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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
3
Lone Rev Remick lists church happenings with Jan dates. Luther League meets Thursday at 8 p.m. Junior Confirmation class Saturday 9 a.m. Sunday School 9 45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Cornell meeting Tuesday 7 30 p.m. Senior Confirmation relay Thursday 4 45 p.m. Junior Choir practice Thursday January 16 at 3 p.m.
The week’s church activities include catechism class at 4:00 PM on Thursday January 3, Youth Fellowship at 7:30 PM, Sunday School at 9:30 AM, Worship at 10:30 AM, Evening Service at 7:30 PM, and a Study Book Day at Barbara Ketlings on Wednesday January 15. Rev Laurice Sureyffeld leads.
Rev. Charles Maines will lead morning worship and the annual business meeting is set for Monday January 8 at 5:00 p.m preceded by church fellowship at 6:30. Thursday closes confirmation at 4 p.m. Official Board meets at 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal follows. Senior MYF at 6:30. Woman's Society Study Group meets 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday Leadership Training School at Eagle Grove from 7 to 9.
Partial church calendar lists Thursday choir rehearsal at 7 30 PM and Sunday School worship with no MYF this week A fragment also mentions Tuesday call or event at Eagle Grove from Tio 9 and other stray text observations.
Rev Norman Johnson leads services with junior confirmation class Saturday at 4 am. Worship follows. Sunday School at 10 30 am. Senior confirmation class Thursday at 4 45 pm. A schedule note shows times and class names for the week at Litmeran Church.
A compact listing shows Farmers Coop No. 1 and No. 2 entries with items such as Burk Bros Roseberry Imp Occo Feeds and W H Coop Oli. It includes HTS HTG HIS and THG tallies with names Merle Brarngon El mer Schnetzer Otto Swanson Elmer Schnetzer Oliver Huntley and Otto Swarson along with numeric values in the 200s and 800s.
Mrs. W Keith Baessler died in a Jan 3 accident near Renwick Iowa when a Rock Island freight train struck their car on Highway 62. Husband and twin sons Michael and Thomas were critically injured, Kristine and another child injured, all transported to Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge for treatment. Funeral services were held at Boone Valley High School Renwick with burial in Livermore.
The WSCS of the EUB church met in the Fellowship Room with Mrs Harold Klasse presiding. Topics covered included a poem, lessons on the purpose of WSCS, devotions by Mrs Pete Hefty, and a plan for a coin shower for Kurt and Laurie, Korean adopted childrey, with about 200 hostesses. Also noted is open house for the Guy couple's 40th wedding anniversary at Luverne City Hall on Sunday January 19 from 2 to 5.
Anna Marie Blesse daughter of Charles Henry and Ella Packard Martin was born near Renwick Iowa October 3 1889 and died December 37 1963 after a long illness She taught in Boone Township and was a Methodist baptized wife of Rudolph Blesse They resided in the community They had four children Aurila Robert McKenna Dudlay Minnie Floyd Kyehnaat and Merton seven grandchildren two great grandchildren three sisters and two brothers survive She was preceded in death by her parents one sister Mie BA Shapson one brother Witty and two grandchildren The family mourns a loving mother and wife with steadfast faith.
Consumer expenditures for food reached 73.6 billion dollars in 1962 with alcoholic beverages at 84 billion total. About 75 percent of the outlay covered food and beverages bought in stores and consumed at home, 22 percent covered meals and drinks, and under 2 percent went to government. Farm produced and used food valued at about 1 billion formed slightly over 1 percent of the total.
Scientists from Hughes Aircraft Co tested a one pound Air Force instrument on human subjects to compare reactions in nerve shattering events. Freeway drivers under 60 mph showed higher heart and breathing rates and hidden tension than astronauts in a capsule.
A satirical piece notes burglary as an ancient trade and outlines defenses for homeowners. It urges securing valuables with insurance, keeping homes observed during absences, leaving shades up on trips, arranging mail checks, and limiting access to telephones and deliveries to deter potential thieves.
Mutual fire insurers report farm fire losses reaching 175 million in 1962 up from 163 million in 1961. Buildings and contents accounted for about 83 percent of losses under mutual fire insurance with livestock and machinery making up most of personal property losses. Lightning caused most livestock losses and farms suffer about two fires per hundred annually.
Funeral services are set for Mrs den Sehmus with plans announced in Kan Friday. A private interment will follow at Tabies.
ISU extension specialists say signing up for the 1964 Feed Grain Program benefits most Iowa farmers unless yields are unfavorably low. Signup begins February 10 with decisions due March 27. Extensions provide worksheets at Humboldt County and ASC offices, noting higher set aside up to 50 percent and revised two year yield bases, a $1.25 national support price, and larger per acre payments for idling more acres.
Miss Nelle Planey, Humboldt librarian for fifty years, spoke at the Moymbolokt Trust bank community room about early Humboldt days. Interviewed by Dr and Mrs Leda, her taped reminiscences covered local history and pioneer families. Membership details were given for those wishing to join the association.
The Fenwick Times plans a monthly calendar of events listing meetings from business to social groups. Presidents or secretaries should submit meeting names, dates, places, and organizational names for the next month by phone or mail before the preceding Saturday. The first listing appears January 30.
Local students at Iowa State University Ames appear on the fall quarter Deans List with at least a 4.0 grade average and 15 credits. The list includes Marlin Edwards Clar Qfee Edwards Marilyn Lerdal Dennis Nervig Orville Nervig Clarke Hampe and Donald Hampo among others.
The article outlines farmers as key business customers spending about 10 billion yearly on equipment and services for crops and livestock, plus 15 billion on family living items. It notes farm purchases of tractors and machinery around 2 to 3 billion, 35 billion on fuel and maintenance, 1.5 billion on fertilizer, and 28 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, about 4 percent of U.S. total, used across cities, industry, and farms in New England.
The article states aliens in the United States must report their addresses to the Attorney General within the near future, through the Immigration and Naturalization Service. All aliens present on January 1, with few exceptions, must report by month's end, except temporary agricultural laborers. Forms for reporting are available at post offices or immigration offices during January.
Mrs Rose Hetty spent weeks visiting California and Nebraska, attending an open house on Thursday December 28 and a Gokkn Welding anniversary with Mr and Mrs Pete Hoesly at Cres ton. In Los Angeles she met the Merwin Maurer family in Santa Monica and visited Ned Hedlinger, Edbuchsinger, Long Beach, and the Jarman home in Carosa. Mr and Mrs Walter and others returned from a two week visit.
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