of Correctionville missing, Reagan of Waterloo missing in action. Beardsley promises an observer to Bettendorf’s J I Case plant. union continues 18 day strike at Fairfield. Easley of Boone pleads guilty to an August burglary in Harcourt. Hymans named executive secretary of Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Henderson named president of Iowa Home Economics Teachers Association. Esther Borgman and Ione Baal take secretary and treasurer posts. Floyd county GOP selection rules clarify filling a vacancy after Rep Kruse’s death.
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Home Tc
Alice Henderson
Des Moines
Iowa Home Economics Teachers Association
Esther Borgman
Fairfield
Ione Baal
Fast Teeth Advertisement Claim for Denture Care
An old ad promotes FASTEETH for dentures asserting it prevents rocking slipping or sliding on upper or lower plates. It claims the product is alkaline and non acidic, does not sour the mouth and eliminates plate odor. Available at any drugstore.
Army To Call 2 800 Iowans To Fill Reservist Need
Des Moines officials estimate Iowa will provide about 2 500 reservists after the army issued a broad call for additional men. The nationwide call adds 47 000 reserves to duty, bringing the total to 109 000. Iowa’s initial September quota of 700 rises to roughly 2 400 to 2 500 with the new call and early November training.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Army
Wagey Aire Page
Eastern Iowans To Get Degrees At ISC Saturday
Ames reports the last of about 500 summer quarter graduates at Town State college will be honored Saturday in State gymnasium at 9 am. Dean Harold V. Gaskill presiding. The 238 graduates include three Eastern Iowans earning master of science degrees Marvin L. Vanous Cedar Rapids Howard W. McKnight Clarence and Donald E. Voelker Monona. Bachelor recipients include Leon J. Corkery Fairbank Robert M. Morrow Oelwein Dale Swartzendruber Parnell Dale L. Ferguson Cedar Rapids Duncan K. Ross Cedar Rapids Leo H. Kupka Tama and Harlan S. Twange Decorah. Clair L. Kucera Williamsburg earns the PhD in plant ecology.
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Ames
Town State College
State Gymnasium
Harold V. Gaskill
Donald E. Voelker
Monona
Leon J. Corkery
Fairbank
Robert M. Morrow
Oelwein
Dale Swartzendruber
Parnell
Dale L. Ferguson
Duncan K. Ross
Cedar Rapids
Leo H. Kupka
Tama
Harlan S. Twange
Decorah
Clair L. Kucera
Williamsburg
U S Inaugurates Foreign Study Program at Iowa
A new foreign studies program begins this fall at the University of Iowa aimed at exposing students to the traits languages and traditions of France Germany Austria Russia and Spain. It fits into the regular curriculum with two semesters of work and a summer session for Russia. Four departments geography history modern foreign languages and political science participate. The program redefines existing courses and is open to all students except freshmen.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
France
Germany
Austria
Russia
Spain
VFW Auxiliary Benefit Dance For Mercy Hospital Fund
Anamosa VFW auxiliary hosts a benefit dance at the post club rooms Saturday evening. Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Mercy hospital building fund.
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Anamosa
VFW
Mercy Hospital Building Fund
Manchester to Stage Cavalcade of Manchester Centennial Pageant
A pageant titled Cavalcade of Manchester will open at the Manchester fair on September 14 and run through the 17 with about 325 residents participating. Arden Peting of the John B. Rogers Producing Company directs. Clarence G. Yoran provided historical material. Rehearsals start this week in the high school gym, with open day parades led by Gov. William S. Beardsley and centennial queen crowning planned for the evening program.
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Manchester
Arden Peting
John B. Rogers
Rogers Company
Clarence G. Yoran
Walter Hansel
Joseph Hermann
Don Malven
Truman Ingels
Wallace Blair
Clarence A. Foell
Lou Holbert
Less Fink
Frank Allenstein
William S. Beardsley
Fair Grounds
Decorah and region state marriage licenses issued
A long list of marriage licenses recorded across Iowa towns including Decorah Tipton Anamosa Marengo Anamosa Williams Williamsburg Maquoketa and more. Names include Loren Amundson Patricia Amundson Ruth Dubak Robert Koehler Morene Bakken Pearl Harding and many others with spouses from Decorah Cresco Elkader Volga Anamosa Guttenberg and surrounding areas. Also listed are divorce petitions for several couples such as Helen Melver Bert Meiser Leona Hass Clarence Hass Marie Omdahl Aage Omdahl and others.
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Decorah
Martin Loren
Patricia Amundson
Spans Clements
Ruth Dubak
Bloomer
Wis
Robert Koehler
Dubuque
Morene Bakken
Joseph Morley
Pearl Har Harding
Winona
Milwaukee
Keith S. Schmelzer
Dorothy L. Wille
Garnaville
Clarence Richard
Betty Ewing
Ever Lovett
Jerrine Kliefoth
Yuma
Ariz
Francis Cox
Mary Eileen Robinson
Volga
Tipton
George Thordson
Marian Muirhead
Vern G. Swooda
Stanwood
Alberta Clifton
Mechanicsville
John Ee Muscatine
Dorothy Cromer
Mose Vinton
Robert L. Becker
Watkins
Colleen Hilton
Atkins
Lloyd Albers
Keystone
Marian Louise Froning
Belle Plaine
Lavern Hamlin
Marjorie Ockenfels
Cedar Rapids
Richard R. Raub
Dysart
Irene Wandling
Marengie
Robert Roberts
Williams- James
Cal
Martelle
Charles May
Eutena Kohl
Anamosa
Royal Snyder
Wyoming
Eileen Letty
Donald Arduser
Hopkinton
Elverna Weers
Scotch Grove
Richard Sobatka
Oxford Junction
Patricia Holmes
Helen Melver
Bert Meiser
Bertrude L. Foster
Fost
Leona Roher
Milo Kanee
Walts Hegtvedt
Edmund Hegtvedt
Marie Omdahl
Aage Omdahl
Leona Hass
Clarence Hass
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Central Iowa Power Cooperative
New Company
Illinois Power
Union Electric
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company
Southwestern Federated Power Cooperative
Creston
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Roy W. Fouts
Omaha
Vernon
Vinton
Armored Corps
Benton County
George Walker
Lloyd Castelline
Des Moines Steel Company
Earl
Max Krayenhagern
Wallingford
Estherville
Dan Howard
Department of Defense
Pfc
Rayford E. Sutphin
Newton
Dan H. Hanson
Correctionville
Leland O. Reagan
Waterloo
Bettendorf
J. I Case
International Moulders and Foundry Men’s Union
Harold Easley
Boone Brothers
Minneapolis
Central Iowa
Fort Dodge
Harcourt
Pat
H. Harold Hymans
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Dorothy Phillips
Esther E
Gencamecahan
Floyd County
G.O.P
William Kruse
Charles City
Poli- Ela
Ford's
Third Avenue
Paramount Theater
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