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A Page From the Past - from the Archives of Rural Ministry

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December 2018

Reprinted from "The Iowan: Iowa's Own Magazine, January 1954

Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 12-13.

December 2017

Nativity Scene in Algona, Iowa. Built by German POWs in WWII.
Now maintained by the United Methodist Church in Algona.

April 2017

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. October 1955, Vol IV, No. 3. 

October 2016

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News,
July 1953, Vol, II, No. 2, p. 8.

April 2016

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. January 1955, Vol III, No. 4, page seven.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. July 1957, Vol VI, No. 2, page seven.

January 2016

Reprinted from the Vail Observer, November 3, 1988.

December 2015

Reprinted from "The Iowan: Iowa's Own Magazine, January 1954
Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 12-13.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. July 1955, Vol IV, No. 2, page eleven.

October 2015

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. July 1955, Vol IV, No. 2, page eleven.

September 2015

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. July 1955, Vol IV, No. 2, page eleven.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. July 1955, Vol IV, No. 2, page four.

From the pages of Kitchen-Klatter Magazine, 

January 1945,Vol. 10, Number 1, p. 12

July 2015

From the pages of Kitchen-Klatter Magazine, 

January 1945,Vol. 10, Number 1, p. 12.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. October 1955, Vol IV, No. 3, page four.

June 2015

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. January 1960, Vol VIII, No. 4, page eight.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. January 1960, Vol VIII, No. 4, page four.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. October 1956, Vol V, No. 3, page ten.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. January 1960, Vol VIII, No. 4, page six.

From the pages of Iowa Presbyterian News, Synod of Iowa, Presbyterian 

Church, U.S.A. January 1956, Vol IV, No. 4, page one.

Small Town Signs

In the past, nearly every small town had a sign, often featuring the town slogan. Many of these are disappearing. Here are a few of our favorites.  If you have a sign to share, send it to skipshaffer@gmail.com