Industrial growth boosts Manchester economy in 1973
Manchester sees a new 132 acre industrial park with Prestolite to build a 140000 square foot plant aiming to produce lead acid batteries by February 1974 and employ up to 200 people. Ethyl Corp expands with about 50 workers, water supply cited as attractor, while downtown facelift begins and retail sales rise, with bond issues funding a county home and hospital.
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Manchester
Prestolite
Toledo
Ohio
Manchester Enterprises
Highway Commission
Lawson
Ethyl Corporation
J. R. Kopinsky
Ethyl
Kopinsky
Bone
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Cliff Adcock
Adcock
Edgewood Sees New Businesses Open as Town Grows
In 1973 Edgewood welcomed several new ventures including Edgewood Implement Co owned by La Verne Gremmels on Highway 3 with expansive shop and parts areas. The DeKeyser Antique Shop and Downey Surplus and Sales opened in former buildings while VJ Logging Co started two miles east. Six new homes rose, remodeling touched Ford garage and Edgewood Oil Co built a warehouse. School upgrades included roof and floor work, new bleachers, blacktopped lots, and Edgewood elected its first woman council member, Emogene Debes.
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Edgewood
New Edgewood Implement Co
LaVerne Gremmels
Community Savings Bank
Joe DeKeyser
DeKeyser
VJ Logging Co
Ford
Edgewood Oil Co
Richard's Cafe
Emogene Debes
Clowns and civic roles fill Iowa section notes
The Iowa page highlights multiple clown stories including a Shriner clown in Marengo, a Coralville museum clown, and a Toddville professional clown. It also notes Richard Apland's Certified Chamber Executive honor and a Monticello hydro plant relocation to Macuma Ecuador aiding missionary work. Mayor chases burglars after Legion hall theft.
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Art Hough
Lowa
Marengo
Johnson County
Coralville
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Richard A. Apland
Oelwein
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
American Chamber of Commerce Executives Organization
Upland
University of Iowa
Topeka
Kan
Harlan
Iowa
Monticello
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Front Line
Macuma
Ecuador
Frank Crown
Iowa Electric
Iown
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Vernon Lawson
Bob Bone
Iown Jaycees
John Feld
Garth Arnold
Tirrill Park
Margaret Cole
Pete Lahrs
Sam Bush
New Assembly of God Church
Gazette
Mary Helle
Assembly OF God Church
Highway 20
Mrs. Earl Gleason
Charles Downey
Downey
Edgewood Implement Co
Colesburg
Lal Bordach
You and
John Robertson
Clowns In
Robertson
Mission Homes
Thomas Tjelmeland
Legion Hall
Buresh
1St Ave
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