Emmetsburg Plans July Fourth Fireworks Display
The town of Emmetsburg will halt business on July 4 for Independence Day festivities. A $000 fireworks show is funded by merchants and $135 from local groups, with the Emmetsburg Country Club steering the collection. Last year’s display drew thousands to Five Island Lake and organizers aim for a similar show this year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Emmetsburg
Em Tsburg Country Club
Ed Sheakley
Country Club
Five Island Lake
Prize Not Claimed in Bank Day Drawing
Evelyn H. Hansen of Cylinder failed to claim the Chamber of Commerce $200 Bank Day prize after her name was called in local shops and stores at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The prize may rise to $250 next week, July 5, according to Chamber Secretary A. R. McDonald.
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Evelyn H. Hansen
Cylinder
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. R. McDonald
Vernon Farm Bureau Pichig Set for Sunday Picnic
Vernon township Farm Bureau heads to Harrison Park on Sunday July 2 at noon for its annual picnic. Attendees should bring sandwiches a covered dish dessert and table service. coffee will be furnished. 4 H club will provide entertainment with committee LeRoy Wilkers and Charles Stillman.
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Vernon Township Farm Bureau
Harrison Park
LeRoy Wilkers
Charles Stillman
IOwa Driver's License Exams July 3 or 4
The Iowa license examiner will not be at the Emmetsburg courthouse July 3 or 4. The examiner will return to Emmetsburg at the usual time the following week, the Highway Patrol said today.
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Iowa
Palo’ Alto
Emmetsburg
Iowa Highway Patrol
ASC Reviews Emergency Feed Grain Program Rules
The ASC Emmetsburg office released the 1961 emergency feed grain rules directing producers in Palo Alto County to follow compliance steps. County Chairman Joe Lynch urged awareness, noting more than 1,600 farms in the county or 82 percent are affected.
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ASC
Emimetsburg
ASC County Committee
Joe Lynch
Mallard
Palo Alto County
Usc— County
Open House At Haywood Nursing Home Draws 400
More than 400 people attended a three hour open house Sunday afternoon at the new Haywood Nursing Home on Twenty First Street. The facility operated by Mr and Mrs John Haywood, with contractors Emmetsburg Cement Block Co and Varcoe Building Store. The home is described as one of the most modern in northwest Iowa and complies with state nursing home regulations.
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New Haywood Nursing Home
Twenty-First Street
John Haywood
Emmetsburg Cement Block Co
Varcoe Building Store
Haywood Nursing Home
Iowa
Brodie Construction Finishes North Iowa Gas Pipeline Work
The Brodie Construction Co of Amarillo Texas finishes the Northern Natural gas pipeline from north of Terris to West Bend with a crew of about 75. Payroll averaged ten thousand dollars weekly since April, aided by local hires and company staff. The project spans Emmetsburg Terris Ruthven Graettinger Wallingford Whittemore West Bend with stations built near communities and later work planned in Sheldon and the Dakotas.
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Brodie Construction Co
Amarillo
Tex
Terris
West Bend
Jimmy Laman
Emmetsburg
Non 8
Brodie
Bill Chester
Sheldon
Emove
Iowa
South Dakota
Laman
Palo Alto County
Whittemore
Swimmers Itch Problem At Lakes May End Soon
Dr. Ulmer of Iowa State University spoke at Emmetsburg High School about swimmers itch caused by a snail parasite. Copper sulfate treatments in Lake Okoboji may ease the problem, though high alkalinity limits effectiveness. The itch is mild but widespread across the upper Midwest and parts of Canada.
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Jack Jack
Barbara Papadakes
Iowa
State J University
Lake Okoboji
Jake
Emmetsburg High School
Upper Midwest
Canada
Ulmer
Chamber TV Fund Drive reaches near goal with donations
Contributions to the Emmetsburg TV booster tower fund, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, total about 145 dollars with more names listed as donors. The drive seeks 2000 dollars to cover equipment and one year of operation costs, inviting locals to donate at the Iowa T and Savings Bank Pats Aho County State Bank or the Chamber office in the Brink building.
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Emimetsburg TV
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. BR. Mee Donald
David ‘Amspoker
Donahue’ Tire Shop
F. J. Konsella
Andrew Vandervelde
J. P. Hand
R. W. Haas
William J. Mc- Nanvara
M.A. Hauenstein
The
Democrat
the Chamber
Brink
Local Man Injured by Hay Rack Runover
Henry Doerning of Greattinger was treated at Holy Family Hospital Estherville for a leg injury after a hay rack loaded with bales ran over his left knee. No bones were broken. Doerning is son of Mrs. Agnes Doerning of Emmetsburg.
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Henry Doerning
Greattinger
Holy Family Hospital
Estherville
Doerning
Agnes Doerning
Emmets
Emmetsburg to switch to natural gas cutting bills
Emmetsburg plans a roughly 23 percent rate cut for municipal gas customers as it transitions from propane to natural gas this summer. City Clerk Sim Bemis released a comparative price list showing new rates at about 77 percent of the current charges, with example bills dropping from 13.47 to 10.15 for a typical usage.
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Emmetsburg
Sim Bemis
Bemis
Funeral services for C M Frink 79
Camara Monroe Frink 79 longtime Palo Alto County resident dies at Palo Alto Memorial hospital. Services set 1 30 pm at Ellsworth Belter Funeral Home and 2 pm at St Pauls Lutheran with Rev Henry Otten. Burial at St Lukes Lutheran cemetery. Born Dec 1 1881 Rossville IA married Clara Wegener April 3 1907 Whittemore. Lived here 18 years arriving from Fairville. Continued on page 2.
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Camara Monroe Frink
Palio Alto ‘County
Will ‘Bee
Etlsworth-Belter
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Henry Otten
St. Luke's Lutheran Cemetery
Ellsworth-Beiter
Frink
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
Mr. Frink
Rossville
Join
Caroline Frink
Clara Wegener
Whittemore
Fairville
Local Emmetsburg Liquor Store Closed for Inventory
The Town Liquor Commission Store in Emmetsburg will be closed Friday June 30 for inventory. It will reopen Saturday at 11 a.m. and close again July 4 for Independence Day observance.
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Old Town
Thur
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Kerber
Red Cross
Five Island
Marian
Marian Lanes Pool
Suzanne
Aiibaugh
Jeanie Amspeker
Shirley Hen- Tich
Nursing Home
W. F. Mason
Joseph M. Mueller
Sioux City
Molloy
Lyle Batton
Robert Batton
C. M. Frink
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