Miss Indian America Pageant Highlights Native Heritage Purpose
The Miss Indian America Pageant at Sheridan Wyoming emphasizes bridging cultures and promoting Indian heritage.Virginia Alice Stroud, 20, a Cherokee, is the current Miss Indian America, chosen from 31 entrants who excel in Indian culture and modern fields. Entrants must be at least half Indian and tribal members. The pageant serves as a goodwill ambassador role, traveling nationally and perhaps overseas, with no product endorsements.
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Sheridan
Wyoming
Virginia Alice Stroud
America
Elmer Enzi
United States
Goveror Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Johnny Cash
Virginia Stroud
United States of America
Crow Reservation
Thomasine Hill
Thomasine
Rep Wirtz Named to Four Iowa House Committees
James E. Wirtz of Emmetsburg, newly elected from the 16th district, will serve on the Commerce Conservation and Recreation Law Enforcement and Human and Industrial Relations committees. He will help review bills in these areas as the Iowa House opens January 11. Wirtz expressed pleasure at the four appointments and called them important for the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Wirtz
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Wirtz
Commerce
Conservation and Recreation
House
Iowa House of Representatives
House of Representatives
Rep
Christmas Visiting Spreads Across Iowa Families
A long list of relatives from Denver Des Moines Madrid Fairfield Estherville Graettinger Spirit Lake Sioux City and Bloomington attended Christmas Day gatherings at the R E Cowden home in West Des Moines and other local hosts. Extended family from Graettinger Urbandale Goose Bay Alaska Fairmont Ringsted and Ringsted joined in. The piece notes a 90th birthday observed for Lloyd C Petersens grandmother and a Thoreson family reunion at Lake Okoboji.
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Gerhardt Jensen
Denver
Colo
Delbert Jensen
Dottie
del and Dale
Madrid
Earl Bisgard
Dennis
Darrel
Donnie
Diane
Fairfield
Anna Brawner
Packwood
Norman Bisgard
Mike
David
Ruby
Estherville
Einer Bisgard
Graettinger
R. E. Cowden
West Des Moines
Vernon Beck
LaVern
Rozann
Rozlee
Rosilynn
Grants Pass
Oregon
H. L. Nelson
Betty
Urbandale
Cowden
Finer Bisgard
Atlantic
Monag
Charles Sarazine
Vincent Beacom
Adolph Spies
Sarazines
Mr. Sarazine
C. L. Sarazine
Spirit Lake
Lloyd C. Petersen
Ringsted
Lloyd
Saledale
Radcliffe
Decorah
Garden City
New Hampton
Christmas Day Guests From Far Regions
Mr and Mrs Lester Perkins Cindy and Todd from Sioux City and Mr and Mrs Dean Petersen and Dallas from Emmetsburg spent Christmas Day with the Fred Wolfe family. Arnold Girres joined the Wolfe and Girres households, visiting in Emmetsburg on Sunday December 27.
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Lester Perkins
Cindy
Todd
Sioux City
Dean Petersen
Dallas
Emmetsburg
Fred Wolfe
Arnold Girres
Mrs
Joe Girres
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By Mark Vanderveide
O’connor
Emmetsburg, Iowa
Service
Graettinger Coop Grain Co
Felco Feeds & Petroleum
Bill Girres
Ayrshire
Don Girres
Jim Girres
Goose Bay
Alaska
Anchorage
Bob Girres
Lakewood
Jim Spies
Lori
Matt
Milly
W. A. Hall
Lake Okoboji
Hall-Waters
Robert Oliver
Denver, Colo
Irvin Wikert
Kenneth Petersen
Barbara McDonald
Marsha
Iowa City
Wilma Murray
Gary Wallman
Jim
Julie
C. ©. Wikert
Orland Thoreson
Chad and
Daren
Bloomington
Minn
Curtis Thoreson
Thoreson
Goodwin Thoreson
Bob Thoreson
John Kummerfeldt
Ruthven
Caren
Florence Swift
Bill and
Bob
Wayne Ka
Jer
Collegeville
John Bishop
Peoria
David Bishop
U of Minnesota
Warren Bishop
Jimmy
Fairmont
Graettinger Times
Ernie Knutsen
Quickman's Graettinger
Funeral Home Phone
Bill
Graettinger, Ia
Oshkosh
Haggar
Beebe’s Clothing
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