Pointing Out Area . . . in Lewis Township ministered by Gethsemane Church is the Rev. Eugene Singh. He explains the layout to the Rev. Henry Haupt of Des Moines.
Bill, Ballenger, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ballenger of 644 S. 1st St., is recipient of the God and Country Award, high honor in Boy Scouting. Ballenger worked three years to obtain the award. It was presented to him Sunday at services at…
President Eisenhower has named Federal Civil Defense Administrator Leo A. Hoegh to be head of the new office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. Hoegh, a former governor of Iowa, has been Civil Defense Administrator for the past year.
Getting Ready...for the start of the National AAU women's basketball tournament Tuesday are Harley Redin, right, of the eight-time national champion Flying Queens from Wayland College at Plainview, Tex. Clarence Munch, coach of the Style Select team…
Mary Louise Dunshee, 17, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Max S. Dunshee, and John Gretzer, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Gretzer, have the leading rolls in the play "Big-Hearted Herbert," which is being presented in the Abraham Lincoln high school auditorium…
Old autos are stacked 10-deep . . . at the Alter Company scrapyard. Manager Jake Barnes surveys the mountains of old junkers that is being added to every day. The company is in the process of installing a new process that will turn 800 junk cars a…
All Is Ready . . . for the grand opening of the Jennie Edmundson Hosptial Gift Shop. Arranging items for display in the new facility are Lois Coons and Barbara Eilers, members of the hospital Auxiliary.
Working At His Desk . . . is Carmen Gioiello who received an award at the annual Parent Teacher Association Founder's Day banquet, and has been named for the Phoebe Apperson Hearst outstanding educator award.