Valley High Tigers rally past Maquoketa Valley for holiday title
Linda Collins scored 20 points in a decisive fourth quarter as Valley High edged Maquoketa Valley 58 45 to win the Edgewood holiday tournament. Grimm poured 40 and led a third quarter rally, but Collins sealed the victory with 12 of 13 free throws in the final period, finishing with 44 points. Joyce Larson added 15 for Valley High. Maquoketa Valley, now 9 2, saw Aanes and Young contribute, while free throw shooting hurt both teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Collins
Valley High
Maquoseta Valley
Edgewood
Ma- Huoketa Valley
Email Grimm
Tigerettes
Miss ‘Collins
Valley High Star
Sauk
Miss Collins
Maquoketa Valley
Joyce Larson
Debbie Aanes
Connie Young
Patty Wilson
Letter From Larry Halverson from Chu Lai Vietnam
Soldier Larry Halverson writes from Chu Lai Vietnam on December 26, 1966 thanking family and friends for cards and care. He explains Christmas Eve ambush and Christmas Day patrol, notes confusion over a Purple Heart, and expresses hope to be home next Christmas. He sends best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year.
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Chu Lai
Vietnam
Tgut
Ines
Cambo- Porder
Brice
Pst
Church General Meeting Recounts Thursday Service
The general meeting held Thursday afternoon at 0 p.m. in the church featured worship by Jim Frieden and a program by John Tillotson. Hosts were Mrs. R. A. Crider and Robert Falk.
Be Wednesday Star officers plan pot luck lunch meeting
Be Wednesday Star officers will attend the regular meeting all evening on January 11. The kitchen committee is Cline and Miss Hazel, organizing a pot luck lunch.
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Bof
Cline
Hazel
Local notes from Wadena area over holiday visits
A string of visitors and belated holiday gatherings span the Wadena area. Wadena AMHS, Douglas Aylsworth and Gary Buettner in Jacksonville Florida, are on a five day leave with Bert Aylsworth's family. Numerous guests from Cedar Rapids Elgin and Mason City joined Mrs Iva Mathys and others for Christmas and New Year dinners and suppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMHS
Douglas Aylsworth
Gary Buettner
Jacksonville
Fla
Bert Aylsworth
Gloria
David
Iva Mathys
Dave Wilson
Ivanelle
Hal
Elgin
Clarion
Mathys
Gordon
Karyl
Clarkie Voshell
Lee Voshell
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Voshell
Carol Corbin
Wadena
Danny Hanson
West Union
Fern Weyant
Edgewood
Attlden Wilson
Fayette County Fair Shifts 1967 Dates to Wed Sun
Fayette County Fair directors approve 1967 run from August 23 to 27, moving livestock sales to Monday after the fair and changing junior exhibitor schedules. Open class and commercial exhibits stay all five days with a new open class barrow show. Premiums rise. Sunday events begin after 2 p.m. to allow church attendance.
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Fayette County Fair
Extension Service
Candee Family Returns From New Year Visit
Mr and Mrs Roger Candee and family of Fontanelle returned home Thursday after visiting Aulden Wilson and family and Roy Candee in Volga. Jane Hinkelnd Evalyn Aeschliman of Cedar Rapids visited over New Year in the parental Aulden Wilson and Richard Aeschliman homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Humphrey
Mason City
Roberta Humphrey
Edwin Humphrey
Francis Walters
Kansas City
Kan
Thad Walters
Robert Guenther
Dundee
Harold Popenhagen
Norman Kleinlein
Strawberry Point
Daryl Fox
Harold Faust
Waukon
Richard Erickson
Ruth Loftsgard
Myron Hoag
Marvin
Lowell
Jake Schneider
Freddy
Jimmy
Elgin
Frank Clemas
Federal Dam
Minn
Lauren Johnson
Arlington
Pearl Johnson
Tom Clemas
Rochester
Richard Aeschliman
Danny Struss
Jim Probert
Harold Strong
Gwen Pettigrew
Clinton
Johnny Erickson
Mabel Johnson
Loretta Mattocks
Wilder Mattocks
Glen Probert
Clay Keefer
Ricky
Roy Candee
Volga
Roger Candee
Fontanelle
Aulden Wilson
Brian Schmitt
Ft. Leonard Wood
Clarence Schmitt
Jim Fox
Fayette
Jere Murray
Dubuque
Madge Murray
Jane Hinkelnd
Evalyn Aeschliman
Cedar Rapids
Adult Education Classes Set to Begin January 9
In the Valley district the 1967 Adult Education program opens next Monday January 9 at 5 30 p m with four offerings. Beginning and advanced typing knitting sewing and a wood work leathercraft sheet and art metal course will be taught by instructors including Mrs Amos White Mrs Le on Hansen Corrine Scholen and Leon Hansen. Director Alan Seabrooke notes it is not too late to register with payment of one dollar per night for ten sessions.
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Valley
Amos White
Leon Hansen
Corrine Scholen
Alan Seabrooke
To Observe 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry Olson will be honored at an open house on Sunday January 8 from 2 to 5 pm at St John Lutheran Church Luana in observance of their golden wedding anniversary. Their children will be hosts and friends and relatives are invited.
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Henry Olson
St. John Lutheran Church
Luana
Honored at Pink and Blue Shower
A pink and blue shower was held Friday at the Arden Greener home with Mrs. Gary Hyde as hostess for Mrs. Duane Barker. Guests included Mrs. Gene Swale, Hawkeye, and many other local residents. gifts were opened and refreshments served. Several attendees sent regrets.
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Arden Greener Home
Gary Hyde
Duane Barker
Gene Swale
Sandy
Kristy
Hawkeye
Tom Barker
Gary Rubens
West Union
Paul Pinney
Anamosa
LaVerne Hyde
Woodrow Hyde
Gerald Jacobson
Jerry Anderson
Clermont
Helen Boyer
Fred Wede
Dennis Meyer
Elwood Richens
Robert Barker
Karl Lembie
Charles O’ Neill
Eugene Lehman
Gloria Frieden
Mike Wilson
Pearl Hyde
Christine Swale
Chas, Kesley
Barney Larson
Shirley Kay
Automobile Insurance Rates To Be Increased Elmer Lembke Dies
Elmer Lembke 62 died suddenly Saturday morning at his Elgin home from a heart blockage. He farmed most of his life before moving to Elgin in 1962 and later worked as a carpenter. Survived by wife Carrie three sons Karl Earl Les two daughters Judy Mahlow and Wanda. Funeral services held Tuesday January 3 at Elgin Lutheran Church with Rev George Strum Decorah officiating. Funeral home Muehlethaler in charge. An obituary will follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lembke
Elgin Lutheran Church
Elgin
Carrie
Karl
Earl
Les
Judy
Don Mahlow
State Center
Wanda
Muehlethaler
Expected To Affect All Town Motorists
A state note reports a likely auto insurance rate rise approved by State Insurance Commissioner William Timmons for NBCU filed rates. Rates rise about 7 percent for average drivers and over 10 percent for commercial drivers, with more insurers likely to follow. Iowa’s 1966 economic figures show record manufacturing growth and income gains. Governor Hughes comments on Democratic unity after talks with President Johnson. Schwengel announces Tyson as administrative assistant and Schimmel as legislative aide. Governor Love to speak at Lincoln Day Dinner. Crop figures show a strong year with crop values rising. continued to Page 8.
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Towans
William Timmons
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
NBCU
Iowa
Timmons
Iowa Development Commission
The
Development Commission
Commission
Hughes
Harold Hugghes
Johnson
Johnson City
Texas
Des Moines
Democratic Party
Mission supper schedule at St Pauls School of Missions
The Commission on Missions of St Pauls Methodist Church plans the annual school of Mission suppers on January 8 January 22 February 12 and February 19. A covered dish supper at 6 30 pm followed by fellowship and a program ends by 9 pm for early bedtimes. Kitchen committee duties include setup coffee serving and cleanup. Jan 8 committee members are Dale Jensen Wayne Gilson and Leonard Heins. The program theme Wealth and Want in One World focuses on poverty in our country with Zaida McLaury of Fayette County Social Welfare Office as speaker.
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Commission On Missions of
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
School of Mission
Dale Jensen
Wayne Gilson
Leonard Heins
Zaida McLaury
Fayette County
Joint Meeting From Elgin Study Progress and Tertia Clubs
The Elgin Study Club Progress Club and Tertia Club held a joint meeting Monday evening at the Methodist Church. Mrs. Francis Butikofer welcomed guests and read a poem titled A Good Creed. Soloist Mrs. Russell Goodell sang Sound of Music with Connie Baumgartner on piano. Guests Mrs. Christine Ryestor and Corrine displayed colored slides from trips to Norway Denmark and Holland and other sights. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. C. B. Schori, Mrs. Vina Medberry, Mrs. Harold Hanson and Mrs. Dean De Sart.
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Elgin
C. B. ‘Schori
Vina Medberry
Harold Hanson
Dean de, Sart
Jackpot Winners in Elgin Cash Giveaway
Mrs Oliver Torkelson won the $30 jackpot at a cash giveaway in Elgin last Saturday. Mrs Robert Hanson took $10 and Connie Marie Medberry earned $5 in the event.
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Oliver Torkelson
Elgin
Robert Hanson
Connie Marie Medberry
Harris Hegland 25th Anniversary Public Open House
Mr and Mrs Harris Hegland celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at Zion Lutheran Church West Union from two to four pm on January 8. It will be an open house. Monday guests include the LeRoy Gehring family Marion Lowell Gehring family Luana and the George Williams family Waterloo visiting Mr and Mrs Carl Gehring.
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Harris Hegland
Zion Lutheran Church of
LeRoy Gehring
Marion
Lowell Gehring
Luana
George Williams
Waterloo
Carl Gehring
Methodist Youth Retreat At Picture Rocks Camp
Twenty three members of the Elgin and Clermont Methodist senior high youth group attended a retreat at Picture Rocks Methodist Camp in Monticello on Sunday and Monday. Counsellors included Russell Goodell Charles Wagner Mr and Mrs Leon Hansen and Rey and Mrs Lee Roy Collins. Legion Notice The Elgin American Legion will hold its regular meeting Monday evening January 9 at 3 p.m.
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Elgin and Clermont
Picture Rocks
Monticello
Russell Goodell
Charles Wagner
Leon Hansen
Rey
Lee Roy Collins
Elgin American Legion
Farm Sale Reminder Near Clermont on Castalia Road
The farm sale of Theo N. Lofisgard and Harry Amundson is set for Friday January 6 starting at 1 pm. The property lies half a mile northwest of Clermont on the Castalia road with the sale list in last week’s issue.
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Theo. N. Lofisgard
Harry Amundson
Clermont
Castalia Road
Upcoming Basketball Games Selections Friday and Saturday
Friday January 6 Sumner travels there for boys A and B games. Saturday January 7 Starmont hosts here for boys and girls contests.
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Sumner
Starmont
Harvest Whole Plant Corn Harvester Idea From Iowa State
Engineers at Iowa State University are developing a system to harvest the entire corn plant in a single pass. The concept blends a whole stalk into livestock rations, aiming to capture calories and net energy from the full plant rather than only the grain.
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Iowa State University
Weather sequence shows cold mornings and snow events
The report chronicles morning temperatures from Saturday through Wednesday with 25 degrees overcast, Tuesday light snow flurries at 20 degrees, Monday 20 degrees cloudy, Tuesday morning near zero, and Wednesday snow with about 20 degrees above zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zera
Youth Pot-Luck Held by Clermont Elgin Illyria Methodist
The Methodist Youth Group of Clermont Elgin and Illyria hosted a pot-luck supper at the local church on Wednesday evening December 28. Visiting fellowship provided entertainment with decorating chaired by Mrs Rex Mulford and Mrs Laurence Knudtson. Hostesses included Mrs Jack Adrian Mrs Leonard Roberts Mrs Robert D Wilson Mrs Virgil Miles Mrs Virgil Torson and Mrs Lee Roy Collins.
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Clermont
Elgin
Illyria
Methodist Church
Rex Mulford
Laurence Knudtson
Jack Adrian
Leonard Roberts
Robert D. Wilson
Virgil Miles
Virgil Torson
Lee Roy Collins
Study on Per Capita Food Consumption Through the Years
Thirty years ago the government first studied per capita food consumption and found Americans used about a third of a ton per year. A recent survey reports the average now is around 600 pounds per person annually.
John A Schupbach Promoted in Viet Nam Service
SP 4 John A Schupbach, son of Mr and Mrs George Schupbach, assigned to USAS CCT in Vietnam, recently promoted. He serves in the armed forces with duty in APO San Francisco, California. Methodist Men will meet Thursday at 8 pm in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schupbach
Viet Nam
George Schupbachs
John A. Schupbach
U.S
Apo San Francisco
Calif
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Alley High
Tan'sitle
Larry Halverson
Wadena News
MR. Big
MR. Bigger
Tyson
Fred Schwengel
Robert Tyson
Republican State Central Committee
Shenandoah
GOP
State Central Committee
Schwengel
Washington
Allan Schimmel
Davenport
Love
Colorado
John Love
Republican Party
Moines
Republican Governor’s Association
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Towa
United States
Fago
St. Paul’s School of Missions
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