Looking Back

C.L. Jennings, known as the “flying well driller,” was elected as vice president of the Iowa Well Drillers Association.

S. P. Shores, chairman of the garbage collection committee of the Chamber of Commerce, announces that Harold Tucker will commence collecting garbage in town April 1.

285 attend Co-op banquet.

Four Mt. Pleasant men were charged with the VFW robbery. They were sentenced to 10 years in Anamosa.

This week at the Alamo: “Life with Father” starring Wm. Powell and Irene Dunne and “The Arizona Ranger” and “Bring ‘Em Back Alive.”

1974

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on March 5.

Senior Spotlights this week: Deborah Ann Krier, Donna Dale Brinkmeyer, and Gary Alan Grinstead.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Raines are the parents of an 11 lb. 3 oz. son born on March 1. He has been named Michael Eugene.

1999

Obituaries this week: Henry Pforts, Fern Morrison, Matthew Laippple, and Eleanor Mason.

Coach Paul Lorber said of his state-bound girls basketball team, “I want you to know something — this is the best team in southeast Iowa.”

Alan and Pam Burden announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Vicki Jo, to Nathan Andrew Fulk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Fulk and the late Carol Ann Fulk.

2014

Betty Howe Kilbourn was named an American Contract Bridge League Golden Age Master.

Obituary this week: Dale E. Allen.

In girls basketball, Notre Dame 103 — New London 62.