Spectacle of Queens at Labor Day Festival Draws Crowds
Masked parade and contest plan for Labor Day events feature contestants from Ayrshire and surrounding towns vying for the tonal title. An earlier Queen of Conservation, Connie Peterson of Ayrshire, is noted among past winners. Local confusion persists over event logistics as residents await official schedule updates. Contact for Social Security appointments is listed for Fort Dodge and Spencer courthouses with specific times and dates.
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Connie Peterson
Ayrshire
Queen of Conservation
Directory of County Officials and Local Organizations
Directory lists county officers Auditor W H Bargman Clerk Walter High Grd Lester Johnson Russell Peterson Merv Thompson Wm Young Supervisor districts and County Superintendent of Schools. Church listings include Community Methodist Wallingford Lutheran Immanuel Lutheran pastors. Graettinger organizations include Businessmen Avery Bonstead Woman's Club Jubilee Helen Kirkegaard American Legion Auxiliary President Clara Hobson Lions Club John DeVries.
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W. H. Bargman
Walter High
Lester Johnson
Russell Peterson Ltd
Merv Thompson County
Wm. Young
Graettinger Organizations
Graettinger Businessmen
Avery Bonstead
Woman's Club Jubilee
Helen Kirkegaard
AM. Legion Auxiliary
Clara Hobson
Builders plan six story Craettinger project in Brinch
Fromm Our Files reports Elmer Petersen and Calan Deterson won the Craettinger contract for a six story building to be erected in Graettinger. The structure includes a basement and a ground-floor level with a high foyer. The project complements the town’s growing infrastructure as moisture-fed crops thrive nearby and local commerce expands. Meanwhile Herdecker takes over the PN service station on the highway from Roy Lundgren after three years of management. William Joyce and Florence Nolan unite in marriage at the Graettinger Catholic church. Vivian Sullivan heads to Los Angeles while Edward Sullivan departs for Graettinger. The Osgoood group holds its regular meeting with officers selected: Margiret Sanders N G, Charlotte Rubink W G, Frances Mills secretary, Jennie Fleming treasurer. A heavy rain boosts regional crop prospects as George Nielsen buys Mans Holte’s trucking business.
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Angeles
Down Library Lane by Nevil Shute
A present day Australia and England romance follows a London doctor’s daughter and a Czech surgeon who joins her in Australia and returns to London, amid clean, generous storytelling and vivid contrasts between two lands.
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Nevil Shute
Australia
England
London
Jennier
Carl
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Mrs. Dappen Visits Family and National Show Guests
Mrs. Michel Dappen returned after a weeks visit with son Wayne and family in Berwyn Pennsylvania. Her grandson Arthur Dappen graduated from Taft Prep in Waterbury Connecticut. Mrs. Dappen saw the Worlds Fair and attended the Devon horse show. Mrs. Theresa Cody Mrs. Gertie Berkland and Billy Cody of Cylinder were Saturday visitors at the Palmer Cody home.
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Michel Dappen
Wayne
Berwyn
Arthur Dappen
Taft Prep School
Waterpury
Conn
Dappen
Theresa Cody
Gertie Berkland
Billy Cody
Cylinder
Palmer Cody
High Lake Farm Bureau Women Meet June 5
Albert Richard hosted the High Lake Farm Bureau Women’s club on Friday June 3rd at her home. Sixteen ladies planned summer trips to Boulder Nashua and Philadelphia. Recipes were shared, a poem read, and a quiz on agriculture given. Committees were named for a September tea and nominating slate. An annual book trip to Minneapolis furniture factory was announced for fall. Members present included Mrs. R. E. Glaser E. K. Skattebo Clifford Brighton James Munson John Drew Rodney Hanson Dora Ressell Amos Egeland John Smith C. W. Olson Nordein Peterson Bob Lundgren and Miss Vicky England Jeanne Skattebo.
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High Lake
Irs
Albert Richard
High Lake Farm Bureau
Don Richie Linge
Boulder
Little Brown
Nashua
Philadelphia
Gile England
E. B. Burg
Minneapolis
Mmes. R. E. Glaser
E. K. Skattebo
Clifford Brighton
James Munson
John Drew
Rodney Hanson
Dora Ressell
Amos Egeland
John Smith
C. W. Olson
Nordein Peterson
Bob Lundgren
Vicky England
Jeanne Skattobo
Local News From Valley Falls and Meridan Areas
Mr and Mrs Roy Sisse and Melinda and Dale with Mrs Festive Simonsen spent last week at Dr Raymond Simonsens home in Valley Falls Kansas They attended the confirmation of Garlinda Simonsen daughter of Dr and Mrs Raymond Simonsen and visited the LeRoy Pause family in Meridan Kans Sam Torkelson of Emmetsburg was a Grachtinger business caller Friday afternoon.
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Roy Sisse
Melinda and
Dale
Festive Simonsen
Raymond Simonsen
Valley Falls
Kansas
Garlinda Simonsen
LeRoy Pause
Meridan
Kans Sam Torkelson
Emmetsbuc
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Howard Suss
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Alma Burna
Richard Miller
Alice Yod
Jack Phillips
Charles Barlow
D. L. Coffey
Community Church Directory
Lost Island Lutheran
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R. E. Glaser
Immanuel Lutheran
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American Legion
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Skyline
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Lloyd Petersen
Graettinger State Bank
Graettioger
Lows
Wallingford
Emmet County American Legion Auxiliary
Merry McGinnis
Lulu McCoy
Williams
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