Traer’s Municipal Light Plant Expansion Timeline
The Traer light plant received a new heavy 9,000 pound section during installation work by Geo Winters and team, with full operation expected in about two weeks while power continues via the high tension line. Earlier, a small generator from Iowa Railway & Light was overhauled after breaking down.
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Tracer Municipal
Geo. Winters
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Traer
Traer Star-Clipper
Traer Municipal Electric
R. W Berry
Corliss
Western Electric
Traer Municipal Utilities expands with engine bids and depot history
The Tracr Star-Clipper details changes in Traer plans from 1962 to 1969 including bids for a new turbine and boiler, dual fuel engines, and off peak power purchases. It notes committee meetings, cost reductions, and a 1873 BCR and N depot later replaced by a rail car. Early Traer church services were held in the depot.
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Tracr
Local Light and Water Commission
Star- Clipper
Board of
Tracr Star-Clipper
Tracr Municipal Utilities
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
K.w.h
Traer
Rock Island
Old Buckingham
Scatterd Schools Build Smaller Huts Then Grand Plan
Rapid town growth in early days necessitated five scattered school buildings. In May 1876 citizens awarded a $5,725 contract to A. M. Glaze for a single larger frame building with brick veneer, a pride comparable to today’s grand structures despite its modest cost.
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A. M. Glaze
Traer Flouring Mill Plans Power Expansion on Wolf Creek
The Traer Flouring Mill, formerly Buckingham Mill, owned by W. W. Leekins on Wolf creek near Second Street, began in July 1863. The mill aims to finish a three mile race with sixteen feet head, powering four burrs, to serve local demand and boost grain-based prosperity.
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Traer
Traer Flouring
Buckingham Mill
Wolf Creek
Second Street
W. W. Leekins
Tama County Mutual Insurance Association 1874 origins
The Tama County Mutual Insurance Association began as the Farmers Mutual Aid Society with 34 founders meeting in Carlton township in 1873. First officers were L F Hammitt president and D H Patterson secretary, with J C Owens later guiding secretarial duties for decades. By 1900 policy risks exceeded 1 million dollars and by 1972 in Tama county the policy portfolio surpassed 1,500 accounts with substantial fire and windstorm coverage.
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Tama County Mutual Insurance Association
Traer
L. L. Owens and Associates
Leland Owens
Ted Joens
New Insurance Enterprise
White Pigeon
Carlton Township
Mutual
Mutual Aid Society
L. F. Hammitt
D. H. Patterson
Samuel Giger
Carlton
Spring Creek
Howard
Carroll
O. QO. Owens
Association
Omer Owens
J. C. Owens
J. F. Giger
David McCormick
S. A. Smith
James O'Neil
Owens
William Garretson
Wilbert Dostal
L. L. Owens
Tama County
Fertilizer Plant Among New Firms
Schrock Bros. Fertilizer began near Traer in 1962, relocating east of North Western tracks to reduce town exposure to ammonia. Managers included Bill Fleming, Dennis Manfall, and Larry Staker. Sam Young led from 1968 into his sixth season. The firm renamed several times and moved in 1972 to higher ground, expanding storage to 16 000 gallons ammonia and 75 000 gallons liquid fertilizer. Principal products are liquid fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia, and agricultural chemicals.
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Schrock Bros. Fertilizer
Traer
North Western
Bill Fleming
Dennis Manfall
Larry Staker
Sam Young
Schrock Bros
Tuloma Gas Products
Standard Oil Fertilizer
Amoco Oil Co
Culp Sells Cars and Farm Machinery in Traer
Lyle Culp operates Culp Sales and Service handling New Holland Lun dell and MC dryers. He moved from Van Horne where he worked for the Mahr brothers and joined Traer in 1958. The Mahr agency changed hands after 1957 with Hendershot’s exit and Rambler cars appeared in 1959. Culp bought the entire agency on February 1 1960.
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Lyle Culp
Culp Sales & Service
New Holland
Lundell
Lyle
Traer
van Horne
Mahr Brothers
Reginald
Joseph
Eugene Mahr
William Hendershot
Hendershot
Tracr
Case
American Motors
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Tracr Light and Water Commission
Randy Currens
S. M. Beatty
Merritt Hulme
George Halupnik
Frank Wendt
Ralph Crawford
John Vesely Jr
Jerry Drakos
Welter Richmond
Leonard Hu
Milo Paustian
John Powell
Rue
Franklin Earley
Herb Kahler
Milo Nation
Wallace Young
Clarence Lester Untiedt
Chris Weber
Orville Nolaymond Lambert
Don Sears
Albert de- Elmer Taylor Jr
Henry Holden
Floyd Childs
R. G. Stoakes
Eugene E. Hull
Reuel Haenze
Dean P. Thomas
Gail Turner
Anton Novotny
Gus Wiese
William Mowery
Robert Powell
Cecil P. Martin
John Whannel
N. W. Draper
Frank Nowadzky
Wendell Crawford
Fred Stoukes
Earl Griffith
Leiland Whannel
P. I. Eyres
Peter L. Wilson
Leonard Cherveny
Ray Holst
IF. E. Brutsman
Joe Kladive
General Telephone
Tama County Mutual Assoc
Farmers Mutual Aid Society
Culp
Mobil
Erroll Allen
Cecil Rasmussen
Gary Thierer
Brian Himschoot
A. W. E. Service
Earl Thierer
John Kostlan
Dave Thierer
Traer, Iowa
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