Tiger Tales The Echo staff and student writers feature school events
The Tiger Tales column lists staff authors and students from seniors to freshmen, notes classroom activities including a screech owl visit, one minute typing chart scoring, a senior play set for March 23, and a radio drama. It covers sports honors, a cancer workshop, chorus seating experiments, and a weekly lunch menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klass
Larry Metzger
The
Echo
Alvin Lehman
Henry
Whitworth
Dubuque
Iowa State Education Association
Volga PTA Meeting Highlights and Local Notices
The Volga P T A met Friday Jan sixteen? Jan 20 with vice president Mary Probert presiding. Entertainment included Hugh Tenney Wallace Oldfather Linda and Kathy Meyers and Ruth Meyers tap dances. Students read from Mr Baskett's class and speech therapist Mrs John Ogden spoke on speech correction. A toy show was held for kindergarten through fourth grade. A Sacred Heart Church card party with cake walk and dressed chicken prizes drew a large crowd. The Volga 4-H Club met at Bill Roys with a tractor maintenance book handed out and a calf halter built. A private roller skating party was planned. next meeting with John Pope at E T Smiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga P.T. A
Volga School
Mary Probert
Hugh Tenney
Wallace Oldfather
Linda
Kathy Meyers
Ruth Meyers
John Ogden
Elkader
Clayton County
Sacred Heart
Volga Sacred Heart Church
Volga Pioneer 4
Your Highways on Ten Years From Today 1966
Roy Fruehauf, president of Fruehauf Trailer Company, forecasts growth in the nation's motor transport fleet from 10 million to 15 million vehicles and freight trailers from 700,000 to about 1.4 million. He envisions atom powered units, widespread plastic trailers, and advanced safety devices including radar screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Fruehauf
Fruehauf Trailer Company
America
Atom
Piggybacking and Fishybacking to Transform Rail Trade
In 1955 piggybacking will become the era’s top rail revenue source as 716000 box cars are replaced by flat cars carrying two trailers. Fishybacking grows in importance with trucks carrying 99 percent of mail on 300 mile runs. Modern highways will host toll roads linking Miami Chicago New York and San Francisco with truck lanes push button garages moving sidewalks and truck streets easing city congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Miami
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Thawing Frozen Water Pipes Safely This Winter
Extension home economics specialists at Iowa State College advise prompt safe thawing to prevent pipe bursts. Do not use open flames. use cloth wraps with hot water or electric heating tape. Heating tape can auto regulate with a thermostat and keeps water flowing even at extremely cold temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension
Iowa State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
1955 56 C E Basketball Schedule
February schedule shows Fayette and Arlington at home and Wadena away for the C E basketball season with the Boys Sectional February 20 24. The text also contains stray notes about frost protection and self employed farmers income thresholds unrelated to the sports schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Fayette
Arlington
Wadena
Boys’ Sectional
Beef herd projects offer cost effective start for Iowa 4-H
Check your herd bull frequently to prevent costly breeding diseases. Beef heifer and beef cow projects present good opportunities for Iowa 4-H club members next year. Heifers are selling at reasonable prices now, enabling members to start a beef herd with less capital than in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cattlemen Seek Calf Crop Loss Reduction
The cattleman aims to cut costs to avoid losses and boost income by improving calf crops. Eliminating calf deaths, whether before or after birth, offsets expenses and strengthens business viability for dairy and beef operations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tiger Tales
Newstaff
Wlarcia ‘Wolt
Jeanette
Janette ‘Ueger
Marlene Wede
Pat Capper
Ruthann Mitts
Charles Capper
Florence Hofer
Dianne Meinhard
Nona Mark
Linda Kiple
LeAnna Frieden
Judy Helms
Delores Kerr
Olette Olson
Doris Meinhard
Roberta Barker
Patty Wilson
Kathryn Knudtson
Glenda Wede
Judy On
Randine Hanson
Margaret Medberry
Audrey Sutter
Randalia
Robert Kerr
Elgin
Grether
Robert Shaw
Poe Aecote
Colleen Howard
Pat Gruver
Roger Boleyn
Dorothy Schaer
Stan Shaffer
Paul Hanson
Volga W. S.C
WSCS
Volga Methodist Church
Dale Roys
Hazel Candee
Mary Oldfather
Sunshine Club Meeting
Sunshine Club
Loretta Duff
Martin Minihan
Beiderman Girls
Marsene Gamm
Bud Wolf
John Whittle
Frank Cox
Claude Miles
Oliver Heins
Jeanette Roys
Jerry Beiderman
John Boland
Ina Oldfather
Realto Kueh
Phil Allan
Wm. R. Smith
Fred Smiths
Kirk Hicks
Clark Hummel
Glen Moats
Glen Oldfather
Gary Jellings
Waller Boys
Les ‘Wheeler
Geo. Lane
Jim Thyer
Fred Gerrand
Hulda Nus
Rochester
Minn
Nus
Lyle Jennings
Harold Light
West Union
Kenneth Jennings
Kenneth
Ray Zwanziger
Waterloo
Bill Berger
Kenny Roys
Garber
Melody
Walter Boys
Chris Fischer
Elaine
Garnaville
Emma Pardee
Dean Pardee
Dean Pardees
Fischer
Frank Shea
Mary Little
Geo. Probert
Maude Wells
Herman Baars
Carrie Davis
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
J. Your
MOORE
Bandanti Malieh
Elgin Echo
Uncle Melty
Sein
AS Safety Council
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
R. T. Martin
Postville State Bank
Postville, In
M. F. Schlein
Oak Drive
Huebner Corner
Missouri
Ernest Schnetzler
Salisbury
University of Missouri
Schnetzler
Texas
Hoek
Otis Rothlisberger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!