Passion Vine study by Paul Gorton at training school
Paul Gorton, a greenhouse instructor at the training school, experiments with a new plant named passion vine noted for unpredictable blooming. The plant shows blooms 2 to 2.5 inches wide with rainbow colors, opening for up to 27 hours, then closing under a green-yellow covering. Gorton plans more cuttings after one failed attempt, while seven students assist in cultivating six zennia varieties. Gorton, from Shenandoah, has 30 years in nursery and florist work. Students named Rex Robinson, Benny Comstock, Micheal Hines, Lyle Johnson, John Reisner, Wayne Barton, and John WHeidebrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gorton
Gorton
Shenandoah
Mr. Gorton
Rex Robinson
Burlington
Benny Comstock
Micheal Hines
Des Moines
Lyle Johnson
Davenport
John Reisner
Oecelwein
Wayne Barton
Riverton
John Wheidebrink
Sibley
Seek Damages From Estate A Death Auto Collision Claim
The Grundy district court docket for the September term lists a damage case against the estate of Harm Diekman. Floyd E Carl and wife seek $116,624 from administrator Clarence Diekman for injuries from an automobile collision on Primary 14, north of Parkersburg, on September 27 last year in which Diekman was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harm Diekman
Grundy
Floyd .E. Carl
Mr. Diekman
Clarence Diekman
Parkersburg
Diekman
Grundy REA to Hold 20th Annual Meeting
The Grundy Rural Electric Association will conduct its 20th annual meeting on Wednesday evening, September 5, in Grundy Center high school auditorium. Attendance is expected to exceed 1000. Bill Wisdom of Des Moines, executive secretary for the Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative, will give the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Bill Wisdom
Des Moines
Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative
Union-Whitten Class Officers Named In Short Session
In a brief meeting on August 27 Union-Whitten Community School elected new class officers across four grades. The school totals 364 students with 94 in high school. 31 freshmen and 26 seniors highlight a mixed enrollment. Stanley Hartwig is introduced as the new junior high principal after prior service at Extra School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hammer
Jay Cutler
Jerry Schwarck
Jackie Peterson
Billy Amundson
Connie Long
Tommy Matney
Whitten Community School
Stanley Hartwig
Mr. Hartwig
Parsons College
Fairfield
Extra
Republican Women To Hear Vitek Speaker At County Club
Mrs. Marie Vitek of Cedar Rapids an escapee from Czechoslovakia will address the Hardin County Republican Women's club at 2 p m Monday Sept 10. Hostesses include Mrs Wilmer Cook of New Providence assisted by Mrs Earl Marsh and Mrs Paul Walter of Union Reports from the Chicago Republican women's meeting will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Vitek
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Hardin County
Republican Women's Club
Wilmer Cook
New Providence
Earl Marsh
Paul Walter
Union
Chicago
Club to Honor Kay Setchell at Farewell Stag Party
Pine Lake Wildlife club will stage a members only farewell party for Kay Setchell president of the organization here Thursday evening beginning at 6 30 p m Setchell is moving to Florida the event is restricted to members only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Wildlife Club
Kay Setchell
Setchell
Florida
Hospital Births and Names Across Towns
A list of new births appears in the hospital notes with names including Mrs Ida Landis Mrs Carl Cordes and Mrs Guy Follett among others. Eldora reports births for Mrs Richard Carter a boy Sept 3 and Mrs Dale Schwarck a girl Sept 1. Steamboat Rock records a birth for Mrs Max Sharpshair a boy Aug 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Ida Landis
Carl Cordes
Guy Follett
Elvin J. Ryan
F. C. Dreier
Guy Simpson
Floyd Price
Grace Q. Smith
E. F. Stielow
Clemens
Rosalee Norman
Radcliffe
Phyllis Ranger
Alden
Vernon Sperger
Union
Hattie Cavana
Ellsworth
Iver J. Wallem
Hubbard
Charlotte Walters
Dena Begemann
Keith Bachman
Richard Carter
Dale Schwarck
Steamboat Rock
Max Sharpshair
Hardin County 4-H Judging Team Places Fourth at State Fair
Hardin County 4-H judging team finished fourth with 1,572 of 1,800 points among 92 teams at the state livestock judging contest. Eldora's Gordon Reisinger led individuals with 13th place at 535 of 600. Team members: John Rooks, Gordon Reisinger of Eldora, Roger Reed of Steamboat Rock, and Jim Montgomery of Alden, from workouts across the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Gordon Reisinger
John Rooks
Eldora
Roger Reed
Steamboat Rock
Jim Montgomery
Alden
North Iowa Fair
Mason City
Bright Winner at Iowa State Fair Leads Dairy Show
Ralph Bright of Eldora topped the Brown Swiss dairy cattle division at the Iowa State Fair winning first place with a heifer calf born after June 30 1955 and capturing best three females. He also earned seven second place awards and two third place finishes. Clarence T. Lange of Eldora took third with a bull calf and third with a heifer calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bright
Eldora
Bright
Clarence T. Lange
Mrs Roger Horn Joins Keller Loan Agency As Secretary
Mrs Roger Horn wife of New Providence high school principal began work as secretary at the Keller Loan agency here on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller Loan
Roger Horn
New Providence High School
Keller Loan Agency
Radcliffe School Opens New Year Under Johnson Staff
Radcliffe community school started the 1959 60 term with a brief morning session yesterday and full classes today led by Supt W Hubert Johnson heading a 28 member staff. A major building program adds new classrooms for occupancy by the second semester. Bus routes feature drivers Steve Thompson Glen Haversten Jr Gary Thompson Bob Newhall Lowell Wykle Allen Kuhfus Kenneth Appelgate Elston Imsland Archie McDanel and Alvern Elwood student drivers Dennis Blome David Skartvedt Jerry Warmbier and Jon Rorem. Kitchen staff includes head cook dietician Marie Berve and cooks Rosella Klug Alta Mossman with Archie McDanel mechanic. Custodians Charles Papp Allen Klatt and secretary Carol Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliffe Community School
W. Hubert Johnson
Radcliffe School
Steve Thompson
Glen Haversten, Jr
Gary Thompson
Bob Newhall
Lowell Wykle
Allen Kuhfus
Kenneth Appelgate
Carol Larson
Becomes Citizen Mrs Ted Swasand Is Now US Citizen
Mrs. Ted Swasand of Eldora passed tests at Waterloo Wednesday to become a citizen of the United States. She is a native of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Swasand
Eldora
Waterloo
United States
Swasand
Canada
Mrs Gates Sells Magazine Article Worth Boston Sale
Mrs Mary Gates of Eldora has sold an article titled School Year In Song to Ginn Music Notes in Boston. The piece will appear in the September issue. Gates teaches vocal music in the local elementary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gates
Eldora
Ginn Music Notes
Boston
Mass
Gates
Iowa Falls Voters Approve Pool Bond Issue
Iowa Falls residents voted 942 to 375 in favor of a $140,000 bond to fund a new swimming pool. The existing pool, closed by health officials, will be replaced and construction is expected to start this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Falls
Van Patters Attend National Legion Meet in San Francisco
Mr and Mrs C A Van Patter of Eldora are attending the national American Legion convention in San Francisco California. Van Patter is the I own third district commander and his wife has served as the third district auxiliary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. van Patter
Eldora
National American Legion
San Francisco
Calif
van Patters
van Patter
Legion
Iown
Fire damages Ackley Presbyterian Home roof and third floor
Fifteen elderly residents were evacuated from the Presbyterian Home in Ackley after a fire damaged a third floor room and the roof of the brick and frame building. No injuries were reported, and the blaze, likely from defective wiring, was controlled within about 30 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Home
Ackley
Services Today For Mrs. Cramer At Steamboat
Funeral services for Mrs John Cramer 79 of Steamboat Rock will be at Steamboat Rock Baptist church today at 2 p m Burial will be in Steamboat Rock cemetery She died Sunday in Oak Park AS after a long illness She and her husband spent the school year with their daughter Catherine who teaches there She was born Lena Laiken June 28 1887 near Steamboat Rock and lived there all her life Surviving are husband a daughter three sons John of Mason City Lewis and Henry of Chicago three sisters two brothers pallbearers include Donald Grieves Henry R Cramer Carl Luiken Bernard Luiken Wendell Luiken and Harold Luiken The Rev Kurt Marquardt will officiate Vocals by Mrs Troy Luiken Miss Verna Luiken Pete Luiken and Harry Luiken Organist Mrs Harry Luiken Flowers by Mrs George Potgeter and Mrs Hollis Havens Funeral arrangements by Andrle Creps Funeral Home.
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John Cramer
Steamboat Rock
Steamboat Rock Baptist Church
Cramer
Oak Park
Catherine
Lena Laiken
John
Mason City
Lewis and
Henry
Chicago
E. B. Johnston
Eldora
H. A. Eckhoff
Ernc Luiken
J. W. Grieves
Waterloo
John Luiken
Auburn
Ala
Donald Grieves
Henry R. Cramer
Carl Luiken
Bernard Luiken
Wendell Luiken
Harold Luiken
George Potgeter
Hollis Havens
Andrle Creps Funeral
Corn and bean yields seen as excellent in Hardin County
Hardin County extension director Dick Pulse says recent rains meet moisture needs for the rest of the growing season. He notes some corn borer damage but expects yields to be average or better barring early frost, extreme heat, or hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Dick Pulse
Pulse
Tests for postmaster job at Union offered by civil service
Applications for an examination for postmaster at Union will be received by the U S civil service commission until Sept 25. A J Tisdale retired July 1 and Ross J Hauser will apply for permanent appointment. The third class post office pays 4530 a year. Applicants must be 18 to 70, have at least a year of qualifying experience, and have lived in the community a year. A written examination will be given. Information obtainable at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
U. S. Civil Service Commission
A. J. Tisdale
Ross J. Hauser
Services Pending For McKenzie
Funeral services for James McKenzie of New Providence, 51, killed in a one car accident last Thursday, were still pending yesterday. Efforts to locate Mrs. McKenzie, who left for California the morning of her husband’s death, continue. Services likely at New Providence church. date not established. Longenecker Funeral Home in Eldora is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKenzie
New Providence
Mrs. McKenzie
California
Longenecker Funeral Home
Eldora
Car Goes Off Lake Road At Spillway Here
Hardin county reports no serious injuries during Labor Day weekend. A 1955 Plymouth plunged toward the spillway on lake road near Grundy Center. Maida Davis was not in the car. Bill Walters and an unidentified woman passenger escaped unhurt. Dick Leverin and John Starr aided responders. Sheriff warns possible charges for failing to report the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Sheriff's
Lower Pine Lake
Paul Ek. Hodgson
Maida Davis
Grundy Center
Bill Walters
Dick Leverin
John Starr
Eldora
Iowa
Department
Department of Public Safety
Priest and Woman Injured In Highway 20 Crash
A Catholic priest from St. Louis and a Chicago woman were seriously injured when their car struck a road grader on Highway 20 near Ackley Friday around 11 a.m. Rev. Father J. W. Galus suffered facial cuts and lacerations while Delores Brandt sustained a fractured collar bone and facial injuries. They were hospitalized in Waterloo. The grader operator, Howard Olson of Iowa Falls, escaped injury. The Fred Carlson construction firm is widening Highway 20, which had just reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 20
Ackley
J. W. Galus
St. Louis
Delores Brandt
Chicago
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Paul Hodgson
Bob Barr
Howard Olson
Iowa Falls
Fred Carlson
Decorah
Olson
Three-Car Wreck Injures Two Near Grundy Center
A Sunday three car collision seven miles north of Grundy Center at Highways 57 and 14 left Richard Lacina 15 with a fractured left elbow in hospital at Grundy Center. Lutjen Beenken Jr. was treated and released for a left arm injury. Bert Baer escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Richard Lacina
Ervin Lacina
Tama
Lutjen Beenken, Jr
Aplington
Bert Baer
Grimes
Farm Bureau Plans 4-H Program at Eldora Township Hall
Eldora Township Farm Bureau met last Tuesday evening September 4 at 8 p.m. in the Community hall. A 4-H program was planned with committee members Dale Petty Bill Vigars and Herb Macr onn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Township Farm Bureau
Dale Petty
Bill Vigars
Herb Macronn
Marriage Licenses for Bourne and Elliott in Iowa Falls
Richard Bourne aged 20 and Patricia C. Elliott aged 20, both of Iowa Falls, have been issued marriage licenses. The ceremony is not described and no further details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bourne
Iowa Falls
Patricia C. Elliott
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Strange Plant
Grundy Rea
Union-Whitten
Vitek
State Fair
Johnson
Edwin Dethlefs
Don Buhr
Herman R. Bruns
Theodore Fallesen
Richard Benesh
William Hash
Dale Martinson
Dorothy Anders
Virginia Hash
Ruth Dethlefs
Lucille Hanson
Mae Wegner
Charlotte Brinkmeyer
Donald Bjelland
Ruth Borke
Marcelline Oakland
Joan Cervetti
Beverly Olson
Cathryn Jacobson
Elsie Bobst
Lois Schott
Mayme Stukenberg
Christine Wierson
Winifred Johnson
Garden City
Bernice Weld
Herbert Mason
Carol Benesh
D. C. Bolles
St. Louis, Mo
Paul K. Hodgson
Mrs. Gates
N’tl Legion Meet
Fiee
John Rath
Rath Packing Company of
Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Rath
Kurt Marquardt
Troy Luiken
Verna Luiken
Pete Luiken
Harry Luiken
Hardin County Young Democrats
Maurice Gast
American Legion Hall
Civil Service
McKenzie
Eldora School
Robert Way
Way
Ruth
Donald Kays
Kathy Offineer
Nancy Jackson
Dean Barnard
Tanis Randall
Dean Reece
Alex Pence
Scott Steelman
Kathy Throssel
Pamela Edh
Mrs. Way
Kay Strother
Beth Ann Wolcott
Carol Ann Miller
Shannon Butler
Lynda Albright
Barbara Hall
Peggy Grantow
Paul Clemons
Debra Guenther
Harold Ziesman
Mathew Clark
Jerry Pierson
John Vinton
Kraig Emick
Richard Evans
Dennis van Patter
Timothy Tjaden
David McAlister
Sherry Davis
Lois Barr
Elbarger
Randall Rolph
George Starr
Nikola Meyers
Lillian Wille
Donald Kinder
Dee Ann Johnson
Mona Hammond
Gary Chrisman
Barbara Zeltman
Sheryl Barth
Connie Little
Gary Russell
Melinda
Miss Wille
Tommy Stonebrook
Dennis Petty
Nadean Folkerts
Lisa Dyer
Catharine Hauser
Carol Stevenson
Jean
Broer
Kim Fiedler
Steven Farris
Lake Road
Waterloo Hospital
Farm Bureau
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