Durant Chamber Hosts Farmers Dinner at Durant High
Durant Chamber of Commerce hosted about 100 area farmers for a 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Durant High School cafeteria. Dr. Harvey Thompson, agronomist from the State College of Iowa in Ames, spoke on experimental crops and their near-term productivity. A Q A session followed on beans, corn, tomato, and sugar beet crops.
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Durant
Durant Chamber of Commerce
Durant High School
Harvey Thompson
State College of Iowa
Ames
Homecoming Committees Appointed For 1963
Wapella 1963 Homecoming committee met Tuesday evening but Aquorum was absent. President Don Haverhill appointed Don Kellner as chairman with Bob Pagemiller Harry Dean Meyerhalz and Lawrence Parrish as members. Aplin Wollenhaunt chaired the queen committee with Ova Deppey Neil Wice and Dean Parish. Also noted: Warren Kenper and spouse welcomed a son born March 6 at Burlington hospital. weight listed as 832 lbs with J Harold Thomas and Oscar Kemper grandparents. Further birth notices: Allyn Hoffmann and spouse welcomed a son born March 5 with weight listed. Hoffmann and Reimers listed as grandparents.
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J. Harold Thomas
Oscar Kemper
Belle
Paintings Come Alive At Louisa Guild Anniversary Event
Columbus Junction members of the Louisa County Art Guild celebrated the first anniversary with a playful evening. Members acted out famous paintings using props and costumes. Lola Whisler depicted The Cook by Vermeer, Audrey Cecil portrayed Woman Reclining by Picasso, and others like the Daughters of the Revolution and Three Gossips were staged by guild members. The event featured candlelight, smocks, and Greenwich Village ambiance at the Community Center.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Art Guild
Lola ‘Whisler
Vermeer
Picasso
Audrey
Cecil
Jack Williams
Audrey Cecil
Twyla Gilkey
Daughters of the Revolution
Grant Wood
Guild
Greenwich Village
Bergls
World's Largest Office Building Opens in Manhattan
In midtown Manhattan a lavish ceremony marks the formal opening of what is billed as the world’s largest office building. The Pan Am Building rises 808 feet on a site once occupied by a smaller structure, with 2.4 million square feet of office space and leases totaling about 117 million over 25 years. Local financier Edwin Wolfson, who championed the project, died weeks after its opening.
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Waltson
Pan Am
Wolfson
Pentagon
Washington
Merchants. Mart
Chicago
Will Erect Stop Signs on Oakville Street
Oakville town council met at Town Hall with Mayor Raymond M quardt and councilors present. Bills approved included town marshal salary, fire truck care, light and telephone, road rock, veterinary service, Ed C. Reid supplies. Motion to erect stop signs at Oakville Methodist church intersection approved. Galion motor grader repairs approved. Daylight saving time and Volunteer Fire department discussed with no action.
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Oakville
Raymond M Quardt
Day Lev
Kyle Kallenbarger
Raymond Malcom
Ed C. Reid
Kallenbarger
Oakville Methodist Church
Miller
Galion
Daylight Savings Me
Fire Department
District Supt to Speak at Nazarene Church
Gene E Phillips of Des Moines district superintendent of the Iowa District of the Church of the Nazarene will be guest speaker at the Toca Church of the Nazarene. He will speak at the 10 45 a m services Sunday March 10.
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Nazarene Church
Gene E. ' Phillips
Des Moines
Iowa
Church of the Nazarene
Toca Church of the Nazarene
Phillips
Leisurely Arkansas Trip Lived By Old Steam Engine Train
A vintage steam locomotive runs thrice weekly from this community to Terrapin Neck Goose Ankle and Possum Trot on a two hour round trip. In service since 1925 the line shifted this year from hauling timber to carrying passengers at about one mile per hour.
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Reader
Ark
Readymade Egg Whites for Cake Stand Delays
A kitchen note advises allowing egg whites to warm to room temperature before use but cautions against whipping until just before needed to ensure proper texture and volume.
Engineers Elect New Officers at Muscatine Club
Muscatine engineers elected officers after a plant tour of the Gre sing corporation. Raymond Lasell became president, Dale Nederholf first vice president, Dick Anderssen second vice president, Merle Kirby secretary treasurer. Anderson joined the Iowa Engineering Society executive committee. also represents the Muscatine club. Next meeting is April 16 with the American Society of Civil Engineers chapter. Banquet planned for May 7. Slides on Grain Processing were shown at the last meeting.
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Gresing Corporation
Raymond Lasell
Dale Nederholf
Dick Anderrsen
Merle Kirby
Anderson
Iowa Engineering Society
Muscatine Club
American Society of ‘Civil Engineers
Larry Rada
Norm Smith
Famous Poet Auden to Speak at SUI Lecture
British poet W. H. Auden will lecture at The State University of Towa in the Towa Memorial Union at 8 p.m. on March 13 on The Poet and His Poems. He will discuss writing, ideas, influences, and his credo, reading selections from his works and outlining the poet’s role today. Tickets start Friday noon for students and staff at the East Lobby Desk. leftovers Tuesday morning will be free to the public.
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Towa City
Iy Cvilic
State University of
Auden
SUI
Time Magazine
Florida Keys Tunic highway bridges link Miami to Key West
The Florida Keys form a crescent chain of coral islands connected by bridges creating a Tunic highway stretching from Miami to Key West.
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Florida Keys
Miami
Key West
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