State News Highlights From Page One
The ruling affects pension costs as a commission faces a multi million dollar expense after a supreme court decision. Former workers with prior service rights may draw benefits under both the original and revised plans. One million dollars sits in the quit money fund as the attorney general rules employer money becomes part of the general retirement fund. Des Moines divorce case keeps barber service with Hale Hansen to cut Os former wife Orpah Hansen’s hair. Iowa reports fifteen human ringworm cases linked to monkeys and urges buyers to ensure a pet monkey is physically sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Supreme Court
General
Gair
Orpah Hansen
Des Moines
Hale Hansen
Iowa
State Department of Health
Time for Adults to Face Child Traffic Responsibility
An editorial argues adults must accept blame for high child pedestrian toll. It cites over 2,000 children killed and 140,000 injured annually in motor vehicle incidents and urges drivers to slow, stay alert, and protect children in areas where they may be walking or playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
We as adults must be our brother's keeper in traffic
The speaker urges full accountability for adults toward children in traffic, arguing half measures fail. We must accept without reservation the duty to protect kids, emphasizing collective responsibility and vigilance to prevent harm on the roads.
Wadena News Social News Involving Local Families
Wadena area families from Elgin Volga Oelwein Fayette Fairbank and West Union gathered for a picnic dinner with card games fishing and visiting. Marine Corporal Lyle Thomas stationed in Santa Ana California married Norma Broderson of Le Clair at West Union Presbyterian Church with attendants Mr and Mrs La Verne Thomas. the couple departed Aug 28 to return to their base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Barker
Elgin
Charles Puffett
Paul Crandall
Randy
Willard Crandall
Orville Lamphier
Volga
Don Crandall
Oelwein
John Tripp
Ervin Lamphier
Warren Tripp
Fayette
Eldon McLaury
Fairbank
Howard Voshell
Jim Voshell
Lyle Voshell
Lyle Corbin
Claire Corbin
Dale Kuhens
Derry Kuhens
le Clair
Presbyterian Church In
West Union
Ukena
la Verne Thomas
Cpl
Elgin Local News Highlights Families and Visits
Local residents hosted and visited across towns with multiple weekend gatherings. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Etter of Janesville and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dennler, while others traveled to Milwaukee for ball games and Chicago for a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Etter
Janesville
Wis
Louis Dennler
Leo Grether
LeeAnne
Dennis
Boulder
Colo
American School Band Directors’ Assn
David Grether
Orange City
Phyllis Gehring
Mediapolis
Kenny Scheitlin
Robert Prestley
Donald
O. L. ‘Henke
Clinton
D. G. Dean
Henke
Mr. Prestley
Richard Wright
Cedar Falls
G. J. Mosby
Monica Meyer
L. L
Chicago
Leo Schori
Leighton
Bente
Bub
Ruth
Janice
Elkader
Roy Leuchtenmacher
H. L. Temeyer
Jesup
D. R. Peasley
West Union
Keith Kohler
Weekend Visits and Social Gatherings In Rural Clayton Area
A flurry of family and friend visits fills weekend activity across Clayton area. Families from Cedar Rapids, Postville, and Clermont attend dinners, picnics, and overnight stays with relatives including the Gehring, McMillan, Kohls, Frieden, Halverson, and Larson households. Events include a Mayo Clinic meeting in Rochester, a Paris to New York trip, birthday celebrations for Albert Halverson, and notes on garden and farm matters plus Prussic acid caution for Sudangrass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lehman
Anita
Clara Baumgartner
Lehman
Clayton
Georgia M. Schori
Violet Fey
Sioux City
Albert Schori
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Charles Gehring
Kathy
Hazel Gehring
Lake Bow String
Lester Gehring
Bobby
Louise Gehring
Mabel Johnson
Wadena
Elizabeth McMillan
Helen Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Henry McMillan
Elizabeth
Europe
Paris
New York
J. D. Moody
Laura Luchsinger
South Dakota
Harriet Jordan
Monetta
Edith
Bea Schmitz
Dubuque
Postville
Russell Wenger
Steven
Henry Mark
Devorah
Lea Rae
Harry Sehertzer and Lee
Hallowell, Kans
Elmer Frieden
Archie Schroeder
Karen
Kenny
John Schaer
Carrie Thorson
Rose Olson
Clermont
Elmer Larson
Thorson
Fred Trafalet
Hawkeye
Willie Thorsgeard
Volga
Dana
Robert Bemiss
West Union
Louis Halverson
Fayette
George Schroyer
Debbie
Michael
Mr. Halverson
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Abe Habeger Elgin
Jack Gehring
J.L. Trautman
J. West Union
Frazer
Severin Blockhus
Echo
Robert Moore
Dial
Nelson
Singer Electric
Town
Hereford
John Howard, Sr
Earl Kiple
Alvin Thiese
R. P. Strauch
R. F
Bob) Swehla
Fayette County
Art Landry
Tillman
Andrew H. Brackin
Evelyn
Massey Harris
Massey-Harris
Torkelson Motor Co
State News
Wadena News
M. F. Lehlein
Billy Howard
Wm. Howard
Washington, D. C
Lester Capper
Phillip
Canton
Ohio
Norris Capper
Elmer Meyer
Reuben Mark
Strawberry Point
Clarence Kirkeberg
Mary
Alfred
Henry ‘X Kirkeberg
Janice Nightengale
Lloyd Meyer
Bill Provosnik
Sumner
Selmer Groth
Max Hunsberger
Elmer
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Leonard Miller
Maiden Rock
Harry Cline
Jeffrey
Herbert Ash
Yvonne West
Anna Anderson
Susan Hoffman
Clyde Wenger
Debby
Will Wenger
Willard Hansen
Robert Falb
Oscar Frieden
Harry Schernier
Henry
Kansas
Will Frieden
Orville Frieden
Orland
Littleport
Rudy Possehl
Wi. Possehl
Wendy
Adolph Anderson
Richard Larson
Bert ‘Butikofer
Tony
Lawrence Butikofer
Sheryl
Werner Moore
Ruth Schupbach
Ella
Albert Butikofer, Jr
Norma Pulfer
Wm. Butikofer
Esther ‘Moore
Bertha Lehman
Anna .Schupbach
Leslie Kleppe
Gary and
Gayl
Jacob Friederich
Lester
Linda Kiple
Will Friederich
Alvin Erickson
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Ray DeSart
Dean DeSart
Harry Cooney
Town City
Mary Tatro
Albert Halverson
Edward Rueckheim
Cannon Beach
Ore
Harold Halverson
Rueckheim
Fred Bigler
H. F. Robbins
Arno Fascher
Keith Larson
Iowa City
Oliver Larson
Bradley
Orvin Olson
Roy Sims
Sims
Elizabeth Walters
Popenhagen
Elgin Echo
Wadena Livestock Exchange
Carl
G. W. Alderson
Wadena Orvin
FELCO
Arcoime
Elgin Co-Operative CO
Felco Teat
Lumber Company
Schori
Kuster
LBR
Elgin, Iowa
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