Clarinda Blood Drive Targets 240 Pints Dec 13
East Page County Red Cross launches an all-out drive after a regional request doubles the Dec 13 Bloodmobile quota to 240 pints of O type blood. A 10 bed operation is planned at City Hall basement from noon to 6 pm with donors urged to book and bring friends.
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East Page County
Red Cross
Taylor Pharmacy
Pullan
Dean Nowels
College Springs
William Mannasmith
Coin
Wilfred Kirschner
Max Masmar
Clarinda
Early Birds Line Up for Auto Plate Numbers at Courthouse
Shenandoah residents Tom Cutter and James Weir Jr claimed low numbers 73-0001 to 73-0004 at 4:39 am with 391 plate sets sold day one. Leonard Posten and W J Gross also secured notable numbers as sales continued on a first come basis.
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Tom Cutter
James Weir Jr
Shenandoah
Paul Isaacson
Cutter
Weir
William
Leonard Posten
Hepburn
Isaacson
W J Gross
Gendler Stone Low Bidder on Final 1955 County Road Work
Gendler Stone Products Co of Des Moines was the low bidder on the last project in the 1955 Page County road program. Bids for 2.2 miles of gravel or rock surfaced road were opened by the Iowa Highway Commission in Ames. Gendler bid 11 606.40 and must complete by December 17.
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Gendler Stone Products Co
Des Moines
Page
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Gendler
Amity Township
Man Hospitalized After S D Day Mishap Near Tarkio
Nathaniel Albee of Hamburg was hospitalized here after an S D Day auto crash six miles east of Tarkio Missouri Thursday night. He suffered a broken hip and head lacerations after his car spun on an icy highway and threw him from the vehicle. He could not identify who transported him to the Clarinda hospital.
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Nathaniel Albee
Hamburg
Tarkio
Stanley Edgar
Albee
Clarinda Hospital
Clarinda
R G Muckey
Villisca
Charles E Orme
Orme
Airport Turn
Highway 71
Olive Fidler
Veterans Housing Project
Airport Road
L G Lewis
Stanton
Lewis
Green Acres
David Anderson
Studebaker
Many Occupations Included On Tax Study Committee
The Iowa Taxation Study Committee brings diverse professionals to a Dec 16 10 am meeting at the Courthouse. Chairman Sen X T Prentis a hatchery operator from Mount Ayr serves 16 years in the Legislature and aims to curb overlapping state government activities to cut taxes. Vice chairman Rep Edward Oppedahl a farmer bank director and assessor notes the challenge is to equalize taxes across the economy and use public funds wisely. Secretary Sen Herman Knudson a retired businessman urges identifying demanded public services and delivering them at low cost. Other members include L P Boudreaux Cedar Rapids Dr Robert Johnson Iowa City Rep Jay Colburn Harlan Henry Heideman Rockwell City Sen Frank Elwood Cresco Sen W C Molison Innell Rep Blythe Conn Burlington Jim Henry Carson W J Johannes Ashton and Dr William G Murray Ames as director of research. They will form a panel at the grassroots Dec 16 meeting to gather opinions from Adams Cass Fremont Mills Montgomery Page Ringgold Taylor and Union counties and invite farmers retailers banks industry schools officials lawyers doctors realtors and unions.
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Iowa Taxation Study Committee
Sen X T Prentis
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Budget and Finance Control Committee
Prentis
Edward Oppedah
Renwick
Oppedahl
Herman M Knudson
Clear Lake
Mason City
Senator Knudson
House
Senate
Finance Control Committee
Knudson
L P Boudreaux
Cedar Rapids
Robert Johnson
Iowa City
Jay Colburn
Harlan
Henry Heideman
Rockwell City
Frank Elwood
Cresco
W C Molison
Innell
Blythe Conn
Burlington
Jim Henry
Carson
W J Johannes
Ashton
William G Murray
Ames
Adams
Cass
Fremont
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Ringgold
Taylor and
Union
Viennese pianist Joerg Demus to perform in Shenandoah
Due to Earl Wilds illness the Southwest Iowa Civic Music Association features Joerg Demus, a promising 26 year old Viennese pianist making his United States debut. The concert is at Shenandoah High School auditorium at 8 pm with doors at 7 30 pm. Demus has drawn praise from a French critic as the most perfect pianist of the generation.
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Earl Wild
Southwest Iowa Civic Music Association
Joerg Demus
Shenandoah High School
Demus
Buenos Aires
Morocco
Lis
Sham baugh Church Burns To Ground
A fire starting in the furnace room of the Sham baug Church of God destroyed the building and its contents after 9 am. Pastor Rev G E McDaniel reported the blaze as Shambaugh firefighters and nearby departments fought dense smoke, giving up the loss shortly after 10 o'clock while preserving nearby properties. Insurance partially covered the loss.
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Shambaugh
Shambaug
Clarinda
College Springs
Shambaugh Department
Tarkio students lead S D Day community program
High school driver training students at Tarkio organized a community program during a special S D Day assembly emphasizing road safety and student leadership.
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Tarkio
Three semi trucks hogs crash near Clarinda injure none
A Friday morning collision on Highway 2 west of Clarinda involved a Yorktown school bus and three semis from Sioux City Motor Express Co. All 29 students aboard were unharmed. two hogs were injured, no fatalities.
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Yorktown
Clarinda
Cecil Gwynn
Oscar Youngmark
Beryl D Weinrich
Sioux City
Henry Holtrop
Theton Ia
Fred Hasara
Hasara
Gwynn
Virgil Elmore
Weinriech
Holtrep
Sioux City Motor Express Co
Taylor Soil Savers Award Party Honors County Efforts
225 conservation minded residents gathered at Bedford High School for the Taylor Soil District award dinner. The World-Herald presented Roy Selley with the district’s second annual award, recognizing the county unit’s educational work, 4-H tours, and sponsorship of the 1954 state plowing contest. Speakers included T Hone McDonald and Mrs White the hat lady.
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Taylor Soils
Bedford High School
World-Herald
Solis
McClahanan
Max Coffey
Omaha World-Herald
Coffey
Roy Selley
Taylor Commissioners
Taylor County
World Herald
W-H
Board of Soil Commissioners
Wayland Livingston
Merlen Travis
Travis
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners
93 Year Old Shambaugh Man Dies After Long Bedfast Period
Charles A Anderson aged 93 died Saturday at 9 am in West Portal Rest Home where he had been bedfast for more than two years following a four year old hip fracture. He lived most of his life near Shambaugh. Funeral Monday at Walker Funeral Home with Reverend and Mrs McGehy officiating. Burial in Clarinda Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Edna Damewood and son Clarence of Clarinda, plus two other daughters Mae Rousch and Minnie Henry of Pomona California.
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Charles A Anderson
West Portal
Shambaugh
Walker Funeral Home
Mc.Ghehy
Clarinda
Edna Damewood
Clarence
Mae Rousch
Minnie Henry
Pamona
Calit
Lions Operation Toy In Need Of Christmas Toys
Grant Whitney and Fred Rhoads co chairmen appeal for new or used toys for Christmas toy drive. Lions members to donate at Chamber of Commerce dinner Monday evening and Clarinda College sorority volunteers assist. Donations sought via schools and Dr S T Ramsdell office with repair by Bill Mack and painting by Jack Douthit's Explorer Scouts.
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Lions Operation
Grant Whitney
Fred Rhoads
Chamber of Commerce
Clarinda Junior College
Clarinda Teachers Club
Cochairmen
Bill Mack
Jack Douthit
Explorer
S T Ramsdell
50th Anniversary of Clarinda Public Library Observed
Obituary notes Mrs Vernis Guthrie 53 of Clarinda died in an Omaha hospital after a brain tumor. Services Tuesday at 2:30 pm at United Presbyterian Church with interment in Clarinda Cemetery. Foster-Harmon-Williams Mortuary in charge. The article also marks Clarinda Public Librarys 50th anniversary on December 5, detailing origins, key founders, and early trustees.
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Vernis Guthrie
Clark St. Clarinda
Omaha
Guthrie
Northboro
Clarinda
United Presbyterian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Missionary Society
CF Club
Virgil
Eunice Jackson
Jimmy
Vernon Anderson
Mt Clemmons
Mich
Vinton Barnett
Wall Lake
C E Hawthorne
Foster-Harmon-Williams Mortuary
Ten Candidates Named for Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber of Commerce President J Y Biggs announced ten men as candidates for election to the chamber board. The list includes Jack Bridle Bob Caswell Ralph Duff Dick Ferguson Art Greenwood Bert Kelley Harley Pearson Jack Pullen G W Richardson and Joe Tunniclift. Five will win three year terms at the dinner meeting at St John s Lutheran Church Monday evening.
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Chamber of Commerce
J Y Biggs
Chamber Board of Directors
Jack Bridie
Bob Caswell
Ralph Duff
Dick Ferguson
Art Greenwood
Bert Kelley
Harley Pearson
Jack Pullen
G W Richardson
Joe Tunniclift
St John’s Lutheran Church
Recent Licenses Listed for Harold Anderson and Shirley Beale
Harold Anderson, 23, of Essex and Shirley Beale, 21, of Shenandoah are named in recent license records. The entry notes a company contact at 2-2181 but provides no further details about the licenses or their type.
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Harold Anderson
Essex
Shirley Beale
Shenandoah
East River Voters Approve 65 000 Bond for Grade School
East River Township residents vote seven to one in favor of issuing up to 65000 in bonds to build a new central grade school at Thompson School. Of 122 ballots cast 107 yes 15 no. the 10 room brick building is designed for 90 students and will replace the current nine one room schools five miles southeast of Clarinda.
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East River Township
Thompson
Norville Todd
I T Carrithers
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Todd
Five Auto Accidents Mark S D Day in Page County
Page County records show five minor auto accidents on S D Day ending at midnight Thursday. Incidents occurred in Clarinda Shenandoah and outside city limits with injuries none. notable crashes involved a 1948 Kaiser a 1951 Chevrolet and a 1947 Studebaker.
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Page County
Herald-Journal
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Stanley Edgar
Page County Education Conference Dec 14
A Page County Conference on Education meeting is set for Wednesday evening December 14 at 8 pm in Clarinda High School. Barney Carson chairs the event to hear and present the Governor's Conference report from Des Moines, to be delivered by James Browning, dean of Clarinda Junior College. Attendance is invited to all interested in education.
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Page County Conference On
Clarinda High School
Barney Carson
Des Moines
Page County
James Browning
Browning
Clarinda Junior College
Carson
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Omaha Regional Center
Gendler Stone
County Road
H MW Knudson
Swicma
Shambaugh Church
Clarinda Weather Report
Taylor Soil Savers
Toys—Cent
Santa’s. Open House
Santa
Clarinda Theatre
Clarinda Public Library
V Guthrie
Brown Block
A B Loranz
Mary E Berry
Topeka
Kans
Jeanette Painter
Painter
Presbyterian Church
Alice Tyler
Horace Towner
Corning
Fletcher Homan
J H Maclean
F W Hensleigh
W T Fisher
Christian Church
A B Lorant
O H Park
L W Lewis
J N Miller
T E Powers
Powers
Chamber OF Commerce Board
East River
County Education Conference
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