Des Moines Track Meet and Local Notices Highlight May 21 1959
Stephen Hodaway placed fifth in the state discuss throw at Des Moines meet. A church of regional seniors travels to the Black Hills with chaperones Mr and Mrs George DeBoer. Jerry Freeman started at Spirit Lake Beacon. Rolfe honors valedictorian Joel Ives and salutatorian Marilyn Eikenberry. Local trades include Fay Wax trading a Ford for the Kees residence. Several residents went fishing at Lost Island with a light report on poor luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Hodaway
Des Moines
Junior Murray
Dennis Leadley
Lloyd Trupe
Mac Nelson
Iowa Lake
George DeBoer
D.M.T
Black Hills
Jerry Freeman
Spirit Lake
Rolfe Consolidated School
Marilyn Eikenberry
Fifteen and eight pound catfish catch in one effort
May 22 1919 reports Harry Squires landed a fifteen pound catfish and an eight pound catfish, totaling twenty three pounds in one fishing session. Des Moines township residents Hans Nielsen and Peter S Nielsen bought Ford trucks recently. Charl es Lehnus and sister Elsie celebrated birthdays with relatives at home Tuesday. Will Eikenberry travels to Des Moines to spur Ford plant speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Nielsen
Peter S. Nielsen
Des Moines
Charles Lehnus
D.M.T
Elsie
Will Eikenberry
Ford
Rolfe High School Class Graduates and Local Notes
The Rolfe Community High School seniors, 28 in number, graduate Friday, venturing into the adult world after learned plans for careers. The issue also highlights a Creative Writing display at Richard Hardware and Appliance Store, a state track meet report noting sportsmanship concerns, and a Veterans poppy sale this Saturday in Rolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Community High School
Rolfe
Richard Hardware
Pocahontas
Local notes and school honors from Spirit Lake and Fremont
Twenty years ago on May 19 1949 Fremond Nielsen Lester Johnson Raymond Isacson and Earl Johnson enjoyed a weekend at Spirit Lake where fishing proved poor. Valedictorian Joyce Thornton and salutatorian Stuart Webb led the Class of 1949. Mrs Bernice Hauck and Mrs Jennie Bowen returned from Des Moines. Mrs Jay Arnold hosted a gathering of young women to help the Hendersons with dressing 53 chickens for the locker while men performed spring plowing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremond Nielsen
Lester Johnson
Raymond Isacson
Earl Johnson
Spirit Lake
Bernice Hauck
Jennie’ Bowen
Des Moines
Joyce Thornton
Stuart Webb
Jay Arnold
Wayne Henderson
Henderson
18 year old Bradgate youth dies after river dive
Junior Hoag, 18, of Bradgate, suffered a fractured neck vertebra when he dived from a railroad bridge into two feet of Des Moines river water Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred at a shallow-water location. Iowa State College economists say the 57 cent corn loan has not measurably affected corn prices since harvest. Mrs Ed Cornell plans to travel to Nashville Tennessee to attend her granddaughter Margery Cornell's high school graduation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hoag
Bradgate
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ed Cornell
Nashville, Tenn
Margery Cornell
Local News Brief from 1929 page
A fragment notes events from Thursday May 23 1929 and references Dr L M Graham, marking a week prior report. The incomplete text hints at a social or medical note carried in the periodical.
Diana Trimble Honored With Shower At United Methodist
Mother's Day guests gathered at the Earl Kerns home including the Castellines from Des Moines and Kerns family members from Peterson Sioux City and Iowa City Diana Trimble was honored with a shower in the United Methodist Church parlors Marlene Trimble led the guest book Corsages were given to the bride to be her mother and grandmothers. Laurie Curry celebrated her first birthday with A M Bergeson and wife visiting in Mason City Leslie Richardson met her husband in Sioux City after his year in Viet Nam
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Maurice M. Frevert
Earl Kerns
F. J. Castelline
Des Moines
Gerald Kerns
Peterson
Roger Kerns
Sioux City
Gene Kerns
Iowa City
Roxana Rutgers
Fort Dodge
Diana Trimble
States
Viet Nam
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Iowa Press Association
Iowa
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Roosevelt
Z. T. Carroll
Fay Wax
J. T. Grant
Kees
Inga
Maybelle Ryen
Gladys Larson
Ella Taylor
Frank Wheeler
Lost Island
Harry Squires
Jim Ryen
Allen
L. ‘M. Graham
Lay
Clover Farm
Hershey
Kool Aid
Reeman
Dial
Glover Farm
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Electric Distribution
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Electric
the Ritz
Showtime
Dean Martin Othe
Wiliie Gambler
Robert
Plover News
America
U. S.brewers Association
United States Brewers Association, Inc
P.O
Osceola
Tytie
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