Wellman cooperative to bury cable for single party service
The Wellman Telephone Cooperative pursues underground buried cable to expand single party service, planning 35 miles reaching about 70 homes at a cost of 75000 dollars with 100000 more for office gear. Northern 5 mile section north of Wellman would serve 180 customers, 120 more connections later.
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Peint
Wagamon
Wellman
Kinross
Keota
Max Owens
Crawfordsville
Wellman Telephone Cooperative
ICC
Mrs. Ollie Manatt Dies in Arkansas
Mrs Ollie J Manatt 64 of Corning Arkansas died Thursday at Community Methodist Hospital Paragold Ark She had been a patient there three weeks Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 pm at Peterseim Funeral Chapel Kalona with Rev Gary Reif officiating Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona Visitation will be Saturday only at Peterseim She was born May 27 1888 in Kalona daughter of Logan and Nellie Jackson Edmondson She lived in Kalona and Iowa City area until seven years ago when moving to Corning She was a member of United Christian and Baptist Church Kalona and past matron Naomi Chapter Order of Eastern Star Survivors include one sister Mrs H Reif of Kalona and two grandsons She was preceded in death by her husband and one son.
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Kalona
Ollie J. Manatt
Corning
Ark
Community Methodist Hospital
Paragold
Peterseim
Gary Reif
Sharon Hill
Manat
Logan
Nellie Jackson Edmondson
Iowa City
United Christian and Baptist Church
Naomi Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
H. Reif
Evangelist to Speak at Fern Cliff Evangelical Free
Dr. Frank Powell founder of the Oskaloosa Christian Counseling Center will lead a series of worship services at Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church near Wayland from Tuesday December 5 to Sunday December 10. Services start 7 30 p m each evening and 10 45 a m Sunday. The Rev Herb Cottrell urged public attendance. Powell taught in California and Iowa colleges and led the California Association of Christian Schools and was named Outstanding Educator of American in 1970. He has been a commissioned evangelist and song evangelist since 1963 with wide recognition in the field.
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Frank Powell
Oskaloosa Christian Counseling Center
Fern Cliff
Y youths to attend model legislature
The 1972 Iowa YMCA Youth In Government Model Legislature will be held Friday and Saturday December 1 2 at the state capitol in Des Moines. About 100 youths from various communities will participate. Delegates will draft bills, pass committees, and debate on the House and Senate floors with state legislators assisting.
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Iowa
YMCA
State Capitol
Des Moines
House
Senate
Wendell C. Pellett
Fom
95Th
Hart S. Holt
Western Iowa
Ike Maggert
Washington Ymca
House Chamber
Mike
School Lunch Menus From Several Districts Include Varied Weekly Grids
Weekly lunch menus list meals for Meek Highland Keota Waco and Mid Prairie schools from Monday to Friday. Entries include entrees such as pizza casserole spaghetti fish sticks lasagna and meat loaf with sides like vegetables, fruits, milk and desserts. Briefs note fines and accidents in the Washington area with multiple named individuals and vehicles involved.
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Meek
Washington
KEOTA
Mid-Prairie
Marathon Dance Returns to Burlington Prazzatorium
The March of Dimes plans a three day marathon dance January 5 to 7 in Burlington to aid birth defect research. Co chairs Bill Kelly of Burlington and George Wright of Fort Madison lead contestants who will dance nearly two hours with short breaks while observers assess hours danced and sponsors fund the effort.
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Burlington
Prazzatorium
March of Dimes
Iowa
Gentry Ann Brady
Bill Kelly
George Wright
Fort Madison
General Assembly
Fire alarm at Imperial Gas Station caused by steam
Washington firemen were summoned to the Imperial Gas Station on West Madison Thursday evening but were not needed. A radiator hose burst in a car driveway creating steam mistaken for smoke, triggering the alarm. Melvin Bash of rural Washington County was fined in justice of the peace court for shoplifting amid merchants’ crackdown.
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Patrick James Clark
Washington
Justice of the Peace Court
John F. Eagle
Sheila Ann Carroll
Route 2
West Madison
South
Iowa Avenue
Robert Joe Pefferman
Imperial Gas
Melvin Bash
Washington County
Des Moines Livestock Market Steady Demand Mixed
UPI reports in Des Moines that southern Minnesota hog markets show active trade and fair demand. Butchers hold steady while sows ease up to 25 cents. hog weights from 200 to 550 pounds show varied price ranges. Receipts today around 75 thousand. prior days near 86 thousand and 82 thousand year-ago readings. In Wisconsin, Waukesha County draft board classifies William R. James 4F as unfit for service while he continues Air Force service.
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Des Moines
UPI
Minnesota
U.S
Delafield, Wis
Waukesha County
R James Boyd 75 Dies at Home in Washington
R James Boyd 75 of 420 East Monroe Street died at his home December 1 1972 after a two year illness. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev S Ray Blair officiating. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. He farmed in Ainsworth before moving to Washington 29 years ago and worked at Tweettons Dairy. Survived by wife Maudie Mabel Gould Boyd and three children James Des Moines, Marjorie Ladehoff Aitken Minn, Janice Mitchell Miami Fla. five grandchildren one great grandchild. siblings Hugh Albuquerque and others predeceased).
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R. James Hoya
East
Monroe Street
Jones
S. Ray Blair
Elm Grove
Boyd
Ainsworth
Washington
Tweeton’s
William and
Mary
Mrs. Gertrude Hoffman Dies at United Presbyterian Home
Mrs. Gertrude Hoffman died this morning at the United Presbyterian Home here. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Sir Funeral Home. Burial will be in Clellowa.
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Hoffman
U.P
Gertrude Hoffman
United Presbyterian Home
Sir Funeral Home
Cle Lowa
Old Gold Singers Christmas Concert at Iowa Memorial Union
The Old Gold Singers plan Cocoa and Carols at the University of Iowa on December 8 at 8 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union main lounge. Santa Claus will appear, with special Christmas numbers and cocoa served. Directed by Richard P. Hoffman, the group includes 28 vocalists and an instrumental ensemble. Admission is 30 cents at the door.
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Iowa City
Old Gold Singers
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Midwest
Santa Claus
Richard P. Hoffman
The
U of I
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