Local Social Roundup From Mason City and Surroundings
Various visits and callers across Mason City Fredericksburg Waterloo Readlyn Fairbank Tri Poli Cresco and other Iowa towns. Notables include Ada McConkey and Geo Banwell Sr Sonia plus Kue the family at Readlyn wedding and Air Force departure of John Donnelly Jr. Residents travel, convalescence updates, and summer-school trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlowe Burke
Mason City
Ada McConkey
Tom Burke
Fredericksburg
Nora Mooney
Cecelia Ellison
Waverly
James McMeniman
Waterloo
George Weigens
Daryl Pals
Monticello
Chester Pals
Guy Hall
Cresco
Montana
Iowa
Raymond Kuethe
Brocka-Duecker
Readlyn
Louie Hannaman
William Goodenbour
Goodenbour
Geo. Banwell Sr
Sonia
John Donnelly
Fairbank
John Donnelly Jr
Air Force
Texas
Gus Laube
Tripoli
Albert Rieck
Clarence Klingensmith
Pierson
Robert Knaack
Wichita
Kan
Dilley
Dale Schroeder
Donald Sievers
Robert
Earl Webster
Edmund Webster
Mark Rieck
Janesville
Will Flanscha
Donald
Carol
Mildred Flanscha
Ramona Johnston
California
Loyal Frisch
James E. Busch Appointed to FHA County Committee
Bremer county farmer James E. Busch has been named to the Farmers Home Administration county committee for a three year term beginning July 1. The panel assists in reviewing FHA loan applications and includes Lyle M. Oberhelman and Ralph L. Stevens, with Busch succeeding Lyle V. Ormston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Fayette
Clayton
Chickasaw
Looking Back at Life in 1906 and 1936 Local Interests
Funeral services for Edward Brandenberg 56 Tripoli merchant were held at the Brandenberg home with Rev E A Hanff. Burial was at Bristow. Dorothy Epenezer Den ver and Milton G Schoof Denver wed at St Pauls Ev Lutheran. Mrs Caroline Schneer funeral at St John Crane Creek. Henry Niemeyer 73 near Frederika buried at Meier Funeral home. Gladys Mae Kuethe and Gerhardt R Rettig wed Aug 5 at Grace Lutheran. Fire destroyed a large barn on the Henry Deterding farm eight miles southwest of Tripoli. Beverly Ann Buchholz wed Charles W Gabe at Trinity Lutheran Bremer. Marian Lahmann received her BA at University of Iowa. Readlyn district approved $8500 bond for bus garage space. 4 H winners Marilyn Beam Ionia and Elaine Klenzman Waverly. Army Pvt Lee T Rausch completed equipment maintenance course at Fort Belvoir. Rogge family moved to Clarion for work with Chicago Great Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brandenberg
Tripoli
Brandenberg
E. A. Hanff
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bristow
Clifford Eichmann
Will Eichmann
Gates Business College
Waterloo
Dorothy Epenezer
F. J. Epenter
Denvery
Milton G. Schoof
John Schoof
Denver
St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church
William Wuerz
James Franklin
Milwaukee
Alfred Koch
Caroline Schneer
St. John Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
E. Fuchs
Henry Niemeyer
Near Frederika
Meier Funeral Home
Wm. F. Goetz
Gladys Mae Kuethe
Harold Kuethe
Gerhardt R. Rettig
R. W. Rettig
Grace Lutheran Church
Henry Deterding
Beverly Ann Buchholz
Elmer Buchholz
Charles W. Gabe
Edward Gabe
Waverly
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bremer
R. O. Moll
Marian Lahmann
Erhardt Lahmann
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Readlyn Independent
Marilyn Beam
Ionia
Elaine Klenzman
Army
Lee T. Rausch
Arlie Rausch
Frederika
Engineer School
Fort Belvier
H. C. Rogge
Clarion
Rogge
Chicago Great Western Railway
Iowa leads in draft mental test pass rate
Army surgeon general report shows Iowa born youths have the lowest failure rate 5.6 percent, far below South Carolina 61.9 percent and the national rate 25 percent. Mrs. Fred Leach Forest City owns 205 pairs of earrings from many foreign countries and U S states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Army
South Carolina
Fred Leach
Forest City
United States
Iowa plans driver education manual for high schools
A state manual for Iowa high schools will guide administrators and instructors in qualitative driver education and include Iowa traffic laws. The project, to be written with Cedar Falls State College of Iowa, runs August 11 to 25. Prominent educators will assist. published by the Department of Public Instruction for all Iowa high schools. Since 1947 districts offering driver education have risen. 449 of 562 districts in 1960-61, with 22,696 pupils trained about 67 percent of eligible 16 year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
State College of Iowa
Department of Education and Psychology
Cedar Falls
Department of Public Instruction
National Safety Council
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
National Commission On Safety Education
National Education Association
AAA Motor Club of Iowa
Safety Education Division
State Department of Public Safety
Russian language classes grow at State University of Iowa
Enrollment in Russian courses at the State University of Iowa more than doubled from 57 students in 1956 to 114 in 1961. The programs, previously part of Romance languages, moved into a dedicated Russian department this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Attorney General Rules No Trips Allowed Prisoners
The Iowa Attorney General holds a warden lacks authority to send inmates outside the prison for medical experiments or other activities. The Board of Control has permitted trips for medical treatment and outside events, but the AG warns such actions require statutory authorization. If no statute allows these departures, the practice is unlawful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Board of Control
University
Local Angler Nets Big Freshwater Catch Near Maquoketa
Charles Staley of Maquoketa reported two notable catches on the Maquoketa River northeast of town a gar three feet three inches long and a carp weighing a little over ten pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Staley
Maquoketa
Maquoketa River
Trip to Florida Yields Big Dolphin for Alvin Hesse
Alvin Hesse of Marble Rock recently vacationed in Florida where he landed a 28 pound dolphin about 52 inches long after a 35 minute fight. He also caught two large barracudas but did not keep them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hesse
Marble Rock
Florida
University of Iowa Taps Virgil M as longtime admin head
Virgil M. serves as head of the University of Iowa administration staff since 1949. He followed Suting who led from the 1940s. The note marks a continuity in university leadership and the admin office role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUI
Virgil M
University of Iowa
Suting
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James E. Busch
FHA
Paul F. Johnston
Motorola
Tripoli, Iowa
Attorney General
Slim
Ray's Clothiers & Cleaners
Richmann Fruit & Vegetable Market
Richmann Fruit and Vegetable Market
Lohnes Photography
Lohnes
Towwa
Ann Bartley
Ann Bartley Sackett
Mrs
Robert Sackett
Mary and
Jack
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