Koepke Hurls 5-Hitter in 19-4 Win Over Geneseo
Koepke, La Porte City lefty, threw a five hitter as the Red Birds crushed Geneseo 19 to 4 on Sunday. Eight runs in the third inning sealed the rout, while Geneseo used four pitchers to slow the attack. The bottom half of that frame featured five hits and four errors producing eight runs. Geneseo finally scored three in the fifth, but Koepke shut them down the rest of the way, with Lambert and Brandt briefly threatening in the fourth and fifth. Continuous offense backed by solid defense secured the big win for La Porte City.
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Genesco
Koepke
La Porte City
Geneseo
The
Red Birds
Vaughn Lambert
Don Brandt
Christopher good
Langford
Strodecker
Casey
Rathjen
Reece Lambert
Red Birds Clinch Corn Valley Title With 19 4 Win
La Porte City's Red Birds claim the Corn Valley League crown by trouncing Geneseo 19 to 4 on the season's final day. They advance to the Courier Tournament of Champions in Waterloo starting Friday night facing Jesup. Fans are urged to attend the 7:30 PM opener and support the team through the tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
La Porte City
Red Birds
Gene
hham
sevon
Geneseo nine
Baan
Minnesota Valley Canning Co closes 1949 season early
The Minnesota Valley Canning Co ended its 1949 canning season last Thursday afternoon after a short run. Operations began August 2. Some corn had already been trucked to the Vinton factory and small amounts remaining in fields were hauled to Vinton this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Valley Canning Co
Vinton
Red Birds Clinch Cup Berth In Waterloo Tourney
La Porte City Red Birds earned a two berth in the Tournament of Champions at Waterloo after winning the Corn Valley championship. They meet Jesup, Buchanan county league champions, Friday night at 7:30 under lights at Waterloo Municipal Stadium. Other entrants include Sumner Osage Festina Parkersburg Allison and New Hampton.
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Red Birds
Jesup
Buchanan county loop
Corn Valley
La Porte City
Waterloo
Waterloo Daily Courier
Buchanan county
Waterloo Municipal Stadium
Sumner
Osage
Festina
Parkersburg
Allison
New Hampton
Local Depots to Close Saturdays After Sept 1st
Depots at Rock Island and W C F N will operate Monday through Friday and close on Saturdays and Sundays starting Sept 1 due to a ten day work week. Railway Express Agency and Rock Island officials urge early-week shipments to reach destinations by Friday. Holidays will keep depots open only four days a week when they fall midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Schreiber, Rock Isane SS
Schreiber
Railway Express Agency
Local Club Seeks Stocking Of Big Creek Fish
La Porte City Fish and Game Club asks state fisheries chief R B Cooper to have Big Creek stocked. Cooper asks Wm J Ellerbrock of Waterloo to inspect the stream and recommend fishes for stocking so hatcheries can distribute stock. Ted Philpott, secretary, forwards the letter.
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Big Creek
La Porte City
Services Held Tuesday for F C Wilkinson
Death of Charles Wilkinson a La Porte City business man occurred Sunday morning at Allen Memorial Hospital at age 62. Born December 29 1886 in Geneseo township Tama county he married Helen Ringle in 1913 and farmed before moving to Dysart then La Porte City where he ran Chuck's D X station and later Parkview Grocery. Survived by widow three daughters son Wayne and five grandchildren with funeral Tuesday at Johannsen funeral home. Burial in Geneseo cemetery with IOOF rite. Relatives and friends from Dysart Traer Vinton Buckingham Geneseo Waterloo attended.
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Charles Wilkinson
La Porte City
Allen Memorial hospital
Frank Charles Wilkinson
Richard
Bessie Kerr Wilkinson
Geneseo township
Tama county
Helen Ringle
Muscatine
Geneseo
Dysart
Mr. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Chuck
Parkview
Walnut St
Melvin Whitmore
Gerald Howard
Traer
Elmer Miller
Vinton
Wayne Wilkinson
James R. Wilkinson
Albert E. Wilkinson
Cedar Fails
Dysart Methodist church
Lotus lodge
Johannsen funeral home
M. E. Shank
Evangelical
United Brethren church
Don Sears
Edgar Sears
Homer Lockard
Merle Thomas
Ivory
Homer Sears
Rene 'McElhinney
Charles Hill
Raymond Lambert
Ray Merritt
Abe Howard
Hilge Clang
IO. O. F. lodge
Fishy But Manager Shoots Hole In One
Ted Philpott club manager of the American Legion Country Club posted a hole in one Sunday evening on the 103 yard seventh hole. It was the first ace on the course since Earl Strodecker on July 11, 1945. Playing with Philpott were R J Estep and Paul Estep who witnessed the shot. Caddies were Terry and Warren Philpott with Mrs D P Williams and Mrs Mamie Gothardt as guests from Rock Island Illinois. They attended the Kaiser reunion at Dysart Saturday and returned home Monday with Mr and Mrs Chet Snoerl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Philpott
American Legion Country Club
Earl Strodecker
Philpott
R.J e. Estep
Paul Estep
D. P. Williams
Mamie Gothardt
Rock Island, I
Tom Elliott
Roy Brown
Kaiser
Dysart
Chet Snoerl
Jubilee School Opens Monday August 29 1949 50
Jubilee Consolidated school will open for the 1949 1950 year on Monday August 29. Opening day schedule has the school in session all day. Principal Mrs. Marlin Powers La Porte City will oversee 7th and 8th grades, Mrs. Ray Johannsen La Porte City will handle 4th 5th and 6th grades, and Miss Helen Page Waterloo will teach 1st 2nd and 3rd grades. New playground equipment was installed and the gymnasium decorated during the summer.
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Jubilee Consolidated
sessorn
Marlin Powers
La Porte City
Ray Johannsen
Helen Page
Waterloo
Country and Town Sunday Rematch Set at La Porte City Diamond
Old timer baseball returns Sunday as Fritz Kline’s former boys face Elmer Rasche’s Green Hornets in the east-west game. Elmer’s team won the prior match. Eligibility mirrors the first game and players have trained this week to prep. Proceeds from donations will aid baseball in La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Rasche
Green Hornets
Fritz" Kline
Fritz
Elmer
La Porte City
Kline
La Porte ‘city
Former Resident Injured in Auto Accident Thursday
Richard Pump of Jesup formerly of the northeast side of town was injured in a Thursday night crash one mile west of Independence at a road intersection. He, a passenger in a 1947 Chevrolet driven by James Vogel of Jesup, suffered a severe head blow and a broken collar bone and recovered memory by Friday before being sent home from People's Hospital in Independence. Dr A L McGrath and Richard Vogel also rode in the car. a separate vehicle struck the Vogel auto, tossing the driver and causing deep head cuts. No others were injured.
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Richard Pump
Jesup
People’s hospital
Independence
Pump
McGrath
George Rothmeier Returns From Western Vacation
George Duane Rothmeier returned last Saturday from a three week vacation on the West Coast. He attended the D O K K national convention in San Diego as a member of the Cedar Falls D O K K band. He then visited relatives in North Hollywood and other California sites.
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George Duané Rothmeier
West Coast
California
George
Cedar Falls
Parents and Friends Invited to Cub Scout Meeting
The Cub Scouts invite parents and friends to attend a school house meeting on Wednesday August 31 at 7 45 p m at TM Awards will be given and scenic pictures will be shown by Rev Oliver Jensen A short talk on Scouting will be given by a local minister Cub Master
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Oliver Jensen
Funeral services held Sunday for Mrs M Ashley
Mrs Monroe Ashley aged 88 died August 18 in St Francis Hospital Waterloo from a fractured hip suffered after a fall at her daughter’s home. Born Mary Ida Harmon in Spring Creek township she married Monroe Ashley in 1879 and lived in La Porte City area. Surviving children include Roy E Ashley Tina Shimer Clara Bradfield Leland Ashley and Ralph Foss. 22 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted at Johannsen Funeral Home with Rev Oliver Jensen. Burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Monroe Ashley
Johannsen
Oliver Jensen
the
Methodist church
Cliff Burr
Burr
Garden of Prayer
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Herman Bauer
Roy Hawkins
Andrew Arenholz
Mahlon Williams
Glenn Teeter
Roy E. Wag Iner
Pleasant Hil
Ashley
St. Francis hospital
Waterloo
Ralph Foss
La Porte City
Mary Ida Harmon
Wiliam and
Emily (Howrey) Harmon
Spring Creek township
Seebel
Roy E. Ashley
Tina Shimer
Macy
Clara Bradfield
Leland Ashley
Alex Harmon
Rock Creek
Minn
Charles Watkins
Redfield
B. W. Knight
Mt. Ayr
Martin McGovern
Jim
Henry Waite
Paul Bradfield
Max Bradfield
Dick Bradfield
Dean Bradfield
Maude Harmon
Anna Decker
Ida Harmon Thompson
Dan Miller
Bruce Gates
Morris Yarrow
Martin Christiansen
Cedar Falls
Bessie Baird
Vinton
Ruloff Ressler
Newton
Ernest ?itchie
Washington, D. C
Alva Howrey
Manson
Velda Peters Wins Academic Scholarship at Upper Iowa
Miss Velda M. Peters of La Porte City has earned an academic scholarship to Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She will begin studies in September pursuing elementary teacher training after completing La Porte City High School in May.
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FAYETTE
IOWA
Velda M. Peters
Lewie Peters
La Porte City
Upper Iowa University
La Porte City high school
Peters
F. HW. A
Upper Iowa
Minnie Snovel Visit Tells Rose Creek Route
Mrs. Minnie Snovel of Eldora visited from Friday to Sunday with her son Chet Snovel and Jemuy after a three week stay in Rose Creek Minnesota. Her son traveled to Rose Creek on Friday and the Snovel family brought her home on Sunday.
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Minnie Snovel
Eldora
Chet Snovel
Jemuy
Rose Creek
Minn
Snovel
Mrs Lizer Resigns Post in Cemetery Association
A special La Parte City Cemetery Association meeting on August 22 elected H. W. Johannsen secretary treasurer to replace Mrs. M. F. Lizer who has served since 1923. Robert Glime resigned. Mrs. Lizer restricted to his vacancy. The board outlined past officers and noted continued improvements since incorporation in 1900, including a water system with tank.
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Lizer
La Parte City Cemetery Association
C. H. Strodecker
Mrs
Elizabeth Morgan
H. W. Johannsen
P. W. O'Brien
Henry Book
John Osborn
A. Y. Moore
A. L. Walker
W. L. Kline
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Red Bird
Francis Purvis
Brandt
Lambert
Hook
Simpson
WOWDER Blume
sepened
Zimmer
R. Lambert
Floyd Purvis
Geneseo RUE Hook
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p Anderson
Forrest Purvis
rf Burrows
Francs
Ib Brandt
V. Lambert
HE Keegan
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Strohecker
c Marshall
Christopher
La Forte City
Cochran
Birds
Clutter
WATERLOO STADIUM
Hal H Hye
F.C. Wilkinson
R. T. Paige
Indianapolis
Ind
N. L. Paige
Athens
Ohio
F. T. Paige
Marie Jean Paige
Clinton
Terry
Warren Philpott
JUBILEE SCHOOL
George Rothmeier
M. Ashley
Velda Peters
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