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Newspaper
Clarinda Herald Journal
Location
Clarinda, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
1
The US Department of Agriculture sets a national minimum $1.81 per bushel wheat price for 1956, based on parity and supply estimates. The rate applies in Iowa and other states if marketing quotas are approved in the June 25 referendum, with penalties for quota overages.
Page County Farm Bureau Young People plan their monthly meeting Tuesday June 21 at 8 00 pm in Griswold Hall Clarinda. The event aims to recruit members with an engaging year long program as Vern Lewis and wife present photos of Mexico along with recreation and refreshments. Participants are urged to attend and bring a friend.
Shenandoah attorneys host the Page County Bar Association annual meeting on June 27. A dinner at the Legion Country Club at 6 30 p m precedes the election of officers. existing officers include George Moore as president and Ben Brown as secretary.
Rev Lester Greenwood leaves Omaha for a Japan tour joining about 40 ministers in a Lacour Christian crusade. The group travels via Minneapolis Seattle Anchorage to Tokyo arriving Tuesday at 2 50 pm. Greenwood will serve in Yamato Fukushima and mail weekly letters to the Herald Journal.
Dense vegetation slows rain impact and stabilizes soil by protecting ground from splash and flow. It helps promote moisture retention and minimizes erosion, supporting landscape health and long term soil stability.
A south courtyard court setup with a stockade will house a mock trial during the afternoon entertainment. A judge may preside without a jury and warnings to behave are issued with fines possible. Public access and amplified address system planned. police offer free parking for visitors.
After seven years with the Clarinda school system Neil Rippe resigned Sunday to join private business He has traveled to Kansas City for training to open a new store in Laverne Minnesota this fall
The First National Bank of Essex marks the formal opening of its expanded and remodeled banking quarters on Friday June 24 from 1 30 pm to 4 30 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm. The new features include glass brick and granite frontage recessed lighting a glass enclosed room for bookkeeping with acoustical tile and a Mosler designed vault housing over 700 safety deposit boxes and 103 tons of steel and concrete.
Mayor Robert L Criswell fell at his home this weekend injuring his shoulder and causing shock. He had been ill with a cold and may have fainted while on the stairs.
Mrs Florence Lewis requests all former band mothers attend a special meeting Tuesday night at 8 pm in the high school library. Several important matters will be discussed.
Monday saw large crowds for Red Cross swimming classes led by Rosalyn Richardson. More than 600 expected before Friday as lesson registrations surge at the American Legion pool and in eastern Page County with 310 beginners and 550 total signed up across sessions.
Charles F. Boeke of Rockford Illinois admitted fault after his car side swiped a parked Berry Poultry Farm truck on east Washington Street. Damages totaled over $1 000 with Boeke’s car at $900 and the truck at $10. Boeke and his wife, who were briefly hospitalized for a lobe injury to her car, purchased a new Plymouth in Clarinda and agreed to pay the truck damages. William Ivan Smith was the parked driver involved.
On June 16 to June 20, several births were recorded across Iowa towns. Names include Ing ersoll Villisca with Ruth Meyer Clarinda. Lindsay Clarinda with Delbert Schroeder Villisca. Yeske Villisca. Hill Villisca. Darmand Fuller Villisca. Kel ley Clarinda. Clayton Clarinda. Payton Clarinda. Martin Westboro. Cobb New Market. Lawrence Hopkins Mo. Con nie Bussard Clarinda. Surgical and medical listings accompany each entry.
Women are set to determine this year’s city champions with qualifying rounds beginning immediately and finishing by Sunday. Players must declare before qualifying, with pairings posted Sunday as city matches begin Monday June 27.
Clarinda sent a golf contingent to Bedford Sunday with Don Pruitt winning the second flight and a picnic jug as prize. Other competitors included Abel Greenway Abel Greenway Jr George Pfander and Dr Lowell Strong from Sidney.
Robert Cummings, aged 98 and born in Mills County Iowa in 1856, died May 25 marking Whiting’s oldest resident.
Kiwanians and their ladies gather Tuesday evening at the Legion hall for a meeting. The Legion Auxiliary serves a meal, and Chuck Graham presents a fine colorama of South America as the program feature, one of Fitzpatrick's famous films.
Kilts, 20, begins as county youth assistant in Page County Extension to help John Hunter with summer 4-H work. A junior at Iowa State College Ames, he majors in animal husbandry and hails from near Walnut. He has a long 4-H record including beeves hogs sheep horses crops and judging teams. He was high man in individual judging at Ak Sar Ben in 1950 and 1951. He also works with the livestock and dairy judging teams at Iowa State.
Deputy Tom Cummings stopped a car east of Clarinda and arrested two men in a single vehicle. Jimmy Spicer, owner, faced OMVI third offense and received an eight year term. Pearl Manchester admitted suspended license driving and chose two days in jail after pleading guilty. Spicer had earlier paid a $50 of a $500 fine in Red Oak. Manchester pled guilty before Justice Bob McCurdy.
Louise Cundiff of Clarinda won the Alpha Iota sorority chapter scholarship key at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines for a 98.2 grade average in higher accounting. The Des Moines chapter’s highest mark, she is a Clarinda High School graduate of 1952 and expects to finish at AIB in February next year.
Taylor county school officials notify rural parents to designate where their children will attend this fall. Designations, due by July 8, are reviewed July 15 with appeals allowed. Bus transportation rules may affect eligibility and routes must be filed by August 5.
The notice lists licenses to wed for Curtis James Hayden and Cal rinda, along with Helen Maxine Gaddis in Shambaugh. Gerald Koziah and Mary A Maley in Mayer, Ruth Evelyn Fessler. Roy Irvin Priem and others in Clarinda. Herbert Wumphrenour and Hattie Arbata Beals in Clarinda. John G. Hildenbrand and Clarice J Steiner in Wisconsin. George L Welch and Charlotte Ann Dafoe. Glen Darrell Vogel and Anita Bowencamp. The unrelated dialogue about horse riding appears as a stray line.
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