Turkish exchange student to live with Clarinda family
Berkay Yalin from Samsun Turkey will arrive in Des Moines around Aug 5 to join the Smith family as Clarinda’s fourth AFS student. He is 17, strong academically, active in music and athletics, and intends to study algebra geometry and engineering after high school.
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Clarinda
Samsun
Turkey
Robert Smith
Tevfik Berkay Yalin
Berkay
New York
United States
Athens
Smith
Jeff
Finland
Des Moines
American Field Service
Orta Dogu University
Robert College
Engineering University
Berkey
Samsun College Vocal Group
Les
Black Sea
AFS
Stella Metallinou
Noriko Yokoya
Japan
Linah Habbab
Lebanon
Harland Family to Feature on WOW TV Farm Segment
Merle and Mrs Merle Harland of New Market will appear on WOW-TV’s Farm Family of the Week during Friday’s noon Channel 6 news. Merle serves as president of New Market Telephone Co and holds roles in the Soil Conservation and Shorthorn associations. Mrs Harland writes poultry husbandry articles and conducts feeding experiments. The couple, longtime 4-H leaders, farm 320 acres with 200 300 purebred Hampshire hogs and 20 polled Shorthorn cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Harland
New Market
Wow-Tv
Channel 6
Harland
Taylor County Soil Conservation Association
Shorthorn Association
New Market Telephone Co
FHA
New Market Rural Fire Department
Doris
Damewood
Clarinda
Max
Perry
Harlands
Hampshire
Red Oak Welcomes Sixth Exchange Student from Greece
Cathryn Psarrakou of Patras Greece will join Red Oak Community High as the sixth exchange student. The 17 year old will stay with the Russell Bergstrom family and she is the daughter of an oil merchant. She aims to become a doctor and already speaks Greek English French and Latin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathryn Psarrakou
Patras
Greece
Red Oak Community High
Russell Bergstrom
Red Oak Express
Miss Psarrakou
Collision prompts $10,350 judgment against Shields
William C Hood seeks 10350 dollars in Page County District Court over a July 28 1959 collision at Shenandoah rural road edge alleging Albert Shields negligence. Amounts claimed include 250 for a 1950 Chevrolet 100 for two weeks use and 10000 for personal injuries. The stenographic note also mentions the death of Mrs Mina J Littell 85 of Pickneyville Illinois widow of a Tarkio College graduate and Tarkio attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Shields
Clarinda
Page County
William C Hood
Hood
Shenandoah
Shields
Tarkio College
Mina J Littell
Pickneyville, I
Tarkio
Tarkio Avalanche
Page County corn price support total doubles 1960 crop
Page County growers put 1,750,247 bushels of the 1960 corn crop under price support loans and purchase agreements through May. May 31 was the final date for taking out 1960 loans. Nationwide, 611.4 million bushels of 1960 corn were under support by end May, with 511.6 million stored under loans, a new high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
Oscar P Engstrom
Page County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
First Clarindarama auto show draws 515 attendees
The Clarindarama auto show at Cardinal field drew 515 ticket buyers for the first annual event with 35 entries and 13 other vehicles on display. Allan Maybee of Lincoln won the grand prize, a 1958 Chevrolet convertible, after a late-night prep session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarindarama
Chamber of Commerce
Clarinda Auto Club
Cardinal Field
Quarter Mile Oval
Allan Maybee
Lincoln
Nebr
Maybee
Page County marriage licenses see three day waiting rule
The Page County clerk's office implements a three day waiting period for marriage licenses under a new Iowa law. In June 30 licenses were issued, with one third to couples from out of county, including residents from St Joseph Missouri and Maryville. The office awaits official guidance and applies the maximum three day interval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Iowa
Page County
St Joseph
Greene
Anita
Maryville
Omaha
Wisconsin
Marie Goecker
Clarinda sees above normal rainfall in first half year
City water works records show Clarinda received about three inches more than normal precipitation through June with 18.38 inches by July 1. March brought 5.01 inches while winter snow totaled 18.25 inches against a 30 inch normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
City Water Works
Wayne Fuller
July Fourth Pranks End in Explosive Misfortune
Allen Dailey planned a celebratory stunt by lighting a dangerous cigar hidden among ordinary ones. While attempting to smoke a normal cigar, the loaded one exploded revealing the prank. He then tried another good cigar and another explosion occurred when a loaded match lit unexpectedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Dailey
Allen
Red Cross Swimming Lessons Continue This Week
The Red Cross announces that swimming instruction will continue this week at the local pool. Patrons report confusion over the closing week, but officials confirm this is the final week of the current course offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Free electric organ concert Wednesday at Wilhholm Hall
Omaha organist Warren Piper will present a free electric organ concert at Wilhholm Hall on Wednesday at 8 pm. Piper, longtime Pel la Lutheran Church musician, is sponsored by Clarinda organ owners and Hammond Organ Studios of Omaha, with door prizes and local organists performing. If interest grows, an organ club may form here, says sponsor Dr Woods. Minnesota boasts the greatest water area of any state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Piper
Omaha
Wilhholm Hall
Mr Piper
Pella Lutheran Church
Clarinda Organ Owners
Hammond Organ Studios of
Woods
Minnesota
State
Millhone Granted Egypt Teaching Post For Next Year
James N Millhone won approval from the Presbyterian Church board of ecumenical missions to teach in Egypt next year. He will depart in August to Alexandria a Schutz School history and business instructor after passport and visa arrangements. He plans to return to Clarinda to practice law with his father after teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Millhone
Egypt
James N Millhone
Board of Ecumenical Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
New York
Clarindan
Clarinda
Jim
Schutz School
Alexandria
Parsons College
Fairfield
Michigan University
Iowa
Millhone
Paul L Millhone
Stephens, Thornell & Millhone
Son of pioneer doctor dies in California at 83
John M Enfield 83 son of a Clarinda pioneer doctor died of a heart attack Friday July 7 at Laguna Beach California. He is survived by two daughters and a son and by his sister Mrs Grace Melkersman of Clarinda. His father died in 1904 and his brother Dr Don Enfield died in Lima Peru. Burial will be in California.
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John M Enfield
Clarinda
Laguna Beach
Calif
Grace Melkersman
Washington Street
John
Don Enfield
Lima
Peru
California
Federal workers in Page County total 114 in 1960
One hundred fourteen Iowa civilians employed by the federal government worked in Page County at year end 1960, per AP. Nationwide, 2,212,848 federal employees were reported, with figures for nearby counties listing Taylor 49 Adams 42 Unin 76 Montgomery 60 Fremont 53 Mills 45 and Pottawattamie 524.
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Iowa
Page County
Associated Press
Joint Committee
Taylor
Adams
Unin
Montgomery
Fremont
Mills
Pottawattamie
Cost of Charles Kelley murder trial cited at $3,010
The Glenwood Opinion Tribune reports the Charles Kelley murder trial cost $3,010. Mills County invoices Pottawattamie County for the expenses since the trial occurred under a change of venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kelley
Glenwood Opinion Tribune
Mills County
Pottawattamie County
Lions Club Braddyville Hosts 3rd Annual Horse Show
The Braddyville Lions Club sponsors a Sunday horse show on July 16 with an old fashioned barbecue. Events run 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm featuring Western performances and a public supper 6 to 7 pm with prime beef barbecue cooked in an open pit. Lions organize all arrangements and trophies.
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Braddyville
Braddyville Lions Club
Lions Club
Organization of
Lions
Heiliger Named Vice President At Ames Synod Meeting
Kenneth Heiliger was chosen one of the area vice presidents at the Iowa synod gathering in Ames last week. He represents southwest Iowa for the council whose president is Don E Clayton of Hamburg. Heiliger and W C Hemphill represented the Clarinda Church. Hemphill is retiring vice moderator and serves on the national council of United Presbyterian men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Heiliger
Iowa
Council of Men
United Presbyterian Church
Ames
Don E Clayton
Hamburg
Heiliger
W C Hemphill
Clarinda
Hemphill
National Council of
United Presbyterian Men
Club to hunt rice agates on August field trip
The Southwest Iowa Rock and Mineral Club plans an August hunt at the Red Oak area quarry on Sunday August 13. Rice agates, named for snail fossils in the rock, will be the target as members gather for the field trip.
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Rice Agates
Southwest
Iowa Rock and Mineral Club
Red Oak
Bill Mack
College Springs
Hepburn
Freak pig born at Clarence Weinzeil farm near Mallard
A pig born at the Clarence Weinzeil farm near Mallard had two bodies joined at the stomachs and one head with three nostrils two ears and two eyes. It possessed eight legs including two that sat atop the body and leg pairs on each stomach before dying shortly after birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Weinzeil
Mallard
Band concert features Clarinda singer Mrs Margaret Grossman
Clarinda Municipal Band’s Concert Under the Stars will feature vocal soloist Mrs Margaret Grossman. She has performed in Handel’s Messiah and with Nodaway Valley Symphony Orchestra. She will sing Ave Maria. A trumpet quartet of Jim Forst Vic Anderson Jean Jones and Gene Beck will perform Tournament of Trumpets by David Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Grossman
Clarinda
Jim Forst
Vic Anderson
Jean Jones
Gene Beck
David Bennett
Tricks of crooks exposed at fall anti chisel clinic
The Clarinda Chamber of Commerce plans an anti chiseler clinic in early October. Aimed at curbing bad checks forgery and shoplifting, it will rally business leaders with experts from credit lines to show crooks methods and dissuade merchants from accepting unfamiliar checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
July 1936 Heat Record in Clarinda Surpasses 112 Degrees
The July heat in Clarinda set a 112 degree high and saw 17 days above 100 within the month. The 10 consecutive days over 100 ended with July 25 as the peak, followed by cooler August rain and an 68 degree low on August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
H C Hawley
Herald Journal
False $20 check charge against Donald M Stiverson
Donald M Stiverson faces a false drawing and uttering charge for a $20 check, allegedly cashed at Perk's Billiards in Shenandoah on April 26 with insufficient funds. He waived preliminary hearing and remains jailed in Page County District Court. Also notes Shenandoah riders Jenne Nelson and Bill Stephens qualified for the national high school rodeo in Douglas, Wyoming.
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Donald M Stiverson
Page County
Clyde Perkins
Stiverson
Perk’s Billiards
Shenandoah
Bank of Issue
George W Moore
Jenne Nelson
Bill Stephens
Douglas
Wyo
Whiting
Shenandoah Sentinel
Bill
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Joe Patterson
William Sharp
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Gardner
Patterson
Sharp
Kenneth Hunter
Glen Benefiel
Gary Ehle
Lyman
Donald Chapman
Prescott
Larry Lehmen
Jerry Haney
Council Bluffs
Dr M L Ford
Elmo
John Lisle
Elvis Bix
Hopkins
Maybee and Gardner
Bob Douthit
Club
Frank Snyder
Glen Dey
Seward
Allan
Jim Poole
Carb-O-Raiders
Julie Livingston
Atiggue
Johnn. Lisle
M L Ford
San Antonio
Texas
Alenteen
UP Synod
Shambaugh
Harry Barnes
Shambaugh Town Hall
Shambaugh Lions
Delaware
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