Monthly Meeting and Election - November 18, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association was held Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Items discussed included:

• The Slater Area Historical Association presentation by Amy Yoakum on the Cemeteries of Story County
• The microfilm reader-printer has been received and installed in the Cambridge Library. A different computer is required to make it fully operational.
• Mayor Scott DeYoung has requested our help in designing a sign for the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail from Cambridge to Maxwell.
  
• Election of officers for 2009.

The officers elected were:

• Wayne Messer - co-president
• Don Erickson - co-president
• Florence Wheeler - treasurer
• Julie Erickson - secretary
• Joyce Williams - director
• Val Moore - Director
  

The next regular meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at 7 p.m.

Monthly Meeting - October 21, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association was held Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Among the items discussed were:

• Memorials for long time supporters of the Cambridge Historical Association.
• Larry Purvis gave us a wooden model of the old Cambridge water tower which was recently taken down. These are also available for purchase from Larry.
• The American Legion has requested our help preparing a list of veterans buried in the Cambridge Cemetery.
• Florence Wheeler and Wayne Messer represented Cambridge at a meeting of the Story County Historical Societies with the Story County Supervisors. We reported on our accomplishments this year and heard what other groups are doing. This was followed by a tour of the Roland Museum.
• Arlen Twedt of the Central Iowa Norwegian Project sent us a transcript of a news item from The Story County Representative, July 6, 1870, describing the 4th of July celebration and town of Cambridge, Iowa, at the time.

The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 7 p.m. It will include election of officers for the coming year.

Monthly Meeting - September 16, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association was held Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Because we did not have a quorum, a formal meeting was not held. We did note a request from John Stow of the American Legion for help in listing the veterans buried in the Cambridge area cemeteries. Also, the Slater Area Historical Society is having a presentation by Amy Yoakum on "Cemeteries of Story County", October 23rd. The remainder of the meeting was used as a work session checking obituaries, email requests, and indexing.

The next regular meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 7 p.m.

Cambridge Iowa Newspapers

The local newspaper in Cambridge Iowa had a number of name changes in its history. These changes are described in our first book on page 73. A summary of the name changes for your reference:

• Cambridge Independent was a weekly begun June 7, 1881. It lasted a few months.
• Cambridge Reporter started publication April 27, 1882.
• Cambridge Argus followed.
• Cambridge Herald published Vol. 1, No. 1 on February 27, 1885.
• Cambridge Garland started August 2, 1887.
• Cambridge Press appeared in 1893.
• Cambridge Chronicle was in 1895.
• Cambridge Dispatch 1896.
• Cambridge Phoenix began in 1903.
• Cambridge Leader 1905.
• Cambridge Clipper 1906.
• Cambridge Leader 1906 to March 1972.

Since then the Tri-County Times has carried weekly news of Cambridge.

Microfilm of most of the Cambridge newspapers is available in the Cambridge Memorial Library and at the State Historical Society of Iowa.

[Updated 4-11-2010 with new Tri-County Times link.  Updated 11-10-2016 with new Tri-County Times link.]

Monthly Meeting - August 19, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association was held Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Among the topics discussed were:

• Don and Julie Erickson and Wayne Messer attended the initial CHAT Meeting for region 5 at the Boone Historical Society on July 30. This is an opportunity for the cultural, historic, and arts groups to work together. Our region, one of 13 in the state, is the 8 counties around Boone county. Cyndi Pederson, the head of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, is leading the creation of these teams (CHAT is Culture History Arts Team) to raise the profile of these industries.
  
• Book sales of our new book, Cambridge, Iowa 150 Years of Education in Cambridge and Union Township, Story County, Iowa, continued. The schools and libraries which should receive a copy of this book, the same ones which have our first book, were discussed.
• The history of current and former Cambridge, Iowa organizations are topics that may need further development. We discussed the Legion Auxiliary, the Bucket Brigade (a fire company auxiliary), Jaycees, and Eastern Star. Are there other organizations which should be added?
• We received a Buland Specials ad from Nels Nord of the Huxley Historical Society. Thank you for this ad from an early Cambridge store. It is now on display in the Cambridge Historical Association.
  

The next regular meeting will be held Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at 7 p.m.

Monthly Meeting - July 15, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association was held Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Because we did not have a quorum, a formal meeting was not held. We discussed the continuing sales of our new book, Cambridge, Iowa 150 Years of Education in Cambridge and Union Township, Story County, Iowa. A work session by the members present updated our obituaries index, hung the Mason presiding officer pictures we recently received, and examined the indexing of our books contents.

The next regular meeting will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at 7 p.m.

Expanded Table of Contents for Second Book Available

Our second book, Cambridge, Iowa 150 Years of Education in Cambridge and Union Township, Story County, Iowa, now has an expanded table of contents available. This contains the subject headings and subheadings for each chapter and the dates for photographs. As an example, the entries for chapter three are:

Cambridge Class Pictures 15

* 1912 CHS Sophomore Class - 15
* Circa 1890 - 16
* Cambridge Classes from Around the Turn of the Century - 17
* Cambridge Classes from the Teens - 18
* Grades 1-4, Cambridge, Iowa around 1913-1914 -19
* Two pictures probably from around the 1920's - 20
* Two pictures from 1919 - 22
* First Grade Class, 1926-1927 - 23
* First Primary Class, Date Unknown - 23
* 1933-1934 Cambridge High School - 24
* 1933-1934 First Grade - 24
* 1933-1934 Cambridge Junior High - 25
* 1933-1934 Cambridge Second and Third Grades - 25
* 1936 High School - 26
* 1935 Elementary - 26
* 1936-1937 Sophomore Class - 27
* 1935-1936 6-7-8 Grades - 27
* 1935-1936 4-5 Grades - 28
* Class Photo, ca. 1950 - 28
* 1946-1947 High School - 29
* 1948-1949 High School - 29
* 1955-1956 Junior High - 30
* Shop Class 1955 - 30
* Home EC Class 1955 - 30

The subjects of the chapters are:

Cambridge High School 1
Ballard 11
Cambridge Class Pictures 15
Activities 31
Senior Pictures 47
Cambridge Graduates 91
Cambridge Teachers 95
Country Schools 103
Country School Teachers 125

The expanded table of contents is similar to that created for our first book (see its expanded table of contents).