Outstanding Citizen Dale Miner Honored by Linn County Old Settlers
Dale Miner president of the Marion Historical Museum Society received the outstanding citizen award at the 85th Linn County Old Settlers reunion held Thursday at Marion Christian church. Miner, manager of Iowa Electric Marion office, has long served in local civic affairs. More than 30 attended the reunion. Water Red named president for 1976. Edward Lala vice president. Mrs. Robert Hess secretary. Mrs. Harold Hanna treasurer. All officers from Marion.
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Dale Miner
Marion Historical Museum Society
Linn County
Old Settlers’ Association
Marion Christian Church
Miner
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Marion
Water Red
Edward Lala
Robert Hess
Harold Hanna
Residents seek action to curb starling invasion on Eighteenth Street
In a letter to city officials Mrs. Orcutt of 1175 Eighteenth Street requests help removing starlings from the area. She recalls past advice citing ecology concerns and urges decisive steps, even appealing to higher authorities if needed.
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Eighteenth Street
English Boulevard
Starling
Lewis Orcutt
Ecology
Seven Seek Marion Council Positions in City Elections
Seven candidates have drawn nomination papers for Marion fall elections, with Mayor William J. Grundy seeking a second term as both mayor and councilman at large. Incumbent appears only once among candidates. filing opens today with first day at city hall Tuesday. deadline September 25.
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William J. Grundy
Marion
Bernard Cooper
Twentyfourth Avenue
Carl Foster, Jr
Thirtieth Street
Third Ward
Harold Imgrund
Third Avenue
Mary Lou Pazour
Fourth Ward
Jay Hammond
Eleventh Street
Donald Hoskin
West Tenth Avenue
Birds in Marion spark health and safety concerns
Mrs Orcutt warns that hundreds of starlings roosting in Marion trees threaten health and property. Bird droppings cause car paint damage and slippery sidewalks, and may spread lice and diseases similar to parrot fever and histoplasmosis.
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Mason City
Reading Contest Winners Named
Strawberry Point students earned cash prizes for summer reading. Top prizes went to Sherri Spillman in third and fourth grade, Dana Schuchmann in fifth and sixth, and Cathi Lenz and Kathy Schumacher in seventh through ninth grades.
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Strawberry Point
Sherri Spillman
Dana Schuchmann
Cathi Lenz
Kathy Schumacher
Era Nears End as Blacksmith Shop Sold
A long time Oxford Junction landmark built in 1899 faces removal or demolition after sale. An auction opens at 10 a.m. Saturday for the shop and contents, with hopes a historical group will relocate and reassemble it elsewhere. If not possible, the building will be torn down.
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Oxford Junction
Charles E. Pierce
Oxford Mills
Railroad Junction
Pierce
William Blakely
H.P. Hansen
Frank Kolarik
Czechoslovakia
Hansen
Kolarik
Orvil Behne
Road Crossing Coralville Dam Set for Next Summer
Rock Island district of the army corps of engineers announces a road across Coralville dam will open to the public next summer after safety upgrades. Asphalt surface and guard rails for 1300 feet, widened 850-foot service road, 20 foot roadway width, two inch surfacing, and a five foot sidewalk on the north side. Sealed bids due 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at corps headquarters.
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Rock Island
Coralville Dam
Army Corps of Engineers
Phi Delta Kappa initiates 40 at Kirksville campus
Northeast Missouri State University’s Phi Delta Kappa chapter initiated 40 members in a August 6 ceremony on the Kirksville campus. Initiates from eastern Iowa include Wayne Miller Cedar Rapids Michael Quick Wellman Richard Rogers Iowa City and Bernard Rowland Elgin.
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Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State University
Phi Delta Kappa
National Education Honorary
Iowa
Wayne Miller
Cedar Rapids
Michael Quick
Wellman
Richard Rogers
Iowa City
Bernard Rowland
Elgin
Krivo Named to Post at Cornell
Mt Vernon reporting Frank G. Krivo is named dean of admissions at Cornell College by Dr. Philip B. Secor president. Krivo came from SUNY as director of the first university wide admissions institute and founded the SUNY admissions assistance center serving 60 campuses. He holds AB and AM from SUNY Albany and pursues Ed.S. Krivo and wife Diane have a son and two daughters.
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SUNY
Krivo
Diane
Zukerman Opens Hancher Season at Iowa University
Pinchas Zukerman, 27, renowned violinist, to open the 1975 76 concert series at the University of Iowa Hancher auditorium with a September 25 8 p.m. performance. He has led the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra on its North American tour. Tickets go on sale Tuesday for students and non students at the Hancher box office.
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Iowa City
Pinchas Zuckerman
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Hancher
Reception Held For Dr Laurence Lafore In Iowa City
Iowa City invites the public to a 2 to 5 p m Saturday reception honoring Dr Laurence Lafore chairman of the University of Iowa history department on the publication of his latest book American Classic at the State Historical Society building 402 Iowa avenue.
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Iowa City
Laurence Lafore
University of Iowa Department of History
State Historical Society
Iowa Avenue
Weekly Dinners Resume Sept. 10 At Toledo Church
The Wednesday Fellowship weekly dinners restart Sept. 10 at First Presbyterian Church Toledo. Open to retirement age and older, with a social hour included. Dinner price rises to 1.50. a cook is still sought and advance reservations should be made with Mrs. Wallace Carson in Tama.
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Toledo
First Presbyterian Church In
Louis Haase
Haase
Wallace Carson
Tama
Persistent Professor featured in Life and Health article
Dr. John Cadie, associate professor of health at Upper Iowa College, is the subject of a feature in Life and Health titled The Persistent Professor. The piece recounts how he enlisted colleague Dr. William G. Wilcox in a jogging fitness program and its impact.
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Fayette
John Cadie
Upper Iowa College
Life and Health
Postville Observes Labor Day With Closures
Postville stores and banks will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day and there will be no mail delivery.
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Farmers State Bank
First National Bank
Postville
Basket Social Planned at West Union
Fayette county Bicentennial committee sponsors an Old Fashioned Basket Social at West Union Saturday night to aid restoration of Whitcher school. Auctioneers Dave Cagwin and Royce Rueber will lead bidding. A food stand, talent program, and county volunteers support the event plus bicentennial projects like the Fayette county Helpers club and Historical society and a volunteer written book Out of the Midwest: A Portrait.
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West Union
Fayette County
Whitcher School
Dave Cagwin
Royce Rueber
Westgate
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