DeWitt 1958 Pool Opens After Lengthy Campaign
DeWitt community marks the ribbon cutting for the 1958 pool after a long fundraising effort. City council approved a bond issue to finish the project, with donations from businesses and residents sustaining the build. The pool serves a wide area and is regarded as a key community asset amid earlier funding challenges.
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DeWitt Community
Ed Svenksen
Peter Matthiesen
Rod Joy
John Nielsen
Tion
Observer
DeWitt Centennial Roundup Highlights 1947-48
A lengthy DeWitt Observer centennial section lists 1947 1948 developments. Key items include 128 Chamber of Commerce charter members, 1816 Farm Bureau membership, major building moves by Iowa Mutual and W H Walker building purchases, fire losses at DeWitt Motor Sales, hospital cost estimates, new lighting and water projects, multiple church plans, Legion and VFW activities, 4 H club events, and substantial community drives for Friendship and hospital funding. Names include Grace Lutheran, DeWitt Chamber, Iowa Electric, Grand Mound, and local firms. events span city elections, fly ins at Grand Mound airport, and ongoing street and utility improvements.
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DeWitt Public School
John Minor
Levien
Grand Mound Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Joseph’s School
Frank Kearney
DeWitt
Lester-Olson
Congregational Church
U. S. Brumer
Waggoner
DeWitt Community
OPA
Moose
Paper Products Company
DeWitt Motor Sales
Grace Lutheran Church
DeWitt Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Iowa Mutual Casualty Company
W. H. Walker
6Th Avenue
N. C. Ellerman
Grand Mound
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Louisville
Nebraska
DeWitt Legion
American Legion
St. Jes’s
Iowa Electric
DeWitt Hospital
Thorpe
Nets
VFW
Haupt Building
Iowa Electric Company
Cities Service Company
Low Moor
Chamber of Commerce
Clinton County
S. W. DeWitt
Methodist Church
DeWitt Council
East End Grocery
DeWitt Boy
L. H. Cogswell
DeWitt Dehawks
Lyons
Morton Lyon
Red Grange
Grace Lutheran Church Congregation
New Church
Hub Cafe
McCausland Tavern
DeHawks
Iowa
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Women of the Moose
Pride
Public School Board
DeWitt Farmer - Merchants
Clinton
Shell Servicenter
Floyd Smith
Long Grove
Ben Hunter
Welton Consolidated School
James Cox Jr
Miller
Francis Kearney
Crystal Lake Club
Matthiesen Market
Millard Smith
Low Moor Methodist Church
Community Club
E. S. Benning
Bob’s
DeWitt Bank and Trust Company
C. W. Nantz
Farmers Merchants
Springbrook Sportsmens Club
Martin J. Dougherty
2Nd Street
8Th Avenue
Herbert H. Cousins
J. H. Harrington
the Dewitt. Observer
City Park
Wuestenberg Motors
Council
Iowa Road Building Company
Fairmont
Minn
Legion
Business County
Draft Board
G. L. DeNune
Iowa Electric Generating
NEW Legion
Welton
DeWitt Library
Red Cross
F. H. Kruse
Tipton
Grace Lutheran
Highway 30
East
DEPT
Logal
DeWitt Merchants
Charles Bender
Jim
Feldpausch
Svenksen
Roy Cogswell
Earl Levsen
Joe Hatch
al Almond
Dick Barnes
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