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Emmetsburg Democrat

Location

Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1938

Page

6

St John's Lutheran Church announces services and events

June 21 1938 Cylinder Iowa. St John s Lutheran Church Rev A K Gaard minister. Morning worship next Sunday at 10 30. Children program after services with an offering for charities. Children rehearsal Saturday 9 20. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8. Choir rehearsal Thursday 8. Ladies Aid meets Thursday June 30 hostesses Mrs John Finnestad and Mrs Bertel Serkeland. PS meets 8. Confirmation class Saturday 9 20. Welcome to our services. Ladies Aid of Methodist church bake sale and lunches at City Hall Saturday June 25.

Ladies' Aid of The Methodist Church Iowa Emmetsburg Robert Kinsella Anna Joynt St. Thomes Church M. McNerney Lotte Joynt Richard Kinsley Kinsley Eastern Points Milwaukee F. A. Malcolm Deliver Kent Herman Lake Mallard Rolfe Arrow Chas. Tripp Ruthven Grown Hill John Moretlef St. Jphomas Church

News of 25 Years Ago from Emmetsburg and Nearby

Local items recount marriages including W Hefley to Myrtle Groth in Sac City and Robert Kinsella to Anna Joynt in Emmetsburg. Notices note births, deaths, and anniversaries, weather shifts with heat and frost, travel to Milwaukee and Chicago, nurse graduates in Davenport, and survey work near Mallard with peat beds and frost.

Bancroft Baptist Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary

The Bancroft Baptist Church marked its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday June 18 after recent repairs and redecorations. Organized in January 1888 by Rev. Robert Carroll the church hosted a daylong program with former pastors members and delegates who helped in the observance.

Bancroft Baptist Church Robert Carroll

Health champion to represent Palo Alto at state contest

The health examination program aims to identify defects in participating girls and encourage improvement. Each girl receives a health score, enabling measurement of progress since prior years. The schedule lists township-by-township examination dates and local nurses or assistants, with West Bend at the end noting a physician exam during the week of June 20.

Palo Alto Lost Island Township Ruby Simonson Grady Margaret Dunkelberg Walnut Township Frances Lundgren Wm. Brennan Vernon Township Thiele W. BR. Schroeder Independence Township Mary Beret Dunkelberg Highland Township Ray Whitman Margaret. Dunkelberg Em- Mershburg Township Miss Murphy M. W. Brennan Freedom Devlin Thos. Goeders Fairfieldownship Silver Lake Township Miss Larson W. A. Spear Great Oak Township Ferm Valley Rita Slaven Ray Barber Booth Township Beth Foster Rush Lake Township Sam Smith Carl Tund Ellington Township W. R. Schroeder West Bend Dr. Givens

Palo Alto County 4-H Delegates to Camp

Palo Alto County 4-H plans district camp at Okoboji with 4-H girls and boys from multiple towns. Leaders and extended staff from state and county levels will guide sessions on nutrition, club memory books, record keeping, and conservation. The event runs at Camp Foster from June 26 to July 20, featuring tours, competitions, music, and a district-wide program.

Ruby Simonson Lost Island Helen Garber Walnut Frances Quam Vernon Marian Birkland Independente Mary Jean Brennan Highland Ruth Helgerson Emmetsburg Juanita Kliegl Freedom Maxine Blass Fairfield Cleo Cottrell Silver Lake Herniece Cooksin Great Oak Marjorie Knoer Fern Valley Beth Foster Booth Loveta Stokes Resh Lake Shirley Schwint Ellington Lyon Osceola Dickinson Emmet Sioux O'Brien Clay Palo Alto Plymouth Cherokee Buena Vista Pocahontas Woodbury Ida, Sac Colbourn Monona Crawford Carroll Edith Bass Margaret Dunkelberg Pais Alta County Town State College Extension Service Edith Barker Tolbert McRae Iowa State College Howard Chase Iowa State Guy R. Ramsey Elia Hicks Wild Life National Club Congress Chicago Mary Mulry Pato Alto County Winifred Brinkman Pocahontas County Mary Elizabeth Flynn Guy Ramsay

Pair of Peacocks Presented as Gift to Ruthven Man

Ray Barringer of Ruthven received a pair of peacocks from relatives. The birds are about a year old and nearly as large as turkeys, noted for their large colored tail feathers.

Ray Barringer Ruthven

Mr and Mrs Carl L Anderson Celebrate Renewal

Mr and Mrs Carl L Anderson of Ruthven marked their wedding anniversary with a Saturday celebration and a Sunday dinner at their home attended by neighbors and immediate relatives.

Wm. Richardson Margaret Ann Carberry John Jensgold Emmetsburg Estherville R. L. Richardson Justin Thompson Margaret Freeman Dawn Hamilton Theo, Johnson and Sherman Clark Minnesota Mrs. Anderson Carl L. Anderson Ruthven

4-H Health Exams Scheduled Across Palo Alto County

Margaret Dunkelberg, home demonstration agent, announced local health examination contests for 4-H girls in Palo Alto County. A registered nurse will visit each club with a county 4-H committee member or agent. Teams will be scored to identify girls eligible for county health program screening in July.

Ail Palo Alto Margaret Dunkelberg Margeset Dunkedberg Healte Sheenkeg

Why were marketing quotas put into the Farm Act

The AAA 1938 creates the Ever Normal Granary to raise food and fiber supplies and enable government loans. Quotas curb market gluts, protect farm prices in surplus years, and require a two thirds voter approval among farmers.

AAA

Card of Thanks for Kindness and Support

We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their care and support during our time of hardship. Your kindness has meant so much to us and is deeply appreciated.

Next Week's Weather Report for Iowa by METT-IOF 71058

Iowa weather outlook for June 27 to July 3 shows the NW and central regions cool to moderately cool, with the extreme east warmer. The northwest will be wet, central and southwest moderately wet, while remaining areas stay dry.

Iowa 8. W N. W N. Cen Mett-Iof N.W N-E E. Cen Cen S.W S. W

Rural Carriers to Picnic at Spencer

Iowa rural carriers and auxiliaries will hold their 39th annual state convention July 21 23 at Spencer. About 1200 to 1500 attendees are expected. National president Raymond H. Combs will speak July 22 and Jeb E. Cooper will speak July 24. The program is planned by Clay County Rural Carriers and Auxiliary and the Spencer Chamber of Commerce.

Iowa Ttheir Spencer Raymond H. Combs Jeb E. Cooper United States Postoffice Department Washington, D.C Combs Cooper Ted Clay County Rural Carriers and Auxiliary Spencer Chamber of Comerce

Five District Corn Picking Contests Set This Fall

Preliminary contests will be held in Town as elimination rounds before the state meet near Ringsted. Finalists from five districts will vie for state honors at Ringsted with sites at farms near Iowa Falls Burlington Mount Vernon Storm Lake and Greenfield.

Ringsted Iowa Falls Burlington Mount Vernon Storm Lake Greenfield

Right Poisons to Battle Garden Insects

Dr C J Drake entomologist and Harold Gunderson extend guidance on garden pest control with three main poisons. Derris root powder targets leaf eating insects. nicotine sulfate kills sucking pests when sprayed thoroughly with soap. calcium arsenate acts as a stomach poison and offers cost benefits.

C. J. Drake Harold Gunderson Iowa State College Gulderson Gunderson

Insecticides and Plant Protection Mixtures

The article lists calcium arsenate ratios for dust and powder use with hydrated lime, notes danger to humans, and recommends pyrethrum as a safe spray or dust for sucking insects. It mentions Bordeaux mixture as a fungicide and insect control for leafhoppers and flea beetles.

1000 HP Diesel Unit Completed at Pocahontas Plant

The eight cylinder 1000 horsepower Diesel at the Central Electric Federated association plant was completed last week and will soon undergo a plant test. The third Diesel unit should arrive from St Louis within days. Finishing touches are underway and grounds are being cleaned as Pocahontas project nears completion around August 1.

Central Electric Federated Association Pocahontas St. Louis

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