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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1962

Page

10

Valley Lodge Texas Recreates Old West Town

A Houston area community named Valley Lodge builds a 10 acre Western town with jail saloon frontier houses and an Olympic pool to evoke Wyatt Earp era life. Buildings relocated from Texas give authenticity while rules lure land buyers with strict minimum home costs. Local sheriff car and carriage decor reinforce the theme as farming is scarce and land sells for up to 5900 an acre.

Kennethe Carr United Press International Houston Tex Texas Hankerin Valley Lodge Tombstone Ariz A. EF Snake) Bailey Wyatt Earp Sanke Sealy Snake Alaska America Nile Valley

Explorer Conference Reports Youth Viewpoints

Jay Grimes of the Hound Dog District Explor er Cabinet reported that 3200 explorers at the First Explorer Delegate Conference at the University of Michigan adopted 26 viewpoints. Plans were made for a district meeting in Eddyville on Oct. 5 and a trip for all explorers to the Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station in October.

Keota Jay Grimes Hound Dog District Boy Scouts of America University of Michigan Jay Oskaloosa Eddyville Ottumwa Council Olathe Kansas Naval Charles Alstrin William Shafer Denver Colorado Ronald Shafer William Shafers Chicago Kenneth Holmes

Divers e Duplications Draw Crowd at New York Show

At the National Business Show in the New York Coliseum visitors requested duplicates on a new electrostatic photocopy machine. Items copied included a $1,000 bill love letters checks and a kindergarten drawing with 25 copies to share with relatives.

New York UPI New York Coliseum

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