Wadena Clubs Highlight Local Social and School News
Wadena area clubs hosted gatherings with prizes and programs as the ELA 500 club held a meeting at Mrs Orville Doland's Arling ton home. Mothers Study Club plans an April 25 meeting on Projects and Purposes. Community members attended hospital visits, church society events, a basket social, and Presbytery. The Wadena board of education named H T Holt as superintendent for a second year and awarded several contracts. A house fire destroyed the Maud Chase property near Wadena. The senior class will stage Holiday House on May 9 directed by Marjorie Learn, while Ruth Hall sustains a foot injury forcing a weeklong school closure.
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ELA, 500
Orville Doland
Arlington
Glen Minger
Will Jones
F. H. Everett
Howard Rose
Mother's Study Club
S. V. Curnock
Jesson
Fred Kuhn
Adeline
West Anion
Henry Kuhn
H. H. Whitcher
University Hospital
Iowa City
Whitcher
Lea Metcalf
Scott
Mae Hinkle
Felder
Guttenberg
Francis Whittenbaugh
S. V. Carnock
Dubuque
H. T. Holt
Roy Leonhart
Board of Education
Wadena Public School
Marjorié Learn
Esther Sherlock
Charles Muelder
Cecil Flannagan
Erma Corkery
Laura Rector
Maud Chase
Wadena
Jimmie Thomas
Wadena High School
Marjorie Learn
Mary Sniffin
Henman Larson, Jr
Virginia Herwig
Richard Kennedy
Belma Crawford
Lea Baldwin
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Dawson Clark, Jr
Ariene Welch
Russell Shaffer
Ruth Hall
Weshell
Ted's Problem
Ted Thatcher awakes in a dim attic aware of trouble as a police officer questions him about a man’s death. He contemplates living with Mr Ferguson and fears his alcoholic father and potential family consequences, while the newsroom-like chaos hints at a deadly incident and a grim serial backdrop.
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Ted Thatcher
Mr. Ferguson
Pop
Joe Ferguson
Ted
Jim Thatcher
Bluecoat
Missus
Osey
Pealey
Wyte
Zuaehh
The Muses of Greek myth and their domains
The Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, patrons of literature, art, and science. Calliope epic poetry, Clio history, Euterpe lyric poetry, Melpomene tragedy, Terpsichore dance and choral poetry, Erato love poetry, Polyhymnia religious poetry, Thalia comedy, Urania astronomy. Worshiped as water-goddesses linked to Mount Helicon springs.
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Zeus
Mnemosyne
Calliope
Clio
Euterpe
Mel Pomene
Terpsichore
Erato
Polyhymnia
Thalia
Urania
London Ansewers Magazine
Mount
Heli
County Renews Printing Contract for Fayette County
Fayette county supervisors renewed the contract for one year from March 8 1939 with Fayette County Printers, noting local shops now supply most county printing. The move shifts about $4 500 of annual printing spend from out of county to Fayette shops, benefiting local labor and circulation while earning praise from auditor John H Cline and county publishers.
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Fayette County
W. E. Anderson
Fred Gremmels
Harry R. Humphry
Blank Book House Syndicate
Des Moines
Waterloo
Mason City
Union
Elgin Echo
John H. Cline
Board of Supervisors
Fayette County Renews Printer Contract for Year Beginning 1939
The Fayette County Supervisors renew the county printing contract with local Fayette printers for the year starting March 8 1939. The schedule in the auditor’s office guarantees prices, and local shops enjoy boosted tax impact, employment, and county business over a competing blank book syndicate. The board's unanimous vote favors home industry despite outside competition, with Argo Gazette urging fairness and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Blank Book
Board of Supervisors
Argo-Gazette
Farm Bureau Women Discuss Child Development Panel
Education is a joint effort of home and school focusing on whole child development. Emphasis on sleep, health checks, body habits, and social skills precede schooling. The Illyria township meeting featured Mrs Gehring and participants sharing insights on Home and School Cooperation along with farm organization history and the four lessons of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Gehring
Walter Rothlisberger
Jim Wilson
S. H. Foxwell
Hazel Rothlisberger
Illyria
Iowa
Grange
Alliance
Farm Bureau
Emerson
Helen Rothlisberger
Local notes on illness and visits plus tornado toll
Gunder News May Gulsvig underwent appendicitis surgery at Devorah hospital Saturday morning and is progressing. Bernice Peterson had an appendectomy at Postville hospital and is recovering well. Dozens visited hospitals and homes, including Arthur Landsgard and Hilder Opland. A severe weekend tornado across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas killed at least 41 and injured over 125, with Capron Oklahoma suffering seven dead and $200 000 in property damage. The Echo features an albino skunk exchange photo from Bismarck with no clear caption continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Gulsvig
Devorah Hospital
Henry R. Larson
Henry Mark
Oscar Nyborg
Arthur Landsgard
Postville
Hilder
Ruth Opland
Postville Hospital
Bernice Peterson
A. Buroden
Martin Halverson
West Union
Nichols Martie
Chas. Odegard
George Larson
Roy Meyer
Clermont
John Hellum
P. K. Peterson
Victor Fisherbeck
Salon Springs
Wis
Emil Gulsing
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Capron
Okla
Echo
Gibraltar Crisis Looms as Forces Mass on Border
Aerial view shows the strategic fortress at the Mediter ranean bottleneck with Gibraltar supposedly threatened. Spanish troops gather on the border, Italian and German artillery reportedly set up, and a German squadron travels to the Spanish coast for maneuvers. German spokesmen pledge aid to Franco if the Rock is attacked. British ships frequented the harbor as booms are deployed for defense.
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Gibraltar
Rock of
Mediterranean
Europe
Germany
Francisco Franco
Echo
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al Dahlgren
Ringsted
Sears Construction Company
Pleasant Ridge
Lester Grey
Walter Messerli
H. B. Peterman
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Dorcas Society
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H. J. Aeschuman
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Gunder News
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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