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Lester Sorenson, who is employed by the Tillotson Construction Co. at Stromsburg, Nebr., spent the weekend in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Sorenson and family.
Pomeroy (Iowa) Herald, November 18, 1954
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December 1950: Tillotson Construction’s Jess Weiser weds Lavonne Wiemers in Palmer, Iowa
Miss Lavonne Wiemers, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Wiemers, and Jess Weiser, son of O.S. Weiser of El Reno, Oklahoma, were married Friday evening, Dec. 22, in St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Palmer, the Rev. R. Wagner performing the ceremony.
Miss Darlene Wiemers was maid of honor, and bridesmaids were Mrs. Kendall Peterson of Fonda and Mrs. George Mart of Estherville, all sisters of the bride, and Miss Norma Schoon of Palmer, friend of the bride.
Flower girl was Janet Peterson, and ring bearer was Tommy Mart, nephew of the bride.
Roger Osborne and George Christian served as attendants to the bridegroom. Ushers were Paul Wiemers and Kendall Peterson.
Following the ceremony a reception was held at the Palmer Legion hall for 75 guests.
Mrs. Weiser, a graduate of Palmer high school, has been employed in Palmer. The bridegroom graduated from Yukon, Okla., high school and served in the Air Transport Command for three years. He is employed by the Tillotson Construction Co. Mr. and Mrs. Weiser will make their home in Storm Lake.
Pomeroy (Iowa) Herald, January 11, 1951
Maxine Carter leaves Tillotson Construction to wed
Miss Maxine Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Carter of Corning, Iowa, and Russell L. Bentley, so of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bentley of Marathon, Iowa, were united in marriage Saturday morning, October 8, by Rev. C.D. Reed, in the First Methodist church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Miss Catherine Dakir of Omaha, Nebraska, was bridesmaid, and William LePine, also of Omaha, Nebr., was best man.
The bride wore a toast color suit with green accessories. Her corsage was light pink roses tinted with brown. The groom wore a dark blue suit.
The bride was a graduate of Corning high school in 1948, then attended Commercial Extension Business College in Omaha, Nebr., graduating in April, 1949. She was then employed as secretary to the Tillotson Construction Company of Omaha until the 7th of October.
The groom graduated from Marathon high school in 1947, then attended National Railroad School in Omaha, graduating in July, 1949. He is now with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad.
The couple are waiting until the groom gets his first vacation for their honeymoon.
We extend our sincere congratulations to the newly weds.
Adams County (Iowa) Free Press, Oct. 13, 1949
Tillotson Construction needs workers in Dike, Iowa
Construction Workers Needed
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
START IMMEDIATELY
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$50 PER WEEK
WORK TO LAST
SIX WEEKS TO TWO MONTHS
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Waterloo Daily Courier, September 6, 1948
Settling and cracking leads to suit against Tillotson Construction
Dayton—Farmers Elevator Company has filed suit in federal court at Fort Dodge, Iowa, asking $92,120 from Tillotson Construction Co., Omaha, Neb.
The cooperative also is seeking a court order for the removal by the construction firm of a new 150,000-bushel elevator at Dayton. An alternate request included in the petition asks that if the court does not grant the damages and order the structure removed, that it should determine amount needed to place elevator in condition to conform with the contract between the companies and to grant that amount to the Dayton cooperative.
The petition charges that “due to faulty plans and construction the elevator is unsafe for use and in dangerous condition and is liable at any time to collapse.” The elevator was completed in September 1954 and less than a month later “settled, cracked and broke in numerous places,” the Dayton company alleges in the petition.
At the time the elevator was found to be damaged it was loaded with 110,000 bushels of corn and 30,000 bushels of beans.
Farmers’ Elevator Guide, v.48-50, 1953-55 p. 61
130-foot fall claims Larry Ryan’s life in Pochahontas, Iowa
Worker Is Killed in Fall From Elevator
Pochahontas, Iowa –(AP)–A 130-foot fall from the top of the Farmers Co-operative Elevator, under construction here, claimed the life Wednesday of Larry Ryan, 20, of Cassville, Mo.
Ryan, an employe of Tillotson Construction Co., Omaha, was operating a hoist used to raise supplies to the top of the elevator. Cause of the accident was not immediately learned.
Thursday, July 29, 1954
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Edward Koppes injured in fall at Bonner Springs, Kansas
Injured in Fall (The Sun’s Own Service)
Hanover, Kans., Jan. 28—Edward Koppes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Koppes of Hanover, received a fractured right hip and right arm when he fell 20 feet from the roof to a concrete floor of a grain elevator which he was helping to build at Bonner Springs, Kans., on Jan. 19. He was taken to a Kansas City hospital. He is an employee of the Tillotson Construction company.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1948
Wayne Baker, 23, dies after falling from scaffold
Wayne Baker Funeral Rites Monday P.M.
Funeral services for Wayne Baker, 23, Swanburg, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Faith Lutheran church at Swanburg.
Baker was killed in Estill, S.C., when he fell 100 feet when a scaffold on which he was working broke.
Baker was employed by the Tillotson Construction company, Omaha, Neb., and was working on a grain elevator at the time of the accident.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Abe Baker, Swanburg.
Brainerd (Minn.) Daily Dispatch
March 22, 1952
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Tillotson Construction wins contract to rebuild in Hawarden, Iowa
Elevator Contract Awarded
New Structure to Replace Building Which Burned Last Fall
The Tillotson Construction Company of Omaha was awarded the contract Monday evening by the E.R. Lambertson estate for the erection of a new grain elevator on the North Western railway right-of-way to replace the structure which was destroyed by fire last September.
The new elevator is to be approximately the same size as the old structure. It will be 26×28 feet in size with a 14-foot driveway and will have a capacity for approximately 20,000 bushels of grain. The sides of the building will be covered with corrugated iron and it will have a metal roof. The old office, which escaped the flames in the fire last fall, will be utilized in conjunction with the new building. The new elevator is to cost in the neighborhood of $6,000.
The contractors hope to begin work on the project in about two weeks and they will utilize as much local labor as possible in its construction. The contract calls for completion of the building by May 1st.
Hawarden (Sioux County, Iowa) Independent
Thursday, February 1, 1940
* Yet another fire struck the Hawarden elevator in 2006.
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