Tiger Tales and School News Highlights
The Sorras group hosts a nursery for PTA members with freshmen home economics students supervising. About fifty students enter speech activities across interpretive reading original oratory and more with lessons scheduled. a December home contest looms. Cheerleaders include Bison Lois Kerr Donaline Larsom and Phyllis Nims with Diane Frieden as substitute. A library program assists grades three through eight with reading and library use. The first junior high football game vs West Union took place September 23.
Junior High Notes Highlight School Spirit and Staff
The junior high community praises its building and setup as eighty eight students and five teachers engage in regular classes physical training football band and cheerleading Ruth is mentioned among participants in this update from the school.
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Ruth
Tigers Edge Postville 14-12 In Close Game
The Tigers beat Postville 14-12 to reach the 500 mark. Bob Kerr’s 13 yard TD run capped a fourth quarter rally after Postville took a 12-7 lead. Key plays included Bobby Swenson’s 81 yard kickoff return and Roger Howard to John Nelson for the early extra point.
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Tigers
Postville
Pirates
Bobby Swenson
Roger Howard
John Nelson
Fostville
Burns
Bill Harris
Pirate
Dennis Eder
Harris
Bob Kerr
Howard
Gilson
Warriors
Little family weekend visit spans Iowa City trip
Elgin locals report Glen Little in Veterans Hospital in Iowa City then returning home for a two day visit. Relatives from Oelwein Wadeng Chester Grundy Center Davenport Waterloo and Davenport share weekend meals and gatherings with the Littles and Beckers.
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Earl Little
Wadeng
Glen Little
Iowa City
Veteran's Hospital
Don Little
Oelwein
Maynard C. Ludwig
Chester
Cornelius Relerson
Dele Kauten
Steven
Cindy
Waterloo
Sheridan Downey
Deanna
Grundy Center
Clarence Becker
Davenport
Louis Becker
Little nephews visit and dinner guests noted
Ray Little of Dubuque and Leo Little of Volga spent Monday at the Glen Little home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frieden were supper guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs. George Butikofer.
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Ray Little
Dubuque
Leo Little
Volga
Glen Little
Joe Frieden
George Butikofer
Three Rural Buildings to be Sold
Rural sales plan changes as Clermont and Elgin buildings repurposed for Boy Scout use. Three buildings west of the Bigin school remain slated for sale, after a recent request to keep Clermont’s site as a meeting place.
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Clermont
Boy Scouts
Elgin
Elgin Boy Scouts
Bigin
Report on Local Crop Conditions
By September 21 in this locality 95 percent of the corn was dented and 85 percent was well dented and hard. None of the soybean acreage had been combined, and 10 percent of fall plowing was completed. Pastures and lawns are excellent, and plowing conditions are okay.
Iowa Fall Sow Farrowings Rise Four Percent
Fall farrowings in Iowa from June through November are projected at 994000 head, a 4 percent increase over 956000 sows farrowed in fall 1956. Earlier, analysts likewise anticipated a 4 percent rise for the same period.
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Iowa
Farm Leases and Real Estate Transfers Reported
Farm leases show Ash Herbert M transferring to Milton L Ash on a 50 50 basis. Bill of sale records Riverside National Creamery Association of Wadena to Wadena Cheese and Butter Co Inc for creamery equipment and supplies. Real estate transfers list Riverside Multiplex Creamery Association to WD company for parcel in Herriman Add Wadena. Various transfers show Leonard Heins to Arthur Landsgard and wife Elk 2 Hackmann Add Elgin. Tom L Gleim administrator Mary Smith estate to Doyle Hulbert and wife Park Add Arlington. Corbin C and wife to Cornelius E Knudtson and wife Elgin. License to wed Sept 18 Leslie Arthur Kleppe Ossian and Arabella Rose Guyer Elgin.
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Riverside Nut’l Creamery Assn
Wadena
Wadena Cheese and Butter Co, Inc
Riverside Mul'l Creamery Assn
Wadena Cheese and Butter Co., Inc
Herriman
Add
Heins
Leonard & Wi
Arthur "Landsgard
Leslie Arthur Kleppe
Ossian
Arabella Rose Guyer
Elgin
Adult Farmer Evening Program Topics and Schedule
The adult farmer program lists topics from September 24 to November 18 covering economics in dairy and hog production, beef cow herd economy, farm taxation factors, government corn programs, farm tractors, and woodlot management. Meetings begin at 8:00 pm in the new high school ro room with coffee and doughnuts served after each session.
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Ro-Ag
Ross E. James
C0-Ag
Fatal accident kills bystander at Dumont road project
John Groninga of Dumont was watching a road project when a waiting truck struck him near a large cement mixer. Authorities described the incident as a fatal accident with the bystander as the victim.
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John Groninga
Dumont
World Changes and Parental Views on Kids The Shift
A father and son debate how youth life has altered from past times. The piece argues that values and routines once central, like walking to school, may not fit modern families. It notes adults often misjudge what today’s children need and why expectations evolve.
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Mr. James
Convict Term Means Guilty Verdict in Two Nations
In England and the United States the label convict is reserved for individuals who have been found guilty by a jury, underscoring a shared legal distinction between accusation and adjudicated crime.
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England
The
U. S
Cal Calvin Coolidge Takes Presidential Oath in 1993
A fragmented report notes an oath taken by a Calvin Coolidge figure at 2 30 am or pm on a date in 1993 at the home of his father. The article is unclear on context or full identity and appears to mix nicknames and war era references without clear facts.
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Calvin Coglidge
Rten
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