10 YEARS AGO

SEPT. 28, 2006

Ralph Utterbach, Toledo, died Sept. 17 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

T.R. McWhirter died Sept. 15 at his home.

David W. Oelschlager, 33, Lincoln, died Sept. 16 at Covenant Medical Center.

Mr. & Mrs. Rich Winterroth will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 6.

Holy Family capital campaign kick off Sunday Oct. 1 in Reinbeck.

Eldora Chain of Life event set for Sunday.

20 YEARS AGO

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30 YEARS AGO

OCT. 2, 1986

Shirley Billerbeck received a vase for winning “Novice of the Year” at the l986 Cattle Congress for her flower arrangements.

A counter law suit has been filed in Grundy Co. District Court by a Grundy Center bank against a farm couple who earlier had sued the bank charging that suit in an alleged “sham & form extortion” in an attempt to avoid payment of $340,662. The defendants are Geraldine DeVries and her husband Eldon as well as her 5 children by a previous marriage.

40 YEARS AGO

OCT. 7, 1976

The new Jack & Jill Food Center and the new Robertdale Furniture will stage a joint grand opening.

Mrs. Noel Bern of Reinbeck was the winner of a 23″ black & white Zenith T.V. at Richard Stephenson’s Electric City open house.

Dan Bicket bagged his first deer along Black Hawk Creek.

Reinbeck voters approve $495,000 bond issue for a new water facility by 81%.

Lloyd Davis was named to Nutrena President’s Club at a recent Nutrena sales convention held in Chicago.

Rosemary Miller & Thomas Lang of Grundy Center, were married Sept. 25.

Al Cheeseman, Standard Oil jobber, is retiring after 20 years of service.

50 YEARS AGO

OCT. 6, 1966

Reinbeck Homecoming plans set for Oct. 6-7.

Workmen are busy constructing a year around swimming pool at the Fred Strohbehn farm.

Mary Fulkerson and Roger Diehm were married on Sept. 24.

Marion Miller has been elected vice-president of the freshmen class at Upper Iowa College in Fayette.