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| Cedar County, Iowa |
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 | CLARENCE SESQUICENTENNIAL 1859-2009 Celebrating the Journey June 26, 27 & 28, 2009 |
The committee is grateful to the following people for their help with this book: |
| Congratulations from Officials Town Council Clarence Mayors | -1- |
| Onion Grove | -13- |
| Main Street and Businesses: | -21- |
| Organizations | -65- |
| Clarence Schools | -83- |
| Churches | -93- |
| Century Farms and Homes | -99- |
| Centenarians | -109- |
| Interviews with Clarence Citizens | -115- |
| Where Were You When… | -131- |
| Clarence Through The Years Timeline of 1860-2009 | -141- |
| Past Celebrations of 1933, 1959, and 1984 | -225- |
| Sesquicentennial Celebration 2009 | -245- |
| Congratulations from Officials Town Council Clarence Mayors | 1 |
| Onion Grove: | 13 |
| History of Onion Grove | 15 |
| Plat of Clarence | 16 |
| Map of Clarence | 17 |
| Sister City, Clarence, New York | 18 |
| Letter from New York Library | 19 |
| Main Street and Businesses: | 21 |
| The Lincoln Highway | 23 |
| D. S. Webb & Company, P.C. | 25 |
| Gade Motor Co. | 26 |
| St. John’s Repair Shop | 26 |
| Hunwardsen Construction | 27 |
| Leeper Electric, Plumbing and Heating | 28 |
| Leeper Construction | 28 |
| Bo-Jack’s Tap | 29 |
| Barkley Sales & Service | 29 |
| Bradley L. Norton, Attorney at Law, PLC | 30 |
| Kinion Auto Sales and Service | 31 |
| Wabash Transformer | 32 |
| Clarence Telephone Company – Cedar Communications LLC | 33 |
| Graphix Plus | 34 |
| Bixler Bros. Truck Line | 35 |
| Shirts ‘N’ Stuff | 36 |
| Kelly Video Productions | 37 |
| Clarence Car Wash | 37 |
| Wynkoop Equipment Company | 38 |
| Community State Bank | 39 |
| Niermeyer-Maurer Insurance | 40 |
| Frederick R. Drexler, D.D.S. | 42 |
| Stockyard Auto | 42 |
| Casey’s Store #1447 | 43 |
| Veterinary Medicine in Clarence | 44 |
| Chapman Funeral Homes | 45 |
| Post Office | 46 |
| Early form of mail notification | 47 |
| Post Masters | 47 |
| Kirk Wenndt Realty | 48 |
| The Hair Company | 49 |
| Bookkeeping and Tax Services | 49 |
| Silhouettes, A Women’s Fitness Center | 50 |
| Clarence Family Practice | 50 |
| Artistic Edge Salon | 51 |
| Frahm Shelling and Hauling, Inc. | 51 |
| Janel’s Hair Studio | 52 |
| Kelly Tree Farm | 52 |
| Land O’Lakes Purina Feed | 53 |
| Blake Insurance Agency | 53 |
| Clarence Chiropractic | 54 |
| Fashion Flair | 54 |
| River Valley Cooperative | 55 |
| Dircks and Dircks Law Firm | 56 |
| Winfield Solutions, LLC., Agronomy Service Center | 57 |
| Prime Design Hair Tanning Salon | 58 |
| Motor Inn | 58 |
| Main Street – Then and Now (photos) | 60-62 |
| Did you know????? | 63 |
| Personal Memories and Notes | 64 |
| Organizations | 65 |
| Clarence City Park | 67-68 |
| Little Sister of Lady Liberty | 69 |
| Clarence Jr. H’s 4-H Club | 70 |
| Harmony Hustler’s 4-H Club | 71 |
| Girl Scouts | 72-73 |
| Boy Scouts of America Troop 76 | 74 |
| The Clarence Area Economic Development Group | 74 |
| Edna Zybell Memorial Library | 75 |
| Friends of the Edna Zybell Memorial Library | 76 |
| Clarence Welcome Wagon | 76 |
| American Legion Auxiliary | 77 |
| Clarence Victory Post No. 286 American Legion | 78 |
| Clarence Volunteer Fire Department | 79-80 |
| Clarence Rural Fire Association | 80 |
| Clarence Senior Center | 81 |
| Sunday Night Singles | 82 |
| Clarence Schools | 83 |
| Clarence School History | 85-90 |
| School Songs | 91 |
| Churches | 93 |
| Clarence United Methodist Church | 95-96 |
| St. John’s United Church of Christ | 97-98 |
| Century Farms and Homes List includes Owner, Year Purchased, Award Date | -99- |
| Heritage Farms – Dayton Township | 101 |
| Century Farms – Dayton Township | 101 |
| Century Farms – Fairfield Township | 101 |
| Others with Clarence ties (Massillon and Springfield Twp.) | 101 |
| Robinson Heritage Farm | 102 |
| Clarence Century Homes - 130 years and older List includes year built, address and current resident | 103 |
| Homes 120-129 Years Old | 103 |
| Homes 110-119 years Old | 104 |
| Homes 100-109 years Old | 105 |
| Business buildings List includes date established, address and current owner | 105 |
| Rural Schoolhouses | 107 |
| Personal Memories and Notes | 108 |
| Centenarians | -109- |
| Gertrude Hartwig | 111 |
| Marjorie Miles | 112 |
| Beatrice Penningroth | 113 |
| Ruth Marie Mueller Ruprecht | 114 |
| Interviews with Clarence Citizens | -115- |
| Evelyn Meyer Ibsen | 117 |
| Helen Thies | 118 |
| Frank Fisher, Jr. | 119 |
| J. Robert (Bob) Bunn | 120 |
| Sally (Tacker) Meyer | 121 |
| June (Banks) Rowser | 122 |
| Don (Whitey) Bixler | 123 |
| Bernice Phillips | 123 |
| Merlin Hulse | 124 |
| George H. Utley, M. D. | 125-126 |
| Alyce Weatherwax | 126 |
| Paul Chapman, Sr. | 127 |
| Edwin Decker, Sr. | 128-129 |
| Personal Memories and Notes | 130 |
| Where Were You When… | -131- |
| Where were you on December 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor Day? | 133 |
| Elda Licht | 133 |
| Florence Bachman | 133 |
| Frank Fisher Jr. | 133 |
| Midge Pruess | 133 |
| Myrl Edler | 133 |
| Ronnie Armstrong | 133 |
| Rosalyn Bergmann | 133 |
| Lloyd Hasselbusch | 133 |
| George Hoffner | 133 |
| Where were you the day JFK was assassinated on November 24, 1963? | 134 |
| Vern Schroeder | 134 |
| Ruth Horman | 134 |
| Doris Kemmann | 134 |
| JoAnn Wenndt | 134 |
| Pike Hasselbusch | 134 |
| Dean Claney | 134 |
| Robert Dircks | 134 |
| Robert Miller | 134 |
| Dorothy Russell | 134 |
| Kris Plueger | 134 |
| Where were you when the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster occurred? January 28, 1986 | 135 |
| Kevin Kelly | 135 |
| Cindy Buck | 135 |
| Mike Blake | 135 |
| Bryan Schroeder | 135 |
| Ryan Mostaert | 135 |
| Kim Venner | 136 |
| Jen VanOort | 136 |
| Marge Christopherson | 136 |
| Where were you on September 11, 2011? | 137 |
| Brian Bergmann | 137 |
| Bricen Krafock | 137 |
| Cale Pruess | 137 |
| Chris Williams | 137 |
| Craig Irons | 137 |
| Dave Shinker | 138 |
| Duane Stonerook | 138 |
| How Did You Survive the Ice Storm of 2007? February 24-25, 2007 | 138 |
| Kim Geadelmann, dairy farmer | 138 |
| Rod and Julie Kress | 138 |
| Mavis Johnson, Clarence Nursing Home Administrator | 138 |
| Bob Ibsen, Rural Mail Carrier | 138 |
| Wilbert Wendt, farmer | 138 |
| Judy Wulff, dairy farmer | 139 |
| Randy Burken, Clarence Fire Chief | 139 |
| Brittani Bixler, North Cedar Sophomore | 139 |
| Karen and Lavern Schwien, farmers | 139 |
| Clarence Through The Years Timeline of 1860-2009 | -141- |
| Past Celebrations of 1933, 1959, and 1984 | -225- |
| Sesquicentennial Celebration 2009 | -245- |
| Schedule of Events, June 26, 27 & 28 | -250- |
| Celebrating the Journey Pageant Program | -251- |