Co-Op Elevator to Hold Annual Meeting Wednesday
The La Porte City Co-Operative Elevators will hold its annual meeting in the high school auditorium on Wednesday night June 18. The event includes officer elections for expiring terms Walter Fehl Clyde Craft and Deen Feller and entertainment by Mrs Chiff Burr with Hammond electric organs and impersonators. A lunch will be served in the school cafeteria and interest checks on preferred stock will be distributed to holders of record. All members are urged to attend this business meeting.
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La Porte City Co-Operative Elevators
Walter Fehl
Clyde Craft
Deen Feller
Chiff Burr
Hammond
Spring Creek
anteress Checas
Couple Weds In La Porte City Methodist Church
Miss Joan Wilken, a local schoolteacher, married Earl H. Strohecker in a Thursday evening ceremony at the La Porte City Methodist Church. Rev Oliver Jensen officiated at 7:30 PM with a double ring vow setting of white seven branched candelabra and yellow white flowers. The couple, flanked by family and close friends, will reside in the Gouverneur apartment on First Street after a brief honeymoon. Miss Wilken is a Gladbrook High School and ISTC Cedar Falls graduate, member of Sigma Eta Chi.
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Methodist church
La Porte City
Joan Wilken
Earl H. Strohecker
Oliver Jensen
Harold Strodecker
Lloyd Cutler
Clifford Burr
Wass Arlene Hanson
Badget
William
Wagner
Sam
Arnold Brandt
Walkenwort
Strodeckers
Brandt
Gonnermir
GOs
Thebrine
Henry Wilken
sirook
Gladbrook Ingh school
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Sigma Eta Chisor
Paul
speomales
Porte
Teneman
Dubuque
Lenis PO Rehimin
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wil
Willa Tiedemin
bon
ceremame
Luke B Shigeel
Loris neidemy Bubuque
Sterme
FS Vollmerke
Joseph Wever Newhall
Holand Braun
Xavier hospital
St Marys of Mt Carmel
Joseph Kleiner Sumner
Raymond Stermel
churaher
James Steiner
Kenneth Stermel
Danild Schafer
Paul ‘hafer
ren Stermel
Gary Stermel
tmch bowers
Janice Reuter
Independence
burse mer
Diane Siebel
Charles City
cousins
F. Steel
Tr Steime
Steinel greduiled
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Chrmel
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ole high school
Loriscallese
Last Rites for Schreiber Bay Wednesday
Funeral services for five year old Michael Schreiber were held Wednesday at 2:20 PM in the Kearns Garden Chapel Waterloo with Rev Charles Gounell officiating. Born Nov 24 1947 in Waterloo he was the son of Lavern and Marlys Schreiber and survived by his parents sister Marcia and brother Max and grandparents. He died Sunday from injuries in a car train collision at West 12th Street crossing near Waterloo. his aunt Alene Schreiber was driving the car and survived with injuries.
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Michael Schreiber
La vierne Schreiber
Waterloo
La Porte City
Laura Schreiber
Mex Schreiber
Scholtz Memorial hospital
Alene Schreiber
Larove City
Rock Island
Lavern
Marlys (Oliver) Schreiber
Marcia
Max
N B
Oliver
Laura Schreiber Vinton
Tragic Tonsillectomy Death at Emmetsburg
A 20 year old girl died during a tonsillectomy in Emmetsburg with death attributed to surgical failure. The article notes her mother Newell mourns Mrs Ed Stevers, who died in Storm Lake. The piece mentions a groom from La Porte City, manager of the Mars theatre, city council member, and former Marine with overseas service in the South Pacific.
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Emmetsburg
Scott
La Porte City
Mary Strodecker
Mars theatre
Marines
South Pacific
Mrs M Albert Brandon Obituary Originally From Bedford
Mrs Merritt Albert 58 died Sunday in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after her husband Frank Albert Ross Albert and family traveled to her bedside. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 pm in the Presbyterian church Bedford burial followed in Fairview Cemetery. She leaves a husband a daughter and several relatives. Rev Robert Peters preached.
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BRANDON
Frank Albert
Iowa City
ness
Merritt Albert
Mercy hospital
Ross Albert
Lale
Dean
Ross
Bedford
Presbyterian church
Albert
Fairview
Robert Peters
Methodist church
F D Showers Services Held At Waterloo
Funeral services for Frederick D Showers 68 of Waterloo were held Thursday at 2 pm in the Kearns Garden chapel with burial in West View cemetery La Porte City. Rev Robert L Ryerse officiated. Mason ritual conducted at graveside by the La Porte City lodge. Surviving: daughter RE Carey Waterloo. sons Elman Showers Morristown NJ and Burton Showers Palatine IL. granddaughter. three brothers. one sister. Showers was a piano violin teacher and tuner, member of Christian church St Louis and several Masonic lodges. It was a close call for Jerry Hogshead, 5, Indianola, after slipping under a car on a driveway and receiving hospital care for two days.
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F D Showers
Waterloo
Kearns Garden
West View
La Porte City
Robert L Ryerse
Walnut Street
Baptist ‘church of
gren
Masonic lodge
Showers
La Porte Road
Frederick D Showers
Ree
Cheitian W
Catherine Stahl
Orangeville
Beethoven Conservatory
St Louis
Frances Fipple
RE Carey
Elman Showlers
Mornstown
N J
Burton Showers
Christian church of
Jerry Hogshead
Mir
S M Hogshead
ndianola
Jefferson to Take Over Bus Line Here Sweet's Note Anniversary
Mi and Mrs Roy Sweet observed their 49th wedding anniversary with a Sunday family dinner and extended visits from relatives in Dysart La Porte City and Charles City. Guests helped with decorations and gifts as the couple, long residents of the area, reflected on decades of married life from Waverly to the Wisens community.
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Jefferson
Roy Sweet
ainner
fternoon
dinmir
Charles City
Dysar Gurion
La Porte City
Ernest Lasen
Dysart
Mes Win Kerr
La Porte
Clifford Bunn
James Egsill
Le Roy Lassen
Samson
Waverly Row
Sweet
Ethel Alice Palmer
Chatles City
marrie
Waverly
Wisens
De Pune
tn farm
Swent
Clifford Burn
Ernest Lassen Ovsiet
Wm Kerr
jRov Jr
Two Local Navy Reservists On Training Duty
Two local Navy reservists undergo training amid routine duties. The report notes their involvement at the naval facility and outlines the general training environment.
Red Birds Fall To Clutter Nine In Season Opener
La Porte City Red Birds drop their season debut 6 2 as Cloutier’s Las Vegas style lineup takes early lead and never looks back. Neal Rathjen nets two runs for Clutter while Oren Carroll and Henderson are noted in campus carillon dedication in New Hampshire.
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Eichmeyer rf
Knoop
Sienknecht
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La Porte City
Red Birds
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Eagle Center
ineter
Cluter
Neal Rathjen
New Hampshire university
Durham
Dad Henderson
Mr Henderson
Clarke county
Towa
Marine recruit officer in charge in The Dalles Oregon
Sgt Lee Foss on recruiting duty in the West is named non commissioned officer in charge of the Marine Recruiting Station in The Dalles Oregon. He enlisted in the Marines five years ago and resides with his parents in Tus City. The notice details his religious ceremonies, family ties, and upcoming duties in the region.
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Lee Foss
West
Sal Lee Foss
USMC
Mro
Vrs
Ralph Foss
tus city
marine
Dalles Oregon
Lee
marine ae
Machine Corps
Avenue
Library Adds New Books and Building Plans Discussed
A local library adds new volumes while a country club hosts a meeting to discuss a new building. The lengthy note references municipal projects, parking meters removal, and a mix of community topics from the town.
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Country Club
Services Held June 2 For A Schofield
Mrs Addie Schodild formerly of Mt Auburn died Saturday May 31 at a Geneva Illinois hospital after a long illness Funeral services were held Monday June 2 at Norris Chapel in West Chicago with burial at Glen Oak Cemetery Surviving are a daughter Mrs Ralph Timauist and two grandsons Bruce and Donald Turngust of West Chicago Also noted is the death of T R Smith a Montezuma attorney who established practice there in 1900.
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MT AUBURN
Addie Schodild
Geneva
Norris Chapel
West Chicago
Glen Oak
Ralph ‘Tirnauist
Bruce
Donald Turngust
Will Take Over WCFN Franchise Next Thursday
Will operate three buses daily on a Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis St Paul route extension. Greeninger arranging a La Porte City bus depot and schedule with arrivals around midday. Service aims to connect Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with Waterloo Des Moines area links included.
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W.C.F.&N
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
St Paul
beng
Reorganize LPC Red Cross Monday Night Meeting
The local Red Cross branch covering La Porte City Big Creek and Spring Creek townships calls all members to a Monday night meeting. Any donor of one dollar or more is eligible to participate, with officials noting the plan for a formal yet informal session led by Mr Greeley and secretary Miss Wallin.
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LPC Red Cross
la Porte City
Big Creek
Spring Creek township
Red Cross
Blind Bogey Tourney at Golf Club La Porte City
A blind bogey tournament is planned at the American Lemon Council Club in La Porte City next Sunday June 13 starting at 9 am and lasting all day to accommodate more members. The event will feature 18 holes with a revised schedule following last Sunday's rain delayed foursomes and a dance to follow at the club house in the evening.
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La Porte City
Mrs W Fehl Gathers Tomatoes Near La Porte City
Mrs Walt Fehl of northeast La Porte City brought two crates of tomatoes to town on Wednesday. Her plants were partially unripe with some fruit not yet ready. Neighbors and others noted a single line of plants cut with several ripe tomatoes picked by Fehl.
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Walt
Fehl
La Porte
Pehl
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