Fire Doused As Diesel Train Engine Catches Fire
Delhi firefighters extinguished a blaze on a diesel freight train engine outside town. The 104 car train diverted onto Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks due to Mississippi River flood, and crew moved the burning engine into town where fire equipment was ready. Engine damage was limited as two remaining diesels were moved after a break was made in the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
William Oehler
Walter Salow
Eldon Wilson
Bob Wilson
Doran Wilson
Howard Meister
Maggie Ridenour
Manchester
Dick Overman
Charles Schwarz
Lawrence Pulver
University Hospital
Iowa City
Blake Michael
Ricky
LaCrosse
Wise
Herman Harbach
Eldon Beyer
Tyler
Texas
Stanley Martin
LeRoy March
Dubuque
18 year old learning mechanics at Koob's Garage Monticello
John Joe Zoller 18, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Zoller of rural Cascade, a Monticello high senior, trains at Koob's Garage. He learns wheel balancing, front end alignment, engine tuning, brakes radiators gas tanks tires and transmissions and selling tires and batteries. He attends St Mary's church and is assistant parliamentarian in FFA. His hobbies are photography and horseback riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joe Zoller
Joe Zoller
Cascade
Monticello High School
Koob’s
Monticello
John
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Camera Club
FFA
Oxford Jet: Community Notes on Local Celebrations and Events
A collection from Oxford Jet reports residents honoring weddings and anniversaries, birthdays, church ceremonies, and attendance at Boys State. It notes Karl Erickson’s 85th birthday, Rosemary Erickson crowning a May Queen, care updates for Don Morris, and local club activities plus students advancing in service ranks and church roles.
Oltman and Bonjours Celebrate 48th and 54th Anniversaries
Mrs. Arthur Riedel and Mrs. Gertrude Owen joined Ella Hayes Sunday afternoon. A dinner for Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Oltman Jr and Mr. and Mrs. George Bonjour was held at the Iowan Hotel in Anamosa. Guests included Leo and Maurice Bonjour, Lila Stiver, John Blythe, May Oltman, Fay Oltman and families, all of Anamosa, plus Olin residents. The 48th and 54th anniversaries were observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connolly
Hugh Phillips
Harold Benter
Oelwein
Gary Phillips
Iowa City
Marcella Marks
Jimmie
Fairfax
John Deese
George Perry
Cedar Falls
Gayle Barton
Gayle Wilson
Fairfield Hospital
Bernadine Lann
Guy Wellman
Earlville
Fairfield
Leo Dolley
Ed Witt
Edgewood
Iver Anderson
Mary Grapes
Wayne Stone
Joseph Patrick
Wappella
Frank O'Connell
Tom Oelher
Bill Russ
Kenneth O’connell
St. John’s
Roger Oltman
W. J. Oltman, Jr
George Bonjour
Iowan Hotel
Anamosa
Leo Bonjour
Maurice Bonjour
Lila Stiver
Olin
John Blythe
May Oltman
Fay Oltman
W. J. Oltman
Ox ford Jct Cancer Crusade raises funds banner
Mrs. Lloyd Hansen reports 212.35 collected during the Cancer Crusade in Ox ford Jct. Perry Fritcher is in Denver Veterans Hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Wallace Workman family moved from Charles Crane house to a farm near Onslow. St. Mark's Lutheran women plan a Mother daughter banquet for Saturday night May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Lloyd Hansen
Perry Fritcher
Veteran's Hospital
Denver
Colo
Wallace Workman
Charles Crane
Onslow
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Delhi Fire Department
Marion
Don Shaw
Charles Vesey
Dennis Vesey
Jenny Guetzke
Junior Beitz
Leonard Stoddel
Elizabeth
Ill
Lincoln Menzemer
Galena
Curtis Bethurum
Jack Bethurum
Council Bluff
School of the Deaf
Olathe
Kan
Ruth Striemer
Roger
Minneapolis
Pearl Porter
Bill Blanchard
Maurice Billmeyer
Jim Billmeyer
Harold Wheeler
David Sweaney
Ralph Sweaney
Joe Lehman
Wendy Guetzko
Donald Guetzko
Bob Kaiser
Ben Helms
Henry Lahr
Joyce Lahr
Sandy Carpenter
Terry Knitz
Kenneth Lahr
Margaret Smith
Memorial Hospital
Louis Heigerger
Wes Whitley
Veteran’s Hospital
Joe Engel
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Engel
Florida
Leslie Duart
Jess Brown
Cora Christianson
Joplin
Buster King
Lebanon
Jack Pulver
Anna
John Koopman
Joseph
Emil Koopman
Epworth
Henry Hersh
Larry Knipper
Hopkinton
Pete Connolly
Perry Lighty
Ray Lighty
Peter Connolly
Paul Connolly
Ryan
Students In Action
John Zoller
St. John's Catholic Church
Father Johannes
Mary Kay Beyer
Mary Lynn Bries
Jane Darey
William Freiberger
William Hodges
Jane Hoeger
Connie Kaiser
Sandra Kaiser
Joseph Koopman
Susan Kramer
Chris Little
Sandra Miller
Kenneth O'Connell
James O'Connell
Samuel Offerman
Paul Pei
St. John’s Guild
Church Hall
Elmer Evers
Charles Clark
Joseph Evers
Moon
Irene Oehler
Lela Sands
Silver Lake Garden Club
Birdena Schmidt
Marge Schirmer
June Billmeyer
Wilma Harbach
Arlene Bacon
Helen Hanson
Rose Keith
Mary-Martha
Methodist Church
Beverly Davis
Juanita Vesey
Effie Pulver
Elizabeth Posegate
Cora Thibodeau
Floyd
Roy Spitler
Mark
Louis Heiberger
Flossie Swee
Town City
Whitley
Heiberger
Vet’s Hospital
A. A. Schmidt
Ray Stumbaugh
Barbara
Poplar Heights
Schmidts
Stumbaugh
B. G. Rees
Tom Gregory
Warren Rees
Eugene Rees
Sarah Doregioh
Jack Rees
Carl Joe Schnittjer
Durant
Joe Schnittjer
Bob Gaddie
Longwood
Fla
Andy Stone
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Oxford Jet
J. Kosticheks
Oxford Jct
John Kostichek
Sacred Heart Church
Rosemary Erickson
Beverly Knake
Marilyn Behne
Don Morris
Univeristy Hospital
Norman Schutt
Robert Wead
Washington
Millie Lininger
John Miller
Ford Erickson
Ken Erickson
Karl Erickson
Davenport
Fred Lasack
Otto Lasack
Louis Lasack
Robert Stradtman
DeWitt
Charles Yore
Ben Benson
Marilyn
Ron
Vince Krauth
Wit Lasack
Peter Moeller
Michael
Newport
Oxford Millis
Howard Leslie
Leslie
Harold Gillaspie
Tipton
Fred Koranda
Tom Miller
Judd Miller
American Legion
Des Moines
Duane Lasack
Mark Ingwersen
Robert Fowler
Jack Sheesley
Dick Wherry
Dr. Max
WMT
Homemakers Club
Hans Petersen
Sherrill Baker
St. Luke's Hospital
Clio Club
Fred Harms
Rick Koranda
Monticello Express
Community Service
Merle Muhl
Lost Nation
Linda Witte
Clinton
Dorothy Fritz
Thomas Jefferson
Lilac Camp Royal Neighbors
Springville
Laurel Paulista
Leeanne Barnhart
Laurel
University of Iowa
Loraine
Lton Cotton and Dacron
Kayser
Stetson
Chenille
SV Ets
Davco
U.S. Royal
Tire Sale
U.S
U.S. Royal Laredo
Pratt’s
Energy
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