Marion Rural Bond Vote Slated For July 14
The Marion rural school district plans a July 14 bond election to fund a high school. A 386-signature petition backed a $260,000 bond to buy a site as the district reconfigures after a failed merger with Marion independent. Bond capacity rises after Dec 1 due to reassessment, with new valuation projections potentially allowing $280,000, and the September 1959 target remains for opening.
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Marion
Marion Rural
Marion Independent
Permits Issued For 5 Dwellings
15 new residences were issued this week by M. L. Taylor, city clerk. Howard Mitchell will build 3 dwellings north of the Marion boulevard, 1135 and 1165 Longview drive, each costing 8500, 1160 Longview drive a dwelling with attached garage, 9000, I. K. Davis a duplex at 225 Tenth ave, 8000, James L. Phillips a dwelling at 3030 Fifteenth ave, 10000. Other permits include sign at Toofs sledge hall, bathroom at 537 Eighth ave, attic finish at 915 Keyes court, root beer stand addition at 140 Sixth ave, 611 First st addition, re-roofing at 1160 Twelfth st, 500 addition at 966 Second ave, dwelling addition 2231 Fourth ave, garage at 1230 Seventh st, repairs at 1205 Eighth st, re-roofing at 1395 Tenth st, and repairs at Witwer Farm Supply.
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Burd Hardware
M. L. Taylor
Howard Mitchell
Marion Boulevard
Longview Drive
I. K. Davis
Tenth Ave
James L. Phillips
Fifteenth Ave
Toof Sledge
Seventh Avenue
Twelfth Street
Roger L. Northcott
Eighth Ave
Jack Schorle
Keyes Court
W. H. Luedtke
Sixth Ave
First St
Floyd Sorter
Twelfth St
Earl Tharpe
Second Ave
Roy O. Alexander
Fourth Ave
George Machacek
Seventh St
James H. Hoover
Eighth St
Bernard Schenken
Tenth St
Witwer Farm Supply
Contracts Set For New Wapsie Valley School
Special to The Gazette contracts totaling 433791 for building the new Wapsie Valley high school were awarded. Voters in April approved a 530000 bond to fund this and the rest will equip the school. Awards: general construction Dorman and Crandall Eldora 335633. plumbing Youngs Plumbing and Heating Waterloo 72400. electrical Freemans Electric Independence 25758. Building rises one mile north and three miles west of current site.
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Marion
ORAN
Wapsie Valley High School
Readlyn
Fairbank
Dorman and Crandall
Eldora
Young’s Plumbing and Heating
Waterloo
Freeman’s Electric
Independence
Plans For New Gymnasium And Theater In 1959
Loran and associates plan a facility ready for occupancy in September 1959. The project includes a gymnasium seating 1,200 and a theater with a 360 student capacity.
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Loran
Oelwein Woman on TV Honors Father at Live Show
Mrs. Frank Davis of Oelwein appeared on This Is Your Life honoring her father Mike Fetters 61 a rural mail carrier for 34 years. Fetters was in California for a postal convention and attended the show with tickets provided. family and friends were flown in for the telecast.
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the Gazette
Oelwein
Frank Davis
Mike Fetters
Indianola
California
Limnpine Court Receives Petition for Absolute Divorce
The petition in a Cedar Rapids Iowa proceeding seeks an absolute divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment endangering health, plus willful desertion since April 1955. It asks custody of minor John Joseph Stinglen II and such other equitable relief. Respondent notified to appear by July 10, 1958 or default judgment may be entered.
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Tninor
John Joseph Stinglen
Cedar Rapids
Ted V. Ruffin
Plaintiff
Guaranty Bidg
Iowa
Interstate Commerce approves removal of Belle Plaine rail line
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the North Western railway to abandon an 89 mile Belle Plaine to What Cheer branch in Iowa, after years of insufficient traffic since 1956. The decision followed a prior denial of abandonment.
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Deemer
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
North Western Railway
Belle Plaine
What Cheer
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Irwins Clothing
Willis Jordan
Jordan
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Adv
Rosa Fairley
Eleventh St
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Pharmacy
A. J. Baldridge
Barbara Baldridge
Warsaw
Nabisco Graham
Dickey’s Foods
B. W. Schenken
Schenkens
Rudolph Schenken
Gradua
Marion Sporting Goods
Sorgs
Mrs. C.c.lyman
Correctionville, Ia
N. F. Sorgs
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Dayton, Ia
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Gibson’s Locker
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Michigan State College
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Wapsie Valley
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