Wadena News Briefs Highlight Local Life and Death
Wealth of local items from Wadena includes outgoing plans for Henry to wed in San Diego, school events at Fayette and Oelwein, a death notice for Mrs. Herman Peterman, Presbyter ian church circles meet, and a Snow White operetta staged by grade school pupils with about 140 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville
Boland
Waterloo
F. Snd
Jerry Schroyer
Decorah
Arthur Phillips
Mary Erickson
Presbyterian Church
Naomi
G. ‘Ws’ Alderson
Rebecca
James Probert
Nymphus
Ben Chase
Ruth
Vera Hinkel
Vera Mohlis
Cresco
William Corkery
Snow White
Wadena
Snow ‘White
Seven Dwarfs
Snowy White
Nebbles
Matty
Prince Charming
Progressiva Home Study Club Meeting and Hat Parade
The Progressive Club met with Ina Wengar and Mr Steinman assisting. A hat parade judged Mary Flanagan as prettiest, Helen Rothlisberger as most original, Anna Heck as most becoming, Ruth Rathlisberger as comic, with Mrs Steinman receiving an honorable mention. The program included three songs, an article by Bessie Thompson, songs by Anna Heck and Esther Kiple, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Wengar
Steinman
Mary Flanagan
Helen Rothlisberger
Anna Heck
Ruth Rath-lisberger
Bessie Thompson
Esther Kiple
Qunch
Lawmakers Pleased With Legislative Work
Veteran lawmakers praise the 1950 Iowa legislature as highly productive. Lt Gov Leon Elthon lauds the session's accomplishments and highlights. Sen Frank Byers and Rep Arch McFarlane commend the body for bold actions and steady conduct under pressure. Major issues included oleo deregulation, pension reform, school finance, and department reorganizations. The Republican majority enacted road funding, pension shifts to Social Security, and school structure reforms while holding the income tax rate.
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Iowa
Leon Elthon
Arch ‘McFarlane
Waterloo
Elthon
State Senate
McFarlane
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Byers
House
Senate
Department of Public Instruction
Board of Control and Board of Education
Elgin Chapter E S Regular Meeting May 13
The Elgin Chapter E S will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday evening May 13. Trilatory work will be exemplified. Serving committee includes Mrs Keith Kohler Mrs Ern Holzer Mrs Karl Meinhard Mr and Mrs Max Thorn and Mrs Larry Grimm.
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Elgin
E. S
Keith Kohler
Ern “Holzer
Karl Meinhard
Max Thorn
Larry Grimm
Jessie M. Parker to Speak at Elgin Commencement
Miss Jessie M. Parker from Des Moines the State Superintendent of Public Instruction will deliver the Elgin commencement address on Monday May 25. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening May 24 in the school auditorium.
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Fayette
Mealy
Oelwein
Henry Jones
E. E. Garbes
Upper Iowa University
Jessie M. Parker
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Elgin
Fish Fry Next Tuesday Sponsored by Elgin Association
The Elgin Fish and Wildlife Association hosts a fish fry at Falb Garage starting at 5:00 pm next Tuesday. All you can eat catfish plus trimmings, with door prizes including an all expenses paid fishing trip for four to a northern Minnesota resort. Tickets are on sale now with names recorded on purchase.
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Elgin Fish and Wildife Assn
Falb
Minnesota
Echo
Fairground Lights to Be Used Saturday at Races
Ed Bauder, secretary of the Fayette County Fair Association, says the new fairgrounds lights will be used for the first time at Saturday night races. The lighting, spaced 1120 feet apart with two fifteen thousand watt bulbs per post, will allow spectators to see the action as clearly as daytime.
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Ed Bauder
Fayette County
Old Trees Removed Improve Don Fauser Service Station
Don Fauser has improved his service station by removing several ragged old trees and adding a large new sign that enhances the business’s attractiveness.
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Don Fauser
Barn Tear Down Prompts Church Property Garage Upgrade
The old barn on the Methodist church property has been torn down and the lumber will be reused to build a garage with extra storage space. This improvement enhances the church property and utility for the congregation.
Baumans Visit Here for Family Reunion in Grand Junction
Mr and Mrs Walter Bauman from Grand Junction visited April 24. They stayed with A B Jacob and attended dinners across town. The gathering included John and Richard in the building trade in Grand Junction, Lon in wholesale work, Otto in Nyegsa Oregon selling implements, with the Dorns at Grand Junction and the Conners at Larcomie Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baumans
Grand Junction
Cole
A. B. Jacob
Mr. Bauman
Echo
John
Richard
Lon
Otto
Nyegsa
Ore
R. €. Dorns
Art Conners
Larcomie
Wyo
Tabitha Mothers Day Program May 14
The Tabitha Society presents a Mother's Day program on Thursday May 14 featuring Helen Zurbriggen scripture and prayer Anna M Baechler solo Ruth Boleyn reading I Want My Son to Remember Maude Schaer piano Mrs Itterman poems Wilma Probert duet Rose Miller and Kathryn Johnson guest speaker Georgana Falk song Home Sweet Home prayer.
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Tabitha Society
Helen Zurbriggen
Anna M. Baechler
Ruth Boleyn
Maude Schaer
Salo
Mrs. Itterman
Wilma Probert
Rose Miller
Kathryn Johnson
Georgana Falk
Farm Price Index Rises for Fourth Straight Month
The town's index of prices received by farmers for all farm products advanced 2 points to 268 percent of the 1910 14 base for the period ending April 15, marking a fourth consecutive monthly gain. Compared with March 15 1953 and April 15 1952 the indexes stood at 286 and 291 respectively. The rise is mainly due to a 60 cent per cwt increase in hog prices, a major weighted component.
Purchase Two Hospital Beds for Fayette County Patients
The Fayette County Chapter of the American Cancer Society voted to buy two hospital beds and mattresses for cancer patients in the county. One bed will serve the south half, assigned to Mrs H Finch of Oelwein, the other to Mrs Alice Crawford of West Union. Beds will be free and usable by late May. Carl Schori and Bess Stohr traveled to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to attend the funeral of Trygve Husberg.
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Fayette County
The
American Cancer Society
Fayette
H. Finch
Oelwein
Alice Crawford
West Union
Carl Schori
Bess Stohr
Eau Claire
Wis
Trygve
jHusberg
Past Masters Night Planned by Silver Leaf Lodge
Allen Habeger of Silver Leaf Lodge A F and A M announces a Past Masters Night on May 12 to honor Elgin lodge past masters. M W Grand Master of Iowa Mason J Ellis Grayson Cedar Falls and Judge W H Antes West Union are slated speakers with other Grand Lodge officers expected and neighboring lodges invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Habeger
W. M
Silver Leaf Lodge
A. F
A. M
M. W
Iowa Masons
J. Ellis Grayson
Cedar Falls
Elgin Lodge
W.H. Antes
West Union
Floyd Sires
Fred ‘Hanson
Chas Whittney
J. H. Williams
Elgin Band and Chorus Compete at State Large Group Contest
Elgin high school bands and choruses traveled to Tripoli on Saturday for a large group state contest. About 1,700 students from 24 class C schools attended. Results reported show Division I for band and girls chorus, Division II for boys chorus and mixed chorus, with many parents and friends attending.
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Elgin High School
Tripoli
Ted
Rev Steinman Hospitalization Report
The Rev. E. G. Steinman became quite ill early Monday morning and was taken to New Hampton hospital by B. B. Schori. Doctors began examinations and no word on his condition was available.
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E. G. Steinman
B. Schori
New Hampton Hospital
Rev. Steinman
Attend School Meeting at Oelwein District board meets in Oelwein
Supt. M. H. Moore and four school board members Max Medberry Clarence Tatro Carmie Peterson and Thos Ogle attended a district meeting of the State School Board association in Oelwein last Wednesday evening.
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Supt
M. H. Moore
Max Medberry
Clarence Tatro
Carmie Peterson
Thos. Ogle
Oelwein
State School Board Association
Rex Mulford Buys Mrs. Stoehr Home
Rex Mulford buys the Hulda Stoehr house with possession and title to follow. The home sits on a full block between Center and Main streets with 100 foot frontage near Mulford Produce. Burton Wolf, student at State College Ames, visited family in Ames and Iowa City over the weekend. Today's best buy. A Want Ad.
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Rex Mulford
Hulda Stoehr
Mulford Produce
Mulfords
Burton ‘Wolf
State College
Ames
H. H. Wolf
Howard
Iowa City
Best Buy
Ten Vacancies in C-E Teacher Staff
Corner stone laying for county home reconstruction conducted at ten o'clock Tuesday morning. Original cornerstone missing, so both old history and later events were sealed inside the new stone.
Three More Teachers Signed Contracts At Elgin Clermont
Since the first report a week ago Supt. M. H. Moore notes three more Elgin teachers have signed contracts Mrs. Robert Kohler Clyde Wenger and Mrs Clyde WengerVacancies remain in Elgin grades one two four five and six At Clermont Beverly Gates Winthrop ISTC graduate got a 3rd grade teaching offer Vacancies include grade one a department head for grades seven and eight high school commercial English vocal and instrumental music and a Smith Hughes rotational age five pool The district employs 37 teachers under reorganization plans set for 33 placements
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M. H. Moore
Elgin
Robert BE. Kohler
Clyde Wenger
Clermont
Beverly Gates
Winthrop
ISTC
Smith-Hughes
Bowers Turn to Gardening as Hobby
In Santa Ana California Mr and Mrs John Bower turned their yard into a garden featured in a local picture story. The Bowers enjoy gardening in spare time and the area serves as a picnic spot for neighborhood children. A recent fund raising tour drew 600 visitors to the garden. Dr Bower, with County Health Dept duties, helped shape the yard with Mrs Bower, creating an old fashioned front garden and a rear patio shaded by walnut trees.
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John Bower
Santa Ana
Calif
Bowers
Bower
County Health Dept
Grain stocks April 1 1953 set record high
On April 1 1953 corn stored in all positions in Town reached 522,131,000 bushels, 64 percent above April 1 1952 and the largest holding in nine years. Oat stocks were 91,000,000 bushels, about 2 percent below 1952. United States corn stocks April 3 1953 totaled 1,808 million bushels, a level exceeded only in 1949 1950 and 1961, and about one fifth larger than a year earlier.
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United States
Social security payments rise in Fayette County 1952
Payments totaling 19389 went to 580 people in Fayette County in December 1952, up 61 percent from end of 1951. The largest group were those 85 and over who qualified for old age benefits, numbering 300 and receiving 11909 total, average 39.70. Most were aged 65 to 77 and many 75+ continued working while receiving benefits.
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Fayette County
U S U Football Schedule For 1953
U S U lists 1953 football dates with Iowa Wesleyan Dubuque Parsons Wartburg Luther Buena Vista Millikin Augustana. The article notes a mother daughter banquet at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Postville attended by Mrs Lester Gehring Mrs Laurence Knudtson and Kathryn.
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Iowa Wesleyan
Dubuque
Parsons
Wartburg
Luther
Buena Vista
Millikin
Augustanna
Lester Gehring
Laurence Knudtson
Kathryn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Postville
County Home Bond Issue Saves Money
The county plans an $86,000 bond issue to enlarge the county home arguing it will save money for taxpayers by enabling care of more mental patients locally. State and county cost differences, plus a $3 weekly state contribution for at home patients, would nearly cover the bond costs over time. The project would raise the millage by two tenths of a mill, less than the original bond plan.
Special Meeting of County Mutual Assn May 20
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Fayette County calls a special meeting at Legion hall Fayette on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. to consider an amendment authorizing the board to add several coverages for members. President James Wilson of Wadena. Secretary Don Clute of Arlington. Treasurer Karl Miller of Elgin.
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Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Fayette County
Legion Hall
Fayette
James Wilson
Wadena
Don Clute
Arlington
Karl Miller
Elgin
District Meeting At Guttenburg Hosts Guest Speaker Falb
John Tillotgon Charles Wenger H D Yack E G Steinman and Georgany Falb attended a W. C. 5 district meeting at Guttenburg Thursday. Miss Falb was guest speaker.
Death of Mrs Della Falk in Waterloo
Word was received that Mrs. Della Falk died Monday morning at a Waterloo hospital. The funeral will be held Thursday at the First Methodist church in Waterloo.
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Della Falk
Waterloo
First Methodist Church
Notice OES Officers Meet for Practice Saturday Evening
All Eastern Star officers are requested to meet at the chapter room Saturday evening May 19 for practice.
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Eastern Star
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Wadgra” News
Peterman
Herman Peterman
Henman ,Jr
Randalia
Helen
Progressive Club Met
State Department of Public Instruction
Board of Control and
Board of Education
Jessie M, Parker
Tabitha
Mrs. Stoehr
U.S.U
of County Mutual Assn
O. E.S
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