Clarinda MHI Receives APA Achievement Award
The American Psychiatric Association honored the Clarinda Mental Health Institute at Salt Lake City on Oct 18 for reorganizing into six county units of 150 to 350 beds. Traditional behavioral models are replaced by continuous psychiatric teams, including outpatient follow up, a move praised as a splendid public administration technique toward humanizing hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Psychiatric Association
Clarinda
Association
Salt Lake City
Utah
Christmas Planning At Cardinal Canteen And School Clubs
The Cardinal Canteen decorated for Christmas and plans a Friday 8 to 11 pm party with free admission, dancing, refreshments, and caroling. Clarinda FFA hosts a Dec 17 bake sale at McCalla Hardware. Freshman mascot Snowball the hamster has died at age three. Noriko Yokoya greeting cards available to ship via air mail to Kochi City Japan in about five days. Y Teen nuts go fast with nine days left till Christmas shopping. The Messiah will be presented by high school and college choirs with an accompanying orchestra. Splatin Club funds toys and butternut strip drives for Lions Club amid Christmas projects. Pep meeting features Atlantic Trojans vs Clarinda Cards in mock basketball. Youth for Christ meets for the Christmas story and carols. Friday chapel features Rev Ralph Allen with mixed chorus singing Ring the Bells.
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Cardinal Canteen
New Christmas Books for Children Highlight Classic Tales
The juvenile library adds several new Christmas titles including The Christmas Ghost by Pearl S Buck about a boy named Jimpsey who faces a ghost. Pom-Pom's Christmas by Jon Whitcomb follows a French poodle in a shop seeking a child for Christmas. The Twenty Miracles of Saint Nicolas features illuminated manuscript style with 100 illustrations. Christmas Around the World explores global traditions reflecting the birth of Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl S Buck
Jimpsey
Jon Whitcomb
Nicolas
United States
Jesus Christ
Social Security Office Schedule for 1961 District Visits
James N Wood announces the Creston district social security office will hold weekly consults at City Hall basement Tuesdays at 9 30 am and Shenandoah Armory Wednesdays at 9 am plus county courthouse sessions in Bedford on select dates. Public groups may request meetings and can contact 316 W Montgomery Creston for information.
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Crestan
Social Security Office
James N Wood
Shenandoah
County Supervisors
Taylor County
Bedford
Montgomery
Creston
Good seed sample test guidance from Iowa experts
Page County Extension Director John R Hunter outlines that seed samples must represent the entire lot. Leroy Everson of Iowa State University advises sampling in at least seven places, mixing, and meeting minimum weights for different seeds. Samples can be sent via the county extension office in Clarinda or directly to ISU Seed Laboratory.
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Page County Extension
John R Hunter
Hunter
Leroy Everson
Iowa State University
Page County
Everson
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory
County Extension Office
Clarinda
Pebble Remains After Fifty Year Head Bump Tale
Nashua man Mr G B Slim Luck recalls a bump on his head from a fall fifty years ago. A barber recently hit the lump with a comb and unearthed a pebble about the size of a fingernail, explaining the persistent lump.
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G B
Nashua
Highway Commission to issue twice daily road condition reports
The Iowa State Highway Commission will prepare twice daily road condition reports during severe weather for release to news media and callers. Fresh reports arrive around 8 45 am and 3 30 pm on reporting days and may be requested by telephone in Ames.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Commission
Ames
Highway Patrol
Mrs Frank Shields Elected Head of Siam Just A Meres
Siam club meeting on December 13 elected Mrs Frank Shields president with Mrs Harlan Howes as vice president and Eldon Vardaman as secretary treasurer. Mystery pals were revealed and new ones drawn with Mrs Wilbur Carmichael visiting. Other items note hospital visits and church group elections.
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Frank Shields
Siam
Ernest Gray
Betty Baldwin
Emmet Vardaman
Wilbur Carmichael
McFall
Harlan Howes
Eldon Vardaman
Fred
Clarinda
Dewey Shields
New Market
Coy Jeffers
St Joseph
Harley Dennis
Maryville
Floyd Sprague
The
Christian Church
John Webb
Eldon Miller
Clarence Sleep
Arlie Beal
Chas Shoemaker
Marie Rasner
Chicago
Dorman Young
Iowa honors 25 Master Swine Producers including Robert H Meyer
Robert H Meyer of Route 1 New Market was named one of 25 Master Swine Producers in Iowa for 1960. The ceremony in Des Moines included a swine clinic, a Cornbelt Farm Hour broadcast, and a banquet with certificates and engraved buckles. Awards reflect hog production metrics and carcass quality after Iowa State University review. Carroll R Mitchell received an honorary Master Swine Producer award. Meyer also won a 1958 Champion Pork Producers Contest.
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Robert H Meyer
Iowa
New Market
Bob
Virginia
Des Moines
Pioneer Room
Kirkwood
E L Quaife
Iowa State University
WHO
WHO Radio
Central Broadcasting Company
Town Swine Producer's Association
Iowa State University Extension Service
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Carroll R Mitchell
Grundy Center
Clarindan
National Hog Farmer
Mr Meyer
Farmers Hybrid Hors
Hampton
Son of Clarindans Wins Silver Beaver Scout Award
Frank A Gantt, 37, of Marshalltown, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Gantt of Clarinda, is among six central Iowa scouters honored with the Silver Beaver award in ceremonies at the Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines. The award is the highest honor from the Boy Scouts of America council. Gantt serves on the Tall Corn Council executive board and has led scouts for 15 years.
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Frank A Gantt
Marshalltown
Bob Gantt
Clarinda
Central Iowa
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Boy Scouts of America
Gantt
Tall Corn Council
Earth’s annual orbit covers 590 million miles
The earth completes its yearly orbit around the sun spanning about 590 million miles in distance.
Iowa Highway Salting Program Expands to 3750 Miles
The Iowa State Highway Commission announced a winter salting program expanding to 3750 miles of primary highways for 1960 61. The plan adds 452 miles from last year and covers eight major routes including US 34 6 30 20 and north south US 75 69 61 65 plus all open Interstates. Salt aids ice removal above 20 degrees with 200 500 pounds per mile varying by conditions.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa
Commission
Eastwest
Indianola
Spencer
Emmetsburg
Iowa 17
Estherville
Villisca
Iowa 92
Winterset
Oskaloosa
New Sharon
Iowa 14
Marshalltown
Iowa 57
Eldora
Cedar Falls
Iowa 1
Brighton
Washington
Lindsey Club Holds Gift Exchange and Mystery Pals Reveal
The Lindsey Community Club met at New Market with Mrs Arnold Basher, held a business session, and revealed mystery pals with new names drawn for 1961. Several local residents and visitors attended from surrounding towns for the weekend and holiday gatherings.
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Lindsey
Mason
Lindsey Community Club
Arnold Basher
New Market
Verna Burton
Parrot Keeps Family Warm For Four Decades In Carroll
The Ernest Johannsen family of Carroll owns a parrot that has been part of the household for nearly 40 years. The bird’s precise age is uncertain but now about 50 years old, according to family members.
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Ernest Johannsen
Carroll
Siam landmark replaced as Hardee School moves
On December 13 movers relocated the Hardee School building to the Roy Fine farm, removing a community landmark. Mittens on the church mitten tree total forty as the season nears Christmas, with future gifts to the Bidwell home in Des Moines. Community Christmas program planned at the Christian Church on December 24.
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Marylin Karg
Henry Karg
Municipal
John Wilmess
Virgil Hager
Hopkins
Harold Richey
Des Moines
Vern Timberlake
Robert Malcom
Tom
Thomas Harris
Christian Church
Elmo
Eddie Ingram
David
Colorado Springs
Colo
Keith O’dell
Bellvue
Nebr
Keith
Herman O'Dell
Janelle
Keith O’dells
Roy Lucas
Bedford
Baptist Church
Ferris Gray
Bill McDonald
Siam
Hardee
Roy Fine
Methodist Church
Bidwell
Floyd Cox
Jessie McCall
Riverton
Johnie Frederick
Charles Frederick
Blockton
Coy Jeffers
James Hall
Chariton
R D Fine
George Stanley
Patricia
Dick Burton
New Market
Junior Renander
Debra
Essex
Charles Shoemaker
Iowa leaders urge retention of educated youths and jobs
Governor-elect Norman A Erbe pushed a plan to keep Iowa educated youth from leaving for other states. He said Iowa’s top asset is its college trained young people and urged making state jobs more attractive. He noted civil service tenure and salary issues and called for efficient government to lure new industry.
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Norman A Erbe
Iowa
Erbe
Cornell
Mount Vernon
California
Ilinois
Ile
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
John O'Connor
O’connor
Norman Erbe
Eleven Married Students at Clarinda College Listed
Dean Lawrence J Sonneman reports eleven married students attend Clarinda Community College this year. Five are women and six men. six live outside Clarinda and commute daily. Names include Lyle Falk, Jackie Holmes, Lisle Ridnour, Vaughn McAlpin, Aileen Longfellow, Wally Morrell, Dwight Crosby, Gerald Jennings, Louis Carper, and others with home towns and courses noted. An additional two hundred married students attended evening classes this fall.
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Clarinda Community College
Lawrence J Sonneman
Clarinda
Lyle Falk
Rt 3
Clavindas Education
Doris Lege S
Educa’ Lege Springs
Ses Uc Ition
Delat
Jackie
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Clarinda Mhi
Cardinal Capers
Susan Isaacs
FFA
Clarinda Ffa
McCalla Hardware Store
Noriko
Noriko Yokoya
Umeno-Tsur
Kochi City
Koc
Japan
Splatin Club
Lions
Fernando (Polluka) Duran
Spain
Duran
Omaha
Lions Club
Jim Hemphill
Atlantic Trojans
Clarinda Cards
Cardinals
Youth For Christ
Verlin Elmore
Ralph Allen
Highway Commission
Son of Clarindans
Beaver Scouter Award
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Tony Venti
Rita Gam
Christ
Rita
Siam Landmark
Faber and Leonhardt
Charles Shoemaker Jr
Paul Young
Masonic Hall
Capitol
Internal Revenue
Ernest N Bacon
Albuquerque
Bacon
V Lee Phillips
Denver
Internal Revenue Service
Phillips
George Allan
Donald Statton
Statton
Malcolm Shurtleff
Iowa State
Story
Blackhawk
Polk
Louisa
Shurtleff
Wisconsin
Missouri
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