Former Teacher Has Long Record of Service to Wilton Boards
Alfred Peter Hansen of Muscatine County has a long record of service on Wilton area school boards and local bodies. He served as Wilton Community School Board vice president and chaired the Wilton Township School Board, with prior roles on the Township Trustees. A real estate broker, Hanson also sits on the Muscatine County Zoning Commission and directs the Wilton Chamber of Commerce while serving in the American Legion and Muscatine Board of Health. Born April 20, 1910, he studied at Central College after Wilton High School’s valedictorian class of 1928, served in WWII in Army Ordnance and Navy minesweeper duties, married Loretta Cottrell in 1941, and has a daughter Paulette in her sophomore year at St Mary’s Academy Nauvoo Illinois.
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Alfred P
Pete
Hansen
Wilton Community School
Wilton Community
Wilton Township
Wilton Township Board of Trustees
Loci
Wilton Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Muscatine
Healtors
Alfred Peter
Pete) Hansen
Muscatine County
Maclin
Marie Hansen
Lewis
Loretta Cottrell
Matthias Church
Taove
Paulette
St. Mary's Academy
Nauvoo
Wilton High School elects new Student Council members
Wilton High School announced the Student Council for 1963 64 with elected members by class: sophomores Dean Birkhofer Elaine Grunder and Jean Bloll. juniors Artie Budetier Sharon Rost and Diane Shull. seniors Jack Elder Arolyn Hollenbeck Alice Smith and Anita Stoll. Birkhofer Rost Bloll Hollenbeck Stoll return from the previous year.
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Wilton
Wilton High School
Greshman
Lela Mac Norton
Jim Pagel
Joy Rife
Dean Birkhofer
Elaine Grunder
Jean Bloll
Artie Budetier
Sharon Rost
Diane Shull
Jack Elder
Arolyn Hollenbeck
Alice Smith
Anita Stoll
GOP Senators Promise Help On Civil Rights
Republican senators pledged support for further civil rights legislation but dodged a stance on blocking a Southern filibuster. The pledge came after a New York conference led by Sen. Jacob Savits, with some division among attendees. The statement, approved by voice vote, was noncommittal on unanimous approval.
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Washington
Jacob K. Savils
New York
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Film Maker Keeps Watch For Loch Ness Monster
London documentary filmmaker HyBOB WATTS, 31, travels 550 miles yearly to Loch Ness to observe and film for signs of the Loch Ness Monster. He believes eyewitness accounts and literature point to an unclassified animal likely around 30 or more feet, remaining elusive in the loch.
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Hybob Watts
London
Richard Need
Loch Ness
Scotland
Texm
Wilton native John Gray among SU graduates
John Gray of Wilton earned a Master of Accounting from the State University of Town on June 5 and was selected for Alpha Beta Psi. He will work as a traveling accountant for General Mills with assignments in Washington State, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
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Florence Randolph
State University of Town
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Alpha Beta Psi
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General Mills
Minneapolis
Washington State
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Faye Grunder
Newton Officer Wins Reinstatement After Suspension
Newton police sergeant Clifford Foreman 34 was ordered reinstated by a 21 vote of the Civil Service Commission. Foreman had been suspended for conduct unbecoming an officer while off duty following involvement with a 15 year old high school girl. The commission directed Foreman to return to duty May 22. another officer, Clifford Deckter, 32, resigned in the same case.
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Civil Service Commission
Clifford Foreman
Kerr
Clifford Deckter
P. J. Siegers
Foreman
Newton Public Library
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