Weather data brief from yesterday and Wednesday
Yesterday showed a maximum of 28 and a minimum of 1 degree. At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the readings were 37 degrees.
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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
4
Yesterday showed a maximum of 28 and a minimum of 1 degree. At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the readings were 37 degrees.
Local notes from Oelwein list Pvt. Frank Crandall and family furloughs near Oelwein with Mrs Crandall remaining behind. Multiple items mention visits, illness, travel, and social events in nearby Cedar Rapids, Independence, Waterloo, and Des Moines. Several residents and relatives are noted as visiting, returning from service, or receiving guests, with small ads for laundry services and community notices.
Sacred Heart High School will run an earlier schedule from Monday December 18 to Friday December 22 to aid local merchants. Classes begin at 3 15 a m and end at 1 00 p m with no lunch period and shortened intervals between periods. Supi Rev E J Quagan and faculty aim to assist workers in stores while students keep full class contact. School closes for Christmas vacation December 22 and reopens January on the normal schedule.
Soloists at the annual mixed chorus Christmas presentation will perform selections Sunday night at 38 pm in the high school auditorium. Blake soprano will sing He Stfaced His Flock from Messiah. Eileen Finders will offer Ave Maria Schubert Oh Holy Night and Lullaby from Joce by Godderd. The junior sextet including Finders Blake Rush Anderson Lynn Marie Boots and Rush Walrath will render songs. Sophomore sextette Charlene Payne Phyllis Stone Derlene Maher Beaux Edward Derlene Cook and Marcia Schneider perform Cradle Song Brahe Brahms and A Christmas Cradle Song Prokoff.
Funeral services for Robert Handley of near Maynard who died Tuesday from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning will be held at Sacred Heart church on Saturday at 9 o clock. The Rosary is tonight at 8 o'clock at the Fred Handler home east of Maynard. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery in this city.
The note thanks the Oelwein Fire Department for efficiency and care during a fire, expressing gratitude for keeping the loss to a minimum. Mrs. and Mrs. Ed Damon extend appreciation for the department’s prompt response and protective actions.
At Mercy Hospital patients admitted include Warne Carroll of Strawberry, Rose Oelwein of Oelwein, Weldon Anderson of Lamont, Kenneth James of Stanler, Miss Ione Hatch of Oelwein. Surgical procedures noted include tonsillectomy. Discharged patients include J. A Brunkhorst of Masonville, Mrs. Elmer Burco of Oelwein, and Mrs. Albert Dumpman of Westaie.
St Marys Episcopal Church shifts Sunday prayer service from 7 30 p m to 7 06 p m this week due to the high school Christmas program.
Oelwein Huskies wrestling team hosts Cresco grapplers at 7 45 PM in the Oelwein High School gym. Both teams arrive with mixed recent results and a close contest is expected. Admission is cheaper than basketball and football tickets with children paying 10 cents and adults about 29 cents plus tax.
The Oelwein Fire Department battled an overheated furnace at the TL L Schekler residence 210 North Frederick Avenue yesterday afternoon at 350 p m. No damage was reported and no injuries were noted.
Robert Voelker was fined $10 and costs for blasphemous and obscene language. He also faced intoxication charges with a $10 fine and costs. Salazer incurred a $10 fine and costs.
Eduard E Day known as Ev Day, eldest of six, was born October 31 1860 at Andrew Iowa. He grew up in Otsego Winthrop and Fayette, taught in rural schools, then farmed successfully. He married Alice Smith March 23 1883 and had five children. He owned farm property near Ottumwa and later served as secretary of the Oehwekin Cooperative Creamery until 1924.
Obituary notices detail community leader Day of Oelwein in education and recreation work with Grace Methodist Church, and Frances King nee Wesley born 1871 in Vienna who married Edward King and lived on farms in Illinois and Iowa. Surviving children, siblings, and interment details are listed along with church ties and expressions of gratitude from the King family.
Jim Wiant of Cedar Falls presented the charter to Troop 45 of Sumner at a Court of Honor in the Legion auditorium. C E Heyer represented the Thomas E Woods post sponsoring the troop during the Thursday evening ceremony.
Local scouts gathered as Grow spoke briefly, with singing and refreshments led by Scoutmaster Rev. Thompson and assistant S M Johnson. Bob Pipso was promoted from Tenderfoot to Second Class, and Tenderfoot badges were presented to Wayne Fox Wilbur Schroeder Warter Herer Richard Frish Neil Lemkuhi and Robert.
A brief note outlines increasing herbage for early grazing by mid April. It recommends suppressing growth with nitrate soda at 200 pounds or ammonium nitrate at 300 pounds. It also states one acre of permanent forage per three cows.
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