State Highway Salting Program Maps 3,760 Miles on 1955 Plan
The Iowa State Highway Commission outlines its salting program for winter safety. Initiated in 1955 56 on an experimental basis, 3 760 miles of primary roads will be treated this year with sodium chloride to prevent ice and aid snow removal without melting heavy snow. Application ranges 200 to 500 pounds per mile, based on temperature, with optimal results between 25 and 32 degrees under sun and high traffic.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Commission
Readlyn Church Officers Install Amid Busy Holiday Week
Readlyn St Paul's Lutheran installed officers including Chairman Stanley Gehr, vice chair Orville Steege, Secretary Donald Frank, Treasurer Victor Happel, and elders and trustees. Scoutmaster C E Barryhill named for Readlyn Troop 101. Numerous holiday gatherings and family visits noted in Readlyn and surrounding towns. The Empire State Building fact closes the report.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Stanley Gehr Vic
Orville Steege
Donald Frank
Victor Happel
W. H. Happel
Theodore Kutet
Herbert Poock
Milton Huebner
Arnold Poock
Burton Thies
Glenn Wittenburg
Soren Jacobsen
Eric Tiedt
Shell Rock
Herman Kimball
Glenn Kimball
Des Moines
Harlan Leerhoss
Robert Kimball
Clarksville
Albert Ganske
Merwin Tiedt
Waterloo
George Buenzow
Sumner
Adella Buhrow
Readlyn
Ed Myers
Kirksville
Elda Hartmann
Robert Thran
Eric
Williamsburg
Thies Family Dines with Brunschon Guests on New Year
Mr and Mrs Fred Thies and their daughters were New Year's Day dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Werner Brunscheon in PINHOOK. The social visit highlighted family hospitality and community ties during the holiday period.
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Oscar Thran
E. H. Gehrke
Stanley Gehrke
Robert Lehmkuhl
Fort Huachuka
Ariz
Lehmkuhl
404 Army Signal Corps
Paul Huebner
Waverly
Milton Huebner
Leonard Huck
Lester Leisinger
Rogert Reinking
Gary Matthias
Eunice Huebner
H. H. Richmann
David Ruel
Oconomowoc
Wis
Melvin Boehme
Clara Boehme
L. C. Gedde
Richard
Sumner
Leon Heinemann
Readlyn
Tom
Dan
Jim
Lori
Erwin Schrader
J. W. Judas
Maynard
Paul Meyerhoff
Vincent Albrecht
David
Denise
Jean
Salvage
Minn
Frederick Albrecht
Floyd Albrecht
Waterloo
Alfred Kehe
Fairbank
George Buenzow
Adella Buhrow
Lavern Wehling
Merlin Buenzow
Edwald Moeller
Raymond Wehling
Peggy Lockard
Adrian Lockard
Clarke College
Dubuque
Jerry Gehrke
State College of Iowa
Larry Hagenow
Elmer Tiedt
Cedar Rapids
Larry Ganske
Clarence Ganske
Kenneth Westendorf
Oran
Sandy
Robert Rathe
Iowa State University
Ames
Reinhold Rathe
C. E. Barryhill
Ed Kennicke
Fargo
N. D
Otto Meier
Merwin Meier
S. M. Jacobsen
Allan Jacobsen
Debbie
Jimmy Farley
Soren Jacobsen
Walter Klemp
Wilbert Gruber
Richard Gruber
Tripoli
Phyllis Gruber
Miss Gruber
Gale Institute
Minneapolis
Fred Thies
Werner Brunscheon
Local social notes from Tripoli January 1962
Community columns record visits and gatherings around Tripoli and nearby towns. Names include Laurie Van Brocklin Howard Van Brocklin Sr. Clyde Van Brocklin Ada McConkey and others, with mentions of funeral services for Herman Holton and varied New Year’s exchanges.
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Tom McCue
Sumner
Larry McCue
Germany
Dilley
Geo. Wiegand
Harold Wiegand
Waterloo
Ronald Kuethe
Ada McConey
Ada McConkey
James Mooney
New Hampton Hospital
Steven
Mark Rieck
Janesville
Albert Rieck
Puerto Rico
Raymond Kuethe
Barbara Schmidt
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Geo. Wilson
Harry McConkey
Christmas and New Year Visiting in Local Families
A string of social visits and family gatherings across Waterloo, Oelwein, Clarksville, and nearby areas is noted. Attendees include the Bruch, Strottmann, Wehling, Cum mings, Ulrich, Platte, Buhr, Wittenburg, Dornbusch, Ober man, Petersen, Hoeg, and other local families visiting dinners and doctor visits over Christmas and New Year.
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Wayne Bruch
Waterloo
Merlin Strottmann
Iowa City
Paul Strottmann
Lyle
Orafino
Idaho
Clarence Wehling
Dale
Carol
Willard Cummings
Oelwein
Herman Buhr
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State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Galting
Pinhook
de Tripoli
Iowa
Dale Krueger
Dale Grahlman
Robert Schmidt
Otto Rieck
Ronald Lidner
Fort Pierce
Fla
Emil Steege
Art Brandt
Gus
New York City
Tripoli, Iowa
Warner
Arnold Platte
John Buenzow
Erich J. Dornbusch
Christena Oberman
Herman Meihost
Chris Petersen
Carl Platte
Jim Roger
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