Agricultural Census Shows Changes in Palo Alto And Nearby Counties
Results of the 1961 agricultural Census show farm number declines in Palo Alto and nearby counties while average farm size increases. Iowa totals reveal shifts with Palo Alto county average farm size rising to 255 acres, and sales per farm up 29.66 percent over five years. Off farm work among Palo Alto farmers rose to 10.8 percent for 1964.
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Palo Amo
United States Census Bureau
Iowa
Pato Alta County
John Johnson
Towa
Palo Alto
Pia
Clas
Nossyth
Emmet
Bocahontas
Palo Alto County
Local Families Visit Across Indiana and Spirit Lake
Sunday dinner guests from Fairmont and Spirit Lake included Mr and Mrs Warren Imishop with children and granddaughter Shelly Thoreson. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Fred Harrison with Timmy and Merry Jo ninevah Indiana, staying at the P T Cody home while the Harrisons vacation at Dirksen cottage on West Okobofi.
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Warren Imishop
John
Linda
David
Jimmy
Fairmont
Goodwin Thoreson
Shelly Thoreson
Spirit Lake
Florence Swift
Fred Harrison
Timmy
Merry Jo
Ninevah, Indiana
P. T. Cody
Harrisons
Dirksen
West Okobofi
Bethel Luther League members attend leadership camp
Kenneth Sues of Anaheim and Mrs. Merle Joan Wikert with Stephanie Frick vacation at home parents join Luther League Leadership Training Camp at Lake Okoboji this week representing Bethel Lutheran Luther League.
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Kenneth Sues
Anaheim
Mrs
Merle
Joan Wikert
Stephanie Frick
Luther League
Lake Okoboji
Bethel Lutheran Luther League
Walnut Merry Maids Workshop and Achievement Day Plans
A Walnut Merry Maids event at the Methodists' hall featured sewing sessions from 1 to 3 pm with Lt members answering roll calls and a lunch by Linda Clipperton. The group met again July 11 at Cathy Sieklochn’s home to select judges for August 3 at the Methodist church and held demonstrations on sewing buttons and hair care, followed by a swimming party and a weiner roast at Lost Island Lake.
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Walnut Merry Maids
Atip
Linda Clipperton
Cathy Sieklochn
Beverly Lastine
Methodist Church
Donna Rolfson
Kathy Schealler
Sjeklocha
Koolade
Lost Island Lake
Weiner
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Graettinger Coop Grain
Jim Iverson
Mgr
Graettinger
Coop
Iwan UA
Andr&esen Plumbing & Heating
Bonstead Hardware
C. A. Jensen
C&n Oil CO. Tankwagon
Dorothy
Beauty Shop
Duhn
TV & Appliance
Fuhrman Funeral Home
Fay
Graettinger Lockers
Graettinger Block & Tile CO
Graettinger Telephone CO
Graettinger Laundromat
Graettinger Ins
Agency
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger Lumber CO
Graettinger Co-Op
Grain CO
Graettinger Tractor Parts, Inc
Heidecker
D-X Service
ED Herke
Pioneer
Howard Hanson
Harry’s
Home & Farm Building
Olene Jacobson
Johnnie Johnson
DeKalb
Lastine
Lucky’s
Knudtson Cabinet Shop
Miller’s Barber Shop
Northern Propane Gas CO
Olesen Bros. Construction
Olson Garage
Quaker Oats CO
Ray
Rasmussen Standard Service
Roy
Rest’s Bake
Sedlock Furniture
Shaver Mfg, CO
C. A. Shiley
D.D.S
Adolph A. Spies
Suss Electric
Schealler’s Skelly Service
the Graettinger Times
Watson Farm and Home Rentals
Wikert Truck Line
West End Tavern
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