Whittemore wedding and community notes parish plans
Ruth Salgeman and Oscar Schattschneider wed at St. Michaels as church groups plan a July fourth program. Whittemore families gather for a large Walker reunion at Interlaken Park with sixty five attending a noon dinner. Parish plans include a Mission Festival on June 20 and an August anniversary celebration with photos by Brown Studio.
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Whittemore
Ruth Salgeman
Oscar Schattschneider
Paul's Lutheran Church
Ruth Balgeman
Ter
Risarmsn
Oscar
Mr. Moundiger
Sean Walker
Walker
Interlaken Park
J. E. Walker
Albert We
Archie
Leslie Walser
G. H. Roupe
Cecil Bjustrom
Orville Holdron
Lewis Broester
Wm. Broester
Amanda Dietrich
Harold Kuecker
Lillian Haidenwith
Normis Raney
Roy Blussem
Carl Walker
Fam
H. W. Benn
Lawrence Berti
F. Day
Adelia Beil
P. OL
Oeerd
Fenton News Fenian Highlights Local Civic Events
Community notices report stock sale to Fenton Independent School district at 50 cents per share for 203 shares, likely funding a gym in the opera house. Also listed are bank petition signings, church confirmations at Fairville, obituaries, Burt ball team selections, 4 H convention attendance, nasal operation on Alice Hantelman, and Standard Bearers meeting in Algeria district.
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Fenton Oper
Fenton Independert
Schoal
Ruthven Couple Observe Their Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Georgell Chaffee of Ruthven celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Thursday with open house at their home They are longtime pioneers of the Ruthven community and planned a small gathering at their residence.
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Ruthven
Georgell Chaffee
Chafees
Annual Odd Fellows Vienie at Lost Island Park
The Odd Fellows will hold a gathering at Lost Island State Park on June 2. Grand Master Oliver Reyp of Mason City will lead a program after a parade through town. Members and families are invited to attend.
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Odd Fellows
Lost Island
Othe Tusa Great Lake
Felomdy
Ares
Municipal Band Opens Summer Concert Season
The municipal band kicks off the summer concert season with a regular weekly event. Local residents can expect performances throughout the summer months with continued engagement from visiting soloists and community groups.
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Municipal Band
Sure Municipal
Weare
Wedre
Fred Domek
Aml
Spirit Lake liquor store to be managed by deputy sheriff
A deputy sheriff has been named to manage the Spirit Lake liquor store. The store will occupy space on the ground floor of the Antlers hotel, previously housing Bradt and Stillwell Realty. The announcement notes the new operation will open this week.
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Spirit Lake Liquor Store
Boecker buys highway property in Grodland area
The Griettinger Times reports William Boecker has purchased the Grodland store building service station cabins and land along the highway. Gilbert Meyers of Ruthven, previously operating stores for a year, remains as RS manager.
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Griettinger Times
Wm. Boecker
Grodland
Hishway
Gilbert Meyers
Ruthven
Family and community events fill Fenton area notes
A long list of visits and dinners highlights community life in Fenton and surrounding towns. Families such as Weisbrod, Johnson, Licht, and Petersen share gatherings, while others face health scares and travel. Local clergy and residents attend events, with occasional trips to nearby Algona, Emmetsburg, and Clarion.
Hester Thompson Only Graduate in Speech Pathology
Hester Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs B Thompson of Eniumetsburg, was the sole graduate in speech pathology this year at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus. The ceremony took place Monday, with local recognition for her achievement in the field of communication disorders.
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Hester Thompson
Are
Ome
Thompson
Eniumetsburg
Des Moines
Troupson
University Minnesota of Minneapolis
Chearpsan
Wesley Youth Crushed In Car Wreck Near St Benedict
Wesley youth Jates Lloyd 17 son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd of Wesley died instantly last Wednesday when a car veered off a road two miles east of St Benedict and struck him while returning from a fishing trip. His cousin Jot Lloyd 23 riding with him died Thursday in a hospital. The cause is believed to be chest and heart injury. neck not broken.
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Wesley
Lloyd
St. Benediet
Jot Lloyd
Cravah
Hassuth Minty Hospital
South Spencer Seeks Split From City Over Benefits
South Spencer residents seek separation from the city, arguing the area receives no benefits from the corporation and is taxed to support services enjoyed by the rest of the municipality. The move centers on severing the South Spencer portion from municipal governance.
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South Spencer
Ope
Spene
Tion
Sinits
Uulie
Local Legion Auxiliary Honored Mrs Swenson
Members of the local American Legion Auxiliary entertained at a seven o'clock dinner at the Iowa Coffee shop in this city Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Cecil Swenson. After the dinner the group visited the home of Mrs Dell Morrison for a social evening as Mrs Swenson prepares to move to Mt Vernon Washington.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Cecil Swenson
Dell Morrison
Swensen
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Fish Hook Incident Involving Birchard at Lost Island Lake
A girl from Dickens named Birchard suffered a fish hook injury to her face while fishing at Lost Island Lake. She was taken to a physician for treatment after the accident.
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Birchard
Clayton Birchard
Dickens
Lost Island Lake
New assistant postmaster named for island office
Assistant postmaster Miss Gladys Aylward of Graettinger will succeed the former Anna Lambe at the island office. The appointment marks a change in local postal leadership and reflects routine personnel updates in the county.
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Osgood P. C
Gladys Aylward of
Graettinger
Island
Anna Lambe
Mrs Shellmeyer Visits Carter Home in Whittemore Ties Start Family Bond
Mrs Bert Shellmeyer of Whittemore visited the G C Carter home Sunday, staying with Mrs Carter, her sister. The item notes Roy Gugdgren and wife are parents of a daughter born June 13.
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Bert Shellmeyer
Whittemore
G. C. Carter
Shellmeyer
Carter
Roy Gugdgren
Timely Feeding Tips for Calves at Club Shows This Fall
County Agent Randall Hoffman urges careful feeding for baby beef calves entering club shows this fall. Calves should not be overfed in the final three weeks. after a period on rough age ration, then full corn, feed hay sparingly. Rex Beresford notes avoid excess roughage as it can hinder finish and stall progress toward show outcomes.
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Randall Hoffman
Hoffman
Rex Beresford
Jusbadsinga
I H Convention At Ames Draws Eleven Delegates
The state convention of the 4 if Girls clubs met at Iowa State College in Ames on Monday through Wednesday. Palo Alto county sent eleven delegates including Mary Mulry Margaret Carney Vern Joynt and several township representatives such as Marjorie Pirie Mary Jo Garter Fern Jensen Mavis Shorts Ione Barber Elna Henkelvng Eliza veth Danmian and Ruth Blair. County leaders Miss Alice Donohue and Mrs Thas Goeders attended as chaperones or leaders.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Palo Alto County
Mary Mulry
Margaret Carney
Vern Joynt
Emmetsburg
Marjorie Pirie
Ellington Township
Mary Jo Garter
Walnub Township
Fern Jensen
Lost Island Township
Return of Jon Joynt After LeMars Operation
Jon Joynt came home Tuesday evening from LeMars after a four inch surgical operation performed a couple of weeks ago. Mrs. J. F. Dealy stayed several days in Algona with Mrs. Nellie McMahon, recently returning from Detroit where her daughter teaches.
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Melvin Mansagers
A. Weisbrod
Mary Alice
Phy Gibbons
B. D. Weisbrod
Paul and
John
Emmetsburg
Clarence Weisbrod
Melvin
Ringsted
Elmer Weisbrod
Mary Kohlstedt
Clarence Kohlstedt
Roger
John Light
Fenton
Lyle Bastett
Sherburn
Minnesothe
Raymond Stoeber
Will Miller
Fairville
Carmen
Joan Wegener
Rochester
Minnesota
Ben
Wiliam J. Krause
Edwin Peter
Lotts Creek
Cherokee
Oklahoma
Alice Dreyer
Amos Finnestad
William Jamer
Henry Reimers
W. V. Yager
John Grament
Raymonds
Elizabeth Confirmation
Henry Hintz
Pomeroy
Charles Hintz
Mike Wegener
Luverne, Minn
Arnold Klatt
Raymond Tietz
Ruth
Charles Glaus
Donna Jean
Hadley Bailey
Bernice Kramer
Edwin Ruthnest
Elna
Humboldt
Tay Funk
Algona
Arnold Meyer
Gerald
Laths Creek
J. T. Snyder
Som Warren
Belmond
Snyder
Ida Anderseth
Meyer
Harry Widdel
Pete Pensons
Seneca
Julia
Los Angeles
Ole Tweet
Ceylon
Ole Sandstoe
Elmore
Car Larson
Bam Gkare
Julia Gkare
Bkare
Jon Joynt
LeMars
J. F. Dealy
Nellie McMahon
Dealy
Detroit
Picnic at Schroeder's Point Draws Over Three Hundred
More than three hundred people attended the Freedom township Parm Bureau picnic at Schroeder's Point on Thursday evening June 1. The event, a regular gathering, opened with a Kittyball game and lunch at 7:80. The Busy Bee's 4-H girls club and Freedom's Junior Farmers 4-H boys club staged the program, including music by the 4-H quartet, a dramatization of The Bohemian Girl, and a skit titled The Ketlle Heen. Irene Donovanr read Swat Dot Fly as part of the entertainment, with four short plays featuring Beth, Blebeth, Laura Brown, Laura Francis Stillman, Jim, and Geraldean Rife in the cast.
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Schroeder's Point
Freedom Township Parm Bureau
Freedom Township Parim Bureau
Plente
Busy Bee
Freedom's Junior Farmers
Misic
Operra
Irene Donovanr
Blebet
Picnic Honoring Fathers Held in West Bend Township
A PTA picnic at Roy Jennings farm near the river in West Bend Township drew sixty attendees. The event featured a two-district association, with Wayne Miller and J. A. Burns as district directors. A program of songs and readings honored fathers, performed by local girls and Mrs. Wilbur Roberts. Music teacher Harry Keller, previously with Graettinger and Alvard schools, will teach in Merrill next year.
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West Bend Township
Roy Jennings
Wayne Miller
J. A. Burns
Margery
Juanita
Beverly Jennings
Ida Roberts
Betty Wright
Tribune
Wilbur Roberts
Father
En Iire
Harry Keller
Graettinger
Alvard
Merrill
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Jobo Mulhern
Clarion
Pete Schumacher
W. H. Discher
Vande
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Matt Hirschblum
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Joe Eisele
Alice
Gan Frank
James Bisenius
Frank Kollasch
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Herman Bode
Corwith
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Albert Eisele
Wood Lake
Kathryn
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Anna Gengler
Sioux City
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Martin Duffy
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Richard Shellmeyer
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Emmet
Woodwards
Macery
Ray Walker
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Roy Lund,gren
Gruetrieger
Fenton News
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Levelland
Separinwai
Ny Sola
Sxercia
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Charles Weisbrod
Fred Newel
W. E. Stoeber
Lone Rock Bank
Fairville Church
Fairville Lutheran Church
H. D. Stahmer
Robert Votteler
Ernest Votteler
Mervin
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Fred
Ed Greinest
Louis
Mittig
Caroline Mittig
Fred Jentz
Burt
Eddie Linesey
Mervin Priebs
Lemon
Titonka
Swea City
S—T Burt
Ches. Weisbred
del Mo
Irene Hrause
Hildegard Fab Jetiz
Fentons
W. J. Weisbrod
Alice Hantelman
Alice Hanan
William Hantelman
Minneapolis
Mitcert Hantelman
O Far
Sakes
Local Legion Auxiliary
Swenson
WC Wooderige
M.D
H. L. Brereton, M. D
First National Bank
H. R. Powers
M. D
Tobin Building
Towas
Phil Scott
Chichestera
SAE
D. E. Kulp
Alm’s
Lewis Stuehmer
Justice OF the Peace Real Estate Loans, Abstracts and Insurance Emmetsburg
H. M. Helgen Renal Estate
Kiinds
Tonsa
Grandma
Trupep
All
Post Office
R. F. D. Or Street
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