GOP Governor Race May Be A Lively One
A Mason City panel weighs tax changes to ease state finances. Proposals include a 1 percent rise in the corporate tax, a 3 percent hotel and motel sales tax, and an excise tax on non essential items to raise about 7 million. Funds aim at a 40 million property tax relief pool, boosting school aid and cutting property taxes if rural and urban governments cooperate.
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Mason City
Nicholas
Highway “Commission
Women’s Guild Meeting Items From Wadena Church
The Ladies Guild of a Wak J church met at 10:30 a.m. with minutes and treasurer’s report read. A $10 donation to overseas missions in Korea was voted, total articles amounting to $1475 were shown. “A Day for Witness” program noted, prayers said, lunch served by hostesses Mrs. Maurice Squires and Belinda Pensecola, plus other social visits and Easter gatherings described.
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Women’s Guild
Women's Guild
Een i Wak J
Korea
Willan Probert
National Missions
Morris Fork
Canter
Kentucky
National
United States
Bill
Haree W. Alderson
Lyitterson
Wallace Mayhugh
Lyle Corbin
Local club notes and parish gathering report
A block of mixed notes from a community diary describes Debbie O Laughlin reading a poem titled My Mother Joann Baldwin giving a talk on Fitting panhandles and Dorothy Murphy discussing Blue Horse The leader Mrs Jellings explained 4 H to girls and a visit to Mrs Elmer Struss antiques followed These children spent the morning searching for certain eggs Nine members seven mothers and seven tots attended breakfast A list of attendees includes Diane and Donna Borin Des Moines and Loretta Stacead Gwen Pettagreu St Josephs Altar Society held at Tom Flanagan home with sixteen members and three guests Hostesses were Mary Flanagan Mrs John Staffenhagen and Bernadette Corkery After the meeting Mrs Marion Freylinger Monona ACCW president gave a summary and Mrs John Reardon Monona spoke on library matters Velma OConnor Elkader discussed duties of public reactions chairmen The gathering closed with a prayer Secret pal gifts were exchanged among the group Ed Gage family Moville spent Easter with relatives in West Union Lyle Kuhens and Eileen visited in the home of Carl Kuhens and family during the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie O’laughlin
Joann, Baldwin
Panhandles
Dorothy ‘Murphy
Mrs. Jellings
Elmer Struss
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
St. Joseph's Altar Society
Tom Flanagan
Mary Flanagan
John Staffenhagen
Bernadette Corkery
Marion Freylinger
Monona
A.C.C.W
John Reardon
Velma O’connor
Elkader
Mesdames
Jim Gilchrist
Qe Tae
Reeman
Phillip
Crandall
Madge Murray
Auxiliary
Eileen
Carl Kuhens
Tony Tong
Methodist Women to Meet in Mason City May 2
About 600 women from 420 northern town churches will gather May 2 at First Methodist Church Mason City for the annual Women Society of Christian Service session. They will hear reports on past work and elect officers for the coming year. Conference officers are elected for one-year terms.
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Mason City
Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Peta Bac
Merchants Open Wednesday Evenings Starting May 2
Elgin merchants will begin Wednesday evening hours starting May 2 and continue until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Clayton County Extension Calendar April–May items
Women depart for Chicago on Thursday April 26. A tour to Chicago follows Friday April 27. Peppy Pals 4-H club meets at Marvin Nading on Saturday April 28 at 1 30. Clayton County Agricultural Extension Council meets Tuesday May 1 at 8 pm in the Extension office. Veishen appears at Iowa State University Ames May 3 to 5.
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Chicago
Marvin Nading
Clayton County Agricultural Extension Council
Veishen
Iowa State University
Ames
Grain Stocks on Farms High for 1962
Iowa farm grain on April 1 1962 reached record highs for that date. Total corn oats barley and sorghum were 2 percent above last year and 38 percent above the 1951 60 average. Corn totaled 515 604 000 bushels up 4 percent from last year and 47 percent above the long term average. Oats stood at 66 453 000 bushels down 16 percent from last year and 26 percent below the 1951 60 average. Soybeans were 40 265 000 bushels the largest on record for April 1 nearly triple year earlier stocks and more than double the 1951 60 average.
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Iowa
Cormi
CCC
New Addresses and Contacts in Minnesota and Iowa
Mr and Mrs Henry T Olson of Nevis Minnesota provide a new address and phone contact Park Rapids 732 3027 Marjorie Johnson lists 38th 15th St South East Cedar Rapids Iowa for contact records
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Henry T. Olson
Nevis
Minnesota
Park Rapids
Marjorie Johnson
15Th St. S. EB
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Work is Beginning On Local Streets and Roads
Paul Zurbriggen principal of Valley High School was elected president of Fayette County Schoolmasters Club at a meeting in Upper Iowa. W. P. Truesdell West Central superintendent was elected vice president and A. S. Morsey as secretary-treasurer. The educators voted to discontinue Fayette County high school basketball tournaments during the 1962 63 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Zurbriggen
Valley High School
Fayette County Schoolmasters Club
Upper Iowa
W. P. Truesdell
West Central
A. S. Morsey
Fayette County
Engagement of Elaine Hellum to Arthur Herrling announced
Mr and Mrs Merlin Hellum of Elgin announce the engagement of their daughter Elaine Maren to Arthur Schori Herrling, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Herrling of Wadena. The wedding is set for July 8 at Marion Lutheran Church in Gunder. Elaine is employed at Cryovac Cedar Rapids and Arthur at Wadena Lumber Company.
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Merlin Hellum
Elgin
Elaine Maren
Arthur Schori Herrling
Arthur Herrling
Wadena
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Cryovac
Cedar Rapids
Wadena Lumber Company
Curb and Gutter Crew Arrives for Elgin and Clermont
The Jackson Construction Co. of Nevada moved equipment to Elgin last week to build gutters and curbs. A 15 man crew began laying steel-form blocks, with ready mix concrete hauled from West Union. Levelling and surfacing will be done by a machine riding on the forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Construction Co
Nevada
Elgin
Clermont
Imix
West Union
Thieves Break Into Valley Vault at Valley High
Clarence Tatro found a 4 foot square hole in the school safety vault at Valley High after arriving about seven on Wednesday morning April 25. About $140 vanished. The thieves broke in by removing the dial and bending hinges, exact entry method unclear. The superintendent's office was also broken into, with a few dollars taken from petty cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Tatro
Valley High
Supt. Moore
Extension Service Calendar of Events
Extension Service Calendar of Events lists upcoming 4-H and Extension activities from April 27 to May 4. Activities include Busy Beaverettes 4-H meeting at Harry Grimes Jr home, Agronomy Committee at 1:30 p.m. at the Extension office, 4-H Crop Project at County Extension office, Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters 4-H Club at John McMillian, Girls' 4-H Committee at 6:30 p.m. Extension Joint 4-H Committee at 7 p.m. Extension office Fairfield Indians 4-H Club, and Veishaareer Day at Iowa State University Ames.
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Paar
Union Busy Beaverettes
Harry Grimes, Jr
Pleasant Valley
John McMillian
Fairfield Indians
Iowa State University
Ames
April 30 Last Day to File Incentive Claims
A reminder that April 30 is the last day to file applications for the 1961 incentive payment on wool and unshorn lambs under the Wool Act. Wool and lambs sold before March 31, 1962, are eligible. those sold after qualify for the 1962 marketing year. File with your County ASC office.
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ASC
Change Meeting Place For Digin Study Club
The Digin Study Club will meet with Mrs. C. B. Schori on May 1 instead of Mrs. H. H. Wolf as scheduled.
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Digin Study Club
C. B. Schori
H. H. Wolf
Wadena Turkey Dinner Set for May 10
The Wadena Legion and Auxiliary sponsor a turkey dinner on Thursday May 10 at the Legion and Auxiliary hall. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 1.00 for children.
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Wadena
The
Wadena Legion and Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary Hall
Fragmentary note on cactus and saguaros in Arizona
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a cactus, specifically a Saguaro, with unclear context about the plant's age or location. The incomplete text references a person identified as Mrs and a vague heap or growth, but concrete facts or events are not recoverable.
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Cactus
Candidates Caravan Set for May 1-10
The Iowa Council of Republican Women announces a May 1 to 10 candidates caravan led by Mrs. Dorothy Camp Bryant. The tour includes five stops in each of seven districts with inviting Republican candidates for state, congressional and county offices. Stops span Des Moines Ames Boone Webster City Fort Dodge Waterloo Charles City Reinbeck Hampton Garner Algona Spirit Lake Pocahontas Cherokee Sioux City Perry Audubon Carroll Missouri Valley Council Bluffs Creston Indianola Knoxville Marshalltown Vinton Decorah Postville Oclwein Anamosa Cedar Rapids Iowa City Muscatine Washington Fairfield Burlington.
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Sqiamstoet
Aaehion
Iowa Council of
Dorothy Camp
Bryant
Des Moines
Ames
Boone
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Charles City
Reinbeck
Hampton
Garner
Algona
Spirit Lake
Pocahontas
Cherokee
Sioux City
Perry
Audubon
Carroll
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Creston
Indianola
Knoxville
Marshalltown
Vinton
Decorah
Postville
Oclwein
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Burlington
Methodists Plan Official Residence for District Leader
Representatives from 67 Methodist churches in seven northeastern Iowa counties will meet at Strawberry Point on April 29 to consider providing an official residence for the Dubuque district superintendent, currently James P. Gable of Oelwein. A district parsonage is not yet present in Dubuque, though others in the state have one. The Strawberry Point session will vote later on location if approved.
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Iowa
Strawberry Point
Dubuque
James P. Gable
Oelwein
Allamakee
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Winneshiek
Larson guests at LeRoy Minn home visit
Mr and Mrs Ernest Larson were Sunday visitors in the Nora Cora and Ella Bergland home at LeRoy Minnesota.
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Mrs
Ernest Larson
Nora, Cora and
Ella Bergland
LeRoy, Minn
More Activity on Road Work near Higin and Clermont
From present indications it won't be long before work resumes on primary 172 between Higin and Clermont. The gutter crew came, Howes and Norris Construction Co. has several men maintaining Elgin streets and unfinished roads between towns. Myer Bros. of Fort Atkinson have also been here, probably getting ready for grading the Clermont street.
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Higin
Clermont
Howes
Norris Construcon Co
Bern
Elgin
Myer Bros
Fort Atkinson
Trout Streams Well Stocked in Northeast Iowa
Trout stocking underway in northeast Iowa with thousands of rainbow and brown trout placed in area streams during the weeks of April 9 and 16. In Allamakee County streams include Clear Creek French Creek Hickory Creek Livingood Springs Paint Creek Teeples Creek and Wa. In Clayton County streams Bloody Bog Run Buck Creek Joy Springs Kleinti Creek and South Cedar Creek. In Fayette County Glover's Creek Grannis Creek Mink Creek and Otter Creek. In Winneshiek County Bohemian Coldwater North Bear South Bear Trout Run Twin Springs and West Canoe Creeks.
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Iowa
Allamakee County
Clear Creek
French Creek
Hickory Creek
Livingood Springs
Paint Creek
Teeple’ Creek
Clayton County
Buck Creek
Joy Springs
Kleinteim Creek
South Cedar Creek
Fayette County
Glover's Creek
Grannis Creek
Mink Creek
Otter Creek
Winneshiek County
Bohemian
Coldwater
North Bear
South Bear
Trout Run
Twin Springs
West Canoe Creeks
Erect Bath House for Workers at Elgin Canning Co
The Elgin Canning Co opens a new 12 by 24 concrete block bath and toilet facility for field crews. Located north of the three rooming houses used seasonally, the building will serve 12 workers who commonly return each season. Last year crews from Brownsville, Texas arrived April 20 and are expected to depart around April 23 this year.
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Elgin Canning Co
Brownsville
Texas
Family Dinner Hosts Share Casual Sunday Gathering
West Union hosts Mr and Mrs Harold Conner welcomed a large extended family for a Sunday dinner. Guests included Mrs Pearl Dummermuth and relatives from Fay Ete Callender Shell Rock Hawkeye Cedar Falls Calmar North Branch Minn and other Dummermuth and Fay families.
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Harold Conner
West Union
Pearl Dummermuth
Eldred Dummermuth
John Fay
Fayete
Dennis Dummermuth
Callender
Robert Andreae
Shell Rock
al Moschel
Hawkeye
Jerod Moschel
Cedar Falls
Monte Fay Vand
Calmar
Paul Roberts
North Branch
Minn
Conner Dummermuth
Herbert Dummermuth
Woman's Society of Christian Service Meets May 3 at St Pauls
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of St Paul's Methodist Church will meet Thursday afternoon May 3 at the church. Hostesses are Georgia Mae Schori and Mrs Laurence Knutson. Worship led by Mrs Celia Thoman and Prof Louis Becker. Supplement page includes secretaries and their duties. Don Fauser attended a Burner Service school at Madsen Incorp in Minneapolis on Monday and Tuesday.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Georgia Mae Schori
Laurence Knutson
Celia Thoman
Louis Becker
Don Fauser
Madsen’ Incorp
Minneapolis
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C. Edwin Moore
State Supreme Court
Moore
District Court
Norman A. Erbe
Iowa Supreme Court
William Bliss
Erbe
George van Allen
Mt Pleasant
Clay LeGrand
van Allen
LeGrand
Polk County
Ring
Presbyterian Eee
Ghus
Wrellowehi
Maurice Squires
Belinda
Pensecola
Fla
William Bachtell
Richard Aeschliman
H. F. Robbins
Fleet
Finneden
Robbin
Lena Aestenbaugh
Nancy
William Hoing
Wichita
Kansas
Donald
Nebraska
Bester Fo
Earl Livingston
Frank Probert
Milwaukee
Wisc
Bill Proberts
Frank
Probert
Mirs
Pat Doocy
Mir
Emmett Rathburn
Faing
Doocy
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Mary Beth Baldwin
Bork Minger
Oe Internais
Ore
Dorothy
Cindy Schmitt Ag Alkanate
John Ingles
Renda
End. M . “Winder
San
Dees
Methodist
Zurbriggen
Elaine Hellum
Curb and Gutter Crew
Valley Vault
Extension Service
W.S.C.S
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