Christy Minstrels draw near full house in Oelwein concert
Rose Kodet reviews a two hour New Christy Minstrels show at Oelwein Community High School gym for the centennial celebration. Nearly 2,000 fans enjoyed folk standards, Billie Holiday and John Denver songs, and a rousing clapping reception during Follow the Drinking Gourd and Green Green. The performance showcased each member’s skill with Hansen’s rich voice and the group’s shared pride.
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Rose Kodet
Rick Hansen
New Christy Minstrels
Oelwein
Christys
Billie Holiday
Carol King
John Denver
Green
Kenny Rogers
Sharon Black
Hansen
Shirley Brown
Body found near Denver identified as Wendall Thompson
The body of Wendall Thompson, 59, of Webster City and former Sumner resident, was found in a ditch near Denver by a highway crew mowing grass. Autopsy cites heart attack as cause. Survivors include two sons, three sisters, and two brothers. funeral in Webster City. Thompson had been visiting Sumner when he left on June 15.
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Sumner
Wendall Thompson
Webster City
Thompson
Denver
Russell Pagel
Waterloo
Pagels
Bremer County
Cass Center
Gary
Dan
California
Pagel
Marjorie Thompson
Cleveland
Ohio
Dale Knowles
Eugene
Ore
Donald Thompson
Lehigh
David
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Centennial notes set shuttle plan for celebration
Officials of the Centennial committee reported arrangements for shuttle bus transportation for the remainder of the centennial celebration. Charter Coaches of Cedar Rapids will provide a school bus vehicle to carry people from school parking lots to downtown in the morning and between Orville Christopher Appreciation Park and the Walesh property railroad. A double decker bus was cancelled after breaking down.
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Centennial Committee
Cedar Rapids
Orville Christopher Appreciation Park
Walesh
Wadena News Social Roundup of Travel Visits and Reunions
Wadena News reports a series of family visits and social events. Mr and Mrs Carry Fox and sons and Mrs Maude Fox of Fayette enjoyed a picnic with Harold Faust of Viroqua Wisconsin. The Sniffin family traveled to Wyoming to visit Pat in Casper and Bill in Lander. Arthur Thomas and Esther Wittoff attended Nus Meisgeier reunion at Independence. Naomi Crandall hosted Michael and Susan with Robert Crandall in Webster City for alumni banquet. Airman William A Erickson and family visited Fayette and Elkader relatives before his posting in Tucson Arizona. New address listed for Tucson duty. Tom Flanagan hosted dinner guests including the Ericksons in Omaha and Fayette connections. Shirley Butts of Oelwein visited W Moore family.
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Carry Fox
Maude Fox
Fayette
Harold Faust
Viroqua
Wis
Tom Sniffin
Wyoming
Pat
Casper
Bill
Lander
Wyo
Arthur Thomas
Esther Wittoff
Nus Meisgeier
Independence
Robert Crandall
Michael
Susan
Webster City
Naomi Crandall
William A. Erickson
Mike
Paul
Willard Mueller
Elkader
Marie Erickson
Tucson
Ariz
Eli Drive
Tom Flanagan
Mike and
Omaha
Neb
Mark
Julia
Hospital Notes From Mercy and West Union List Admissions
Mercy hospital notes list admissions including Peppy McCalley Hazleton and Mrs Josephine Schrader Maynard along with multiple births in West Union and Independence. Discharges include Mrs Ben Jenkins and Mrs Sadie Donaldson in Oelwein and Fayette, with several births noted for West Union Randalia and Winthrop and a death noted for Mrs Levi Miller Hazleton.
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Lwein
Peppy McCalley
Hazleton
Josephine Schrader
Maynard
Darin Dryer
Oelwein
Olive Bartels
Bhrphs
Cliff Davis
Fairbank
Ben Jenkins
Daniel Peterson
Sadie Donaldson
David Streeter
Fayette
Les Thompson
West Union
Michael Gant
Hoy
Melvin Mins
Art Earle
Steven Popenhagen
Randalia
Thorvald Hansen
Winthrop
Evan Green
Carl Thompson
Independence
Douglas Wabben
Tonya Hansen
Lula Nightengale
Dundee
John Dillon
Rowley
Thelma Duffy
Levi Miller
City Briefs Chronicle Local Life and Births
Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan welcome a great granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs Lavern Buhr Sumner. A brother Michael age 2 joins the family. Fettkethers from Clarkston Wash visiting in Rose Fettkether home. Paul Garcia celebrates his 14th birthday. Doug Craft of Davenport visits her mother Eva Borland and Ruth Stella at Mercy Hospital with Mrs Ben Jenkins. Margaret McGinnis from Lincoln Neb stays with Ruth Stella visits Borland and Jenkins. Lloyd Allen Norwalk Cal leaves after nine days visiting Angelo Zanatta family. Allen is former Ethel Petzel of Oelwein related to Zanattas. Ben Brittingham of Lawndale Cal visits during centennial. Michael Plotz Cedar Rapids visits for belated Father’s Day. Robert Johnson family helps celebrate Father’s Day at Nichols. Elkader residents Marty Berns Bill Garms Darrell Cornwell Emma Culbertson Oscar Hicks Matt Klingman Joins Castalia Ramon Sass Monona Glen Bente Castalia Michael Finnegan family Postville Kraig Ney Ossian Postville summaries. Sumner hospital none.
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Charles Morgan
Fourth Ave
S.E
Lavern Buhr
Sumner
Michael
Richard Fettkether
Clarkston
Wash
Rose Fettkether
Paul Garcia
Sixth Ave
S.W
Doug Craft
Davenport
Eva Borland
Margaret McGinnis
Lincoln
Neb
Ruth Stella
Ben Jenkins
Mercy Hospital
Lloyd Allen
Norwalk
Cal
Angelo Zanatta
Allen
Ethel Petzel
Oelwein
Zanatta
Ben Brittingham
Lawndale
Zanattas
Michael Plotz
Cedar Rapids
Joseph R. Nichols
Robert Johnson
Nichols Home
Woman and baby hurt in Thursday afternoon crash
A Fairbank woman Thresa M. Sadler 23 and her nine month old daughter Karen were injured in a two car collision on Highway 3 at 3 30 p m Thursday. Velma M. Kunkle rural Oelwein was turning onto a gravel road when the placid crash occurred. Both vehicles were total losses. The pair were transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital and released after treatment.
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Fairbank
Iowa Highway Patrol
Thresa M. Sadler
Velma M. Kunkle
Oelwein
Oelwein Teen Charged After Two Car Crash
A 17 year old Oelwein girl Robin E Smith faces charges after a two car crash at 2 45 PM at the junction of Highway 150 and 190 south of Oelwein. She is charged with no license improper left turn and a restrictive license violation. Damage to both cars estimated 700 to 800 dollars. In Independence a motorcycle car crash at 730 PM on Highway 20 left Douglas D Wabben hospitalized with head lacerations and bruises. no charges filed for this incident.
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Oelwein
Iowa Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Robin E. Smith
Bruce Jessen
Cedar Rapids
Miss Smith
Independence
Highway 20
Douglas D. Wabben
Mary M. Cain
Second Avenue
Wabben
People’s Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ben Hulbert services pending in West Union
Funeral services are pending at Burnham Wood Funeral Home for Mrs Ben Hulbert 72 who died Thursday at Lutheran Hospital La Crosse Wis She was a former Wadena resident Survivors include her husband a grandson Terry and a daughter in law Mrs LeAnna Hulbert both Clermont two sisters Mrs Allen Ballard West Union Mrs Fern Bixeman Lewistown Mont two brothers Loren and Donald Abbel both of Lewistown
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West Union
Burnham-Wood Funeral Home
Ben Hulbert
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
Wadena
Terry
LeAnna Hulbert
Clermont
Allen Ballard
Fern Bixeman
Lewistown
Mont
Loren
Donald Abbel
Hughes protests CCC storage policy in Iowa
Senator Harold Hughes urged Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz to extend free storage for corn in government bins to Iowa farmers and local warehousemen. He cited Iowa storage costs of about $180,000 monthly for grain unable to ship, while CCC sold grain to private firms remains in bins rent free, under a to arrive basis that defers shipping costs.
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Harold E. Hughes
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Iowa
Hughes
Butz
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Minor grass fire not damaging area near Sacred Heart field
Oelwein fire department responded to a very minor grass fire beside the Sacred Heart baseball diamond at 5 11 p m Thursday with no damage reported. Police Chief James Fortsch urges drivers to avoid parking along Saturday parade route in Oelwein.
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Oelwein
Sacred Heart
James Fortsch
Funeral services for Andrew J. Cox in Volga
Andrew J. Cox died Tuesday evening at Health Care Center in Elkader. Services are Friday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church Volga, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include brother Frank Cox Mason City sisters Mrs J P Manley Mason City and Mrs Mary Ernst Elkader and nieces and nephews. Gleim's Funeral Home Arlington in charge.
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Volga
Sacred Heart Church
Andrew J. Cox
Elkader
Frank Cox
J. P. Manley
Mason City
Mary Ernst
Harold Drexler
Gleim
Arlington
Country Music Show at Oelwein Drive-In Saturday
Schedule for the second annual Country Music Show and Contest at the Oelwein Drive-In Theatre on Saturday June 23. Sponsored by Three Crosses Boys Ranch Strawberry Point and VFW Post 1725 Oelwein. Gates open 9 a.m. with a long lineup of acts and a trophy presentation at 4:30 p.m.
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Oelwein
Three Crosses Boys Ranch
Strawberry Point
VFW Post 1725
Mike Vargason
The
Country Patriots
Milt Campbell
Roadmasters
Johnny Clendenen
Impalas
Duane Lamphier
Country Squires
Bill Hendren
Nashville Bums
al Riecho
Jodeen Fitz
Chick
Country Queens
Nancy Rasmussen
Northeastern Hillbillys
Jess South
Pacemakers
Harlen Cornelis
Dale Thomas
Roger Messingham
Dale Black
Reapers
Marvin Rainwater
Grants Announced For Iowa Colleges Including Upper Iowa
Federal funds totaling 1 connect tus 55 856 for students in financial need go to Upper Iowa College Fayette as part of a dozen Iowa colleges recipient group. Luther College Decorah receives 292 050 and Calmar Iowa Vocational School Area I gets 72 762. Grants range 200 to 1500 per year of undergraduate study and over 1400 scholarships are expected statewide. Announcement made by Congressman John C Culver.
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Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Fayette College
Iowa
Calmar
Area I
Luther College
Decorah
John C. Culver
Religion class at community hall in Stanley
Pastor Newman of Union Church will teach the eighth grade religion class at the community hall starting Monday June 25. The class runs from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m.
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Stanley
Newman
Union Church
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Frederick Haselman
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