Neighborhood News Briefs from Alpena and Bancroft
Alpena area notes list travels and visits among residents including Rev E J Eslinger and Peter Schortzman from Fredonia N D who reported heavy rain limited threshing to one day in a week. Many residents from Lehr Lehr N D Huron Aberdeen and nearby towns attend family gatherings, visits, and farewells as service enlistments and community events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fedora
Robert S. Cook
Robinson
Esther
Lillie Ochsner
Huron
George McMillan
Gann Valley
W.H. McMillan
Robert Evans
Ashton
Chester Crandall
Cavour
Otto Winter
Lyle Freeman
Emil Mogek
Christ Peterson
E. C. Neumeyer
Wessington Springs
Star Workers Extension Club
Faulktown Notices of Local Movements and Visits
Faulktown residents report moves and visits including Mr and Mrs Thelon moving into the Emma Morris house in ward one. Ms Hope Morrison of St Paul visited at Judge Bottom home. Mrs Harold Lambert left to study at a Chillicothe business college. Joe Butler returned from Boston shipyards. E H Maurer Mae Sullivan and Donald made a business trip to Aberdeen. Owen Zachritz and Marvin Speck were listed among others.
Pie Lady Delivers Warm Relief to British Harvest Workers
British farm women bake and deliver meat pies to harvest laborers and night shift factory workers under Lord Woolton’s pie scheme. Volunteers, paid per pie, supply ingredients via the Ministry of Food, with canning programs and handyman classes expanding wartime aid across 356,000 Women’s Institutes members in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosette Hargrove
London
Lord Woolton
National Federation of Women’s Institutes
Ministry of Food
Britain
Edith Walker
Institutes
America
International Red Cross
England
Vilage
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
Sussex Downs
Faulkton and Area Community Updates
Friction of local life shown in notices of meetings and social events. Faulkton Band Association plans its first meeting Friday at 3 30. Esther Eschenbaur weds Corporal Myron Hagenlock at Catholic parsonage. Teachers gathering hosted by W E Cermak. Mrs Elon Keeler honored at coffee hour hosted by Mrs George Kutsche with a gift. Elroy Christensen returns from Denver after visit with parents. Needle Club meets. Fred Thomas family visits Aberdeen. Nuss family events include Sacramento and Fresno trips and visits with Carl Ochsner. Johnny Nuss family travels home with planned Scotland and Sioux City stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
St. Louis
Henry Krueger
Keatha
Vermillion
Faulkton Band Association
Esther Eschenbaur
Myron H. Hagenlock
Father Coyne
W. E. Cermak
Faulkton
George Kutsche
Elon Keeler
Keeler
Elroy Christensen
Denver
Christensen
Ada Allen
Needle Club
Fred Thomas
Huddy
Ann
Aberdeen
Alpena
John Nuss
Sacramento
Cal
Fred Rutherford
Fresno
Calif
August Nuss
Carl Ochsner
Johnny Nuss
Scotland
Sioux City
Thirteen Join Church At Lane Last Sunday
A group of 13 members joined the Methodist Church at Lane Sunday morning, including a nine member preparatory class and five adults, some transferring their membership. Rev. Fr. M Walker received the group at the close of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Methodist
M Walker
Uncle Sam Popular In City Directory Huron 1942 issue
Polk's 1942 Huron City Directory lists Uncle Sam as a major new employer with USA and USN entries for servicemen. The 242 page volume holds 5 736 names, 18+ entries minimum, with tenant owned homes, house population, marital status and heads of households, and wives' given names. Lester J. Ralfs and Leonard D Zwanziger headline the roster amid quirky surnames Po Switch Blacksmith Kneebone Waterfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Huron City
Uncle Sam
USA
USN
Clay Huron
Lester J. Ralfs
Leonard D. Zwanziger
Huron
Radio Programs Central War Time Highlights
New York September 24 radio listings show NBC CBS and MBS schedules with top shows. Notables include Fanny Brice Bob Crosby Rudy Vallee Maudie’s Diary Kay Kyser Tommy Dorsey and Basil Bowes Amateurs. Navy and RAF training reports. drama and variety slots plus news by Hedda Hopper and Lowell Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Fanny Brice
Frank Morgan
Aldrich
Bob Crosby
Rudy Vallee
Ned Sparks
CBS
Maudie
United Nations
Bowes
Col. Stoopnagle
U. S. Navy
Hall
Earl Wrightson
Kay Kyser
Tommy Dorsey
MBS
Sinfonietta
Chateau Hogan
Raymond Clapper
Raymond Gram Swing
Portia
Bartons
Ben Bernie
Hedda Hopper
Hollywood
Milt Herth
Frank Parker
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomas
F_ Waring
Mary Small
Paul Lavalle
Okly
Kaltenborn
Lucille Manners
Orches
Fred Brady's Variety Show Broadcast Details
A radio listing notes a 30-Information block with programs including Abe Lyman's Waltz Time and Here and Abroad. It mentions a Sept 24 special about a large group of Lane youths traveling to Omaha for physical examinations, with names Lee Miller and Cecil Cunningham listed. The fragment also explains the word grenade derives from the French for pomegranate due to its fruit shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred ‘Brady
Abe Lyman
Gabriel Heatter
Lane
Jerauldity
Omaha
Lee Miller
Cecil Cunningham
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Ben Binger
Alfred Peterson
Cecil Binger
Ft Snelling
Walter Frye
Farmers Union
Herschel
Gile
Willie Bander
George Perry
Eli Huddleston
Lefer Peterson
Clarence Huddleston
Bischoff
Roberta
Menno
Glen Tibbetts
Fulda
Minn
Robert Claassen
Art Butzki
Perham
Elmer Walters
Lloyd Tobey
Don Costello
H. C. Schleuter
Carpenter
F. C. Derscheid
Osceola
Marvin Derscheid
W. L. Westerberg
Esmond
Harry Derscheid
Everett Westerberg
Ray Hillestad
Glendale
Gay Barber
Dick Dayton
John Dayton
Myrtle Point
Orc
Chanute Field
John
Air Corps
Henry Sprang
Vernon Arnood
Monya
de Smet
Melvin Sprang
Nature
Doan
Tae
Heinz
Campbell’s Soup
Bartlett
Swanders
Swan Soap
Phore
Fairment
Kerr Or
Atlag
Nancy
Lee
N.B.C
National Bath
Jonathan
Dox
Booth
B.& B. Locker
Dave
Valready
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