Western College: Roaming Past of a Once Promising Iowa Town
In Owa City, once a stop for a college rivaling the University of Iowa, Western’s campus faded to a desolate hamlet of about 80 people. The 17 acre site with three buildings was moved to Toledo in 1858, later becoming Leander Clark College, and finally merging with Coe College in 1919 after a doomed effort to secure rail access and local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
University of Iowa
Reynold Hertel
Owa City
Here
Cedar Rapids
State University of Iowa
Western College
Frank Netolicky
Mrs. Netolicky
Leroy Sword
Charles Witousek
Iowa
Iowa City
Toledo
Leander Clark College
Coe College of
Western Garage
Smith Auto Company
Donald Stroleny
Richard
Cedar Rapids Boat Club
Wake Up and Sing rooming house in Wyoming district
The 19 room onetime mansion in Wyoming operates as a rooming house named Wake Up and Sing. The Schoffs, from South Dakota, built gardens with miniature structures and imported flowers over 23 years, aided by Art Luke. Nearby, Al Schaul adds a displaced persons couple to his farm, and Dr. W. D. Tidball struggles with a train project. George Kan of Lansing praised as Eastern Iowa’s top fish fry cook, serving catfish and large gatherings. The feature ends noting Rev Hollinshead and wife in Manchester, carrying on their church work on $1,000 yearly income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lansing
George Kan
Elkader
Clayton County
Bill Allen
Kauffman
Hollinshead
Manchester
Clarence Cox
Wheelchair Couple Still Ministering at Manchester
The Hollingsheds, both ordained ministers, are in wheelchairs after fractures from accidents in their yard. Rev. N A Hollingshead, 77, resumed weekly sermons with neighbor aid. his wife Bertha Waters Hollingshead, 75, joined him after a leg fracture. They praise neighborly support and donations from across the country as they plan continued service and rest advised by a doctor.
Town’s Transformation From 1857 Growth to Deserted Roadside Scene
Describing a once bustling Western town with about 43 dwellings and 300 residents in 1857 that gradually declined into the presently deserted roadside stop, the piece traces historical shifts in population and appearance.
Clitheroe Newhall to Deliver Commencement Address
Dr. Eric Clitheroe, professor of religion and philosophy at Coe College, will address Newhall graduates on May 19 with the speech Walls and Bridges. A Wooster College and McCormick seminary alumnus, he earned a Ph.D. from Edinburgh and studied on the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Clitheroe
Coe College
Newhall
Wooster College
McCormick Theological Seminary
Clitheroe
Edinburgh
Manchester sophomore named Miss North Iowa candidate
Patricia Graessle, a Manchester high school sophomore, will represent her school as queen candidate for Miss North Iowa at the 11th North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City on June 14. The Manchester band of 60 players will perform under Prof. Erling B. Hanson, directed by him, with Dr. Frank Simon as guest conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Patricia Graessle
Manchester High School
Harold M. Graessle
North Iowa
Mason City
Frank Simon
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
His Honor Mayor Otis Lisle Popular In Toledo
Toledo profile of Otis Lisle elected mayor in March 1949 at age 36. Missouri native, former basketball pro with teams in Denver San Francisco and Kansas City, Army veteran with 29th Infantry Division, postwar career in Kansas City retail and two furniture stores in Toledo and Cedar Rapids. Married with a 4 year old daughter, a dog and two chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Otis Lisle
Lisle
Missouri
Easton Way
Maryville Teachers College
Maryville
Kansas City
Rexall
Paul Reichle
John Lisle
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Johnson Plans Sweden Visit From Manchester
Mrs Ebba Johnson of Manchester widow of Arvid Johnson sails from New York on the Gripsholm May 11 to visit her father and siblings in Sweden. She travels about 11 days each way and plans a three month stay returning to the East. The Johnsons farmed near Edgewood before his death and Mrs Johnson has since lived in Manchester and Joliet. Her daughter Alice, once of Manchester, trains as a nurse at University Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ebba Johnson
Arvid Johnson
Edgewood
New York
Gripsholm
Sweden
Alice
University Hospital
Iowa City
Villa Louis Festival Opens With Rodeo and Ball
McGREGOR Wis May festival at Villa Louis historic frontier mansion kicks off Friday with a costume tea by the League of Women Voters. A Friday costume ball follows and a weekend rodeo features five events with nationally known riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Whisker Club
Infant Dies in Accidental Suffocation in Iowa
Black Hawk County Coroner Sidney Smith ruled the death of 5 month old Gregory Lynn Smith an accidental suffocation. He said the infant likely put a net edge in his mouth and could not breathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Sidney Smith
Gregory Lynn Smith
Work Begins on New Building in East Manchester
East Manchester gears up for a new business at The Greater East End one mile east of town. H D Al Simmons returns from Cascade to partner with Howard Knockle in a furniture hardware store and ice cream venture. Eclipse Lumber builds a 16 by 24 foot glass block shop to produce Dairy Treet softer ice cream in four flavors. Open by June 1. Simmons resumes dairy work after five years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Greater East End
H. D
al” Simmons
Cascade
Howard Knockle
Knockle
Simmons
Eclipse Lumber Company of
Highway 0
Work Weekend at Camp Waubeek Cleans and Upgrades Camp
The Waubeek Boy Scouts hold a Work Weekend with 75 to 100 volunteers cleaning the camp and starting major projects. Tasks include a new rustic entrance using limestone and steel gates, a renovated water system with an underground control room, and new electric lines and lighting. Harold Eggleston leads 26 jobs such as carpentry and cleanup while six Scout mothers handle kitchen duties. donations from Cedar Rapids area supporters aid the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waubeek
Boy Scouts
Harold Eggleston
Parents’ Auxiliary
Troop
Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Valley Times
United Brethren Church
U. S
Schoff
Art Luke
al Schaul
Masonville
Strawberry Point
Hans Baumgartner
W. D. Tidball
Central City
N. A. Hollingshead
Hollingsheads
Dakotas
Florida
Alifornia
Texas
Hollingshead
Chariton
Lucas County
Hamiston
John Fletcher School
Oskaloosa
Adaville
Sioux City
van Meter
Sumner
Lundgren
Fort Dodge
Rose
William Terrill
Grand Junction
Claude Kenney
Jamaica
Clyde
Ames
Herman Christiansen
Oklahoma City
John
Consumers’ Cooperative
Nevada
Holheads
Mrs
Dr. Clitheroe Newhall
Buresh Motor, Inc
HERTZ
DIAL
FF Okinow
Tarow
AWAN
Credit-Certain Okinow
Second Avenue
Patricia
Virginia Lichty
Denver
San Francisco
East
Culver Motors
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