Mary Wagner of West Liberty Taught 40 Years at Mitchelville School
West Liberty retiree Mary Wagner spent 26 years teaching at the Jens State Training School for Girls in Mitchelville. She led needlework and crafts, helped design decorations, and guided students from ages 10 to 18 through a structured program with housework, greenhouse work, and an accredited high school. Born in West Liberty, she later taught in several towns before Mitchellville, and enjoys family, crafts, and church work in retirement.
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Mary Wagner
Training School
West Liberty
Jens State Training School
Mitchelville
Marie Carter
Mary
Iowa State University
Ames
State College of Town
Cedar Falls
Mitchellville
New Sharon
Marengo
Ain
Oridge
Canasta
Calhoun St
Olive Hazlett
Paul Duncan Appointed Dean of Alaskan College
ILLINOIS CITY Paul Duncan and two children Natalie and Gregg of Sitka Alaska visit his parents and brother while his wife plans to join later. Duncan has been named academic dean of Sheldon Jackson Jr. College after a career at Joliet and Schenectady. He graduated Blackburn College and specializes in teaching French. He succeeds Victor Charles who left for Thief River Falls Junior College.
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Illinois
Paul Duncan
Natalie
Gregg
Sitka
Alaska
Ronnie
Paul
Sheldon Jackson Jr. College
Sheldon Jackson
Joliet, II
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Ill
Montana State University
University of Oregon Institute
Tours
France
L’universite Laval
Quebec
Canada
Schenectady
N.Y
Dancan
Northwest Commission
Dorothy Linberg
Duncan
Victor Charles
Boys Who Drove Over Lawns Face Charges
Des Moines youths Samuel Cook Jr. and Roger Fontanini were summoned on traffic and reckless driving charges after driving two jeeps over 29 lawns in a westside neighborhood. Detective Walter Johnson said Cook paid homeowners for damages and stated he had “just warmed to it.”
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DES Moines (Ap
Des Moines
Walter Johnson Anid
Samuel Cook Jr
Roger Fontanini
Johnson
Cook
Semi Truck Plunges Off Cedar Street Embankment
A semi-trailer carrying over 39,000 pounds of frozen turkeys slid off a rain slick Cedar Street highway 22 embankment near Papoose Creek NW of Parham Avenue. Driver Harold B. Franks, 45, Rome, Texas, escaped through a window.
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Cedar Street
Highway 22
Papoose Creek
Parham Avenue
Harold B. Franks
Rome
Towa
Blood of Driver In Fatal Crash Being Tested
Ames reports indicate blood samples from truck driver Ellis L Annett Norwalk district IPC official said tests are to determine if stay awake pills were used. Four members of the Wood family died in the interstate crash. Survivor Kelly Wood 6 in fair to serious condition. Driver John Harmon Wardle of Lynwood California is in fair condition. Severe weather details and cargo handling described as crews recover perishable turkeys from Central Soya.
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Ames (Ap
Ames Laboratory
Ellis L. Annett
Norwalk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kelly Coleen Wood
Ames
John Harmon Wardle
Lynwood
Calif
U.S. 39
Wardle
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Robert Smith
Miss Mary Wagner
Alaskan College
Cently
Thief River Falls
Thief River Falls, Minn
Esther
Minns City Methodist Church
Bessie Terrill
God
Harriett
Trotia
Lameh
Garnet Brookhart
Patty Doyle
Kenny Hitchcock
Raymond Wagoner
Lori
Debbie
Concord
Jona Davidson
Donald Kelsey
Mt. Pleasant
Davidson
Louis Eliott
Tom Terrill
Donahue
Jack Pearson
Phesniz
Tim Saasta
Arcadia
Georgia Keller
Albert
Ralph Keller
Janis
Monte
Wisner
Nebr
Black Hills
Neal Keller
Colorado
Duane Tomlin
John Krueger
Columbus Junction
Roy Krueger
Milan
Della Rounds
Thelma
Laurence McCormick
Bridgeport, Texas
Joe McCor Thick
Southern Baptist
Baptist Church In
Muscatine
I Mr
Mrs
Roger Legg
Wier Street
Muscatine, Owa
Billy D. Nail
First Baptist Church
17Th
Bettendory
Iowa
Walter Mitschele
Eest Ave
Muscatine Dial
Iowa Southern Baptist Association
Missouri Baptist State Convention
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Richard Gordon Wood
Cambridge
Here
Marjorie
Tamara Sue
Denice Renee
Franks
Iboo
Cedar Streer
Davenport
Burlington
State Department of Agricuture
Lyle
Susannah Walker
William F
Edith Schneider
Langley
Bertha R. Propst
Svannah Walker
Wayne
Wanda I
Mel Cullough
Homer W
Janet K. Snyder
Highland Park Subdivision
Dick Schmidt
Sam
Cedar-Parham
Sereciai
Wilson
Persbls
Gillon
East Second Street
Dial
ADA
Bam
Dodge Boys
Phillips Bros. Sales & Rentals
Syeere
Muscatine, Iowa
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