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The Highway Story
Bob Hullihan recalls Bill Garlock a community volunteer who would back Drive Right campaigns in Grimes Adel or Johnston and lead youngsters as an assistant cub scout master. A patch of ice near Waukee postponed his plans while Mrs Elmer Burton of Waverly reports a Chinese sword sent by son Pfe Richard Burton serving with Marines in Korea.
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Bob Hullihan
Bill Garlock
Grimes
Adel
Johnston
Waukee
Bill
Elmer Burton
Waverly
Korea
Pfe
Richard Burton