SAC Colonel to Address Quarterly C of C Dinner
Cla rinda Chamber of Commerce will host Col Robert F Stafford of Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt AFB for the Sept 4 dinner at St John’s Lutheran Church. Stafford, a San Francisco native with 16 years of U S Air Force service, will discuss SAC. tickets sold in advance under Art Greenwood.
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Clarinda
Stafford
San Francisco
Calif
United States Air Force
22Nd Bomb Wing
15Th Air Force
March Air Force Base
15Th Air Force Headquarters
Japan
Strategic Air Command
Directorate of
Art Greenwood
C L Hunt
Chamber
Family Duets Win At Iowa State Fair
Two Page County families dominate the Iowa State Fair livestock events. Ann Livengood and Ronald Livengood win 4-H and FFA Corriedale ram and ewe and multiple placings. Joe and Mike Henderson sweep 4-H swine breeds and FFA swine championships, including Tamworth and Yorkshire divisions. John Straight earns a blue ribbon in 4-H heavyweight fat lamb.
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Page County
Ann Livengood
Braddyville
Ronald
Joe Henderson
Coin
Mike
Joe
Tamworth
Yorkshire
FFA
John Straight
Bedford
DROWNS IN FARM POND NEAR CONWAY
Charles Cason Jr age 16 drowned in a pond on his parents farm near Conway while swimming with two younger brothers. He would have been a junior at Clearfield High School. Send Herald Journal society and local news to LI 2-2181.
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Charles Cason Jr
Conway
Clearfield High School
Gas lines torn from home by street grader on North 13th
Gas lines to the Clyde L Anderson home were yanked out Friday when a city grader working on a curb and gutter project on 13th Street hooked the service pipe. The meter inside the house was pulled through the wall, but no pilot lights were on and damage is limited to bent pipes and the water heater connection. The Andersons were away on vacation.
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Clyde L Anderson
13Th St
Andersons
Emma Burpede
Anderson House
Minnesota
Tax Body Recommends Boost in Junior College Aid
Iowa Taxation Study Committee orders a bill to raise general state aid for public junior colleges to 180 dollars per student yearly replacing the current 45 dollar level. Clarinda Junior College highlighted as part of the proposal which would place two year schools under the State Board of Regents.
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Iowa Taxation Study Committee
Iowa
Clarinda
Allan Hoschar
Des Moines Register
State Board of Regents
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Iowa Junior College Association
Nine Juveniles Admit Entry and Damage at Rural School
Nine youths aged 14 to 17 admitted breaking into a rural school six miles southeast of Shenandoah early Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Tom Cumming and Chief of Police John Keenan tracked tire marks. They broke in through the front door, damaged window lights, tore books, and damaged a piano.
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Shenandoah
Tom Cumming
John Keenan
Threshing veteran William Fust marks 60th event near Fontanelle
Near Fontanelle William Fust took part in his sixtieth annual threshing at the family farm. Now 85 he has helped thresh there since about 1896, a long running farm tradition.
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Fontanelle
William Fust
Fatality Ends Long-Standing Record In Page County Crash
A three car collision Sunday near Clarinda on Highway 2 killed Warren R Marpe 35 Lamont and injured his wife Marjorie Dorothea 34 and two New Market youths Ronald Darling 17 and Billy Brown 17. Police say Edward Anderson 15 drove one car, attempting to pass, and struck the Richey’s car causing a chain crash involving the Blake vehicle and the Marpe vehicle. The incident ends a more than year long traffic fatality record for the area.
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Page County
Warren R Marpe
Lamont
Decatur County
New Market
Clarinda
Highway 2
State Highway Patrol
Marjorie Dorothea Marpe
Ronald Darling
Billy Brown
Marpe
Darling
Brown
Highway Patrol
Edward Anderson
Andy Blake
Leslie Blake
Dr C F Richey
Clarinda Chiropractor
Anderson
Richey
Richeys
Studebaker
Blake
Anderson Blake
Marching Band Plans Early Fall Practice in Clarinda
Clarinda’s marching band begins fall drills a week before school opening under director Richard Mowery. About 115 members report, including 16 in the color guard and pom pon squad with new uniforms in progress. The group eyes Creston Band Festival, state contests, Red Oak parade, and Maryville College band day with dates to be announced.
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Clarinda
Richard Mowery
Fairgrounds
Mowery
Creston
Red Oak
Maryville College
Eight students added to college list this year
Eight students have been added to the list of those going away to college this year. Names include Commercial Extension College Omaha Shirley Wise Jean Peter Open Bible College Des Moines Lowell Simmons Marilyn Simmons Iowa University Iowa City Donnie Bennett Jack Brokow Iowa State Ames Eldon Greimann Nebraska Methodist Nursing School Omaha Connie Hughes Colorado College Denver Gail Flynn Bethel College South Bend Jack Ferguson National Christian College Kansas City Charlotte Murren.
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Commercial Extension College
Omaha
Shirley Wise
Jean Peterman
Open Bible College
Des Moines
Lowell Simmons
Marilyn Simmons
Iowa University
Iowa City
Donnie Bennett
Jack Brokow
Iowa State
Ames
Eldon Greimann
Nebraska Methodist Nursing School
Connie Hughes
Colorado Saeee College
Denver
Gail Flyn
Bethel College
South Bend
Jack Ferguson
National Christian College
Kansas City
Charlotte Murren
Lady Born Slave Dies at 106 in Clarinda
Lizzie Oldham 106, a former slave born in Kentucky, died at her stepson Charles Oldham’s Omaha home. Widow of Charley Oldham, she lived in Clarinda about 50 years and was AME Church member for four decades. Burial at Clarinda Cemetery.
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Lizzie Oldham
Grant Street
Omaha
Charles Oldham
Oldham
Clarinda
Charley Oldham
AME
Edward Robinson
Missouri
G R McGrighy
Clarinda Cemetery
Quick Dive of Bystander Saves 3-Year-Old in Lake
Ed Desch spotted Jackie Fugle slip from a motor boat into Schencks Lake. He dived in to rescue the three year old as the parents, Mr and Mrs Jack Fugle, stood on the boat’s far side unaware of the fall. The child emerged unharmed.
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Jackie Fugle
Schencks’ Lake
Ed Desch
Jack Fugle
Methodist Ministers of Page County Plan Sept 7 Meeting
Page County Methodist ministers will meet at Clarinda Methodist Church on September 7 to discuss plans for emphasizing local church work in coming months. The session is called by Creston District superintendent Rev Dr Claude W Cooper with a general Methodist emphasis on local church work over the next four years. Also discussed are the new publication Together and support for the conference campsite program.
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Page County
Clarinda Methodist Church
Creston
Claude W Cooper
New Methodist
Couie Sisters Return From Sudan Mission Service
Two sisters end 73 years of Sudan mission work and retire in Clarinda with a third sister joining them. Una Couie received a Royal Africa Society medal in 1955 for devoted service. Mary Couie completed 35 years of work and faces pension changes under church boards. They taught mainly in homes among a Muslim population, focusing on evangelism.
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Sudan
Clarinda
Miss Una Couie
Mira Mary Couie
F R
Nan) McKee
Garfield St
Toachers
Karl
Mabel) Kinney
Tingley
US East Coast
Mary Coule
United Presbyterian Church
Miss Mary
Miss Una
General Church Board
Junior High Students Urged to Register Thursday and Friday
Principal Grant Whitney asks Clarinda Javist High School pupils to re register at the new building on Thursday and Friday. Seventh and eighth graders should register even if they already did. Students may report to his Garfield School office from 9 am to 4 30 pm on the two days.
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Jr High School
Clarinda’ Javist High School
Grant Whitney
Whitney
Garfield School
Sam
JulySavings bonds investments reach a Page County total
July investments in U S savings bonds in Page County amount to 115 880 with seven month total 1 092 376, 64 percent of the 1956 quota. Iowa July bond sales total 13 063 170, 62 percent of annual goal, seven month total 1 038 166 260. CE Bradley notes Page County ranking among the best in Iowa and above national average. Other counties show seven month totals and percentages toward quotas.
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United States Savings
Page County
Iowa
CE Bradley
Clarinda
East Page County
Fremont County
Adams County
Liberalized FHA Credit Aims At Page Farmers
Oliver B Hagglund of Shenandoah says Farmers Home Administration loosens rules to serve more farm families. New authority covers refinancing and higher operating loan limits with loans for operation housing soil and water conservation and emergency needs. Eligible until June 30 1959 for family-size farms.
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Farmers Home Administration
Oliver B Hagglund
Shenandoah
Page
Fremont
Mills
FHA
Atlantic
Hagglund
Jeanne Peterson
Reti Rist
Cation Gaben
Faces Trial Here for False Check
Gene McAlister faces trial in District Court on a charge of drawing and uttering a false bank check for 20. He allegedly cashed the check at Jack's Tavern Shenandoah Aug 15 drawn on Atlantic State Bank of Atlantic with no funds. He waived preliminary hearing and is held in Page County Jail on 200 bond. Twilah Mae Smith seeks divorce from Ernest L Smith in District Court. They wed Oct 22 1955 at Shenandoah. Vernon Johnson awarded 150.88 to Shenandoah Chamber of Commerce against Lyle Hargis for rent owed on an apartment. Shirley E Simons was granted a divorce from John L Simons and custody of a minor child. Elbert A Read dismissed his petition against Joseph and Donna Kramerer with prejudice. the Krammerers dismissed their cross petition against Read.
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Gene . McAlister
Jack A Greene
McAlister
Jack
Shenandoah
Atlantic State Bank of Atlantic
A D Latimer
Page County
Twilah Mae Smith
Ernest L Smith
Vernon Johnson Friday
Shenandoah Chamber of Commerce
Lyle Hargis
Hargis
R. Kent Martin
Shirley E Simons
John L Simons
Elbert A Read
Joseph
Donna Kramerer
Krammerers
Read
AME Minister Seeks Return to Clarinda Church
The Rev William Brewer, pastor for nine years, left for annual conference in Davenport this week. Despite a five member local congregation last year, the Davenport conference supports the unit with a Des Moines minister. Local members request his assignment here again. Display ads in Herald Journal due by 11 pm Wednesday and 4 pm Friday.
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William Brewer
Clarinda Ame
Davenport
Des Moines
Herald-Journal
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