Walk Against Traffic Offers Caution on Highway Safety
A cautious note urges pedestrians to walk against traffic to improve visibility of oncoming vehicles. The guidance emphasizes safety and situational awareness for pedestrians on open highways.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
6
A cautious note urges pedestrians to walk against traffic to improve visibility of oncoming vehicles. The guidance emphasizes safety and situational awareness for pedestrians on open highways.
Extra-Rev. Stanley Larsen vice president attended the Iowa district United Evangelical Lutheran board meeting in Jacksonville Monday. Host pastor H Irving Petersen of Jacksonville and others including Rev. Irving Tange of Cedar Falls secretary T. C. Hansen of Cedar Falls and Ralph Nelson of Harlan served as members. Plans were discussed for organizing a mission charge at Storm Lake.
Funeral notices list extra funeral services for Mrs. Clark Gray at Extra Christian church with interment in Extra cemetery. Casey and Mowry rites held at St. John's Lutheran and St. John's Evangelical churches with interment at Oakwood. services and floral tributes detailed. Anita Hill funeral rites held at Christian church for Jacob Hill with interment in Evergreen cemetery.
Elk Horn-Mr and Mrs N P Thomsen travel with son in law Mr and Mrs Leo Head of Harlan for a two week western coast visit. Marian Andersen, daughter of Mrs Carl Jensen, graduates from Dena college Blair Nebraska and will start work with E C Henningsen Construction of Atlantic. Maurice Lykke family from Ringsted visit. Ed Krogstad travels to Denver to meet grandson. Herold Lindt of Cedar Falls visits Cedar Falls relatives.
Washington reports the senate agriculture committee yesterday approved a two year extension of the existing method for determining parity prices on basic agricultural commodities.
Davenport Daily Times reports Gov. Beardsley runs a state funded publicity bureau for Report from the Statehouse with annual costs cited at 6000 to 7000 dollars. He calls the charges unfounded, says the material is factual and that Mrs. Bonomi, a research analyst, provides information to areas and radio as needed.
Griswold resident Griswold-Frank McClure aged 84 has lived in California and Iowa. He claims to be the youngest of five generations and hopes to become head of five generations as a great granddaughter, 13, may reach that milestone. He farmed in Wright township. his son Lyan and family reside there. He now occupies a Griswold apartment to cook his own meals.
A list of families and friends visiting relatives for Memorial day weekend across Iowa and nearby states. Attendees include Poole, Kenyon, Her man Cooper, Smiley, Porter, Smith, Nelson, Upson, Spies, Patience, Roberts, Quinn, James Smith, Connor, Toepfer, Green, Frisk, Upson, Sabins, Bucher, Ridgway, Mundorf, Kerry, Weirich, Conn, Nichols, Kirchoff, Baker, Nelson, Marker and other households in Guthrie Center, Mapleton, Castanea, Boone, Omaha, Atlantic, Omaha, Kansas City, Lawrence, Glenwood, Perry, and Chicago areas.
Mrs. George Luxford, 84, known as Aunt Mary, survived 45 years without walking or a car ride, has limited sight, and relies on relatives after moving from Anita to Defiance. Born in Barkatone England, she worked in a button factory, immigrated at 15, and endured years of rheumatism while maintaining cheerfulness.
Aunt Mary speaks of faith and endurance as time drags for her, now spending most days in bed and five hours in a wheelchair. The note mentions relatives visiting, vacations to Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota, and others traveling to Lexington Missouri for Wentworth academy. Merrilyn Northup, a student nurse in Des Moines, vacationing with her parents.
Audubon notes list weekend visits from Des Moines to Lars Madsen home and from Danbury Wisconsin former residents Jack Cruthers and Pete Dennis. Earl Foster traveled to Pitman New Jersey to see daughter Mrs. John Hunt and family. Leonard Jorgensen and family from Fort Dodge visited Ella Jorgensen last week.
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