Presidio magazine praised as inmate and public voice at ISP
The Presidio, a 64 page Fort Madison Iowa prison publication, circulates domestically for a dollar yearly and reaches about 1,299 inmates at Iowa State Penitentiary plus outside readers. Led by Editor Lee Sweeney and staff, it blends news, humor, and inmate profiles, highlighting corrections issues and governor Beardsley’s death coverage while featuring life stories from ISP lifers.
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U. S. Penal Press
Presidio
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Chuck Nejedly
Lou Davis
Tom Runyon
Lee Sweeney
The
Penal Press
Madison
America
the Presidio
Life
ISP
William Beardsley
Parole Board
Military Leave and Reassignments Across Iowa Towns
Special to The Gazette lists numerous service members from North English to Waukon on furloughs, discharges, and new postings. Highlights include Robert G. Gilmore returning to Greenville and to be commissioned a second lieutenant January 19, radar and communications training, and various soldiers in Korea and Europe on duty with assignments at Camp Pendleton Fort Sill Kobe and Cherry Point among others.
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Robert G. Gilmore
Greenville
Miss
Lowden
Larry Mulbrook
Ira Werndt
Camp Pendleton
Calif
James Morrison
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Germany
Central City
Paul L. Egger
Gerald Merritt
Fort Sill
Oklo
Decorah
David Schneider
White Sands Proving Ground
N.M
Paul Schneider
Viola
Cecil H. Collins, Jr
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
North English
Phyllis Wade
Nancy Haynes
Offutt Air Base
Omaha
Robert Buckton
L. W. Buckton
Signal
Camp Gordon
Shellsburg
John Hagan
Howard Hagan
453Rd Engineer Construction
Korea
Waukon
Alvin M. Hanson
Carl J. Hanson
979Th Field Artillery
Don O’brien
Ed O’brien
Camp Carson
Colo
Vinton
James L. Brown
Harry Brown
Gunter Air Base
Walker
Robert L. Turkal
Robert J. Turkal
Davis Monthan Air Base
Tucson
Victor
Leo C. Warnick, Jr
867Th Field Artillery
Stanley van Auken
Iowa City
Martin L. Warson
Roy W. Warson
434Th Engineer
Cascade
Carl E. Kunt
97Th
Kobe
Japan
Ernest Paul
Salem
Boston
Winthrop
Robert Conrad
San Diego
Arlington
Jg) Dary] Clute
Kingsville
Texas
Don Clute
Quasqueton
M. J. Stavely
Charles Kidd
Stavely
Fort Leonard Wood
Oxford
James Nuezil
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Winthrop—Co
Jack Busse
Fort Riley
Kan
George Scott
Kalona
John
Jim Harland
Navy
Ronald Harland
Charles Harland
Coggan
Billy Trefz
Wurtsmith Air Base
Mich
Bud Trefz
Clarence
Cpl
Frank Dorseth
Scott Field
Servicemen's Roundup Notices Furloughs and Discharges
A roundup of service members returning home on furloughs and being discharged. Earl Lighty, a marine engineer, visits Camp Pendleton parents. Dale Devalt reports back to Larson Air Base after furlough. Other notes include promotions, reassignments, and discharges from bases in Japan, Washington, Kansas, Missouri, and Alaska.
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John Hanken
Paul Tancer
Norfolk
William Tancer
Sigourney
Gordon Honeycutt
Kelly Air Base
San Antonio
Aurora
Richard Knapp
Air Force
Leslie Knapp
Ossian
Norbert Wolfe
Corpus Christi
Texas
Joe Wolfe
Pfc
Gary King
Rose King
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Marion Hymes
Great Lakes
Greeley
Donald Engleken
Camp Carson
Col
Fort Knox
Chelsea
Kenneth Johnston
Ted Johnston
Whittier
Alaska
Decorah
David A. Brickner
Mechanics’ School
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Rowley
Keith Kress
Ralph Kress
Kodiak
Navy
Atalissa
Billy McKillip
Fort Riley
Kan
William McKillip
Lyle Long
Charles Long
Washington, D.C
David Brickner
Horace Brickner
Solon
Edward F. Steinbrech
Frank Steinbrech
Austria
Charles D. Morris
T. T. Morris
Sgt. Morris
Japan
Fifth Air Force
Dethi—Pvt
Earl Lighty
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ray Lighty
Stanley
Dale Devalt
Larson Air Base
Wash
Earl Devalis
Riverside
Dale Heck
Bob Hartzler
Alvah Hecks
Herb Hartzlers
McChord Air Base
Tacoma
Ossian—Nyle Nesvik
Melvin Nesvik
Lowell Harris
Lynn Harris
Twentynine Palms
Fort Atkinson
Myles F. Hageman
Andrew Hageman
Vernon
Donald R. Farris
J. R. Farris
Lowry Air Base
Denver
Sight System
Harold A. Steinhart
August Steinhart
France
Stanley A. Borseth
Glenn McCombs
Sedalia
Mrs
Ralph McCombs
Keokuk County Men Serve Aboard USS Miller
Two Keokuk county men serve aboard the destroyer USS Miller in the Mediterranean. Merlyn A. Morgan machinist’s mate second class and Seaman Jerry Morton are named in the Navy roster. Morgan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philo Morgan of Keswick and Morton the son of Mrs. C. H. Morton of Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Miller
Mediterranean
Merlyn A. Morgan
Jerry Morton
Morgan
Philo Morgan
Keswick
Morton
C. H. Morton
Volga to Receive Bids on School Addition
Bids for a $75 000 Volga school addition and remodeling project will be opened January 12 at 2 p.m. in the Volga school building. The bond issue for the construction was approved by voters in August.
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VOLGA
Stanwood Ray Bails Elected Worshipful Master
Stanwood Ray Bails has been elected worshipful master of the Masonic lodge. Other officers include Myron Workman as senior warden Glenn Zerbe as junior warden William Horr as secretary and Roy Flockhart as treasurer.
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Stanwood
Ray Bails
Masonic Lodge
Myron Workman
Glenn Zerbe
William Horr
Roy Flockhart
Buchanan Family Represents 319 Years of Living
The John Polk family of Independence spans 319 years of American living with four brothers ages in the 70s and 80s. Albert, John, George, and Henry Polk are part of a large lineage including 16 children, 45 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren across Buchanan county and nearby towns.
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Polk
Buchanan County
Polk Brothers
George Polk
Quasqueton
Albert Polk
Rowley
John Polk
Henry Polk
Brandon
Independence
John
Middlefield Township
Archie
Gerald
Stanley
Fay Gissel
Bill Williams
Cliff Matteson
Harold
Troy Mills
Everett
Waterloo
Arthur
Omaha
Richard
Richland
Wash
Merle
Montrose
Mich
Darrell Haines
Detroit
Jefferson Township
Henry
Cone Township
Pioneering Buchanan County Family Reflects on Old Farming Ways
The family, long time residents of Buchanan County, recalls binding oats by hand and walking corn plows. None of the four ever owned a tractor in their 319 years of fruitful living, marking a retirement rich with memories of pre-mechanized farming.
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Buchanan County
Iowa U Accepts 3521 In Grants From State Board
The State Board of Education finance committee accepted 3521.29 in gifts and grants for the University of Iowa. Major grant of 2500 came from Hoffman LaRoche to Dr. I G Ponseti for spine curvature study. A 500 from Iowa City Shrine Club funds an equipment pool for handicapped children. 421.29 from UI Alumni Association defrays 1954 WSUI football broadcasts. 100 from Mr. and Mrs. C Kadera supports the Hospital School for Severely Handicapped Children.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Virgil M. Hancher
Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc
I. G. Ponseti
Iowa College of Medicine
Ponseti
Iowa City Shrine Club
Hospital
SUI
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Iowa
WSUI
Charles Kadera
Iowa Hospital
Mrs Fay Convalescing After Hospital Stay
Mrs. E. A. Coggon Fay is convalescing at her daughter Mrs. Clarence Evers home in Walker after recent hospital release.
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Coggon
E. A. Fay
Clarence Evers
Walker
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Iowa State Prison
United States
Canada
Men of the
W. Walker
Percy Lainson
Lainson
Beardsley
Nation
Saturday Evening Post
Collier
Ispmen
Ford Thunderbird
Ford Service Training School
Paul Fleming
Thomas H. Fossum
Harold Fossum
Parks Air Base
John Paul
Frank Hayes
Chanute Field
Jim Hayes
Oklahoma
Herbert Hayes
Jim Biewen
Walter Biewen
Keith Peiper
Ardell Peiper
Garrison
Richard Mealhouse
Camp Lejeune
M. C
Newhall
Roger K. .Brehm
Edward Brehm
Navy Hospital
Francis L.byrnes
Francis Byrnes
Scott Air Base
Donald Schroedler
Army
William Schroeder
Dixie Beebe
Melissa Beebe
Rolan Waters
Harry Waters
Springville
Norman A. Nietert
Raymond Nietert
Taegu
Robert Lary
Letha Lary
James R. Winke
George H. Winke
2Nd Armored Division
Jerald Nietert
Fort Bliss
L. V.nietert
Charbonneau
Oakville
QMC
Carroll J. Smith
Bainbridge
Sharon Smith
Paul Egger
Jack Sweet
R. L. Sweet
James O’brien
L. V. O’brien
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Onslow
John Robertson
Bill Cox
Clifford Cox
Wichita
Richard Worrell
George Worrell
Mechanicsville
Lois Bunge
Emil Bunge
Urbana
Gale Cook
Rantoul
Arvin Gilbertson
Manly
Walter Hopker
Dale Hamilton
Lubbock
Roy Halls
London
Harley Steinke
Ed Steinke
Don Meier
Louis A. Meier
Bob Garfringer
Fort Campbell
John Garringer
Elmer Hemseth
Okla
Alvina Hemseth
Lisbon
William J. Kruse
Mississippi
Kruse
Halamka
Cedar Rapids
Allison
Hal
Hardin Des Moines
Buchanan
Maurice Stoneman
Gazette
Glenn
Charles
Marshalltown
Walter
Lake Park
Victor Miller
Ethel
Iowa U
M. W. Freese
Robins
Zenith
Medical Arts Surgical Supply
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