Wallingford social and school notes highlight Mother’s Day visits
Mrs. Bernard Osher hosted a birthday gathering for her mother with guests including Mrs. Oliver Osher and Mrs. A. Jonsen of Gradlinger, along with several others from Terris and Spirit Lake. The article also covers Mother's Day family get togethers, local visits, a tonsillectomy, a Women’s Missionary Federation convention with 269 in attendance, a school trip by country children, and stamp collector deputy treasurer John Rutherford’s Graf Zeppelin set.
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Bernard Osher
Oliver Osher
A. Jonsen
Gradlinger
Sean Olson
Terris
Amos Egeland
John Smith
Serene Berg
Spirit Lake
Odella Anderson
Dale van Noy
of Goodell
Albert Christopher
Ole Egeland
Andrew Andresen
Sumlay
Richard Kropf
Oltesen
C. J. Skalebo
Duane Kropf
David
Margaret Gunderson
Paul Peterson
Nordern Peterson
Janet Anstad
James Skattebo
Beverly Egeland
Francis Johnson
Egeland
Marlene
Mary Ann
John Rutherford
Auduton County
John Swanson for Representative Palo Alto County
John Swanson a respected Palo Alto County citizen with a broad record in farming farm bureaus REA and county schools seeks the June primary nomination. He emphasizes representing all county classes and a platform built on experience training and understanding to serve the greatest number of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Palo Alto County
John Swinsor
REA
John
Woman demonstrates LAWN BOY Rotary Power Mower function
A young lady uses a new light-weight die-cast aluminum LAWN BOY Rotary Power Mower that trims within 3/8 inch of obstructions. The mower features a left front wheel inset and a rear trim slot for close trimming. Available at Hansen Hardware in Graetlinger. See it today.
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Graetlinger
Hansen ‘Hardware
The Highway Story
Retired and prosperous town leader dies in a highway accident while driving on an unfamiliar eastern state road. He allegedly exceeded 75 mph, lost control, and, after leaping a four strand barbed wire fence, crashed into a plowed field. He was highly regarded for prudent judgments.
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Afyice
Let's tall this over until we can see the road
A fragmented obituary notes Mike Eder of Strawberry Point was struck by a tractor but escaped serious injury. He, 75, suffered two cracked ribs yet remained groggy but capable. A separate notice reports Jackson County courthouse deemed unsafe for records and set for replacement at $14,000, built in fall of 1973.
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Tron
Mike Eder
Strawberry Point
Grand Jury
Jackson County
Burned by high voltage contact on road project
Arthur Vogt and William Hodges of Neola were burned when their drag-line touched a high voltage wire during road work northwest of Minden. The incident occurred during progress on the road project, with injuries reported but not detailed. Authorities investigated the event on site.
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Arthur Vogt
William Hodges
Neola
Minden
Calendar of School Events May Schedule
May events include Senior Class Play at 8 00 p m in the gym on May 14 Baccalaureate at 8 00 p m in the gym on May 16 Jr Sr Banquet and Prom at 6 30 and 8 30 in the school and Midnight Show at 12 00 in the theatre on May 17 Commencement at 8 00 p m in the gym on May 18.
Bride-To-Be Hurt In Industrial Accident In Iowa
Clarence Rowland of Iowa Fally spent what was to have been his wedding day in a hospital bed with a badly crushed leg after a truck and a pulldozer collided, two days before his planned marriage to Miss Lela Graves.
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Clarence Rowland
Iowa
Fally
Lela Graves
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Wallingford
Earnest Skatteho
John A. Swanson
Ady
Phot
Fred Adams
Hander
Graettinger
He Anal
U.S
Ogrest
Bob Hullihan
Del’s Farmers Supply
Coan’s Grocery
RADIO
Fairbanks Morse
CP Rota Rs
Phono Records
Grein Electric
Chevrolet
Fisher
Rouse Chevrolet & Implement Co
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