City approves final zoning ordinance and creates seven member commission
City Council adopted City Ordinance No 463 on final reading to establish a seven member zoning commission with staggered five year terms. The planning commission may be integrated by council action though zoning and planning are separate by law. A budget amendment was approved with no tax effect for 1956 taxes in 1957.
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Counci
City Planning Commission
Zoning Commission
Lowa
Ernst and Ernst
R H van Deusen
Ft Dodge
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa High
Double Rites for Former Residents
Death notices arrive for Harry Endsley and Gertrude Miller, siblings raised in Clarinda. Endsley, 66, died at Sun nyslope Sanitorium Ottumwa after lung illness. Miller, 68, died in St Joseph Missouri from a heart condition. Dual funerals at Walker Funeral Home Clarinda with burials in Clarinda cemetery. Mrs Holmes in Omaha visiting family when word arrived.
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Guss Holmes
Clarinda
Harry
Red) Endsley
Sunnyslope
Ottumwa
Gertrude Miller
St Joseph
Shirley
Walker Funeral
Holmes
Omaha
Lester Maltsberger
Delinquent Tax Sale Sells 112 Properties in Page County
Page County completed its annual delinquent tax sale with 112 properties sold under Iowa law requiring the county to bid on parcels in arrears. Elmer Gee led purchases with 19 farms and 31 town properties across Braddyville College Springs Shenandoah. Other bidders included Elbert Read and wife from Shenandoah and Page County Savings and Loan plus Opitz and Tunnicliff from Clarinda.
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Page County
Iowa
Paul G Isaacson
Shenandoah
Clarinda
Elmer Gee
Braddyville
College Springs
Elbert Read
Page County Savings and Loan
Paul Opitz
Joe Tunnicliff
Local Masons Elect Knight Templar Officers
Knights Templar lodge held its annual election on Tuesday naming officers for 1957 at the Shenandoah Masonic Temple. W Dean McKie was chosen eminent commander with Dale Hughes as generalissimo and P G Osterholm as captain general.
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Knights Templar Lodge
Shenandoah Masonic Temple
Dean McKie
Dale Hughes
P G Osterholm
O T McCurdy
Brown
L L Hunt
H E Ross
New Officers Named By Local Fire Department
Clarinda Volunteer Fire Department announces changes effective January. Art Kelley becomes chief replacing Wayne Fuller who resigned. Floyd Palmer named assistant chief. Ralph Bond remains captain. Abel Greenway Jr up to captain. Palmer Strampe to sergeant. Ted Herzberg leads Emergency Rescue Unit with Harold Bean resigning. New auxiliary firemen Don Runyan and Bob Werts to fill vacancies. Fire department also elects Merrie Hayes president. Fred Carpenter vice president. Glenn Wagoner secretary. Harold Davis treasurer. City Council approved appointments at December meeting.
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Art Kelley
Clarinda
Bond
Abel Greenway Jr
Palmer Strampe
Jane
Ted Herzberg
Harold Bean
Chief Fuller
Cliff Carmichael
Don Runyan
Bob Werts
Clarinda Volunteer Fire Department Association
Merrie Hayes
Fred Carpenter
Denton Kidney
Glenn Wagoner
Hayes
Harold Davis
Floyd Palmer
Clarindans Plead Guilty To Assault
Three Clarindans pled guilty to conspiracy to commit rape in District Court at Sidney. Rex Edwards 25 Jack Scroggs 23 and Dick Martin 19 faced an assault charge involving a 16 year old Shenandoah girl in Fremont County on Oct 18. They pleaded before the Grand Jury as scheduled. Judge Bennett Cullison set Jan 5 for sentencing with $5,000 bond each. The girl faces Juvenile Court action.
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Sidney
al Christopher
Rex Edwards
Jack Scroggs
Dick Martin
Shenandoah
Fremont County
Christopher
Bennett Cullison
St Joseph Market Recall of Page County Livestock Sellers
Page County farmers who marketed livestock at the St Joseph market last week included Mil tonbad Shenandoah 20 steers Coin-Stanley Exceen 21 hogs HM & F L Goodman 30 hogs Wen dall Duncan 47 hogs Turner Miller Northboro 51 hogs.
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Page County
St Joseph
Miltonbad
Shenandoah
Coin — Stanley Exceen
HM & F L Goodman
Wendall Duncan
Turner & Miller
Northboro
Iowa Man Wins Third Award in Seven Years
Successful Farming Magazine of Des Moines names W E Markle of Clarinda as winner in a national contest for insurance sales ideas. This marks the third contest prize won by the local underwriter in seven years, highlighting repeated recognition among Iowa professionals.
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Iowa
Successful Farming Magazine of
Des Moines
W E Markle
Clarinda
Surplus Foods to be Distributed in Page County Next Week
Charles Burks announces the second distribution of federal surplus commodities to Page County indigents. A 27 126 pound shipment will be packed by Clarinda Lions Club at Wilhholm Hall at 7 pm Thursday. Distribution runs Monday at 9 am in Clarinda Shambaugh Yorktown Hepburn. Braddyville Blanchard College Springs Shenandoah Coin and Essex locations follow on Thursday with start times listed. Only cost to the county is freight from Des Moines.
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Page County
Charles Burks
Clarinda Lions Club
Wilhholm Hall
Burks
Clarinda
Shambaugh
Yorktown
Hepburn
Braddyville
Blanchard
Post Office
College Springs
Shenandoah
Armory
Legion Hall
Essex
State Welfare Department
Des Moines
Mrs W C Fisher Buried Sunday Former Clarinda Resident
Mrs W C Fisher, formerly of Clarinda, died November 30 at her Chariton home after a heart attack. She was widow of Dr W C Fisher who died in 1942. Survived by two daughters and a son, with services held Saturday at St Andrews Episcopal Church in Chariton.
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W C Fisher
Clarinda
Chariton
19Th
Stuart Streets
Lyle Fann
Wilma Hauser
Knoxville
L Enslow
Omaha
M C Fisher
George Ritson
St Andrews Episcopal Church
Career Day at High School Big Success
More than 500 students from 14 southwest Iowa communities gathered at Clarinda High School for Career Day. Attendees toured group conferences with speakers from Clarinda Shenandoah Omaha Des Moines and Columbia MO.
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Iowa
Clarinda High School
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Omaha
Des Moines
Columbia
Clarinda Chamber Elects Five Directors at Dinner Meeting
Progress review highlighted a banner year with 19 committees and a city planning commission. Five directors were elected for three year terms: Rollie Livingston, Bill Slater, Art Greenwood, Dayie Williams, Hill Herzberg. Gerald Bogan spoke on Good Roads. Glee Club concert noted.
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Clarinda Chamber of Commerce
St John's Lutheran Church
Rollie Livingston
Bill Slater
Art Greenwood
Dayie Williams
Hill Herzberg
Cece Irvin
Dick Davidson
George Ritson
Art Kelley
Cliff Mealey
Clarinda Woman among National Crochet Prize Winners
Mrs Henry L Higgins of Clarinda Iowa earned honorable mention in the luncheon cloth class at a national crochet contest run by the National Needlecraft Bureau. H G Penton of Bedford won first prize as male crochet champion, a 62 year old farmer who self taught crochet over 30 years and has produced more than 300 pieces.
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Henry L Higgins
Route 2
Clarinda
National Needlecraft Bureau
Higgins
H G Penton
Bedford
United States
Penton
National Dairy Cattle Congress
New York
Henry Hudson
Gretchen Wyler
Peston
Poll Locations Listed For Corn Referendum
Page County Farm Bureau urged farmers to vote on December 11 for the soil bank corn base offering higher land rental payments and a floor of 51 million acres for three years. Sixteen township polls will open with voting restricted to the voter's township except in 1956 corn production cases.
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Page County Farm Bureau
Soil Bank
Ernest Borthwick
Pare County Farm Bureau
Borthwick
Two Car Crashes Near Siam and Clarinda Kill and Injure
A one car crash near Siam killed Walter Long 66 and injured three others. He lost control on a ditch bank east of Siam at 6 15 pm in a 1946 Ford. Four more of a family were hospitalized after a crash east of Clarinda on Highway 2 around 8 30 pm. Calvin Gregg 29 and his wife Fern 28 suffered severe injuries. a 7 month old baby was hospitalized with fever.
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State Highway Patrol
Walter E Long
Braddyville
Siam
Long
Bedford
Orie Waldruff
Max
Clarence
Maitland
Fred
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ada Higgins
Thatcher
Ariz
Anna Conley
Union City
Tenn
Sabith Fishell
Nrrooks
Braddyville Methodist Church
Everett Burham
Walker Funeral Home
Clarinda
Calvin L Gregg
Hatfield
Hghway
Fern
Greege
Ronnie
Committee named to pick up toys for underprivileged children
Lions Operation toy drive co chairmen Dale Bellairs and Merrill Jack announce a pickup committee for usable toys. Members Steve Hitt Bob Williams Ed Desch Cliff Nelson will collect to repair repaint and distribute by December at a yet unspecified toy shop site.
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Lions Operation Toy
Dale Bellairs
Merrill Jack
Steve Hitt
Bob Williams
Ed Desch
Cliff Nelson
Bellairs
Black
Lion
Jack Douthit
35 more patients go to Clarinda from Mount Pleasant wing
The Condemnation of a Mount Pleasant wing leads to 35 extra patients for Clarinda Mental Health Institute with 100 patients to be moved by chartered bus to other Iowa facilities. Abandonment was ordered by the Iowa Board of Control after a survey by engineers. A new wing is under construction but won’t be ready for 18 months. No arrival date given. processing of transfers underway.
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Clarinda Mental Health Institute
Mount Pleasant
Iown
Iowa Board of Control
Iowa Mental Institute
Clarinda Institution
Iowa YWCA Director Visits Y Teen Groups Tuesday
Miss Dorothy Papich program director for the Iowa District YWCA visited the local Y Teen groups Tuesday. She spoke on planning their activities and emphasized youth engagement and community service.
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Iowa
Dorothy Papich
YWCA
Papich Citi
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