World at Our Feet and Wary Water Oddities
A quirky local wrap recounts Dean Williams of Storm Lake sharing a Far East memory of singing children and Monica High of Palo Alto County publishing light verse. It notes a Gene and Ethel Drews silver wedding reveal, a blooming Wive Island Lake, and Minnesotans remarks. It highlights Mrs. Frank Smith baking for church events and a desert oasis listing Seventeen Palms Oasis with a mock Prospectors Post office containing detters. a water-seeking jug tradition is recalled.
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Palo Alto
Monica High
Mrs. High
Gene Drews
Gene F
Ethel
Seventeen Palms Oasis
Desert State Park
California
Oasis
Nature Corner and County Fair Crumbs in Brief
Nature corner notes that wagon trains slept in circles facing outward for protection. County fair dispatch reports a pampered pig causing a dash to a muddy puddle and a busy show scene. Hamburgers and pies fed thousands as church gates opened long hours for fairgoers, and the weight of crowds trimmed a local group.
Graettinger Adopts Gas Building Code Ordinance
The Town Council of Graettinger Iowa adopts the Gas Building Code as a municipal code governing gas distribution, mains, services, meters and appliances. An official copy is filed with the Town Clerk and available for public inspection or sale. The ordinance takes effect after final passage, adoption and publication.
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Graettinger
Iowa
Grachtinger
State Law Library
Lucky Stars Club Met At Tindall Home
The Lucky Stars 4-H club held its August 12 meeting at Mary Tindall’s home. Eleven members, two leaders and one guest attended as Darlene Wilcox led the session. Reading, pledges, reports, and demonstrations followed with talks on measuring cups and spoons and a book report on Angel Unaware.
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Lucky Stars Club
Tindall
Lucky Stars 4-H Club
Mary Tindall
Darlene Wilcox
Rell Call
Alegiance
Shirley Beck
Lorraine Suss
Donna Suss
Martha Beck
Angel
Dale Evans Rogens
Jorraine Hankey
Airman Egeland Serving In Radar Maintenance Course
Marvin S. Egeland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Egeland of Wallingford, is attending a 46 week Air Force radar maintenance course at Keesler Air Force Base near Snoxie Mississippi. He entered the Air Force on April 17 1961 and had basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. His parents recently visited him.
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Marvin
Egeland
Amos Egeland
Wallingford
Keesler Air Force Base
Snoxie
Miss
Air Force Radar
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Marvin S. Egeland
Kessler
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Dean Williams
Storm Lake
Far East
Buddha
Wive Island Lake
Frank Smith
Wash
Mar
Vandervelde
Lennox
Earl F. Lehigh
Attest
D. ‘L. Lammars
Carl F. Lehigh
D. L. Lammers
Club News
Mary
Marvin Egeland
Technical
Northern Natural Gas Company
Maha, Nebraska
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