Iowa Veterans Benefits and State Political Notes Highlight Iowa News
Iowa veterans and dependents received 71.19 million in federal VA benefits last year with 37,498 veterans receiving injury related payments and 11,703 dependents getting survivor benefits. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled photos of a kidnapping murder victim not an invasion of privacy. The report notes youth essay contests on conservation, a constitutional ruling upholding licensing for actioneers, and a new state personnel director. Armed Forces Day proclaimed in Iowa, the Democratic and Republican party activities outlined with conventions and strategy meetings. Egg dealers paid 60,394 in license renewals as the new grading law began, with year totals and payer breakdowns provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Iowa Supreme Court
Jimmy Bremmer
Sioux City
Ett
District Court
Robert Larson
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Chicago
Lown
Polk District Court
Steinberg-Baum and Co
State Department of Agriculture
Pleasant Ridge Social Scribbles At Fruits School Visit
May 16 Pleasant Ridge notes show Karen Jones and Elma Richardson from Shenandoah staying with Carol Hennaman and visiting Fruits School. Jim Taylor of Shambaugh overnight with Dallas Reeve and Fruits School. Sheryl Hughes from Shambaugh also visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge
Karen Jones
Elma Richardson
Shenandoah
Carol Hennaman
Jim Taylor
Shambaugh
Dallas Reeve
Sheryl Hughes
Alma Beery
Leland Reeve
Frank Farnsworth
Westboro
C V Perry
Farnsworths
Jake Stimson
Iowa Savings Bonds Reach 15th Anniversary Boost Local Economy
C E Bradley of Clarinda notes Iowa holds over 1.3 billion dollars in series E and H bonds with a 15 year history. Page County purchases total 22,829,344 dollars, with estimated cash value around 13,663,000. Counties statewide show large sales and retained values, fueling local circulation and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
Bradley
Taylor County
Fremont County
Montgomery County
Choice to Attend Girls State for Clarinda Student
Kara Fann daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Fann of Clarinda was chosen by the Clarinda American Legion Auxiliary to attend Hawkeye Girls State at Cedar Falls June 10 17. The junior from Clarinda High School must be top scholar and show leadership and cooperation. About 300 Iowa high school juniors will attend sessions at Iowa State Teachers College with dorm lodging. The program aims to acquaint attendees with state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kara Fann
Lyle Fann
Clarinda
Clarinda American Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye Girls State
Cedar Falls
Clarinda High School
Miss Fann
Iowa High School
Girls State
Iowa State Teachrs College
Planning meeting for June 28 field day at Iowa farm
Southwest Iowa farm and business representatives will meet May 22 at the Soil Conservation Experimental Farm west of Clarinda to plan the silver anniversary field day set for June 28. Extension Director John Hunter notes ongoing tests on oats sorghum corn and tillage methods amid 25 years of runoff plots and soil moisture research.
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Iowa
Soi Conservation Experimental Farm
Clarinda
John Hunter
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Chambers of Commerce
Shenandoah
Page County
Missouri River Valley
Marshall
Heron
Hunter
Gravity Club Activities Highlight Community Events
May 14 report shows Gravity Social Hour Club hosting Mother's Day event at the Methodist church with 13 members and 25 guests. Nearby activities include PTA picnic planned May 18 with running events and rib bons awards, plus attendance at funerals and family visits across Gravity and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felt
A . Peterson
Iva Straw
Jasper
Minn
Herb Akers
Wetmore
Herbert Freeman
Dean Harper
Lenox
Howard Freeman
Wade
Vevean
Harley Nickel
Horace Nickel
Don Freeman
Doug Ham
College Springs
Gravity Pta
Sunshine Club
Vera Gold
Leona Smalley
Iva Hicks
Harry Copeland
Graduation Events Highlight Coin Class of 1956
Graduation week at Coin centers on baccalaureate services May 13 and commencement May 17 in the high school auditorium. Robert Baldwin resigns from teaching and will join a Seneca Kansas school. Norman Offenbacher earns state meet bid in discus and football throw with coach Dean Roe. Mothers receive corsages at church services and area families gather for Mother’s Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravity Ball Club
Massena Ball Club
Massena
Gravity
Corning
Clarence Grayson
Clarinda
Alice Beemer
Kenneth Hargadin
Jack Ambrose
Charles Alan
Roy Monroe
Lenox
Arthur Meyers
Lawrence Atterbury
Davis City
Etta Parks
Keokuk
Pearl Teatsworth
Semper Fidelis Club
Ada Farrens
Doyle Savage
Susan
Kansas City
John Stevens
Cleo Savage
Ida Savage
Robert Baldwin
Board of Education
Baldwin
Seneca
Kans
Glen Reed
Patricia Dalbey
Norman Offenbacher
Villisca
Dean Roe
Ames
Methodist Men Plant Corn on Ground Rented in Mason Twp
May 16 ten men from the Methodist Church of New Market planted corn on church rented land at Marvin Ellison farm. Five disks and five planters operated by named volunteers, noon completion. Local seed corn donors from Gravity and visitors noted.
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Mason
Floyd Ellison
Lindsay School
Tommy Malcom
Jerry Gray
Debra
Mark
Harve Thompson
Page County 4-H Members Eligible for Beef Award at State Fair
Page County 4-H youth can win a purebred beef heifer from the Hereford Angus and Shorthorn breed associations and the Iowa State Fair Board. Eligibility requires outstanding club records a beef project at the state fair and county committee nomination to the Iowa Beef Producers Association secretary Ken Falk. The award targets three outstanding 4-Hers with interest in starting a beef herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page County
4-H
Iowa
John Hunter
Iowa State Fair Board
Hunter
Ken Falk
Iowa Beef Producer's Association
Final Exam Schedule Announced at Clarinda Junior College
The dean’s office announced CHS CIC final exams set for May 24 to 29 with classes recessed May 30 for Memorial Day. The school year ends Friday June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda Junior College
Mother-Daughter Tea Hosted by Alpha Sigma Phi Sorority
Alpha Sigma Phi Sorority hosted a mother-daughter tea in Fellowship Hall at the Methodist Church on Friday afternoon. Each girl presented her mother with a pink and white corsage and memory books were given to mothers. Mrs Orville Brewer spoke for the mothers, with acknowledgments for sponsors Mrs Ardith Caviness and Mrs Dorothy Ferguson. Reports of sorority achievements were shared, and music featured the College Girls' Trio and Kathryrn Cayner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Utter
WSCS
Methodist Church
Belle Weaver
Lloyd Bishop
Pat Bolin
James Henderson
Slaney Hatch
Herbert
Charles Randolph
Richard Dalbey
Pat
Des Moines
Alpha Sigma Phi Sorority
Fellowship Hall
Orville Brewer
Ardith Caviness
Dorothy Ferguson
College
Kathryn Cayner
CJC Banquet Honors Graduating Class May 10
CJC students and faculty gathered in the Christian Church basement on Thursday evening May 10 for the annual College Banquet. The Mardi Gras decorated room featured performances by the College Girls' Sextette and a piano duet by Darwin Maltsberger and Warner Kim. Dean James Browning offered farewell remarks to the graduating class and to teachers not returning in the fall. Jerry Kirkby presented a Will and Prophecy skit while Joe Brayman, Student Senate president, served as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CJC
Christian Church
Darwin Maltsberger
Warner Kim
Dean James Browning
Jerry Kirkby
Joe Brayman
Letter From Dr Jonas Salk Delights Local Girl
East River residents report Barbara Armstrong received a personal note from Dr Jonas Salk thanking her for her earlier letter about the polio vaccine discovery. Local social updates note visits by Mrs Earl Warner and others, and Pleasant Valley School closes May 16 with a noon wiener roast.
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East River
Barbara Armstrong
Jonas Salk
Harold Ellison
Dale Laub
Braddyville
Walter Warner Sr
Earl Warner
Merrymaids
Nancy Nordland
Clarinda
Leland Radke
Pleasant Valley School
Quinn IHSAA Executive Secretary to Speak at Banquet
Lyle T Quinn the Iowa High School Athletic Association executive secretary since 1940 will be guest speaker at the Aili Sports Banquet Monday night at 6 40 pm in St John s Lutheran basement. Cardinal Boosters Lions Kiwanis and Rotary clubs sponsor. tickets for dinners are slow with orders due Friday noon. Parents of athletes urged to attend. not a men only affair.
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Lyle T Quinn
Aili
Iowa High School Athletic Association
St John's Lutheran Church
Cardinal Boosters
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Quinn
Boone
Boone High School
Simpson College
Indianola
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
IHSAA
Association
Lyle Fann
Boosters
Strong and Bridie Insurance Agency
Absence of High School News in Herald-Journal Column
Due to Deanna Lee's absence the Herald-Journal does not feature high school items this week. Miss Lee joined seniors on the Chicago skip trip, leaving no local high school coverage in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Lee
Herald-Journal
Miss Lee
Chicago
Braddyville School Closes With PTA Dinner and Rally
A Braddyville closing day dinner for parents and pupils featured PTA officers elected for the new year. A county youth rally at Braddyville Methodist Church on May 20 includes registration, banquet, worship, an inspirational message by Rev Herbert Thomas, and a film shown by Rev Lester Greenwood after the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bower
Harold McClarnon
Don Dreyer
Omar Swanson
Arnold Davison
Harold Bureh
Geneva Johnston
Arlene Lusk
Dorothy Davison
Jean Mattis
Della Wilson
Stanley Stone
Sam Young
H Perrigo
H McCoy
Miss Folden
Erman Johnston
Myrtle Stone
Della Enyart
Harry Clayton
Braddyville
Page County
Braddyville Methodist Church
Braddyville Group
Northboro
MYF
Herbert Thomas
Coin
Lester Greenwood
Clarinda
Harlan Center School Closed Friday for Basket Dinner
Center School will be closed Friday with a four basket dinner. Pupils enjoyed a May 14 Wiener roast. Visitors included Shilia Williams Richard Gotchall Danny Sipes Jeanene Laub and Gary Lee Barlow. Community members and families visited in multiple homes. News staff will be on vacation until September.
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Center
Center School
Shilia Williams
Richard Gotchall
Danny Sipes
Jeanene Laub
Gary Lee Barlow
Ray Ashbaugh
Coin
Bob Summers
Clarinda
Denzel Barlow
Lloyd McCurdy
Bill McCurdy
Keith Fuller
Truman McCurdy
Truman Lusk
Braddyville
Bill Murphy
Clearmont
Gracie
Vena Maxwell
Maxwell Sisters
Lowell Maxwell
R W Henderson
Shenandoah
Mabel Pinckley
L M Wise
Shirley
Yorktown
Tom Wise
Mason Williams
Lester Williams Familly
Bruce McClarnon
Ava Stewart
Siam
Cecil Waldruff
Native of Bombay to spend six months in the United States
C H Shah of Bombay India will spend six months in the United States on an agriculture exchange program. He visits Montgomery County and stays three months in Colorado. Shah is a guest in the Arnold Johnson home.
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Bethesda
C H Shah
Bombay
India
United States
Shah
Arnold Johnson
Montgomery County
Colorado
Dwight Anderson
Red Oak
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Donna Vanderholm
Here
Albert Larson
Lowell Falk
Omaha
Russell Falks
Ronnie
Karen Falk
Dale Wallin
Leland Sellergren
Stanton
Marjorie Seaburg
Clarence Seaburgs
Orville Swanson
Clarinda Sund
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Alg Kelly
Miller Bros Circus
Clarinda’s
Fairgrounds
Florenze
Capitol
Iowa Press Association
Iowa State Grange
Iowa Manufacturer's Association
Soil Conservation
Fort Dodge
George Marchi
Leo Hoegh
Marchi
Art Wallace
Jane
University of Iowa
Gover Hoegh
Kant Theater
San Francisco
GOP
Iowa Legislative Research Bureau
Iowa Taxation Study Committee
R Homer Norton
Grinnell College
Des Moines Pta
Karen Fann
Kansas
E River
P-Ta
Jim Waldruff
Glenn Waldruff
Alfred Orme
Hopkins
Floyd Clayton
New Market
Orie Lee Clayton
Orie Waldruff
Marvin Waldruffs
Lou Waldruff
Carl Foster
Laurence McMullen
Marion Sill and Sons
Decatur
Ill
Maryville
Leslie Knowles
Paul
Kenneth McKay
Bob Drummond
Chalmers Kelley
Blanchard
Harley Kissenger
Glenwood
Wendell Engstrand
Nancy
Ridnour
Leonard East
Barnard
Vern Hamlin
Kenneth van Fossen
Cathy
Harlan Center
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