Life of Five Years Past In Waverly Area Reveals Local Happenings
A fragmented 1907 item notes George Shaffer moving from Waverly, local tradesmen in sugar and meat, visits from Lamb of St Paul, and aging prices on eggs and vegetables. Five decades and ten years ago recaps mention deaths, church services, and Induction plans, with local families and businesses named amid brief notes on farm rallies and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shaffer
Waverly
Five Years Ago Highlights From October 23 1957
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Fred C Hildebrandt 88 at St Peters Evangelical and Reformed Tripoli as Tripoli Commercial Club planned two new highway signs. Neighbors aided Art Meyer after his August car truck collision. Tripoli High School showed strong Iowa test results with most above average. Larry Ladage of the US Marines on 21 day furlough visited his parents. Esther Johnson 47 buried at St Johns Frederika. Bremer County Supervisors opened bids for Buck Creek road rock. Paul Niemann Construction low bidder. Fall temps dipped to 28 degrees. Gene Vincent attended a plant industry course at Ames. An Iowa Egg Industry Commission may be created with a two cent per case excise tax to boost egg consumption. excludes out-of-state eggs.
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Fred C. Hildebrandt
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tripoli
Ruben Topp
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Larry Ladage
U. S. Marines
Arno Ladage
Bremer County Board of Supervisors
Buck Creek
Highway 3
Highway 93
Paul Niemann Construction Co
Sumner
35-Hour Week Proposed by Des Moines Education Chief
John Harold, executive secretary of the Iowa State Education Association, urged a 35 hour work week at the ISEA convention in Des Moines. He proposed five extra hours weekly for education to boost productivity and to show labor, management, and education can cooperate against Communist critiques, arguing Iowa could pioneer the plan.
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John Harold Favors
Des Moines
John Harold
Iowa State Education Association
Harold
ISEA
Iowa
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Bert Bennett
Spent
Johnson
Lamb
St Paul
Ph. H Society
Gnty
Tual Bremer
R. O. Wikner
Koch
Henry Braun
Forth
John Bahlmann
St. Peter's Evangelical
Theo
Nera
St. Peter’s Evangelical Reformed Church
Bonarden
Erichbusch
St. Matthew’s Church
Lyn
Ing. Lesiak
M. D
Nevermann
Drever Drug Store
Waverly Ag Ning
Arlyn Hesse Buhr
Fred Block
L Town Hall
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frederika
Esther Johnson
W. H. Klein
Gene Vincent
Ames
Ake
O'Brien
Warilla
Kolynos
Swift
Parklane
SOE
Playtex
F.T
Wormer
Pond's
Dupont
Bath
World Globe Save
Seaforth
Reg
Scripto
McKesson
Aldirih
Kyanize
SPRER
Permanet
Paris
Revelon
Lesson Milk of
Magnesia
Tripoli, Iowa
Urban America
Real Estate Trust
Rudolph Piegors
First OF Iowa Corporation
Valspar
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