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Benefit Card Party Aids Columbus Fire Department Fund
A benefit card party at the Moose Lodge raised about 300 for a new Columbus Fire Department building. Cochairs Mrs. George Savko and Mrs. Glenn Palmer announced the total with many volunteers and prize winners listed. Thomas Messinger thanked all helpers for the successful event and the grand prize went to Mrs. Zella Sandburg.
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Columbus
Thomas Messinger
Columbus Fire Department
Zella Sandburg
Louis Ball
Quentin McCray
Robert Simmonson
Larry Nichols
Jean Jewell
Harold Jackson
Paul Suchar Sr
Dexter Grenz
Gary Donaldson
Lena Sawchyn
Alfred van Dresar
Esther Brundage
Lucille Bensink
Mabel Reagle
Pete Reynolds
Emory Benson
Evelyn Dodd
Edward Kinley
Ronald Willman
E.W. Baccus
Elma Cole
Hazel Young
William Popovich
Sara Stanford
Lars Christensen
Elof Dahl
Roger Grape
Donald Chase
Mildred Lieder
James Scheiner
Don Stevenson
Edna Sherman
Leah Mitchell
Avon
Columbus Inn
Macko's Market
Katherine Spoon
Kundracik
Columbus Milling
Tonnard Manufacturing
Deer Head Inn
Columbus’ Grocery
Dodd’s Dairy
Orrie’s
Engle’s Furniture
Drace Welding
Utegg’s Body Shop
Toplovich Gravel
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Algo
Woolworth's
National Bank
Marine Bank
Corry Savings and Loan
Leed’s
Rossin's
Jensen’s
Bennink’s
Gambino
Dot's
Meerhoff’s
Kloss TV
Ahl's
Katherine's
Reed’s
Paul's
Karen’s
Shamburg's Fair Store
Carrig’s
Corry Pharmacy
Hair Fashions
Barney's Firestone
Frye’s Drugs
Zalzneck’s
Grice Jewelers
Mike's Pizzeria
Perkins Pizza
Gift
Stahl’s Jewlers
Murphy's Downtown
Mrs. John Christopher
Swanson's
Patricia Jean’s
Stockton’s Meats
Fox Tack Shop
Hammond Furniture
Robert
Cherry Hardware
Crotty and
Ferrando
Orton
Frank and Verna
Gertie
Josephine Davis
Bracken Funeral Home
Don and Scott
Fixit
Corry Agway
Glenn Palmer