"I will try to keep this up-dated with Iowa and Carroll County news. I will try to post something every other day or so. Maybe check it each week and you will be up-to-date on everything. Please help me out by sending me "news" items or photos and I will put it on this web site. This web site is depending on you. We do need the news! To send me news just, CLICK HERE . Thanks for helping out....." Dale Tryon

Texas Limo?

Must be a "redneck?"

Photos from the recent G/R All-School Reunion:

"Amazing facts:"

*Starfish have 8 eyes - one at the end of each leg.

*In Eastern South Africa, scientists have found traces of blue-green algae dating back 3,800 million years. This is some of the earliest evidence of life on Earth.

*Sequoia National park contains the largest living tree. Its trunk is 102 feet in circumference.

*All Polar bears are left handed.

*It would take 29 million years for a car traveling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.

*The Pentagon has 284 restrooms. Hey, I've used one. Several years when Glidden resident, Don Blinn, worked there he gave us a guided tour through the Pentagon.

"I Am Puzzled Section:"

*Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" Make the unexpected expected?

*Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

*Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean the opposite thing?Iowa landed $84.1 million in federal flood mitigation grants Thursday, the largest award of the any state in the nation.

*Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

*Why is bra singular and panties plural?

*Why are they called "stands" when we are already "sitting?"

Latest news:

*DRAKE FOOTBALL: Wow, leave it to these Iowa teams to come up with innovative ideas. Drake will play a group of Mexican all-stars, in football, in Africa next year. It will be the first football game ever played in Africa.

*IOWA RAINFALL: The rainfall in Iowa this summer totaled 26.61 inches of rain. This puts it into second place for most rain during June, July and August. The record was in 1993 when we received 26.83 inches of rain.

*NATIONAL FARM SHOW: Dekalb, Illinois and Ames, Iowa take turns hosting the National Farm Show. This year it was held on a farm about 5 miles West of Ames, close to highway #30. About 300,000 are predicted to visit the show. Unfortunately, 4 inches of rain fell on the second day of the show. It is a three day show. You farmers out there might enjoy the photos, below, that were taken at the show. The first three photos are of "big bud", which is the largest tractor in the world. It has 750 horse-power and was originally built for a cotton farmer for deep tilling. No, that is not me in the photos.

*IOWA FOOTBALL: The Big X now has 12 teams and they have been divided into two divisions: The West division will consist of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska and Northwestern. The East division will consist of Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.

*CANCER CLAIMS BASKETBALL LEADERS: Former Iowa basketball coach, Sharm Scheuerman passed away recently of cancer. He was the coach in the late 50's and early 60's. Former UNI basketball coach, Jim Berry also passed away this week with cancer. He coached in the early 80's.

*VOLLEYBALL: The Glidden/Ralston girls volleyball team lost to Iowa Christian Academy, 25-16, 25-11 and 25-22.

*SARAH PALIN: Plans to come to Iowa to campaign for others. Her scheduled political trip to Iowa this month marks a shift from near silence in the leadoff presidential nominating state to the kind of outreach common amount White House prospects. Palin's plan to headline the Iowa Republican party's annual fall fundraiser on Sept. 17 is solely to help raise money for the state party's candidates, the former Alaska governor's aides said.

*LOWE'S LOOKING VERY HARD AT CARROLL: But development official says home-improvement company needs more incentives or project is dead. A top official with a North Carolina development-and construction company involved with sitting over 200 Lowe’s stores nationwide said this morning the home- improvement Goliath won’t come to Carroll without more financial incentives from the city.

*EGG INDUSTRY: On Monday, the egg plants in Iowa were blaming consumers, critics say. According to the Iowa folks, if the eggs were cooked well done, there would never be a problem. They on Tuesday, The FDA details numerous violations at the egg plants. Investigators found mice, infestations of flies and numerous other unsanitary conditions that caused the salmonella outbreak.

*CY-HAWK AWARD: Next week will be the start of the "Cy-Hawk" series between ISU and Iowa U. Hy-Vee hands out a big trophy each year to the school that receives the most points. Two points are award for a victory in basketball, two for football and one for each other sport. This has been going on for 4 years and so far each school had bragging rights for two years. It has been Iowa, ISU, Iowa and ISU in that order. Last week at the Iowa State Fair I had a chance to admire the trophy which was at the ISU booth in the Industrial building.

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*METH LAB EXPLOSION: A 30-unit Apartment building in South Des Moines on Saturday. It was completely destroyed and was caused by a Meth Lab Explosion.

*GRADUATION RATES: Did you know that ISU ranked 7th in the country for Student-Athlete graduation rates. Boston College, Stanford, Northwestern and Duke were the top 4. ISU ranks in first place in Big XII for graduation rate.

*FOOTBALL THIS WEEK: ISU hosts Northern Illinois on Thursday and Iowa hosts Eastern Illinois on Saturday.

*SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCE: A Lidderdale man who embezzled $81,385 from his family’s farm business received a suspended prison sentence Monday. Mark Oliver Wenck, 30, had pleaded guilty to stealing checks, forging signatures on them and cashing and depositing them at his bank. The thefts from Wenck Farms occurred between June 2009 and April. An article from the Carroll Herald.

*Someone gave me the 100th anniversary coin for Glidden and Scranton. My wife is from Scranton. I was really happy to receive these as I never saw them before. To the left you can see both the Merle Hay side of the coin. Guess it is a 50 cent coin. The date on the coin is July 5th, 1967.

*BIG VICTORY: Can a team score over 70 points in one game. Well, the Glidden/Ralston 8-man football opened their season, Friday, with a 71 to 7 victory over Grandview Park Baptist of Des Moines . I hope this means the local team is going to have a great season. Congratulations guys, keep up the good work. In another game of local interest, Carroll Kuemper upset Carroll High 33 to 24.

*CHURCH: Church mission trips aren’t intended to be fun, and Grace Baptist of Glidden’s recent week at Blytheville, Ark., was no exception. Eleven Youth Group members from Grace Baptist and four chaperones worked their tails off at New Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.

VOLLEYBALL: The Glidden/Ralston volleyball team is looking for big things this year. They have 8 eight letter winners returning, of which two of the gals made an all-conference selection. They are Junior Jaycie David who was a second team choice and junior Jordan Bock who made honorable mention.

*BIG DONATION TO THE TOWN OF CARROLL: It was several years ago that the NBA Professional basketball team, the Minnesota Lakers, had an emergency landing at the Carroll airport. The Minnesota team recently gave $250,000, to the City of Carroll, for helping the ball team out on that day.

*GRANT MONEY: Iowa landed $84.1 million in Federal flood mitigation grants Thursday, the largest award of any state in the nation.

*SALMONELLA BACTERIA FOUND IN FEED: Federal investigators have found salmonella bacteria in hen feed and on two of seven Iowa egg farms linked to an outbreak that has sickened at least 1,470 people.

*IOWA FORECLOSURES HIT NEW HIGH: Iowa foreclosure rate rose to 2.82 percent in the second quarter from 2.49 percent a year earlier and 2.77 percent in the first quarter. The U.S. foreclosure rate is 4.57 percent.

*OLD PHOTOS: I always enjoy viewing old photos. They bring back a lot of great memories. I came across the photo to the left. In 1950 the Glidden High School baseball team finished second in the Iowa State Tournament, which was held in Mason City. We were defeated by Davenport in the finals. When the players returned to Glidden they were met with a caravan of cars of at least 3 miles long. Then the community held a welcoming party on main street. To the left is a photo of this event. I purposely put it on the web page, a little larger than normal, so you see how many folks that you might recognize. I think I could recognize about 20 of these folks, especially my classmates. After you have clicked on the small photo and have made it bigger, you can click on it again to make it even bigger.

*4-H WINNERS: Congratulations to the Pottroff's. I'm told that between Beth Pottroff and Matthew Pottroff, of Glidden, they came away from the Iowa State Fair with 7 blue ribbons.

*NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS: There will be three new members for Glidden/Ralston this year. They are Carl Anderson, agriculture, who had previously taught out-of-state. Tom Reiter will be taking over Doyle Hunts duties as Head of Transportation. He had dont similar duties at Carroll Kuemper and Ar-We-Va. Lindsay Snyder will be responsible for elementary special education. She is a graduate of UNI. Article from Glidden Graphic.

*WATER TOWER: The Glidden water is getting a new paint job for the inside of the tower. This is done every 15 to 20 years.

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*JIM MOORE: Jim Moore's wife, Gay, has been sending me daily up-dates on Jim's condition. Jim had a portion of his leg removed a week or so ago and finally is showing some improvement. He is eating better now, his spirits are up and he has been having less pain each day. Keep up the good work Jim. Jim was with the 1954 class of Ames, but I think he moved away from Glidden a year or two before this date.

*GOOD NEWS FOR GLIDDEN: Carroll County and its cities have received a total of $745,000 in funding through Gov. Chet Culver’s state economic-stimulus program known as I-Jobs. The biggest beneficiary in the I-Jobs program locally is Glidden, which received $287,500 for a storm-water project.

*ISU FOOTBALL: As most of you know "football" has been a big part of my life. Now that I'm no longer coaching football, I've become a big fan of the Iowa State Cyclones. This is a natural since we live in Ames. Not only do we attend the home games, we also attend a few of the4 away games. The practices are "closed" to the public, but I've been fortunate that head coach, Paul Rhoads, has given me a permanent pass to watch the practices. I feel a little guilty, as sometimes I'm the only one watching the practice. To the left are photos of me with head coach Paul Rhoads and our starting quarterback, Austin Arnaud. Look for a big year from Arnaud as he has started the last three years and is a senior this year.

*TWO DIE IN WELL: Guthrie County authorities are awaiting autopsy results for a rural Coon Rapids couple who were apparently overcome by toxic gas in a water well on Saturday. Jamie Eyberg, 36, went to check or work in a well across the street from his home at 1675 Chestnut Road sometime Saturday afternoon or evening, according to Guthrie County Sheriff Marty Arganbright. Ann Eyberg, 34, found her husband unresponsive in the well and called 911 about 8:30 p.m. Arganbright said Ann Eyberg apparently entered the well to help her husband and was overcome too.

*BOB LARSH: Former Glidden resident, Bob Larsh, passed away Tuesday. He was 98. According to Bob's son, Lanny, Bob's wife, Marybelle has advanced dementia and at this point doesn't comprehend that Bob is gone. I'm really sorry to hear of Bob's passing. I remember the Larsh's quite well. They were wonderful people. That is really something for the husband and wife to live such a long life. The couple lives in Glidden for 55 years until 1999 when they moved to Las Vegas. They owned and operated a garage and gas station on Highway #30.

*G/R FOOTBALL BEGINS: The Glidden/Ralston High School 8-man football team will begin play this up-coming Friday at Grandview Park Baptist in Des Moines. The first home game will be Friday, September 3 against Newell-Fonda.

*IOWA STATE FAIR: Yesterday, my wife and I attended the Iowa State Fair. We attend this fair each year. Needless to say we had a good time. The food was great, as always. The temperature was a perfect 80 degrees. The Iowa State Fair is the oldest, longest running and most popular State Fair in the Country. Over one million attend this Fair each year. It did not open only two years. In 1898, The World's Fair was held in Omaha and they didn't want to compete with them and it was also the time of the Spanish-American War. It also closed in 1942 because of World War ll. I purchased a new Sony digital camera and took several photos at the Fair with it. They turned out great. If interested, you can see a slide-show that I made of the 2010 Iowa State Fair. Just CLICK HERE .

*TROUBLES MOUNT FOR IOWA EGG FIRM: "Wright County Egg," part of a company that has a history of legal problems, expands a salmonella-recall. A recall first announced last week was expanded Wednesday to 380 million eggs. Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella out break linked to eggs in three states and possible more. The most complaints have come from California and others have came in from Illinois and Minnesota. Surely, more states will follow? Law suits have already come about.

*JOHN DEERE PROFITS: Deere & Co., Iowa's largest manufacturer, reported a 47 percent increase in earnings Wednesday, but still disappointed investors with a gloomy forecast for its European sales.

*SAD NEWS: I received the following message this week. "Dale, I thought you would might not have heard of the passing of 29 year old Lance McNaught, son of Harley and grandson of Jean McNaught. He was a wrestler with the WWE in San Antonio and passed away at the home of his father from heart failure. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Funeral services will be Thursday in San Antonio. Very sad news."

*IOWAN'S AGAIN SCORE GREAT ON ACT'S: Iowa again ranks second in the Nation. Members of Iowa's Class of 2010 left high school better prepared for college than their predecessors, and their ACT scores remained second highest in the country among states that test more than half their students, a new report shows.

*IOWA CITY FOOTBALL TAILGATING: University of Iowa tailgating activities in school parking lots and ramps this year must end two hours after the football game's conclusion, and drinking must cease within one hour of the end of the game, according to new rules unveiled Monday.

*NEWTON RACE TRACK: This has been a very popular race track. They are the only race track that conducts National races that has had a sell-out every time they had a race. This year they were given a National Race and next year, it was announced that they would get two National races. The photo to the left is of the Newton Speedway.

*BAD CAR WRECK: A couple of days ago there was a terrible car wreck on Interstate #80, just East of Des Moines. A mini-van with 7 occupants was going East and crossed the mid-line and hit head on with a couple in the West bound car. Six people were killed.

Following is a list of Glidden folks that have passed away in year 2010:

Melvin Petersen, 85 Gidvert "Goodie" Goodmanson III, 90 Mildred Mabel Stuhr, 89

Eva Mae Heuton, 80 Robert G. Hulsing, 87 Lucille Mariam Petersen, 95

Danny Wiederin, 55 Fawn Lappe, 85 Dorthea Larraine Lauridsen, 85

Gerald "Jerry" Bender,70 Jennine (M Brewer) Johnson, 75 Dawn Marie Genter-Ashby, 35

David Beverly Haselton, 87 Jane Jacobson Franzwa, 94 Bernice Francis "Bobbie" Squires,86

Donald D. Janssen, 68 Lowell Howard Johnson, 60 Doris Turner, 94

Helen Heuton Brookbank, Gladys Berger, 80 Duane Douglas Prill, 79

Eula Bender, 98 Lorraine Louise Clark, 87 Wanda Lou (Dingman) Stephenson, 71

Mildred Louise Heuton, 89 Nadine Lindsay, 91 Helene Schoenherr, 86

Lewis Hamilton Rich, 83 Mary B Fleshner, 89 Lance McNaught, 29

Bob Larsh, 98

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.

*Did you know that Glidden once had a college in town? To the left you can see an early photo of the "Business College," that was in business from 1890 to 1901. I think this photo was taken in the early 1900's. The building was located in the block where Joe Herman and Jim Platt lived. Tuition was $5.00 per term and students could stay in local residences for around $9.00 a month. The building was later used as a High School until the existing one was built in 1922.

*Did you know that Brig General Paul W. Tibbets, who flew the B-29 plane that bombed Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 had Glidden ties? His mother was from Glidden and her first name was Enola Gay. This is the reason that the plane was named Enola Gay. Of course she was a member of the Haggard family of Glidden.

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.

The Glidden school system was started in 1868 and in 1957 Ralston joined the school system and it is now know as the Glidden-Ralston School System.

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 serious fire in Glidden's history occurred 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.

Dale and Janet Tryon Family Slide shows:

Misc. Slide shows:

Misc. Glidden Slide-shows:

Glidden/Ralston All-School Reunions:

Glidden Memorial Days Celebrations:

Lucy Petersen 90th '04

Trip to West Point 2005

State Fair, 2005

50th Anniversary,2006

Lucy Petersen 92nd '06

Adventureland+Fair,'06

2006 Tryon X-mas