Spouses Swap Marriages Shocks Brandon Iowa Area
Two divorced Brandon couples held wedding ceremonies in Lancaster Missouri, swapping partners. Russell Bourne wed Leona Miller and Everett Miller wed Evelyn Bourne, with their four children accompanying the mothers. The Bournes live on a farm near Brandon. the Millers in Brandon, where Mr Miller runs a garage. Other local notes include civic chatter, a Leap Year bachelor feature, and Keokuk County town precinct names.
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Brandon
Lancaster
Russell Bourne
Leona Miller
Everett E. Miller
Evelyn D. Bourne
Bournes
Millers
Miller
Bourne
Iowa Republicans and Democrats prepare for caucuses and Lincoln Day events
Eisenhower Taft campaigns surge in Cedar Rapids and Linn County with door to door efforts and county chairmen reporting expected turnout. Des Moines Lincoln Day dinner features Rev W H Alexander and Robert Vogeler. about 2 200 tickets at 25 dollars. Benton county elects George Good as Democratic chairman in a shifting local leadership scene.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ted Birdsall
Rodney Birkicht
West Side
Birkicht
W. H. Alexander
Oklahoma City
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Iowa
Des Moines
Halleck
Washington
Alexander
Robert Vogeler
Iron Curtain
G.O.P
Shrine Krnt
Cnty
Birdsall
Bruce West
Newhall
Benton County
Theee Valley Times of
Vinton
George Good
Robert Harder
Good
John Drilling
Harder
Benton County Farm Bureau
Family Life Conference Set at Ames College in 1920
The second annual Family Life Conference at Iowa State College March 1920 promotes home economics themes under the Home Economics Division and Extension Service. It invites parents and youth statewide for a two day program with staff talks, panels, movie excerpts, exhibits and a morning program by Martha Duncan.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Division of Home Economics
Home Economics Extension Service
Martha Duncan
University of Iowa Stages O Neill Play The Great God Brown
University of Iowa presents The Great God Brown by Eugene O Neill from March 7 to 15 directed by John R. Winnie. Cast includes James Reeder of Cedar Rapids and Richard F. Houston of Iowa City as Eastern Iowans.
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Iowa City
Eugene O’neill
University of Iown Theater
John R. Winnie
Winnie
State Board Slows Down On Projects
The State Board of Control, normally issuing multi million dollar contracts, is building a backlog as it waits for materials and labor conditions to improve. Plans include a 65000 shop building at Eldora and a 365000 power plant at Marshalltown with 135000 sewage unit at Glenwood, while 1500000 patients building at Mt. Pleasant proceeds. Backlog totals about 5200000 with pending projects at Independence Clarinda and Cherokee mental health institutes and a 700000 classroom building at Glenwood.
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DES Moines
State Board of Control
Iowa Training School For Boys
Eldora
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Glenwood State
Independence, Clarinda
Cherokee
Mt. Pleasant
Glenwood Institution
Arnold
Lions Club Show Sponsored by West Union Group
Eastern Iowa students from Upper Iowa University will perform Collegian Capers in a student show sponsored by the West Union Lions club. Presented April 1 and 2 at West Union high school gymnasium. Participants include Jim Cline, Dave Thompson, Don Hickman, Don Martin, George Nissen, Nat Leo, Marge Minger, Dorothea Gebhardt, Norm Eels, John Aversa, Waldo Walker, Jim Baber, Eleanor Wagner, Roger Wilson, Earl Johnson, Lorna Cline, Donna Moellering, Clara Hendrickson, Mary Nickels, Marilyn Jensen, Marian Tressmer and others.
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Fayette
Eastern Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Mechanicsville
John Aversa
Oelwein
Waldo Walker
Jim Baber
Clutter
Eleanor Wagner
Roger Wilson
Hopkinton
Earl Johnson
West Union
Lorna Cline
Donna Moellering
Clara Hendrickson
Elgin
Mary Nickels
Anamosa
Marilyn Jensen
Marian Tressmer
Arlington
Northwestern Bell announces new Iowa rate schedule
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company lowered some intrastate long distance rates in Iowa by five to 10 cents for calls over 46 miles. Interstate rates for certain distances between 600 and 2,300 miles rose by five to 10 cents. The changes, endorsed by FCC and railroad and utilities commissioners, aim to reduce intrastate interstate rate disparity. The Iowa income is said to be unaffected overall.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Federal Communications Commission
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Elderly Iowan Dies in Towing Accident Near Salem
An elderly Henry County resident died when a car being towed by an oil truck near Salem lost control on a gravel road. R. F. Poffenbarger, about 70, was killed. his daughter in law Mrs Raymond Poffenbarger and her two children were treated. The chain broke during tow, the car spun into a ditch, overturning and throwing him from the vehicle.
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Salem
INS
Henry County
R. F. Poffenbarger
Raymond Poffenbarger
Poffenbarger
William P. Sammons
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Safety Congress Set for April 22 23 in Des Moines
The third annual Iowa Safety Congress will meet in Des Moines April 22 23 with Edna Woodward as manager. State county and community officers will join business and industry reps to plan the 1952 53 program across nine sections including farm fire industrial traffic school home recreation commercial vehicle and aviation safety. Each section will vote on recommendations to form the overall agenda.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Safety Congress
Edna Woodward
Congress
Iowa
General Assembly
Eldora Club Woman Mrs. Koeneman Dies at 76
Eldora resident and club woman Mrs. E O Koeneman died Saturday at age 76. Details on funeral arrangements were not disclosed.
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Eldora (Ap
E. O. Koeneman
Eldora Club
McGregor Pioneer John Elbling recalls early town days
John Elbling of McGregor born Aug 5 1862 recalls a bustling river trade era with a cigar factory his father founded. He describes local industries warehouses and Diamond Joe Reynolds as the town’s lively past and notes the shift to tourism today.
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Gazette Sunday
Mcgregor
John Elbling
Iowa City
Prospect Street
Ash Avenue
Elbling
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Elbling Rememan
Diamond Joe Reynolds
Diamond Joe
Joe
Decorah Hospital Adds MacEachan Obstetrical Table
Decorah hospital expands equipment with the addition of a MacEachan obstetrical table enhancing maternity services. The new item is installed in the obstetrics department to support patient care and birthing procedures.
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Decorah
MacEachan
Decorah Hospital
Bank Rates Rise Slowly Across Iowa Regions
The article notes savings rates in Anamosa stay steady while time certificates rise one to two percent. Western Iowa banks offer one to one and a half percent, with eastern states showing sharper increases. A Des Moines source says loan demand fuels higher savings rates as banks compete to attract funds for lending. Savings and loan rates across Iowa hover around three percent in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
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Mone
Wegman
Dubuque
Cedar
Iowa
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Council Bluffs
Associated Press
Des Moines
Savings and Loan Association
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Offers Two Geology Courses At Summer Camp
Cornell college will run two geology courses at Camp Norton in northwest Wyoming as part of a summer geology camp in cooperation with Miami University and Mississippi State College. Six credit hours may be earned in six weeks with two sessions from June 29 to July 26 and July 27 to August 23, plus a graduate course for Mississippi State and Miami University.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Camp Norton
Wyoming
Herbert Hendricks
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Mississippi State College
Mountaineers Show Travel Film Trails of the Andes
Iowa Mountaineers present a color travelogue Travel Trails of the Andes by Herbert Knapp tonight at 8 in Macbride auditorium Iowa City. The film depicts Indian life on 10 000 foot Ecuador and Peru plateaus with scenes of Lima Arequipa Cuzco and other cities including ancient villages and the world’s highest standard gauge railroad Knapp a California native began film work in 1936 and during WWII produced South American pictures for the Office of Inter-American Affairs.
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Iowa City
Herbert Knapp
Iowa Mountaineers
Macbride
Ecuador
Peru
Lima
Arequipa
Cuzco
Knapp
South America
Coordinator of inter-American Affairs
Shooting Stars variety show staged by Palo American Legion
Palo city signees plan a two night 8 p m stage show titled Shooting Stars featuring local talent in ten TV show re enactments. The professionally staged production promises period costumes and a television theme centered program.
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Palo
Palo American Legion Post
T. W. van Winkle and Son
I Company of
Salem
Skunk
Sigourney
Calmar Woman Randi Bjorderud Observes 90th Birthday
Mrs. Randi Bjorderud of Calmar will observe her ninetieth birthday on Tuesday with family and friends marking the milestone.
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Calmar
Randi Bjonerud
Alburnett Men’s Club Stages Benefit Minstrel Show
Alburnett’s newly formed Men’s Activity club will present a benefit minstrel show in the high school auditorium on Friday night. The program includes crossfire, songs, a Dixieland band, and a one act comedy titled Trouble at Coon Holler School. Proceeds go to the school’s new equipment fund.
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Alburnett
Coon Holler
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