Blood Center Tops Quota by Four Pints in Clarinda
Clarinda blood center surpassed its quota of 130 pints by four as walk-ins offset 38 no-shows and 11 rejections. Donors from Coin Braddyville and even New York contributed sparking a strong response for O negative and K negative blood. George Woolson led donors with 21 pints, other notable givers reached 19 18 and 15 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Jack Pullan
East Page County
Coin
Braddyville
New York
Pullan
Elbert Masmar
E L Masmar
Four bands rate at Essex contest
About 800 pupils from class D schools took part in the state music contest in Essex. Glen Hornbuckle, Essex school superintendent, lists ratings for divisions including Mixed Chorus and Girls and Boys Glee Clubs, with multiple towns in No I and No II sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Glen Hornbuckle
Stanton
Shelby
College Springs
Carson
Malvern
Elliott
Macedonia
Massena
Nodaway
Coin
Stanton, Stennett
Tabor
Wiota
Four Elderly Citizens Die Over Weekend in Page County
Four elderly residents died during the weekend, three in Clarinda and one in Colorado. All were well known in this community, with three having lived most of their lives in Page County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Colorado
Page County
Funeral for Mary C Brockman Set for Wednesday at 2 PM
Mary C Brockman 89 died at Municipal hospital at 1 15 AM after a two week stay. Widow of H H Brockman who died in 1935. Survived by son Clark of Clarinda. Walker Funeral Home to conduct services with Rev W H Discher. Farm home service 1 40 PM. Lutheran church service 2 PM. Burial in Clarinda cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C Brockman
Clarinda
H H Brockman
Clark
Walker Funeral Home
W H Discher
St Johns Lutheran Church
Clarinda Cemetery
Cora M Weaver Rites Held At Local Funeral Home
Cora M Weaver 80 died in her sleep at Municipal hospital Friday morning after three days there. She was to be moved to University hospital Iowa City at 5 am. She had been a resident of this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M Weaver
Municipal Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
Beef Flight Scheduled for Iowa Promoters to Washington
Ken Fulk of Clarinda and the Iowa Beef Producers association plans a Beef Flight to Washington DC as personal escort for seven prime rib roasts. The roasts will be presented to President and Mrs Eisenhower and to Iowa Senators Hickenlooper and Martin. A special Iowa Beef month issue will publish May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Beef
Ken Fulk
Clarinda
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Fulk
Washington, DC
Iowa
Eisenhower
Hickenlooper
Martin
Towa
Herald-Journal
Intrusion-Preparat Stabilizes Clarinda Library Wall
Intrusion-Prepait Inc of Cleveland pumps a cement silica mixture under pressure to raise the sunken south wall of Clarinda Public Library. Engineers inspected the structure after cracks appeared. preliminary cost of four to five thousand dollars. The process has been used on other local buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intrusion-Prepait, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
Lewis Wells
Board of Trustees
Wells
Lyle Cassat
Fairfield
Bloomfield
Corydon
Chariton
Iplico 20 Year Club Dinner At Country Club
An annual Iplico banquet honors long serving employees of Iowa Power and Light Co. at the Country Club Friday night. Attending are home office reps from Des Moines and district members including Gilbert O Beauchamp retired Leo D Brooke retired Albert H Gust Melber G Harris William J Headley retired Elmer Hills Samuel T Lee retired Howard H Long retired George W Marker A A May Earl Newton retired Wade W Scholey and George L Segrist. Brooke Hills Newton and Scholey have 30 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Power and Light Co
Gilbert O Beauchamp
Leo D Brooke
Albert H Gust
Melber G Harris
William J Headley
Elmer Hills
Samuel T Lee
Howard H. Long
George W Marker
A A May
Earl Newton
Wade W Scholey
George L Segrist
Brooke, Hills, Newton and Scholey
Company
Fire causes major early morning garage blaze at Beans home
Harold Bean's garage where five motors, six fans and abundant shop gear burned in an early Sunday fire near his residence. Peggy Bean woke to crackling and the blaze, Harold and his son Eddie moved cars to safety as firefighters limited damage to the house. Partial insurance covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bean
Peggy
Harold
Eddie
Ipare
Mr Bean
Quiet High Quality Rabbit Show Delights Judge Panel
The 1955 spring rabbit show at the 4 H Youth barn drew 200 head from three states, with strong quality despite lighter entries. Les Krizek of Oelwein topped earnings with 24 New Zealand Whites and 22 dollars in prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Guthrie
Clarinda Association
Mount Ayr
Bob Williams
St Joseph
Clark Sponangle
Marshall
Minn
Pipe
Bill Chance
Kenneth Goff
Clarinda
Don Covad
Rosalie
George Masters
Maryville
Les Krizek
Oelwein
New Zealand
Emmett Cook
Fitch’s
Don Cozad
Harold Murren
Harold Jones
Community group selects chairmen for Clarinda junior college booster effort
A grassroots Clarinda group backing the local junior college named four committee chairmen at a Wednesday meeting with Dr C T Carson and Dean James Browning. Merl Stevens heads the promotion committee A A May the financial aid chair E Nichols the athletic chair and Clinton H Turner the alumni chair. The steering group invites more volunteers from the community to join committees and help form a representative southwest Iowa junior college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
C T Carson
Dean James Browning
Merl Stevens
E Nichols
Clinton H Turner
Carson
Iowa
Collision Causes Minor Vehicle Damage on Grant Street
Police report a Sunday afternoon rear by Connie Henneman 16, backing from a Grant street parking space, collided with E L Blake 64. The 1947 Chrysler sustained 25 dollars in left front fender and hub cap damage. Blake reported no damage to his 1947 vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gillespie
Connie Henneman
Grant Street
16Th
E L Blake
Blake
Harry Henneman
CHS Band Earns Top Rating In State Music Contest
Clarinda High School concert band earned a top Class B large group rating at Creston, with the mixed chorus and girls glee club also receiving ratings. The CHS band traveled with four buses and a team of chaperones and directors to performances by the school’s musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda High School
Creston
Girls Glee Club
CHS
The
Herald- Journal
Shirley Akes
Shirley Babb
Janet Barnes
Joan Bennett
Marianne Buch
Anne Buss
Connie Christensen
Sherrill Cox
Clarinda
Allen Gossett
Bob Williams
Darwin Buch
Charles Thomas
Bob Trimble
Margaret Stark
Esther Vallette
Josephine Sherman
Justice Court Fines For Traffic And Disturbance Offenses
Charles S McFlernen cited May 7 by city police for speeding and fined 5 dollars. Glenn Good cited May 7 by private citizens for throwing fluid filled balloons at cars on highway, 10 dollars. Lorance Gray cited May 7 by private citizens for disturbing the peace and destroying property, 10 dollars. Larry Edwards cited April 30 by city police for failing to pay a parking ticket, 3 dollars. Harold Johnson cited Nov 19 1954 by state highway patrol for operating without a license, 3 dollars. John Farrens cited May 7 by private citizens for reckless driving, 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S McFlernen
Glenn Good
Lorance Gray
Larry Edwards
Harold Johnson
State Highway Patrol
John Farrens
Little Theatre Group Plans Clarinda Play
The Potential Little Theatre Group will present The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at the Clarinda high school auditorium on Friday May 20 at 8 15 pm. Cast includes Mrs Davidson Fred Rhoads Joan Stubick and Ralph Graham. Production staff led by Don Johanns and Marilyn Dowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Tennessee” Williams
Jolly Ann Davidson
Mrs Davidson
Fred Rhoads
Joan Stubick
Ralph Graham
Seven positions filled in local school system
Seven more vacancies have been filled on the Clarinda faculty according to Supt Joe Burnham. New hires include Max Johnson 27 as social studies instructor at Clarinda Junior College and Dale Elmore 38 as industrial arts and driver training instructor for the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Joe Burnham
Elmo
Nodaway
Johnson
Nodaway High School
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Colorado State College
Missouri Valley
Prescott
Dale Elmore
Harold Hurt
Elmore
Tabor High School
Red Cross Drive Falls $2500 Short of Aim in Clarinda
The Clarinda Red Cross fund drive closed with $5,700 raised, $2,500 below the goal. Lou Nordland reported the outcome at the Red Cross board meeting as 12 members gathered. blood program head Mrs Jack Pullan reported on the Bloodmobile visit, and Gray Ladies received stripes for 50 hours of service. A June 24 board meeting will hear the nominating committee report on reorganizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Clarinda
Lou Nordland
Red Cross Board
Clancy Hunt
Jack Pullan
G W Richardson
Read Arthur
Oliver Gregory
Charles Flynn
Asks Judgments in 1953 Accident
Roy W Sunken a California resident filed a district court petition seeking 10000 against Clifford Rogers and Herman Liefering. He says on August 26 1953 he worked as a carpenter for Irvinbilt Construction Co on a building at Red Oak and the National Guard Armory. He was a paid rider with Rogers when an auto crash occurred at a Nodaway township intersection where a Lief ing car from the west ignored a stop sign. Sunken claims both drivers negligent causing permanent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W Sunken
California
Clifford Rogers
Herman Liefering
Sunken
Irvinbilt Construction Co
Red Oak
National Guard Armory
Adams County
Irvinbilt
Rogers
Q Road
Nodaway Township
Liefering
Clarin da firm to straighten Death Curve near Shenandoah
Clarinda Coal and Concrete Co will perform work to straighten the Death Curve near Shenandoah. The low bid was approved Tuesday at the Iowa Highway Commission office in Ames. The project covers substantial earthwork and is tied to Highway 2 improvements at the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ClarInda Coal and Concrete Co
Shenandoah
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
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George Woolson
Mason Williams
Ivan Taylor
LaVern Montross
Walter McMullen
Netha Davison
Harry Carney
Russell Price
Celia Hintz
Charles Winter
H E Richardson
Kenneth Stone
Edna Kite
Don Jillson
Glen Wagoner
James Vincent
Vera
Glenda Nelson
Bruce Wagoner
Dorothy Dahlstrom
Maxina Terrell
Gray
Mesdames
LM Cassatt
George Mace
G G Graff
Mildred Blair
W K Salomon
C E Blair
C E Bradley
Guy Black
W G Dunn
O R Addington
Arlo Hawley
Leslie McCalla
Earl Silver
Russell Katzenbarger
J E Hale
Fred Geer Sr
Raymond Perry
Huldred Reese
Orville Addington
J Dale Foster
John Oberlin
Ron Griggs
Fred Jeffrey
Dick Smith
Richard Stipe
John Woolson
Ben Pullan
Richard Miller
Cora Weaver
Minnie Huddle
Charles Miller
Clarindan
Prepart Company
Clarinda’s
CIC
First Methodist Church
WSCS
Effie Morrey
Earl Haden
Birdice Clark
Ronald Meyer
James Brownings Jr
Mike Caviness
Dorothy Jackson Elam
Harriett Woods
Clarinda Country Club
Rhythmaires
Ipalco
Des
Moines
H . Frenkel
Frenkel
Justice Court
Little Theatre Group
Clarinda High
Clarinda Company
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