Night Speed Limit Set For Iowa Roads
Night driving will have a new 60 mile per hour limit statewide starting July 4, with daytime speed unchanged by the current reasonable and proper rule. Officials expect the limit to reduce drag racing on major highways and ease enforcement. A separate report cites a statewide alcohol treatment program urged by University of Iowa experts to cut costs from alcohol-related issues, potentially funded by liquor permit fees. The Iowa Education Association notes education benchmarks with Iowa ranking high in high school completion but lower in college graduation rates. Alfred Sasser Jr. named new superintendent of Glenwood State School, starting May 15 with a $9,000 salary. Revised Iowa school standards likely to be approved this summer, covering administration, graduation requirements, staff, and facilities. Veterans Affairs reports Iowa beneficiaries received $76.2 million in cash benefits in 1956, including compensation, pensions, and death benefits for thousands of veterans and dependents. State officials note high expenses for air conditioning in state facilities and Ames projects.
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Sumner Public school class of 73 to graduate
The Sumner public school will hold graduation exercises at 9 a.m. May 15 in the school auditorium. Don Reid of Des Moines, managing director of the Iowa Press Association, will give the address titled Good Morning Mr Jones. Also Sunday at 8 p.m. baccalaureate services will feature Rev. Glenn McMichael of First Methodist, Waverly, with the sermon And Success Is Accepting Responsibility.
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Don Reid
Des Moines
Iowa Press Association
Jones
Glenn McMichael
First Methodist Church
Waverly
Charles Artman
Kay Aschbrenner
Allan Bock
James Bradford
Joan Bruch
Duane Buenzow
Donald Buhr
Larry Coleman
Valitha Donahoo
Monroe Ehlert
Robert Fagenbaum
Dora Fish
Jeanette Flewer
Caryl Fridley
Warren Gaede
LeRoy Gray
Anna Haase
Barbara Hammetter
Terry Hansen
Mary Hay
Frederic Heller
Janice Hencken
Bruce Pals
Don Pleggenkuhle
Burle Poole
Gerald Rachocuiz
Joan Reisner
Ann Rieck
Robert Rieck
Marlene Robertson
al Schafbach
Duane Schlatter
Russell Schnor
Gretchen Schulz
Larry Schwake
Neil Schwake
Verla Seehase
Ronald Senft
Velesta Snider
John Stahlhut
Jerry Thomas
Sharon
Frederika Social Guests and Local Visits
Frederika residents hosted and visited family friends during a midweek period. Clarence DeMuth and family in Waterloo joined Frank Johnson households for Wednesday afternoon and supper. Denver area guests included Mervin Schlemann and relatives. Gene Jordan and family of Waterloo visited his grandmother Zona Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday. May Day breakfast attendance included C. C. Clary and Wm. Duenow at Fredericksburg Methodist parlors. Mrs. A. W. French traveled to Denver to visit her daughter and husband. Various callers and birthday celebrations occurred in Nashua near Bremer and with the Zwanzigers in Frederika.
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Clarence DeMuth
Waterloo
Frank Johnson
Mervin Schlemann
Denver
Gene Jordan
Zona Jordan
C. C. Clary
Wm. Duenow
Fredericksburg
A. W. French
W. H. Sassmann
Billy
Clem Riordan
Dick Knight
Martha Walsh
Nashua
Mike Zwanziger
Hazel Ager
Ethel Carney
Mabel McGee
Clifford Gunsalus
Laura Gunsalus
Bremer
Guy Hinkley
Eagle Grove
Donald Ager
Ervin Wente
Waverly
Max Carney
Katherine
Henry Meier
Lucille Bearmann
Carl Moetsch
L. W. Bockhaus
Rosella
Cedar Falls
Iona Jordan
Lillie Rathbone
Judy McGrane
Ronald Warren
Norman Kirkland
Ramona Hansen
Clyde Jordan
Clara Hildebrandt
Ralph Drewis
Will Heideman
Tripoli
Art Wyant
Local Community Notes Share Visits and Events
Waterloo and surrounding towns host a wide range of visitors and gatherings. Farm families welcome relatives from Cedar Falls, Waverly, Fredericksburg, Tripoli, and Denver for weekends and Sundays. Thimblebee holds a Mother Daughter banquet at Black's Tea Room with 17 mothers attending. A Bayer family reunion marks 60th wedding anniversary with guests from Sumner, Tripoli, Elma, Waterloo, and Denver. Denver Junior High plans Hobo Day and skating, while seniors prepare for skip day and convocation. Alberta Brandt and Harlan Pieper spend weekend with Alberta’s parents. Thornton Brandt and Danny Diemer also visit.
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Black's Tea Room
Merle Pipho
John Kern
Vernon Moeller
Pipho
Alfred Strottmann
Basil Gray
Lewis Bitterly
Art Matthias
Harold Kehe
Gerald Witmer
Bayers
John F. Heideman
Sumner
Tripoli
Elma
Waverly
Forest City
Waterloo
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Minneapolis
Alberta Brandt
Omaha
Harlan Pieper
Clara City
Minn
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Albert Brandt
Thorton Brandt
Danny Diemer
Andrew
Easter weekend visits and Legion notes in Denver area
Denver Lincoln Brandt and Thorton Brandt spent Easter weekend at their parents home in Omaha and Thornton Brandt in Andrew joined family in Denver. American Legion auxiliary president Mary Ann Steege was chosen to represent Denver at Girls State in Cedar Falls in June.
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Omaha
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Andrew
Albert Brandt
Geo. Trimble
Marengo
Melvin Trimble
Waverly
Arnold Kleinschmidt
Art Sassmann
American Legion Auxiliary
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Lorenz Steege
Arthur French
Frederika
Geo. Saunders
Marjorie
Charlene
Wm. Bolsingers
Sunnyside
Floyd Sassmann
Gerald Witmer
Denver
Brandt couple heads to Andrew to visit relatives
Mr and Mrs Albert Brandt departed Monday for Andrew where they will spend several days with relatives. The trip focuses on family visits and local sightseeing during their stay.
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Albert Brandt
Andrew
Cadet William Boeckmann Promoted at Iowa State College
Cadet William Boeckmann of Waverly was promoted on April 15 to Cadet Sergeant in the Army ROTC Signal Corps at Iowa State College Ames. He has completed five quarters in Army ROTC.
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Ames
Iowa
William Boeckmann
Alfred Boeckmann
Waverly
Iowa State College
PENCILS Leland Lewis Collects 445 Pencils as Hobby
Leland Lewis of Independence began collecting pencils about two years ago and now owns 445. A prize item is a pencil gifted by his father who carried it for 34 years while working on the railroad. Read the want ads.
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Leland Lewis
Independence
Mr. Lewis
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