Police Fines and Crime Report for 1961 Summary
Fines and police court costs in 1961 totaled 13539.13 dollars with traffic cases 1981 and 151 other cases in Judge Miles Adams' court. No homicide or several violent crimes occurred. 22 burglary and breaking and entering cases. grand and petty larceny 14 and 59 respectively. four auto thefts. Police reported 146 accidents, 38 injuries, four fatalities in 12 years, noting a dip from 1960 and ties to highway expansions. Community notices list women’s club meetings, garden club gathering, PEO Chapter CS, Marion Canton No 7 events, and a potluck supper schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton W. Ford
Miles Adams
Ford
Keep Trim Class To Start at Marion
A women's keep-trim class will be held at the Marion branch YMCA three days a week. Searle Deaver said the class meets at 10 a.m. on Monday and Thursday and at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The schedule also lists Monday activities including grade school gym classes at 4 p.m. and recreational swimming at 5 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
YMCA
Searle Deaver
Jacks Skelly
Smith Champlin
Sliders
Coiling Old Badgers
American Legion
Collins Tech
Wayne Wrights Observe Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Wayne Wright of route 1 plan a Sunday March 4 silver wedding anniversary open 2 to 5 pm at their Midway area home. Their three sons Larry Willard and De Wayne of Burbenett Texas and sister in law Mrs Cliff Phelps oversee plans. Chapter K1 PEO meets in home of Mrs George Murdoch Tuesday at 1 pm. Meeting notices include Ivanhoe club postponed, Patmos Commandery No 27 KT 7 30 pm at Masonic temple, Marion lodge 6 AF and AM meets Tuesday, Cornelian club Monday 7 45 pm at Mrs Beryl Dickeys, Grove City Rebekah lodge Monday 7 30 pm at OOF hall, Marion Mothers club Thursday 7 45 pm at Mrs James Johnston 2815 Sixteenth avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Wright
Route 1
Midway
Larry
Willard
DeWayne
Burburnett
Texas
Cliff Phelps
PEO
George Murdoch
John Kumnick
Marion High School
Australia
Marion Mothers Club
James Johnston
Sixteenth Avenue
Church Notes First Baptist Weekly Schedule Recounts Services
The clipping lists Monday to Saturday events for First Baptist and other churches including Grace Baptist Christian Lutheran St Paul and Methodist. It notes potlucks dinners training and choir rehearsals as well as prayer services and confirmations. A dedication from the Hite family thanks friends for sympathy and a Marion Chamber of Commerce board meeting is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Rachel Booth
Sunshine
Grace Baptist
Visitation
Operation Outreach
General Meeting
St. Paul’s Lutheran
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Veterans Benefit Totals Then and Now in 1961
Veterans and families in Iowa received 99,167,589 in total cash benefits and services during the 1961 fiscal year. Compensation and pensions to living veterans reached 40,313,801 for 45,522 cases, while death benefits to dependents totaled 12,632,963 for 15,237 deceased veterans. GI insurance payments amounted to 16,524,113. Vocational rehab assisted 69 disabled WWII and Korea veterans with 126,902 in subsistence and supplies, and GI bill trended with 2,470 training veterans receiving 3,287,732 in cash allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. W. Christensen
Des Moines VA
Christensen
Services Monday for Hattie F. Moore 96
Hattie F. Moore 96 oldest resident of Alburnett died at the home of her daughter Mrs William Wilson Saturday morning Born August 28 1865 at Blue Mound Illinois she wed Palmer Moore March 8 1885 he died in 1932 She lived in the Alburnett area 27 years a member of the Alburnett Christian church Surviving daughters Mrs Wilson Mrs Clarence Stahly of Alburnett and Mrs Charlie Griffin of Marion a son Elmer Moore of Alburnett nine grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Services 130 pm Monday at Alburnett Christian church Burial Lafayette cemetery Friends may call at Murdoch chapel in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alburnett
Hattie F. Moore
William Wilson
Blue Mound
Ill
Palmer Moore
Moore
Charlie Griffin
Marion
Elmer Moore
Alburnett Christian Church
Lafayette Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
Fidelis circle of Kings Daughters dinner meeting Tuesday
Fidelis circle of Kings Daughters will have a dinner meeting Tuesday in the home of Mrs. A D McCann. Members are to bring own table service. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Donald Bateman or Mrs. McCann by Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis Circle of Kings Daughters
A. D. McCann
Donald Bateman
McCann
Display of Linn County History Highlighted for Tax Returns
Display of historical Linn county articles is planned with tax return services noted. DR 70239 appointment for McElwain is advotated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
McElwain
Leslie Klink Seeks Seat in Legislature for Clayton County
Leslie Klink a 35 year old farmer from the Littleport area announced Saturday his bid for the Republican nomination as state representative from Clayton county He earned a 1956 state soil conservation award and has been a delegate to state and national Angus conventions He serves as a director in the Iowa Beef Producers Assn Kenneth Fuelling a Farmersburg Democrat currently holds the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Leslie Klink
Littleport Area
Clayton County
Iowa Beef Producers Assn
Kenneth Fuelling
Farmersburg Democrat
Scout Exposition Seminar Slated for Monday Evening
An exposition seminar will be held Monday at 6 30 p m in Bishops at Lindale Plaza as the first step toward six expositions across Linn Jones Benton Johnson and Washington counties. Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council leaders say district exposition chairs will attend to outline plans and showcase the scouting program to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Jones
Benton
Iowa
Johnson
Washington
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Bishop's
Lindale Plaza
Fritz Rohrlich to lecture at Dakota Wesleyan
Iowa City professor of physics Fritz Rohrlich will visit Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell South Dakota March 27 to 30 under the auspices of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics as part of a nationwide program to stimulate interest in physics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Fritz Rohrlich
University of Iowa
Dakota Wesleyant University
Mitchell
S.D
American Assn. of
American Institute of Physics
Commissions in Air Force to Two Iowa City Nurses
Two Iowa City nurses were commissioned as air force officers. Frances Ellen Walker became captain after earning a master’s from SUI and nursing research work at University hospitals. Mary Phyllis McMahan became second lieutenant and is a Mercy Hospital staff nurse. both will take a three week aviation medicine course at Gunter in Montgomery Alabama before assignments to Travis Air Base and Keesler Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Iowa City
Frances Ellen Walker
Holy Trinity High School
Richmond
Marycrest College
Davenport
Mary Phyllis McMahan
Lourdeshall
Mercy Hospital
Germany
Gunter Branch School of Aviation Medicine
Montgomery
Ala
Walker
Travis Airbase
San Francisco
Chamber Supper Panel Discusses Manchester Offerings
Manchester residents attend an oyster chili supper at the Presbyterian church dining room. A panel will discuss What Does Manchester Offer, or What Should We Be Offering to the Consumer. Panelists include John Vermazen Martin Cole Walter Schiel Vic Ganske Ed Ossenkop and Doug Palmer with James Goodwin as moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
John Verma Zen
Martin Cole
Walter Schiel
Vic Ganske
Ed Ossenkop
Doug Palmer
James Goodwin
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Cedar + rapids
Sun
Varion
Marion Woman's Club
John Low
Seventeenth Avenue
James Allis
West Marion
Frank McLeod
Clinton H. Moyer
Prairie Chapel Homemakers Club
Harold Murray
the Gazette
PTA
Hazel Snell
Emerson Elementary
Don and
Dorothy Baxter
Wayne Wrights
Ivanhoe Club
Patmos Commandery
Masonic Temple
Marion Lodge No
Cornelian Club
Beryl Dickey
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Cedar Rapids
Esther
Priscilla
Viola Gibson
Norman Waffle
Robert Hite
Charles Hite
William Simmons
Adv
Sorg Pharmacy
Lincoln Pta
Allen Lowell
First National Bank
Carroll Keleher
Kenneth Keleher
Eleventh Avenue
Stephanie Munger
Theodore Munger
Eleventh Street
Sulowan
Dakota Wesleyan
Seventh Avenue
Wari Farton
Queen & Teen
Playtex
Voice of America
Edward R. Murrow
Daytona
Florida
St. Paul
Minn
Eric Jason
Lawman
Troop
Deputy McKay
Mark Stevens
Troy
Dave Carter
Evans
Bob Brooks
Bret Maverick
Diane Brewster
Katharine Hepburn
Scotland
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