Attic Files

70 Years Ago
The Riverside Leader
Thursday, January 5, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Dautremont were hosts to the Whist Club Monday night. High score prizes went to Mrs. Wm. Knebel and Wm. Griffin. The consolation prizes were drawn by Miss Matilda Wieland and John Knittell, while the traveling prize went to Mrs. Ed Bushek.
M. J. Wilkinson this week was preparing rooms at the rear of the upstairs of his store building and they, will be used by Dr. Leo Homan.
Bob and Connie Deatsch, Riverside’s cowboy singeres, will go to Des Moines on Saturday to make one of their appearances in teh WHO Barn Dance Frolic broadcast.
Mrs. Dora Mechling Woodward, daughter of Riverside’s first storekeeper, and now resident of Ramona, California, is nin Reiveside visiting or the first time in 50 years. Among Mrs. Woodward’s posssessions is a treasured photo of her father’s store on Riverside’s main street. The picture Mrs. Woodward and Mrs. Anna Kern, at present her hostess, was taken about 1872. One may read above the store, the sign “Beardlesy and Mechling.” The store stood where the bank is now located. Mrs. Woodward says her father hauled the lumber from Lone Tree to build it. That was just before the railraod was built into Riverside.
The Riverside Basketball Team will swing into action Friday night at Conesvile, after a two weeks’ layoff. Both teams are undefeated in conference play and the game should prove to be a bang-up contest. Both girls’ teams will meet with clean recods and the winner will go into undisputed possesion of the league lead.
Farmers School News: Three children have returned their dental cards: Jerome Shnoebelen, Francis Schnoebelen, Lella Schnoebelen, Edwin Schnoebelen, Maxine Nicoa, LeRoy O’Conner, Kathleen O’Conner and Joan O’Conner. Who will be next? We also have a new pencil sharperner, a new globe and two new pictures.
Kindergarten News: Oh! was the only words that could be heard from the different children as they saw the things Santa had left them. Nancy Luckey received a pocket book, sweater, scarf and dress; Betty Smola, a new dress, stove, Happy doll and dishes; Jimmie Scott a knife, whistle flashlight, color book, story book, and tool chest.
Feed prices have been very firm, especially cooncentrates, and we believe they have not reached the top. Buy now and protect yourself against another advance. The following are good buys today: Morton’s No. 4 Stock Salt, $.75; Bran, $.95; Gray Shorts, $1.20; Sargent’s Minral Meat Meal, $3.35; Quaker Hog Feed Balancer, $2. 50; Sugared Schmuacher, $1.40; Buttermilk in 500 lb. barrels, $2.35.

50 Years Ago
The Riverside News and Shopper
Thursday, January 1, 1959
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jameison and family spent from Wednesday afternoon until Saturday ta the Harvey Crowder home in Chesterfield, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schneider were hosts at a pre-Christmas dinner at their home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yeggy are the parents of a five lb. one ounce girl born December 24 at Mercy Hospital. Maternal and paternal grandparents respectively are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rummelhart and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Yeggy both of Riverside.
Chick Hamilton, student at S.U.I. is attending the New Year’s football game in the Rose Bowl. He made the trip on a student train.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Cherwinker spent Christmas day at the home of Myrtle Chance in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Shalla drove to Cedar Rapids Wednesday where they heled their grandson celerate his 14th birthday Christmas eve. They remained at the Royal Sommers home for Christmas dinner.

44 Years Ago
The Riverside News and Shopper
Thursday, January 7, 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Havel and daughter Eileen reported that they are well pleased with the results of teir Christmas lighting display and organ music. They report that 750 cars, many of them loaded, on the first night of the display, drove by the farm to see the lights and hear the Christmas music being played each evening by Eileen on her electric organ. 1,000 cars passed by on another night with many of the persons coming to the Havel home to compliment them.

10 Years Ago
The Riverside Current
Friday, January 8, 1999
If you have a Christmas tree out early on Saturday morning they will be picked up at no charge to the owner.
The Riverside council at the close of their meting discussed sledding on St. Mary’s hill. On council input, Kevin Schnoebelen brought up the subject. He said kids were sledding down other streets that were more travelled and thought maybe the city could just not grade the upper part. “We always complain about the kids getting into trouble but they have nothing to do,” said Schnoebelen. Aftern much discussion, the consensus of the council was to not lime the top of the hill so kids could sled. Lime will be spread at the bottom to slow them down.
Cil Strabala is a starting guard on the 1998-99 Iowa Wesleyan College women’s basketball team. Strabala, a gracduate of Highland High School, is averaging a team high 12.8 pionts for the 5-9 Tigers and head coach Jacki Sapp. THe 5-foot-5 Srabala has a team-best 19 3-poiners and is shooting 65.4% from the foul line (34-52). Strabala ha collecte 42 reboudns, 25 streals, and 18 assists. She has also been selected to two all-tournament teams this season. Strabala is the daughter of Phyllis Strabala of Riverside and John Strabala.
After a several week job of cleaning corn left over from combining on the Bud and Mildred Thomann farm south of Riverside, the Red Angus herd head for home, again passing through Riverside before turning west and north another three miles. Commuters who use the city parking lot Monday through Friday are sure to apppreciate the herd of 50 “passing on by” leaving nary a trace.
Winter is here! Snow and below zero temperatures hit Riverside and most of the midwest the New Year’s Eve and continued into 1999. It was reported that 14 inches fell in Riverside with drifting snow causing hazardous driving adn cancellations of churches and schools. Wind chills were reported as low as -39 in some areas making it difficult for the snowmobile lovers to hit the trails.