Wadena Schools Open Term With Noted Staff Changes
Wadena public schools opened Monday for a nine month term led by James Freeman in his second year as superintendent and music director, with Marjorie Learn returning as principal. Staff shifts include Erma Corkery handling grades 3 4 and Sun, Marcella Swanson taking 1st and 2nd, and other teachers relocating to nearby districts. Local social reports note gatherings at the Presbyterian Ladies club and visits from Chicago and California relatives, plus a string of weekend travels to events and family occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
James Free- Man
Marjorie Learn
Esther Sherlock
James Freeman
Cecil Flanagan
Erma Corkery
Marcella Swanson
Shellsburg
Leora Marshall
Tades
Milo Oldfather
Clib
Libby Oldfather
A. C. Cline
Marjorie Herwig
Frances Jones
Chicago
George Jones, Sr
Donald Leonhart
Long Beach
Calif
George Kuhnes
Dixie Lee
Mickey Leonhart
Roy Leonhart
Marie
Mary Corkery
Melvin Weigel
Oelwein
Loretta Mattocks
Manchester
Ruth Wilson
Rolfe
Irene Kennedy
Elgin
Evelyn Thompson
Knoxville
Amelia Moore
Arlington
Vidai Henrich
Cecelia Corkery
Mary Sniffin
Lucille Hasbrook
Marjorie Whitten
Baugh
Patterson School
Ruth’ Hall
Voshell
Ellen Flanagan
Corn Hill
J. E. Klingman
H. J. Fuller
Mayme Molumby
Leslie Schucknich
Sumner
Dorothy Weber
Cedar Rap
Brainard Community Notes and Visitors
Brainard residents spent weekends with relatives in Marquette Racine Wisc and Cedar Rapids and enjoyed church notes and school openings. Attendees included Beatrice Boyer E R Nutting Lorentz Hope Wilson Patterson Genevieve Peters Marian Patterson and many others. A radio fire incident occurred with Charles Dean extinguishing flames and suffering minor burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dean
Sumner
Charles
Grand Meadow Social Roundup At Local Homes
Helmer Lyngaas Maurice and Arthur Amundson returned home Saturday after a few days at the Minnesota state fair. Harry Groth spent Saturday afternoon at the Andrew Reinhart home. Hertha Olson was in Ainey Olson’s home on Wednesday. Mrs Henry Nyborg stayed at Immanuel Larson’s home and attended the Sewing Society at church. The Lyngaas party gathered at Ewald Lyngaas’ home Sunday. Mrs Oscar Baker of Monona visited the Ben Erickson home. Ronald Halverson stayed with Mrs Julia Landsgaard Saturday night. Trene Erickson of Chicago visited her parents last week. Minerva Thorson stayed at the Oscar Lien home Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones, Jr
Janesville
Wis
Frank Everett
George Jones
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Oelwein
Cook's
Roscoe Pritchard
Bob Minger
Junior Herwig
Des Moines
Alice Corkery
Lyle Hersling
Jimmie
Kansas City
A. G
Arthur Hersling
Mary Whittenbaugh
Waterloo
Will Whittenbaugh
G. P. Clark
Carl Cox
Postville
Ole Johnson
Tio
Donna
Bert Erickson
Richard Erickson
Clermont
Gladys Johnson
H. J. Fuller
St. Paul
Minn
Mayme Molumby
James Corkery
Elwin Norbohm
Sumner
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Illyria
Francis Little
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Lois
Tom Flanagan
Elkader
James
John Corkery
Chicago
Francis Corkery
James Rogers
Bernice
LeMars
Raymond Mays
Fritz Nottnagel
Marquette
Darlene Nottnagel
Lyle Granger
Racine
Frank Lyon
Brainard School
Beatrice Boyer
E. R. Nutting
Lorentz Hope
Wm. Nutting
Logan Heiserman
Wilman
Sidney Patterson
Marian Patterson
Levi Learn
Marian
Wilson Patterson
Genevieve Peters
Beatrice
Boyer
Lola
Leo Boyer
Laure Learn
Elsie
Leland Belknap
Ruth
Eva Boyer
D. H. Craft
Craft
Clara Bartlett
Ray Gilbert
James Stansbury
West Union
Julia Helgerson
Robert Gustafson
Minneapolis
Ernest Holt
Emmet Burt
Arnold Sampson
Harmony
Pauli Cooley
John Sampson
Clarence
Mellien Loftsgard
Stanley
Carolyn Erickson
Andrew Reinhart
Selmer Holm
Highland
Austen Helgerson
Irene
Opal Larson
Julia Landsgard
Gunder Nygaard
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
MaDonna Bigler
Joan Whar- Tam
Arthur Olson
Minerva Thorson
Laura Holt
Paul Cooley
Bertina Buraas
Gloria
Alfred Buraas
Vernon Anderton
Barbara
Bert Lyngaas
Thelma. Lyngaas
Selmer Erickson
Erskine
Elmer
Albert Erickson
Sidney Halverson
Frankville
Florence Holt
Julia Lands‘yard
Elaine Holm
Sewing Circle
Ben Erickson
Evelyn
Lillian
Irvin Olson
Joseph Olson
Helmer Lyngaas
Maurice
Arthur Amundson
Harry Groth
Hertha Olson
Ainey Olson
Henry Nyborg
Immanuel Larson
Helmer
Thelma
Leona Lyngaas
Ewald Lyngaas
Oscar Baker
Monona
Ronald Halverson
Trene Erickson
Oscar Lien
Petroleum committee urges 10 percent cut in use
In Washington the Special Senate Committee on the petroleum situation heard acting Petroleum Coordinator Ralph K. Davies warn that mortarists must curtail consumption ten percent to conserve supply for defense. Sen. Francis Maloney of Connecticut chairs the panel with Sen. Warren Barbour of New Jersey and Sen. Harald Burton of Ohio present.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Francis Maloney
Conn
W. K. Warren Barbour
N. J
Harald G. Burton
Ohio
Ralph K. Davies
Soldiers Cross Red River Bridge in Arkansas Maneuver
Members of the 108th Combat Engineers under Col Karl Hobart and Lt Phil Clementz crossed the Red River at Fulton Arkansas after completing a 658 foot pontoon bridge before noon. They had told the men they could toss them in the river if they finished before noon and they did. The bridge work was part of Arkansas maneuvers.
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108Th Combat Engineers of
Chicago
Oss
Col
Karl Hobart
Phil Clementz
Red River
Fulton
Ark
Arkansas
World War I era books remain published at high rate
A note on wartime literature asserts that books about the World War of 1914 to 1918 continue to be produced at about 500 titles per year, indicating sustained public interest and scholarly activity in the topic.
No Fire Reported at Hersbergen Jewelry Store
Knoxville firemen were called to a blaze with heavy smoke but found no fire after inspecting basements roofs attics and walls of the Hersbergen jewelry store. Smoke was visible from windows and the rear roof, yet no flames were located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Hersbergen Jewelry Store
World Sign Post at End of Trash Fifty Years Latr
Seaside Oregon hosts the world’s only sign post near the Lewis and Clark Trail. The post displays miles to Shanghai Tokio Hongkong Sydney London Paris Gibraltar Berlin Oslo Rome Athens and a small sign reads Seaside Oregon has Evil But War. A 1888 Ackley deed record mentions John Addbens and Nantje Tiddens at the Hardin County courthouse fifty three years later.
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Ackley
John Addbens
Nantje Tiddens
Hardin County Court House
Seaside
Oregon
B. Poulson
Shanghai
Tokio
Hongkong
Sydney
London
Paris
Gibraltar
Berlin
Oslo
Rome
Athens
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Wadena News
P. W. Raftis
Frank Liddy
Tom Baldwin
Kathryn
Richard
Erma
Corkery
Brainard
A. E. Burroughs
Grand Meadow News
Duff-Dempster
Volga Park
Bag Pipers
University of Iowa
Harry Boleyn
Volga
R. P. Nelson
H. G. Roberts
Anna Dempster
John Christen
Dewey ‘Thompson
Mary Dempster
Genevieve Thompson
Marilyn Dempster
Lester Grant
Harry Dewey
James Douglas
James Duff
Juda
Walter Weber
Leland Lew
Richard Anderson
Mary Kathryn
Ross Thompson
Relda May
Floyd Nading
Julia Marie
Leo Bergen
Beulah Squires
Dan Thomas
Evelyn Payne
Hugh Cummings
Irene Frey
Archie Wheeler
Marty Masters
Thornton Roberts
Jane Scott
Harold Kruemper
Elma Pollock
Lanny Lee Ward
John Duff
Will Duff
Fred Smith
Lloyd Landis
Nelson
Selma
Grace Smith
Genevieve and
Mary Thompson
Tommy Smith
Duane O’brien
Westendorf
Fayette
Wm. Thompson
Larry Squires
Gayle Smith
Fairbank
O. D. Cummings
Leota
Laverle
Celia Cummings
Oran
Charles L. Squires
E. Rodman
Florence
Awa
Vaderia
Will Frey
J. M. Frey
Dora
Linda
John
Warren Frey
Qelwein
Rudolph
Pearl
Viola
Margaret Glendal
Ladena West
John Muncie
Clyde King
Glen Smith
Clyde
Charlotte
Mary Fox
Frank Dempster
David Dempster, Jr
Will Dempster
Ruby
Maxine
Bob
Dale Rodgers
Milton Duff
David Dempster
C. C. Squires
Fred Demps
R. W. Duff
Mary Jennings
Kenneth Duff
Tom Duff
Robert Boleyn
Neela Squires
Maggie Boleyn
Sondra
D. E. Lowe
Albert Duff
Merlin
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
Don Ameche
Betty Grable
Miami
Texas
Jane Withers
Nancy Kelly
Echo
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