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1936
TRACE OF Man Who Broke Out of County Jail
Served time in Missouri
What may have been laxity on the part of the Moberly, Mo., police department, has cost Sheriff James L. O’Malley the chance of returning one of the three men who escaped from the county’s “corncrib” jail about a month ago.
Sheriff O’Malley received a telegram early today from the federal bureau of investigation at Washington, D. C, stating that Robert Blair had been arrested at Moberly, Mo., for shoplifting, the same charge he was convicted of here.
The sheriff wired the Moberly police only to learn that Blair had served a 14 day sentence and had been released a week ago. His whereabouts today were not known by the Missouri officials. Recently James E. Webb, another of the escaped trio, was located in Canada, but no steps have] been taken to get him back here. The third man who got away was Jack Paggett of Randall. No trace of him has been found.
Corn Hits $1 Bushel
Corn hit a dollar a bushel, local market, in Webster City today. This is the highest market in about ten years.
Elevators here today were bidding $1 for No. 2 yellow corn and 98-½ cents for No. 3 yellow.
The reason of course, is the drouth. Should it continue, corn will naturally go higher. Should rain come soon, corn buyers do not look for any material drop in the price, due to the widespread damage and reduction in the crop all over the corn belt.
1951
Hamilton County hospital project assured
Nearly $90,000 Received From Fund Drive
Deadline on Contributions Is Set for Midnight Tonight
The Hamilton County Hospital addition and remodeling project today was virtually assured. Contributions had mounted up to $90,000 toward the $115,000 goal, and a large savings in the total cost of the project was in prospect through a lower plumbing bid.
The Hospital Board of Trustees received the bids on the plumbing work today and announced that Pritchard Brothers of Boone was low with $153,015. The only bid received at the previous letting was for $184,900.
The new letting thus has resulted In a reduction of more than $30,000 In the project cost, materially reducing the amount required in local contributions to assure the hospital addition. Funds still were coming in by mail and from solicitors who had not yet reported in. Hamilton county’s largest and fastest-moving fund raising drive neared its deadline of midnight tonight. .Committee members were confident that the additional contributions now pouring in and with the reduction In the plumbing bid, would be sufficient to assure the projected $780,000 addition.
List program for Bell's Mill picnic
Directors and committees in charge of the Bells Mill picnic which will be held at Bells Mill Sunday, Aug. 5 announced today that the final plans for the program have been adopted.
The morning program which is in charge of Rev. C.F. Schmidt of Stanhope, will begin at 11 o'clock, with Rev. T.M. WAlton, minister of the Christian church at Stanhoope presenting the sermon.
A picnic dinner will be held at noon, with the afternoon program opening with a band concert scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.m. by the combined Stanhope and Stratford bands.
In invocation will be given by the Rev. Walton followed by a welcome from the chairman.
The Main address will be given at 2 p.m. by William J. Peterson, superintendent of Iowa Historical Society who will be introduced by John Heffner, former president of the association.
1961
Jewell youth places first in contest
Eugene Olison, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Olson of Jewell, placed first in Soil Conservation District Commissioners Regional speech contest held at Nevada last week. Five contestants representing eight counties in central Iowa took part in the contest.
Olson will compete in the state contest at Des Moines Sept. 17 with the contest winners from the eight other Soil Conservation District regions in Iowa.
The contest is sponsored each year by the Women's Auxiliary of the Iowa ASsociation of Soil Conservation District Commissioners. The topic of the contestants this year is "How Soil and Water Affects my future."
Olson graduated from Jewell high school last spring and plans to entroll at the State University of Iowa this fall.
1981
McDonald building erected
The sign for the McDonald's restaurant being built here, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and Southfield Drive is only around 30 feet high now , but it could go higher. The City council is scheduled to reconsider the second reading of a proposed ordinance Monday that would allow permits for signs for additional height above the maximum limit listed in C-3, M-1 and M-2 districts.
The ordinance would be for those districts up to 2500 feet south and north of the center line of the U.S. Highway 20. The matter has been before the council for months. A worker said the firm is shooting for Sept. 1 as a completion date for the restaurant.
1996
Club installs officers
The Williams Lion’s Club recently Installed new officers for the 1996-97 Lion’s year. They are President Donald W. Williams, Second Vice President John Cavanagh, Third Vice President Lyle Hoefer, Zone Chairman Craig Hughes, Lion Tanner Lynn Elm, Tall Twister Robert Gilmore, Secretary Kenneth Sweedler and Treasurer Merle Hamilton.