Scholarships Await Applications for Library Grants
Ernestine Grafton urges qualified librarians to apply for Library Services and Construction Act scholarships through the Iowa State Traveling Library. Two $2,000 grants fund study toward a Master’s in Library Science at ALA accredited schools. Applicants must be four year college graduates, pass exams, gain library school admission, and agree to return to Iowa for service or repay funds under specified conditions.
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Ernestine Grafton
Iowa State Traveling Library
Library Services and Construction Act
American Library Association
Donna Chadwick
Rose Lechay
Susan Vaughn
Liebrary
Iowa
Iowa State Traveling Library Library
Des Moines
UIC Speech Festival Draws 19 Schools Saturday
A record 19 schools will compete in the Upper Iowa College speech and drama festival this Saturday, January 14. About 350 to 400 students will enter 10 events including news casting, interpretive reading in prose and poetry, extemporaneous speaking, oratory, debate, one act plays, declamation, humorous declamation, and dramatic declamation. Local schools in the field include Fayette Stor mont Valley High and North High.
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Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Stormont
Valley High
North High
Jackpot Winners at Elgin Cash Give Away
Gayle Kleppe won a $20 jackpot at the Elgin cash giveaway last Saturday. George Vaughn claimed $10 while Jaynee Halverson and Mrs. Elmer Lembke each won $5.
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Gayle Kleppe
Elgin
George Vaughn
Jaynee Halverson
Elmer Lembke
Pleasant Valley Homemakers Meet On January Friday
The Pleasant Valley Homemakers will meet Friday January 13 at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs Elmer Frieden. Members bring a list of books read in the past year and a completed craft item or idea. Mrs Jim Frieden will give a special report. A percent read the newspaper page by page or by scanning.
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Pleasant Valley
Elmer Frieden
Jim Frieden
Obituary of Elmer Lembke
Elmer Lembke son of George and Anna Uecker Lembke was born Sep 5 1904 near Elkader Iowa. He married Carrie Kraus Feb 18 1933 in Galena Illinois and farmed in Illyria Township for 30 years. Survived by wife five children ten grandchildren two brothers and one sister. Services were at Elgin Lutheran Church Jan 3 with burial in Illyria Cemetery. CARD OF THANKS expresses gratitude for support after his death.
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Elmer Lembke
George
Anna Uecker Lembke
Elkader
Carrie Kraus
Galena
Ill
Illyria
Earl
Leslie
Elgin
Donald
Judy) Mahlow
State Center
Wanda
Elgin Lutheran Church
Roy
Lester
Valmah
Florence) Gossman
George Strum
Russell Goodell
Janice Hagalie
Orvin Thompson
Thomas Orle
Edwin Loftsgard
Ralph Shaffer
Allen Andersen
Chifton Wilson
Illyria Cemetery
It’s bad enough to be a quitter
It’s worse to finish something you never should have started, a blunt reflection on ending efforts that lacked proper justification or necessity, suggesting regret over a misbegotten pursuit.
Clayton County seeks State Mother of the Year nominee
The Clayton County Farm Bureau women seek nominations for State Mother of the Year. Eligible entrants are successful mothers with at least one child aged 15 or older, active in church and community service, and possessing courage patience affection and homemaking ability. Nominate Mrs Arlyn Hempeler Garnavilo Iowa by January 31.
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Clayton County Farm Bureau
Arlyn Hempeler
Garnavilo
Iowa
Iowa charts third phase in hog cholera fight
The Iowa hog cholera eradication committee urges moving Iowa to the eradication phase with indemnities for infected dogs. They seek a 500000 dollar annual state appropriation for indemnities, to be matched by federal funds. Newell A. Newell, 59, of Des Moines, is named state director of the Farmers Home Administration, succeeding Gene Hoffman.
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Iowa
Newell A. H. Newell
Des Moines
Farmers Home Administration
Newell
Gene Hoffman
FHA
Hoffman
Washington, D.C
Engineer Gunnerson Appointed Iowa Highway Chief
The Iowa Highway Commission announces Howard Gunnerson as the new chief engineer. He succeeds the former head and will oversee design, construction, and maintenance programs across the state. Gunnerson has prior experience in bridge and highway projects and will lead key safety and modernization initiatives.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Howard Gunnerson
Clauson Retired. Gunner Son Elevated to Director
Succeeds L M Clauson, Gunner son had been director of planning. Clauson retired last December.
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L. M. Clauson
Gunnerson
Clauson
Republicans fire Lloyd Jackson as state council secretary
Republicans who control the state executive council dismiss Lloyd Jackson a Clinton lawyer and Democrat holding a $12000 secretary post. In related action at the state house twenty Democrats have quit the state auditor’s office.
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State Executive Council
Lloyd Jackson
Jackson
Clinton
Statehouse
State Auditor's Office
New Agency Shift Plucks Dems from State Agriculture
Republican Lloyd Smith leads a transition where at least ten employees from the state agriculture department, all Democrats, are reassigned to the state tax commission. The move signals a broad staffing realignment under new leadership.
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Lloyd Smith
State Agriculture Department
State Tax Commission
First Power Press Built by Saxon Frederick Koenig
In 1811 Frederick Koenig, a Saxon, built the first power driven printing press. Early cylinder presses followed, with the Times in London printing the November 2, 1814 issue.
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Frederick Koenig
Times
London
Faithful Journey Rooted in Jesus Christ
A reflective note asserts that Christian faith anchors believers amid life’s wandering. It cites John 14:6 to emphasize Jesus as the path, truth, and life guiding their purposes and direction.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
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