Picnic honors Larry Davises in Clarinda Park
A Sunday picnic in Clarinda Park honored Mr and Mrs Larry Davis and their son Michael of San Jose California who visited relatives in Clarinda for a month. Attending were Mr and Mrs Jerry Reber of Lincoln Nebr Mr and Mrs Eldon Miller and family of Siam Mrs Elizabeth Mae Hatfield Miss Ella Bix and Mrs Lola Reid. Reid Shields and children of Siam visited briefly in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda Park
Larry Davis
Michael
San Jose
Calif
Clarinda
Jerry Reber
Lincoln
Nebr
Eldon Miller
Siam
Elizabeth Mae Hatfield
Ella Bix
Lola Reid
Reid Shields
Sunderman Family Reunion Elects 1955 Committee
Gilbert Sunderman chaired the Sunderman family reunion at Clarinda Park on Tuesday August 17 with 57 members present. A basket dinner followed at noon. The 1955 committee was elected including Gilbert Sunderman, Lavern Sunderman, Merrill Sunderman, Darwin Herzberg, and Paul Richey. the 1955 reunion is set for the third Tuesday in August at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderman
Clarinda Park
Gilbert Sunderman
Lavern Sunderman
Merrill Sunderman
Darwin Herzberg
Paul Richey
the Park
31st Miller Loy Reunion Held Sunday at Clarinda
The 31st Miller Loy reunion was held at the Clarinda city hall basement Sunday August 15 with 33 attendees. New officers named for the coming year include Earl Fishbaugh president Della Shoemaker vice-president Esther Fishbaugh treasurer and Ona Knox secretary. George Shoemaker led the afternoon program with several songs and the 1955 reunion is set for Shenandoah on the third Sunday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller-Loy
Clarinda City Hall
Earl Fishbaugh
Della Shoemaker
Esther Fishbaugh
Ona Knox
George Shoemaker
Shenandoah
August Social Calendar Almanac Highlights
Nodaway Lodge 146 holds first degree at 7 30 pm on Thursday August 19 Rebekah meeting at the JOOF hall time unspecified Pfander family reunion set for Saturday August 21 at city park noon Open house for Don Walker’s 25th wedding anniversary Sunday August 22 from 2 to 1 pm Ace club event Wednesday August 24 with Mrs Jack Pullan 615 West Clark 2 15 pm Page County WCTU meeting Wednesday August 25 Shenandoah Christian church 1030 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nodaway Lodge
Rebekah
Joof Hall
Pfander
City Park
Don Walker
Ace Club
Jack Pullan
West Clark
Page County Wctu
Shenandoah Christian Churen
Marriage of Jack Arthur and Beverly Bentzinger
Mr and Mrs Read Arthur announce the marriage of their son Jack to Miss Beverly Bentzinger daughter of Rev and Mrs Warren Bentzinger of Cleveland. Jack a Iowa State College graduate and former U S Navy hopeful is linked to escort duty aboard the USS Phillip in the Pacific. Beverly resides with her parents in Cleveland and is undergoing merchandising training at Haley's department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read Arthur
Jack
Beverly Bentsingr
Warreth Bentzinger
Cleveland
Ohin Jack
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
U Navy
Phillip
Pacific
Hererly
State University of Town
Haley's Department Store
Pink and Blue Shower Honors Mrs Srite at Home
Mrs Jim Krise and Miss Elaine Huseman hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs Melvin Srite at Mrs Krise's home Friday. Fifteen guests attended including out of town guest Bernice Mahoney and her son from Villisca. Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Srite
Jim Krise
Elaine Huseman
Melwn Srite
Krise
Bernice Mahoney
Villisca
Special Entertainment at Rebekah Lodge Meeting
Rebekah lodge to hold special entertainment and refreshments at IOOF hall this Thursday evening starting at eight o clock. The event is open to members and invited guests seeking a light, social program with refreshments after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Whigham-Clark Engagement Plans for November Wedding
Plan for November wedding announced by Mr and Mrs Clarence Whigham. Jean Whigham the future bride, is engaged to Wade Clark son of Mrs Ida E Addieman of Avalon Missouri and WR Clack of Mt Home Idaho. Miss Whigham once worked at Page county rural and is now a statistician for United Jew A services in Kansas City. Clark served in the Navy and previously worked at a local trust and savings bank before enlisting. The couple plans a November ceremony in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Whigham
Planchard
Iowa
Jean
W Pale Clark
Ida E Addieman
Avalon
WR Clack
Mt Home
Idaho
Miss Whigham
Page County Rural
United Jew A Services
Kansas City
Mir Clark
Ty Trust and Savings Bank
Sasteal
S Navy
Pearl Harbor
Heath Herzberg Wedding in Missouri Valley
Miss Helem Jean Heath and Lawrence Mersberg were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Missouri Valley Iowa on August 10. The ceremony featured soloists Bruce Wagoner and Maude Adams with Rev Puc Figge officiating. Mrs Kellaway and Miss Gerberding of Clarinda served as bridesmaids, with Sandra Heath maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helem Jean Heath
Lawrence Mersberg
Marciage
First Presbyterian Art
Missouri Valley
Puc Figge
First Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Iowa
Miss Heath
Harlan S Heath
Herzberg
Martin Herzberg
Clarinda
Bruce Wagoner
Maude Adams
Joe Tunnicliff
Sandra Heath
Helen Kellaway
Mary Anne Gerberding
Maid of Honor
Douthit Family Reunion Held Sunday at Park
The annual Douthit reunion gathered Sunday at the park shelterhouse with 59 attendees. A basket dinner followed noon, as members introduced new faces. Mary Douthit of Clarinda was the oldest. Janice Jillson was the youngest. Edna and Perry Douthit families from Lincoln, Nebraska traveled furthest. Fannie Oehler volunteered as secretary for 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douthit
Don Jillson
United
Mary Douthit
Clarinda
Janice Jillson
Edna Douthit
Perry Douthit
Lincoln
Neb
Fannie Oehler
Hays Reunion Chooses Officers For Next Year
Mrs Phoebe Clayton was elected president with LuElla Fuller as secretary and Mrs Blanche Smith as recording secretary at the Hays family reunion held Sunday August 15 at Clarinda park. Sixty five relatives attended a picnic and the next gathering is set for the third Sunday in August at Clarinda park.
Carolyn Malone to Wed John Paul Millhone
Mrs Helen M Malone and J W Malone announce the engagement of their daughter Carolyn Malone to John Paul Millhone son of Mr and Mrs Paul L Millhone of Clarinda The bride elect graduated from Simpson college in 1953 and works as a psychiatric social worker at the Mental Health Institute in Clarinda The groom is an alumnus of the University of Iowa The wedding is set for September 12 at the First Presbyterian church in Indianola at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M Malone
Indianola
J W Malone
Davenport
Carolyn
John Paul Millhone
Paul L Millhone
Clarinda
Miss Malone
Simpson College
Mental Health Institute
Millhone
State University of Iowa
First Presbyterian Church of
Clarinda Nuptials Highlighted by Local Family Ties
The wedding of a Clarinda couple features orchid pompom mums and lavender gowns with Miss Jeanie Gansermer and Virginia Pullan as honor attendants. Gilbert Sunderman serves as best man, with ushers and relatives from Clarinda, Hepburn, and Granville participating. A church reception followed with multiple family members pouring and serving. The couple plans to reside at 508 N 14th Street in Clarinda after a Black Hills honeymoon. both work in nursing and farming respectively. Open House marks 25th wedding anniversary of Don and Mrs Walker at 110 East Logan Street with a 2 to 5 pm visit window. A Clarinda Country Club luncheon plus bridge event names prize winners, hosted by Mrs Arnold May and Mrs Cecil Irwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie Gansermer
Missouri Valley
Virginia Pullan
Clarinda
Miss Gansermer
Miss Pullan
Gilbert Sunderman
Victor Herzberg
Raymond Fitzen
Hepburn
Delbert Herzberg
Earl Herzberg
Don Walker
East Logan Street
Country Club
Clarinda Country Club
Leo Cox
Charles Davidson
Arnold May
Cecil Irwin
McCoy's Farm Dream Sets High Milk Production Record
McCoy's Farm Dream, a registered Guernsey cow owned by Ralph M McCoy of Hepburn Iowa, produced 7743 pounds of milk and 444 pounds of fat. The record equals about 3488 quarts of high quality milk, under the American Guernsey Cattle Club registry. Dream, a junior two year old on test, was milked twice daily for 305 days and is a daughter of Skyline Triumph's Royalist. The record was supervised by Iowa State College of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
McCoy
Ralph M McCoy
Hepburn
Iowa
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Guernsey
Skyline Triumph
Royalist
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Shurman Smiths Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Shurman Smith marked their 50th wedding anniversary at home on August 17 with a family dinner. Married August 17, 1904 by Reverend Prince, they resided in Clarinda nearly all their married life. They are parents of nine children, five living and four deceased, with ten of their 30 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren present among a gathering that included several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shurman Smith
Smith
Prince
Clarinda
Opal Marsh
Syracuse
Nebr
Ellen Radford
Griswold
Iowa
Edith Morse
Kansas City
Earl Smith
Hepburn, Iowa
Sharlean Spargur
CITY AND RURAL AREAS GROWING TOGETHER IN CLARINDA
Clarinda Lions heard rural leader Jacob Stimson explain how nearby communities merged into a single urban rural community. He recalled horse farming, later tractors, and the spread of electricity since 1946, noting farming is now a business with bigger overhead. Bob Ott of Woolworth attended. Bob Williams won a watermelon door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Linderman Hotel
Jacob Stimson
Stimson
Pleasant Ridge
Bob Ott
Woolworth
Bob Williams
Page County Nears Bond Sales Quota
Iowa totals for July and seven months in 1954 show strong savings bond purchases with $10,617,364 in July and $96,344,883 for seven months. Page County reports $1,153,446 for seven months at 82.87 percent of its county quota, while Lucas O’Brien and Tama exceed 100 percent. Crop damage cited as a drag, but state and nearby counties maintain solid progress toward targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
O’brien
Tama
Bradley
Iowa
Taylor County
Fremont County
Montgomery County
Legion Auxiliary Serves Dinner for Kiwanis Club
Tuesday evening the Kiwanis club and ladies met at the Legion hall for a fine chicken dinner prepared and served by the Legion Auxiliary. There were no program features except community singing led by Dr Norman Render.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Nor_man Render
Local Births and Surgeries Listed by Clarinda Families
The August records show births and medical procedures in Clarinda and nearby towns. Entries note Mr and Mrs Lowell W Hawn welcoming a boy with Grace Scroggs and Sadie Walker involved, plus Ortha Reynolds. Marlin Shrimpton's family in Villisca greeting a girl. Additional health entries include Sadie Coulter, Maggie Woods, Adolphine Wellhausen undergoing surgeries and Harold Minard in Hep burn surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell W Hawn
Clarinda
Grace Scroggs
Sadie Walker
Ortha
Sadie Coulter
Maggie Woods
Villisca
Adolphine Wellhausen
Harold Minard
Hepburn
Death of Wayne Earhart Reported in Florida
Wayne Earhart aged 58 and former Clarindan resident died in Orla Vista Florida on Wednesday night after years of poor health. Survivors include wife Gladys Salgren Earhart two sons Robert and Tom three daughters Carolyn Judy and Mary Alice two brothers Raymond of Clarinda and Fred of Nashville and one sister Aletha Clevidence of Kansas City Missouri Funeral plans await Tom's return from Germany with the U S Army Wayne Earhart served in Co F Rainbow Division in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Earhart
Clarindan
Orla Vista
Fla
Earhart
Gladys Salgren Earhart
Robert
Tom
Carolyn
Judy
Mary Alice
Raymond
Clarinda
Fred
Nashville, Tenn
Aletha Clevidence
Kansas City
Germany
Co F
Rainbow Division
Two Page County Women File Divorce Petitions in Court
Two Page county women have filed petitions in Page county district court seeking divorces. Laura C Dunn of Valley township asks divorce from Oren B Dunn and custody of three minor children aged 1, 4 and 6, in a petition filed Saturday. In a petition filed Tuesday, Leona Clark seeks divorce from Marvin Clark and custody of a minor child, an infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
Laura C Dunn
Valley Township
Oren B Punn
Leona Clark
Marvin Clark
Defective muffler fines and truck tariff ruling on docket
Robert J Derry fined $2.50 by the State Highway Patrol on August 11 for a defective muffler. Ronald Overman penalized $5 by the State Highway Commission on August 3 for a truck tariff issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J Derry
State Highway Patrol
Ronald Overman
State Highway Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry Davises
Sunderman Family Reunion
Vern’s TV Service
Jack Arthur
Beverly Bentzinger
Kathelyn James
DEW Drop Inn
Jean Whigham
Herrgerg
Buster Brown
America
Bualer Brown
America’s Favorite Children’s Shoes
North Side Square
Clarinda, Iowa
Phoebe Clayton
Hays Reunion
John P Millhone
Carolyn Malone
Mrs Shurman Smith
Lions Club
Nodaway County Fair
Fair Grounds
Maryville
Missouri
SUN
Sese
BIG Smith
OTIS
Cook’s
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