Harding Usher wed in candlelit Estherville church
Helen Harding daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Harding and Worthie Usher son of Mr and Mrs W K Usher of Rowan were married in a seven oclock Sunday ceremony at Estherville first Methodist church officiated by Rev J Heber Miller The bride wore a White Latin gown and gardenia accessories The groom wore a steel blue garbardine suit and both families celebrated with a reception at the church afterwards
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Helen Harding
Worthie Usher
Kenneth Harding
W. K., Usher
Rowan
Estherville First Methodist Church
J. Heber Miller
Graettinger
Glen Lurdgren
Dean Moore
Minneapolis
Judy Miller
Robert Ahrenkiel
Goodell
Con Carroll
Kenneth Quickel
Sioux Center
Glen Lundgren
C. M. Gronstal
LaVonne Gardner
Charles Wallace
Morningside College
Sioux City
Misa Gardner
Miss Gardner
Mildred Gardner
Elmer Jackson
la Rue Wiseman
Russell Dominy
Wesley Anderson
Usher
Marian Hansen
Robert Reed
Marian Joan Hansen
Walter Hansen
Renwick
Robert Donald Reed
George W. Reed
Ise Clarion
Evangelical United Brethren Church
iMay
H. L. Sunderman
Frank
Roger Hansen
Phyllis Hansen
Paul Robb
Clarion
Roselyn Attig
Eddie L. Bygness
Mia
Anna Walkner
Loren Reed
Graettinger High School
Northwestern
the Methodist Church
Ed Herke
Loyal Workers
Earl Jones
Golden Rule Circle
Lucy Kerr
Good Will
Nelson Price
Price
Burma
India
Watson Theatre June 2 1000 Eyes Edward G Robinson Gail Russell
Film at Watson Theatre on June 2 features 1000 Eyes with stars Edward G Robinson and Gail Russell in a noir courtroom drama. Local patrons plan to attend the screening and midweek showtimes are listed for the venue.
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1000 Eyes
Edward G. Robinson
Gail Russell
Local Couples and Visitors Reach Graettinger Area
A string of weekend visits and short trips ties together Graettinger and nearby towns. Des Moines residents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sampson spent time with local relatives. Tulsa visitor Mrs M M Kelly visited brother Fred Adams and wife in Graettinger. Mrs A H Mills touched base in St Paul with son Dale and daughter Mrs Joe Abel. Others include Mr and Mrs Gilford Osher from Wallingford with daughter Marilee. Estherville’s Kenneth Warding in Graettinger. Emmetsburg callers Mrs John J Sullivan and Mrs D E McCarty. Wallingford guest Mrs T A Hersleff. Alesch family from LeMars. Graettinger and Emmetsburg business visitors Carl Thoreson and Asher Peterson. and many more local moves and Memorial Day gatherings.
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Kenneth Sampson
Des Moines
M. M. Kelly
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Fred Adams
Graettinger
A. H. Mills
St.Paul
Dale
Joe Abel
Gilford Osher
Marilee
Wallingford
Kenneth Warding
Estherville
Emmetsburg
J. P. Wagner
T. C. Traog
Ellington Township
Frank Mammen
Ana
Ottawa
Illinois
Fred Rud
Gloria Vasey
Cedar Falls
E. &. George
Mason City
Francis McDonald
Betty Mills
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Cylinder
Rolfe Lundgren
Black Hills
Bertha Porter
James Sandvis, Jr
Robert Lehman
Webster City
Harold Brady
Ruthven
Dora Landing
Stanley Beat
Madison
Herelm
Payton, Sr
Chicago
Otto
Waterloo
Floyd Masters
Carl Schlotfeldt
David Sandvig
Grasttinger
Extra
Iowa
Floyd Mastera
Floyd
Mra. C. B. Erickson
Mra
Lea Gustin
Delwelh
Postmaster OConnor attends Emmetsburg wake for Callahan
Postmaster W L OConnor visits Emmetsburg Sunday evening for the wake of John Callahan, longtime neighbor who moved to Emmetsburg. Mrs and Mrs Lloyd Nane and family of Bricleyn Minnesota and Mrs Marion Nane and family of Waterloo visit Mrs Th T Nane and Gudrid of Grachtinger. Memorial day updates include Judy Thorson vacationing near Estherville and Mary Thorson visiting Joe Nyborg near Ruthven. Mrs Bormann remains in Minnesota with her parents, Henry and Mrs Webbe, for medical care.
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W. L. O'Connor
Emmetsburg
John Callahan
Callahan
Lloyd Nane
Bricelyn
Minnesota
Marion Nane
Waterloo
Th. T. Nane
Gudrid
Grachtinger
Judy Thorson
Richard Christiansen
Estherville
Mary
Joe Nyborg
Ruthven
Bernard Borman
Bormann
Henry Webbe
American Weekly
the Great
Chicago Herald-American
Bus and passenger chase bus across Algona and Wesley
A bus driver and passenger chased each other along the route in Algona until a taxi helped the man rejoin the bus. The driver later looped the block to pick up the absentee, and they connected miles later at Wesley. Mrs Lydia Bailey of Iowa City collects live dogs and finds them homes after checkups. Gene Barker and Bud Watson found a wallet with 550 dollars in an old house near Cleopatra Missouri and will receive a reward. Mrs Robert Forman of Bellevue spoke with her husband in Germany via a Minneapolis ham operator relaying a collect call.
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Algona
Wesley
Lydia Bailey
Iowa City
Bailey
Gene Barker
Bud Watson
Cleopatra
Gene
Allerton
Robert Forman
Bellevue
Minneapolis
Germany
Col. Forman
Pleasanton Farmer Finishes Corn Shucking After Long Span
At Pleasanton Marion McWilliams completed a corn shucking task begun in 1948, returning to it in winter intervals as other work surfaced. He notes dry corn and prefers field storage to cribbing. In Remsen a major box elder, 12 feet 4 inches circumference and four feet 1 inch diameter, was felled by Greg Deitering of Le Mars, planted about sixty years ago. Ralph Davis of Lineville recalls boat mishaps after buying a new craft on Gun Club Lake, while Donald Vesgaard travels home from Texas to Holstein via a cross country rail and car journey, with breakfast in Texas and supper in Omaha.
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Pleasanton
Marion McWilliams
Remsen
Greg Deitering
le- Mars
Ralph Davis
Lineville
Gun Club Lake
Donald Vesgaard
Holstein
Texas
California
Omaha
Local boy shoots BB bullet fragment into hill
Homer Stines, 12, of Corrationvilla, found a bullet while playing and aimed a shot from his BB gun. The blast lodged a fragment in his head and he was taken to the hospital. Pop Carter, 63, of Texas, toured Harlan performing figure skating on a motor scooter, conveying a hat and moving on. About 500 Leghorn chicks hatched in Minneapolis were bedded at Flay Young farm in Diagonal after air shipment to Des Moines.
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Homer Stines
Corrationvilla
Pop" Carter
Texas
Harlan
Minneapolis
Flay Young Farm
Diagonal
Des Moines
Tragic Tractor Accident Claims Young Verdener Henken
Verdener Henken, a Waukon young man, was killed when the tractor he drove overturned and pinned him in a ditch. Rescue efforts reached him quickly, but he died almost instantly.
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Verdener Henken
Waukon
Corn per hog under pressure as hog numbers shift
An Iowa farming forecast warns that with only 46 bushels of corn per hog this month, hog production may fall next spring. Past years show correlation between December corn per hog and spring pig crop, with 1943 and 1944 cited and future yields tied to hog slaughter and corn crop expectations.
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United States
Iowa
Immaculate Conception Church Notices
Multiple church notices list services and events across Immaculate a Roneepes St Pauls Lutheran and other local churches. Details include pastors, Sunday services, confessions, Sunday School times, joint services, notes on no Sunday evening service, meetings of Sunday School staffs, Ladies Aid, church circles, and offerings for Lutheran World Action.
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D. K. Hartey
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
William J. Hanson
St. Paul's
Graattinger
South Walnut
Town
Eugene LeVine
Ernest Daus
Resistence
Ladies' Aid
Lutheran Church Activities and Summer Programs
Community church notices outline upcoming services and events at Divine Savior and First Lutheran. Includes missionary talk on India, youth choir, executive committee meeting, circle gathering, vacation bible school June 18 17, sessions 9 80, confirmations, parsonage meetings, and ladies gatherings with local hosts.
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Jas
India
Robert Vasey, Jr
Barringer
Vacation Bible School
First Lutheran Church
E. W. Quamn
Parish
Luther League
Otis Hauge
Garl Rasmussen
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Belmond
Dorothy Christopher
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Aepee
Adams
State Park
Adam
Kelly
J. A. Fleming
Fleming
St. Paul
Riverside Club
H. Brown
McDonald
Jensen
Stratford
A. T. Lundgren
Ellis
Litle Bonstead
Jesse Anderson
Watson Theatre
Timber, Iowa
Sonny Tufty
Gabby Hayes
Peggy
Jeanne Crain
William Holden
Buack
Bart
Yvonne DeCarlo
Don Duryea
Zachary
Scott
Loula
Anna Jorgensen
Jackson
Jackson Rollatorium
Rym Luther League
Henry Lofblom
Sherman Gunderson
LeRoy Gunderson
Rose Jorstad
Wallingford Lutheran
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
B. Gunderson
Lutheran World Action
Ladies’ Aid
Minoa
Melvin Christian
Arnold Hoganson
Lewis Annonson
Eldon Aanonson
Quastad School
Immanuel Evangelico! Lutheran
Graettinger Blacksmith and
Leslie Greene
Greene’s Repair
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