Clyde McFarlin Dies in Montezuma at 96
Clyde McFarlin a longtime Montezuma lawyer and community official died at 96. He led local telephone groups Montezuma Mutual Telephone and Independent Telephone Association and served as Montezuma School Board president 40 years and Poweshiek County Draft Board chair 30 years. He was also a director of Montezuma State Bank and active GOP member, delegate to the 1936 Alf Landon convention, and Grinnell College and Drake Law School graduate. Surviving are his wife Marvy, two sons William and Norman, three daughters and numerous grandchildren. He previously served as Clermont superintendent of schools.
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Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Iowa Schoolmasters Association
McFarlin
Republican Party
Alf Landon
G.O.P
Grinnell College
Drake University Law School
Marvy
Iowa
William
Des Moines
Norman
Fails Church
John Bierman
Grinnell
John Speckner
Arlington
Fred, Goreham
Community Socials and Local Notices in Clermont Area
Local residents host and visit in Clermont and surrounding towns including Elgin Spring Valley and Fayette. Notable names include Berg, Halvorson, Frederichs, Sutter, Griebenow, Vasby, Ri ley, Lind, Tatro, and Krueger among many, with visitors from West Union Postville and Manchester. A Valley Community School District budget hearing is planned for August 8 at Valley High School.
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Roger Berg
Roz Swenson
Leslie Kleppe
Elgin
Orville Berg
Milo Halvorson
Spring Valley
Minn
Carroll Halvorson
Chuckie
Marshall
Orville
Robert Frederichs
Fayette
Ernie Fossan
Tommy
Jimmy
Turkey
Dicki Griebenow
Laura Melrose
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Sophie Valley
Valley Community School District
Clayton Counties
Iowa
Valley High School
Sophia Vasley
Norman Riley
Cedar Rapids
Sheree Riley
Pauline Neighbor
Cedar Falls
Sophie Vasby
Elmer Zeine
Ionia
Delmer Kingery
Susan
Minnesota
Cass Lake
Bemidji
Thompson
Clear Lake
Towa
Nancy Nelson
Camp Ewalu
Grace McKarnan
Harmony
Mary McCulla
Crezzy
Carlin
Joe McNeil
Postville
Charles Regan
Waukon
Oscar Lind
Amy Hovland
Charles
Lloyd Aanes
Marion Lind
Manchester
Martin Anderson
Crystal
Roy Tatro
Mary Tatro
Edward Harren
West Des Moines
Donald Blaker
Jeffrey
LaVerne Swenson
Ricky
Marti
Galen Mack
Ivan Krueger
Jan
Jeff
Luana
Richard Neumann
Gene Ellis
Fritz
Wolf
Peter
George Y
Larao Rm
L Ome
Joe Wand
Joe Wander
Lawrence Kauten
Stubbs
Kalona
Picnic Guests Spend Weekend at James Taylor Home
A long list of visitors attended a Sunday and Monday gathering at the James Taylor home including families and individuals from Strawberry Point Evansville Orfordville Hamlet Waterloo Calmar and West Union. Several locals and travelers shared meals and social hours while others visited hospitals and households in the area.
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Issnes
Louise Bilden
Joe Baker
Danny
Warren
Carnet
Tillie Amundson
M Julian Mar
Hiebard Neuman
David
Donive Nims
Evelyn Bilden
Harry Amundson
Harald
Tom Olson
Strawberry Point
Dewell Phillips
Evensville
James Taylor
Ingolf Hougen Jand
Orfordville
Wisconsin
George Lauer
Lynee
James Taxlor
Lauer
Iowa City Veterans Hospital
Carol Ann
Joan Gunderspe
Atlantic Ocean
Smoky
Blue Ridge Mountains
Levington
Kentucky
John Shipton
Fort Bragg
Wayne Amundson
Ham-let
North Carolina
Missouri
Indiana
Roberta Paulson
Cedar Rappins
Marilyn
Chuck Kellogg
Palatine
Tom Wetherbee
Postville
Karla Kohler
Elgin
Ed Kamp
Bob Burrow
Tommy
Dave
Will Burrow
Dutch
Gus Burrow
Dick Griebenow
Dennis
Lana
City Park
Dennis Griebenow
New York
Harry Oakland
Eldorado
Elizabeth Priest
Corwith
Towa
George W. Larson
Louis Olson
Willet Miller
Waterloo
H. R. Shipton
Calmar
Clarence Jillings Land Family
Clinton
Henry Schweinefus
William Brehm
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Schweinefuses
Isabel Nelson
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Millard Olson
Earl Hanson
Kathy
Hillsboro
Ore
Tony Cornell
Jean
Boscobel
Wisc
Alma Peterson
Elkader
Arlene Leeman
Janet
Jimmy
Harold Schroeder
Monona
William Bacon
Albert Lubke
H. A. Lubke
Ruth Starkey
George Frieden
Lillian Kimball
West Union
Riley Grimes
Karl Klemp
Harry Helgerson
Clara Helgerson
Don Larson
Marie Solomon
Gene Westcott
Elmer Peterson
Reginald Walls
Frankfurt
Germany
Gene Anderson
Jan
Ross
Pleasant
Clifford Olson
Judy
Rodney
Grinnell Mutual Stresses Service Over Rates in Iowa Drive
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company in Grinnell Iowa plans to press ahead with a service first strategy for auto insurance. Officials say reasonable rates matter but policyholders value quality service from agents of member County Mutuals who have long experience in fire and windstorm property coverage.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Grinnell Mutual
Mutuals
Gunnell Moeugh
Olson and Thiele Families Visit in Postville
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Olson hosted a Thursday night visit at the Frank Tehel home in Postville with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Thiele of Denver Colorado. The Thieles were on their honeymoon after marrying last Sunday. Jimmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Thiele, formerly of this community.
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Lyle Olson
Jimmy Thiele
Denver
Colorado
Frank Tehel
Postville
Jimmy
Merlin Thiele
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clyde McFarlin
Fave Independent Telephone Association
Montezuma Mutual Telephone Association
Montezuma Mutual Telephone Company
Montezumna State Bank
Clermont
Burkard Riegel
Rose Olson
Julia Helgerson
Milo Halverson
Clara
Mryde Petersson
Gladys Hanson
Eto
General Fund
Leo
Leona
Flermont
Fowa
Pillsbury
Anabisco
Marie Kelleher Mylan
Delano
Calif
Harold Kelleher
New Hampton
Mylan
Lubke
Larrahool
Norbert Baltes
Myrtle Learn
Evelyn
Learn
John Gass
Lawrence White
Marion
Lawrence Kohls
Debbie
Terry
Alfred Barrack
Peter Riley
Tom
Eddie
Canal Zone
Karl Miller
Willy’s Gun Shop
David Christen
Wadena
L. R. Tappan
Optometrist
R. T. Martin
Paul Schutte
M. F. Schlein
Willman Real Estate
Curtiss
Leonard Heins Elgin
E. W. Hilgemann
Smith Building
Curtis D. Nuehring
Farmersburg
E. R. Withell
State Bank
Elkader, Tows
Servisoft Soft Water Service
Servisoft
Legion
John C. Culver
Bob Johnson
Admiral
Big Midway of Rides
Clermont’s
Ford Garage Showroom
Ray Alto
Cowboys
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