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Surprising News...come to Pottawattamie County Sheriff Roy Wichael via he Estes Park (Colo.) Times. Since the news was "made up" by someone else, rather than "made" by him, Wichael isn't too worried.

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Roy Whichael, of 140 Greenbriar, retired (doesn't own a cat): Yes, I agree with that. I think a cat is just as dangerous as a dog in some respects. I think they should have rabies shots as long as they run loose like dogs. They should also put a…

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Shirley Wichael

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Showing Sanctuary...of St. John's Lutheran Church to the Rev. Vepuri Frederick of India is the Rev. W.E. Wicklund.

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Greeting Their Friends...at a reception at St. John's Lutheran Church next Sunday will be (seated) Debbie, 7, the Rev. W.E. Wicklund, Billie, 11, and Mrs. Wicklund; (back row) David, 16, and Steven, 18.

A family standing on the front porch of their home.
(top) California Redwood . . . siding of St. Paul Lutheran parsonage will be painted except stained and varnished area along front porch. The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Flentgen and daughter, Ann Martha stand on front step. Church is seen at rear of home.…

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The Wilcox Greenhouses...are like a "sea of glass" on Highway 6, between North Avenue and Oak Street. The greenhouses which have been in use since the early 1900s, will be closed Sept. 1.

Older man standing by a variety of items, including baskets and dolleys/trolleys.
Sorting Through Articles...that were put on auction block is J.F. "Jack" Wilcox, Jr., president of J.F. Wilcox and Sons Florists.

Crane with wrecking  ball in front of a brick chimney tower
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-pound wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.

Wrecking ball on a crane strikes a brick chimney tower
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-poung wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.
The ticklish operation…

Tall crane in front of cloud of smoke from the demolition of a tower.
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-pound wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.
The ticklish operation…

Bulldozer and wreckage from demolition in front of a greenhouse and brick chimney tower
With all the destructive force of a bull in a china shop, a bulldozer Wednesday crunches through one of the J.F. Wilcox Greenhouses at North Avenue and Highway t. Contractor Sam Thomas is clearing the 14-acre site for new owners Midlands Financial…

Angle-parked cars next to main street buildings.
(top) The Main Street Of Oakland . . . will undergo a face-lifting in the near future, through a program started by the Oakland Commercial Club, in cooperation with town merchants and landowners. Facades of some of the downtown buildings have…

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New Horsepower . . . pulled an old covered wagon slowly down Oakland's Main Street Monday afternoon during the parade of the Oakland Fall Festival. Theme of the parade was "Through The Years In America."

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The New Home . . . of the Citizens State Bank at Oakland is the first new business building in downtown Oakland in several years. Of colonial design, the bank is located on Oakland Avenue, just a block from the bank's old location.
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