Country Tub Thumping at Twenty Years of The Reporter
A nostalgic column by John Field marks twenty years since Willard Archie took over The Reporter on December 20, 1951. The piece recalls then-and-now life in town with names of local businesses, shops, and landmarks, painting a vivid portrait of a community steady through postwar change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O' Satch
Willard Archie
Shenandoah
Rex Cannon
Baldwin Transfer
Fred Klein
Herman Offenburger
George Poage
Dad Ferguson
Sinclair
Shelly Kushner
Herb Tepperman
K-T
Shef Clothing
Opera House
O. G. Lorimer
Hank Gude
Hamburg School Budget and Per-Pupil Cost Report
Hamburg school budget approved for 1971 72 with general fund of 528 476 schoolhouse fund 113 274 grand levy 45 620 per pupil cost 951 40 versus state average 966. Farragut area cited as highest in region. Superintendent notes Hamburg within 110 percent of average for state aid eligibility. Also notes Pancake Day event fundraising by Hamburg Kiwanis and a vocational agriculture class topic on artificial breeding. Marie Reis retires as ISB teller after 1953 service. Frances Beam fills front window role. Funeral services held for Rev. Grindheim pastor in Fayette Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Reis
Iowa State Bank
Sioux City
Otawa
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Frances Beam
Hamburg
Farragut
Supt
Neuzil
Hamburg and Fremont County See Run of Burglaries and Robberies
The Hamburg area and Fremont County law officers report six burglary cases from last Wednesday night through New Year’s Day. Theft included a break in at American Legion Club with whisky cigarettes and cash taken, a Mayfield at Reid Grain Co, and vandalism at Hamburg High School. Sheriff Bob Jenkins said some arrests are made or expected, with loot recovered in part. Scotty Holman, longtime Fremont County resident and former hospital supervisor, died after a heart attack. Funeral services are planned in Sidney. Additional break ins and thefts center on the Hide Away Tavern and nearby properties, with two television sets stolen and recovered. The Hamburg council discussed adult education classes and city salaries for 1972 including a new uniform allowance, while reorganizing the city marshal position and budget plans for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Fremont
Bob Jenkins
American Legion Club
Fremont Rowl
Jenkins
Reid Grain Co
Scotty” Holman
Richard “Scotty” Holman
Fremont County
Crawford
Sidney
Holman
Grape Community Hospital
Washington Street
Clarence Holman
Oklahoma
Anne Ruth Collins
Cecil Holland
Creston
Sexton
Cecil Price
Anne Hollings
Worth
Homer Tiemeyer
Floyd Belle
Anne Hollingsworth
Bob Clark
Clark
Ray Lewis
Lester Burge
Burge
Leo Geyer
Dan Kingery
Shenandoah
City Auditors
Colonial Theater
Fremont Bowl
Limerly Hardware
Sinnon- Hesitware
Shulloa Plain
Hamburg Heating & Plum Kellay Co
People’s Gas Co
Wingate Plumbing
Cecil Richie
Earl Geyer
Main Street
Verton Folkes
Howard Wenger
E Street
Tnd
Stalin
Wella
Dick Payne
City to license dogs with universal tag sale
City Clerk Anne Hollingsworth announces dog license tags arriving and on sale next Monday at City Hall. The price is one dollar for all, with a valid rabies certificate required. NEVA SIMPSON SERVICES TUESDAY Neva E. Simpson died December 31 at 76, survived by a brother and many nieces and nephews. Funeral held January 4 at 2 p.m. at Bath Funeral Home, interment Mt. Clive Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Hollingsworth
City Hall
Neva Simpson
Neva E. Simpson
Charles G. Simpson
Bath Funeral
Earl Melton
Mt. Clive
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Field
Fletcher Boys
Odd Fellows Lodge
Verniiig
Bill Hayes
Pinky
Mel Keys
Bob Bolton
Bolton
Harney Boyle
Mary
Lennie Cummins
Walt Ebert
Carroll Butts
Gambles
Gordon Clifton
Stoner Drug
Lester Hite
Don Dougan
Carter Johnson
Verah Medford
Martin Brothers IH
Dr. Henderson
Danley
Kerr
Dr. Bang
Mr. Mooney
Buckit
George Glison
Martin Motors
Odd Fellows
Bernice
Ross Axtell
Chevrolet
Glenn Implement
Bob Hixson
James Lumber Co
A. J. Pracher
Allis Chalmers
Hamburg Hatchery
Pontiac
Don Brown
Ferguson
H.C. Swanson
Swane
Hamburg Gil Co
Laster Lorenz
Herschel Douglas and
Jack and
Harold
Robart Tchery
Harvey Thomas
Jeff Gardner
Bob Jeakins
Gardner
Allen Blezek
Victor Immerman
Hamburg Kiwanis Club
Gilsons
Don Gilson
Las Vegas
Nev
Brian Mars
Gary Gilson
O. Grindheim
Burg
Fayette
Herman Solaman
Council
Hamburg City
Kingery Marshall
Marshall
Kingery
Mel Allumbaugh
Marshall Kingery
Gude
Raymond
Zanker
Thiessen
Mike Dyke
Monroe
Mary Dyke
Terry Johnson
Carl Jaeckel
Jim Owen
E. Street
Purchase Farm
John Prater
Spiegel and Son
Presbyterian
California
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