Golden Wedding Anniversary Of Mr And Mrs Fisher
Mr and Mrs Austin Fisher of Emmetsburg observed their golden wedding on Sunday May 22 1949 with a Mass at Assumption church a noon dinner at St Marys gym and an open house at their home attended by about seventy five relatives and friends They were married May 22 1899 at Gilmore City with Pearl Lyst as bride and Father Pape officiating The couple lived on a Pocahontas county farm for 30 years later moving to Emmetsburg Their children include Gertrude LaRue deceased Margaret Sobkyoweak deceased Joe McNaughton Waterloo Arnold Fisher Pomeroy and Mrs Wm Galleger Waterloo A niece Sister Mary Urban Durango Town also lived with them They have nine grandchildren four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild The Times offers congratulations and wishes health and happiness for many more years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fisher
Austin Fisher
Emmetsburg
Assumption Church
St Marys Gym
Gilmore City
Fisher
Pearl Lyst
Father Pape
Marion Arganbright
Glendive
Montana
Peter Sorensen
Pocahantag County
Gertrude LaRue
Margaret Sobkyoweak
Joe McNaughton
Waterloo
Arnold J. Fisher
Pomeroy
Wm. Galleger
Unclear OCR note with mixed names and dates
Fragmentary text lists names and dates including May 1 June 1 and locations like Los Angeles. Contains scattered terms such as Casbah Tony Martin and Leather Gloves. No coherent event or outcome to summarize.
Local Graettinger Area News Highlights Visitors and Trips
Des Moines visitor Rev Wm J Hanson noted in Graettinger as he drives a Chevrolet. Estherville and Graettinger residents visit, host relatives, and plan trips to Walnut Elk Horn and Hartland Wisconsin. Multiple families, Grinnell and Cedar Falls students, and a Pleasantville couple are mentioned with visits to Emmetsburg and Boulder Colorado for summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Hanson
Des Moines
John J. Swilivan
E. McCarty
Estherville
Frank Christensen
Madeira
Holger Jensen
Graettinger
Wm. Fuller
Fred Davies
Armstrong
Ed Westfall
Joe Schumacher
Whittemore
van de Walle
Jena A. Jensen
Walnut
Elk Horn
Iowa
Harold E. Sorensen
Hartland
Wisconsin
Sorensen
Joan Elsenbast
Robert Elsenbast
Chicago
Steve Hester
Leo Nuebel
LeMars
Joe Harpenau
Remsen
George
Gail Kerr
Pleasantville
Albert
Clara Suss
Suss
Casa Grande
Mary Lelsenbast
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Worldly travels and a stone age girl headline
Quinten Jensen and Andy Axelton went to Canada for a short stay in the region north of Duluth near Lake Superior. Mrs. J. P. Wagner returned from Afton Iowa and Kansas City Missouri visiting Chet Wells and Herman family relatives. Crueila Reyes a 20 year old Tara humara Indian from Sierra Madre Mexico is living in stone age surroundings and learning first aid sanitation child care nursing in Mexico City under Dr Filberto Gomez Gonzales. Read the full tale in The American Weekly with SUNDAY Chicago Herald American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinten Jensen
Andy Axelton
Canada
Duluth
Minnesota
Lake Superior
J. P. Wagner
Afton
Iowa
Kansas City
Missouri
Chet Wells
Wells
Herman
Waener
Mrs. Wells
Cimderella
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Crueila Reyes
Mexico City
Filberto Gomez Gonzales
the Great
Chicago Heraldamerican
Church Notices Weekly religious schedule in multiple congregations
Immaculate Conception Church lists masses at 8 and 10 a m with confessions on first and third Saturdays. Methodists announce May 27 picnic at Ft Defiance Park and services May 29 with Sunday School and worship. youth choir June 2. Memorial day events and speaker visits noted. Pauls Lutheran and St Pauls text include worship, Sunday School times, choir practice, gowns, and welfare programs.
Church notices and guest speakers span local gatherings
Savior's Lutheran Church hosts Divine Worship at 9 30 a m with Sunday School at 10 30 a m First Lutheran church features Pastor Hanson. May 31 Bible study 8 00 p m and Home Mission Society May 27 2 00 p m at Rier Halvorson home with Mrs Halvorson and Bertha as hostesses. Mrs Jorgen Knutsen to speak on Europe trip. 11 00 a m at Marlin Norris home. Reverend Jean Vis of Sheldon receives weekly letters with about 845 000 in canceled stamps from his daughter in Foochow China. Prices there are slightly higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran Church
E. W. Quamn
Hanson
Norman Bortint
Arnold Bis
Lganns
Howard Hanson
William Rasmussen
Raymond Rose
Dora Sandvig
Savior's Lutheran Church
First Lutheran
Bille
Home Mission Society
Rier Halvorson
Jean Vis
Sheldon
Foochow
China
Recognition At 4 12 Mother Daughter Tea
Shirley Henningsen and Lorraine Dobbins of the Emmetsbore Hanpy Helpers 4-H Club received certificates of graduation at the annual Mother Daughter Tea held in the Methodist church parlors on Saturday May 14. About 150 4-H girls with their mothers attended a short program and the presentation of awards. Mary Etta Hart Mallard won a gold medal for clothing work. La Vonne Wigen Mary Etta Hart and Opaldine Wojahn earned blue ribbons. Lorine Rosewall Ruthven received a medal for long time service and leadership. Poultry awards went to Audrey Ann Baxter Mallard and Josephine Rouse Ayrshire. Various clubs sent certificates from Iowa State College and Extension Service to Emmetsburg Happy Helpers Freedom Busy Bees Independence Idealists Highland Happy Hustlers Silver Lake Wide Awakes Vernon Climbers Rush Lake Peppy Pals and Walnut Merry Maids. The Silver Lake Wide Awakes won the basketball trophy donated by Palo Alto Farm Bureau via R W Ashby and Kathleen Brennan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Henningsen
Lorraine Dobbins
Emmetsbore Hanpy Helpers
Mary Etta Hart
Mallard
la Vonne Wigen
Opaldine Wojahn
Lorine Rosewall
Ruthven
Lorine
Audrey Ann Baxter
Josephine Rouse
Ayrshire
Iowa State College
Emmetsburg Happy Helpers Club
Freedom Busy Bees
Independence Idealists
Highland Happy Hustlers
Silver Lake Wide Awakes
Vernon Climbers
Rush Lake Peppy Pals
Walnut Merry Maids
Silver Lake Wide Awakes Club
R. W. Ashby
Palo Alto Farm Bureau
County 4-H
Kathleen Brennan
Dairy Quality Improvement Fieldmen Meet in Emmetsburg
The northwest Iowa Dairy Products Improvement Association fieldmen met in Emmetsburg on May 18 with John Dorothy organizing and Ben Schultz attending. Fifteen fieldmen and six state inspectors discussed quality issues, emphasizing wind blown dirt as a primary problem and recommending thorough can washing, use of lid papers, tight loss control, and product protection to improve milk cream ice cream and butter quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Iowa Dairy Products Improvement Association
Emmetsburg
John Dorothy
Palo Alto County
Ben Schultz
Northwest Iowa
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John Bishop
John Swift
Warren Bishop
Sberville
al Graettinger
Goodwin Thoreson
Joe Swift
Kenneth Neilson
Girl Scouts
Girls Scouts
Legion Hal
Wm. Duhn
Wilma Duhn
GHS
Wilma
Forrest Perdue
Ralph Graettinger
First Lutheran Ladies
Aid
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Chhurch
Wm. Rasmussen
Arnold Bisgaard
Raymond ‘Rose
Gene
Lost Island Home Mission
Rier Halverson
South Walnut Church
Watson Theatre
Casbah
Tony Martin
Yonne DeCarlo
Los ‘Angeles
William Elliot
Julia
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Baward
Rabinigon
Gall_Ruasell
Sa Sheateat
Immaculate Conception Church
D. K. Hurley
The
Methodist Church
J. Heber Miller
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ft. Defiance State Park
Loyal Workers Circle
Herke Teader
Herke
Good Will Circle
Edwin Tindall
Lucy Kerr
Golden Rule Circle
Ewart Jones
Vacation Bible School
Nelson Price
Morningside College
India
Paul’s Lutheran Church
William J. Hanson
Luther League
South Walnut
Town
Mission Society
St. Paul's
Jasta
Prithd
Thoreson Hardware
Lowa
Osher Flying Service
Gilford Osher
Mer
Wallingford
Lundgren
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