Anniversary cake and reception details for Ruthven couple
A tiered anniversary cake in silver and blue with two bells and a 25 sits beside white candles. Guests arrive from Minnesota towns and Iowa communities while relatives assist with guest book, serving, and kitchen duties. The couple, Jon and Sally Ruslan, were married January 19 1934 in Davenport and later ran a bakery, a Ruthven grocery, and have spent recent years in Las Vegas Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rustan
Lucille Goeders
Spencer
Eileen Whit Mann
Hopkins
Minn
Mary Chapman
Ruthven
Everett Roland
Judy Roland
Marietta Chapman
Judy Cumpney
Arlene O'Neil
Dorothy Clampney
Lily Rustin
Avis Mohr
Verve Lane
Speneore
Ruslan
Jon
Sally
Albert Lea
Blue Earth
Altoona
Ayrshire
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Cylinder
Gillett Grove
Dickens
West Bend
Bally
Joe
Davenport
Iowa
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Helmer
Gertie Ragnar
Gracttinger
Emil
Las Vegas
Nevada
DEL'S Checkerboard News Pig crop thriving at Del's store
Del's notes a sow farrow of ten pigs from John Hoffman, with nurse Don Johnson present. Pigs average about 11 lbs each by Thursday, born at 3.8 lbs. Pigs receive Purina D and F Chow, Sow Chow and corn dull feed, with boar pigs castrated at six days. Iron supplement Purina Pigemia given since birth. Cage layers remain productive, laying 4 to 8 eggs daily on Purina rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mahan
Harry
Sally teaches while Joe paints and they parent two children
Sally teaches and Joe works as a painter. Their children are Virginia, wife of Bill Grange of Ruthven, and Phil who attends the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. The High Lake Merry Mixers 4-H club met January 9 at Mary Alice Hane’s home with 18 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Joe
Virginia
Bill Grange
Ruthven
Phil
University of South Dakota At
Vermillion
Merry Mixers Club
High Lake
Merry Mixers
4-H Club
Mary Alice Hane
Joann Lammers
Donna
Jean Lammers
Patricia Peterson
Janice Anderson
Ramona Anderson
Calor
Lorraine Beschorner
Joyce Andersson
Beverly Egeland
Jeanine Vosika
Mrs. Hanson
Club Isporter
Homemaking Classes Review and Next Semester Plans
Margaret Pratt, Vocational Homemaking Teacher, outlines recent class work and upcoming topics for eighth grade through senior girls. Eighth graders will focus on sewing and simple garments, personal grooming, foods, furnishings, and care for the sick. Freshmen will study sewing, patterns, clothing choices, and personal growth. Sophomores will continue sewing, home furnishings, color study, and foods, plus home nursing and first aid. Juniors will pursue advanced foods, home furnishings, and sewing with patterns. Seniors completed textiles and housing and will finish with a family relationships and budgeting unit.
Miss Myre Simonsen Marries John Omundson
Miss Myre Simonsen daughter of Mrs Esther Simonsen of Gract tinger married John Omundson son of Mr and Mrs James Omundson of Estherville on Monday January 12 at First Lutheran church in Gracttinger They will make their home in Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayeo Aera
Myre Simonsen
Esther Simonsen
Gracttinger
John Omundson
James Omundson
Estherville
Lutheran
Trainman James Ness Lost Legs After Ice Slip
James Ness a former Decorah resident and railroad brakeman lost both legs when he fell under a train at Austin Minnesota. He had planned to retire in two years after 30 years of service. He apparently slipped on ice and fell beneath the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ness
Decorah
Austin
Minnesota
Ness
Bonstead visit chronicles Wallingford couple travels
Wallingford residents Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bonstead toured California and Texas with stops in Graettinger friends, Dinner hosts included Rev. and Mrs. Vance Knutson in Sunnyvale. They visited Mrs. Bonstead's sister in San Jose and attended the Graettinger picnic in Los Angeles with the Rustad family before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mi Juind
Oral Bois
Bonste
Jorgen Paul
Wen
Herp
Jeon Ith
Patjeua
Satsodlinnen
Diezo
Tiev
Wits
Phey Mie
Hendrickson
Mt Ip
Catherine Reuland
Passclena
Louie Carew
Pty Alore
Graet+ tinger
Bonstead
San Jose
Vance Knutson
Graettinger
Sunnyvale
Bonsteads
Los Angeles
Orville Rustads
Wallingford
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Gary Bonstead
Rustad Family Social Notes Across California
The Rustad family from El Cajon and 17th district shared Christmas Eve and Day with Lois and family in Lemon Grove, dined with Mr and Mrs Arnold Rustad in El Cajon, and visited Long Beach relatives on January 10. They toured San Diego Zoo, Broyero Springs Resort, and the Salton Sea desert, with gatherings in Chula Vista and Los Angeles. Additional visits included neighbors, teachers, and church members, with health notes and community activities among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Cajon
California
Mr. Rustad
Lois
Lemon Grove
Arnold Rustad
Richard
Arline) Rasmussen
Long Beach
Grachtinger
Los Angeles
Rustad
Mra
C. J. Skatteno
N. L. Jolivette
Tritz Skattehbo
Dora Réfactl
Cheater Torreson
Ki. G. Sevatson
Donal Petersen
Alma Peterson
Mirs
Sultleno
Thor Niehwa
K.oz. Krueger
Worthington
Emmet Rolfson
Mars
Krueger
Wallingford
Don Pierce Named Heart Fund Drive County Chairman
Don L. Pierce of Emmetsburg Iowa will chair the 1959 Heart Fund Campaign in Palo Alto County. Prank F Carideo of Cedar Rapids Iowa Heart Fund Campaign chairman announced. The Iowa Heart Association will run its third annual drive during February with a peak on Heart Sunday afternoon February 22 featuring a door to door collection by thousands of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pierce
HEART
Don L. Pierce
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Heart Fund
Palo Alto
Prank F. Carideo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Heart Fund Campagn
Iowa Heart Association
Carlden
Clarksville couple marks 68th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Shafer of Clarksville celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. They have spent all their married life in Clarksville and are both 89 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Shafer
Clarksvile
Clarksville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Rustan
Lloyd Sampson
Guy DE Leo
Estherville Lloyd Sampson
Mgr
Frank Jonas
Orch
Del’s
Checkerboard News
John Hoff
Don Johnson
del’ S Farmers Supply
Margaret Pratt
RADIO
Fairbanks Morse
Phono Records
Grein Electric
Wallingford Hews
Bins
Harne
Attloha
Orville Rustad
Janet
Maxine
Duane
Hersleff
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