Birthday greetings for Kenneth Renken weekend
Grant special correspondent notes relatives and friends gathered to celebrate Kenneth Renken's birthday on Sunday. Attendees included John Renken Mrs Fred Abrendt Emma Henry Adele and several Renken family members plus Johr Renken Bennie Ahrendt Pred Otto Carl Anhrendt Fritz Ahrendt Louie Gabrrels Hanna Posthuma and others. Two individuals Miss Hanna Posthuma and Miss Ana Garrels later left Monday for a nine day trip to Colorado and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Renken
John Renken
Fred Abrendt
Emma
Henry
John W. Ludwigs
Adele
Join Renken
and Mirs
Bennie Ahrendt
Pred Otto
Victor
Carl Anhrendt
Reve
Fritz Ahrendt
Louie Gabrrels
Sclvera
Hie
Gil
Jurgen Renken
Tunity
R. AH
Posthuma
Pand
Hanna Posthuma
Ana Garrels
Colorado
New Mexico
Wedding and visits tie Remsen area families together
LeMars area shoppers and numerous Klemme relatives gathered for Ervin Klemme and Tarn Nitazschke wedding at Remsen with a Friday reception at Mrs Anna Klemme’s home. Attendees included Walter and Gilbert Hinrichs Berniece Ross Jeanne McCorkell and many Klemme family members from Remsen Akron and Spink. Nearby trips featured Cleveland Ohio visitors Edwin Bachr and sons Teddy and Bobby enroute to the Black Hills and Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Herbert Judge
Alex Klemme
Walter Mohan
Harry Klemme
Sioux City
Walter Klemme
Anni Klemme
Gilbert Hinrichs
Wilmer Klemme
Joyce Wreugerhcil
Berniece Ross
Jeanne MecCorkell
Ervin Klemme
Tern Nitazschke
Remsen
Edwin Bachr
Teddy
Bobby
Cleveland
Ohio
Alfred Klemme
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Anna Klemme
Lester
Wm. Hinrichs
Mira
Mahlon Hanson
George Willet
Jean MecCorkell
Joyce Vreugenhil
Pearl Nitzschke
Akron
Ben Borchers
Berniece
Betty
Randall Breitbarth
St. 0
Norma
Shirley Mae
Ronald Koplin
Spink
Mas
Jesse Kalisen
Fred Breitharth
Frank Jeffers
Storm Lake
Alvin Klemme
Jeanne McCorkell
Melbourne Social Roundup and Local Travel Notes
Melbourne special correspondence reports Mr and Mrs Harold Schneider and Mr and Mrs Claire Schneider and son Dick vacationing in the Black Hills. Dick’s sister Charlotte stayed with grandmother Mrs Henry Schindel in Hinton. Calls from LeMars and Great Falls visitors to Rev Kaupp and Groger Schneider. Property bought in Hinton by Charles Fish and wife for remodeling. Mrs Henry Schindel recuperating in Sioux City with daughter Mrs Phil Lucey. Leonore Behrens returns home to Westfield after visiting sister Mrs Dwight Schneider. Community attends state region convention in Sioux City this week. Kaupps return from Evangelical assembly at Riverview park Cedar Falls Iowa before heading home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schneider
Claire Schneider
Black Hills
Charlotte
Henry Schindel
Hinton
Anton Henn
LeMars
Arthur Belzer
Great Falls
Mont
Kaupp
Groger Schneider
Belzer
Melbourne
Charles Fish
Sioux City
Phil Lucey
Leonore Behrens
Westfield
Dwight Schneider
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Wat erloo family attends services at two Des Moines churches
Scott Stauffacher and his wife with sons Homer and Kenneth Kaupp and families plan services at Melbourne Evangelical and Perry Creek Evangelical churches at the usual hours next Sunday. Melbourne W M entertained Mission Band and Cradle Roll members on Friday afternoon August 25 with a pot luck lunch at the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Stauffacher
Waterloo
Homer
Kenneth Kaupp
Des Moines
Melbourne Evangelical Church
Perry Creek
Ireton and Area Visitors at Various Homes
Ireton area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Iowa City Vermillion Hull Hawarden and Sioux City. Funeral attendance featured many from Orange City Sheldon Le Mars and Castana as neighbors joined in services for Mrs Linderman. Church and school events included softball scores and picnics with numerous local families and guests in attendance.
Maurice Miss Amy Bliss Returns to Iowa City
Maurice Miss Amy Bliss returned on Monday to Iowa City after spending the week in the Thos Ayres Peter Van Peursem and Harry area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bliss
Iowa City
Thos. Ayres
Peter van Peursem
Harry
Local Notes and Visits From Merrill and Surroundings
Struble Ellen Nicholson broke a collar bone after a pony accident last week. Visitors arrived from Arco Minnesota and Ashland Wisconsin to stay at the C C Pritchett home. Merrill hosts a bazaar and chicken supper attended by Mr and Mrs Rome Henrich. C C Pritchett family celebrated a birthday with relatives from Hinton Arco Ashland LeMars and Mobridge. Bobbie Moritz plans to teach near Kingsley after returning from Hendricks Minnesota. Marjorie and Bobby Moritz attended a teachers meeting at Anthon Iowa. Alec McDougall and daughter Joan from Le Mars and Florence Baack of Merrill plan a Black Hills trip. Ruth Schuette infant ill now improving. Bob Wilhelmi had tonsils removed in LeMars. Don Nicholson and wife were Sioux City visitors Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. van Dyke
M. Hurst
Neal Boowman
Lina Timmer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Kromendyk
William TeGrotenhuis
Carmel
Wm. Bolke- Ma
Fred Kromendyk
Hull
J. A. Linderman
Harry Woods
Oklahoma City
Ira Hardenberger
Elaine
Esther Whipple
Larry
Earl Miller
Mary Linderman
Floyd Nelson
FE. A. Anderson
S.D
Art Kalsen
Craig
Louis Oloff
Harold
LeMars
Geo. Cox
Wm. Newton
Ernest Bancroft
Albert Bogess
Hawarden
Nea) Muilenberg
Corsica
S. D
C. DeRaad
K. den Ouden
van Gorkum
Frank Schlesser
Hadley
Minn
Bill Naeger
Hartley
Sheldon
J. E. Mieras
Sioux City
Dorothy Haarsma
Orange City
Herman Vancer
Delko Bloom
R. Schatt
Madison
Art Baker
John Hoekstra
Gerrit Kamminga
Lou Westra
J. van Geest
Rock Valley
Herman Vander
J. M. Mieras
Dewey Kuiken
Des Moines
Bernard de Haan
Nellie Smith
Peter Smith
Henry Vieger
Alton
Jake Vie
John Peduzzi
Thos. Ayres
Duluth
Nelson Klieinhesselink
Adrian
Otto de Jong
Ireton
Case Schipper
John Roggen
Corn, Drenton
Mas
Herman Nyhoff
Hamilton
Peter van Pearsem
Chas
Chase
George Vanden
Alfred van Peursem
Marion
Delbert van Peursem
Keokuk
Carrie Oreton
Kate Orton
Will de Jong
Lorraine
Ohio
Peter van Peeursem
Chas. Chase
John M. Mieras
Ocheydan
Will Timmins
Ethel Lynott
Eileen
Kate McDonald
R. J. Cassidy
Nora Buckley
Lois de Jager
Harry de Jager
George de Groot
Chas. Mieras
American Legion
Clarence Vore
Mitchellville
Iowa
J. R. Boyd
Deloit
Case
Gerrit van Peursem
Bobby
Cecile
John Ek. Mieras
John Mieras
J. L. Mieras
Jake Mieras
Geo. Mieras
Ada Ard
Peter Vander Poppe
Henry Westra
John Linnan
Henry Vander Brake
C. L. Bowen
Jacky
Molly Linnan
Catherine Wiggerman
James
Nancy
Ellen Nicholson
Fredericks
Minnesota
J. H. Schwiesow
Ashland
Wis
C. C. Pritchett
Rome Henrich
Merrill
Bobbie Moritz
Hendricks
Bob Wilhelmi
Don Nicholson
Priday
Local residents depart for visits and travels
Preston whr and Mrs Victor Taylor and sons left Saturday for a visit with relatives at Freeport Til Henry Callman Mrs Anka Callman and Mrs Imma Borchers departed Monday by car for Omaha Neb and points in Missouri and Arkansas Mrs C F Riter and son Carl of Sioux Falls S D and Mrs Lewis Kensinger of Forrest City Ark visited at the Lou Collman Allan Meinen returned from a three weeks visit with relatives near Minneapolis Minn Colin Collman has been having a siege of measles Marvin Conkin is visiting the home folks at Coleridge Neb
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wing
Iowa City
R. Stewart
W. Bushby
M. Perehoom
Wing
Bert Wing
Albert Moser
Vermillion
E. A. Linderman
Henry Kromendyk
Hull
Kromendyk
Des Moines
Veterans Hospital
Irene Pluess
Hawarden
Bertha Pluess
Laura Sewick
Burt
Iowa
Harry Sewick
Fred Moser
Windom
Minn
Bert Howard
Akron
Ida Howard
D. R. Stewart
Clint Knowlton
Clint, Jr
Verne Barnes
Marcus
Bob Smith
Fred Miller
LeMars
C. C. Cooper
Robert
Cecil
Howard Pluess
Patty Lou Johnson
Findley
Wm. Forgie
Bert Fritz
Wakonda
South Dakota
Case Schipper
Gerrit DeJong
George
Geo. Katie
Orange City
Hannes de Groot
Bert Bruinsma
Lane Bruinsma
Ed Mouw
Ben Vonk
R. de Groot
Herbert de Jong
Sioux Center
Gerrit van Putten
Weer
A. I. Craik
Glen McCall
Castana
Jennie Moser
Rock Rapids
I. A. Linderman
A. L. Qraik
J. R. van Dyke
Lake Okoboji
St. John's Lutheran
M. E
St. Paul
Christian Reformed
St. Paul's
Christian Reformed Churches of Lebanon
Ireton and
Preston
Whr
Victor Taylor and Sons
Freeport
Til
Henry Callman
Anka Callman
Imma Borchers
Omaha
Neb
Missouri
Arkansas
C. F. Riter
Carl
Sioux Falls
S. D
Lewis Kensinger
Forrest City
Ark
Lou Collman
Allan Meinen
Minneapolis
Colin Collman
Marvin Conkin
Coleridge
Tax shifts, land value and urban housing policy debate
A political column cites Jefferson and Roosevelt on land usufruct and tax shifts. It argues current taxation penalizes improvements, incentivizes slum clearance, and helps landowners through subsidized projects. The piece urges building tax relief to spur construction and reemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Iowa Record Watcher Tops Tall Coin Height Claim
The newspaper notes a contest in Winterset where W. W. Brown claimed a stalk of 18% feet in height to start an argument about the tallest coin in Iowa. It asks who will set the Iowa record this year as the line forms to the left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Winterset
W. W. Brown
Auto thefts tied to births loop in McDonald case
A New Hampton man John McDonald had his car stolen during the birth of his second child, a repeat incident from a prior birth. Later that evening the family doctor found his own car in McDonald’s garage and realized he had inadvertently driven off with it in an absent minded lift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald
New Hampton
McDonald
City Picnic Draws 2,800 in West Des Moines
At a West Des Moines community picnic last week, 2,800 residents and farmers gathered for a simple, home-grown event with no rides or risqué acts. The previous year’s festival drew over 2,300 attendees, underscoring the town’s pride in low-key entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Des Moines
Sitdown Strike at Anamosa Seed Corn Plant
Reported at Anamosa seed corn company, a sitdown strike by office staff over dress code led to a round of shorts allowed for both genders. The women left, the men wore abbreviated trunks, and mirrors were arranged for visibility. Management declared victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Candy debt paid fifteen years later at Reinbeck store
A Reinbeck high school student once stole a candy bar from George Lonergan’s store. Last week, fifteen years later, the former student returned and paid Lonergan ten cents to settle the old debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lonergan
Reinbeck
Lonergan
Sweet Tooth Marion County Chinch Bugs Win Iowa Title
Chinches from Marion County claim the Iowa title for sheer malice as they devour a Slack brothers sorghum field. Early spring damage forced reseeding, and recovery was beginning before losses intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet
Marion County
Chinch-Bugs
Iowa
Slack Brothers
Flapjack Threats Put 80th Anniversary Food Plan in Jeopardy
An unclear remark about threatening the future of mous flapjacks during the 80th anniversary event has sparked concern about plans. Local organizers urge calm as discussion continues.
Grim trench collapse buries worker during sewer dig
A trench collapsing during sewer digging buried a worker last week as coworkers acted to free him. Fellow worker Jim Ross cleared debris and helped summon aid while the injured man struggled to breathe, with authorities unsure when rescue would arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Res
Jim Ross
Clarence
Cig’ Hin
Diege and Towa Colt Reports From Dearfield
A garbled report notes two colts from Diege and Towa, described as albino with single black hairs and pigmented eyes. Details about eye color and skin are unclear in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tipling
Dear J
Candidate Runs Amid Local Turmoil After Funeral For Mrs. Viol Jade
Residents near Sheldon mourn Mrs. Viol Jade pioneer figure as friends gather mournfully for her funeral. Meanwhile, a theft plague hits Harmers Elevator office as money goes missing during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violjade
Sheldon
Harmers Elevator
Fishing trip ends at Adel with U S S Tag crew member
Donald Boren writes of a fishing trip ending at Adel last week aboard the U S S Tag. Don is part of the crew on the Roosevelt fishing expedition to Novatian waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Boren
Adel
Don
Roosevelt
Novetian
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