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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
4
T O Brien announces his Kittenball team will engage in a sun with the firemen at the Saper ya Friday night of this week. It is expected to be an exciting contest with cordial public interest. An Enter Circle No. ? leak Saturday June 20 in the store occupancy at Merry.
Mrs Welds Hilton announces the opening of the Ronnie Rae Tea Room this Friday at noon. Located one block north of the Stog Cro sign on the east side of Madison, the fully remodeled house will host its first public meal with Hilton as hostess.
An unusual incident in Fairfield ends with a tree collapsing onto a Chevrolet, completely demolishing the vehicle while nearby crews report minor surrounding damage and scattered stones. No injuries noted.
Miss Mary Boseld recently resigned as superintendent of Spencer hospital and left Tuesday evening for Santa Cruz California. She has accepted a surgical nurse position at Hanley hospital in Santa Cruz. Local friends regret her departure but wish her success in her new field.
The annual meeting of the Palo Alto County Fair association will be held Monday evening June 22 at the Court House in Emmetsburg. Election of officers for the coming year will be held and the 1836 fair date and other plans will be discussed. All county residents interested in the fair are invited, ladies and men alike.
Eddie Hefley, Emmetsburg born pilot from Rapid City, South Dakota, earned praise after a Texas flight to Houston. He and his co pilot guided a burning plane to a crash landing, saving Jessie Jones of the Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation and three others, though Hefley was badly burned and his co pilot died. Hefley had long served in senior roles with oil company air operations and was widely regarded as one of the country’s best airmen.
An overheated laundry stove caused a fire at the William Korleski residence in Emmetsboro on Thursday evening. The basement sustained damage with smoke and water affecting other areas. local firemen extinguished the blaze. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gilchrist of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, visited F. W. Gilchrist in this city, accompanied home by Miss Helen Gilchrist for an extended stay.
The notice reports a June marriage with the groom an automobile mechanic and the bride well known in Emmetsburg. A St Marys academy graduate and longtime Emmetsburg Telephone Co. employee, she embodies refinement and will make a fine home for her chosen partner. The groom, though less known locally, is deemed a sterling gentleman from the Armstrong community. The Democrat offers warm congratulations and best wishes for a happy married life.
Mr Otis Cherson son of Mr and Mrs George Cherry and Miss Gertrude Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nelson were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage in Redman Tuesday morning at 10 o clock Rev M C Thomson officiating The bride was attended by her sister Miss Anna Nelson and the groom by his brother Orville Cherry The couple left for a short wedding trip and will reside in Rodman The bride is a well known former clerk at McDonald Variety store The groom is a progressive young businessman in Rodman and both families extend best wishes
Henry B. Lovig of Ottosen and Mabel A. Young of Ralfe wed in Bethany Lutheran Church on Friday morning June 12 in a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. M GC Thompson. Attendants were Miss Charlotte Kinseth and Mr Jesse Lovig. The couple will reside in Ottosen where Lovig works at Farmers Elevator.
Rev Walter E Wagner pastor of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church and Miss Selma Koechig daughter of Hy E Koechig of St Louis will wed June 20 at Zion Lutheran church in St Louis Rev L Liech to officiate and Wagner to depart June 15 for St Louis A lengthy wedding trip will follow and the couple will reside in Emmetsburg Rev Stahmer of Fairfield township will lead local services during the groom's absence The bride is described as highly educated and gracious while the groom is a well known Emmetsburg churchman with many friends awaiting the announcement
A fragmentary obituary notes the passing of a local community figure who helped organize early town industry including a cremmery and the first elevator at Ayr shire. He served long on the city school board and city council. He was the last survivor of the John Kassel family.
Jenn Heiderscheidt of West Bend aged 68 dies suddenly of a heart attack while dining at the Michael Wagner home in Mallard where he had come for the funeral of Michael Wagner. He is survived by two sons Peter and Michael and a daughter Mrs Lizzie Hundertmark. Funeral held at Sts Peter and Paul church West Bend with interment at St Joe cemetery.
Michael Wagner 70 a well known Mallard resident died at home after a yearlong illness from heart trouble. Funeral services were held Monday at St Marys Catholic Church Mallard with a requiem high mass by Rev John Nepple. Interment in the local Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers named John Schuller Charles King Michael Weise W A Lynch Nels Girves Peter Mulroney. Funeral arrangements by Foy Funeral home Emmetsburg. Wagner born in Dubuque County February 9 1866 came to St Joe Kossuth County in 1878 later moved to a farm near Mallard. He was united in...
The life of a Mallard area resident is recalled in an obituary noting a marriage to Susie Simon at St. Joe on September 10, 1889, their 14 children, five predeceased, and the deaths of several siblings. The Wagner family, once in Ellington township, endured a 1898 cyclone that killed the father and another child, leaving the family homeless until shelter with neighbors and later a move to Mallard. Surviving sisters and extended kin in Algona Ayrshire Mallard Wasco and West Bend St. Paul Foxholm Minnesota are listed. Interment followed in St. Joe.
Elizabeth Nancy Reeves, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Reeves, died at her Laurens home last Thursday at age 69. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Laurens Christian church with Rev. Wm. H. Knotts and Rev. Chas. H. Seward officiating. interment followed in Laurens cemetery. Born January 27, 1887 at Agency Iowa, she married George Bishop December 1, 1882 at Winterset Iowa. They lived in Madison County Iowa, then moved to a farm near Webb in 1905 and remained nearby, celebrating their golden wedding four years ago. Thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, survive: Luella Bishop Calhoun Missouri, Nellie Williams Peru Iowa, Edna Vanderhyde Dodge Center Minnesota, Ellen Dahlman Storm Lake, Clarence Bishop West Concord Minnesota, William Bishop Havelock Iowa, Elmer Bishop Rolfe Iowa, James and Walter Bishop Curlew, Ernest John and Lucille Triggs Laurans.
Dr Philip Scott formerly of this city now in Spirit Lake married Miss Alice Klein at Central Reformed church Sioux Center on June 5. Scott, son of Mr and Mrs E J Scott, and Klein, daughter of Garrit Klein of Sioux Center and former Emmetsburg School teacher, will reside in Spirit Lake where he practices medicine. Friends offer hearty congratulations.
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