Humboldt Independent (Newspaper) - May 21, 1935, Humboldt, Iowa VOLUME MAY COURT IN SESSION Grand Jury Still lii Sea sion Petit Jury Comes The district court that Is in session at the court house in Da kota City did not handle any casei of importance since the issue of last weeks It ad Saturday morning and was to reconvene The petit Jury is to assemble Tuesday of this The grand jury is still in session but has not made public Its find There is considerable interest on the action of the grand Jury rela tive to the case of Oscar Christen sen who was held to the grand Jury on a charge of drunken driv He was the driver of the car in which Miss Virginia Marie Lansing met her EQUIPMENT CONTEST CLOSED The equipment contest for schools promoted by the merchants of and closed evening of last The voters have until day at six to gret their votes Following that tollers will count the votes and the result will be announced In Fridays Republican which will be print ed Thursday evening of this IS SOLD TO MCGEE Took Possession at the Close of Business Saturday NEW SERIAL STARTS IN ISSUE OF PAPER LOCAL CONTRACTOR WILL ERECT THREE RESIDENCES The Northside owned by Art has been sold to Ben I McGee who took possession t the close of the Many Activities are Planned for Badger Community Picnic For the thirteenth consecutive year schools of Badger township will hold their community picnic at May as a feature of the closing of school for summer The program for the day will start at o clock in the morning with a pa rade and will continue throughout the day and The of Mason former pastor at will be the principal Verne Johnson of will erect three resi dences In Humboldt this and place them on the market for He has purchased the va cant lot lying west of the Hubbard home in north and also the two vacant lots west of the present Frank resi dence In north These lots all lie adjacent to good sewer and Johnson will erect bungalows con five rooms and Stair ways will be built In them for attic and so that extra rooms can be furnished in the second floor if The buildings will ail contain hardwood floors on the first For a time the place will be closed while It is being but it is expected that it will be opened In a week or ten The room will be repainted and refitted Booths will be and a large room will be set for the use of clubs and lodges to be New dishes will be secured to match the general color scheme of the and there will be new linen to The assistants in the new busi ness will be chosen for their ability and and hopes to serve the very best food in the very best style in the Northside Cafe after It is opened under his Norman Archibald enlisted in the aviation division of the United States army soon after this na tion entered the World He realized his ambition of many years to learn to became a pilot ot an army plane at the and after many exciting air battles crashed in enemy territory and was taken prisoner by the German The remainder of the war he spent in terrifying ex In German war living from one day to the never certain of what was to hap pen to Heaven the new serial which is starting in this issue of the Humboldt Inde pendent is the story of war experiences told by It makes an in well an ranked by many In a Class wit All Quiet on the Western Front and Journeys likes adventure stories wll ind this true World War epic fascinating and The chapter Is found in todays Issue o the THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME and modern Of course they will be wired and fitted with GllmOre Facility events for the day by schools and Music by Badger to by schools of Badger and Beaver to grade graduation exercises presentation of diplomas by Miss Lulu Rose county superintendent ot Picnic dinner at to to by Badger to by the In the evening the Badger Com munity Players will present a comedy The Clays the beginning at eight The band will pre sent a program before rise ot The Clays the of characters are Jack Thomas Thomp These structures should be sold for between and Parties desiring such buildings can negotiate with Johnson and on agreement he will build them to CITY SCHOOL wni Hired for Next Year The faculty of Gilmore City pub next Two teachers have been employed for next year who are not already known in to fill as and lier as commercial teacher Goldfield Grain Manager Has Resigned to the Iowa Howard Jones who has managed the Burt Grain company at for several has resigned from that He has leased the building which was vacated some time ago by the Swith and Com pany Produce station and is mov ing his feed mill to that location where he will continue in the feed grinding BudI Jerry Wesley Simpson Dudley Albertus Cleve Helen Mary Verna Ermine Sarah Clayton Lou Julia Charlotte Johan Thomas Robert Residents of Kesi nth been conferring with state highway commission officers on the possibility of paving Num ber north out of Lakota to El Kennth secure a federal allotment of to pave the towns wain In the This is the last week of school for Dakota City public school stu dents and on May they will be released for the sum mer The calendar of events for the week is as fol lows May semester tests and baseball game at Tests will continue through May May school ex hibit starting at oclock in the morning at the school At noon a community picnic lunch will be held and in the afternoon there will be baseball and kitten ball games and a number of Butland will be the visiting May regular class es will not meet and at eight o clock in the evening com exercises will be held at the house the pastor of the Hum will teach English Latin in high school and Burdette Thompson will again be the music Pearl Johnson has sign ed her contract as Junior high school arid home economics teach and Rhea Hattle Ness and Ethel Anderson will be grade DO COMB f PUT MB IVE ALWAYS TO OUN AWAY AND ee A iLL Ob A AND IF IT ISNT TAB HARRINGTON OLD AWNS FANCY POCAHONTAS WOMAN boldt Methodist as the May classes will the Owe and school will be for the Dakota school this are Alma An Roy Ralph Willis Louise Dorothy Hethering Junior lola Van TORGERSON OF OTTOSEN DO Funeral services were held Mon day May at Ottosen Lutheran for Chris 69 years who died Friday May about Torgerson has been ill three or four years with heart She is survived by her one son and daugh One daughter preceded her In Further details are not known at this Hardy Public School Will Close Week Hardy public school has started activities which mark the school for summer vacation Gladys Stanley Sunday May Max services were conducted and n the Methodist church at ten Lester Poca suffered a bad gash on her head and a broken collar bone Friday May when her Chevrolet sedan went Into the ditch and turned over The accident occurred on highway ten about four and onehalf miles southeast of Hardy near the John Johnson Carlson was on her way to the Vernon consolidated school where her daughter Ruby has been a member of the faculty during the past She planned to arrive In time to attend the school Just how the acci dent occurred is not definitely Braden mall carrier out of gave assistance to Carlson and she was brought to Humboldt for medical treat Three stitches were re quired to close the wound on her Legion Auxiliary to Sell Poppies Saturday May has been designated as Poppy by American Legion Auxiliary units over the anoT on that of The which are offered for sale are made by disabled veterans and the money collected through the will be expended in welfare of the funds collected through the sale will remain in Hum Corinth Weaver One find Local Junior High Winners of track Meet I CRANKED HIS CAR WHEN n WAS IN GEAR Knocked Down and Ran Draped Auto Several 64 year old farmer who lives one and one quarter miles northeast died May about oclock at the Mercy hospital in as a re suit of injuries Saturday evening when his car ran over him and dragged him several feet The accident which cost him his life occurred near the pack Ing plant at Fort Dodge Saturday May about o was ready to start He cranked his a which had been left in and when the motor started the car moved He knocked down and run One of the wheels passed over his chest and one of his legs caught over the rear axle of his causing him to be dragged several feet car to a His injuries broken a crushed punc tured lung and bad cut on his He immediately to Mercy hospital where died sev eral hours services held Wednesday May at oclock at the homer and at at Badger Lutheran church Interment will be at Pioneer north of Junior high school track CITY TEAM WHS WINNER OF THE COUNT cold and The Gllmore City high school baseball team wpg Humboldt county high schools played at Bode and more Friday and day of teat 9 ft eant cpm with Welkel as the speaker of the Graduation exercises will be held May at the school house and school will be dismissed May following the usual school picnic and program which will be conducted through out that Graduates the tenth grade Vernon Commencement Exercises Last Week Commencement exercises for seniors of Vernon consolidated high were Thursday May in the Vernon school auditorium Essentials for h Mabel Betty Lockwood Lyle Lloyd and Robert CAB Of CHICKS IS RECEIVED IT THE LOW PRODUCE This New pay was the topic of the given by the pastor of the Methodist church at class of ten boys and five girls were awarded The program was by the recessional and the invocation by the of the Ren wick Lutheran church and continued follows Constance Baritone Gordon the Out of the mixed Presentation of grade Ruby Presentation of senior president of school Ted Rolfe Girl arid Bode Man Wed Last Week The marriage of Fae Green of to Torkel Torkelson of took place May at the Methodist parsonage at Fairmon with the Charle Miller and Mrs Stegge were The bride is a daughter of Mr and Green of ant a graduate ot Rolfe high school She more a white crepe ensembl with matching Mr Torkelson Is son of John of The couple will live on the bridegrooms farm near ssaws O f I May beginning at one The meet was run off In three one composed of rural girls another of events for the rural school boys and the third for town Junior high school Corinth eight won the girls meet with eleven North Valley was second with ten and West Maple Grove and Nor way three tied for each with nine Weaver one was the winner of Fire Only Slightly Damaged Farm Home In lie large modern farm owned by Ray mond Paine and located four miles southwest of caught fire Thursday The de was called from Gold but found upon the blaze their Damage to the structure was only LOCAL FURNITURE COMPANY TO GIVE 4TH the Boys rural meet with twenty four Beaver five finished in second place twentyone hd navel Humboldt was the winner of with fortyseven Liver more placed second twenty nine and Dakota City plac ed third with ten Following are the results of the various events 25 yard dash Belva Osla of West Maple first Thelma of Norway second Leone Gord of Corinth 35 yard dash Mildred Thorsen of Corinth Conning of Norway Prances Ernst of Lake 100 yard Corinth eight West Maple Grove second and Southeast Byron 160 yard relay North Valley North Airline and Grove two Rural 60 yard dash Keith Tierney of Reaver seven Jay Norem of Beaver second Wendell King of Weaver 75 Arnold Olson of Beaver first Merle Tierney Beaver second and Rob ert of Weaver 100 yard dash Arnold Olson of first Wendell King of second and Otis Kunert of Beaver third 220 yard Otis Kunert of Beaver first Keith Tierney of Beaver second and James Leaning of Norway yard relay Beaver Beaver second Weaver 440 relay Weaver Beaver second and South Maple High Keith ODonnell of Weaver four Wendell King pf Weaver Robert His entire life on the Two years ago this month was preceded in death by his Survivors are eleven children Aimer Herman and Laura all of Fort Dodge Harry Thorson of Thor Earl Fevold of Badger Laurence Harr Asaph Beebe and Ivan all of Hum boldt and Aaron Vinsand and Charles who live at home Anderson pf Lake Broad Arnold Qf The is Dont the old rose and The sweet m aj chosen the class for from The Humboldt Furniture Cora Piny will give away furnishings three rooms July to the lady who receives the most votes their patrons contest an this be tQ thj am who tp be the most popular young Jady in tirade The contestants m Ofi ft gft PO1 when Marriage Ceremony at Congo Parsonage Helen Wendell and Emmet Pack both of were railed in marriage Sunday morn May at ten at the parsonage the Thomas Lutman officiating Attendants were and Mrs larence of I i understood that the bride een teaching in the vicinity 01 Must Apply by July 1 for Driving License Word from the state driver with the i Tit Pf SPECIAL MEMORIAL B illi public this A If charged not he own his ot for of let Bank Receiver Sold Three Farnu the Bank of sold three farmi totaling 488 last weekIn a of jn each to stance the deal was a A quarter section in Ington Kossuth he sold to John Frank at a con sideration of per u an tract and has been operated by Homer Frankl OWES acres of land on of new Threequarters of a section in Frank at per Marenus Hansow baa occupied this tract for the last John Daub of bought a WO acre in ship for pr IWO All per the time must have applications by a If tween fifteen old and signature must their Windmill Kenneth about years the con of nnd pjT sustained a bad on Wi cheek and nose May MlH occurred HI 1
