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Title: Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23315

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23313

Title: Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23308

Title: Grant Gale Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born December 29, 1903 in Prentice, Wisconsin, Grant was educated in Wisconsin and Michigan. He came to Grinnell in 1928, and in 1929, was joined by his bride, Harriet. He was a professor of physics at Grinnell College. An observatory on the campus is named in his honor.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23306

Title: John Parish Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: The son of Dr. O.F. and Laura Parish, John was born September 23, 1904. After graduating from Grinnell College in 1927, he studied medicine at Harvard and interned at Johns Hopkins. He served in the Navy during World War II. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had three daughters.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23311

Title: Josephine Hartzell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: A resident of the Grinnell area her entire life, Josephine was born on November 29, 1902. Until 1980 she worked on the family farm doing chores and taking care of animals. At that time she moved into town, where she enjoyed reading and sewing in her retirement.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23305

Title: Laura Wieman Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Laura, the daughter of Henry and Merta Matlack, was born in Grinnell on July 19, 1913 and lived in Grinnell until 1936. She returned to Grinnell in 1966 with her husband, Henry Wieman, to her family home. She received a BA from Grinnell College and an MFA from Southern Illinois University. She taught in public schools and at SIU. She was a skilled weaver.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23303

Title: Leo Flanagan Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Leo was born in Sully, Iowa, on January 19, 1908. He farmed, worked in service stations for 21 years, and in automobile sales and management for 20 years. He and his wife, Blanche, had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23302

Title: Lucille "Sid" Potts Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Lucille McDowell was born in Grinnell on October 19, 1910. A1928 graduate of Grinnell High School, she attended business college in Quincy, Illinois. In 1937 she married Dick Potts. She began her banking career in 1929 as a bookkeeper at Citizen's National Bank (later Poweshiek County National Bank and then Wells Fargo). She retired in 1975 at which time she was an officer and board member.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23314