Clarinda seniors receive college scholarships
Two Clarinda Community High School seniors, Jim Hemphill and Lyle Warden, won scholarships. Hemphill gained a renewable $1,000 per year general scholarship to Monmouth College in Illinois. Warden earned a tuition scholarship to Iowa State University in Ames to study toward veterinary medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda Community High School
Jim Hemphill
Monmouth College
Monmouth, Ill
W C Hemphill
Clarinda
Lyle Warden
Iowa State University
Ames
Robert Warden
Yorktown
Homemaking style show and FHA officers to be installed
The Clarinda High School homemaking department hosts a style show on Thursday May 11 at 7 30 PM in the high school auditorium followed by a tea. The 1961 62 FHA officers will be installed with Janet Damanett as president Dorene Otte vice president Charlotte Blume secretary Ruth Otte public relations Peggy Sunderman historian Cynthia Annan recreation Pat Clayton music Pat Sunderman Parliamentarian Jill Fann and project chairman Lynette Wellhausen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda High School
FHA
Janet Damanett
Dorene Otte
Charlotte Blume
Ruth Otte
Peggy Sunderman
Cynthia Annan
Pat Clayton
Rich mineral deposits eyed in western Iowa haze
State geologist Dr H G Hershey cites gravity and magnetic readings suggesting dense ore near Adair and Pea Ridge with estimates of up to 100 million tons of high grade ore at Pea Ridge. The Iowa anomaly spans about 70 miles and may require $200000 for aero magnetic mapping before exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
H G Hershey
Hershey
Adair
Pea Ridge
Missouri Valley
Sidney
Spencer
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Guthrie Center
Jefferson
Humboldt
Algona
Titonka
Buffalo Center
Rake
Eldora Couple Attend Birthday and Family Visits
Hepburn residents join birthday celebrations and church returns as many families from Iowa Nebraska and Missouri visit. Mrs Edith Pollett surprised on her birth day by Rev Fessler and others with baskets of food. Several couples travel to attend 50th wedding anniversary and reunions across Clarinda Villisca Marshalltown Hopkins and Viking Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Grebert
Darlene Grebert
Wessington Springs
S Dak
Albert Pearson
Elmer Reinke
Concordia
Stanley Forst
Nettie Sullivan
Rosary Hospital
Corning
Cass Kendall
Villisca
Arthur Gray
James Cox
Red Oak
Florence Robinson
Earl Kohls
Des Moines
Waldo Fleenor
John Crain
Marshalltown
Clayton Yeder
Deborah
Dora Nyquist
William Wetzler
Omaha
Grover Shields
Joe Shields
Kathy
Clark Crawford
Clarinda
Shields
Roy McCorkle
Frank Coulter
Braddyville
Gary Gray
Stephen Cramer
Evelyn Forst
Linda Miller
Roy Graham Sr
Viking Lake Sunny
Wayne Garrett
Harold Minard
Braddyville Band to Present Elementary Program Tuesday
South Page band students from Braddyville elementary grades prepare a concert directed by M A Hentsch. Soloists include Ramona McClarnon Charles Daughtery Pamela Sunderman John Huddle Joyce Smalley and others as the ensemble performs works by Forest Buchtel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Page
Braddyville
M A Hentsch
Ramona McClarnon
Charles Daughtery
Pamela Sunderman
John Huddle
Joyce Smalley
Kirk Mattes
Kenny McClarnon
Keith Coulter
Melanie Beery
Rita Sliger
Legislature Closes In On May Fourth Adjournment
The Senate sent a resolution setting Thursday May 4 for adjournment and the session will end after final actions on key bills. Progress included low cost housing and medical aid for the aged, plus core appropriation bills for the Board of Control Social Welfare and state departments. The writer notes groundwork done and upcoming budget decisions, with a talk on KMA radio next Sunday about the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Des Moines
Board of Control and Social Welfare
Board of Regents
Senator Hoxie
KMA
Dean Naven
59Th General Assembly
Former Blanchard family holds first reunion in 37 years
May 3 at Salmon Idaho the seven Cooley McElroy children gathered at Mrs A U Cooley’s home. Many descendants live across the U S from Alaska to California and one serves in Japan. John and George McElroy starred in local football and later at Turkio and Peru colleges and now reside in Fairbanks Alaska and Glendale California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
A U Cooley
George McElroy
Salmon
Ida
Alaska
Carolina
California
United States
Air Force
Japan
John
Turkio
Peru
Fairbanks
Glendale
Calif
Leroy
Bessie) Falmer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Glen
Carson City
Nev
G W
Daisy) McMahon
Sterling
Cole
Floyd
Bernice) Bielby
Charles E McElroy
Whittier
John McElroy
Cooley
South Page FFA Holds Parent and Son Banquet in College Springs
The South Page FFA chapter hosted its annual Parent and Son Banquet at South Page High School in College Springs. Attendees included members’ parents, eighth graders, school staff, Rev Hoskins and Ken Langer. Awards went to Tom Dunn Floyd Smith and Charles Bunting for garden seed sales. Charles Morrow won state extemporaneous speaking. Phil Gibson earned the district Freshman Creed Gold Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
College Springs High School
Arlo Sunderman
Richard
Max Long
Johnie
Virgil Davison
Clark
Leonard Beedle
Harold Burch
Eddie
Irvin Davison
Bob
Wayne Davison
Dennis
al Mattes
Marty
Oral Moore
Kay
Joe Snow
Wichita
Kaw
Jake Williamson
Clark Twaddle
College Springs
South Page Ffa
Dale Beaver
South Page High School
Berwyn Hoskins
Ken Langer
Rev Hoskins
Charles Morrow
Quinten Gibson
Philip Gibson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Instru
Alan Jackson
Mark Borthwick
Mary Borthwick
Bob Davison
Terry Gerdts
Tom Dunn
Floyd Smith
Charles Bunting
Phil Gibson
Ed Burch
Sentinel
Clark Davison
Secre
Omaha
Wow-Tv
Charles
Willhead Lions Club Elects New Officers at Clarinda Meeting
James C Anderson was elected president of the Clarinda Lions Club at a New Market Baptist Church meeting. Officers to take office July 1 include John Hunter first vice president Merrill Black second vice president Delbert Simmons third vice president Jim Owen secretary Paul Baumgarten treasurer Rev H H Stahnkle chaplain Ferrell Reed tailtwister Lisle Reénander Liontamer Howard Sunderman Robert G Brown directors. The club discussed a May 16 sports banquet with Kiwanis and Rotary and Education Day May 10. A questionnaire for Clarinda businessmen was introduced and a small musical program was presented by Dean Coonrod and F C Palm. Guest Bob Burns attended and a turkey dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C Anderson
Clarinda Lions Ub
New Market
Don Hutson
John Hunter
Merrill Black
Delbert Simmons
Jim Owen
Paul Baumgarten
H H Stahnkle
Ferrell Reed
Tailtwister
Lisle Reénander
Liontamer
Howard Sunderman
Robert G Brown
William A Anderson
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Robert B Smith
Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
Clarinda
Smith
Dean Coonrod
F C Palm
Farragut
Coonrod
Mr Palm
Bob Burns
Kodak Sales
Jim Yaple boards first DC 8 jet from Omaha to east coast
Jim Yaple leaves Omaha on the first DC 8 jet flight from the local airport as he begins a six month tour in Greenland. Mr and Mrs George Yaple and Carol accompanied him, then he heads west to continue travel to Greenland in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Yaple
East Coast
Omaha
Braddyville
George Yaple
Carol
West Coast
Greenland
Dreams Theme of Mother Daughter Tea at New Market
May 3 event at New Market Methodist Church drew about 120 attendees. Theme Sharing Our Dreams featured Mrs Ben Anderson as Dream Mistress and daughter Birdice greeting mothers. Guest speaker Mrs Mabel Millen urged turning dreams into action with a foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
New Market Methodist Church
Ben Anderson
Birdice
Leo Miller
Judy Sharpe
Diane Killam
Becky Graham
Verna Burton
Lela Stites
Joyce
Lacy H Thompson
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas
Kellerton
Thompson
Viking Lake
Local Clarinda Movers List Shifts Residents
Recent mover records show Maurice Weelman relocating from 314 N 17th to 115 E Lincoln in Clarinda. H L Hamm moves from 214 E Stuart to Route 5, Clarinda, followed by Jesse Folmer from 408 E Nodaway to Route 3, Clarinda. Harold Taylor shifts from Route 2, Clarinda to 513 W Garfield, and H H Herzberg transfers from 622 N 16th to 222 W Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Weelman
Lincoln
H L Hamm
Stuart
Rte
Clarinda
Jesse Folmer
Nodaway
Harold Taylor
Garfield
H H Herzberg
Washington
Third Book Published In Midwest Setting A Movable Feast
Shenandoah Sentinel reports Margaret Boylen’s third book A Movable Feast will be on shelves by mid April. The author is the daughter of Bernice Currier of Shenandoah, as noted by Creston News Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clorinda
Margaret Boylen
Shenandoah Sentinel
Bernice Currier
Shenandoah
Creston News Advertiser
Banquets and visits mark village social week
The report lists multiple gatherings around Villisca and surrounding towns including banquets for parents of student nurses in Cramer Chapel and at Jennie Edmundson, a Mothers and Daughters event in Villisca, a Rainbows tea, and several home visits. Notable mentions include visits by Otto Hartstack and Clarence Seaburg groups, and obituaries for Gary Dirrim of Willisea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel Bengtsons
Gust Nelson
Essex
Alva Antrim
Malvern
Chas Driver
Otto Hartstack
Darrell Swansons
Red Oak
Hartstack
Clarence Johnson
Staunton
WMS
Willisea
Clarence Seaburg
Bethesda
Ralph Powers
Powers
Shenandoah
Esther Hensleigh
Cramer
Verna Johnson
Bill Carlson
Darrell Carlson
Delbert Herzberg
John Nothwehr
Yorktown
Gary Dirrim
Hilmer Bloom
Bengtson
John Carlson
Carlson
Cecile
Clifford Newman
Ralph Billings
Ernest Wenstenburg
Lillian Hartstack
Mt Hope
Donald Johnson
Rock Island
Mrs F Eitzen crowned queen for a day at stork shower
Mrs Fred Eitzen of Omaha was honored at a pink and blue stork shower held in Yorktown on Monday. She was crowned Queen for a Day by Mrs Harms as gifts rested in a cradle and contests awarded to Mrs Fry, Mrs Earl Annan, and Wilma Chapman who handed the presents to the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Fred Eitzen
Omaha
D D Isaacson
Leona
Jeannie Burroughs
Harms
Fry
Earl Annan
Wilma Chapman
Fitzen
St Paul Lutheran Church
Bernard Nothwehr
Rudolph Eichhorst
John Houseman
Victor Irwin
Clarence Nothwehr
Lutheran Hour
Elmer Eichhorst
Tarnished Witherspoons play staged by Page speech students
The College Springs Page speech class presented The Tarnished Witherspoons a one act comedy for the student body. Grandpa and Grandma Witherspoon feature in a family skeleton tale as two teens seek freedom from strict rules. Glenda Jamison directed with crew Linda Kinzley Susan McKinley and Charles Morrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Springs
Witherspoons
Janet Kenagy
Gary Almquist
Grandpa
Grandma
Witherspoon
Glenda Jamison
Linda Kinzley
Susan McKinley
Charles Morrow
Also Mentioned on This Page
CHS
Susan Isaacson
GRA
Connie Wellhausen
Elsie Scott
Diane Miers
Mary Ann Cassady
Joyce Foster
Sally Peterson
Jean Arnold
Sharon Williams
Sandra Brown
Trula Rausch
Oklahoma
Mary Meng
Shirley Rector
Sharon Bownes
Linah Habbab
Linda Biggs
Sandra Barrett
Terry McCoy
Southwest Iowa
Larry Pence
The
Baptist Church
Kedron
Capitol
Citizens’ Committee For Fair Representation
Citizens’ Committee
General Assembly
Evan Hultman
Robert Phillips
Iowa Petroleum Committee
Phillips
U.S Internal Revenue Service
American Meat Institute
Farm and
Eldora
Attorney General’s
State Training School
Hardin County
William Dunn
Board of Control
Hepburn
Byron Moffitt
Pine Community Club
Roy Christenson
Johnie Stevens
Bob Case Jr
Sue
Bob Case
Clarence Huddle
Paul Cronk
Jimmie Stogdill
Johnie Huddle
Basil Lister
Hopkins
Daisy Lister
Burdick
Miles Rowan
Della Douthit
Cliff Bales
Merlin Kenagy
Bedford
Sam Jeffers
Harold McClarnon
Charles Wood
Creston
Tammy McClarnon
Kippie Wood
Don Randall
St Joseph
Tom Norris
Bert Jenkens
Kelsey Clemmons
Clearmont
Wendell Engstrand
Nancy
Donna
Elizabeth Ridnour
Lawerence McMullen
Harry Kellogg
Henry Kellogg
Maryville
Darwin Townsend
Everett Garrett
Ogle Livingood
Kay Livingood
Paul Stickelman
Wilfred Bain
Becky
Burlington Junction
Ronald Stewart
Maynard Burch
Erman Johnston
United Presbyterian Church
Kay Livengood
Maggie Beery
Young Rest Home
Harold Byson
H O Byson
Legislature
ST Bas
Tary
Larry Griffith
Roger Hamm
Willhead Lions Club
Lester Walker
J A Moyer
Shambaugh
Francis Heuer
Craig
Franklin Manes
Northboro
Herschel Manes
Bob McElroy
Raymond Osborn
George Burch
Vesta Cox
Bill Colvin
Methodist
Baptist
United Missionary
Greenfield Methodist Church
Amos Herzberg
F Eitzen
Stork
South Page School News
Page Speech
College Springs Center
Coin
Keith Whitmore
Gary Gunkhouser
Harold South
PTA
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