Busy Lisbon woman juggles bus routes family insurance and church work
Iris Plattenberger known as Ike in Lisbon manages four school bus routes and two kindergarten routes daily while running the Plattenberger Insurance agency and serving as cashier for both the United Telephone Co. and Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. She is superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school choir secretary of the Community club and active in many civic groups.
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Plattenberger Insurance Agency
Lisbon
United Telephone Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Methodist Sunday School
Iris
Ike
Glenn
Kay
Dale Wagamon
Bonnie Buttery
Plattenbergers
Harold Platner
Plattenberger
OES
Rainbow Girls
PTA
Campfire
Daughters of the Nile
White Shrine
Shrine Auxiliary
Cedar ‘Rapids
Woman's Club
Kris Plattenberger
Mrs. Pratt
Skunk Hollow
Wartburg Assets Rise by 250000 in 1961 at Wartburg College
Wartburg College saw total assets grow by about 250000 dollars in 1961, driven mainly by a rise in the physical plant. The study notes increases in student aid library spending faculty salaries plant operation and student employment while endowment and trust funds slipped. Tuition and fees funded most education and general expenses with substantial support from church and alumni.
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Waverly
Wartburg College
American Lutheran Church
Community figures reflect on teamwork and daily duties
Iris and Glenn discuss their shared roles in gathering news for the Mt. Vernon paper. Their office doubles as a collection agency for Lisbon drives and ticket sales. Glenn, a firefighter, notes how things gradually fall into place as they manage responsibilities.
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Iris
Glenn
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Dates of SCI Common Market Talks Changed
CEDAR FALLS The all college conference on international affairs at the State College of Iowa will be held on April 24 25 and 26 instead of April 24 as previously announced. Each year the conference considers a topic of interna
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Cedar Falls
State College of
Hypokinesia seen as child health risk prompts PTA action
Doctors warn that hypokinesia or weak muscles from inactivity is spreading among children. A basic physical education program like the President's Council on Youth Fitness plan can combat this, with low cost and easy adoption. Parents urged to ask schools about programs at next PTA meeting.
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President's Council On Youth Fitness
PTA
World Parley to Discuss Common Market Leaders' Summit
The conference will address global cooperation and conflicts of interest among nations. Participants include leaders from business government and academia debating the world common market and its international impact.
Services Monday for Independence Girl dies at heart condition
Deb orah JoAnn Fratzke eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Aaron Fratzke died Friday from a heart condition. Survivors include two brothers Aaron Leslie twelve and Dennis one and a sister Vicki four. Services Monday at 1 30 p m in Immanuel Lutheran church. White funeral home is in charge.
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Gazette
Independence
Deborah JoAnn Fratzke
Aaron Fratzke
Aaron Leslie
Dennis
Vicki
Immanuel Lutheran Church
White Funeral Home
Tipton Republican Leader E. D. Hinkhouse Dies at 71
E. D. Hinkhouse 71 of Tipton died suddenly Friday. A Cedar county farmer since 1920, he was World War I veteran and former Bussey newspaper publisher. Survivors include wife, daughter Mrs. Herbert Clark of Tipton, son John at home, two sisters, a brother, and five grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 p.m. in Griffith funeral home Wilton Junction.
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Tipton
E. D. Hinkhouse
Hinkhouse
Cedar County
Bussey
Herbert Clark
John
E. K. Mapes
Iowa City
Martin Marbjerg
Copenhagen
Paul
East Orange
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Order of Eastern Star
Heart Fund
Blue Bird Group
Highway 30
Cornell College
Oxford Junction
Clear Lake
Verne Dakin
Mr. Dakin
Eugene Miller
Cedar Rauids Business College
Coe College
Solon
Mechanicsville
Wartburg
National Defense Student Loan Fund
Montes
SCI
President's Council On Youth Fitnes
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Kennedy
House
John W. McCormack
Germany
Hawaii
White House
John F. Kennedy
Celeste Holm
Lawman
Laramie
Lew Ayres
Adam Troy
Eggy Ann
Bobby
Soxer
Cary Grant
Myrna Loy
Shirley Temple
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