Winthrop Honors Family Doctor on 69th Birthday Parade
Winthrop salutes Dr H A Housholder as he marks 45 years since medical school graduation on June 15. The town plans a parade and dinner to fund a memorial room at Independence's People's hospital, honoring a physician who has delivered over 3 000 babies and served in North Dakota and Iowa communities.
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Winthrop
H. A. Housholder
Iowa
Housholder
People’s Hospital
Independence
Quasqueton
Minot
Center
North Dakota
Harold Housholder
Hal
Here
Alva C
Ella T. (Parson) Housholder
Iowa State Academy
Iowa City
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Lelia Bloom
N. D
Householder
Three Des Moines youths sentenced for auto theft
In Des Moines district court three youths pled guilty to auto theft. Mervyn Carroll Williams, 17, received 1200 dollars in fines and 12 months in jail for two auto theft counts. Ronald Eugene Polson, 17, jailed six months for failing to pay a 600 dollar fine. Donald Ray Bivins, 18, fined 500 dollars or five months in jail, also unpaid.
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DES Moines
INS
Mervyn Carroll Williams
Ronald Eugene Polson
Williams
Donald Ray Bivins
Fisherman Nets Nine Trout on Main Street in McGregor
Fred Bachtell of McGregor, driving an oil truck, allegedly caught nine trout on Main Street after an Iowa hatchery truck spilled water and fish onto the pavement. The two high school seniors Jolene and Janet Bachtell broiled the catch for dinner.
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McGregor
Bloody Run
Iowa
Fred Bachtell
Iowa Hatcheries
Fred
Bachtells
Jolene
Janet
State Income Tax Revenue Drops in Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission data show income tax receipts through May 1 total $10.1 million, about $2.5 million below last year as farmers’ income lagged. About 231,406 returns filed this year versus 246,978 last year, with 223,571 full payments and 7,835 first installments. March 30 was deadline. many returns filed in the final days.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
George Robb
37 Plots Still Available for C R Gardeners
The playground and recreation commission offers 37 unclaimed garden plots across three community gardens. Delays from a late spring and heavy rains required prep work including disking plowing and cross harrowing. Each plot costs 3.00 and can be chosen from charts at city hall or by dialing 8121.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
K Avenue
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Cleveland Garden
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Ellis Boulevard
O Avenue NW
City Hall
Manchester Couple Marries Today In Sign Language Ceremony
A deaf couple from Manchester Mary Rose Girard and Merle J Taylor wed at 2 p m in Winthrop Methodist Church. Attendants Betty Bedard and Donald Cook, both of Waterloo, join the couple from Council Bluffs school.
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Mary Rose Girard
Merle J. Taylor
Manchester
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Betty Bedard
Donald Cook
Waterloo
Council Bluffs School
Winthrop Methodist Church
Robert Butler
Taylor
Sam Taylor
Winthrop
Miss Girard
Louis Girard
Sioux City
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Three Iowa High Schools
The University of Iowa Phi Beta Kappa chapter will award traveling plaques to three Iowa high schools for freshman year scholastic achievement. Awards target schools by size, with eligibility based on freshman enrollment and academic averages from the 1949-50 year, to be given next fall.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Iowa Phi Beta Kappa
Legal Institute for Thirteenth District Attorneys Meet in Waukon
Attorneys from Allamakee Clayton Fayette Winneshiek Howard and Chickasaw counties in Iowa's 13th judicial district will gather for a legal institute at the Waukon Golf Club on Monday afternoon and evening.
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Legal Institute
Allamakee
Clayton, Fayette
Winneshiek
Howard
Chickasaw Counties
13Th Judicial District
Waukon Golf Club
Liberty Bell Tour Arrives in Iowa for Independence Drive
The Liberty Bell replica, symbol of the Independence bond drive, will tour 114 Iowa towns starting in Dubuque and continuing through July 4. It will visit Manchester, Independence, Vinton, Tama, Toledo, Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Mt. Vernon, Stanwood, and other communities with local celebrations. Governor Beardsley welcomed the bell, which will be presented to Iowa after the tour.
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Treasury Department
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Blackhawk
Benton
Tama
Jones
Linn
Cedar
Clinton
Iowa
Manchester
Independence
Vinton
Toledo
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Stanwood
William S. Beardsley
Open House Continues With Parades Shows And Dairy Empress
The Cedar Rapids Open House featured student musicians and church activities with a 1:30 p.m. program led by KCRG sportscaster Bob Brooks. Events included parades, crowning ceremonies, a 25-band Eastern Iowa festival, a Cedar Rapids Decatur Three I game, tours of plants and shopping events.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Brooks
KCRG
Linn County
Johnnie Jones
Dairy Empress
Iowa
Lions Club Elects Meyer as President at West Union
Doran Meyer has been elected president of the Lions club here. Harry Raney is first vice-president, Henry A. Peterson second vice-president, Jaim Barnes third vice-president, John M. Tate secretary, and Everett Scott treasurer.
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Valley Forge
West Union
Russell Hillman
Tiny Sluka
Calmar
Fred Ritchie
Jan Masmar
Gary Foote
Gary Beermann
Leo Murphy
Wayne Johnson
DeWayne Johnson
Clermont
Jim Morris
Bob Snodgrass
Bob Warnke
Maynard
Waldo Kalso
Jerry Wangsness
Carl Ingvoldstad
Decorah
John Redman
Bruce Goetsch
Tommy Wright
New Hampton
John Ahern
E. L. Cooney
Jack Bellis
Ken Ingelstadt
Henry A. Peterson
Doran Meyer
Lions Club
Harry Raney
Jaim Barnes
John M. Tate
Everett Scott
Fairfield Man Outstanding 1949 Jaycee
Merton E. Ephraim of Fairfield was named Iowa's outstanding young man of 1949 at the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce state convention. He heads Wel Aim Corporation owner of the Leggett hotel and serves as manager. Ephraim has led Fairfield civic drives and chaired state Jaycee projects while active in Lions, Elks, Eagles, Masons and the Presbyterian church. The award was presented by Gerald Hiland of Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Merton E. Ephraim
Fairfield
Iowa
Parsons College Fund Drive
Fairfield Jaycees
Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Safety Congress
Lions Club
Ephraim
Lions, Elks, Eagles, Masons
Izaak Walton League
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Presbyterian Church
Gerald A. Hiland
Cedar Rappids
Holy Year Pilgrimage for Solon Clergyman
The Rev. Carl F. Clems pastor of St. Mary's Solon will depart New York June 23 for Rome on a Holy Year Pilgrimage and return August 19 Parishioners of St Marys and St Peter and Paul mission church presented funds for the voyage.
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Carl F. Clems
St. Mary's Church
Solon
Rome
New York
St. Mary’s Church
Mission Church
Bids Sought for New Gym Construction Tools and Supervision
West Union bids invited for supervision and necessary construction tools for building a new gym at Wadena Independent School. Bids must be received by 8 p.m. May 29.
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West Union
Wadena Independent School
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Fred J. Pierce
C.R. Gardeners
Mr. Taylor
SUI Phi Beta Kappas
Liberty Bell
Dahlias
Guarante
C.O.D
Owen Nursery
Bloomington, Ill
Rainbow Assembly
Fairfield Man
Jaycee
Fairfield Community Chest
Jefferson County
U. S. Savings Bond Division
Memorial Swimming Pool Commission
Westinghouse Appliances
Westinghouse
Owen America
Westinghouse Automatic Waffle Baker
Westinghouse Food
Westinghouse Streamliner
Wilstan
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