Local Families Gather for Fourth of July Weekend
Mrs. Ruth Latham of LeMars visits niece and husband Mr. and Mrs Ihna Gerdes. Mrs. Louisa Fish and Earl and Mrs. Floyd Armstrong travel to Manly to pick up Vincent Fish and wife for two weeks. The Studer family stays at Haverhill with sister Mrs. Kapel. Nora Henderson and daughters Barbara visit Ida Grove relatives, while Cal Desare and wife join Otto Henderson’s family for the holiday.
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Ruth Latham
LeMars
Ihna Gerdes
Louisa Fish
Earl
Floyd Armstrong
Manly
Barbara
Cal Desare
Ida Grove
Otto Henderson
Wesley
Algona
Kraus
Lions Club
Miriam Circle
L. L. Pfeffer
Chicago
J. T. Meurer
Martin Hamilton
Helen Johnson
Mason City
Clotilda Hutchison
John
Louis Lickteig
Philip Goetz
Lake Okoboji
Sharon Eden
Joyce Bergman
Hampton
Ben Eden
Standard Oil
Social Notes Highlight Summer Visits and Gatherings
Multiple families and individuals from Algona, Bloomington, Indianola, Mason City and nearby areas visited relatives and friends across Iowa. Weekend guests included the Matz and Perkins families, the Forburgers and McWilliams siblings, and other locals at various homes and picnics. Community events featured a Crouch Baker reunion, a July 4 celebration, a Prairie Neighbors picnic, and plans for a September SCS bazaar and chicken supper.
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Gloria Simpson
Standard Oil
Mason City
Carson Si
Vee M
Sharon
Spring View
Badlands
John North
Fango
Dek
Minnesota
Algona
Pequot Lake
Minn
Walter Smith
Glenn Smith
Smith
Robert Lockwood
Livermore
Clyde Smith
Bernard Mettille
Peoria
Sgt
Roger Crouch
Camp Crowder
John Huff
Orville Crouch
Huff
Crouch- Baker
Fair Grounds
Irving Anne
Burbanks
Calif
Maurice DeBoer
Rich Reiling
Carroll
Don Reiling
Mary Rawe
Orville
Glenn Smiths
John Paulsons
Jim Kuekenreuthers
Renwick
Ed Dusold
Jimmy
Bob Jacobsons
Britt
Prairie Neighbors
John Hildman
Dornbelt Farm
From the Hills That Reach the Sky to God’s Creation
A speaker recalls standing among towering mountains and exclaiming There must be a God. He later forgets the remark, admitting it to reporters, while the scene of eternal hills renews his sense of divine gifts like sunrise, stars, and northern lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Blue Earth
Solomon
Contemplative Rural Fragments and a Turtle Encounter
A reflective column blends countryside imagery with farm life Notes on contour plowing soybeans and turtle road crossing memoirs Mixed memories recall the Scopes trial and a Mt LeConte excursion with Clarence Darrow in a meditative tone.
Rural Nonfarmers Rise in Iowa Townless Areas
Rural sociologists Paul Jehlik George Beal and Ray Wakeley at Iowa State College warn that one in five residents living outside incorporated areas in Iowa earns most of their income from nonfarm work. They note rural nonfarmers are increasing near major cities, creating new settlement challenges.
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Iowa
Paul Jehlik
George Beal
Ray Wakeley
Iowa State College
Rural Population Shifts Challenge Iowa Communities
Sociologists warn unplanned rural growth and new nonfarm residents strain county schools and services in Iowa. Divergent farm and nonfarm groups risk factionalism, complicating zoning and community life. They urge study to assess social costs of population redistribution and best use of resources. The first permanent iron works was built in Massachusetts in 1645.
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Iowa
Massachusetts
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Titonka
Kossuth County
Canada
Eurortata
Wesley News
Ervin
Jerome
Halvorson
Pierre Sartor
M. D
H. J. Torgersen
L. A. Winkel
Hutchison
H. W. Miller
Dr. Sawyer
James KE. Hill
Titonera
L. L. Snyder
Tigges
Jas. J. Norris
Robert L. Myers
Secor
Court House
Forest City
W. L. Tindall
Melvin .Perkins
Bloomington
Ill
Vincent Matz
Indianola
Julius Matz
John Dilig
Glen View
Betty Ricke
Gale Institute Airline
Minneapolis
LeRoy Ricke
Melvin Armstrong
Milton Armstrong
Tom Forburger
al Erpeldings
Joe Krieps
Larry Youngwirth
Forburgers
Jim McWilliams
Mary McDermott
St. Louis
Lawrence Koppen
Ma Ison City
Tom Long
Lone Hook
Clarence Ackerson
Will Martinek
Hartley
William Buchan
Wesley Webb
Des Moines
Frank Webb
Still, College of Osteopathy
Dale Adolf
Kentucky
Walter Adolf
Herman Luedtker
Claron
Marvin Ackbe
Fairmont
Susan Frawley
Eisele
Mina
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Tennessee
Darrow
Mt. LeConte
Smoky Mountains
Swan Furniture Funeral Home Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Devries Auction Sales
Devries Auction CO
Buffalo Center
Tyke Theatre
Titonka, Iowa
Judy Canova
Donald Barry
Commando Cody
Sky Marshall
Edna Ferbers
Jane Wyman
Sterling Hayden
Nancy Olson
Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper
Rosedale
Summer
Mehlan
Frigidaire
General Mateors
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