Amana youth education legacy and returnee stories
The Amana community sees high school and college pathways improve as native families return. Adolph Schmieder and Donald Kraus highlight local roots and service, while the Zubers explain reasons for coming back to run a restaurant and raise a family. Selzer notes Amana’s small class sizes and strong PTA participation reflect deep community heritage and diversified local industry.
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Selzer
Amana High School
McGregor and Guttenberg Iowa sightseeing loop attracts visitors
A travel feature highlights McGregor with Spook Cave and Moody's Museum, then traces a scenic loop via Guttenberg Luxemburg New Vienna and Dyersville to Manchester. The piece notes river activity, waterfront parks, fishing in the Mississippi area, and local landmarks such as Holy Trinity and St. Boniface churches.
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McGregor
City
McGregor Area
Mississippi
National
Nayshanal
Garnaville
Guttenberg
Highway 52
Luxemburg
Church Row
Holy Trinity Jhhurch
St. Boniface
New Vienna
Dyersville
Former East Iowa Soldier Writes Poems From Wheelchair
Conrad Russell, a former Marine sergeant captured at Corregidor, spends his days composing poetry despite multiple sclerosis. Immobilized in a Santa Barbara hospital, he writes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., channels hope through verse for local publications, and reflects on a life shaped by war and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Iowa
Norway
Conrad Russell
Corregidor
Philippines
Russell
Santa Barbara
Hurd Russell
Seattle
LeRoy
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Monticello
Bret and Bart Maverick Romance Tonight on Channel Nine
Bret and Bart Maverick headline a TV night at 6:30 on Channel 9 with a romance focus. The western duo star in a spirited plot as viewers anticipate a moodful episode.
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Bret
Bart Maverick
Channel 9
Des Moines Teens Admit Theater Hoax
Twelve Des Moines Roosevelt high school students confessed sending letters inviting about 300 people to a free drive in movie as a prank. Sheriff Wilbur T. Hildreth said the letters promised admission to an Alfred Hitchcock film Not For Love Alone that does not exist. No charges decided yet after the investigation.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Roosevelt High School
Wilbur T. Hildreth
Hildreth
Angelic Hope Poem Fragments Across Nightly Verse
Two poem fragments contemplate faith and endurance in darkness. The speaker cites an angel named Hope as a source of light and asks whether she will stay through coming strife or vanish like a fading memory. The lines evoke longing and uncertain fate.
NSF Fellowship Awarded to Decorah Student
Decorah student Robert J. Hillers receives an NSF cooperative graduate fellowship cited by Congressman Leonard G. Wolf. The grant funds continued graduate study in mathematics at Iowa State College with a $2,200 annual stipend.
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Decorah
Robert J. Hiller
National Science Foundation
Leonard G. Wolf
Iowa
Hiller
Iowa State College
Prisoner Russell and wartime poems referenced in Cedar Rapids report
The article notes Russell, once captured by the enemy, returning to Cedar Rapids after the war with renewed hope. It mentions wartime poems and a segment titled The Fall of Corregion on Channel 9, as well as a WHIRLYBIRDS program seeking a doctor to warn of danger at 6.
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Bill Zuber
Cornelia Moershel
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Russell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clayton County
Gazette
John Reynolds
St. Francis Xavier
Moody's
Amana
The
Amanas
Reichman
Adolph Schmieder
Donald Kraus
Amana Pharmacist
Kraus
University of IoWa Pharmacy College
Japan
Amana Society
Zubers
Zuber
Cornell College
Young Zuber
Old
Community Heritage
ISEA
NEA
PTA
Iowa State
Midwest
McGregor Landing
Spook Cave
Highway 18
Moody’s Museum
Jtown
U. S. Fish Culture Station
Department of the Interior
Manchester
U.S. Dam
Nellie Grant
Samuel Merrill
Effigy Mounds
National Monument
Marquette
NSF
Dor” Russell
Elysian Fields
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