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Latest News: *2009 corn acreage is second-largest in U.S. since 1946. Iowa growers planted 13.7 million acres of corn this spring, compared with 13.3 million acres last year.
*An
elderly woman who was living in a Carroll storage
unit has accepted welfare assistance and is being
placed in an apartment. Maxine, 75, a disabled
former schoolteacher, spent about two weeks in a
small rented garage after being evicted from her
apartment. Carroll police had long been
familiar with Maxine, who's frequently seen around
town on her electric scooter. Officers
contacted county and state social workers upon
learning of her living arrangement. There was no
electricity, plumbing or ventilation in the storage
unit. Chief Jeff Cayler said officers
constantly checked on Maxine and she repeatedly
turned down offers for assistance. Police
became more concerned with the recent hot weather
and when Maxine said she had difficulty raising and
lowering her unit's overhead door. *Michael Jackson to be immortalized in butter at the Iowa State Fair. This is the 40th year anniversary of our folks getting to the moon. Therefore, the moon walk will be featured in the Iowa State Fair as made in butter. Jackson performed at the fair several years ago and so he will also be presented in butter. Last year Shawn Johnson was featured and the year before it was Tiger Woods.
*Hog prices are down, but pig count increased in Iowa. Producers are concerned about the decline in value--from 72 cents per pound to 42 cents. Iowa's hog population rose by 200,000 from a year ago--to 19.6 million on June 1--figures released Friday show. *Congratulations to Douglas Gordon and Jared Hannasch. They recently received the "Arrow of Light," award. This is the highest award a person can receive as a Cub Scout. Found in Glidden Graphic.
*A small plane crashed in NW Iowa (near Sheldon), and kills 3 people. *Wow! The Glidden City Council approves Cage Fights in Glidden on a 3-1 vote. They will be held on Idaho street on July 24th. Glidden Graphic information. *Congratulations to G/R softball player, Madison Ball. According to the local Graphic paper, she was named, Iowa's Network Services Player of the week for Class 1A. The third baseman for the Lady Cats hit .500 for the week with three homeruns and 10 runs batted in. She was batting .519 through the first 17 games. The team was 14-3 during these games.
*I received an e-mail from Sharon (Wenck) Subbert, this week and she would like help in contacting her classmates (1969 graduates). If you can help her, please contact her at this address= sharonsubbert@hotmail.com *Des Moines School System will be cutting 39 positions. *Glidden and the rest of Iowa finally received some hot weather. Up to June 21st, there had been only 3 days in the 80's and this week we finally got temperatures of 96 and 97 degrees. *State Rep. Rod Roberts, R-Carroll, says he's close to announcing the formation of an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial campaign in 2010. *Kent W. Douglas, 46, of Glidden, died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont, Neb. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2009, at the First Presbyterian Church in Glidden. Rev. Dr. Michael Fitzsimmons will officiate. *Newton, Iowa is again hosting the INDY 250 at their Iowa Speedway track. A record crowd of 47,000 fans showed up to see last year's winner, Dario Franchitti win it again. Our TV star, Helio Castroneves got 7th and our gal, Danica Pattrick, finished 9th. *A 75-year old woman has been living in a shed in Carroll. Officials are very concerned with this and are looking into it. The shed has no heat or air-conditioning. I guess the shed is like one of those "storage units" that you see on the edge of each city. *The number of jobless in Iowa hits a 22-year high. Stimulus prevents deeper cuts in payrolls, state officials say. Iowa now has 5.8% unemployed which is up from 4% a year ago.
*VAIL - Three members of a Denison family died
Friday morning in a car-semi crash. The Iowa
State Patrol said Maria Araujo-Sanchez, 28, was
westbound on U.S. 30 when her car crossed the center
line and collided head-on with an eastbound semi
driven by Glenn Sturm, 58, of Breda. The wreck
a mile and a half west of Vail was reported at 9:48
a.m. Araujo-Sanchez, her mother Bertha
Sanchez-Moreno, 56, and nephew Daniel Resendiz, 12,
were dead at the scene. Resendiz was not
wearing a seat belt but his aunt and grandmother
were, according to an Iowa State Patrol report. *Eugene "Gene" Bayer, 77, of Glidden, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Mass of the Christian burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Glidden. Fr. Tiedeman will officiate.
*Winnebago Industries, of Forest City, Iowa, lost
$8.6 million in the quarter that ended May 30
because of continuing low sales volume and other
problems associated with challenging market
conditions. Quarterly revenue dropped
more than 63 percent. *Carroll County fair schedule released COON RAPIDS - The Carroll County Fair Board has released the schedule for this year's fair, which runs July 15-19. All the major events and attractions return, including the parade through the streets of Coon Rapids, Figure 8 races, Bill Riley Talent Show, Queen and Little Miss Contest, Battle of the Bands, antique tractor ride, tractor pulls, volleyball and dodgeball tournaments, 4-H and FFA contests, and carnival rides and games: *So far this summer has been one of the coolest on record for Glidden and the rest of Iowa. However, this week we got our first taste of hot/muggy weather. It got up to almost 90 degrees in Western Iowa. *A Des Moines gal, Kate Moore, age 15 entered a National contest on who could text message the fastest and she won it. She won $50,000 for having the most agile and accurate typing skills. She beat out 250,000 participants. *An Iowa couple had their 5 year old boy kidnapped from them about 55 years ago. Now, a Michigan man is stepping forward to claim that he was the one that was kidnapped. The originally couple had split up and both remarried. The Michigan man is having DNA tests run on him to see if he really is the son. It was determined this week that he was NOT the son. DNA tests proved this. *Don't forget to send in your money for the up-coming Glidden/Ralston All-School Reunion. For additional information see at the bottom on this section. My wife and I sent in our money today. Hope to see you there. *The Glidden/Ralston girls softball team is off to a great start. With recent wins over Panora, Coon Rapids/Bayard, Van Meter, Des Moines North and Gilbert, they now have a record of 9-0 and are ranked 14th in the State. Senior, Halllie Schon is doing the blunt of the pitching. Keep it up gals. *An Iowans was shot and killed by policemen recently. The fatal shot struck an Urbandale man in the neck during a confrontation with Polk County sheriff's deputies Monday, the Polk County medical examiner, Dr. Gregory Schmunk, said Friday. Justin Schleuning, 21 died Tuesday from injuries suffered when he was shot with what deputies believed were less-than-lethal munitions, commonly called beanbag rounds. He was fired at by deputies after a three-hour standoff south of Ankeny. Investigators later learned that fatal round was a lethal form of specialty ammunition that is neither stocked nor issued by the A Polk County sheriff's office for use in the field. *An Iowa High School umpire tells the entire crowd to leave the stadium. The game was between Winfield-Mount Union and West Burlington. I guess there was too much bickering going on. About an hour later, the fans were eventually allowed back to watch the game, but they had to have patrolmen present. *Higher gas prices help put Iowa ethanol makers back on their feet. Demand for the biofuel is up, although Iowa producers are still expressing a lot of caution. *Four Iowa students are perfect on ACT exams. This is, of course, the college entrance exam. There were 268 perfect scores in the nation this year. One Iowa lad "Young Seol," had a perfect score and then took it again 7 months later and again got a perfect score. He was from Iowa City. *Des Moines area home sales in May were 4 percent below a year ago, but they were 21 percent above April sales - a sign Iowa's weakened housing market is stabilizing, a Realtors group said. May's average sale price of $182,233 was 10% more than a year earlier. *Congratulations to Charlie Clark and March Pudenz on their announcement of their engagement to be married. *A "Cage fight" to be held in Glidden? Anyway, it is being discussed by the local City Council. More on this later.
*Carroll
Police Chief Jeff Cayler Monday is seeking an
amendment to the city's disorderly house ordinance
that he says will make it easier for authorities to
nab offenders. "We've lost a few of these
cases in court on what we thought were
technicalities," Cayler said. Carroll City
Council members will consider an amendment to the
ordinance Monday at their regular session. The
key part of the re-quested change, which is based on
Ames's ordinance as the university town has a wealth
of experience deal-ing with such properties, expands
the reach of those who can be held responsible under
"duty to control premises." *Iowa to get $517 million dollars, from the Federal Grant Fund, for flood recovery efforts.
*Really sorry to hear
of Norma Conner's health condition. We wish
her the best of luck in her recovery.
Following is an e-mail that I received from Dennis
and Linda Conner:
Dale
just a quick note to inform your readers that Norma
Conner is living at Carroll Health Center. She had
a stroke in March and has been at the health Center
since April.
*A teenager died after he fell down an elevator shaft at an Ames apartment building early Saturday. The 10-year old male plunged seven floors down the shaft at the Legacy Apartments, 119 Stanton Ave.. Ames police said Officers were called to the scene about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He died on the way to the hospital. *Coon Rapids will hold a day of activities as part of Iowa's celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the state. "Agricultural Progress Day" will be Saturday, Aug. 29, according to Doug Carpenter, president of Coon Rapids Development Group, which is coordinating local festivities with Whiterock Conservancy and local organizations. Many national, state and Russian dignitaries are expected to attend.
*Congratulations to Jerry Hargens of Glidden.
He recently received a certificate from Mayor Roger
Hartwigsen. *Iowa reports a 14 percent dip in child abuse during the past year. There were still over 11,000 abused children in Iowa this past year. *The Glidden/Ralston girls softball team starts the season with 4 wins over Prairie Valley, West Central Valley, Rockwell City-Lytton/Southern Cal (lake City) and Madrid. The local boys team did not start out as good. They defeated Exira, but lost to 3 other teams.
*Principal Financial Group eliminated another 220
positions Wednesday, bringing to 945 the number of
jobs that the company has cut since December. *State Revenue in Iowa dips $90 million more than previous estimates. *Deere layoffs, in Iowa, to affect 700 of the 950 employees in Ottumwa. Deere had laid off 900 other employees in the past year. *Did you know that there were 11 movies made in Iowa last year and this year there will be 23 movies made in Iowa?
*A
Scranton man died in a two-car crash Sunday night.
James Paul Walker, 54, driving a 1991 Buick LeSabre,
was northbound on Ivy Avenue, failed to stop at a
stop sign and collided with a westbound 1997 Ford
Probe driven by Hannah Marie Kitt, 18, of Jefferson,
according to the Iowa State Patrol. The
collision was reported at 9:53 p.m. Both vehicles
entered a ditch, and Walker's car rolled over and
caught fire. Walker, who wasn't wearing a seat
belt, was dead at the scene. Kitt, who was
wearing a seat belt, was taken to Greene County
Medical Center in Jefferson by Greene County
Ambulance. *Good news for Glidden farmers! Soybeans surpass $12 and reach nine-month high. Prices are up $3.50 a bushel since March; corn prices are going up too. Corn has gone up another $1.00 a bushel and is now up to $4.46. It is believed that the farmers in the Eastern part of the United States have had problems getting in their crops due to heavy rains and this is bringing up the price for corn and soybeans in Iowa. *DNR says Iowa pheasant season was worst on record. Hunters killed an estimated 383,000 roosters in the fall after a year of bad weather. It is only the second time since 1958 that hunters killed fewer than 500,000. *None of the 4 Glidden/Ralston teams placed higher than 13th place in the Iowa State Track Meet last week-end. However, it was a good track season for the local boys and girls teams. Congratulations.
*Six
Carroll establishments failed alcohol-compliance
checks during an Iowa State Patrol enforcement
project on Saturday. Employees at Drees Oil,
The Club House, Godfather's Pizza, Pizza Hut,
Bloomers and Crossroads Bistro were charged with
selling alcohol to a person under legal age,
according to ISP Lt. Brad Pollard. *Don't forget to sign up the next G/R All-School Reunion. It will be held August 7th at the Lincoln Club (formerly Mr. D's). If you would like more information you could contact: Larry Storesund, 208 s. Idaho St., Glidden, Iowa 51443 (712-659-3682). Or contact Ruth (Gregory) Johnston, 305 Arizona St., Glidden, Iowa 51443 (712-659-3896). Or Phil bushman 220 W. 4th St., Glidden, Iowa 51443 (712-659-9601 gpbushman@mchsi.com
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Glidden Photos:
The photos above were taken at last year's "G/R All-School Reunion." No, I couldn't include names because I didn't know most of them. |
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Did you know this about Glidden? *Former Glidden resident Ralph G. Neppel was a "Medal of honor, winner? He was a leader of a machine-gun squad defending an approach to the village of Birgel, Germany, on Dec. 14th, 1944, when an enemy tank, supported by 20 infantrymen, counterattacked. He held his fire until the Germans were within 100 yards and then racked the foot soldiers beside the tank, killing several of them The enemy armor continued to press forward, and, at the point-blank range of 30 yards, fired a high-velocity shell into the American emplacement, wounding the entire squad. Sergeant Neppel, blown 10 yards from his gun, had one leg severed below the knee and suffered other wounds. Despite his injuries and the danger from the onrushing tank and infantry, he dragged himself back to his position on his elbows, remounted his gun and killed the remaining enemy riflemen. Stripped of its infantry protection, the tank was forced to withdraw. By his superb courage and indomitable fighting spirit, Sergeant Neppel inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy and broke a determined counter attack.
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History of Glidden: The first resident of Glidden and Carroll County (unsettled country in the Iowa territory), was Enos Buttrick. This was in the late 1840's. He had moved up from Missouri to Iowa and traded with the Indians. I guess he lived along the river to the North of what is now Glidden. Glidden was named after a railroad man from Illinois by the last name of Joseph Farwell Glidden. He had spent some time around the area in the late 1860's. He invented "barbed-wire" of which he got a patent on it in 1874 a year after he invented it. Glidden (in year 2,000), had a population of 1,253. The racial make-up was 99.20% white, 0.08% African American, 0.24% Hispanic, 0.32% from 2 or more races, and 0.16% Native Americans. For every 100 females there are 87 males. The median income for a shousehold in the city is $35,333 and gthe median income for a family is $48,026. 51% are German, 10% are Irish, 7% are English, 6% are Danish, 3% are Dutch, 3% are Norwegian, 2% are Swedish, 1% are Scotch Irish, Italian, French or European. It was 1868 that a depot was built in Glidden as was a fire station and a post office. The fire department had 16 volunteers as well as 800 feet of hose to work with. Shortly after that a hotel was built as well as many residences. In 1870 the population was 177. The village of Glidden received the name of an incorporated town on October 2, 1873. J.O. Havens was the first Mayor. The most serius fire in Glidden's history occured on Christmas day, 1883 when nine buildings were destroyed. The fire began in a drug store. Following are a few photos from the early years of Glidden:
Photo 1= 1909 main street, photo 2= 1912 East side of Glidden main street, photo 3= 1890 Glidden Business College, photo 4= 1930's Green Gable Camp, photo 5= Eaqrly 1900's West side of main street, photo 6= Glidden Chautauqua, photo 7= 1868 Glidden depot, photo 8= Glidden Graphic in early years, photo 9= 1868 hotel, photo 10, Late 1860's, photo 11= 1904 burned down, photo 12= 1880??, photo 13= Not sure, photo 14= 1870 Presbyterian Church, photo 15= mid 1890's West side of main street, photos 16 and 17 are two of the earlier "nicer" homes built in Glidden. 18= 1910. 19= Depot. 20= Residencial photo. 21= Residencial photo. 22=Tobacco shop. 23= Hardware. 24= Photo of Charles S Noble, 1840-1920. 25= Nine attractice Glidden gals. 26= Glidden Main Street, 1894. |
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Dale and Janet Tryon Family Slide shows: |
Misc. Slide shows: |
Misc. Glidden Slide-shows: |
Glidden/Ralston All-School Reunions: |
Glidden Memorial Days Celebrations: |
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Lucy Petersen 90th '04
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