Volga News Highlights Local Social Roundup
Community notes recount visits and gatherings across Volga and surrounding towns. Mrs Minnie Thyer stayed with Jim Gibbs in Strawberry Point. several families attended picnics, dinners, and a Shorthorn sale in Cedar Rapids. A new baby Daniel Patrick Shea nee Probert is welcomed at Mercy Hospital Oelwein. Volga P.T.A. announces fall meeting and Panama slides.
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Minnie Thyer
Jim Gibbs
Strawberry Point
Charal Boleyn
Cedar Rapids
Larry Moore
Wm. Moores
Marie Roeder
Margaritte
Chas. Baker
Presbyterian Church
Alpert Parker Farm
Daniel Sheanee
Patty Probert
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Daniel Patrick
Walter Boys
Gary Jellings
Ted Whitford
Les Whitford
Dayton
Ohio
George Lane
Les Wheeler
Art Everett
Bob Miller
Waterloo
Virgil Marquette
Walter Roys
Volga
Manchester
Farm and Home Club
Volga Park
Edward Eckheart
Art Everitts
Archie Wheeler
Richard
Joy Wheeler
Dennis
Francis Wheeler
Hugh Tenne
Walter Long
Colesburg
Iowa Supreme Court backs Council Bluffs police power visit
State news continues with the Iowa Supreme Court upholding Council Bluffs city council action under a statute granting cities police power for health and safety. Governor Erbe criticizes civil defense head Ben Fowler, signaling an Oct. 13 board meeting to decide his future as state plans face pressure. A national conservation leader urges local planning to curb resource waste, while Iowa forecasts show 1975 population around 3.11 million with slow growth and out-migration easing. Industry leaders discuss a statewide effort to attract plants, meeting Governor Erbe in private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Board
Supreme Court
Blufifs City Council
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Ben Fowler
Norman Erbe
Erbe
Fowler
State Civil Defense Board
Des Moines
Iowa business growth debate aims to draw new and expand existing ventures
A Iowa door session examined two growth challenges: expanding existing Iowa businesses and attracting out of state investment and industry to both large and small communities. Iowa holds 253 million in government notes and securities, with nearly 1 million in interest earned in the year ending June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
M. L. Abrahamson
Doane Editor to Speak to Farmers
Doane Agricultural Service editor and manager Mr Forest L Goetsch will address farmers on October 4 at 8:00 p.m. in Valley High School cafeteria. The talk, Outlook and Trends in Agriculture, is open to the public. Goetsch, Iowa State University graduate, leads Doane Publications Division in St Louis since 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest L. Goetsch
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
Goetsch
Valley High School
Iowa
Iowa State University
Doane
Publications
Local Folk Visit Relatives in Wisconsin Trip
Cheery Valley residents including Celia Thoman and Lena Wenger joined others for a Wednesday afternoon at the Lester Wenger home. The group traveled from Cheery Valley to Shullsburg to visit Mrs Dennler's relatives and Leo Christen visited his son in Elkader hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Thoman
Martin Hanson
Lena Wenger
Lester Wenger
Silas Butikofer
Kathy
Charles Erickson
John Christen
Leo
Elkader Hospital
Local Social Roundup Notes From Volga and Surroundings
Tuesday football practice incident noted with a family member present. A string of Sunday visits includes Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Peake in Dubuque and Ida Christen accompanying the Frieden party to Davenport. Birthday and hospital visits mark a quiet weekend with neighbors and relatives visiting in Bean Butikofer, Christen, and Dennler homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Smith
Volga
Celia Thoman
Ida Christen
Elmer Frieden
Davenport
Friedens
Gerald Frieden
Thoman
Christen
Ida Borgelt
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