Flood Control Job Tops List Luther Second
Decorah’s 1950 building boom totals about 3.26 million with major projects at Decorah Dry Run flood control 1.475 million and Luther college campus dormitory and main building 1.25 million. Other growth includes church, gas, clinic, bottling plant. 20 new houses, and 307 marriages, 434 births, 272 deaths, 13 divorces, 5 traffic deaths.
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Luther
Decorah Dry Run
Luther College
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Decorah
First Lutheran Church
Skelgas Company
Winneshiek County
G. R. Isenberger
Brandt Hall
College
Maynard Adults Start Atomic Energy Class
About 75 to 80 residents attend a Monday evening adult education course on atomic energy at Maynard Consolidated school. Instructor Donald D. Palmer leads lectures and films with topics ranging from protection against radiation to medical uses of atomic energy.
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Maynard
Maynard Consolidated School
Donald D. Palmer
State Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Iowa
Marengo Schools
University of Iowa
Hew Roberts
Marengo
Palmer
C. C. Hall of
Student dies after being hit by backing car at Burr Oak yard
A grade school student was killed in a Burl Oak area school yard when struck by a car backing out of the yard. Police said the incident occurred during school hours and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
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Dorothy Snook
Orville Thompson
Decorah
Delores Haugen
Ridgeway
Henry Leuenberger
Fort Atkinson
Davin Kraft
Burr Oak
Maynard School to Offer Atomic Energy Course Next Semester
Palmer plans to supply his students with a sheet of facts and statistics they ought to know about atomic energy. Next semester the Maynard school will offer atomic energy instruction for grades above fourth grade using a department of public instruction prepared course. This is Maynard’s second year of adult education. Palmer came from Albion this year and studied at Iowa State Teachers College and the University of Iowa.
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Palmer
Defense Department
Iowa State College
Maynard
Department of Public Instruction
Albion
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Last Day To File For Iowa WWII Veterans Bonus
Iowa World War II veterans bonus claims must be postmarked by December 31 to count. Ed Kallemyn notes late submissions from 1948 law could be paid, with about 13,014 claims ready and 8,511 more under processing as funds near exhaustion. A Blencoe veteran narrowly filed in time, netting about $400.
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Des Moines
Ed Kallemyn
Iowa Bonus Board
Blencoe
N. C. Gray
Blencoe American Legion Post
Tama County Students To Take Ability Test
About 355 Tama county boys and girls in fifth through eighth grade at 67 rural schools will take the Iowa state standard examination Thursday and Friday. County superintendent E. P. Simmons says the test guides teachers and parents and tests natural ability and chances for success in different courses.
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Toledo
Tama County
E. P. Simmons
Simmons
Wilson Company closes Ottumwa plant and merges with Reinbeck
Ottumwa poultry and egg processing plant shut Saturday and will join operations with Reinbeck. Company cites location too far south and insufficient local production for profitability. Leo P. Cleary, Ottumwa manager last year, will move to Reinbeck to reopen the plant there.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Wilson and Company
Ottumwa
Reinbeck
Leo P. Cleary
Reinebeck
Year ends reflections from Iowa newspapers
Quotations from readers in Marion, Decorah, Belle Plaine and Independence reflect on 1950 winding down. Witty resolutions, warm Christmas scenes, and quiet winter imagery mix with a cautious hope for better things in the new year.
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Leslie Weston
Independence Bulletin Journal
Marengo Soldier Promoted in ROTC Plant Iowa
Thomas Hoover son of Mr and Mrs Leo Hoover is promoted to private first class in the ROTC at Iowa. He serves with local training unit and is listed among recent promotions.
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Marengo
Thomas Hoover
Leo Hoover
Iowa State College
Golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Otto Action
In SIGOURNEY the couple Mr and Mrs Otto Action of Webster will observe their golden wedding anniversary on January 6. In DECORAH Dr F A Hennessy of Calmar named hospital staff president for 1951 with Lester E Larson as vice president and R N Svendsen as secretary treasurer. In MONTICELLO Lyle Burrichter named superintendent of the Electric Institute at Hinsdale Illinois starting this week. In WEST UNION the American Legion post promotes a Tide of Toys campaign with toy receptacles in local stores and County Supt Morse as rural schools collector. In WYOMING Mrs Fred Luke elected president of the Industrial Society of the Presbyterian church with officers named.
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Sigourney
Otto Action
Webster
Decorah
F. A. Hennessy
Calmar
Decorah Hospital
Lester E. Larson
R. N. Svendsen
Monticello
Lyle Burrichter
W. H. Burrichter
Electric Institute
Hinsdale, Il
West Union
West Union American Legion Post
A. S. Morse
Wyoming
Fred Luke
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
Howard Jamison
Willy Thomson
Gordon Hall
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E. C. Bailey
Gazette
R. M. Dahlquist
Gazette Photo
Kenneth Ingvolstad
Ingvolstads
Korea
Wilson Company
Hawkeye
Marion Sentinel
Hesper
Belle Plaire Union
Taylor Music Co
King Band Instruments
First Avenue SE
Iowa Briefs
Capehart
Capehart Mastercraft Cabinetry
Capehart Synchro
Checker Electric Supply
First Street
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