Letter writer recalls hats theft and festival scenes in Oregon
A Portland Oregonian Northwest magazine letter from Grants Pass reflects on hat thefts near Bend, then recounts summer events from the Rooster Crow contest to Bean Days. The writer muses on politics and Latin lessons while noting bird watching with a companion and comparing birds to people.
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Norris
Northwest Magazine
Portland Oregonian
Platte
Oregon
Bend
Boise
Big City
Portland
Grants Pass Riverside Park
Hells Gate
Gaul
Alice
McGovern
Polk Community Club
Glen Babcock
Stromsburg
Polk Players Attend Birthday Dinner and Reunion Outing
Galen Sterner Hillis Sterner Dolan Peterson and Roy Glasser Jr joined Mrs Stanley Peterson and Mrs Harry Alexander at Hastings cafe for Mrs Stanley Petersons birthday. The Cramer Annual Reunion picnic drew 60 from multiple towns at Kearney. Pat Ramsey of Omaha stayed with her parents Wayne and Ramsey and left for Estes Park Colorado with Lynn Ramsey. Dolan Hahn and family visited Mrs Hanna Hahn and Doyle for a barbecue dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ramsey
Lynn Ramsey
Estes Park
Colo
Polk County E and H Savings Bonds Sales Report
May sales in Polk County totaled 16758.00 dollars with 585 percent of year goal reached. Five month county total 73861.00 dollars and statewide five month sales 25152875 dollars, exceeding 1971 by 2875595 and reaching 653.1 percent of 1972 goal.
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Polk County
W. E. Johnson
Nebraska duck counts show spring decline of ten percent
The Game and Parks Commission reports a ten percent drop in Nebraska’s duck breeding population this spring. Surveys in the Sand Hills and the Sand Hills and rainwater basins counted about 91,600 ducks in the Sand Hills and 12,000 in the basin. Species include blue winged teal mallards shovelers and gadwall making up about 80 percent of observed birds.
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Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
Sand Hills
Commission
Local Social Roundup From Cleghorn and Nearby Homes
Mr and Mrs Roy Glasser Jr and Lauren visited the Erwin Mogenson home in Cleghorn Town over the weekend. Wayne Ramsey called on Henry Reeb and Miss Harriet Carlson Sunday afternoon. Evening guests at the Reeb home included Mr and Mrs Bruce Arnold of Aurora and Lester Rehrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Glasser, Jr
Lauren
Erwin Mogenson
Cleghorn
Town
Wayne Ramsey
Henry Reeb
Harriet Carlson
Reeb
Bruce Arnold
Aurora
Lester Rehrs
Local community guests and visits noted
Mr and Mrs Charley Goldfish of Scotia visited Friday afternoon in Walter Fisher’s home. Thursday evening guests included Mmnes Clarence Johnson Minnie Wright Anna Eisler and Dwight Burney at Hulda Sagehorn’s home. Bessie Green and Olive Gruber hosted Green and Gruber family guests in Central City.
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Charley Goldfish
Scotia
Walter Fisher
Hulda Sagehorn
Mmnes
Clarence Johnson
Minnie Wright
Anna Eisler
Dwight Burney
Sagehorn
Ardean Kothz
York
Kohtz
Lincoln
Bessie Green
Olive Gruber
Gary Green
Central City
Emory Cramer
Wesley Ratliff
Floyd Patron
Everett Green
Willard Gruber
Omaha
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Grants Pass
Polk
Dolan Hahn
Hanna Hahn and
Doyle
E and HI Savings
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