Lightning and Its Deadly Reach Across Iowa
Iowa’s climatologist notes lightning kills more Iowans than any other weather. average three deaths annually, with farmers on tractors at highest risk. The article explains bolt physics, safety tips, historic losses, and incidents in Keokuk Bettendorf and Correctionville, stressing timing and location factors alongside property damage and ongoing research into suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Environmental Science Service Administration
ESSA
Hamilton County
Keokuk
Bettendorf
Empire State Building
New York
Correctionville
Farmer
Lightning safety rules from ESSA guidance
The guidance outlines lightning safety steps during storms and notes cloud seeding as a potential suppressor. Key precautions include taking shelter in grounded metal or shielded buildings, avoiding open areas, staying out of water, avoiding metal objects, and remaining in a metal topped automobile for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ESSA
Riverside Mixed Bowling season closes with supper and awards
Riverside May 7 reports the Riverside Mixed Bowling League closed its season with a supper at a local club. Awards went to most improved women Rita Rath and men Bob Rittenmeyer. First place went to the Moonshiners, with members including Dr and Mrs Harold Weimer and others. High team games to Moonshiners and Swailes Electric. high individual games to Dora Lukavsky and Maxine Patterson. high series to Karen Riley and Bob Kaalberg. Officers re elected: president Bob Libenguth, VP Bob Pogge, sec treas Aletha Dutler. Minor society items follow with hospital release, visitors, births, and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Rita Rath
Bob Rittenmeyer
Moonshiners
Harold Weimer
Don Dutler
Dale Horak
Frank Mincer
Swailes Electric
Swailes
Ernest Swailes
Arthur Horn
Harold Sojka
Dora Lukavsky
Maxine Patterson
Karen Riley
Bob Kaalberg
Bob Libenguth
Bob Pogge
Sec. - Treas
Aletha Dutler
Lester Schnoebelen
Janet Eckrick
Richard Schnoebelen
Carl Deutsch
North Dakota
Bernard Thoman
Paul Schnoebelen
Ralph Schnoebelen
Russel Schnoebeln
Grant Stober
F. M. Pauley
Gordon Schnoebelen
Iowa City
Alvah Bell
Hubert Malichky
Canadiens miss Beliveau but win
Montreal defense shines as Gump Worsley seals a 1-0 win and the Canadiens push toward a 15th Stanley Cup with Beliveau sidelined by an ankle bruise. Blues’ effort impresses coach Toe Blake, who expects a rough Forum set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
UPI
Montreal Canadiens
St. Louis Blues
Blues
St. Louis
Canadiens
Jean Beliveau
Toe Blake
Blake
Forum
Fewer jobless in nation recently
The April unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, the lowest since 1953 and matching January. Yet the Negro jobless rate remained about double the white rate, and urban poor saw little improvement in the overall labor picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Rural Homemakers Meet in Cravordsvill e Hosted by Mrs Young
Rural Homemakers met at the home of Mrs James Young in Cravordsvill e May 3 with eight members and two children present. Roll call offered garden hints with sewing and visiting to follow. Refreshments were served by the hostess with assistance from Mrs Aline Hesseltine as the group planned a June vacation and possible July picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravfordsville
James Young
Aline Hesseltine
Earl McVey
Earl
Robert Howell
Harlan Davis
Westminster
Calif
Howells
Davises
Peoples’ Bank
Columbus Junction
Kenny Paisley
Max Blodgett
Wash
Riverside men are officers Attend VFW district meet
Members of VFW Post and Auxiliary from Riverside attended the First District meeting in New London on Sunday May 5. Lamont Dann was elected Junior Vice Commander John Moss became 1st District Safety Education Director Nancy Moss was 1st District Auxiliary Conductress and Loyalty Day Chairman Ira Moss named Banner Bearer. The Auxiliary met with 16 present as Mrs John Moss presided. Officers installation followed. Parade entry calls and picnic plans for May 26 were announced. May birthdays were noted. Several local residents and relatives were mentioned in visits, travel, and hospital updates amid a busy Riverside community update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denise Marie
Shebek
Sebero Sanchez
Dallas
Texas
WSCS
Ted Gerot
Hubert Malichky
Malichky
Delbert Flynn
Lyle Ger Ot
Larry Rummelhart
Small Son
Waldschmidt
Leona Mottet Apartments
Phillip Corpening
Mottet Apartments
Will Krotz
Helen Coon
Wilbur Krotz
Kevin
Columbus Junction
Walter Krotz
Fred Kucera
Ington
Kenneth Rhea
Charles Wells
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Clarinda
Richard Lease
Legion Hall
Muscatine
John Alvine
Winfield
Paisley
Lyle Paisley
Rob
Elaine
Steve Wood
Pat
Ainsworth
Lourdes Hall
Mercy Hospital
Studen
Louise Wells
School of Nursing
Don Lowe
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Todd Anthony
Nancy Moss
1St District Auxiliary Conductress
Ira Moss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa Farm Science
Iowa State University
Paul J. Waite
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa 92
Iowa State Highway Commission
Vivan Jennings
Ralph Kloppfer
Dale Novy
Vetterans Hospital
Dorothy McNamer
Sigourney
Bess Novy
the Willows
Beliveau
Haual Des Moines
Friendly Square
Westermark Agency
Howard L. McCleery
Mrs. Young
VFW
Wilbur Kiene
John Moss
Robert Colbert
Moss
Lamont Dann
Cleo Gerot
Wilma Rummelhart
Sophia Kueneman
Lee Rich
Midway Island
Virginia
John Kron
Lockridge
Walt Lemley
Dan Janikowski
Sam Antoff
Winona
Minnesota
Glenn Miller
Solon
Elizabeth
Saurday
Highland High School
Raymond Deutsch
Robert Kiefer
Carl Deutschs
Clarence Wilson
Rusty
Stephanie Zieglowski
Marge Luckey
Jim Luckey
Kellogg
Dallas Queck
Albert Novy
Warren Forbes
Atalissa
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Tad Ray the
America
Loveless Supply Co
North 7Th Ave
Washington, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!