Auto safety check offered by Chamber sponsors two June Fridays
The Chamber of Commerce annual auto safety check will run Friday June 17 from 2 08 p m and Friday June 24 from 2 to 8 p m on Broadway north of the stoplights. The highway patrol sheriff and police cooperate with a local garage mechanic. Cars passing inspection receive a safety sticker. those failing get a repair list and may return for a recheck. The service is free and Boy Scouts assist with the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Orville Hankey
Herb Doyle
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Legal Police
Boy Scouts
Hankey and Doyle
Vince Donahug
Jim Crane
Bob Batton
Mary Allbaugh
Lars Larmon
Chamber
Judge Hudson to resign from bench in August
Judge Fred M. Hudson of Pocahontas and Emmetsburg, noted for presiding in many local cases, announced his resignation from the bench effective August 1.
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Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Emmetsburg
Benel
Republican Candidate Blasts Freeman In Speech Here
Local Republicans hear Wiley Mayne, sixth district candidate, speak at the Kormoore Hotel during an August primaries gathering. Mayne, a Sioux City attorney, criticizes Secretary Freeman’s pork purchase policies, accusing officials of hiding past mistakes and failing to protect American agriculture.
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Freeman
Wiley Mayne
Kormoore Hotel
Sioux City
Mayne
Tentlican
Thi Tion
Miss North Iowa contenders named for Mason City pageant
Karen Lee of Ruthven and Luann Henrickson of West Bend are selected to represent their communities in the Miss North Iowa Pageant. The contest will run with the North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City on Tuesday. Karen, Ruthven High senior, starred as French horn soloist, drum ensemble member, basketball co captain, statistician, and active in pop club dramatics and chorus. She served on the annual staff student council library and was an honor student. Luann, West Bend High senior, belonged to band drum ensemble mixed chorus girls glee club and sextette, served on student council and annual staff, and was homecoming queen.
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Karen Lee
Ellen Lee
Ruthven
Luann Henrickson
Louis Henrickson
West Bend
Luann
West Bend High
Prize Day Bucks Increase At Bank Day Contest
Mrs. Gertrude Brown of Wuthven was away Wednesday, so she did not claim the $150 Bank Day Bucks from the Chamber of Commerce. Gloria Leonhardt, secretary, says Nest week the prize rises to $200.
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Gertrude Brown
Wuthven
Chamber of Commerce
Gloria Leonhardt
C. of A C
C of C Retail Membership Plan Promotions at Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce Retail Membership will meet at the Kermore Hotel Monday at 7 39 p m to discuss summer and fall promotions including Ridiculous Days. Gloria Leonhardt, chamber secretary, announced. Donations totaling 43 17 to the hospital include 20 from Mrs Jessie Fehr of West Bend 1 from Palo Alto Concert Association and 5 in memory of A K Shaw of West Bend per hospital board secretary John B Kelly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kermore Hotel
Gloria Leonhardt
Chamber
Jessie Fehr
West Bend
Palo Alto Concert Association
A. K. Shaw
John B Kelly
Wilbur Price 63 Emmetsburg merchant dies
Wilbur Price a 63 year old Emmetsburg business man and sportsman died Tuesday evening in the local hospital from a heart ailment. He owned Price's Sparling Shop and operated a shooting field, was a gun club member and frequent flyer. Surviving are his wife Letlie a daughter Mrs Robert Whitney Cylinder and four grandchildren. A full obituary will follow.
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Wilbur Price
Emmetsburg
First Methodist
Chester Guinn
Evergreen Cemetery
Ellsworth-Beiler
Price
Letlie
Robert Whitney
Cylinder
Enmetsburg
Weather summary notes and rainfall at regional airport
Airport readings recorded by manager George Bryant show rainfall totals for June 2 through June 9. daily totals include 0.08, 0.12, 0.10, and 0.80 inches with varying wind directions and speeds across June 4 to June 9, reflecting unsettled weather across the period.
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George Bryant
Democratic Women Plan Lunch In Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County Democratic women announce a luncheon and business meeting at Town and Country cafe on Monday June 14. Mrs Alice Yoch says luncheon begins at 12 30 and reservations should be made by Saturday June 11.
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Palo Alto County
Democratic
Town and Country
Alice Yoch
Democratic Committee
Pocahontas REC Holds 30th Annual Meeting
About 1200 members attended the Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative 30th annual meeting at the Pocahontas community school auditorium last Wednesday evening June 1. George M. Stockdale manager reported a strong year with rising average kilowatt hour use and long range planning to cover storm damage. directors DeWulf DeWulf Gilmore City and others were reelected to three year terms.
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Pocahontas
Laurens
James G
DeWoit
Gilmore City
George M. Stockdale
Stockdale
Main Street
Hughes Named Assistant Cashier at Iowa Trust Bank
Gary Hughes, formerly of Des Moines and a Guthrie Center native, is appointed assistant cashier at The Lowa Trust and Savings Bank of Emmetsburg. He earned a bachelor of science in business administration from Drake University this week and held Beta Gamma Sigma presidency, Delta Sigma Pi scholarship key, and Wall Street Journal achievement award.
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Lowa Trust and Savings Bank of
Emmetsburg
Gary Hughes
Des Moines
Hughes
Guthrie Center
Hle
Drake University
Drake
Beta Gamma Sigma
Delta Sigma Pi
Wall Street Journal
Col
Red Cross Lifesaving Classes Start Monday
Registration for the Red Cross Swimming Program runs 9 am to 4 pm on June 24 and 25 at the bathhouse. Mrs. Jack Gappa, Palo Alto county safety director, says children must be seven or have completed first grade and be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The first session runs July 1 to July 15 with multiple time slots for beginners, intermediates, and West Bend Rodman Ruthven Cylinder groups from various towns. The second session is July 18 to July 22 with advanced and intermediate levels scheduled in different pools and times.
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Red Cross
Jack Gappa
Palo Alita County
Gappa
Bnitnedsburg
Faemetsteins
Graellinger
Graetlinger
West Bend
Rodman
Emmetsburg
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Gary, Hughes
Dana Whitmore
Jeanne Hand
Steve Leonhardt
Steve Shirley
Hernack
Harnack
Terry Marks
Pam Potter
Linda Spies
Harn Soper
Darce Nicholson
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