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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
Miss Land chronicles travel from Shanghai to Hongkong Manila and Sydney detailing war tensions in Asia Europe and Australia. She notes refugees from China and Europe into Australia expresses mixed feelings toward the United States and Britain and ends with plans to marry in Chicago and settle in Detroit.
160 acre farm in Webster County near Rufus Center, 25 miles west of Rexford, with a 3 bedroom house, barn, hog houses, sheds, and good well and windmill. Auction set for August 7 at 2 PM. terms 38 percent down, balance before deed, abstract provided, loan about 9400 dollars available. Property sits on gently rolling land with a grove and telephone in house. connected to electric grid if desired.
Spencer city to begin construction of a metal covered airport hangar at Spencer. Hangar size 76 by 1 feet with costs cited. council approved contracts and aims to place equipment and weather station components on site soon.
A detailed report on the marriage of Leo Fitzpatrick and Miss Irma Heider at St Peter and Ssul's church. The ceremony featured music by Miss Baumhofer and violinists, with Mrs. Dietrich singing Ave Maria and O Lord I Am Not Worthy. Family and guests traveled from Emmetsburg, Ames, Jefferson, and beyond for the 10 o'clock wedding and breakfast at Carroll Country Club, followed by a ten day honeymoon to Denver before settling at 1320 North Carroll Street.
Ten members of Palo Alto County Farm Security Administration Advisory Council will attend a district meeting in Spencer on Wednesday August 13 The gathering brings together councils from Osceola Dickinson and Slay counties and includes PSA personnel The Palo Alto council members listed include Frank Worth and William P Wrodemeh among others.
Fairfield township will showcase Ed ward North and Joan Thompson demonstrating a concrete hog waterer. Independence township features Stan ley Whitmore and Lyndon Ker ber on proper fence post setting. Silver Lake township plans Kenneth Blassel and Rolland Baxter on fence posts with a different system. Freedom township presenters Hugh Mc Evoy and Herbert Jacobsen will cover cleanElminster practices. Jackie and Ghervus Goodchild will demonstrate feeding and managing swine. Other clubs may join.
The project targets about 14 007 acres and 44 new improvement sets in the city area. Algeria will serve as the administrative center. Homer Hush leads the initiative with William St Clair as the local railroad supervisor.
Friday mornings report by Mr Frink notes a looming labor shortage on the West Coast due to population shifts and war production. He recounts his move from Cylinder to Los Angeles in 1927 and describes rising home construction with FHA aid, Douglas bomber tests, and underground factory sites to deter enemy bombardment.
The Hantelman family reunion in Fenton marks 15 years since all siblings gathered under one roof. Lieut Walter D. Hantelman, former Chicago, now aboard S S Herwono d, and his wife joined from the east coast, while Lieut Schultz and Mrs. Hantelman were on furlough. The gathering honors William Hantelman Sr.’s golden anniversary with relatives from Minneapolis, Fort Bliss, El Paso, and Graettinger. Dr Th T Naae, a long-time Graettinger physician, died at home after failing health.
Miss Jean Henry returns from a month in Alaska and Canada visiting Jimeau Sitka Wrangell Lake Louise Prince Rupert and Seattle Harold Baas begins work on a new residence purchased from Mrs Clarke at West Bend. Dr and Mrs Howard Tozper and son Charles visit Mrs Mersch's home. Orval Dillingham heads to Spencer for two weeks with Skey Company. the Fitzpatrick family takes a two week car trip to Bloomington Indiana. several Chicago visitors at Mrs Murphy’s home. birth announced of Catherine Anita Bishop granddaughter to Dr and Mrs Woodbridge in Madera California. Hamilton Reilly and others attend funeral in Grand Junction. Mrs Welch and son visit from Minneapolis. Teo Hamilton Jr leaves for West Bend to visit relatives.
Mrs. Otto Land of Mallard is a medical patient at the hospital. Miss Kathryn Mulroney of Mallard underwent an appendicitis operation. Mr. and Mrs. Donwd Huomel of Newton are parents of a son born at the hospital Monday. Mrs. Albert Wishman and her son of Ruthven were taken home Wednesday. Mrs. Donald Bainbridge of Emmetsburg underwent an appendectomy Tuesday. Roy Hodges of Mallard was taken home Wednesday. Chris Heise, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Heise, underwent an appendicitis operation last Thursday.
Eugene Nelson 20 of Fenton received eleven months in Emmet county jail after pleading guilty to larceny. Judge F A Hudson sentenced him at Estherville and parole was granted to county welfare worker Miss Vern Shekhnu.
G Fiala of the state department of health approves West Bend water after a survey report. The system draws from two deep wells, filters before mains, and is deemed satisfactory. He warns frequent sampling due to a cross connection at the dairy, with A W Gearhart as water superintendent.
Very Rev. Wm. F. Mason pastor of Assumption Catholic church in the city took all the altar boys of the parish to Lake Okoboji Tuesday. They enjoyed a picnic at the Camp of Our Lady of the Lake at the LaSesette sem inary at Terrace Park on West Okoboji. The day was filled with swimming and various sports and entertainment. The boys reported the trip to be a most enjoyable time.
Clarence C Loomis longtime Ruthven area farmer died last Friday morning at Spencer hospital after falling ill the previous Wednesday He operated a farm southeast of Ruthven and had worked on the Burke farm for nineteen years He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Hendrik Rierson and Lavonne and four sons Richard Dale Donnie and infant David seven months old
The group will visit the Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana and Washington before traveling down the coast to California. They will see Michael Kerwick, son of Mr and Mrs W P Kerwick, a student pilot in the army air field at Ontario California. A stop is planned at the home of Mr and Mrs Ewart Saunders in San Mateo California, sister of T P Kerwick.
Prominent radio and dance orchestra leader Little Jack Little performs at Arnolds Park Central Ballroom Nite Club, Iowa, with his band known for piano mastery and a famed radio voice. He formed his first band at State University of Iowa and has appeared at WLW Cincinnati Lexington and Edison hotels in New York. Also to perform Tuesday August 22.
Dr Frank Rizzo and Miss Wanda Sharts of Des Moines married Thursday July 24 in Trenton Missouri. Attended by groom’s brother John Rizzo and sister Mary Rizzo. Bride wore navy blue and ivory redingote. groom in light gray. The bride, a Cylinder native and 1937 Cylinder Consolidated graduate, later trained as a nurse at Iowa Methodist Hospital. The groom a Des Moines native, Iowa State alumnus, interned at Iowa Methodist. The couple reside at 2404 Forest Drive Ant No 8 Des Moines.
Thos. Kerwick and his nephew Donald Kerwick left Sunday on an automobile trip to the west coast. They plan to be absent from the city for an extended period.
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