Flute missing from Harlan school sparks report to police
Judith Louis of Harlan told police on December 12 that her daughter Kittys Gemeinhardt open hole flute was stolen from Harlan Community High School band room on November 25. Valued at 544.50, the mother delayed reporting to check for misplacement. Additional minor vehicle crashes occurred on December 12 13 and 14 on local streets with damage to several cars and no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Louis
Harlan
Kitty
Harlan Community High School
Gemeinhardt
Rt. 1
12Th St
Garfield Ave
Pethoud
Chamber of Commerce reports strong membership gain
Harlan Chamber of Commerce announces a successful annual drive adding 30 members under Rich Schenck whose term as board chairman ended. Dick Dotzler will chair for FY 1985 86 with Dick O Bryan as chair elect Mardi Allen serves as treasurer. New members include Noble, Cullison, Legendary Lawns, Library Restaurant, National Farmers Union Insurance and many others. The chamber operates on a $71 150 budget for FY 1985 86, about half of total expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Chamber OF Commerce
Dick Dotzler
Dick O'Bryan
Chamber
Leo Hough
Rich Schenck
Mardi Allen
Jack and
LaDonna Noble
Bennett Cullison, Jr
Mosher Construction
Murphy Contracting
Hough
Ray Vander Zanden
Howard McCutchan
Marty Burchett
Gordon von Ahsen
Harlan Merchants Association
Alan Mores
Dave Pedersen
Ambassadors
Allen
O'Bryan
Schenck
Vander Zanden
Dotzler
Burchett
Pedersen
Mores
McCutchan
von Ahsen
Harlan United Way drive outpaces 1984 totals
Cash and pledges in the 1985 Harlan United Way drive total $19,921.82 with pledges collectible through 1986. A business drive added $1,361.50 over 1984, while residential and payroll components showed small gains and declines. Fourteen agencies will share the funds, with payments made quarterly in 1986.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan - United Way
Sue Lambert
Harlan
Lambert
National United Way
Barb Yager
Harlan United Way Fund
Harlan United Way
Barb Onnen
Dave Miller
Dave Snell
Jayne Brewer
Gwen Hayes
Greg Johnson
Gordon von Ahsen
Mark McCutcheon
Toastmasters Meet Saturday in Harlan at Mickel's
The Harlan Toastmasters Club holds its regular bi monthly meeting on Saturday December 21 at Mickel's Restaurant in Harlan. Breakfast is served at 7 a.m. and the meeting starts at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Toastmasters Club
Mickel’s
Harlan
Car Collides With Cow Near Irwin injures Jensen
Shelby County Sheriff's Department reports a car driven by Jeana C. Jensen 18 of Manilla hit a cow four miles north and three miles west of Irwin at 6 10 p m Wednesday December 11. Jensen's 1970 Chrysler sustained front damage and she said she tried to avoid the animal by steering onto the west shoulder. The cow's owner was Dan Miller of Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeana C. Jensen
Rt. 2
Manilla
Irwin
Shelby County Sheriff's Department
Jensen
Chrysler
Dan Miller
Possibly totaled 6 4 Ford in Shelby County crash
A 2 a.m. December 6 wreck on county road M-16 near Shelby left Warren S. Anderson, 22, of Shelby, with a possibly totaled Ford. Deputies report the northbound car tried to pass, left a snow shoulder, rolled into a ditch and came to rest on its top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren S. Anderson
Shelby
Anderson
Adoption requests set record in Harlan Christmas drive
The 30th annual Christmas adoption program co sponsored by the Harlan Newspapers set a new record with 83 total adoption requests between Dec 12 and 16. Nine families received help in that four day span, bringing adopted and pending counts to 63 adopted, 20 remain, as of the Dec 18 cut off. John London runs the West Central Development Corporation lines at 755 5135. An updated list shows numerous families needing food clothing and toys, with several matches already made to local groups and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Newspapers
John London
West Central Development Corporation
Fire destroys farm home near Panama
A fire eight miles northwest of Panama on a Sunday in December destroyed an unoccupied farm home owned by Leonard Kramer. Phil Schwery, 26, lived alone nearby and lost most possessions including a motorcycle. Dunlap volunteers arrived as the house was already gone, with an suspected wood stove cause. Schwery is staying with his parents near Panama.
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Panama
Phil Schwery
Dunlap
Leonard Kramer
Earling
Arizona
Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department
Schwery
IBP
Denison
George Schwerys
Adopt-a-family plan marks 30th year of giving in Shelby county
Editorial notebook recalls the 1955 launch of the adopt-a-family plan in Shelby county after Harlan Newspapers approached welfare director Sylvia Cox with a need list. The program relies on public generosity and is now widely adopted by Iowa newspapers with ongoing coordination by Western Iowa Development Corp.
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Harlan United Way
United Fund
Harlan
Easter Seals
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Iowa Heart Association
Association For Retarded Citizens
ARC
Shelby County
Girl Scouts
Midwest
Iowa Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center
Miadac
4-H
Iowa Children’s & Family Services
Boy Scouts
New Hope Village
American Field Service
AFS
Concerned, Inc
Shelby County Food Pantry
Harlan Newspapers
Sylvia Cox
Shelby Countiaes
Iowa
Western Iowa Development Corp
Bloodmobile in Shelby collects 80 pints for drive
Shelby Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 80 pints during a visit to the Shelby Community Building with a goal of 100 pints. The event drew 83 prospective donors, with three deferred, and volunteers listed donors achieving various gallon milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Barb Onnen
Harlan
Tim Barrett
Rodney Robinson
Ronda Davis
Shirley Herbst
Roger Paul
Persia
Richard Levien
Joan Sondag
Portsmouth
Ralph Eggerss
Deaths Local funeral services for Harlan residents
Funeral services were held for Robert Maxwell 44 of Harlan at Pauley Funeral Home with burial in Harlan Cemetery. Maxwell died at his residence after an autopsy at Charter Community Hospital Des Moines. survivors include daughters Donna Lee Holloway Rose Marie Segal and son Victor Raymond Fiscus. He previously owned Harlan Bowl and lived in Harlan since 1971. Also noted are services for Lovie M. Fiscus Ida Rixon and relatives including Maxwell and Fiscus families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maxwell
Harlan
Pauley Funeral Home
Harlan Cemetery
Maxwell
Charter Community Hospital
Des Moines
Lovie M. Fiscus
Redline
Shelby County
Fiscus
Myrrle Memorial Hospital
Baptist Memorial Home
Ida Rixon
Congregational United Church of Christ
Rixen
Bisgard Hospital
Baptist Memorial
Editor Letters Question County Official Pay Raises
An editor letter argues the Shelby County Compensation Board erred in recommending pay raises for elected officials. The writer notes belt tightening for all, questions officials' extra hours versus laborers, cites long farm days, and laments changed times and higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County Compensation Board
Kiwanis Paper Drive Set For Saturday Morning
Harlan Kiwanis Club members will hold the quarter paper drive Saturday morning December 21. Residents should place newspapers at curbside by 10 a.m. Assistants may call Jon Burmeister at 755-3177 for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Kiwanis Club
Jon Burmeister
Hospital Notes December 9 18 1985
Admission list includes Edvina Carlson Harlan Elsie Gardiner Avoca Mrs Chris Jensen Kim hailtan Lillian Miller Kirkman Elizabeth Dressen Mrs Dale Brown Mrs Bernard ONeill Avoca Roger Brown Manilla John Smith Defiance Hilda Andersen Elk Horn and more Births recorded for Wade Mills Scott Schechinger Todd Jacobsen Greg Cadwell Leo Brewer Wayne Schwarte and others Dismissals listed for Lydia Schroder Harlan plus several mothers with babies No deaths reported
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Lillian Miller
Kirkman
Elizabeth Dressen
Harlan
Dale Brown
Bernard O'Neill
Avoca
Roger Brown
Richard Brown
John Smith
Manilla
Kenneth Berg
Shelby Lettie Dunnevy
Dagmar Nielsen
Elk Horn
Julie Larsen
Defiance
Hilda Andersen
Lydia Schroder
Ronald Lefeber
Baby
Stanley Knudsen
Harvey Leinen
Gust Lindt
Karen Owens
Alien Leinen
Todd Jacobsen
Scott Schechinger
Greg Cadwell
Wade Mills
Kimballton
Kimbaliton
Leo Brewer
Wayne Schwarte
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Harlan’s
Alfred L. Olsen
Randy Hess
Hess
Olsen
Highway 59
Joan C. Ouren
Mercury
Shelly Tearney
Ronald Pethoud, Jr
Darlene A. Escher
John M. Holder
Westphalia
Stanley C. Martens
S&s
Martens
Holder
North Water Tower
Joseph L. Molony
Rt. 3
Molony
Seca
Tribune Web
Chamber of Commerce
United Way
Harlan -A United Way
Ny A
Red Cross
Heart Association
Midwest la
Shelby Co. Sheriff's Department
18Th St
Covenant Monastery
Medical Careers Club
Circle 4
St. Paul's Lutheran Alcw
Aid Association For Lutherans
Aid As
Kan
Bloodmobile
Bonnie Eggerss
Marlene Hipnar
Ralph Schwery
Onnen
Veterans’ Auditorium
Betty
Cindy
Julie
Marlene
Harvey) Lehman
Rockford, Ill
Marian
Bruce) Bond
Ankeny
Everett and
Maxine Maxwell
Mesa, Ariz
Lovie Fiscus
Goldie Hansen, Harlan
Carnel
Garfield — Gift Shop
Pamioa
Kiwanis Paper Drive
Edvina Carlson
Harlan ‘Elsie Gardiner
Chris P. Jensen
Kimhailtan
John Montgomery
Beltone
Harlan Motel
Chatburn
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