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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
4
The Renwick School will begin its 1950 51 session on August 28 with a morning only day and full schedule resuming Tuesday. Registration is set for Thursday and Friday, August 24 and 25, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, with Thursday for grades and Friday for high school. country students may register on either day.
The Belles of Boone 4 H Club held their annual Achievement Day at the Methodist Church in Renwick August 14. About thirty guests and members attended. Demonstrations by Joenna Yungelus and Ruth Martin on Future Furniture Faces. A quartet sang, and pianists Marilyn Nissen and Ruth Martin performed. Judges for Home Furnishings were Mrs. Kirstein, Mrs. Zuber, and Miss Gontarek. Exhibits listed for Begle Grove Junior Fair August 21–23 include dresser, room unit, flower arrangement, scrap book, and several furniture projects. Leaders Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Nissen receive congratulations for their support. reporter Ruth E. B. Martin.
A Holstein cow belonging to AL HL Streeter delivered a litter of three healthy calves about a month ago. The trio includes one white, one red, and one black calf, all reported to be thriving.
All boys who wish to report for football should meet at the School House on Wednesday morning August 23 at 9 15. Dental and physical check ups will be performed and equipment issued. Please be prompt.
Humboldt county draft board reports a quota of 132 men to be sent to Des Moines on August 20 for pre induction physicals. Questionnaires are being sent to farm deferment youths and deferments may tighten. Some farm residents are currently deferred but reclassification may occur for non farm workers.
Governor Wil Beardsley announces Drive Right safety campaign running from noon August 22 to noon September 5. Posters appear statewide including Humboldt County as part of a two week effort to reduce crashes. The plan aims to save about one life per day on highways, measuring progress against Iowa and county accident records from the past two years.
A public service message urges drivers to resist speeding during the Drive Right campaign from August 22 to September 5. It notes 14 lives could be saved in Town and cites Iowa traffic data showing 234 fatal crashes in six months, with 272 drivers having no prior accidents.
The Eagle Grove District junior free fair runs Monday through Wednesday August 21 22 23 with a three day schedule of entertainment and family activities. A big midway rides and concessions will be open daily along with junior market hog show 4 H demonstrations and exhibits and other attractions.
The Ren UTheater celebrated a grand reopening with new equipment and improvements making it one of the finest in the area. Co-owners Harold Burton and Willis Knight invite the community to enjoy free kiddies cartoons and the opening night film My Friend inna Goes West, with additional showings through the week.
The Harvey McPeak unit of the American Legion Auxiliary in Renwick Iowa has earned 170 Credit Points and is rated a Superior unit for 1949 1950 with Special Recognition for carrying on the program. The Department Office in Des Moines issued the citation signed by Helene Jacobson and Blanche G Allbee.
The Renwick Independent baseball team fell 7 to 4 to Algona on Sunday. They plan a final league game this Sunday at Bancroft and have arranged additional games in upcoming weeks. Manager Stanley McCurry notes more games are on the schedule.
A large audience attended the Final Fun Night on Saturday August 12 with sponsors Jeanete Darland Carroll Richardson L W Heetlend and W H Attie The program featured piano duets by Bezlah Yenney and Gloria Stafford many mtimba solos by Nadine Nickell with Pat Parsons on piano from Eagle Grove and a two four piece orchestra led by Lloyd Pardon Marilyn Pardon Kenneth Lachsinger and Ole Carlson of Renwick Hardy The event praised local sportsmanship and encouraged future attendance.
The Renwick School reopens on Monday August 28 after extensive summer work. The Gymnasium Auditorium and Assembly have been redecorated. Four classrooms and halls received new paint. Fluorescent lights installed in the assembly area and three classrooms. The seventh grade gets new desks and benches. A potato peeler was bought for the hot lunch program.
Mrs H L Sunderman was reelected state secretary of missionary education for children of the Evangelical United Brethren Church at Cedar Falls last week.
Gladys L. Persens was promoted from director of the Reading Laboratory to professor of education at Bridgeport University in Bridgeport Conn.
Mr and Mrs Joy Westerbey and Mr and Mrs Carl Warling of Rutland were Sunday dinner guests at the Chas Brown home. The Chas Brown family and Ernest Werling were Sunday evening visitors at the Werling home. Mr and Mrs Matt Maro of Dubuque spent a few days last week at the Ernest Macha home. Ernest Macha and son visited Sunday at the Vance Macha home in New Hampton. Mr and Mrs Howard Dasch spent last Thursday at Okoboji and on the way home visited Rev and Mrs Day at Fostoria.
The Packard family reunion will be held Sunday, September 3 at Renwick City Park. Family members are invited to gather for a day of reunion activities and fellowship at the park location.
Mrs. H. L. Sna German of Renwick contributes to The Builders, the Evangelical United Brethren Church youth magazine, with an article titled We Like Them. The piece reflects a minister's wife perspective on youth.
Humboldt county Farm Bureau and 4-H club items highlight August 24 conservation work at Levi Olson farm with a gully transformation using a blade and a two diversion dikes plan. Schedule notes: August 23 entry deadline for State Sports Festival. August 24 field day and county plowing match. August 25 Boys 4-H radio program. August 27 State Fair award winners and 4-H girl demonstration trip. Rural Women’s Chorus to sing in Washington for national anniversary events.
The 1956-57 term of the Vernon Consolidated School will begin Monday, August 28. The faculty is complete except for two Home Economics teachers. The building and gym have been extensively cleaned and redecorated this summer. The gym floor has been refinished and rooms redecorated with new floors. Fluorescent lighting has been installed in all classrooms and the lunch room. Supt. Arlo McGowan expresses pride in the building’s improved condition.
The Iowa State Fair schedule announces main exhibitions and thrill shows from August 25 to September 2 in Des Moines. Highlights include national auto races in late August, AMA motorcycle events, and multiply themed thrill nights with aerials, dives, and midwestern attractions daily.
The 1930s Sister Kenny polio drive in Iowa coordinated by Edwerd Di Rapp and Dr. Dwight C. Wirtz seeks Keny Foundation treatment at Raymond Blank Memorial Hospital Des Moines and Kenny technicians for polio patients including uninsured. The campaign stresses 42,000 nationwide outbreaks in 1929 and urges training nurses to expand Kenny Treatment access statewide.
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