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1950

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Drewer were surprised Sunday, when their son-in-law, V.A. Masciana, stopped in route to his home in Brooklyn. His wife Joyce and three-year old son weren’t along.
P.F. Starr from Winfield will start to manufacture wagon boxes at the glove factory building.
Everett Toft will be married Sunday to Miss Helen Upton of Burlington.
Sunday morning the V.F.W and American Legion will sponsor a Memorial Day service at the HS auditorium. Rev. Paul McDade will speak.
The P.E.O. will have a special meeting at the home of Mary Ireton.
The school projection club gave awards to the boys that took time to show films at noon. They are Dick Gholson, Andy Breuer, Bob Evans, and Scott Elliott.
Bill Reed and Dick Chandler. Both Parsons college students, they spent the weekend at the Carroll Reed home.
Mrs. David Taeger received a thank-you from President Truman for the birthday cake she made him. It was dated May 26, 1950.
Mrs. Dave Marshall is directing the daily Bible school which will run for two weeks.
These local students will graduate from Iowa Wesleyan: Lyal Colton, Harold Appel, and Merle Caris.
This week at the Alamo: “Pinky” starring Jeanne Crain and Ethel Barrymore and “The Fighting Kentuckian” starring John Wayne.

1975

Ramona Elgin, class valedictorian, was selected as a State of Iowa Scholar.
Sara Kilbourn was awarded the New London Medius Club scholarship.
Ramona Elgin has been accepted at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Earl Davis, Jr’s brother, Gordon, was killed in a mine cave-in.
Mrs. Clarence Totemeier will be showing slides of a trip she and her daughter took to Europe in 1972. It will be at the New London city hall.
The New London pool will open June 9 for the summer. Mr. Joe Miller will be in charge of the pool.

The chamber of Commerce Hometown Pride award goes this week to Dean and Carol Anderson for their home at 215 S. Pine St.
Lion club members serving at the care center were Bob Cardoni, Charlotte McGregor, and Mark Fitzpatrick.
Obituaries this week: Harold Lee, William Gittings, Martha Needham, and Frieda Smith.
Irene Pollock celebrated her 94th birthday on May 27.
An open house is planned in honor of Mrs. Morgan, Clark elementary principal, and Miss Jan Ireland, MS/HS principal on June 4.

Riley Grogan, Carson McSorley, and Quincy Porter are state track qualifiers.
Autumn Blain, salutatorian, welcomed everyone to graduation.
The class valedictorian was Cameron Watson.
Obituaries this week: Richard “Dick” Baker, Elvin E. Denney, Myers, Joanne O. Denney, Lois V. Martin, and Wendy R. (Cue) Francy.

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