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Newspaper

Clarinda Herald Journal

Location

Clarinda, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1955

Page

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Page County corn crop estimated 45 percent below normal

A drought meeting in western Iowa's Page County reported the corn crop 45 percent below normal. Attendees included state and county officials from FHA ASC SCS and area banks, with estimates showing 10 percent of farmers have total crop failure for feed value and 60 percent lack sufficient livestock feed.

Page County Iowa Dwight W Meyer State ASC K K Hansen FHA Robert Lott Everett Stoneberg Ralph Jenzin Iowa State College Extension Service Ames Unty Tension Service Production Credit Association Federal Land Bank SCS

Judgments Against Seven Defendants in Page County Court

Judgments awarded to two plaintiffs against seven defendants in Page County District Court. Four judgments signed Thursday for amounts owed to Jeffrey Motor Co with four defendants named. Friday judgments by Judge R Kent Martin for three defendants on promissory notes owed to William B Cundiff American Loan & Finance Co. Defendants listed include Rex Garvin Edwards Scroggs Anderson Gray Fidler Campbell with respective sums.

Page County District Court C E Apple Carl L Ambelang Chariton Jeffrey Motor Co Ambelang Rex Garvin Dick Eawards Forrest Scroggs Tom Anderson R Kent Martin Friday William B Cundiff American Loan & Finance Co Clarinda Cundiff Carl Gray Melvyn Fidler Wayne Campbell

VFW Buddy Poppy Sale Planned in Clarinda This Week

The Veterans of Foreign Wars will sell Buddy Poppies in Clarinda Friday and Saturday led by post commander Lowell Burns. William Boyd and Mrs Marvin Hansen chair the campaign, with auxiliary members soliciting Friday and Camp Fire Girls selling Flowers of Flanders Saturday to fund rehabilitation for disabled veterans.

Buddy Clarinda Lowell Burns McCrae-Cooper William Boyd Marvin Hansen VFW Auxiliary Shambaugh Camp Fire Girls

Mason Township Couple Home From West For Anniversary

Special notice recalls Mr and Mrs Clifford Burton of Pomona California celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Friends from Norwich and New Market areas attended. Three sons and other relatives gathered as Mr and Mrs Richard Burton hosted at their New Market area home. Photo and fuller details to follow Thursday.

Mason Clifford Burton Pomona Calif Norwich New Market Richard Burton

Community Building Corp elects Hall as president

Clarinda Building Company Inc reports its most active year since 1950 as stockholders meet. Board selections include O Wilhholm Mace Woolson as directors and officers. Hall becomes president with Mace and Woolson as vice presidents.

Community Building Corp Hall Clarinda Building Company, Inc O ' Wilhholm George Mace George Woolson L M Cassat J Dale Foster

Retirement of Joe Faassen Ends 39 Years at Berry Seed Co

Joe Faassen vice-president and secretary of Berry Seed Co retires after 39 years with the firm at a dinner at Clarinda Country Club. He will remain on the board and in the office in an advisory role while plans include visits with family in the east. Faassen born in Pella of Dutch ancestry joined Berry Seed Co in 1916 and became office manager in 1918. He has been active in community affairs including Page County Building & Loan Association and Kiwanis club. Approximately 50 Berry Seed Co employees attended plus guests including Roy Flynn of Des Moines and his son.

Joe Faassen Berry Seed Co Clarinda Country Club Clarindan Faassen Roy Flynn Lessing Advertising Co Des Moines C T Flynn Joe Pella Page County Building & Loan Association

Clue Identifies Young Veteran Behind Cemetery Party

A Clarinda veteran admitted to Chief C E Reynolds that he littered the cemetery after a nighttime party. He left an army mess card at the scene with his name and beer cans. No charges were pressed. he helped clean up the site and faced two ordinance violations.

Clarinda C E Reynolds Reynolds

Textured shoes surface in printed woven and grain leathers

A note explains textured surfaces appear on full shoes, commonly in screen printed woven and grain leathers.

Clarinda Theatre to Celebrate Silver Anniversary with Free Day

Clarinda marks the theatres silver anniversary with Clarinda Theatre Day on Wednesday Sept 28. Herman Fields and staff host free continuous movies from 2 pm to midnight including a Vista Vision feature and cartoons. Tickets are free and available in local stores from week start until showtime.

Clarinda Herman Fields Vista Vision Chamber of Commerce The Herald-Journal Linderman Hotel

McKinley Faculty Gifts to PTA at New School

McKinley faculty presented a silver serving tray to the PTA marking their work on furnishings for the new school. 102 adults attended the first meeting, with plans to install a plaque for late teacher Miss Ethel Ustick and to raise funds for playgrounds and further furnishings.

Parent-Teachers Association of McKinley School McKinley PTA Ethel Ustick Fred Tomlinson The McKinley Pta

Cardinal Boosters to Fete Squad at Chili Supper

Cardinal Boosters will hold a chili supper for the football squad on Tuesday September 27 at 7 pm in the American Legion hall. President Lyle Fann said the meeting will feature potential Red Oak game film by Bob Tunnicliff and booster hats on display and sale if they arrive.

Cardinal American Legion Meeting Lyle Fann Legion Hall Fann Red Oak Bob Tunnicliff

Rose Driftmier Former teacher dies in Washington

Death of Miss Rose Driftmier formerly a Clarinda teacher whose later years were in the west was reported from Anacortes Washington. She suffered a stroke and never recovered and funeral services were planned for Anacortes where her parents and youngest brother were buried. She leaves two sisters Amelia Behm of Buffalo Wyoming and Alma Henshaw of Mt Vernon Washington and a brother Ben Driftmier of Anacortes.

Rose Driftmier Clarinda South Yakima Wash F Driftmier Ben Driftmier Anacortes Miss Driftmier West J C Amelia) Behm Buffalo, Wye Boyd Alma) Henshaw Mt Vernon

Polio Vaccination Drive Sees Second Round In Page County

East Page youngsters completed a May round of polio shots with 355 second and third graders returning for the follow up. Dr H S Frenkel reports 361May vaccine recipients countywide with 171 from Clarinda and 190 outside the city. Stragglers will be offered a Sept 30 session at 9 am at McKinley school building run by Mrs Ruth Harper. Eight Clarinda doctors and municipal hospital nurses aided.

Page County H S Frenkel Page County Medical Society Clarinda National Polio Foundation Ruth Harper McKinley Grade School Frenkel T Ramsdell Charles Flynn Kenneth Jensen Norman Johnson Fred Sperry Willard Kuehn Earl Bossingham Municipal Hospital Dorothy Dahlstrom Helen Clayton Phyllis Farquhar Alene Swindler East Page County ST Ramsdell Kathleen Miller Mel Lyle Miller Swisher School Valley Township

Peanuts Drive Aids Cla rinda Child Welfare Fund

Kiwanians plan to canvass the city Tuesday evening to sell peanuts and raise funds for the club’s child welfare program. Local doctors dentists and eye specialists volunteer, with club funds covering materials and expenses. Gather at the Linderman Hotel at 5 30 pm and return for a 7 pm dinner. 92 of 100 in Clarinda are Herald Journal subscribers.

Linderman Hotel

Date set for blood drive at city hall basement

Red Cross blood center in city hall basement invites donors Tuesday afternoon from noon to 6 pm to reach a 120 pint quota. All willing—whether pledged or not—are urged to report for donation and help prevent a no-show.

Red Cross Blood Center City Hall Red Cross Blood Center

Ira E Lavely Dies at 79 in Shenandoah

Ira E Lavely 79 died Saturday night at Hand Hospital Shenandoah after a brief illness from a heart attack. He was a prominent retired farmer born near Coin and lived near Coin most his life. Survived by wife Sybil three sons Walter Lloyd Paul two sisters Irene and Grace Knodell and four brothers. Funeral at Coin Methodist Church 2 30 pm Wednesday burial Snow Hill Cemetery Hackett Funeral Home Shenandoah in charge.

Ira E Lavely the Hand Hospital Shenandoah Mr Lavely Coin Lavely Sybil Walter California Lloyd Kansas City Paul Vivian Minnesota Grace Knodell Fairfield Irene Charles George Ora Coin Methodist Church Snow Hill Hackett Funeral Home

Wheat Stubble Fire Burns 20 Acres North of Willisea

Fire scorched twenty acres of wheat stubble on the Zay Greenfield farm north of Willisea. Cockerbars were placed on a burning stump and a high wind drove the blaze out of control.

Zay Willisea

Fall PTA Conference Announced for District 9

The Fall Conference of District 9 Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers is set for Sept 28 at First Christian Church. Eleven counties including Page Taylor Fremont Adams Montgomery Mills Pottawattamie Cass Adair Audubon Guthrie will be represented.

Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers LR Fox First Christian Church Page Taylor Fremont Adams Montgomery Mills Pottawattamie Cass Adair Audubon Guthrie Bruce Grossman Clarinda Mental Health Institute Lincoln School PTA Wayne Burgeson

Enrollment Decline Hits Page County Rural Schools

Rural schools in Page County show enrollment down from last year with 620 students enrolled this fall. Superintendent Miss Esther Hensleigh notes three teachers added to the roster, lists per township enrollments, and records each parish and church school totals, with Immanuel Lutheran and St Paul’s Lutheran parishes at 52 students each.

Page County Esther Hensleigh Hensleigh Gracie DeVore Tabor Golf School Pierce Township Bertha Sherrdon Malvern Arbor Dale Tarkio Verna Hughes Shambaugh Pleasant Hill East River Sams Vandevender Hepburn Douglas Dirrin Cramer Woodlawn Johnson Fremont Goldenrod Pierce -Franklin Grove Windy Summit Center Centennial Golf Grant Pleasant View Lone Star High Prairie

Funeral service held for Mrs Della A Boyer

Mrs Della A Boyer died Saturday morning in a Nebraska City hospital after a week of illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. She lived in Nebraska City with her daughter Mrs L Z Ewing and was a member of the Clarinda Methodist Church. Rev Lester Greenwood officiated at Foster Harmon Williams Mortuary. Interment followed in Clarinda Cemetery.

Foster- Harmon-Williams Della A Boyer Boyer Nebraska City Nebra Hospital L Z Ewing Clarinda Lester Greenwood First Methodist Church Clarinda Cemetery

Lenox Development Company Forms Fertilizer Factory

A new Lenox group of stockholders has chartered Lenox Development Co to build a fertilizer plant with a factory and rail siding. Operations are expected to begin by December with a payroll of 12 workers.

NEW Lenox Lenox Development Co Lenox Dec F

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Saas Iowa Asc VFW Mason Township George Hall Mace Woolson Jeulah Driftmier L. M Cassat Orr William Orr Church W F Stipe M E Montgomery Driftmier Louis Nordland Merwin Martin Board of Municipal Hospital Trustees Presbyterian Church Kiwanis Club Charles Sinn R J Swanson Mrs Faassen Bob Brown Washington Routes Shen Clarinda Junior College E Reynolds Wayne McGowan Congress Raymond Jones Council Bluffs Schools James Campbell Lincoln Pta Merle McCutcheon Garfield Pta Glenn Cade DELLA
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