McGregor's Fred Widman Sells Town to Tourists
John Reynolds profiles Fred Widman a 5 year retiree who runs McGregor Kiwanis tourist information booth. He guides 2500 groups yearly and promotes McGregor attractions while also selling locals on local tourism. He notes a long season from Memorial Day to Labor Day and plans for Fall Leaf shows.
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McGregor
Fred Widman
John Reynolds
Gazette Sunday
Mrcnecor
McGregor Kiwanis Club
City Park
McGregor Area
Widman
Milwaukee
Duluth
Fred
Gulfport
Miss
Rewerve
John Bernalds
Mississippi River
Spook Cave
Decorah School Bond Vote Set
Decorah residents will vote on a $153,000 school bond to fund additions including classrooms and a multi purpose room at the local school. Officials say the project is a labor of love to expand space for handicapped children. If not approved, the plan faces defeat.
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Gane Decorah
Decorah
Thomas Roberts
Fred
Homecoming At SUI To Begin Oct 9
Iowa City reports final plans for 1959 Homecoming at the University of Iowa. Oct 9 parade and pep rally lead to entertainment at the Iowa Memorial Union followed by alumni events, a hockey game, and the Iowa Michigan State football game at 1 30 pm. Miss SUI will be Homecoming queen. Badges fund celebrations.
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Sui
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Jefferson Hotel
Omicron Delta Kappa
SUL Music Department
SUL Alumni Assn
Fieldhouse
Miss Sui
Herky the Hawk
Martin May Run Again Questionaire Indicates
U S Senator Thomas E Martin leans toward re election per a half page mailing to The Senate Cloakroom readers. The form lists 16 issues for recipients to mark as most important today, signaling possible second term plans.
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Martin
U. S
Thomas E. Martin
Sen. Martin
No Jail Sentence by Phyllis Fleming. Bonfigs World Trip
Ossian native Victor Bonfig discusses his 13 month worldwide hitchhiking journey from Iowa City to San Francisco and New Zealand. He details language barriers rough transport and encounters with tribes animals and police in Africa Asia and Europe. He reflects on the experience as a traveler not a tourist and notes Africa is not dark and people are often friendly despite anti American sentiment. He plans to shave his traveler beard before school starts and hopes to migrate to Australia for its growth and stability.
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Phyllis Fleming
Zealand
Owa
Victor Bonfigs
Bonfig
Navy
Africa
Africa and Had To Eliminate He Left Town City
Holy Land
Turkey
Iowa City
Italy
Australia
Ossian
Hospitalschool
Iowa State Teachers College
Colorados
College of Education
Greeley
San Francisco
New Zealand
Jeck
Nile
Agine
Hawaii
Siam
Malaya
Lapland
Finland
Sweden
Germany
England
France
Tanganyika
Belgian Congo
Rhodesia
South Africa
Indonesia
India
Nepal
Thailand
Singapore
Austria
Greece
Egypt
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Pakistan
Aden
Somaliland
Zanzibar
Mozambique
Fij
Services planned for Mrs James Smith of Iowa City
Services for Mary Jane Smith 44 of route 5 Iowa City are set Monday at 1 30 p m at Cat hout funeral home burial at Solon cemetery Born March 12 1915 in Solon she married James W Smith January 6 1934 died Thursday after a long illness Survived by husband three daughters Joan Juanita and Mrs Kenneth Jensen all of Iowa City a sister Jennie Becicka Swisher and a brother Joseph Herman Solon
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James Smith
Iowa City
Mary Jane Smith
Route 5
Cathout Funeral Home
Solon Cemtery
Solon
James W. Smith
Kenneth Jensen
Joan
Juanita
Jennie Becicka
Swisher
Joseph Herman
Squirrel Hunter Wounded in Wyoming Hunting Accident
Donald Ralph Noll aged 18 of Davenport was wounded by an accidental shotgun blast while squirrel hunting on the Curt Griffin farm in Wyoming. No further injuries reported and incident under local inquiry.
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Wyoming
Gazette
Donald Ralph Noll
Davenport
Curt Griffin
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Canadian
Royal Mounted
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Pikes Peak State Park
Coast Guard
Mississippi
Coralville Lake
Victor Bonfig
U.S
Oralville
Xu Yoir
Tthe
Coralville Reservoir
State Conservation Commission
Col. E. M. Fry
Engineer
Rock Island
Conservation Commission
Fry
Secretary of the Army
Coralville
Iowa Department of Health
The
Corps of Engineers
Rocksland
Coralville Dam
Iowa
Commission
George Jeck
Spirit Lake
Atttorney General
A. N. Humiston
Cedar Rapids
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