Wedding Showers and Engagement News From Local Homes
A series of social gatherings highlights recent nuptial plans. Guests from Emmetsburg, Lone Rock and Ankeny attended a birthday and shower event, while Cyl-Tender hosts celebrated a cylinder craft shower for a newlywed. Kelso, daughter of Harold Kelso and Lars Akre, received gifts and a church luncheon marked the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Kelso
Rvelyn
Miss Kelso
Harold Kelso
Rodyn
Lars Akre
Fragmentary shop listings from a garden sale note
A garbled OCR item mentions garden glow décor and various fake flowers sponges and doodads. It references a sale or display with items like flowers and imitations and asks a question about pricing or availability. The text is unreadable in parts but centers on garden decoration items.
Stormy Weather and Home Security Tips
The piece warns to stay indoors during lightning and drive carefully in rain. It suggests pulling off the road if visibility is poor and using tail lights. It also offers playful summer craft ideas with jars and dyes and discusses energy consumption and natural gas lines for future power needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Northern Fatal Gas” Company
Rehearsals Start for Lakes Summer Theatre Season
Okoboji summer stock opens this weekend for an eight week run in Iowa’s Great Lakes region. Vernon Weddle headlines a cast with ten professional actors and twenty Stephens College Theatre Arts students from Columbia MA. The season features eight Broadway hits with veteran performers William Cragen Jack Rader Gordon Green Fritz Lennon and others in the eight week run.
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Okoboji
Iowa “Great Lakes
Vernon Weddle
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Theatre Arts
Stephens Colege
Columbia
Wil
William Cragen
Jack Rader
Gordon Green
Fritz Lennon
West Stephens College Theatre Season Opens with Classics
West Stephens College theater director leads a team with extensive stage and radio credits. The season opens July 6 with Our Town followed by Pygmalion The Man Who Came to Dinner and other plays including The Iguana and The Seven Year Itch Night of the Iguana. Curtain is 30 minutes before showtime with reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam. West
Stephens College Theatrical
West
Christopher
Leaders Named For West Community Fund Drive
Officers and directors of the West Palo Alto County Community Fund Corporation met at Ayrshire School on Monday night June 14 with President Isadore Hough in charge. Ten board members attended as secretary Adrian Steen read minutes and a treasurer’s report. The drive is set for the week of October 8 with stamped envelopes. brochures and envelopes will be printed. Campaign leaders include Isadore Hough and Floyd Peterson among others from Ayrshire Ruthven Last Island and nearby towns.
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West Palo Alto County Community Fund Corporation
Ayrshire
Isadore Hough
Adrian Steen
Tead
Palo Alto Retarded Association
Hough
Talent Contest At Lakes at Arnolds Park this Summer
In conjunction with Golden Gaslight theater at Arnolds Park, weekly talent contests begin July 14 and run through August 21 with a run-off final on August 18. Esther Upperso leads auditions at the theatre with private and public options. Prizes include novelty awards for nightly winners and a cash prize for the final winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gaslight Theater
Arnolds Park
Ronald Robinson
Esther Upperso
Mr and Mrs Don Schmidt Visited California and Nebraska kin
Mr and Mrs Don Schmidt of Mentone California visited over the weekend at the home of Mrs Joe Bramley. They also visited Mrs Cora Schmidt in Creighton Nebraska, who is Don’s mother. A family reunion was held in West Bend on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Schmidt
Mentone
Calif
Joe Bramley
Schmidts
Cora Schmidt
Creighton, Neb
Bramley
West Bend
Buck Grave Visits Sister Amid Iowa Bar Meeting
Buck Grave visits his sister Mrs Bramley while John Runchey earns a BA in Education at June graduation from the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. Runchey son of Lyle and Mrs West Bend. Iowa lawyers gather in Des Moines for the 92nd Iowa State Bar Association meeting June 23-25 with Archibald Cox addressing the banquet.
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Buck Grave
Bramley
John Runchey
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Alpha Chi Epsilon Fraternity
John
Lyle Runchey
West Bend
John Doran
Joesph L. Hanson
Charles Barlow
Robert F. Culver
Carl Spies
Dwight G. McCarty
Iowa State Bar Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Archibald Cox
U. S
Association
Arthur W. Smith
Marshalltown
Smith
Smiths and Nelsons Visit Home During Reunion
Ed Nelson of Redding California and his wife visited Marshalltown for a family reunion with the Smiths. The Nelsons joined the Smiths for a day before returning home.
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Ther
Red Cross Swim Lesson Schedule Announced
Palo Alto County Water Safety Director Mrs. Jack Gappa released the Red Cross Swimming Lesson timetable. The first session runs July 5 to 16 with multiple age groups and areas including Emmetsburg Graettinger West Bend Ruthven Rodman Cylinder and Cylinder participation. Adult classes are set for Thursday nights 8 to 9 starting July 1 with June 25 registration.
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Jack Gappa
Palo Alto
West Bend
Emmetsburg
Ermmetsburg
L Ruthven
Rodman
Ruthven
Schimmetsburg
Cylinder
Yard Ai Wall: Concealed Service Yard Style for Homes
The article explains concealing a service yard by adjoining it to a house or garage and building walls with siding to match the exterior. It notes fence like walls with matching siding, using durable wood and common siding profiles to blend with the home.
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Wayne Sewells
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Paul Foson
Elizabeth 'Caléntine
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Leo
Conway, Jr
Emmétsburg
Harry # Hauber
Ankeny
Atylinder Rot Rt
Teansda
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Dorcas Hall
Cyl- Weads
pGylinder Craft Club
Richard Glidden
Leo Kane
August J Anderson
Harvey Munts
Ronald Fdcobson
Hugh Croft
Farm Bureau’ Office
Junior
Lakes
Mary Therese Farrell
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Sioux City
cement _ exereighter
Verties Farrell
Rrichard
West Community Fund
Floyd Peterson
Garrelis
Bert Rouse
Highland Township
Grange
Virgil Eaton
George Largey
Silver
Wilbur Hyman
Lea Stephas
Booth
Welcome Jones
Garth Collington
Wendell Christensen
Loren Winder
MR. Farmer
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Farrowieg
Wigdahl
HDW. Inc
Red Cross
Reit
Reit’s Bake Shop
Chrysler
Maks
Newport
County Implement Co
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