Bloodmobile drive seeks donors and volunteers in La Porte City
Red Cross calls for donors and volunteers for a Bloodmobile visit to First Methodist church in La Porte City on Tuesday May 24 from 2:00 to 7:00 PM. Walter Berryhill and Mayor Frank Nachholz urge churches and groups to contribute blood and time, with one nurse four nurses aids three typists and canteen help needed.
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Red Cross
La Porte City
First Methodist church
Walter Berryhill
Frank Nachholz
Dealers Win Fishing Trip Victory for La Porte duo to Chippewa Lodge
Mike Schmitz and Delbert Kitner of La Porte City win an all expense paid fishing trip to Chippewa Lodge on Lake Kabetogama at Ray Minnesota. They depart June 1. Schmitz has been with Vigortone since 1962 and Kitner since 1957.
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Mike Schmitz
Delbert Kitner
La Porte City
Chippewa Lodge
Kabetogama
Ray, Minn
Schmitz
Vigortone
Mr. Kitner
Bunz to Attend Case Tractor Show in Mead Nebraska
George and Alice Bunz of Bunz Implement Company will travel to Mead Nebraska to view the new Model 1030 Case tractor at the University of Nebraska Field Laboratory. The showing is set for Monday May 23 with a return to La Porte City planned for Tuesday.
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George
Alice Bunz
Bunz Implement Company
Mead
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Field Laboratory
La Porte City
Softball League Meets Tonight in La Porte City
All area softball players are invited to a league organizational meeting tonight at the softball diamond. Starting time is 7:00. The league is open to anyone out of high school and will include graduating seniors. Games will be on Tuesday nights with start times no later than 7:00 PM. If you cannot attend, provide your name to a attendee.
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La Porte City
Walter Berryhill
inclde
VFW Normandy Post Installs 1966 67 Officers
Roy Yarrow leads as Commander at Normandy Post 3983 VFW installation for 1966 67. Wilmond Geissler and William Wagner named senior and junior vice commanders with John Comstock as quartermaster. Chaplain Edwin Lewis and Judge Advocate Joseph Kesson also named.
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Normandy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Somstock
3rd District
Roy Yarrow
Wilmond Geissler
William Wagner
John Comstock
Edwin Lewis
Joseph Kesson
William H. Or Neill
William O'Neill
Poppy
Ralph Yarrow
Walter Berryhill
Virgil Weisert
Waterloo
VFW
May events listed for several clubs and circles
Community notices outline numerous May gatherings including Lotus Club on May 17 at Edwin Hoppe residence, Navy Mothers Club on May 1, American Legion Hall Men’s supper May 17, Country Club, Methodist Circle 4 May 18 Glen Teeter residence, E A B Doreus Circle May 19 Rose Weaver residence, D K Club Breakfast May 19 Richard Mahood residence, Ladies Day May 19 Country Club, Literary Circle May 20 Mary Peters residence, Double Six Club May 20 Clif ford Burr residence, Boy Scout Camp-out May 21 Women’s Relief Corps May 21 Amt Goldsberry residence, Baccalaureate May 22 7 30 PM High School Gym, Presbyterian Martha Circle May 24 Waldo Wilson residence, Lions Club May 24 Abel’s dining room, Women’s Society of Christian Service May 24 9 00 AM breakfast Methodist church, What Next Club May 24 L C McGill residence.
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Waldo Wilson
Lions Club
Abel's
ing
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist church
L.C. McGill
Paving Projects Face Public Hearing in La Porte City
Residents split over a proposed paving program with a public hearing set for May 26. Two petitions oppose the plan as engineers estimate 1961 projects cost 1.95 per foot on Fourth Street and 9.97 for a 28 foot Third Street slab. Costs vary by street width and funding includes road use taxes plus special assessments.
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La Porte City
Fourth Street
Third Street
Bishop Avenue
six corners
Accident Victim Lavin Laid To Rest In Sacred Heart
Funeral services were held for Arlen Patrick Lavin 20 at Sacred Heart Church after a one car crash near Gilbertville. Lavin was thrown from the vehicle and died Saturday afternoon May 7. Sister Rosemary 14 survived unhurt. He discharged from the army in March after three years, two in Germany. Surviving parents four sisters and grandmother. Burial in West View Cemetery.
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Sacred Heart Church
Arlen Patrick Lavin
John Lavin
Rt. 3
La Porte City
Gilbertville
Rosemary
Lavin
Germany
Rebecca Lavin Barnes
Honolulu
Hawaii
Mary Ann
Jeannie
Bernice Frye
Evansdale
Iowa
John Deere Tractor Co
Waterloo
West View Cemetery
Coleman Completes Navy Medic Training Course
Hospital Corpsman Third Class David L. Coleman son of Aloysius R. Coleman Gilberville has completed the Field Medical Service School at Camp Pendleton Calif The five week course trains Navy medical men attached to Marine units in emergency combat casualty care
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David L. Coleman
USN
Aloysius R. Coleman
Gilbernville
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendeleton
Calif
Navy
Poppy Sales Start Friday in La Porte City
The American Legion Auxiliary and cooperating groups will set up at multiple locations on Poppy Day in May 2021 to offer Memorial Poppies and urge residents to wear the little red blossoms honoring the nation’s war dead.
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American Legion Auxiliary
La Porte City
Mayor Declares May 20 21 Poppy Day in La Porte City
Mayor Frank Nabholz proclaims May 20 21 1966 as Poppy Day in La Porte City with American Legion Auxiliary Unit 207 witnesses. He urges citizens to wear the scarlet flower to honor war dead and support veterans and orphans, noting funds aid hospitals and widows.
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Frank Nabholz
La Porte City
Nabholz
American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 207
Nachholz
La Porte
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Prom
La Porte City High School
Country Club
Lotus Club
Edwin Hoppe
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Navy Mothers Club
American Legion Hall
Country
Methodist Circle
Glen
COLEMAN
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