Monday, October 5, 2015

Echoes of the Past, Decorah, Iowa-- Part 3: House For Sale At $11,000

1955, SIXTY YEARS AGO:

**  FOR SALE:  three-bedroom home on Spring Street.  Only 1-year-old.  Wall-to-wall carpeting.  Priced at $11,000.

1965, FIFTY YEARS AGO:

**  Nob Hill is serving all-you-can-eat chicken on Tuesday nights for $1.50.  Don't forget Friday night fish fry event,$1.25.

**  H.T. Leseth of Decorah bowled a perfect game here on Jan. 18, 1965.  It was the first perfect game bowled here since 1951.  Leseth bowls for the A&J Agency in the City League.

1985, 30 YEARS AGO:

**  The local ice skating rink closed the other day due to wind chills dropping to -83 degrees.  Many other events were cancelled in the area due to the cold snap, the most severe weather of this winter so far.

--Cooter

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