Small fairs big questions Plymouth county fair dilemma
Editorial notes Plymouth county fair crowds fill the Plymouth county fairgrounds Sunday through Tuesday and fear the arena may need to grow for bigger events. The piece commends compact grounds while cautioning that growth brings space limits and hard choices for the fair board led by president Whitey Klohs. The writer argues small size contributes to charm and accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Plymouth County Fair
Fair
Fair Board
Whitey Klohs
Whitey
G.k
Fair Kids and Great County Fair Return in Le Mars
The writer notes the Great Bike Ride with a Le Mars participant and recalls past local figures Russell Fletcher and Donald Kaul. The county fair grows as exhibitors lament crowds of well behaved visitors from eight to ten surrounding counties. The author predicts Sunday becoming the big day soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Russell Fletcher
Bulldogs
Donald Kaul
Kaul
Custer
Plymouth County
Silence on radio ends era of sound in broadcasts
A 1975 discussion contrasts the old art of radio silence with modern screamer stations. Robert Dye of the University of Hawaii argues silence let listeners imagine faces and actions, while Dr Sherman Lawton of the University of Oklahoma calls new radio forms a fresh art. He laments the death rattle of silence in broadcasting and notes the rise of fast talking announcers and top-tune stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Robert Dye
University of Hawaii
Sherman Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Dye
Capitol pay raises and political fundraising in Iowa
Capitol news notes that DC Attorney General Richard C. Turner approved staff raises after initial resistance, with 5 to 19 percent boosts retroactive to July 11. Separately, Republican leaders outline a Des Moines visit for President Ford on August 18, including a fund raising reception at Hotel Fort Des Moines and a mobile “citizens search” van to boost party outreach. Health officials assure barber and cosmetology licensure remains under current law despite legislative veto, with inspections continuing and interim administration planned before new laws. Charles and Kim Wendt visit from Omaha to see Tape Hirsch in Lynne Apts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Turner
Turner
Gerald Ford
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
John McDonald
McDonald
Republican Party
Norman Pawlewski
Iowa
Robert Ray
State Health Department
Pawlewski
Rees family reunion and picnic in Minnesota
The Rees family reunion and picnic was held July 13 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rees in Mountain Lake Minnesota. Attendees included John P. Dunn and Bob Dunn of Wilmar Dennis Dunn and family of St. Cloud Wallace Rees of Rochester New York Orville Rees of Craig and Melvin Rees with Laverne Minnesota and the Harold Rees family. The afternoon featured pictures and visiting. Also Mabel Port of Le Mars and George Noble of Pipestone with Charles Noble of Spirit Lake and Helen Noble of Ireton returned after a Missouri trip visiting relatives in Chillicothe Independence and Detroit. Mrs. Norris sister of Mrs. Port and the Nobles visited their Missouri kin. drought crops in Missouri noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees
Harold Rees
Mountain Lake
Minn
John P. Dunn
Bob
Wilmar
Dennis Dunn
St. Cloud
Wallace Rees
Rochester
New York
Orville Rees
Craig
Melvin Rees
Laverne
Mabel Port
le Mars
George Noble
Pipestone
Charles Noble
Spirit Lake
Helen Noble
Ireton
Missouri
Chillicothe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Editorial
X & Vaisteim
Photo
Dick Koerselman
The
Small Society
Brickman
Bkickkmaw
Journal of Broadcasting
Ayer
America
le Mars Daily Sentinel
Wilson
Dennis
Ketcham
Capitol
Iowa Press Assn
Don Reid
Ford
Jowans
Charles Wendt
Kim
Omaha
Tape Hirsch
Lynne Apts
Great Glorious Entertainment Family Circle
Rarmel
Arie J. Bomgaars
Jerry Scholten
New York Life Insurance
Plymouth St. NW
Robert Redford
Willie Boy
Tay Erst
CRAZY
Stuart Whitman
Ann Sothern
Jimbackus
Linda Purl
Cheryl
Mom
Minnesota
Stevens
Order OF Foresters
Spurgeon’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!