Recently Bob Berggren brought a piece of wood with the signature of Chattie Coleman Westenius Swalley, the former editor of the Headlight. The piece will soon be hanging in the PCN office. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow
This is the script I (Beth) read as Chattie (Coleman) Westenius Swalley. Since then Bob Berggren brought me the piece of wood above with her signature on it. We will hang it here at the Polk County News; it seems like an appropriate place.
I, Chattie Florence Coleman, was born on July 5, 1871 in Dallas County, Iowa to Jacob Coleman and Nicy Lavonia Coleman. My mother passed when I was...
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