Building boom and political sparring mix in town notes
The Goldenrod contract, street and water projects, and gas main layings are due to start next month signaling a busy building season. Also discussed are possible off street parking near the Reporter office and the shift of teaching staff to serve multiple towns. Mrs Fay Timson and her children visited Mr and Mrs Lloyd Simpson.
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Grapevine
Goldenrod
Hamburg
American Gas Co
City
Fay Timson
Glenwood
Lloyd Simpson
Tuesdee
Second polio day succeeds with 4000 doses in Hamburg
Polio drive reports over 4000 Type HI vaccines distributed in Hamburg on Saturday as the second phase nears completion. Type II Sabin oral vaccine planned at the fire station 5 am to 9 pm Saturday Sept 15. Sidney gym hosts a second Sabin round Sunday July 1 from 9 am to 5 pm for Type THI vaccine.
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Hamburg
Iowa
Nebraska
Sidney
Sidney Gym
Underwater Lights Planned for Harmburg Pool
Donations fund at least ten underwater lights for the Harm burg municipal pool. Lights will be ordered soon and installed in about a day once they arrive from California. Officials aim to have them running by the first weekend in July, with four more lights to follow. Mrs Martin Vollertsen coordinates remaining funds, aided largely by the water ballet team of teen-age girls. Over 220 adults and children currently take Red Cross swim lessons at the facility.
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Harmburg
California
Martin Vollertsen
Red Cross
Vollertsen
Hospital Notes Nursing Ward Visiting Hours and Dismissals
Hospital notes list visiting hours for maternity and other wards, admission and dismissal rosters for Hamburg Riverton Glenwood Tabor Sidney Compton Calif St Charles Minn and Bartlett and a June volunteer roster. It notes Richard J Wingate, son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Wingate, promoted to Telegraph Traffic Supervisor for the Rock Island Lines in Chicago.
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Hamburg
Kate Morris Orpan
Spittler
Michael Risdon
Laura Warnstaff
Albert Nahkunst
Lucille Burge
Mtyrtle Case
Glen Creek
Clara Brown
Julie Oakes
David Nine
Riverton
Louise Eggers
Glenwood
Ray Patterson
Tabor
Ray Whitney
Mary Madden
Percival
Edward J. Rainey
Sidney
Cathy Lune Foines
Grace Wilson
Compton
Calif
Helen Thompson
Bartlett
Trina A
St Charles
Minn
Bessie Pace
Bamburg
Glen Clech
Jamie K Huntley
Mildred
Ballinger
Charles F. Henderson
Jamie Rash
Kate Morris
Orpha Spittler
Lucille Eburge
Myrtle Case
David Nino
Leonard Johnson
Bernece Davis
Cathy Sue Folbes
Laura G. Hein
Norma J. Ware
Baby
Baby Glenwood
Ray Petterson
Esther L. Hunt
Farragut
John B. LeFever
Thurman
Mae P. Potter
Rock Port
Marvin Harmon
Malvern
Shirley A. Biggerstaff
Richard J. Wingate
Hollis Wingate
Rock Island Railroad
Des Moines
Rock Island
Wingate
Chicaga
Wheat crop shows above average yield and good quality
Wheat in the area began arriving last Thursday, two weeks earlier than usual. Yields run around 30 bushels per acre with some fields near 33. Heavy May rains boosted some patches to about 25 bushels. Quality generally better than last year with 58 to 61 pound weights and minimal rust noted. farmers pleased with overall picture.
Iowa Power Restores Service After Major Transmission Fault
Iowa Power and Light reported a wide outage after a 230000 volt transmission line from Fort Randall Dam failed while Omaha Public Power District faced generator issues. Power was restored to most customers by 1:40 PM as Iowa Power isolated its system and lines. The Hamburg area lost power about an hour and a wedding reception at St John’s Lutheran Church in Westboro was mentioned in the same report.
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Iowa Power and Light Company
Bureau of
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Fort Randal Dam
South Dakota
Omaha
Iowa Power
Iowa
Hamburg
ATI
Party conventions at Sidney Friday
Fremont County Democrats and Republicans will gather at Sidney Friday for their county conventions. Republicans will meet first in the courtroom at 10:00 am, with Democrats at 8:00 pm. Delegates to the state conventions and policy resolutions are on the agenda for interested party members.
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Fremont County
Sidney
Hamburg Sees Below Normal Rainfall In June So Far
Weather observer Maurice Brookshier reports Hamburg has only 1.80 inches of rain through June 27, well below the normal five inches. No substantial moisture fell mid month, with minor amounts on Thursday and Friday nights. Nearby areas saw up to five inches, while Payne and surrounding fields faced limited precipitation affecting wheat harvests. Some terraces near Madison Church still held water Wednesday.
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Hamburg
Waurice Brookshier
Brookshier
Payne
Madison Church
Daniel C Tillman Dies in Kansas at 66
Daniel C Tillman, 66, brother of Red Tillman, died in Vether son Kansas on June 17. He is survived by his wife, three children, eight grandchildren, one sister, three brothers, and one half brother. Funeral services were held in McPherson with interment at Crestwood Memorial Park. Attending were Red Tillman of Hamburg, Roy Tillman of Nebraska City, Donald Tillman of Red Oak, Pete Tillman, and many others from Thurman, Shenandoah, Council Bluffs, Glenwood, and nearby communities.
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Daniel C. Tillman
Red Tillman
John Robinson Enlists in Navy for Three Years
John J Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Walter H Robinson of 740th Street enlisted in the Navy for three years and was sent to San Diego for recruit training. Chief Kermit A Robinson of the Nebraska City Recruiting Office reports he will be home on recruit leave in September after training. Miss Amanda Houts and Miss Grace Jones visited Mrs Florence Houts and relatives in Kansas City and Lees Summit Missouri last weekend.
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John “J” Robinson
Walter H. Robinson
740Th Street
US. Navy
San Diego
California
Kermit A. Robinson
Nebr
Amanda Houts
Grace Jones
Kansas City
Lees Summit
Florence Houts
County school plan talks attract 100
About 100 residents from across the county attended a Wednesday night meeting in Sidney to hear the State Department of Public Instruction explain a controversial plan for a single unit county school for remont county. The session in the courthouse included a Q and A that grew heated at times with opponents voicing their objections while Des Moines representatives spoke for the plan.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Remont County
Sidney
Des Mores
Merriweather Lewis Docks at Hamburg Amid Weekend Visitors
The large vessel Merriweather Lewis, owned by the Corps of Engineers, tied up at Hamburg landing over the weekend drawing hundreds of visitors and is slated to return next weekend. Also, the Fremont County Cancer Society chapter meets at Sidney Town Hall Friday morning, chaired by Glenn Nichols.
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Missour River
Hamburg
Nishna Valier
Hambure
The
Corps of Engineers
Fremont
American Cancer Sowety
Sidney Town Hall
Wwam
Glenn Waichols
Fremont County golf course near Hamburg planned
Fremont County Conservation Board announces state approval for a nine hole championship golf course and recreational complex seven miles north of Hamburg on Highway 275. The project includes a clubhouse, practice greens, tennis and bowling facilities, with first play expected in 1964 and no new tax money needed.
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Fremont Country Conservation Board
Fremont County
Hamburg
State Conservation Commission
Steve Scott
Torch
Conservation Board
County Board of Supervisors
County Conservation Board
Board of Supervisors
Ralph Greenwood
Clyda Scoles
Leslie Allen
Farragut
Ergeh
Sidney
Fremont
Manti
Pmhey
Glex
Tabor
Rev Nash Returns as Hamburg Pastor for Fifth Year
The Rev M J Nash was reappointed for another year at Hamburg Methodist Church, announced at the South Iowa Conference in Newton. He began his fifth year in Hamburg Sunday morning as local church history and ministry notes are highlighted meanwhile The Watchman Examiner features Rev John Shade Franklin of Tremont Baptist Church Newark in an article on his early life in Hamburg and his ministry.
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M.J. Nash
Hamburg
Watchman Examiner
John Shade Franklin
Tremont Baptist Church
Newark
Franklin
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