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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
5
In a special election last week Hardy consolidated district voted 198 to 170 to dissolve the district. Local townships will operate as before and Hardy must finance a separate school if desired. The district formed in 1935 after a prior fire and failed bond issue. dissolution now approved.
Plans set for a March tuberculin clinic at Renwick high school for seventh to twelfth graders and interested adults. Cards will be sent to parents for signatures. clinic funding to come from Christmas seal sales. immediate replies urged to county and local chairmen.
Donations to aid flood sufferers in the south are being received by Fritz Britt at Renwick Savings Bank. Contributions of one dollar or more are requested at once. The first day’s gifts totaled 59 dollars and have grown since. Mr Britt will wire daily to put funds to immediate use.
The L B P bridge club met last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Nellis. Six tables played with prizes awarded to Mrs Wm Beenen, Wm Nissen and Monte Fleming. Refreshments were served at the close of the evening.
The U S bridge club was entertained Tuesday afternoon at 21 39 luncheon at the home of Mrs Menard Yeakel Prizes were won by Mrs Wm Nissen Mrs Paul Heg gen and Mrs Floyd Lane
The proposed bill would outlaw bank night drawings and similar giveaways, harming Renwick and other small towns by cutting merchant trade, reducing tax revenue, and risking theater viability. Citizens should urge senators and representatives to defeat the mono sponsored measure.
Twenty one years ago items from Renwick Times dated January 27 1916 describe births visits and travels. Notable mentions include T O Heggen visiting with parents at Lake Mil baby girls born to Mr and Mrs Herry Larson at Hardyfest. multiple trips to Wisconsin Indiana Ohio Fort Dodge and North Yakima. A Rural Life Club program at Loni schoolhouse features Anne Janssen Charley Packard and others. One man sustains injuries from a horse incident with cracked ribs and a damaged shoulder.
Ole Tjelle bought two bags of grapefruit for home use but feared waste, so he hired Otto Swanson and two helpers. Within two hours they sold the entire lot in a dozen batches, charging two to five cents more per dozen than stores. They netted about a dollar in profit.
The Times reports Howard Persons has located in Dodge City Kansas as the 25 District Safety Inspector with headquarters there. He had been working several months as a carpenter in the oil fields at Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
The Five Hundred club was entertained last Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Terry Mitchell. Mrs Clarence Erwin and Ernest Jones were awarded the high score prizes. Mrs Floyd Lane won the traveling prize and Clarence Erwin the draw prize. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
Mrs George Yeoman and her infant son returned home last Friday from Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge. The Hardy Elevator Company mailed ten percent stock dividend checks to its shareholders last week. The Women Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church met at Mrs C R Yeager's home Tuesday evening with Miss Ethel Lindsay leading the lesson and Mrs George Latch giving the devotional followed by refreshments.
Mrs. Alex Miller secretary of state died in a Des Moines hospital last Sunday after pneumonia. She founded Tolvay highway patrol. Gov Nelson G Krasene appointed Dr. Robert B. O'Brien former Morningside college president to take office.
The Renwick Times, established 1834 and published each Thursday, lists a one year subscription rate of 32.00. The notice indicates the Renwick Post Office as a second class TM.
The article outlines massive losses from an automobile industry strike, estimating wages lost through January 15 and total company costs near 10,000,000 pounds or dollars. It notes widespread impact on communities, advertising, and raw materials like cotton, leather, mohair, flaxseed, and soy, with farmers hit by canceled orders. It criticizes unions under leadership attributed to Lewis.
The Eagle Grove Eagle notes the Iowa House of Representatives will authorize 108 members and secretaries, though work is scarce for half that number. The expansion will cost about $12,000, a sum seen as buying appearances and comforts during a recess.
The Nation salutes the President and the people join in praise of the inauguration ceremonies in Washington. The piece asserts no one should surrender their conviction or abandon their principles and notes victors and supporters for the sane President and their love of the country.
The Montgomery Ward general catalog for spring and summer 1887 is being mailed to about 600000 homes. The mail order house surveys the country before distribution and covers areas more thoroughly where local merchants are less aggressive advertisers.
The president states that the administration's success rests on LH and its promises and hopes. He emphasizes the importance of keeping commitments to achieve policy goals and public support, urging continued progress and unity in addressing challenges.
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