Dear Abby columns sparking domestic debates in Iowa village fair
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on marriage privacy and handling flirtatious questions. A wife complains of a husband who broadcasts intimate details to friends. Abby counsels secrecy and boundaries. The page also describes Heritage Village exhibits at Fort Madison, including Indian totem pole displays and Fort Madison’s 1809 block house, with notes on historical U.S. Army forts and pioneer life.
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Abby
Big River
Indian Agency
Iowa
Fort Madison
Heritage Village
Mid-Prairie Calendar Dates For 1968 69 School Year
Mid-Prairie officials released key dates for the 1968 69 school year. August 26 marks the first day of school. September 2 is Labor Day with no school. September 9 is School Election. October 18 the State Education Association Convention with no school. November 8 features Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences. November 28 29 are Thanksgiving Vacation. December 23 begins Christmas vacation. January 2 school resumes. January 16 ends the semester with no school. January 24 hosts Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences. April 4 7 Easter vacation. May 28 is the last day of school.
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Mid Prairie
State Education Association
Heritage Village at State Fair Returns Each Year in Des Moines
Heritage Village reappears at the Iowa State Fair for 10 days recreating early Iowa life. The 1890s theme frames a simple history of frontier building, risk taking, and brief, austere community life amid the fair’s period displays.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Annual Swift reunion in Sunset Park draws many Swift kin
The 53rd Swift reunion was held Sunday in Sunset Park with numerous attendees. Families represented included Wheelan, Swift, Wellington, Kurtz, Ragan, Spenser, Ethel Swift, Lowe, Charles Swift, Flynn, Bru ty, St Magdalene Swift, Schoenfelder, Gevock, Young, Murphy and others.
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Swift
Sunset Park
Mike Wheelan
Everette Swift
Merritt Wellington
Robert Kurtz
Gertrude Ragan
Etieine Spenser
Ethel Swift
John Wheelan
Mary St. Magdalene Swift
Mike Schoenfelder
Victor Flynn
F. B. Swift
Joe Hines
Walter Schoenfelder
Alex Gevock
Frank Young
Charles Murphy
Weekend Visitors Gather at Ames Cottage
At the U P Home Kenton Henken of Ames called on cousin Ella Gordon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M E Norris from St Joseph Missouri called on Miss Ethel Sedgwich Saturday afternoon. Mrs Janet Fuller’s cottage hosted her daughter Mrs John Hall and two Or ient Iowa sons last week. Mrs Hall attends Wheaton summer school. Her husband the Rev John Hall met her and they drove Saturday morning to Marion Iowa for a wedding. Rev Hall attends a two week Seminary at Garrett Institute Evanston Illinois. On Sunday evening Dr William R Yard led Evensong. Mrs Mountford played a piano prelude and helped hymn singing. Dr Yard’s theme was The
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M. E. Norris
St. Joseph
Missouri
Ethel Sedgwich
Janet Fuller
John Hall
Orient
Iowa
Hall
Wheaton
Marion
Garrett Institute
Evanston
Illinois
William R. Yard
Word of God hymn and visiting relatives noted
Dennis the Menace creator Hank Ketcham is mentioned alongside a hymn titled The Word of God by Dr Yard. Mrs Ruth Nolin and Mrs Elizabeth McClung sang the hymn. Dr Pickens introduced his daughter-in-law Mary Pickens visiting at home. Various visitors from Illinois, Ohio, Wyoming, Chicago and Cedar Rapids visit Mrs Myrtle Meyer and family, with Army camp transfers and service departures noted.
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Yard
Ruth Nolin
Elizabeth McClung
Dr. Pickens
Mary Pickens
Myrtle Meyer
Duane Lewis
Crawfordsville
Louisiana
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Smithville
Okla
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