One Year Ago Winners at Whitehead Speedway
Reports list winners from last year at Whitehead Speedway with Mick Finnell first in the tractor pull Larry Finnell second Mike Stenzel third and Paul Zanker fourth. Deb ie Hall and Elizabeth Woods won best dressed. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Will Else. Enrollments fell by 13 students. Harold Stewart and wife marked their 50th wedding anniversary September 12. Cashus Smith and wife observed their 30th anniversary September 5. Janet Grable and Richard Athen wed August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mick Finnell
Whitehead Speedway
Larry Finnell
Mike Stenzel
Paul Zanker
Debbie Hall
Elizabeth Woods
Will Else
Harold Stewart
Local Notes and Updates From Cape Girardeau Area
Ten years ago special Jack L Gilson reenlisted for three years. Mrs R C Martin attended a special education workshop at Cape Girardeau Missouri. Mr and Mrs Dick Payne moved from Gowdy apartments to Folkes follyplex. Robert Fisher began work as assistant plant manager for Crown Line Plastics. Charles Zanker and Barney Lloyd placed second in merchant sponsored talent show. Hamburg Kiwanis float won decorative division at Farragut. Mary Wollertson Karen Gottsche Ann Vogel Susan Crain formed the decor team. Fremont soybean fate set at 2 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack L. Gilson
R. C. Martin
Cape Giradeau
Dick Payne
Gowdy Apartments
Folkes Folly Plex
Robert Fisher
Crown Line Plastics
Charles Zanker
Barney Lloyd
Hamburg Kiwanis
Farragut
Mary Wollertson
Karen Gottsche
Ann Vogel
Susan Crain
Fremont
Local notices recall 40 years ago Hamburg area events
Readable fragments describe a car fire damage tied to Jim Hein, a new home for the Vernon Babbitt family on North Washington, and land sales with Vogel & Son buying 334 acres near Hamburg. Also noted are a watermelon feed by the Madison Young Adult Group, marriages of Barbara Smith and Earl Lloyd, Helen Gillette and Rex Cannon, Edna Porter teaching signs, burglaries, births, a 4 H health winner Edith Jones, and Otoe Foods planning about 50 000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Vernon Babbitt
Vogel & Son
Hamburg
Madison
Dean Brown
Mearle Risdon
Barbara Smith
Earl Lloyd
Harriett Scott
Will Pfannbuch
Mim
Helen Gillette
Rex Cannon
Sam Spoons
Brower
Jones
Finnell
Verne Yay
Edna Porter
Sedgwick
Mabel Morgan
Highland
Edith Nook
Columbia
Mia
Jess McCall
Edith Jones
Des Moines
Helen Ranck
Otoe Foods
30 Years Ago Wedding Celebrations and Local News
Thirty years ago Mr and Mrs Joe Hydinger celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Mrs Stanley Aistrope was honored with a shower at the Reb ekah Lodge Barbara Winkler and Willard Spiegel were married The Methodist Church purchased a pipe organ Island school opened with thirteen students Teacher Ethel Jaecker of Talmage Muriel Gump and Don Carlos Rhoden married Betty Miller set to head high school home economics at Weeping Water Local teachers listed Ruth Aspedon Orrilla Gordon Ruby Fender Ruback store closed five thousand dollars in grocery stock A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Moore A son born to Mr and Mrs Ermal Shull
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hydinger
Stanley Aistrope
Rebekah Lodge
Barbara Winkler
Willard Spiegel
Methodist Church
Island
Ethel Jaecker
Talmage
Muriel’ Gump
Don Carlos Rhoden
Betty Miller
Weeping Water
Ruth Aspedon
Mt. Washington
Orrilla ‘Gordon
John Paynexant
Ruby Fender
Sunnyside
Ruback's
John Moore
Ermal Shull
Obituaries and school staff listed from local notices
Fifty years ago Dr D W Swiggart died at his home on August 26 alongside Mrs Jake Maupin. Mary Fletcher began work as office clerk for J R Reese Construction. Methodist Ladies Aid planned dinners September 6 7 and 8 during the fair. Hamburg teaching staff for the coming year included H Down superintendent Lyle West principal English Dorothea Myers Latin English and others across grades with staff names like Violet McPherson Sterling Bolks Ida Myers and Grace McKissick among many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Swiggart
Jake Maupin
Mary Fletcher
J. R. Reese Construction Company
Methodist Ladies Aid
Hamburg
E. Down
Lyle West
Dorothea Myers
Lilian Stewart
Fred Johnson
Violet “McPherson
Sterling Bolks
Ida Myers
Melle Hannaford
Marnié Simons
Grace McKissick
Mildred Hanks
Fern Wagner
Irene Walker
Alda Martin
Esther Underwood
Ruth Brodrick
Celia Hannaford
Ruby Armstrong
Pajarita Atkisson
East of Town Social Notes Dinner Guests List
Sunday evening guests of Eli Mortimore included Maurice Brookshier Floyd Collins Jim Collins and family James Bontz of Vandalia and Winnie Brown of Petersburg Ill. The event featured many local families with visits to Glenwood Des Moines Lincoln and Tabor on a day of hosting and birthday celebrations for Ira Aistrope. Rev B D Hunn from North Platte Nebr and others joined for overnight and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Clark
Eli Mortimore
Maurice Brookshier
Floyd Collins
Jim Collins
James Bontz
Vandalia
Winnie Brown
Petersburg
Ill
Margaret Jaeckel
Anna ‘Driever
D. C
Tabor
Glen Benefiel
Denise
Kent
George Clark
Shelle Barlow
Lori
Linda
Des Moines
Martin Goracke
Carl Rose
Paul Winer
Raymond Driever
Mildred
Wayne
Oren
Bud Driever
Willard Spiegel
D. C. Henshaw
Clifford Adkins
Ollie Athen
Dean Aistrope
Eli Mortmore
Alice Bridgeford
Elmer Stenzel
Anna Robinson
Larry Gorache
Pat, Marty
Lisa
Lincoln
Columbia
South America
India
Martin Gorache
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Eciany
John D. Field
Nena‘ Association
Main Street
Iowa
Fewmont County
Reporter
The
Republican
John Gottsche
LABOR
Great Land of
America
Labor Day
Iowa State Bank
Jim Hein
Cecil Beam
Sidney
Albekige
Ira Dover
Bill Newton
Theodosa
Horse Shoe Bend
Ark
Hitchcock, Okla
Oren Winkler
Ruth Spiegel
Igraqe
SUN Oil'co
Nebraska City, Nebr
American Meter Co
Dracula
Nebraska City
Nebr
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