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May 17 Happenings and Local Notes Spark City Buzz
Reader items roll through Forest City Iowa and beyond including a 1936 Chevrolet praised by Vera Foster and teased by Don Hansen. The column recounts absurd local tales from a wedding altar boy to Norwegian gatherings, WKTV party notes,Echo I disintegration forecast, Miss American Legion entries, Foster Home info, and Mark Twain quip about lightning.
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the Tribune
Forest City
Iowa
St. James Catholic Church
Danny Gangstead
St. James
Danny
Don Dickinson
Caledonia St