Local notes from city and area events and visits
Local residents are reported at home from injuries and travels, with Emma Banes injured at work and sidelined briefly. Floyd Whitaker returns from California to visit family as a defense worker. Several residents visit relatives in Maynard, Des Moines, and Omaha, while others conduct errands or shop locally. The city hall driver license renewal office schedules a Saturday session, and community notices invite theatergoers to the Grand Theatre with upcoming film listings and bingo.
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Emma Banes
Rudolf Banes
Bill Kisting
Paul
Matilda Kalb
Crawberry Point
Belwein
Fern Meyer
Maynard
Oelwein
Owen Duffy
Omaha
Leona Chapman
Esterday
Mercy Hospital Burns At Work In Morning Incident
At Mercy Hospital Louis Len of Oelwein is listed as a medical patient after being burned while at work this morning. Also noted are birth and bereavement notices mentioning the Pedorills of Fairbank welcoming a baby boy named William Stockfield of Oelwein and thanks from the Frisch family for sympathy in bereavement.
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Louis Len
Oelwein
Robert Pedorill Fairbank
William Stockfield
August Frisch
Clarence Frisch
Walter Frisch
Robert Frisch
Adv
Post Office Announces Auto Stamps Sale
Postmaster Lee Finders today announced auto stamps are on sale at the Post Office. The motor vehicle tax stamps are yellow this year and valid from July 1, 1943 to July 1, 1944. They should be purchased at once.
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Lee Find
Fayette County Medical Society Dinner Highlights
The Fayette county medical society met for a 6 30 dinner at Pine Lodge with four members and three guests present. Guests included Dr Gratuan and Dr Marcus orthopedists and Dr McIntosh a pediatrician, all attending the State crippled children's clinic at Mercy Hospital yesterday. Two Fayette county doctors received certificates and pins for fifty years as doctors: Dr J D Parker of Fayette and Dr T N Walsh of Hawkeye. Mercer of West Union also received a certificate as a member of the Iowa State Medical Society, but illness prevented his presence.
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Fayette County
T. N. Walsh
Hawkeyer
Mercer
West Union
Crowd Gathers for Fourth District Legion Stag
About 175 legionnaires attended the Fourth district stag at the Legion hall this afternoon with 400 to 500 expected at tonight’s dinner at the Elks country home. State commander Dan O’Brien and other district leaders were present, including Melon Rechter of Wadkon and Col. E. E. Stoup, the state’s oldest legionnaire.
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Legion Hall
Fourth District Stag
Elks Country Home
Dan O’brien
R. J. Laird
Carl Haas
Carl Gregory
Red” Gaunitz
Lansing
Melon Rechter
Wadkon
Fayette County
A. F. Robinson
Volga
D. O. Clark
Wadena
Walt Saur
Elkader
Clayton County
Ed Curtiss
Des Moines
State Bonus Board
Legion
Oelwein
Roy Anderson
E. E. Stoup
Hosiery Salvage Totals 1400 Pounds in West Union
Fourteen hundred pounds of hosiery have been collected in West Union, announced by County Women's War Activities chairwoman Mrs. Bob Estey. State records show Ralph Pixler as county salvage chairman for metal scrap, with gaps in monthly county reports hindering full totals. Mrs. Estey oversees hosiery, tin cans, and fats reporting for the county.
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West Union
Women’s War Activities
Bob Estey
Ralph Pixler
Pixterry County
Bank Installs 250 New Deposit Boxes in Oelwein
First National Bank of Oelwein added 250 safety deposit boxes, bringing total boxes to 1160. The fireproof metal boxes, ordered last December, are rental priced from $2 per year depending on size, with many boxes already spoken for.
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First National Bank of Oelwein
Oelwein
Progressive Bank
Baptist Children Practice Saturday at 3 PM
All children involved in the Baptist church Children Day program are expected to practice at the church Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock. Invest in Bonds and Stamps for Victory.
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Baptist Church
Griffith 81 Fractures Pelvic Bone In Fall
Ben Griffith aged 81, a brick layer of the city, fell at his home Thursday morning and fractured a pelvic bone. He was taken to Mercy hospital where he remains very ill at this time.
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Ben Griffith
Mercy Hospital
War Bond Play at high school auditorium charms crowd
Patricia Shine reports on the Royal Neighbors of America stage show Mammy's Lil' Wild Rose a war bond melodrama performed before an audience eight to ten with a Hawaiian orchestra and patriotic numbers. The plot pivots around Rose Reding’s romance, a costly race scheme, and a ruse to secure wealth, ending with Rose choosing true love over wealth.
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Patricia Shine
Royal Neighbors of America
Lil’ Wil Rose
Mary Waite
Lois Thomas
Myra Lenz
H. W. Brant
America
Rex Kirkpatrick
R.N.A
Maisie Lundstrom
Sharon McQueen
Iva Carol Kirkpatrick
Mildred Myers
Sherry Lennon
Marshal Fauser
Miss Myers
Cabin J
Uncle Joe
Celie
Virginia
Aaron Wheeler
Lois Benzer
Rose O’may
Virginia Reding
Rose
Wild Rose
Wade Carver
Robert Stephen
Horst Zahn
Loren Strawn
Orpheus Jackson
Charles Zanetta
Babe Joan
Marie
Miller
Phyllis Thiese
Lester O’may Reyes
Ltr
Tha Ue
Daniel
Peggy
Beverly Driscoll
Letty van
Julia Jiminez
Shep
LaVonne
Lester
Washington
Community pageant encore delights audience in rural act
Interim shows feature Dick Trusty singing Beautiful Dreamer and Rose of Tralee, Earl Williams dancing a jig with help from Old Joe and Mammy Celie, Mrs Melvin Campbell singing Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer and Johnny Got a Zero. The cast reunites with Mrs Courtrane and family amid Rose’s unresolved romance. Mrs Frank Truak reports $80 in receipts and ongoing contributions.
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Dick ‘Trusty
Johnny
Hester
Rose
Courtrane
Cleo Merlins
Truak
B. G. Flaig
Strang Funeral In Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Lee Strang will be held Saturday at 2 00 p.m. at Beatty Chapel Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Strang died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday evening at his Delhi home. He is survived by his wife two daughters and six brothers Herbert Kenneth of Cedar Rapids Dewey of Waterloo Donald of Oelwein and Carlyle of Omaha Neb
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Lee Strang
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial
Mr. Strang
Delhi
Herbert
Kenneth
Cedar Ra
Two Burned in Engine Collision
A switch crew misaligned a switch about 8 00 causing an engine to derail into another engine. The crash pushed the cab back two feet and ruptured steam pipes, causing burns to engineer F Trower and more severe burns to fireman Louis Lea. Lea was taken to hospital after first aid.
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F. Trower
Louis Lea
Leo
Elks Urged to Attend Flag Day Service
The Elks Flag Day Service is set for Monday evening in the Lodge Room downtown. The Grand Lodge orders a mandatory observance and urges all Elks to attend this important patriot event honoring the stars and stripes. Contour Plowing History notes George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, with Jefferson’s son-in-law cited as inventor of a hillside plow enabling this method.
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Elks
Grand Lodge
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Greenough Robbins Wedding at Little Brown Church
The marriage of Gertrude Greenough and Robert Robbins occurred Wednesday at the Little Brown church near Nashua with Rev. F. L. Hanscom officiating. Attendants were Lois Greenough and Kenneth Schultz. A dinner followed at the groom’s home and a dance was held in Hawkeye Community Hall.
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Hawkeye Community Hall
West Union High School
Elgin High School
Hawkeye
Surprise Supper Party for Mrs Walsh Hosts Eight Relatives
Mrs. T. N. Walsh was pleasantly surprised at her Cresco home Sunday evening when eight relatives gathered for a polluck supper. Her nephew Henry Hauth Jr. of Cresco was an evening guest in the Walsh home.
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T. N. Walsh
Henry Hauth, Jr
Cresco
Death of Mrs Selah Smith Reported in Mohall ND
Mrs J B Palmer learned of the death of her sister Mrs Selah Smith 75 at Mohall North Dakota. Services and burial were held there Thursday June 10. Mrs Smith had suffered from a heart ailment last February and her youngest daughter Idna Smith a dietitian in the Marine Hospital at Norfolk VA returned home to be with her. Jane Weed daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Weed born March 16 1868 in Green County Wisconsin later moved with parents to Fayette County and lived on a farm near West Union.
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Bister
J. B
Palmer
Selah Smith
Mohall
North Dakota
Smith
Idna Smith
Marine Hospital
Norfolk
Jane Weed
C. A. Weed
Green County
Wisconsin
Fayette County
West Union and
Woman Dies on Farm Near Hawkeye Center Township
Mrs. Selah Smith of Randalia widowed after marriage on March 29 1893. They lived near Randalia West Union and for 20 years at Modell. Survived by husband three children Ralph Gainsboro Canada Blanch Smith Spokane Edna Smith traveling to Seattle dietitian in a Marine hospital June 30 and one sitter Mrs J B Palmer Hawk Eye with four grandchildren. Birthday notices for H H Engel Bernice Halverson and Allen with Jean Foote guest of honor at Clock's Island. Dinner for daughter Betty confirmed with family guests from West Union Turtle Lake Randalia. Bridge club members hosted by L H Hauth with prizes won by H H Engel and W W Burkhart. Unit 2 of the W S C S entertained at Warnke Kitch home with lesson “For a Better World.”
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Center Township
Hawkeye
Selah Smith
Randalia
West Union
Modell
Ralph
Gainsboro
Canada
Blanch Smith
Spokane
Wash
Edna Smith
Seattle
J. B. Palmer
H. H. Engel
Bernice Halverson and
Allen
Alfred Foote
Mary
Fayette
Jeani Foote
Clock's Island
Jean
Upper Iowa University
Arnold Wendland
Betty
Guess
August Wendland
Otto Strohschem
Robert
Turtle Lake
Wis
Albert Weideman
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