Kindergarten eligibility list for Valley schools 1968 69
The Valley Community Schools publish a tentative kindergarten list for the 1968-69 year from the pre-school census. It notes pupils ages five by Sept 15 and requests additions or removals be reported to Gladys Hanson at the superintendent’s office via Elgin 2941, with child name birth date and parent location.
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The
Valley
Elgin
Gladys Hanson
Clermont Schoul
Linda Kay
Amundson
Wayne
Ruth Anne Benson
Thomas
Matthew Finnegin
Michael
Kevin Lee German
Walter, Jr
Denise
Lynn Gilbert
Robert
Debbie
Ann Guyer
Ethan
Troy John
Guyer
John
Sharne
Sue Helgerson
Ernest
Susanne Maurie Jacob
Leon
Joan Lee Jacobson
Gordon
Tracy Sue Larson
Burnell
Marston Roberts
Loona
Thomas Matt
Albert
Judy Ann Molokken
Levi
Brenda Flaine Odegard
Glen
Brenda Donnette Olson
Elliott
Neil Vance Orth
Leo
Kim Marie Orth
Weldon
Victoria Lynn Ramaker
Carl
Mary Beth Skelton
Maryi David Swenson
LaVerne
Lori Kay Taylor
Sylvan
Mark Alan Thorson
Eugene
Pamela Sue Allsup
Dennis
Cynthia Baker
Justin
James Edward Bilden
Tupher
Michael Boleyn
Roger
Karen Lynn Friederich
Russell
Laurie Jean Friederich
Mark Phillip Goodell
Kate James Smpehl
Denise Ann Krueger
Carlton
Thomas Leehy
Joseph
Kevin Earl Lembke
Earl
Janet Kay Medberry
Clifford
Roberta Ann Medberry
Curtis Martin Pfister
Harold
Jean Ann Sehoeit
Marvin
Kelly Elizabeth Sutter
Donald
Derric Lee Torkelson
Ivan
Lowell Dean Voshell
LeRoy
Wadena
Jerry Bond
Gerald
Lynn Mike Bond
Merl
Bruce Allen Butikefer
Silas
Tracy Gene Butikefer
Bert
Curtis LeRoy Caley
Phillip
Daniel Austin Dennler
William
New Addresses for Various Residents and Institutions
A list of updated addresses includes Keith Collins Schauinslandstr 58 Pforzheim Germany and Marnifred Beuthner at Curtis Butikofer NBU1 Hillcrest Dorm U of 1 Towa City Iowa 52240. Also Olis Blockhus 508 Rundell Street Town City Iowa 52440 and Robert Zurbriggen Peace Corps Training Rural Extension Training Ctr Bhavanisagar Coimbatore District Madras State India. Additional entries: David Grove 827 4th Ave South Clinton Iowa, Larry Frieden 2401 Lafayette Blvd Norfolk Va 23509, John W Brackin SN 502 James L McKinley Residence Hall P O Q Box 900 Inglewood California 90307, Marvin Hoag 1206 Quadrangle Box 176 University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa 52240, LeRoy Larson 31 So Alta Ave Wew Hampton Indiana 50659.
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Robert Zurbriggen
Peace Corps
Bhavanisagar
Coimbatore District
Madras State
India
Evangelism Team Plans Crusade at First Baptist Elgin
God's Volunteers visitation and preaching team will conduct a Crusade for Christ at First Baptist Church in Elgin on October 11 12 and 13. The six youths and a director lead the program with church ministers and hold 8 PM evening meetings.
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God's
First Baptist Church
Elgin
Valley Schools Plan One Day Closure October 20
All Valley Community School District schools will close Friday October 20 as teachers attend the 113th Iowa State Education Association convention in Des Moines. Thursday October 19 dismissals will be one hour early.
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Valley Community School
Iowa State Education Association
Des Moines
Towa
All Valley High School
Iowa
Valley High
Fisher
Stars Will Meet October 18 in Stead of October 1
Elgin Chapter Order of Eastern Star changes meeting date to October 18 from October 1. Serving committee chairwoman Mrs Sophie Follett and Mr and Mrs Will J Nelson will coordinate arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Order of Eastern Star
Chm
Sophie Follett
Will J
Nelson
Halloween UNICEF Party Committees Named
UNICEF party for Halloween on October 31 lists multiple chairmen and committees including Registration and Number Committee chaired by Earl Kiple with co-chairs, Publicity led by Russell Friederich, Entertainment with Blockhus and Harry L. Cline, and Finance chaired by Lee Roy Colling among many others. The Wadena Legion and Annex Hiary plan their annual turkey supper tonight serving from 5:00 pm, with drive carefully noted. The Veterans Administration reports 1.88 million World War I veterans aged 65 to 85, average 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
Otis Torkelson
Arden Greener
Earl Kiple
Martin Wenger
Cochairman
Leota Welch
C. B. Schori
John Tillotson
Walter Falk
Orville Meth
Ed Klingman
Leonard Heins
Gladys Feller
Russell Friederich
Harry Everett
Blockhus
Harry L. Cline
Isell Goodell
Lee Roy Colling
Leon Hansen
Charles Capper
Carlton Krueger
Francis
Clara Baumgart- Thomas Pollock
H. Johnson
E. Hilge- Kennett
Wadena Legion
Annx Hiary
Veterans Administration
Second Retaining Dam Completed at Swiss Lake
The second retaining dam near Swiss Lake on the valley’s south side stands roughly 46 feet high and 276 feet wide at the base, about 300 feet long. A spring feeds a forming lake to the right. Future work will span the upper main valley to create Lake Lucerne.
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Swiss Lake
Foxwell Farm
Lucerne
Swiss Lake Estate
Wadena News Social Notes and Chi Anedaw Club Meeting
Local residents host dinner guests from San Diego Cedar Rapids and Waterloo while visiting family in Des Moines Brune and West Union. Chi Anedaw Federated Study Club met at Jere Probert home with 12 members 8 guests. Plans include UNICEF Halloween drive book donation and a Hawaii program by Carol Ashinara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Gage
Des Moines
Brune
Jane Hinkel
Cedar Rapids
Mary Hinkel
West Union
Aulden Wilson
Lyle Herrling
Kansas City
Arthur Herrling
Cornelius ‘Yearous
Tracy
Center Point
Don Downs
St. Charles
Iowa
Pat Olson
Waterloo
Wilder Mattocks
Downs
Mattocks
CHI Anedaw Club
Chi Anedaw Federated Study Club
Jere Probert
John Erickson
Elgin Federated Club
Unicef
Hallowe'en
Donna Matthiesen
Arthur Schlissinger, Jr
Florence Baldwin
State Federation
Carol Ashinara
Hawaii
Mission Potluck Supper At St Pauls Church
All denominations invited to annual mission potluck at St Pauls Methodist Church Sunday night Oct 8 at 6 30 with fellowship and program. Arden Greener to introduce theme That All May Be lieve. A sound film strip Foundations for Dialog to be shown.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Arden Greener
Elgin to elect mayor and five councilmen this fall
Election in Elgin will choose a mayor and five council members for two year terms. Polls open Tuesday November 7. Final filing date is Tuesday October 10 for nomination papers, which can be obtained from the town clerk.
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Elgin
To Observe 25th Anniversary At Illyria Church
An open house in honor of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rothlisberger marks their 25th wedding anniversary. The event is Sunday October 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Illyria Community Church. The couple, married July 18, 1942 in Wichita Kansas, have six children Sharnel Elgin Janet Robert John and Kim.
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Illyria
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Robert
Navy
Rothlisberger
Wilma’ Meisenheimer
Wichita
Kaw
Sharnel
Roger Frieden
Elgin
Janet
Ronald Beerman
LeMars
John
Kim
Veterans in Civil Life Vary Widely in Age
The 25.8 million veterans living as civilians range from teenagers to over 90 years old. The average age is 44, according to the Veterans Administration.
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The
Veterans Administration
Valley High Tigers Tie Postville Pirates 19-19
Valley High School and Postville battled to a 19 all tie as the Tigers and Pirates played a hard fought game. The result caps a week marked by Tests of Educational Development information shared with Valley students.
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Valley High Tigers
Postville Pirates
Iowa
Pirates Rated 6th In Iowa Little Ten
The Postville Pirates, ranked sixth in the Little Ten, edged Valley Tigers 12 13 in a hard fought Friday night contest. Key plays included Mohs rushing in for Postville and Olson connecting with Roberts for Valley. Valley hosts Central of Elkader Oct 6 for homecoming.
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Pirates
Iowa
Valley Tigers
Postville Pirates
Mark DeSart
Tigers
Postville
Dale Mohs
Frostville
Dave Roberts
Valley
Ficker
Greg Olson
Mohs
Central
Elkader
Statis
Death of Louis F Becker in Waterloo visit
Louis F Becker, 71, of Elgin, died Saturday while visiting at his daughter’s home in Waterloo. An Elgin farmer for many years, he received funeral rites at St. Paul’s Methodist Church Elgin with Rev. Lee Roy Collins officiating. Burial followed in Elgin Cemetery. Survivors include his wife three daughters and two sons. Muehlethaler Funeral Home handled arrangements. The obituary will be published next week.
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Louis F. Becker
Elgin
Cecil Schroeder
Waterloo
Becker
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Lee Roy Collins
Muehlethaler
Death of B A Strauch
Funeral services for Bernard A. Strauch 84 were held in Champaign HL. He died after a fall at a Shannon nursing home while visiting his sister Mrs Joanna Hughes and died at a Freeport hospital. He was the first in a family of eight to pass. Survivors include his widow a daughter and four sisters and three brothers led by Mrs Hughes who turns a birthday Oct 10. Other sisters Mrs W F Rudolf Minneapolis Clara and Berta Strauch California brothers Oswald Billings Mont Don Mesa Ariz and Richard Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard A. Strauch
Champaign
Shannon
Joanna Hughes
Freeport
Hughes
W. F. Rudolf
Minneapolis
Clara
Berta Strauch
California
Oswald
Billings
Mont
Don
Mesa
Ariz
Richard
Elgin
McMillan Attends National Postmasters Convention in Puerto Rico
H. M. McMillan departed last Saturday to attend the National Postmasters Convention in Puerto Rico. The gathering began Monday and will last about ten days. He traveled by car to Miami then flew to Puerto Rico, with plans to visit Florida before returning home around October 15.
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H. M. McMillan
Postmasters Convention
Puerto Rico
Mr. McMillan
Miami
Fla
Florida
Wells family completes 40 foot cabin cruiser the Wells Go Far
Jim Wells of Durant finishes a 40 foot cabin cruiser after almost six years and about 1100 hours of work. The Wells family plans a Mississippi upstream vacation this summer aboard the ship named Wells Go-Far.
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Jim Wells
Durant
Wells
Mississippi
Death of Henry Vellersven in Wisconsin farmer obituary
Henry Vellersven, a Gunder area farmer, died Sunday October 1 at Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse Wisconsin. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Church in Luana and burial followed at Gunder.
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Henry Vellersven
Gunder
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wisc
Lutheran Church
Luana
Purple Heart Awarded to Marine’s Family for Fallen Corporal
The Tilpher Bilden family received the Purple Heart and citation on Tuesday October 3 for Corporal Harlan Bilden of the United States Marine Corps who died July 1, 1967 from wounds in Vietnam’s Quang Tri. Also awarded were the Vietnamese Service Medal, National Defense Medal, and Vietnamese Campaign Medal. The Purple Heart citation is signed by General Wallace M. Greene Jr. as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilpher Bilden
Cpl
Harlan Bilden
Quang Tri Vietnam
Bilden
Thomas
Jeft
Abrams
Waterloo
Vietnam
United States of America
George Washington
Newburgh
New York
United States Marine Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keith Collins Schauinslandstr
Pforzheim
Germany
Marnifred Beuthner
Curtis Butikofer
Hillcrest
U of
Towa City
Olis Blockhus
Rundell Street
Town City
David Grove
4Th Ave
Clinton
Larry Frieden
Lafayette Blvd
Norfolk
John W. Brackin
James L. McKinley
P. OQ
Inglewood
Calif
Marvin Hoag
University of Iowa
Iowa City
LeRoy Larson
Alta Ave
Wew
Hampton
First Baptist
Wadena News
Mrs
Naomi Crandall
Mildred Lamphier
Waller Ghul
San Diego
Gerald Westcott
Lamphier
Flora Peterman
Oclwein
Lcs
B. A. Strauch
Bilden Family
Purple Heart
Wallace M. Greene, Jr
U.S. Marine
the Marine Corp
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