Looking at Life as It Used to Be
A compact clipping lists weddings, births, and local notices from Readlyn and nearby towns. Items include marriages at St Pauls Artesian, Readlyn residents traveling to Chicago and Elgin for trades, community events like donk eball in Tripoli, new businesses at Mingo, local obituaries, and a note that rural traffic deaths outpace urban ones nearly three to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Byers
Elda Degelau
Fred Degelau
Bremer
Roland Drewis
Ernest Drewis
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Artesian
Theo. Eickelberg
William Krueckeberg
Mary Fox Celebrates 90th Birthday in Thompson Home
Mary Fox marked her 90th birthday on June 27 at the Thompson Nursing home with close relatives in attendance. Gifts included a $30 cash present as friends and family from Oelwein Waterloo Tripoli and Baldwin Wisconsin visited over the weekend and into Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fox
Thompson Nursing Home
Mildred Wheeler
James Wheeler
Oelwein
Lawrence McCue
Waterloo
Lennie Fox
E. E. Lindsay
Spokane
Wash
E. J. Dornbusch
Elton Wheeler
Barbara, Ocelwein
Thompson
Richard Meyne
Aaron Ludwig
Judy
Tripoli
Arnold Plate
Loren Converse
John Nerge
Sumner
Millie Buss
Thompson Home
Frederick Bast
Jeff
Cedar Falls
LeRoy Platte
Martin Schumacher
Anna Tiedt
LeRoy Plate
Arnold Platte
E. E. Mutschmann
Erich J Dornbusch
Mutschmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
George Stephens
Harry Jenkins
Susan
Theo. Ecker
Baldwin
Wis
Illinois
E. E. Senst
Waverly
Erich J. Dornbusch
Senst
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Elmer Jacobs
Cynthia
Erich Dornbusch
Chester Bradley, Oelwein
Itch Me Not Advertisement Claims Fast Relief
An old ad copy promises relief from foot itch eczema ringworm and insect bites in just 15 minutes using Itch Me Not. It urges purchase at drug stores or O Briens Sundries Tripod and similar outlets with instant drying action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Pupil Transportation Oversight Grows in Iowa Schools
The Iowa Department of Public Instruction oversees school bus safety, driver training, standards, and transportation aid. Between 1953-54 and 1958-59 the share of transported students rose from 30% to 36%, and vehicles grew from 3,909 to 5,062 while annual mileage climbed from 32 million to over 41 million miles, with rising overall costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Code of Iowa
Division of Transportation
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Drowning hero and community notices from Pinhook area
The week’s local notes cover Dave Angus of Illinois who died at 17 after saving two others from drowning, the Hahn family funeral, a 58th wedding anniversary celebration for C Testorff’s family in Frederika, and visits and gatherings across Waverly North Dakota and nearby towns. Also noted are a Black Angus cattle event, an ankle injury to Marlowe Burke, and several social visits to and from Alta Vista, Charles City, and Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Hahn
Dave Angus
Illinois
Stanley Angus
Amanda Huebner and
C. Testorff
Frederika
Eva Ellsworth
Waverly
James Ellsworth
Will Mooney
Cecilia Ellison
Sarah Sullivan
North Dakota
Tom Burke
Earl O'Connell
Transportation costs rise in five years for school system
The transportation program in Towa increased from 8,905,402.04 in 1953-54 to 12,314,804.83 in 1958-59. Despite higher spending, total annual miles per pupil fell from 237 to 220. Administrators evaluate equipment and practices to improve economy and safety and to promote more equal education for all children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Local social notes from Cedar Rapids and area
Oregon visitors described in Tom Burke home accounts and various social calls. Dale Grahlmann began work at Johny Deere in Waterloo on Monday. Lucile Dilley visited the Howard Van Brocklin Sr. home Friday evening. Cedar Rapids families A B Wood, Mrs Frank Dolezal and Bob spent Wednesday with Lucile and others. Daryl Pals, a 6B junior at Clear Lake Methodist Camp, and Earl Dean with Sharon attended events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Heideman
C. H. Poock
Readlyn
Grace Farrow
Oberlin
Ohio
Arthur Jahnke
Chicago
Elgin
Ill
Ray Palmer
Mandan
N. C
George Brandt
Milwaukee
Krueger
Hayes
Minneapolis
Frank Sager
Oregon
Tom Burke
Dale Grahlmann
Johny Deere
Waterloo
Lucile Dilley
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Lucile
Bud Lucile Dilley
Doneil
Kathy
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Denver
Sophia Kirchner
Thorndike Hilton Memorial Chapel
University of Chicago
Catherine Fletcher Nicholson
W. P. Nicholson
Huntsville
Ala
Harry F. Schlichting
H. H. Sclichting
Ben Winks
Immaculate Conception Church
David Dunahoo
Vern Dunahoo
First Methodist Church
Barbara Striley
Blanche Striley
Toledo
Spring Fountain
Donna Kasemeier
Edwin Kasemeier
Donald D. Mirs
Christine Mirs
Frank Mirs
Harvey Pries
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Shirley Buchholz
Leo Buchholz
Wendell Redies
Gust Redies
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Siegel
P. L. Crittenden
Canada
Clifford Zamzow
Sib
W. J. Steege
Franklin W. Koch
Alfred Koch
University of Michigan School of Music
AIBA
Lssee
J. C. Wright
Pinhook
Dean
Sharon
Pat Burns Sr
New Hampton
Pat Burns Jr
le Mars
Leland Timmerman
Ada McConkey
Chester Pals
J. C. Frisbie Farm
Charles City
Pals
Guy Hall
Billings
Mont
Herman Sweeney
Pat
Connie
Alta Vista
Eldridge
Marlowe Burke
New Hampton Hospital
W. Hall
Cresco
Sunset Theatre
H. Pace
Motorola
Tripoli, Iowa
Gary Cooper
Rita Hayworth
van Heflin
Tab Hunter
Cordura
Klemp
Kenneth More
Dana Wynter
Ford
America
Falcon
World
OPDAF
Wim
Ambrose Auto Co
U.S.A
Howard M. White
Natal
Or Waterloo
Cornwall
R.P.M
Kolynos
Paris
Wrisley Bath Oil Reg
Wrisley
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