Commemorative centennial envelopes issued by Oelwein Jaycees
Three special commemorative envelopes will be sold in Oelwein starting June 21 as part of the centennial celebration. The Jaycees secured a post office cancellation die, to be destroyed after July 1. Sets cost three for $1, with proceeds funding future Jaycee projects.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Jaycees
Orville Christopher
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Jaycee
Centennial Cadets
Iowa
Jaycees
Independence Man Charged In Highway Accident
Independence James E. Bell age 21 was charged by the Buchanan County sheriff with improper passing after an accident at 5 p.m. Saturday one half mile east of Independence on Highway 20 at a county gravel road intersection. Patrick Bevans age 26 slowed to turn onto the gravel road as Bell tried to pass, sideswiping Bevans. Damages estimated at 200 dollars to Bevans truck and 100 dollars to Bell car.
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Independence
James E. Bell
Rural
Buchanan County
Bible School Held at Lamont Churches
Vacation church school will be held at United Methodist and Lutheran churches from June 18 to 22, 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Students bring their own lunch. Registration takes place at the Methodist church.
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Lamont
United Methodist
Methodist Church
Newman at Busse & Beneke Inc headline
Stephen L. Wallace joins Busse & Beneke Inc at Strawberry Point with a BS in animal science from Iowa State in 1968 and MSS in 1973. He is 27, married to Linda Bachman, with son Jason Mare, and they bought the Shiley home on Park Avenue.
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Strawberry Point
Stephen L. Wallace
Busse & Beneke, Inc
Wallace
Iowa State University
Ruminant Nutrition Farm
Linda Bachman
Jason Mare
Larry Shiley
Park Avenue
Arlington Briefs Highlight Granddaughter's Graduation Travel
Mrs Beatrice Gardner traveled from Arlington to Washburn for her granddaughter's graduation and then proceeded to Cedar Rapids for a short visit, extending her trip with several days of leisure.
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Beatrice Gardner
Washburn
Cedar Rapids
Signup Planned Wednesday for Oelwein Tennis Program
The Oelwein Recreation Commission launches summer tennis lessons at Wings Park under Don Harris. Instruction begins Wednesday June 14 and runs through July 19 for ages 12 to 18, with junior high in the morning and senior high in the afternoon.
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Oelwein
Wings Park
Don Harris
Oelwein minors charged by police
Oelwein police charged several minors at 6 10 a m Sunday with possession of beer. Adults Michael Hed and Barb Goodin both 18 were charged along with two juvenile girls aged 15 and 16.
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Oelwein
Michael Hed
Barb Goodin
Tuesday meeting on low rent housing in Oelwein
A city hall meeting is set for Tuesday night at 7 30 p m to discuss low rent housing for Oelwein. Attendees include representatives from the Oelwein Council of Churches, the Low Rent Housing Agency, city council members, City Manager Gordon Sanford and Mayor Louis Hull. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Council of Churches
Gordon Sanford
Louis Hull
Oelwein burial Tuesday for Kathy Steimel
Kathy Steimel, 16, of Newhall died Saturday after a highway 21 crash near Waterloo. Funeral set for Tuesday at St Paul Catholic Church Newhall with 10 am service and 1 pm committal at Woodlawn Oelwein. Survivors include parents Donald and Mary Greco Steimel and siblings. She had just finished Girls State at UNI Cedar Falls. Burial follows wake at Campbell Funeral Home Vinton.
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Oelwein
Woodlawn
Kathleen Marie Steimel
Kathy
Pete Greco
Donald Steimel
Newhall
University Hospital
Iowa City
Waterloo
Steimel
Girls State
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
St. Paul Catholic Church
Campbell Funeral Home
Vinton
Mary
Maggie) Greco
Patrice
Rebecca
Mary Frances
Joseph
Michael
David
Oscar Steimel
LaPorte
Carrie Greco
Louis
Dave) Greco
Funeral today for Tripoli drowning victim
Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church for Brad E. Brockway 14 who drowned Saturday at Split Rock Park six miles south of Fredericksburg. The Rev Rappleman officiated with burial in the church cemetery. Rettig Funeral Home arranged. Survivors include his parents two brothers a sister grandmother and several aunts and uncles. Traffic fatalities DES MOINES AP Iowa highway death count through midnight Sunday shows year to date 317 compared with 293 last year.
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Tripoli
Grace Lutheran Church
Brad E. Brockway
George Brockway
Rappleman
Rettig
Brockway
Split Rock Park
Fredericksburg
Mark Stewart
Bart
Daral
Denise
Ruby Brockway
Lorence Leonard
Elkader
Thomas Olson
Strawberry Point
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Services Held for Hilbert H. Nichols in Iowa
Funeral services were conducted today for Hilbert Hiram Nichols 70 a resident of Hazleton. He died Friday night at People's Memorial Hospital in Independence. The Brant Chapel in Oelwein oversaw the service and burial took place in Hazleton Cemetery under Brant Funeral home direction. Nichols was a retired farmer and is survived by two sisters Mrs Earl Betts of Oelwein and Mrs Harold Breitsprecher of Hazleton and three brothers Robert and Kermit of Hazleton and Raymond Hubbard of Hubard.
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Hilbert Hiram Nichols
Hazleton
Nichols
People’s Memorial Hospital
Independence
Brant
Clermont Youth Injured In One Car Crash
An 18 year old Clermont resident, Michael Olson, was hurt in a single vehicle wreck on B60 near Fayette County at 7 30 p m Saturday. He was taken to a La Crosse Wisconsin hospital with internal and neck injuries after the car went off the road into a ditch. The crash remains under investigation and the car was a total loss. City briefs note the 23rd wedding anniversary of Bernard and Bernice Nelson and a birthday for Lynn Murphy with local family attendees and a Mount Mercy ceremony in Cedar Rapids.
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Clermont
la Crosse
Wis
Fayette County
Here
Iowa Highway Patrol
Michael Olson
Postville
Bernard A. Nelson
V. J. Doyle
John
Yvonne
Debbie
Mary Margaret
Oelwein
Larry Baker
David
Sharon
Macon
Dale Cram
Jason
Sumner
Jere Vyverberg
Angela
James Russo
James Frazer
Jan
Cedar Rapids
Susan Doyle
Susan
Mount Mercy Chapel
Mount Mercy Convent
Lynn Murphy
Lynn
Norbert Murphy
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Daily Register
Lamont Churches
Newman
Busse & Beneke Inc
Mercy Hospital
Linda Kay Stiles
Daniel Nading
Francis Goedken
Melvin Jencks
Joseph Michels
Bruce Vargason
Howard Weaver
Fairbank
Harley Chapman
Timothy Chase
Volga Charlene Chase
Volga Mary Margaret Chase
Volga Lori Ann Chase
Volga
Charles Chase
Volga Christine Marie Chase
Milton Ashline
Paul Frank
Glen McCune
Dean Westcott
Donald Graf
People’s Hospital
Donald DeCamp
Jerry Bass
Calvin Ohrt
Evansdale
Cecil Slater
Aurora
Gerald Syers
Jesup
Jimmy Campbell
Lee Fox Jr
Shelly Palmer
Kristian Palmer
Joseph Wiley
Walker
Jack Hilton
Larry Bathen
Lyle Eschweiler
William Tyne
Russell Lippincott
Becky Markin
Wesley Stanek
Claire Hesner
Donald Shonka
Boy
Herbert Ohrt
David Heiserman
Independence Manchester Hospital
Raymond Cousins
Katherine Rickert
Edgewood
David Lau
Edward Wilson
Delaware
Randall Kelchen
Dundee
Daniel Kramer
Hopkinton
Robert Hauschild
Leo Helle Sr
Brad Gilson
Milton Borcherding
Gregory Helle
Anna Ahrens
Earlville
Eddie Forsythe
Garber
Dean Parker
Manchester
William Hayes
Harold Schmidt
Greeley
Douglas Kirby
Gary Ingels
Charles Cocking
Ruth Kruger
Harold Henkins
Merlin Brown and Boy
Monticello
Aurora Palmer Hospital
West Union
LeRoy Sargent
Hampton
A. R. Quackenbush
Duane Davis
Luana
Larry Landry
Maynard
Cyril Steinlage
Vern Fernholz
LaVerne Butikofer
Elgin
Brian Koch
Hawkeye Community Hospital
Lisa Loftsgard
John Dundee
Howard Kishman
Jean Knndtson
Severn Schmidt
Immaculate Conception Youth Choir
O'Sullivan Hall
Masonville
Mark Shearer
KCRG
Stock Market
New York
Wall Street
Nixon
Davenport
Dam
McGregory
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Arlington Briefs
Sumner Hospital
Ida Buhr
Owen Whiteford
Charles Bronson
Stes Paty
Valachi Papers
Terence Young
Telly Savalas
Jill Ireland
The
Grasshopper
Thurror
Spurgeon
Kathy Steimel
Hilbert Nichols
Oelwein First National Bank
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Orion
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