The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

• July 18, 1946

Vivian Rihner, young brunette from Moneta, was crowned Miss Okoboji at a colorful ceremony at the Roof Garden in Arnolds Park. She won the nod from five judges in the finals of a beauty contest which had embraced this entire section of the country.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., two persons drove onto the W.F. Kramme farm apparently intent upon making away with some turkeys. Mr. Kramme was attracted by the noise and was able to frighten the intruders away.

Pictures showing at the Capitol Theatre included “A Walk in the Sun,” a story about American soldiers on a mission, w...