Estherville Daily News (Newspaper) - September 20, 1976, Estherville, Iowa Historical Society Annual Meeting mm i WINTf R SPORTS CAPITAL OF IOWA Iowa 50316 ' c Copy Official Newspaper For All Emmet County V ft. ESTHERVILLE - The Emmet County Historical Society annual meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28, at the Immanuel Lutheran 409 North Sixth The business meeting will be held at 7:30 following the The program will also include several selections by a group from the Emmet County Barbershop followed by a historical Past and Reservations for the dinner meeting should be made by Sept. 24. Reservations and checks for per person may be mailed to Emmet County Historical P. O. Box 101, It is necessary to know how many places to reserve so the church women will know how many to cook The dinner will include Swiss green dessert and Persons may also come dressed in Bicentennial or costumes from even 10 years DAILY NEWS 105th NO. 244 IOWA 51334 SEPTEMBER 20, 1976 COPY 20' Traffic Fatalities Property Accidents Up ft DES MOINES - Injury and property damage traffic accidents increased on Iowa's highways in 1975 while fatalities These and other details are included in the 1975 Iowa Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Facts report prepared by the Motor Vehicle Division of the Iowa Department of Of the 94,396 total accidents in 1975, up from 91,114 in 1974, 22,997 were injury accidents while 70,821 were property damage representing increases of 149 and 3,138 DESPITE THOSE fatalities totaling 674 as compared to 684 in 1974. Accompanying the decrease in fatalities was a reduction in fatal down from 583 in 1974 to 578 in 1975. A fatal accident can include more than one Capt. Ted Godfrey of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol said he attributed the decrease in fatalities to the public's acceptance of the 55 mph speed limit in 1975. concern over the fuel shortage and the public's acceptance of the 55 mph speed limit has said He said the mood is reflected in the number of traffic fatalities in 1976. As of 550 persons had died on Iowa's an increase of 69 over the same period for 1975. TWENTY PERSONS died in farm tractor accidents in 1975, compared with 15 in 1974. Motorcyclists killed dropped from 66 in 1974 to 62 in 1975 and bicyclists killed numbered six in 1975, half as many as in 1974. THE REPORT SAID that 550 persons died from accidents and 124 from Godfrey although urban areas have a of the speeds traveled are greater in rural spaces account for higher the higher speeds you are more likely to have a fatality if you have an OF THE TOTAL 1975 35 percent were intersection you look first to the then to the but if you fail to look back to the chances are the vehicle has traversed the Godfrey - By STEVE Drake University Journalism Dr. Rose In New Office - Dr. Stephen Estherville has moved his office from the Gaarde Building on South Seventh Street to West 115 Central The new building contains 1,100 square feet and includes two examination a workup room for preliminary a a styling room which will contain the a business a personal office and a waiting A conference ' room is located in the basement of the new office Moller Construction was the contractor for the Estherville Receives Heavy Rain ESTHERVILLE - The Estherville area received the heaviest rainfall during the Sunday rains in the The Estherville Airport received 1.49 inches of rain in the Sunday storm but some areas of Estherville received up to 1.85 inches of according to the Des Moines Northwest Iowa received the heaviest rainfall in Spencer reported 1.33 Storm Lake reported 1.22. Cooler temperatures also came to Iowa with storm system and the cooler weather is expected to continue through Photography Exhibit An exhibit of photographs such as the photo is on exhibit in the display windows of the art area at Iowa Lakes Community The photographs are currently on exhibit and will remain until Oct. 8.-Peterson graduated from Brooks Institute in San and formerly taught photography in the He has been a long time free and has been as the He is exhibiting a new series of closeup textural All pieces in the exhibit are for The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and evenings until 10 p.m. - Photo Courtesy Jim Peterson Board Names Rouse Chairperson ESTHERVILLE - Ralph Rouse has been elected chairperson of the Emmet County Board of Supervisors says Mildred county Rouse was elected to the position Friday when the county board met to canvass the school board Rouse was nominated by Supervisor Robert Whitehouse and Supervisor Rudy Christensen seconded the The motion carried by a unanimous whose term expires Jan. 1, 1977 replaces Jim Peterson who resigned the at last Wednesday's meeting because of disagreements with other board members on personnel matters and on Peterson's writing letters to the editor of various newspapers and signing them as of the Emmet County Board of a was first appointed to the board July 7,1967 and he indicated earlier this year he would not be a candidate for Peterson is a Fire Destroys Terril frailer Home Fire of an undetermined origin a trailer Tom and on the east edge of Terril owned by Dorothy Parks and 3:30 a.m. Saturday firemen were on the scene for several Vie fire was believed to have tatted in the shown The lost all personal Photo by Ron Baldwin