Building permits issued in 1961 totaled 467
Building permits issued in 1961 were valued at 2,272,491 with 467 permits for all types. New houses numbered 141, down from 211 in 1960, with new home value 1,825,100. Eight non residential buildings were built, including a water department pump house and a bowling alley. Other category details list values for dwellings, garages, repairs, and a bowling alley. January 1962 trends suggest further decline.
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Stickney
Water Department
Church and Community Note Upbeat Schedule of Meetings
Local church and school groups publish a dense list of midweek and weekend gatherings. Activities span First Baptist Grace Baptist Lutheran and Methodist congregations with choir rehearsals, youth events, Bible studies, teacher trainings, and a Marion junior high after school dance.
Mother of the Year Dinner Set for February 26
The Marion PTA sponsors the Mother of the Year Award at the Founders Day banquet February 26 at Suburban restaurant. Public welcome. reservations due February 26 with Mrs. Chuck Warner. Previous year’s honoree was Mrs. Merrill S. Smith. tickets seven fifty or two for thirteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
PTA
Wallace Kemp
PTA Council
Chuck Warner
Merrill S. Smith
First Train Arrived in Marion 98 Years Ago
Larry Tanner relays the Marion railroad history from 1864 to 1882, noting the first locomotive reached Marion in October 1864 and the line’s early struggles with finance and market expectations. The article cites Oxley’s History of Marion and mentions east Marion depots and later track changes.
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Marion
Eleventh Street
Milwaukee Railroad
East Marion
Oxley
Earl Booze
Gazette
Honor Society Initiation Set at Marion High School
Marion High School to initiate ten seniors and six juniors into the National Honor Society. Names include seniors Sharon Alexander Dick Lyford Barb Sorg Sharon Elias Barb Berryhill Dave Kummer Janet Potter Barb Hawkins Brent Harstad Jim Stimson and juniors Dave Ray Barb Franklin John Keith Mary Beth King Marcia Dumbal-ton Cheryl Barber. Honor Society officers are Bob Hanry John Pazour Nancy Kolda and Diane Schuettpelt. Cary club meets Monday at 2 30 p.m. and Athenian club meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at private homes. Bay House owners Laverne Henderson Cedar Rapids purchase residence at 156 South Fif...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Richard Sorenson
Sharon Alexander
Dick Lyford
Barb Sorg
Sharon Elias
Barb Berryhill
Dave Kummer
Janet Potter
Barb Hawkins
Brent Harstad
Jim Stimson
Dave Ray
Barb Franklin
John Keith
Mary Beth King
Marcia Dumbalton
Cheryl Barber
Bob Hanry
Millwood Club Meeting Teems With Local Figures
Millwood club plans a Tuesday 8 p.m. gathering at Mrs. Victor Baker's home in Iowa City. The notice lists local names including Mr. Knapp, Mrs. James Yarrington, Tom Neenan, Don-Thomas E. McGowan Realter Point, Dale Estate firm, Cedar Rapids firms, and Rev. John Walker among participants. A Cedar Rapids based public relations and leadership training theme appears with county commissioners to hold a training session led by Gorton and Naggatz comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
and Knapp
Iowa City
James Yarrington
Don Goodman
Mesa
Tom Neenan
Don- Thomas E. McGowan
Rapids
John Walker
Cedar ‘Rapids
H. F. Luebke
Cedar Rapids
Gorton
Naggatz
Training Talks For East Iowa Scouters Set
Volunteers from six-county Hawkeye area Boy Scout council attend two sessions this week led by Horace Gorton national director of volunteer training. Meetings include district commissioners Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the Ox Yoke Inn Amana with council leaders and a council-wide coordinated meeting Tuesday 7 30 p.m. at Prairie High School to strengthen the program through basic training and committee operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Boy Scouts of America
C. C. Birr
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Vern Naggatz
Iowa City
Prairie High School
Horace Gorton
Kansas City
Birr
L. W
Pete
Hultman to speak at West Union Jaycee banquet
Evan Hultman Iowa attorney general will address the charter night banquet of the newly formed West Union Junior Chamber of Commerce at 6 30 pm in the new elementary school building. State Jaycee officers, area members and their wives attend. officers include Storry Bos Trom Don Holmstrom Mc Knight Ralston Crandall Heyer Schatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Evan Hultman
Iowa
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Steve Storry
Gary Bostrom
Don Holmstrom
Charles McKnight
Robert Ralston
Dean Crandall
Tex Heyer
Kenneth Schatz
What Cheer Men Receive Navy Discharges
Joseph and James McDonald, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McDonald, have been discharged from the navy. The brothers completed their service and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph and
James McDonald
Oscar McDonald
Navy
Safe Found Near Decorah After Canton Theft
A small safe taken from Canton on Feb 14 was found Saturday morning near the Chester McIntosh farm east of Decorah. McIntosh told the sheriff he located the empty safe in a ditch.
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Decorah
Canton
Chester McIntosh
McIntosh
Officers Elected by Two East Iowa Clubs
Officers have been elected for two East Iowa clubs. Waukon Chamber of Commerce leaders include Leslie K. Hull as president and Truman Sliter as secretary with a board of directors comprising Ralph Keenan C F Duggan David Purner Ralph Sweeney L K Hull Joseph Cronin Charles Pettingill A V Palmer Merlin Kruger Marvin Roesler Dr Albert Seawell and N J Quandahl. Wellman Community club officers are Glen Williams president Arden Dawson vice president Paul Eimen secretary treasurer with Milton Wherle David McClellan Duane Tadlock and Ed Wilson as board members.
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East Iowa
Waukon Chamber of Commerce
Leslie K. Hull
Truman Sliter
Ralph Keenan
C. F. Duggan
David Purner
Ralph Sweeney
L. K. Hull
Joseph Cronin
Charles Pettingill
A. V. Palmer
Merlin Kruger
Marvin Roesler
Albert Seawell
N.J. Quandahl
Wellman Community Club
Glen Williams
Arden Dawson
Paul Eimen
Milton Wherle
David McClellan
Duane Tadlock
Ed Wilson
Oliphant Graduates From Army Ordnance School
Toddville graduate TODDVILLE Laurence Oliphant son of Mr and Mrs Rolland Oliphant completed training at the Army Ordnance School in Aberdeen Maryland earning a diploma and notched a milestone for the family and town.
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Toddville
Laurence
Postville Doctor's 90th Birthday Autobiography Remembered
Dr Frederick W Kiesau of Postville penned a small autobiography at 90 focusing on life stories, dramas, and hopes. He died at 94 on January 29. The sketch, published in the Postville Herald, recounts German immigrant parents, boyhood memories, and a journey from pharmacist to physician with early business ventures in Clarinda and Nebraska.
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Frederick W. Kiesau
M.D
Postville
Kiesau
Postville Herald
Germany
Wisconsin
Clarinda
Nebraska
Medico Chiurgical College
Philadelphia
Learned One Thing Above All From a Medical Pioneer
Kiesau began his medical practice in Nebraska then moved to Iowa describing his rural ad ventures and his future bride. He recalled long travels by horse and buggy then model T and present day cars and the many dangers and adventures from kitchen table operations to snowy journeys. He reflected that life has been spent on friends neighbors and family and that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiesau
Nebraska
Iowa
Young Belle Plaine Girl Gifts White House Sketch
Helen Grunewald an 11 year old girl from Blairstown mailed a pencil sketch of Mrs Kennedy to the First Lady. Letitia Baldridge sent an 8 by 10 photo in a silver frame and a note thanking Helen calling the gesture kind. The Belle Plaine correspondent adds that a nearby Eastern Iowa doctor remained home with a strained muscle and pinched nerve after showing a patient how not to injure their back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Grunewald
Henry Grunewald, Jr
Blairstown
Mrs. Kennedy
White House
Letitia Baldridge
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Services Monday for Mrs. Ben Olson 70
Mrs. Ben Olson 70 died Friday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a short illness. She lived in Newhall since 1946 retirement. Surviving husband married in 1911, three sons Minnerd Norway, Owen Newhall, Lyle Atkins, a daughter Donna Orcutt Newhall, seven grandchildren, two brothers William and Otis Johnson Springville, a sister Julia Stevens Cedar Rapids. Services Monday 1:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church Norway. Body from Fellmer Funeral Home Keystone to family home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Iowa City
Board of Trustees
Chapel
Sunshine
Youth For Christ
Dark Valley
Grace Baptist
Visitation
Harry Bock
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
RLCW
Circle
St. Paul's Lutheran
Methodist
WSCS
Ralph E. Baker
Newhall
Ben Olson
University Hospitals
Olsons
Minnerd
Norway
Owen
Lyle
Atkins
Donna Orcutt
William
Otis Johnson
Springville
Julia Stevens
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fellmer
Keystone
Scouts Receive God and Country Award at First Christian
Five Boy Scouts were honored with the God and Country award at a ceremony held last Sunday in First Christian church. Recipients include Stanley Caldwell, Steve Henderson, Dennis Henderson, Randy Shackelford, and Dwayne Miskell.
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Coggon
First Christian Church
Stanley Caldwell
Steve Henderson
Dennis Henderson
Randy Shackelford
Dwayne Miskell
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MARION _NEWS
Gazette Business Office
Marion, Rion
Nineteenth Street
East
L. Allen Liddell
Wilton
N. Y
Mildred Stickney
YMCA
Smith-Champlin
Siders Sliders
American Legion
Jacks Skelly
Collins Old Badgers
Collins Tech
Louie C. Wahl
Adv
Marion Woman's Club
Public
Howard Smith
Linn
St. Gerard’s Circle
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's School
Richard Hingtgen
Fifteenth Avenue
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Progressive Club
Bishop's
Lindale Plaza
Ivan Gillmore
McElwain
Electa Circle of Kings Daughters
C. G. Heiken
Marion Junior High School
Music
Marion Rural School
Wilson Beauty Salon
Nathan Vanderlinden
Alice Wallace
the Gazette
Rural Homemakers Club
R.E.C
John Ketelsen
Don and
Dorothy Baxter
Ameigo Club
Nevah Prior
Otto Beerman
Reading Circle
Willis Jordan
Retail Bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce
R-V
Clever Homemakers Club
Ralph Blackford
Handicraft Club
Otto Kieckhaefer
Toastmasters Club
Osceola Lodge No. 18
C.F
Larry Tanner
Cary Club
J. H. Perkins
Athenian Club
Lowell Sebern
Bay House
Laverne Henderson
South
Millwood Club
Victor Baker
Hultman
Jaycee
Tom Merryman
Independence
Greenley
Seventh Avenue
National Bank of 1
Iilinin
Iona
John Robertson
Robertson
Storm's
I Marion
Storm
Fifth Avenue Nylons
Fifth Avenue
Ben Franklin Marion, Iowa
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