New Teachers At Union Whitten Appointed Coach and Staff
Robert Allen named girls athletic coach at Union-Whitten High School after service, with prior coaching at Aurora Lamont Garnville and a 1954 state champion. New staff include teachers, bus drivers, cooks, janitors. facilities receive renovations such as tile steps, re finished gym floors, new kitchen equipment, fire alarm, new roof, and floor sanding schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allen
Union-Whitten High School
University of Dubuque
Upper Iowa University
Aurora
Lamont
Garnsville
James McClellan
Arlene Tuttle
Bernice Reist
Dorothy Howard
Anne Gerlack
Delphia Wood
Mary Rogers
Bill Riley
Everett Caster
Roy Caster
Bob Norman
Virgil Mitchell
Charles O'Neill
Wendell Newby
Ray Stover
Whitten
Emma Dighton
Orpha Caster
Union
Phil Ham
Jo Anne Zender
Milo Myers
Carol Romberg
Lucille Pierson
Mildred Norris
Dora Weber
Nelle Riemenscheider
Agnes Sidsema
Joan Foster
Genevieve Heffelmeier
Anna Cooper
Local School Names Teachers and Roles in Junior High
Names appear for Melva Harry and Sherman Botts among junior and senior high music staff and coaching. Charles Hartwig is listed as junior high principal and coach. Doris Ham mer and Be atrice Donaldson hold junior high music English and grade music duties. Opal Montz and Evelyn Callaway are noted for sixth and fifth grade respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melva Harry
Sherman Botts
Charles Hartwig
Doris Hammer
Beatrice Donaldson
Opal Montz
Evelyn Callaway
Wildlife Club Plans Kids Night at Pine Lake Meeting
Pine Lake Wildlife Club members will entertain children at their meeting tomorrow night starting at 7 p.m. Free games and activities will be offered. Members are asked to bring one or more boys or girls under 16 years of age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Club
Union Rites for Grellet Dillon
Services for Grellet Dillon 77 were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Community church in Union with Rev. George Good officiating. Burial followed in Bangor cemetery. Dillon died at 2 a.m. Friday at Evangelical hospital in Marshalltown after years of poor health. He was born March 2, 1897 in Bangor, one of 12 children of Josiah and Elizabeth Moorman Dillon, and married Bessie Hollingsworth June 20, 1897 at Bangor. He farmed near Bangor, ran a store, lived in Marshalltown briefly, and managed a bulk oil plant before moving to Union, where he served as town marshal for 15 years prior to retiring due to illness. Surviving besides his wife are three sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grellet Dillon
Union
George Good
Bangor
Dillon
Evangelical Hospital
Marshalltown
Union News
Mr. Dillon
Josiah
Elizabeth Moorman Dillon
Bessie Hollingsworth
Angor
Fourteen Win State Fair Place for Hardin County 4-H Girls
Fourteen Hardin county 4-H girls qualified for the state fair by winning top exhibits at the county fair last week. The entries include Dropped cookies Nancy Pfeil Sherman Stars. rolled cookies Wanda Wallace Providence Pearls. quick bread Karen Chaplin Harmony Homerettes. plain cake Sharon Harms Alden Clover Climbers. angel food cake Arlene Engelson Buckeye Boosters. Cloverleaf rolls Sharon Wykle Sherman Stars. yeast bread loaf Anne Wooten Providence Pearls. jelly Janet Reece Providence Pearls. preserves Carold Gaede Eldora Eager Beavers. tomatoes Carol Gaede Eldora Eager Beavers. fruit Patty Beach Providence Pearls. vegetables Joyce Clark Concord Cloverettes. food to farm meal Carol Gaede Eldora Eager Beavers. table setting Sharon Harms Alden Clever Climbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Jane Primus
Hardin County Home Economist
Pamela Montandon
Sharon Thompson
Alden Clover Climbers
Nancy Pfeil
Sherman Stars
Wanda Wallace
Providence Pearls
Karen Chaplin
Harmony
Harmony Homerettes
Sharon Harms
Angel
Arlene Engelson
Buckeye Boosters
Sharon Wykle
Anne Wooten
Janet Reece
Carold Gaede
Eldora Eager
Concord
Cloverettes
Carol Gaede
Eldora
Eager Beavers
Alden
Clever Climbers
Building New Structure At ITS El Dora
At the Iowa Training School for Boys in El Dora, work begins to replace the wooden framed greenhouse with an aluminum structure. The old rot is cleared as Paul Gorton the greenhouse supervisor oversees six students in tearing down and erecting the new metal building. Gorton and the boys also tend campus flowers and plant vegetable seedlings in winter for spring use. Markets rise cattle near 1955 spring highs as hogs approach a 13 month peak with beef demand lifting cattle values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Training School For Boys
Eldora
Paul Gorton
Gorton
Obscure Iowa Falls Auto Listings Read Like Local Directory
A fragment lists individuals and car brands tied to Iowa Falls including New Cars names such as DeWitt El Dora Dodge and Humphrey Buick and Ford trucks involving Reed Lettow Miner Ricks and M. Miner. The partial item resembles a local car sale or registration snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan and
Or Lee DeWitt
Eldora
Dodge
W. B. Or Altarena Humphrey
New Providence
Buick
Jack Reed
Iowa Falls
Ford Truck
Richard Or Phyllis Lettow
Paul R. Or
Marlys M. Miner
Ford
Fred Herman Ricks
Harris Moves Past Wood In Golf Tourney
Defending champion Dr. J. B. Harris of Radcliffe defeated John B. Wood of Eldora 5 and 4 to lead the Pine Lake Country Club event. Harrison Wolcott of Eldora beat Don Marks 5 4 in the other championship flight. First flight saw Don Rhoads of Whitten defeat Frank Petty of Eldora 3 2 with several matches unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Harris
Radcliffe
John B. Wood
Eldora
Pine Lake
Howard Caffee
Dale Petty
Walter Neubauer
Kermit Wiechman
Hubbard
Jack Boeke
Vic Vilmont
Jay Cakerice
Lew Throssel
Bond Sales At 69 Percent In Hardin County
Hardin county July savings bonds investments totaled $119,490 with a seven month sum of $1,206,551, reaching 69 percent of the 1956 quota. Town July investments stood at $13,063,170, up over 1955, while the state reached 62 percent of its annual goal at seven months with $103,166,260. Robert W. Barlow of Iowa Falls praised Hardin’s performance as among Iowa’s best, noting state figures show July dollar volume in Iowa exceeded any July since 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Hardin County
Robert W. Barlow
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Iowa Falls Pairs
Robert J. Leonard 18 and June W. Mulford 19 both of Iowa Falls. Jerome M. Rotzler 25 and Patricia Neubauer 19 of Iowa Falls. De Witt Clock 26 and Joan I. Munier 17 of Ackley. Geo. G. Fagg 22 and Jane Wood 22 of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Leonard
Iowa Falls
June W. Mulford
Jerome M. Rotzler
Patricia Neubauer
DeWitt Clock
Joan I. Munier
Ackley
Geo. G. Fagg
Eldora
Jane Wood
Hubbard School Opens Monday
Hubbard School will open August 27 for a half day session. After registration is completed, books handed out, rental fees paid and hot lunch tickets purchased, the buses will return the children to their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
County 4-H Booth Ribbon Awards At County Fair
Eight blue ribbons, four red ribbons and three white ribbons were awarded to county 4-H girls' clubs for their booths at the county fair last week. Blue placings went to Alden Clover Climbers and others. red placings to Concord Cheerful Chums and associates. white placings to Harmony Homerettes and teams.
Cannery Closes At State School
The cannery at the Iowa Training School for Boys ended the season by canning 2329 gallons of vegetables from the school garden. Twelve boys under R L Utley supervised canned goods for winter use by boys and staff. Beans accounted for 753 gallons, beets 376, and tomatoes 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Training School For Boys
R. L. Utley
36-Voice Choir Formed At ITS James Green Directs
James Green, music director at the Iowa Training School for Boys, announces a 36 member school choir. Green, Northwestern College graduate, will supply organ music and direct the ensemble. The choir sings at chapel and for special occasions. IN SORORITY Janet Lu Bradley joins Alpha Iota at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Green
Iowa Training School For Boys
Green
Northwestern College
Minneapolis
Janet Lu Bradley
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Alpha Iota
Miss Bradley
Henry H. Bradley
Union
Union-Whitten High School
ALB
Prominent Dog Authority on Heat Care for Pets
Dog expert Bob Bartos explains that dogs suffer in heat like people and require proper care. Vets advise clipping thick coats to reduce heat, plus constant access to fresh clean water. Keep water cool and free from dirt and in the shade when possible.
Dog of the Week: Bulldog in Hot Weather Care
Features breed details for the Bulldog including weight and height. Provides heat safety tips such as shade, cooling methods, avoiding strenuous activity, feeding adjustments, flea and tick checks, and what to do for heat distress with veterinary contact.
Kruger Buys May Sell Hemp Mill Near Grundy Center
Harm Kruger, longtime operator of Harm's Club and Cafe at the old hemp mill west of Grundy Center for 34 years, purchased a Cassville Wisconsin restaurant and plans to move there in about two weeks. He will keep the hemp mill cafe open until then. If no new manager is found for the cafe, the building owner Herman Iblings may close the business and remove the fixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harm Kruger
Hemp Mill
Grundy Center
Cassville
Wisconsin
Krugers
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Prairie du Chein
Wis
Kruger
Herman Iblings
Iblings
Jurors chosen for Grundy County September term
Grundy County petit jurors drawn for the September term with Judge Shannon B Charlton presiding. Listed jurors span Grundy Center Wellsburg Beaman Parkersburg Holland Dike Whitten Cedar Falls Liscomb Aplington and other communities, alongside an executrix notice for estate of George H Sterns in Hardin County filed August 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Ione Barton
Ruth Crouse
Leona Curry
Ed Staker
Dorothy Daggett
Beaman
Geo. McCurk
Elizabeth Boss
Wayne Lynch
Ackley
Richard Cobie
Parkersburg
Bert Heerts
Martyn Kramer
Harvey Meester
Ruth Frey
Dorthea Kruger
Holland
Klaas CC
Kruger
Harry A. Meester
Harry Johnson
John Buskohl
Dike
Nick Freese
Berdine Kilpatrick
Hattie Neilsen
Arthura Brown
Henry K. Meester
JE. K. Anderson
Mabel Dreesman
Whitten
Milo Schwarck
Cedar Falls
Augusta Petersen
Claudia Sumerland
Victor Hansen
Liscomb
D. L. Clapsaddle
Aplington
Folkert Boelman
Iowa
Hardin County
GIVSN
George H., Sterns
District Court
Margaret I. Berg
Bateson & Ryan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union - Whitten
Steamboat
Union-Whitten
Wildlife Club
Harris
Wood
Wolcott
Hubbard School
Hilton
Nat Nast
Brunswick and
Hyde
Universal
Brunswick
Concord Cloverettes
Eldora Eager Beavers
Etna Merry Makers
Providence
Concord Cheerful
Eldora Happy Hustlers
Eilis Sunshine Sallies
Jackson T. N. T
Tipton Teammates
Lapea Pee
Bob Bartos
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Grundy
Fred L. Miller
H-L
S. Washington
Glen Willig
Dora Stambaugh
Conrad
Vilmont Furniture
Joe H. Kramer
Ray Snittjer
I-84
Eldora, Iowa
Eldora Livestock
Central Iowa
Reisinger, Heltibridle & Dobson
Libby
Crisco
Dot. Carton
Starkist
Shurfresh
Schumachers
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