Trafton Heads Home For Thirty Day Leave
Private first class David K. Trafton will arrive home this weekend to spend a 30 day leave with his parents in Wilton. He is completing a 13 month Korea tour with the First Cavalry Division after a 14 week motor maintenance training at Aberdeen Proving Ground. He has served since September 1961. Benjamin Franklin preferred the wild turkey to the bald eagle as the national symbol.
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Wilton
David K. Trafton
Bert Trafton
Korea
First Cavalry Division
Tratton
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
Xevea
Benjamin Franklin
Browns Return to Air Base After Conesville Visit
Browns return to Lockborne Air Force Field in Columbus Ohio after a long day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Brown of Conesville and with Mrs Browns mother Mrs Bates of Winfield. Several relatives and friends from Kansas Fort Scott and Yaves Center Kansas visited Conesville and Rowley areas and the Yedlik family attended high school graduation in Rowley Iowa. The report notes family arrivals and departures and a new baby named David Wayne to Loren T Allen and family with multiple generations listed.
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Conesville
Linn Brown
Dusty
Christy
Lockborne Air Force Field
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Brown
Brown
Bates
Winfield
Kansas
Charles Warren
Harry and
David
Fort Scott
Belva Kunkel
Yaves Center
Kans
Earl Murphy
E. M. Murphy
Columbus Tunction
Mary Yedlik
Edwin Yedlik
Gay
Mary
Joe
Charles
Rowley
Town
Washington Hgh School
Vinton
Iowa
Gay Yedlik
Yedilik
Presbyterian Church
Charles Yedlik
Roy Braun
Annie Kucera
Riverside
Gordon Hankins
Kimberly
Waverly
Vern Heither
Loren T. Allen
Grinnell
David Wayne
Richard Scott Gyané
Kenneth Redfern
Yarmouth
Gerald Allen
Elon Allen
Columbus Junction News Briefs Recap
Jack Morrison and his wife plan to build a new home north of their in Columbus Junction. The Methodist Men gather at Chau tauqua Park for their regular monthly meeting. Cotter school program set for Friday June 7 at 7:30 p.m. Don Schnell visits his parents in Cherokee and will attend his former school in Chicago for eight weeks. University of Iowa students return home for summer vacation.
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Columbus Junction
Jack Morrison
Ted Mort
Chautauqua Park
Don Schnell
Columbus
Chicago
University of Iowa
Wapello Man Tops Rural School Leadership in Two Counties
Robert Carl Gibson, elected jointly as county superintendent for Louisa and Des Moines counties, moved to Wapello in 1960 as Louisa county superintendent. He has led local groups and served as secretary for the Louisa Better Schools Association and Southeast Iowa County Superintendents Association, with repeated presidency of the Louisa Education Association. his family attends the First Presbyterian Church.
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Marguerite Allen
Wapello
Robert Carl Gibson
Louise
Des Moines
Louisa County
Louisa County Better Schools ‘Association
Southeast
Iowa County Superintendents Association
Gibson
Des Moines County
Keithsburg Woman Fractures Wrist, Moved To Muscatine General
Mrs Br Trent fractured her right wrist and was hospitalized at Muscatine General. Reports also note a move to Muscatine this week where Mr Trent serves as Sun Mart Super Market manager. Village notes mention Mrs Ruby Clark visiting from San Diego and leaving by plane. A Kansas-born educator, Mr Gibson, joins county superintendent role, reflecting rural school changes in Louisa and Des Moines counties.
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Keithsburg
Br Trent
Muscatine General Hospital
Chris Tris grows giant beanstalk in class project
In Wichita Kansas six year old Chris Tris sa gave his teacher a Jack and the Beanstalk Valentine containing two beans. Class members planted them and his stalk grew to nearly eight feet in two months and kept growing.
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Chris
Wichita
Kan
Jack
Chris Trissa
Westmer High Honor Roll Announced For Second Semester
Westmer High School released the honor roll for the second semester listing seniors on A and B lists, juniors on A and B, sophomores on A and B, and freshmen on A and B. Named on the senior A list are Danny Holmes and Teri Riley. seniors on B include Mike Bruner Jack Conrad Lyle Hall Jr. and Peggy Olson.
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Joy
Westmer “High School
Danny Holmes
Teri Riley
Mike Bruner
Pat Bruner
Kenneth Crutcher
Don Dusenberry
Bob Field
Kaylynn Furnas
Forrest Green
Bob Kennedy
Lane Kinsey
Danny Swiger
Danny Malle
Joan Michael
Dwight Morrow
Theron Riley
Dick Self
Elaine Shotwell
Dick Stoltz
Dorothy Swank
Rita Vetter
Don Willits
Linda Carlson
Elaine Cox
Mary Meanna
Nancy Marshall
Judy O'Toole
Jayne Ziegenhorn
Burglars steal safe after disabling alarm in Tucson store
In Tucson Arizona thieves tied up the security system and stole a safe containing 2400 dollars while burglar alarm valued at 175 dollars was disabled first.
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Tucson
Ariz
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Norene Rowland
Nancy Verter
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