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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1975
Page
7
Advertising subscription rates list The Democrat at 7.50 dollars annually in Palo Alto and nearby counties. In combination with the Reporter the total is 9.50 locally. Elsewhere in the United States The Democrat plus the Reporter costs 8.50 dollars or 70.50 pounds in combined form.
Ruthven resident Jake Hoekstra is named Sales Manager for Combined Insurance Company of America. Regional manager Al Letterman announced Hoekstra will lead a group serving policyholders. He began with Combined in May 1972 and is a member and award winner of the W. Clement Stone International Sales and Management Achievement Club.
A June 6 picnic hosted by the S A C Club invited husbands of the women attendees. Names include Larry and Amy Allen Brumm Brumm Gene Laws and many others at Brown Robin Park. Residents across Emmetsburg Mallard Curlew Glen dale Akron and Oyha visited relatives. Local hospital births and extended family visits noted.
Social roundups note 23 relatives gathering in Delavan for a Patterson family reunion in the city park on June 7. Nearby visits include Hartley, Sigourney, Des Moines, Ayrshire, Cannon Falls and Estherville tied to the Stoltz, Buhr, Peterson, Dyer, Darlington and Johnson families. Hospital transfers and church attendance are also recorded along with a 23rd wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Windort.
Sister Mary Cecelia Foley marked fifty years as a Servant of Mary with a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Michael's Church led by her brother Father John Foley S J. Lector Dr James Foley and acolytes Paul and David Schuller assisted. sixth to eighth graders sang at the service followed by a St Michael's Hall dinner.
The report catalogs a long list of attendees at a Foley family Golden Jubilee mass and dinner, plus countless local visits. It highlights Sister Cecelia Foley’s education and career, as well as various Father’s Day visits, 4-H conference attendance, and community events in Ruthven and surrounding towns.
William Brown a senior from Ruthven Iowa earns induction to the University of Iowa chapter of Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honor society at UIowa.
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