Iowa Methodists Post Several Long District Shifts
At the Iowa Des Moines Conference Bishop F. Gerald Ensley announced three new district superintendents and multiple church postings across Burlington Ottumwa and Washington. Notable moves include Overhulser to Council Bluffs, Reed to Burlington district, Staats to Ottumwa, and Scheuermann and Maberry shifted into Oskaloosa and Villisca postings respectively, with others reassigned within their districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
F. Gerald Ensley
Iowa-Des Moines
Methodist Church
William F. Overhulser
Burlington
Council Bluffs
C. Raymond Reed
Washington
Everett H. Staats
Villisca
Ottumwa
Howard P. Buxton
Arthur V. Long
Boone
Claude W. Cooper
Creston
Walter M. Scheuermann
Oskaloosa
Reed
Alvin T. Maberry
Paul C. Ellis
Montezuma
Staats
L. L. Weis
Fairfield
J. Henry Teele
West Des Moines
First Methodist Church of
George G. Hunt
Grace Methodist Church
Waterloo
Dean Chapman
Burlington First
Hunt
O. E. Cooley
Council
Bluffs
Muscatine Mother Of 7 Gets Degree At Northwestern
Mrs. Richard Kautz of Muscatine earned a bachelor of education degree from Northwestern University after continuing studies by correspondence and weekend classes at the University of Iowa. She completed the program while caring for six of her seven children. The 37-year-old plans to remain a housewife and aims to aid her children’s schooling and address juvenile delinquency as a broader social issue. Her husband, an executive at Grain Processing Corp., attended the commencement with six of their children.
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Evanston
Richard Kautz
Northwestern University
Northwestern
University of Iowa
Muscatine
Grain Processing Corporation
Linda
Judy
Terry
Tommy
Susan
Sar
Cathy
Spilled Cream Driver Fined After Truck Overturns
Kenneth Rogers 20 was fined 50 dollars for reckless driving after his truck overturned on Highway 5 one mile east of Aurelia spilling 6000 gallons of cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Rogers
Highway 5
Aurelia
Eleanor Slifer Receives Fulbright Grant for England
Eleanor H. Slifer associate professor of zoology at the University of Iowa has been awarded a Fulbright grant for research in England during 1955 56. She will work at the Anti Locust Research center in London and in Birmingham lab and leave Iowa City for Woods Hole before departing for the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Eleanor H. Slifer
University of Iowa
England
Slifer
London
Birmingham
State Department
Walter F. Loehwing
SUI Graduate College
SUI
Woods Hole
Mass
Marine Biological Laboratory
Four More Polio Cases Reported in Iowa
DES MOINES UP four more polio cases were reported in Iowa last week bringing the yearly total to 46. Sac county led with seven cases including three in a single family, as the State Health Department noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Sac County
State Health Department
Polio Shots Scheduled for Calhoun County Students
Rockwell City urgent update says Calhoun County school children will receive their second Salk polio vaccine shots on Tuesday. The Parke-Davis and Company serum arrived in the area over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Parke-Davis and Company
Value of Government Contracts Up in Iowa
The Iowa Development Commission reports U.S. government contract awards to Iowa firms in May total 5 914 176 dollars, about five times April. Notable recipients include Collins Radio Company Cedar Rapids 2 609 397 135 080 and 105 480 Mast Development Davenport Blue Diamond Egg Council Bluffs University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Iowa City McCarthy Improvement Davenport 292 1233 Western Contracting Sioux City 2 492 758.
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Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
United States
Iowa Industries
U.S. Department of Commerce
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
Mast Development Company
Davenport
Blue Diamond Egg Company
Council Bluffs
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Iowa City
McCarthy Improvement Company
Western Contracting Company
Sioux City
Plane Crash Victim Wins $162 500 Settlement
Lyle D. Lyons a Braniff Airways passenger in the Swaledale Iowa crash Aug 22 receives a 162 500 settlement for injuries. Lyons from La Crosse Wisconsin was paralyzed from the waist down after the plane went down in a severe thunderstorm killing twelve and injuring seven.
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Mason City
Lyle D. Lyons
Braniff Airways
Swaledale
Iowa
Lyons
Bergstrom Air Base
Austin
Texas
la Crosse
Wis
Property Damage in Car Crashes Tops 52 Million
Des Moines report from the State Safety Department shows Iowa traffic accidents in the first four months of 1955 causing nearly 5 million dollars in property damage and a little over 3 million dollars in personal injuries. Crashes totaled 18,163, up 2,465 from the prior year, with property damage rising 400,000 and injuries up 62,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Safety Department
Iowa
Janitor's Shotgun Saves State Versus Pigeon Nuisance
Des Moines report states Elmer Barker, a statehouse janitor, uses his shotgun to scare pigeons roosting at the capitol. Auditor C B Akers proposed the cheaper shotgun method as effective, saving the state about 1920 dollars annually. Barker is praised as the best shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Elmer Barker
Barker
Statehouse
Fred Willis
C. B. Akers
Red Cross Swimming Lessons Attract Local Pupils
More than 50 pupils have registered for Red Cross swimming lessons sponsored by the Lions club in Mechanicsville. The program aims to teach water safety and basic swim skills to students from area schools.
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Mechanicsville
Red Cross
The
Lions Club
Iowa Counties Standouts In National Manufacturing Survey
Twelve Iowa counties appear among the nation’s top in various manufacturing classifications per the May 10 1955 Sales Management Survey of Buying Power. Black Hawk, Woodbury, Linn, Polk, Wapello and Dubuque lead in food and kindred products. Black Hawk Scott Linn Polk and Jasper top machinery. Polk and Lee lead rubber products, Scott and Marshall in instruments, Dubuque in lumber, Polk in printing and publishing, Des Moines in chemicals, Webster in stone clay and glass, and Linn in electrical machinery.
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Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
U.S
Commission
Black Hawk
Woodbury
Linn
Polk
Wapello
Dubuque
Scott
Polk and Jasper
Polk and Lee
Scott and Marshall
Des Moines
Webster
Turtle Stages Sideshow At Hoover Birthplace
Custodian John Thompson at the Hoover Birthplace found a giant turtle two feet from the flagpole base. He moved it aside and discovered a maternity den where the turtle had dug a mud nest and laid ten eggs near the pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Birthplace
Gazette
West Branch
John Thompson
New Assistant Benton Engineer Is Appointed
Ralph Thomas, assistant Delaware county engineer, is hired by the Benton county board of supervisors as assistant to County Engineer Bill Blackmer. He will assume duties June 16 at a salary of $5,520 a year.
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Winton
Ralph Thomas
Delaware
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Bill Blackmer
Thomas
Police Chief Resigns Post at Mason City
Police Chief Leo E. Allstots, 53, a noted pistol marksman, resigns with retirement effective July 1. Mayor Mendon accepts the decision and appoints Capt. L. F. Risacher, 56, to the post. Risacher begins his 33rd year on the force June 1 and has served as captain for 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Leo E. Allstosts
George E. Mendon
L. F.risacher
Risacher
Mechanicsville and Surrounding Areas News Briefs
Local notices report births and hospital patients across multiple towns. Sam Thumma at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. Henry Eggert at Iowa City University hospitals. Miss Wanda Cannon to Omaha course. Miss Eileen Zapf graduates in Dubuque. Miss Pauline LeClerc to Boulder summer program. fire truck purchased in Monona. Volga workers headed to Alaska. motorists injured in a Tipton two car crash. Red Cross swimming program planned in Chelsea.
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Mechanicsville
Sam Thumma
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Henry Eggert
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Greeley
George Koeneke
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Gahring
Johnson
Volga
Eileen Zapf
Clarence Zapfs
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Dubuque
Delhi
Pauline LeClerc
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Max Gernand
Fred Gernands
Alaska
Alaska Telephone Company
Tipton
Lowden
Eunice Kruckenberg
iCarl Prevratil
Davenport
Robert Schneider
Kruckenberg
Norman Boedeker
Carl Prevratil
Martelle
Ernie Stahl
Oxford Junction
Dan Mowry
Bennett
Fred Koranda
Chelsea
Leon Mullens
Des ‘Moines
Charity Horse Show Slated at Marengo
More than 75 entries from four states have registered for the third annual Marengo Charity Horse show on June 28. Proceeds go to the Marengo Memorial hospital fund with prizes totaling over $1,190 plus trophies and ribbons. Judge will be Lee Fahey of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Bill Caldwell
Marengo Chamber of Commerce
Marengo Memorial Hospital Fund
Lee
Fahey
Lee's
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Iowa Methodist
Ottumwa District
Eleanor Slifer
Fulbright
Towa News
Benton
Lewis Campbell
Keokuk County Hospital
Keswick
Thelma Johnson
Gibson
Mrs. Johnson
Decorah
Max Gourley
Winneshiek Burial Association
Quasqueton
Wanda Cannon
Electronic and Radio Institute At
Omaha
Lamont
Anna Helms
Clutier
Dave Hartwig
Waterloo Hospital
Ossian
William Dessel
Decorah Hospital
Josephine Lamp of
Ray Mowry
Mary Musel
James Pavelka
Cedar County
Thornburg
Helen Robinson
United Presbyterian Missionary Society
Buffalo
N.Y
Willman Construction Company
Virgil Miller
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Beulah Larson
Oxford Junction — City
Brown Addi
Ction
Clark Company
Masquoketa
Joe Caloud
St. Luke's Hospital
John Sheda
MT. Vernon
Mark Lott
San Rachel
Calif
Royal Parks
Barbara
Evelyn Repair
Cleveland
Glenn Stoner
Lott
Parks
Stoners
Mr. Stoner
Dodge
Nbc-Tv
Hendryx Motor CO
Main
Center Point
Lowe
Handler Motor CO
2Nd Avenue
8Th St
Buckner Motors
Monticello, Iowa
Third St. SE
ELGIN
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Diai
Craemers
Ironing Board
Craemer's
Grand Masonic Lodge OF
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