I Joined Ragbrain on a 458 Mile Iowa Bike Trip
The narrator joins Devin, Joel Backer, and Jeff Conry for part of RAGBRAINs 458 mile ride from Hawarden to Fort Madison across Iowa. After a rough start with a broken chain and steep hills, the writer logs 70 miles in a day, riding 40 miles walking 20 and hitching 10, then finishing 11 hours later in Sigourney aboard the Sag Wagon.
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Devin
Joel Backer
Jeff Conry
Hawarden
Ragbrain
Iowa
Fort Madison
Sigourney
Newton
Sylvia
Vilmar Rites for Chris Hencken
Funeral services were held for Chris Hencken 88 at Wilmar Lutheran Church. He died at Bartels Home Waverly where he lived since August 11 1970. Born April 6 1887 in Coldwater township Butler Co he married Minnie Rover in Wilmar on April 28 1909. Survived by two daughters, Violet McNeilus and Mildred Hencken, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Chris Hencken
Wilmar Lutheran Church
Bartels
Waverly
Mr. Hencken
Coldwater Township
Butler Co
Minnie Rover
Wilmar
Leonard
Sumner
M&m
Archie
Violet) McNeilus
Bristow
Mildred Hencken
Church
Hohensee
Marble Rock Class of 1925 Holds 50 Year Reunion
Marble Rock High School Class of 1925 gathered at Club Iown in Charles City Lat. Aug. 10 for a 50th anniversary dinner. Ten graduates present listed with hometowns Des Moines Nashua North Hendrickson Webster City Rockford Greene Charles City and more. Others included spouses and relatives as well as a farthest attendee Bud Hancock. Six deceased classmates noted and floral table piece given to Marble Rock Historical Society Museum Open House. A five year reunion was voted.
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Marble Rock
Club
Club Iown
Charles City
Lat
Lorene Hoadley Standefer
Des Moines
Leota Brallier Clay
Nashua
Orville
Bud) Hancock
North Hend
Wash
Gilbert Aker
Webster City
Lloyd Benson
Gila Garber Merfeld
Rockford
Ivan Kivell
Greene
Lorraine Staudt
M. C
Leota Brather Clay
John Orville Hancock
Bud
Etta Wilson Ludwig
Laurens
Dorothy Nikolas Lange
Waterloo
Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City
Merlin Schafer
M&m
Lyle Schafer
Kaiser Music Band
Mason City
M&m Lyle
Schafer
Calvin & James
Gladys Schafer
Alles Mon for Anthony Luther
Funeral services for Anthony Luther 60 of Marble Rock were held Monday August 11 at Reid's Funeral Chapel with burial planned Tuesday in Guttenberg Indiana. He was born September 4 1914 in Guttenberg to Calvin and Anna Luther and died August 10 at home in Marble Rock. Surviving are three brothers Raymond Madison Wisconsin Ruben Radcliffe Iowa Roy Charles City and four sisters Bertha Kenyon Marble Rock Bertha Vorhes Marble Rock Ladena Gatkow Steinhatchee Florida and others.
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Anthony Luther
Marble Rock
Reid
Guttenberg
Thomas Braak
Luther
Calvin
Anna Nee Stoeffler Luther
Raymond Luther
Madison
Charles City
Bertha Kenyon
Berthe Vorhes
Its
Ladena Gatkow
Fe Lang
Steinhatchee
Army Sgt Wygle Receives Army Commendation Medal
Army Sergeant Steven C. Wygle, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Frank E Wygle Sr, Route 1 Clarksville Iowa, was awarded the Army Commendation Medal at Schofield Barracks Hawaii for meritorious service. He serves as a supply sergeant in the 25th Infantry Division.
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Steven C. Wygle
Frank E. Wygle
Route 1
Clarksville
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Sgt
Wygle
25Th Infantry Division
SSA representative schedule in Allison at sheriff’s basement
A Waterloo Social Security Office representative will meet the public in Allison at the sheriff’s building basement on August 21 from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Waterloo Social Security Office
Allison
Sheriff's
Coop Sponsored Medical Tests Van to Be in Greene Monday
A mobile health van arriving in Greene on Monday Aug 18 will offer more than 110 tests. The program, run by Farmers Inc Coop Society with Farmland Industries and American Health Profiles, costs 60 dollars for adults and 35 for children under 16. Tests include chest X-ray ECG blood work visual and hearing tests urinalysis and dental X-ray. Results go to Nashville for review and a report is sent to the subject’s doctor within about three weeks.
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COOP
Greene
Mon
Farmers Inc. Coop Society
Farmland Industries
Kansas City
American Health Profiles
AHP
Nashville
Tenn
B. V. Andersen
M. D
Eldon Peterson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Minn
Iowa
Peterson
Farmland
Greene Monday
Spent Farmers Inc. Coop Society
Farmland Indust
Greene seeks Vietnamese doctor. committee forms funds
Over 200 attendees at Greene Community Center meeting discuss bringing a Vietnamese doctor. A Doctor’s Committee and a fund are planned to cover about $36,000 over three years, with Greene residents supplying family support and housing during training.
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Thurs
Greene
Andersen
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Recorder
George Orndorff
George
Local Hospital Admissions And Treatments
Oscar Chapman remains a patient at Floyd County Memorial Hospital Charles City in room 252 since August 5 for treatment. Mrs Oscar Chapman admitted August 9 to Floyd County Memorial Hospital room 263. Verlyn Schrage to enter Mercy Hospital Mason City August 14 for surgery August 15. Leonard Merey admitted August 4 to Mercy Hospital Mason City for pneumonia treatment. Albert Behnke 15 receiving treatment at Floyd County Memorial Hospital Charles City.
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Chapman Oscar Chapman
Floyd Co. Memorial Hospital
Charles City
Schrage Verlyn Schrage
Mercy
Morey Leonard Merey
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Albert Behnke
Floyd County Memorial Hospital
Football Begins Friday Season Kickoff Guidance
A brief preview outlines nine Friday games starting Sept. 5 with Allison, and a football season plan. Practice begins Aug. 15 at 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. morning varsity Frosh Soph run 3:15 to 5:30. Coach Larry Helmers urges advance notice for missed practice and ahead of season consent for school insurance.
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Allison
Larry Helmers
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Wilbur Klassi
Klassi Motors
Wilbur
Jim van Eschen
Jim
Donald Kaul
Ragbrai
Gerald
Cathy Stephenson
Clinton Kuhl
Jim Vanan
Oie
Bartiisi
Vilmar
City Hall
County Auditors Office
Election Board
Regie
Barbara Merfeld Staudt
Frances Schaefer Swant
Pearl Knoop
Amy Merfeld Crane
Edna Brunner Merfeld
Burton Shultz
Johnnie Boedecker
Rockwell
Galen Belknap
Aker
Benson
Bernard Merfeld
Cecil Swant
Shultz
Boedecker
Belknap
Walter Marsh
SS Rep
Calvary Baptist Church
God
Uer of
Hoover
U. S
Orndorff
DR. Harding
Eagle Grove
Vietnam
Behnke
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