Garden City News Items From Bevan to Tungland Obituary
F W Bevan visited Marshalltown last Wednesday. Daisy Guthrie called home for her father s death in Zearing. Mrs Lars Sansto of Eagle Grove visited Fitchner family. Rev B H Guthrie of Maxwell called. Knutson family welcomed a baby girl born April 22. Many local visits Sunday and week events listed. Tungland death ends long illness. funeral held with family present. Busy Bees meet at Mrs Waldee on May 8.
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F. W. Bevan
Marshalltown
Daisy Guthrie
W. Guthrie
Zearing
Lars Sansto
Eagle Grove
Ernest Fitchner
B. H. Guthrie
Maxwell
Cornel Knutson
H. L. Swanson
F. A. Bevan
Earl Miller
Bobby
Guy
Laverne
Moline
Sam Sampson
Clinton, My
Oscar Jacobson
Callsbury
Sadie Pickett
Ole Seglem
Caroline
Anna Simonson
Elmer Hackbarth
Hampton
H. H. Anderson
Hazel
Esther
Leroy
Iowa Falls
Swen
Irvin Reisetter
Beverly
Thos
Tollakson
Betty
Robert
John Male
H. H. Nelson
G. A. Knutson
Con Harestad
Fred Lee
T. O. Tungland
Rev
B. K. Barstad
Olaus
Ole
Theo
Olson
Gustav
Erick
Lakefield
Minn
Adolph
Jackson
Tungland
L. G. Nelson
Charlotte
Ragnhild
Charlotte Male
Tom Auestad
S. W. Guthrie
McCallsburg
Mike Michaelson
Francis
Orva Lee
Johanna Ose
June
Geo
Espe
Winifred
Marjorie
Judith Waldee
Eldora
Francis Michaelson
June Ose
Helen Waldee
Rural School Notes Highlights Mayme Severseike Class
Mayme Severseike teaches rural students who made vases in class. Roy Frette missed a day due to illness. Seventh grade to take county exams May 8 at Story City high school. Perfect spellers were Margaret Henryson, Myrtle Henryson, and Anna Johnson. Arbor Day activities included yard raking and a wiener roast after planting flowers. hygiene class made health posters.
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Mayme Severseike
Roy Frette
Story City
Margaret Henryson
Myrtle Henryson
Anna Johnson
Miss Severseike
Henryson
Judith Thorson
Joel Thorson
Kellogg
Grandmother Rules as Family Crumbles in Prosperous Town
The story centers on a strong willed grandmother who dominates her crowded clan in a midwestern town. Wallace, her most dynamic son, faces arrest for defaulting, and the family gathers in fear and shame as she reveals a treasure trove of jewels and cash to aid them, transforming a tense crisis into a dramatic shift of power.
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Wallace
Grandmother
Martin
Oswald
Always Silver Linings to the Darkest Clouds
A narrative of everyday misfortunes with ironic twists amid family misfortunes and small mercies. The piece lists injuries, illness, a car loss, a fire, dress and mourning concerns, and minor home repairs framed as cautious optimism.
Local School News Highlights Activities and Staff Movements
Health officer duties by David Nelson in fifth grade. Seventh grade visits by Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Thompson. Bly attends Drake Relays in Des Moines. Hegland added to eighth grade dental honor roll. Seniors to have portraits taken at Griffith studios Ames. Seventh grade studies The Racing Teaclipper for picture study. Commencement speaker E G Dunn to address May 21 at the auditorium. Fifth grade spelling contest selected Marvin Erickson and Thomas Johnson as captains. Senior class invited by Juniors to a schoolhouse banquet on May 1. Fourth grade takes Bird Lore magazine for reading table. S W Guthrie suffers fatal heart attack. board member formerly president. Oma Wierson treats fourth grade for birthday. Seniors receive name cards and announcements. May 5 Miss Constance Fredrickson class piano recital with listed performers. High school glee clubs present program featuring works by Parks Moore and others.
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David Nelson
Otis Olson
Elliott Thompson
Bly
Des Moines
Helen Hegland
Griffith Studios
Ames
Atty. E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Marvin Erickson
Thomas Johnson
S. W. Guthrie
Guthrie
Board of Education
Oma Wierson
Virginia Mein
Jake Mein
Constance Fredrickson
Miss Fredrickson
Margaret Thomas
Lavina Rosmundson
Ardis Ose
Edna Knutson
Mae Erickson
Adele Brekke
Mary
Local church meetings and community events in Iowa towns
The Iowa Synod annual meeting will be at Memorial Lutheran Nevada May 4 to 7 with about 150 visitors expected. Elmer Mortvedt family near Ellsworth released from scarlet fever quarantine after three months. A Radcliffe area barn was destroyed by lightning. Graettinger Norwegian Lutheran to build a new 36 by 66 foot church seating 500, using salvaged lumber, cost 6000 to 7000 dollars. Story County American Legion Auxiliary held a county convention at Maxwell with Delia Golly of Zearing speaking on France. Mrs. Julia M. Benjamin, 90, died in Nevada after a fall. Mrs. Carl Ristvedt of Story City elected president of Iowa Federation of Music Clubs. W. A. Craig elected corresponding secretary. J. C. Penney store in Ames was...
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Iowa Synod of the United Lutheran Church
Memorial Lutheran Church
Nevada
Elmer Mortvedt
Ellsworth
Earl Hoffman
Radcliffe
Graettinger
Story County American Legion Auxiliary
Maxwell
Delia Golly
Zearing
France
Julia M. Benjamin
O. J
G. A. Benjamin
Nevada Evening Journal
Carl Ristvedt
Story City
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Store Robbed of $900 in Merchandise on Monday Night
Thieves entered through a pried back door and stole about 26 suits top coats ties shirts and other goods valued at 900. Police investigate the Monday night burglary.
Ordinance 106 Restricts billiard and pool halls in Roland
Roland Iowa revises rules governing billiard rooms bowling alleys and pool halls. The ordinance repeals No. 66 requires minors barred and bans obscene language and decorations. It sets hours limits inspections and penalties including fines and possible license forfeiture. The measure enforces posting requirements and states it takes effect after adoption and publication.
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Roland
Ordinance 107 Amends Licenses for Bowling Alleys and Billiards
Roland Iowa adopts Ordinance 107 amending Ordinance 64 to regulate and license bowling alleys and billiard tables. Bowling alley licenses set at 1 dollar per day per track or 10 dollars per quarter per track. Public billiard tables require 100 dollars annually for one table and 10 dollars per additional table. In force upon publication. Signed April 25 1981 by Mayor M O Rod and Clerk Jeffrey Michaelson.
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Roland
Iowa
Story
State of
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