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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1960
Page
2
The list points to multiple Clayton County recreation options along Bloody Run Creek Buck Creek Ensign Hollow North Cedar Creek Plum Creek Pony Creek and Turkey River offering outdoor access and leisure activities for visitors seeking rivers and waterways.
The conservation board outlines multiple planned ventures aimed at improving parks, trails, and public spaces. Officials emphasize community input and funding strategies while detailing potential site refurbishments and educational programs for residents.
Clayton County Conservation Board faces a wide array of tasks on a slim $10,000 annual budget. Projects include roads ide parks near Elkader and McGregor, camping and canoeing facilities, and a new 2-acre tree planting site near Strawberry Point donated by H. H. Stone and Ella E. Ellis. The Turkey River area, noted for bass, catfish and trout, anchors the effort with several access points and a planned public boat ramp in Clayton. Club scouts and groups from Oelwein and Dubuque bolster canoeing, while members Alvin Kregel, Robert B. Gray, William Weir, F. C. O'Donnell, and Don Meder guide the board.
East Iowa students at Wartburg college earn second semester honors. Names include David Garrels Tama Sharon Leistikow Fairbank Eric Meisgeier Elkader Paul Ahrens Wyoming Catherine Carr Monona and Julie Schlarmann Monticello.
A concise notice notes a businessman expands sales via Gazette Want Ads. The item highlights growing reach and reliance on classified advertising to drive customer engagement and revenue opportunities.
About 350 young Iowans attend the eleventh All-State Music Camp at the University of Iowa, with 151 in band, 70 in both band and another division, 51 in chorus, 40 in twirling, and 33 in orchestra. Concerts are slated for today at 3 p.m. and Friday at 8 p.m. A camp king and queen will be crowned on the final day. East Iowans include Betty Hawley Anamosa Janet Roth Atalissa Catherine Rausch Calmar Ingrid Anderson Cedar Rapids Kathryn Decker Marjorie Hanks Karen Smothers Clermont Mary Novak Clutter Mary Allen Conesville Carol Haight Marcia Norland Phyllis Somerville John Wiedeman Cresco Mary Austin Elizabeth Austin Fayette Richard Pundt Homerstead Martha Bender Keswick Robert Crawford Mary Reiss Lone Tree Judith Bertrott Judith Bowstead William Decker London Vernon Lester Diana Shores Judith Tinker Manchester Corwin Berry Julie Eggert Marengo Alice Kuntz Martelle Lorna Heins Robert Plaehn Monona Martha Shackford Mt. Vernon Susan Beerkrem Karen Dennis North English Michael Burns Janet Zimmerman Oxford Dennis Winegarden Sigourney Janet Brownell Stanley Eleanor Gerdes Craig Kuehl Linda Lee Strawberry Point Margaret Burke Doris Dolash David King Toledo Linda Lyon Patti Morrison Traer James Hemingway Cynthia Lindberg Kay Maher Patty Miller Sandra Pedersen Sue Thomas West Branch Barbara Burr Virginia Burr Connie Carey Virginia Eves Anne Hawley Douglas Johnson Karen Keele Beverly Milder Judith Ruby Gary Van Cleave West Liberty Larry Keig West Union Sandra Boland John Elwood Kathie Houseman Bill Lillis Winifred Newcomb Sharon ONeill Williamsburg
The North Fayette County community school district reports record enrollments for 1959-60 under Supt. E. C. Gast. Total enrollment reaches 1,380 with average daily attendance 1,285. Elementary enrolls 1,043 with 965 daily. High school enrolls 337 with 320 daily. State funding based on attendance will bring about $35,000 in winter aid.
Camp Klaus near Colesburg opens for six one week sessions through July 30 with 550 boys signed up. An average of 110 scouts attend each session as 36 troops participate. They eat in a dining hall run by three Colesbury cooks who must prepare two meals away from civilization. Camp activities include swimming life saving cooking boating wildlife observation crafts rifle archery conservation and canoeing. Land is rented from Clifton Klaus of Colesbury. A field day is planned.
Pvt Eugene Craig arrives in Okinawa as part of army radio broadcasting and visual activity in the Pacific after graduating from the University of Iowa in 1959. Navy pre flight graduate Eugene Mathews at Pensacola, Fla. and Pvt Gary Lamb joins 545th signal company in Germany. Larry Bergeson returns home after 13 months in Seoul and 30 day furlough prior to White Sands assignment.
The Whirlybirds mounted a daring rescue of a firefighter Sunday at 6 on Television 9, delivering a dramatic airborne save aired to viewers.
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