Dan Jorgenson Retires After 50 Years of Service at Milwaukee Road
Daniel Karl Jorgenson a Chester agent long tied to the Milwaukee Road retires after a career spanning over six decades. He served 42 years as Chester agent and more than 35 years with the Chester school board, town council and local offices before pensioning June 12. He and his wife Amelia raised a daughter and two grandchildren in Chester while planning to stay in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Jorgenson
Chester R.R
D.C
Milwaukee Road
Chester
Ridgeway
Lime Springs
Cresco
Daniel Karl) Jorgenson
Dan ag
Bixby
Minn
Vermillion
Castle Rock
Rosemount
Iowa
Dan
Amelia Ziner
Ergenson
Donna
Keith Cooper
Spring Valley
Connie
Mark
Jorgenson
Chester Ind
Re Beca
Donations to Kirby Johnson Fund Rec'd
Donations to the Kirby Johnson Fund are listed to aid Iris Johnson's family of Saratoga after son Kirby, 17, was shot in the head during a fox hunt. The Lime Springs Herald and Riceville Recorder collect gifts, with names and amounts totaling 73.50, to be handed to the Johnson family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Johnson
Iris Johnson
Saratoga
Kirby
Lime Springs Herald
Riceville Recorder
Johnson
John G. Jones
James Perry
Riceville
Christian Mohr
Harry Hunter
Merbert Mohr
Wellington Bigalk
Myrtle Tipton
Donkey Ball Game Promises Laughs Friday Night
Lime Springs hosts a donkey ball event at the athletic field Friday at 8 p.m. Admission 75 cents to a dollar. Clif Dunham from Crescent Missouri brings trained donkeys for a sports spectacle including donkey races flag race tricks and bucking riding. Lime Springs Softball Team sponsors the event seeking patronage.
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Lime Springs
ares
Clif Dunham
Crescent
Lime Springs Alumni Homecoming Programs July 1961
Lime Springs hosts a four day Alumni Homecoming with a July 1 to 4 schedule. Events include Welcome remarks by Marguerite Kerr and Wayne Peek and a Civil War Centennial program on July 4. tributes to alumni, church service pieces, and readings feature Rev. R. C. Thomas and Rev. C. L. Oelfke. Alumni Boys and Girls tributes conclude with church and school activities and a noon cafeteria dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIME SPRINGS
Wayne Peek
Joshua R. Williams
Paul Nagel
D D Nagel of Cherry Grove Dies at Near 80
Derk Dick Nagel of Cherry Grove Minnesota died in Rochester hospital June 1981 at age 79. He farmed south of Cherry Grove and worked as a stone mason and carpenter. He married Hattle Cook in 1902 and is survived by his wife two daughters six grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral at Cherry Grove U S Church with interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Derk
Dick) D. Nagel
Cherry Grove
Minn
Rochester
York
George
Grada Nogel
Hattle Cook
Beulah
Gearald Michener
Mildred
Hubert Mensink
Chery Grove
Chester
Iowa
U. S
Albert Mathison
Spring Valley
Greenlake
Wisconsin
Ira
Cresco
Cherry Grove E. U. 3
Heltke
Calvin Brusse
Orrin Nagel
Dale Ruesink
Howard WesseHihk
Roland Graling
Newton Nagel
Floyd Scheevel
Russell Nagel
Verlyn Dornick
Dale Vrieze
Eldon Dornink
Zachow
Lime Springs
Woman Fined 30000 For Operating Car While Intoxicated
Virginia T. Yarwood 29 of Spring Valley Minnesota appeared before Judge Show in Howard County District Court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. She was fined 30000 and costs for an accident in Chester Iowa May 28 1961 involving Richard Karrington of Chester. Yarwood was arrested June 14 1961 and returned to Cresco by Sheriff Percy Haven that day.
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Virginia T. Yarwood
Spring Valley
Minnesota
Show
Howard County
Percy Haven
Chester
Iowa
Yarwood
Richard Karrington
Fillmore County
Effie Swift Evans Recalls L S H S Class of 1923 Reunion
Lime Springs Iowa June 14 1961 Effie Swift Evans sends recollections and research notes for the upcoming Alumni HomeComing Reunion. She recalls the Class of 1923 as ten girls and four boys with many in teaching and other professions. The piece reflects on alumni distribution across states and the nostalgia of school parties and dances guided by Frances Cray.
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Effie Swift Evans
Lime Springs
Iowa
Allee
Wits
Art Davis
Joshua R. Willams
Helen
Stevens
CAPITOL
Minnesota
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Adwyn Jones
Dilys
pilus
Frances Cray
Rafa
Turkey Valley approves central school bond for 774000
A 774000 bond to build a central K 12 school in the Turkey Valley district was approved last Thursday by 71.54 percent with 1388 in favor and 552 against and 18 ballots. The Jackson Junction site will serve 650 students and is set for completion in fall 1963. Voting by town shows Ft Atkinson 3169 81 Protivin 194 115 Lawler 180 271 Waucoma 401 49 St Lucas 297 3. district spans 165 sections. Construction will start next fall. Also notes a bus trip to Red Wing on June 17 leaving 5:00 a.m. contact Agnes or Edna Dieken.
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Turkey Valley
Jackson Junciion
Ft. Atkinson
Protivin
Lawler
Waucoma
St. Lucas
Methodist Educational Building Groundbreaking Sunday
Records show many locals have not submitted L H and Alumni Association dues of one dollar. Cafeteria lunch reservations for the Homecoming Reunion begin July 1. Alumni treasurer L W Johnson urged prompt submission. Ground-breaking ceremonies follow Sunday worship at the Methodist Church with construction starting the next day. Building Committee includes Mrs I B Cray Gaylord Borgan Dr Abner Buresh Mrs Glen Jones Harry Kitchen Howard Lubbers Roger Mason Harvey Moldt Mrs W A Vander Bie and Gorton Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 8. H. & Alumni Association
L. W. Johnson
Methodist Church
I. B. Cray
Gaylord Borgan
Abner Buresh
Glen Jones
Harry Kitchen
Howard Lubbers
Roger Mason
Harvey Moldt
W. A. Vander Bie
Gorton Willams
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Marguerite Kals Kerr
David Kemmer
Jane (Cray
Buresh
Marguerite (Plummer
Kerr
John Daniel Thomas
Ivy
Russell-Knight
Whitney-Kramer Chorus
Col
Clyde L. Jones as
Martin
Rev
R. C. Thomas
Willams
Bancroft Mildred
Aspinwall
Cecil sown AIT, Ebert-Stegmeister
Susan Jones
Everton Jones
Mabelle
Roberts
Markee
Dwight Williams
Beulah Montgomery
Merlin Ackerson
Liddle Ruth Thomas
C. L. Oelfke
Hayden-Lavans
Elgar
All Hall the Power of Jesus
asversil Latkin
M. Christiansen Chor
Janet Cray
siemeneAIT
Hall-Johnson
Feste Moller
Hol’ De Light
The Hooppy Wanderer
Wayne Davin
otattacis Sanderson
Wendell Vander Bic
Davis
Harriett (Vander Ble
Paine , Margaret (Roberts
Behrens
ase Russell-Haight
Lester Houdek
Pain-Ades
Gladys {Omoth} Larson Roll ‘Call of
by Joshua R. Williams
GAR
William G. Davis
Antonia (Willams) Eliason
Warren Williams
fe-Wilhousky
Francis Beott
D. D. Nagel
Here
Highway 63
Ervin Kaliestad farm
Elizabeth Braun
Chatfield
Earl Hegtvedt
Grand Meadow
Hegtvedt
Alice Bancroft
Pena
Red Wing
Agnes
Rice
Edna
Dieken
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