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Newspaper
West Bend Journal
Location
West Bend, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
7
Sioux Falls resident LeRoy Cunningham greets West Bend friends on Wednesday while J J Jaeger travels to Des Moines for a bankers convention. The town reports multiple visits, a Des Moines ball club appearance by the Algona Brownies, and community events including sales, birthdays, and church group meetings.
Local notices reflect a week of social events and travel. Myron Boos travels to Chicago Monday for business. Woman's Club of Cylinder held a picnic at Grotto Park Tuesday. Several families and neighbors joined in celebrations and visits across nearby towns and lakes.
Mrs Tom Lawman travels to Des Moines for niece Belle Schafer funer al in Lake Crystal Minnesota. Mrs Roy Swartinger hosts Kensington Club. Crowd sends off Ruth Cunningham at the depot en route to Washington. Margie Perkins of West Bend visits Rodman relatives. Louis Lawman begins Ballenbach store job succeeding Roy Swartinger who resigns June 18. Mrs Emil Firkins and children also noted.
Ottosen notices a flurry of visits and trips from Albert City to Fort Dodge including Kinseth family hosts and Jenson and Holden friendships. The Ottosen Progressive Club held its annual picnic at Call's State Park, and ministers Elmer Wehrspann and Dennis Purdy completed recent travels. Irene Schneider and Louis Henrikson wed in Emmetsburg, planning to farm near Wes Bend, while two families hosted postal and clergy gatherings and other regional visits.
Humboldt Republican notes a Livermore boy, Pete Wilson, raised mallards starting last July. He found eight more hatched this week and cares for five to thirteen ducks in his yard. He denies clipping wings and says the birds adapt to a place, with no danger of escaping.
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