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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1960
Page
6
Palo Alto county residents brace for a busy holiday weekend with golf meet, dance, and race events planned. Local services will close Monday for the holiday. the Emmetsburg Post Office lobby hours shift with no window service. Sheriff notes rising auto accident risk as residents stay home for Roy Rywn 18-hole handicap event set for July 4.
Professor and Mrs Denis Mack-Smith of Cambridge England stayed overnight at the Kermore hotel in Emmetsburg. The couple, visiting the western hemisphere for research in history, have toured Central and South America visiting 17 nations. Mack-Smith is a professor at Cambridge University.
The Marian Bowl ing Center expects the Marian Aqua pool to open this Sunday according to owner Jack Jackson.
Farmers throughout Aste County agreed to attend a combine meeting at Neary Implement in July 5 at 7 pm. New Case self propelled combines will be shown and refreshments will be served.
Mrs W P Broderson of AyTwhite failed to win the 150 dollar Chamber of Commerce Bank tag prize when her name appeared in Emmetsburg shops on Wednesday. The prize rolls to 209 dollars next week as C R McDonald noted.
Charles Hughes, Storm Lake chair of the executive committee, discusses aluminum as the principal material for a municipal pool in Emmetsburg. He notes cost advantages and crack resistance versus concrete, and mentions obtaining aluminum siding from the Storm Lake city engineer for unit assembly.
An hourlong display touted as Emmetsburg's largest will light the sky over Tower Five Island Jake on July Fourth evening. Fireworks committee chair Bob Hills listed contributions totaling about 600 from city and local groups, with 330 from businessmen. Carl Kliingaman offered firing the pyrotechnics and Phil Kerber would guard launching pads. volunteers welcome.
ASC Township election details list voting sites and meeting times with county officials. Joe A. Lynch Bard County ASC chairman notes gatherings begin at 5 pm on Thursday July 34, with total ASC attendance reported as 2 760.
Dale, well known as a Lawrence Welk Show vocalist and clarinetist, and wife Marguerite Gappa visit Ayrshire and nearby Algona area relatives during two weeks off. Their son Ricky, 3, joins family at the Gappa home while plans include stops with Robert Gappa and Mrs Al Godfredson. The couple, natives of the area, will tour Palo Alto county after a stop in Fort Dodge and a Plantation ballroom reunion.
Paul Kliegl of Fairfield on vacation hooked a 178 pound catfish from Lakes of the Ozarks Arkansas after a seven hour fight. The massive fish towed a boat and sandbars at high speed while a crowd watched. Ice blocks preserved the record catch as it toured Ozark country.
The Palo Alto County Bar Association endorsed Judge Joseph P. Hand for judge of the 14th Judicial district of Iowa. The resolution, dated June 28, 1960 at Emmetsburg, notes the nonpartisan trend in judge selection and honors Hand while noting county bar Republicans excluding Hand and County Attorney Charles Barley.
The American Legion post plans a pancake breakfast at the Legion Hall on July 3 starting at 3 p.m. Gavin Collington of the post notes the event and invites all to attend.
A June weather summary shows rainfall on June 23 and June 28 with totals of 0.6 and 0.2 inches, respectively. The report lists daily high and low temperatures for June 23 through June 30, noting a total rainfall of 3.48 inches for the month, placing it well above the long term average of 5.44 inches.
KLGA in Algona is acquired by KLGA Enc. from Kossuth Broadcasting Co. Frederik Ep. of Davenport sells to new corporation led by Beb Be hling as president. Robert E. Welson becomes VP and GM, moving from Le Mars. Harry Snyder of Fremont joins as associate. Emmetsburg style operations shift, with local studio relocation and ongoing direction by Eugene Albaugh.
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