State News notes retirement reshaping Iowa politics
State News reports Rep retirements shift the 4th district race as Republicans and Democrats prepare for primaries to fill the seat once held by a Iowa weekly newspaper owner. Also covered are liquor sales up 4 percent in late 1957, board plans for higher doctor salaries, civil defense study funding, Nugent named federal civil servant of the year, and Mrs. Falvey entering the house race to honor her late husband.
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Iowa
State Liquor Control Commission
Iowa Board of Control
J. O. Cromwell
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Lester F. Orcutt
Air Force Reserves
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
L. A. Falvey
Albcia
Lawrence Falvey
Albia
Secretary of State
Weger and Lamphier family visit plans noted
Last week Volga News items mention Mr and Mrs John Weger of Strawberry Point visiting the Mainard Druecker home and Elmer Weger calling Sunday evening. Mrs Oscar Lamphier visited Sylvia Lamphier's home during the week. Mrs Ray Klingman traveled to Rochester for a clinic checkup. The Legion Auxiliary plans a boxed clothing drive at the Legion hall Friday and Saturday for donations.
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John Weger
Strawberry Point
Mainard Druecker
Elmer Weger
Ther
Oscar Lamphier
Sylvia Lamphier
Ray Klingman
Rochester
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Thorsgard
Oelwein Hospital
Ellen Dillon
Clair Dillon
Lowell Meisner
Florence Meisner
Sacred Heart Church
Michael Eder
Lester Chase
H. H. Eder
James Hermen and Sons
Will Chase
Ruth Rays
Robert Longmuir
Arlington
Alfred Harvey
Arthur Everitt
Clark Hummel
Libbie Tenney
Bill Berger
Clark Yh 1
Bud Upton
Les Wheeler
Kirk Hicks
George Boleyn
Carol Moyle
Len Hummel
Clark ‘Hummel
Frances ‘Wheeler
Jerry
Mainard
Club appoints 1958 committees and local social notes
Floyd Leming names committees for 1958 including membership roads and parks for the business men's club. Cub Scouts plan bake sale. Several residents listed with hospital, travel, and family visits. Wedding announced Ellen Dillon and Lowell Meisner. Community updates cover illness, visits, and travel between Arlington, Lamphier, Wheeler, and nearby towns.
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Floyd Leming
Pres
Business Men’s Club
al Kunzman
Roy Candee
G. W. Crandall
W. K. Oldfather
Zita Humber
Fred Gernand
Roy Rinkert
Wm. Wilker
Oliver Follon
Duane Jellings
Hugh Tenney
Sally Probert
Leo Becker
Ronald Moore
Paul Cranda
Visits Spread Across Oldfather Families This Week
Mr and Mrs Darrell Foster visited Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Wallace Oldfather. They also visited in the Glen Moats and George Oldfather homes this week, continuing a pattern of customs and family gatherings in Glen Oldfather’s circle.
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Ted
Glen Oldfather
Darrell Foster
Mrs
Wallace Oldfather
Glen Moats
George Oldfather
Hog Marketing Intentions for January and February
Hog marketing intentions for January and February foresee about 2,770,000 hogs for slaughter. This is 5 percent below last year's 2,910,000 head and 22 percent under the 1951-55 average of 3,563,000 head.
F. B. Calendar 4-H meetings listed for February dates
Monday February 3 4-H club meeting at Adena Riverside 4-H at 8 PM led by Dennis Tope. Tuesday February 4 Field Crop Pest meeting 4-H Valley High at 3:30 PM. Thursday February 6 4-H Field Crop Pests meeting 7:30 PM at Arlington High School. Westfield Whirlwinds 4-H club meets 8 PM at Farm Bureau Building Fayette.
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Adena Riverside
Dennis Tope
Valley High
Arlington High School
Westfield Whirlwinds
Farm Bureau
Fayette
Man collects Iowa license plates dating back to 1915
Gerald Lundgren of Gowrie collects license plates with numbers traced to 1915. He notes Iowa began issuing numbers in 1910 but the first year the state issued plates was not until later.
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Gerald Lundgren
Gowrie
Iowa
Lundgren
Hubbard observes 100th birthday of John Meno Tintjer
John Meno Tintjer born in Germany reached his 100th birthday at Hubbard. He arrived in Iowa in 1893 after serving in the German army and has resided in the Hubbard area since 1860.
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Hubbard
John Meno Tintjer
Germany
Iowa
Hubbard Area
Clinkers Theft Foiled By Missing Materials
A Red Oak man dumped a pile of clinkers on his driveway to spread later but found the entire pile had vanished by the time he returned to continue the project. The incident leaves the motive and culprits unclear with the clinkers missing.
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Clinkers
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Elgin
Severin Blockhus
Echo
Joyce
Bess Stohr
Nelson
Clermont
Thompson Boat
John M. Tillotson
Klingman's Clothes Shop
Belschner Hardware
China
N. J. Martie
J.L. Trautman
West Union
Echo Office
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Klingman
Yorkshire
Jake Gehring
Emily Schneider
Riverside Inn
Oiburner
Reuben Howard
the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Kilingman's Clothes Shop
R. P. Strauch
Guernsey
Dial
Carroll Kling
Cedar Rapids Piano Co
1St Ave
State News
Hubert Carbone
Mental Health Institute
Cherokee
Veterans' Administration Hospital
Sepulveda
California
Nugent
William B. Nugent
Veterans Administration Center
Algona
Mary
Frontier Education
John Staffenhagen
Wadena
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Fort Benning
Carol Nickels
Jim Dutt
Wil Christen
Louie Zuercher
John
Carl G. W. Alderson
Ctelco
Elgin Co-Operative CO
Papo SI Sia Fertilizer Poultry Supplies Siak
Elgin,owa
the Secret
Tvybulli
Ike E
Stremoth
Ondurance
Rony
Nat Woskat
Etter
Goble Cooft
Srendeed
Tele Bbedep Ve Avittly
Ptr
Etinceon
Schori & Dial
Kuster Ebr
Elgin, Iowa
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