Eight Bond Meeting Series Planned by Marion School Board
Marion Independent School District schedules eight neighborhood meetings on a $1.5 million bond vote for March 14. Supt. Sorensen will present with slides. board members will join. Meetings start Feb 26 at Washington School and run through March 12 at Irving, Lincoln, Longfellow, Starry, Emerson, and the high school.
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Board of Education
Marion Independent School District
Richard Sorensen
Sorensen
Douglas Hutchins
Washington School
Starry
John Andrea
Lincoln
Harold Kiink
Longfellow
George Murdoch
Emerson
Arthur Bezdek
Lowell Sebern
Irving
Bucknell Marionettes To Perform At Mardi Gras Sunday
Bucknell Marionettes will be featured Sunday at the sixth Sorp Pharmacy event. The program starts at 2 pm in the St. Joseph's school auditorium with games color cartoons and refreshments. Proceeds support church and school projects chaired by Mrs. Ray Franklin Mrs. Norbert Panek and Mrs. Rick Touminen.
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Bucknell
Sorp
Crugreen Scharul Wlas
St. Joseph’s School
Ray Franklin
Norbert Panek
Rick Touminen
St. Mary’s Circle
St. Joseph’s Church
Ellen Rogers 82 Former Linn County Resident Dies
Ellen Eva Rogers 82 Belvidere Michigan died Thursday in a Belvidere hospital born December 12 1885 in Central City She married Luther E Rogers October 11 1908 in Central City He died December 1955 Surviving children spouses siblings and many grandchildren Services Saturday 1 30 p m at Murdoch chapel Central City burial Coggan cemetery casket not opened after service Kreste
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Central City
Ellen Evan Rogers
Belvidere
Linn County
Luther E. Rogers
Anamosa
Roy Phyfe
Daniel Rogers
Rogers
Arther Rogers
Glen Oliver Rogers
Arlington
Eugene Drexler
Wilbur Drexler
Elmer Drexler
Cynthia Drexler
Marion
Murdoch
McGregor seeks funds for ambulance through local club
The McGregor Achievement club raises funds for an ambulance here with some money from the hospital fund created after closure. Bids for a new ambulance open March 1 and volunteers will operate it under two local doctors. Mrs. Charles Sauer leads the club.
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McGregor Achievement Club
Uit
Prairie du Chien
Charles Sauer
Achievement Club
Kocher and Hurt Light Up Cornell Art Exhibit
Mt. Vernon Iowa readers learn that Robert Kocher and James Hurt of Coe College Cedar Rapids present a joint exhibit at Cornell college Armstrong hall gallery featuring about 40 works including Kocher acrylics and Hurt oils. The show runs through March 17 with a Sunday reception from 3 to 5 p.m.
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MT. Vernon
Robert Kocher
James Hurt
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong Hall
Cornell College
Kocher
Hurt
Howard Roach Dies Noted Iowa Farmer
Howard L. Roach former president of the Soybean Council of America dies at 70 from a heart attack. He owned Roach Farms Inc Plainfield and served as vice president of Ex-Experience Inc a Minneapolis based food processing firm. Burial Saturday planned.
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Iowa
Plainfield
Howard L. Roach
The
Soybean Council of America
Roach
Roach Farms, Inc
Minneapolis
Ex- Iperience, Inc
Two Jump From Burning Waterloo House Hospitalized
Two residents were forced to jump from the second floor of a burning house in Waterloo. Luke Hackman, 36, was in fair condition and Sue Wilson, also of Waterloo, was in good condition with a bruised foot. Hackman's wife escaped unharmed.
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Waterloo
UPI
Luke Hackman
Sue Wilson
Hackman
Vic Damone Joins Joey Bishop Friday Night TV Duo
Singer Vic Damone joins Joey Bishop for a 10 30 p m program on COLOR channel 9 Friday night. The appearance promises light chat and musical bits from the pair.
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Vic Damone
Joey Bishop
Channel 9
Mere Grass Fires Plague Stanley Area
Four grass fires broke out in the Stanley area around 8 p.m. Thursday sparked by a Great Western freight train. Stanley firemen fought two within the city limits and aided Aurora crews on the right of way. Each outside call costs the railroad $100, with $400 already paid prior to Thursday’s fires.
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Marion
Milwaukee Railroad
West Highth Avenue
Pepperwood Hill
Stanley
Great Western
Oelwein
Aurora
Army truck crashes railroad signal in Marengo
An army truck from Camp Dodge driven by Charles F. Perry of Luzerne struck the Rock Island Railroad signal at the eastern avenue crossing in Marengo about 2:45 am Friday, demolishing the signal and badly damaging the truck. Night officer Robert Olson said Perry seemed to have fallen asleep.
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Marengo
Camp Dodge
Charles F. Perry
Luzerne
Rock Island
Eastern Avenue
Robert Olson
Perry
Regional planning aims to place centers within one hour of every citizen
Covington notes regional centers will not be mandated by law and will be flexible under an executive order. The plan requires legislative funding for moving, rent, and potential new state buildings, but aims to improve efficiency and reduce the current backup in the system.
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Covington
Want ads perform an im portant community service
A brief plea urges readers to read want ads daily as a public service to the community. The note emphasizes the value of notices and opportunities found in classified sections.
Iowa April draft call slightly lower than March
Iowa must supply 761 men in April, down from 781 in March, according to state Selective Service. Col. Glenn Bowles said the April national call was the highest in 18 months with 48,000 drafted, while March totaled 39,000.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Glenn Bowles
Three Teens Arrested in Lansing Car Vandalism Case
Three Minnesota high school boys were arrested Thursday in Lansing over vandalism to a car owned by Rev. Gerald Condon principal of St. George's School New Albin. Windows were broken chrome stripped and the motor tampered with. Two defendants are 16 and one is 17.
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Lansing
Minnesota
Gerald Condon
New Albin
St. George's School
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