Wadena social and club notices and visits
Edween Mr and Mrs Archie Brooks and family were dinner guests in Roy Cline home. Numerous guests and visitors from Elgin Ames Dubuque Waterloo Arlington and Volga City attended events and helped celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. Girl Scouts hosted a masquerade for Boy Scouts at Meyer hall with supper and games. Special offer for Echo and Enterprise 25 cents through March 1 1932 for Fayette and Clayton counties new subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Brooks
Roy Cline
A. J. Knutson
Vern Roberts
Dubuque
Harry
Arthur Groth
Elgin
Ames
J. Halverson
Luther Crandall
G. P. Gage
Gage
W. F. Moore
Waterloo
Chemical Department
Midcontinent Oil Company
Will Frahm
Fayette
Jess Poor
Leo Metcalf
Scott
Mae Hinkle
Walter Richards
Arlington
Amos Eckhart
Earl Wetzel
St. Paul
Fred Ernst
Ernest Probert
Volga City
Jane Hommell
Will Adams
Blue River
Wis
B. A
J. J. O'Hara
West Union
John Thiele
Oelwein
Will Whittenbaugh
Boy Scouts
Wadena
Meyer Hall
Kenneth Voshell
Oscar Johnson
June Crandall
United Brethren Church Activities and Revival Update
Rev C L Randall, pastor, announces Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, and Young People's Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting is discontinued this week due to revival at Richards schoolhouse. Harvest Band met with Jennie and Mabel Johnson. next gathering with Verle Roberts. Amelia Faye Moore and Gertrude Frey serve on the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Randall
Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society
Richards School House
Harvest Band
Jennie
Mabel Johnson
Verle Roberts
Amelia Faye Moore
Gertrude Frey
Presbyterian Church Bazaar Plans Dinner This Saturday
Rev. H. O. Rundell leads a Presbyterian Church choir practice Saturday evening as the Ladies' Club organizes a bazaar and dinner for the same day. Don’t forget the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Rundell
Wadena School Notes Highlight Attendance and Book Week
Gold star recipients in first through sixth grades are named for perfect attendance and spelling. Third fourth graders held a Book Week reading contest and repaired torn books. Fifth and sixth graders boast a flawless six week record. art class produced Thanksgiving booklets. Primary invites parents. school programs scheduled with a two day vacation Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona Hinkle
George Harris
Blanche Johnson
Mary Kennedy
Leona Lowe
Harry Chapman
Betty Ruth Johnson
Derry Johnson
Lester Johnson
Olmer Clark
Derryn Leonhart
Vivian Minihan
Dick Hinkle
Arthur Homewood
Ivan Johnson
Mary Dicey Leonhart
Arthir Weber
Margaret Cline
Rose Mary Cline
Phyllis Roberts
Neema Weber
Harold Johnson
Weks
George Davis
Dick Kennedy
Ardoth Roberts
Mary Sniffin
Iane Weber
Arlene Welch
Alo Hinkle
Irene Kennedy
Marcia Knutson
Junior Sniffin
Vera Voshell
John Leahy of Wadena Farm Dies After Illness
John Leahy born April 5 1886 on a Wadena area farm to James and Anna Meehan Leahy. A lifelong farmer he married Agnes Quinn of Volga City on Sept 19 1928. she died February 1929. Leahy suffered apoplexy Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
James
Anna Meehan Leahy
Wadena
Town
Agnes 8. Quinn
Volga City
Mr. Leahy
Funeral rites and notices mix with bank receivership filing
The obituary records several relatives and church ceremonies for a deceased individual in Volga City. Interment occurred in Volga City cemetery. several casket bearers and transport relatives attended, with mass by Rev. Hetherington and sermon by Fr. Cregan. A 1931 receivership notice for Wadena Savings Bank in Fayette County details hearings, filings, and claims classification, with a Court hearing set for 1982 in West Union Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
R@cherd
Frank
Jom Dollard
West Union
Margaret Leahy
Riceville
Elia McElroy
Greene
Agnes
Julia Baldwin
Wadena
Hetherington
Cregan
District ‘Court
Fayette County
Iowa
W. L. Eichendorf
Cream routes to be let by Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co
Board will seal bids on November 28 at 1 p m for cream routes to run January 1 1982 for one year. Bids cover routes 7 and 10 as one, must be sealed and received by President Fred Reichert or Secretary by 1 p.m. Nov 28. Board may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Fred Reichert
Kappas Entertain At Slumber Party In Wadena
The Kappa group hosted a slumber party Saturday night November 14 at Elizabeth Herring’s Wa dena home. Attendees included Lois Her wig Mary Kay Darnell Florence Burkhart Dorothy Cook Verda Caudle Grace Richards Adaline Smale Norma Kelly Harriet Cochrah Gertrude Carpenter Helen Humphry Frances Finch Elizabeth Herrling and Loraine Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Herring
Wadena
Lois Herwig
Mary Kay Darnell
Florence Burkhart
Dorothy Cook
Verda Caudle
Grace Richards
Adaline Smale
Norma Kelly
Harriet Cochrah
Gertrude Carpenter
Helen Humphry
Frances Finch
Elizabeth Herrling
Loraine Carpenter
Fayette County Vet Association Meet at Green Mill
The Fayette County Veterinary Association gathered at the Green Mill tea room in West Union for a six o'clock dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. F. T. McGrew of Hawkeye. After the meal the men conducted the business session while the ladies enjoyed entertainment at the Princess Theatre. Members present included Dr. and Mrs. Crider, Dr. Glew, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Sexton, Dr. Sperry, Dr. Willis, and Mrs. Weires. The December meeting will be hosted by Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Couuty Veterinary Association
Green Mill
Livestock survey set for December by rural mail carriers
Rural mail carriers will conduct the semi annual livestock survey on December 1 this year in cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture. Post office officials seek accurate counts to gauge livestock numbers and will publish findings as soon as the agriculture department compiles returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Deaiine
Agricultural Department
Turtle Schedule Shows Exacting Nature On Florida coast
A renowned sea turtle returns yearly to a Florida beach on a fixed date and time, laying eggs at a designated spot before the cycle repeats after a period described as BOS days. The report notes regional newspaper delays due to washouts on rail lines and mentions oil heating options offered by Feller's Hardware in West Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Scientists Inform On Mosquito Food Gap Theory
Fragmentary OCR notes suggest a statement about plant-based food as a natural diet for mosquitoes. The readable text mentions a claim that mosquitos may eventually learn this fact, attributed to San Bernardino or a city? source fragment.
Climate doomers flip to flood or freeze fears
The passage notes a shift among people who predicted a drying world last summer now warning of floods or lethal cold, illustrating a pattern of changing catastrophe forecasts and public alarm.
Oldest grave marker in Trinity Churchyard New York
The oldest gravestone in Trinity Churchyard New York marks the burial of Richard Churcher, son of William Oturcher, who died August 5, 1681, at age five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prinity
Trinity Ednorchyard
New, York
Richard Churcher
William Oturcher
Quiet mind amid burden and guilt quoted Ray
A reflective line questions how a man may keep a cheerful heart under heavy burden and guilt, suggesting only ignorance could excuse such lack of concern. The quote, attributed to Ray, frames the issue as a moral contemplation rather than a narrative event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Thanksgiving braal list contest and hoover remark
The piece prompts readers to draft a long list of things to be thankful for and offers a prize for the longest list. It also notes broad optimism, a digressive aside about President Hoover and a sales pitch for storm sash, plus a light aside about poker hands in bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
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