Father’s Day reflections and local town meetings noted
The piece honors fatherhood with social commentary on costs of providing for a family and the changing role of the father. It recounts a birth at Buckingham Palace, debates about public duties, and a column of town council actions including fence, flag, sewer, licenses, and payments to band members, all in a dated small‑town newspaper voice.
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Rimidina
Buckingwarm
Clinton
Iowa
England
Iown
Ireland
House of Commons
Buckingham
Blega
Graettinger City Council Meets June 1960 Session
City Hall Graettinger Iowa held regular June meeting with Mayor Lehigh presiding. Present: Knudtson Rolfson Schealler. Absent: Millen Stueve. Minutes of May 2 and May 24 approved. Ray Glazier and Herb Hammer Deng presented 24 business men’s signers urging band concerts move from Saturday to Wednesday. proposal carried. Meeting continued with lengthy proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Iowa
Lehigh
Knudtson
Rolfson
Schealler
Millen
Stueve
Ray Glazier
Herb Hammer Deng
Ibbusiness
Local visitors from Colorado Springs and Omaha
Mr and Mrs Bart Long and children Clayton and Kathleen of Colorado Springs visited friends here last weekend staying with Mr and Mrs Edgar Grein. Long is a division superintendent for Far West Homes. Vergene Hempstead left for a few weeks in Omaha to visit relatives, daughter of Mrs Vergie Hempstead.
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Bart Long
Clayton
Kathleen
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edgar Grein
Longs
Graettinger
Mr. Long
Far West Homes
Vergene Hempstead
Omaha
Nebr
Vergie Hempstead
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Viola Lyons Johnson
Graettinger Telephone Co
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Ted Knudtson
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Wallace & Tiernan Ince
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Barl F. Lehigh
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