Local News Briefs From Lake Okoboji And Nearby
Ten years ago Merlin Simonson and Loren Peterson attended leadership school at Lake Okoboji. This is a Luther League project with Mrs. Earl Kerns Mrs. Dick Bush and Mrs. Edna Henderson attended the funeral of Mrs. Marie Jensen at the Rolfe Lutheran Church last Thursday. Marvin Olson answered Uncle Sam's call Tuesday. He was first flown to Denver then transferred to Texas. At the Boy Scout Court of Honor on July 10 Dennis Hansen and Steven Graeb er were advac ed to First Class Scouts. Mrs. Helen Thompson has moved into her newly purchased home. Six cars of a 50 car North Western Railway train loaded with rock derailed just east of Havelock Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kerns
Dick Bush
Edna Henderson
Marie Jensen
Rolfe Lutheran Church
Marvin Olson
Sam
Denver
Texas
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Dennis Hansen
Steven Graeber
Helen Thompson
North Western Railway
Havelock
Local Property Trades Across Families and Businesses
Twenty years ago last Saturday the Verne Perrin and Dr. R B Ranney families swapped homes. The Grant’s Hee Haw News note adds a tongue in cheek about sunshine to dodge luxury tax. Wilfred Droesler buys Sweeney Grocery with possession set August 8. Bradgate sees the Co op Exchange purchase of the Quaker Oats plant. Arnold, Kerns and sons visit the Black Hills then return home.
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Verne Perrin
R. B. Ranney
Grant
Hee Haw
Wilfred Droesler
Greenville
Sweeney
Bradgate
Bradgate Co-op Exchange
George Arnold
Guy Kerns and
Black Hills
Gamma Phi Beta sisters attend lakeside house party week
Thirty years ago Mary Beth Brinkman Mary Jane Hunter and Janice Wiegman attended a Gamma Phi Beta sorority house party at the lakes this week. The Bradgate highway and the main street were treated Monday to control dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beth Brinkman
Mary Jane Hunter
Janice Wiegman
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
the Lakes
Bradgate
Local News Briefs From Plover And Surrounding Areas
Mrs. George Zeman and four children accompanied Mrs. Zeman's father to Illinois by train from Manson Monday evening. Mrs. Bert Lowe visited near Plover with her daughter to aid in caring for a 10 pound baby boy. James Gray, Mark Kenney, Dale Leadley and Dale Spiker left for North Dakota to work in harvest fields. Plover attended church service at Havelock last Sunday. Earl Ives reports a yield of 90 bushels from two acres of sjo bred wheat and advertises seed for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zeman
Havelock
Earl Ives
Mr. Ives
Threshing Co. Buggy Stolen. Gravel Work on No 44 Proceeds
A Liberty Threshing Co. buggy disappeared from Hollenbeck Corner sometime Sunday. Granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Heathman visited their grandparents in Plover. Trucks have hauled gravel for days to resurface No. 44 south of Rolfe, praised as a top grade Iowa road. The Sanders Orchestra of...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Threshing Co
Hollenbeck
Margaret
Dorthy Lou
Doris McKim
Plover
C. E. Heathman
Rolfe
Iowa
Sanders Orchestra
Water dispute with Pocahontas sparks ongoing clash
Forty years after a Missouri River water scare the Buena Vista area recalls a August 7 1919 column noting a neighbourly quarrel over water and drought time details. The roundup includes Roger Wiegman returning from Shattuck Military Academy and local storm damage from a July 26 hailstorm near Rolfe Bradgate with damaged homes and shattered windows. Julie Young earns second runner up at the Little Miss Iowa Pageant at Lake Okoboji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Wiegman
Fairbault
Minn
Shattuck Military Academy
George Hauck
Chicago
Rolfe
Iowa
Buena Visita
Calhoun
Sae
Julie Young
Lake Okoboji
Wind in Our Feathers on Short Vacation
The column recounts a brief vacation with dog racing in North Sioux City and a first time at a race. It notes bets, the excitement, and observations of greyhounds. Also describes a stop at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield watching large planes unload and mail handling methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Sioux City
Greyhound
Jong
Omaha
Eppley Airfield
Local visitors gather for weekend fraternal visits
Locals Mr and Mrs Virgil Vaughn spent Sunday with the Don Hendersons of Council Bluffs Mrs Anna Vaughn joined for an extended visit Mr and Mrs Alan Simonson and family of Des Moines stayed in the parental George Johnson home and visited other relatives here Mr and Mrs E A Johnson with the Wayne Rapp family of Ames joined the Al Newman family of Emmetsburg for a pic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Vaughn
Don Hendersons
Council Bluffs
Anna Vaughn
Alan Simonson
Des Moines
George Johnson
E. A. Johnson
Wayne Rapp
Ames
al Newman
Emmetsburg
Supper at Emmetsburg Highlights Nearby Visits
Kristi Newman returned home after a two week stay with grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Shay visited in Eagle Grove with Kenneth Shaw and met Curtis Lyle Shaw. P.A.E. Club picnic drew Mrs. Dean Kauffman and Kari from San Jose to Britt areas. The Kauffman family began two years in Taiwan teaching music at a U.S. military school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Kristi Newman
Everett Shay
Kenneth Shaw
Eagle Grove
Curtis Lyle Shaw
Robert Wiegert
Myrtle Ricklefs
Inga Ryen
P.A.E. Club
Pocahontas
Dean Kauffman
Kari
San Jose
Calif
Nellie Brinkman
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Press Association
Newpaser Association
Greg Kaiser
Joan Kaiser
Evelyn Kaiser
Merlin Simonson
Loren Peterson
The
Luther League
Westinghouse
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Ralfe
Ritz Theatre
Showtime
Firecreek
Henry Fonda
James Stewart
Len
Eee Diy
Arnold Aug the
Golddiggers
Davidson
George Kirby
North Door
Duo Arnedis
Rinidad Steel Band
Jose Chitwood
Juy
Honfimakers
Miata Onesies
Halverson
Schaffner
Toby and
Susie
OUR Fair Ladies
Giaees
Gilmore City
Bobby & Dee and
the Schultz 'S Barn Dance Gang
Kvfd-Tv
Tim Rickless
Weldon Gould
Co-Operative
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