Eastern Stars to Present Ambulances to U S Government
The Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Stars of Iowa will present ten ambulances to the U.S. Government at a Charles City ceremony on July 4. Col. T. E. Harwood, post surgeon at Fort Des Moines, will accept. Mrs. Pearl May Fluegel, worthy grand matron, resides in Charles City. Renwick chapter members each contributed $1 toward the purchase. many local officers plan to attend.
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Order’ of Eastern Stars of
Iowa
U.S
Charles City
T. E. Harwood
Fort Dea Moines
Pearl’ May Fluegel
Weather Still Holds The Spotlight Here
Weather over the past week in Iowa has been hot with temperatures near a hundred degrees followed by a Sunday night storm. Since then residents have added extra quilts to their beds as cooler weather arrives. A girl in a sunsuit and another in an overcoat are seen on the street. Despite the swings, crops remain healthy and July 4th brings knee high corn across fields.
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Iowa
Names Being Painted on Honor Roll Board
Local American Legion sponsors a Main Street honor roll display with about 140 names of boys in the armed forces currently being painted. Additional names will be added as service calls come in, and the list will include WAACS WAVES SPARS nurses and other dedicated workers.
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American Legion
Armyworms Hit Eastern Iowa in Large Numbers
Armyworms appeared in large numbers in two eastern Iowa counties last week marking the first report of the pest this year. Weather has favored their spread, with corn fields now threatened as worms move from adjoining small grain areas.
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Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Fort Dodge Man Assumes Operation of Peoples Cafe
James W. Townsend, longtime Fort Dodge Messenger circulation manager, resigns to run a cafe and small hotel he purchased in Renwick with his wife and three year old daughter. They leave Fort Dodge July 1, selling their home at 1502 Twelfth Avenue North. The cafe, People’s Cafe, was operated for years by H. E. Selgelid before Townsend’s purchase. The couple, lifelong Fort Dodge residents, will manage the business with the former proprietor retiring and staying in Renwick. Farewell parties have been held this week.
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Fort Dodge
James W. Townsend
Messenger & Chronicle
Renwick
Townsend
Patsy
Twelfth Avenues North
People’s Cafe
HE. C. Sel‘gelid
Townsends
Beenen Hosts Renwick Womans Club Meeting
Mrs Beenen hosted the Renwick Womans Club at her home last Thursday afternoon. County Federated clubs chairwoman Mrs L Miller spoke on the Des Moines May convention. The report highlighted talks and suggested next year’s club work, and lunch was served to close.
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Wm. Beenen
Renwick
Family Dinner Honors Lt Schipull and Wife in Douglas
Lt Schipull and wife visited from Douglas Field Arizona for several days at Chas Schipull home. A Sunday family dinner in their honor was hosted with guests including Carlson family of Albert City Schipull families of Laverne Goldfield and Rudolf Schipull families and others from the area.
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Walter
Schipull
Douglas Field
Arizona
Chas. Schipull
Schipull Home
Albert City
Albert Schipull
Laverne
Card Shower for Mrs S B Hefty Observes Kind Gift Gracious
Mrs S B Hefty observed her last birthday last Sunday and was honored by a shower of cards from her friends. She deeply appreciates the remembrance and thoughtfulness and extends thanks to all.
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S. B. Hefty
Lincoln visitors and Iowa lake trip noted in local items
Mrs. Donald W. Lambe of Lincoln Nebraska visits the C I A Packard home this week. Rev E D Hart and son Ellsworth are at Lake Okoboji preparing their cottage for summer. Mr and Mrs Perley Selgelid and daughter Betty visited the Oren Selgelid home in Albert City last Sunday. Geraldine Palmer of Lincoln Nebraska visited Saturday night and Sunday at the S A Palmer home and with relatives. Mrs Herold Ogan of Hardy was taken to Mercy hospital Port Dodge for appendicitis operation.
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Donald’ W. Lambe
Lincoln, Neb
C.I A. Packard
E. D. Hart
Ellsworth
Lake Okoboji
Perley
Selgelid
Betty
Oren Selgelid
Albert City
Geraldine, Palmer
S.A. Palmer Home
Herold Ogan of
Hardy
Mercy Hospital
Port Dodge
Twenty One Years Ago Itema From Renwick Times 1922
Ellen Dawson visited from Ced er Falls over the weekend. The Evangelical church held a picnic at Smith park Thursday. Mrs. C. C. Bunch of Iowa City visited at G. A. Stod dard’s home. Wilson Swhubaugh broke his arm in a horse fall last Sunday. H. V. Alineson of Buckeye visited town. A large Masoni delegation attended a picnic at Humboldt on Tuesday. Fritz Britt and wife returned from their wedding trip. Fritz passed out cigars. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. McGinley visited Emmetaburg. the latter’s sister ill. Gypsy families dropped into town last Thursday and left in an hour. Rev. Beekman and family and others attended an Evangelical convention in Fort Dodge. Mrs. L. W. Miller hosted Fortnightly club ladies at a Kensington with Muriel Rockwood as guest. Mrs. A. L. Kearney’s birthday surprise drew 26 relatives for ice cream and cake. A nine-pound baby girl Janice Florene Notder born Jan 23. Rev. and Mrs. Schluter and son Paul visited. Mrs. Richardson entertained sorority chums at a house party. Jay Hansell had a serious accident at Clear Lake. he nearly drowned and had six inches of scalp removed. Will Paskin’s buggy burned. he put out fire with gravel then continued on. His nag appeared unconcerned.
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Lutheran’ Church
Peter Hanson
Owen Ganstead
Minn
Elroy
Selgelid
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Lyle‘Thompson
Bernard, Wolf
Laverne
Grant Chapman
Belmond
Wilbur Klassie
Greene
S. CG. Maurer
Merwin
S.A. Klassie
Sam Klassi
Pfc
Fred H. Bram
Henry Bram
Tinker Field
Oklo
Air Service Command
Humboldt
Fritz Britt
Fritz
J.C. McGinley
Emmetaburg
Mrs. McGinley
L. W. Miller
Kensington
Misa Muriel
Rockwood
Madeira
Loneh
A. L Kearney
And
Mie
Esti Notder
Janice
Florene
Notder
H- G. Schluter
Paul
Ackley
Norder
C. Au. Richardson
Old College
Ollie Foxworthy
Leon
la Rena Downs
Baxter
Gladys‘ Walker
Britt
Ethel/Waleh
Des Moines
Queen Bell
Dennison
Roy Lind
Harcourt
Jay Hansell
Hardy
Clear Lake
Band Concert Opens On Main Street This Week
The first public band concert of the season was scheduled for last night on Main Street if weather permits. Members were to wear their heavies and the event was expected to proceed as the paper went to press. Mr and Mrs Howard McCarry and Mr and Mrs Duane McCurry with son Dennis and Mrs Doris Keister visited relatives at Waterloo Vinton and Laporte City over Sunday.
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Main Street
Howard McCarry
Duane McCurry
Dennis
Doris Keister
Waterloo
Vinton
Laporte City
L W Miller Subscription Rates at Reacher Post Office
In a brief local notice readers are informed of the subscription rate for one year set at two dollars and notes mailing through the Reacher Post Office as second class matter.
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Vy— L
Reacher Post Office
How About It OPA Would Rationing Help Us
A Eagle Grove column recalls a week of rationing nerves as shoppers and a roaming salesman compare rationed goods with ad space. The piece questions OPA limits on advertising and argues subsidies fail to curb rising costs, noting production costs push prices higher despite rollbacks.
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OPA
Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle
Custmers
Ad Saleman
Jong
Sahaman
True Americans Accept Burdens Beyond Birth Papers
The piece emphasizes that being American goes beyond birth certificates or naturalization papers. It calls for accepting responsibilities and recognizing obligations to the country and to the fighting men who defend it.
Congress to curb labor unions amid war effort tensions
The administration braces as Congress backtracks after passing the Connally-Smith anti strike measure. Lawmakers show fatigue with union leniency and plan action, warning political meddling could jeopardize the war’s progress and signal forthcoming trouble.
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Congress
There can be no fifty fifty Americanism in this country
A quotation attributed to Theodore Roosevelt frames a stance that true Americans must embrace a singular national identity, rejecting dual loyalties and cultural pluralism as incompatible with the nation’s cohesive civic ideal.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Coffee Ration Increased: New Coupon Basis Set
The OPA announced a lift in coffee rations, setting the next two coupons at one pound for three weeks. This marks the most liberal allotment since rationing began. Previously it ranged from one pound for four weeks to one pound for six weeks, with most being five weeks.
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OPA
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Renwick Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Boone Valley
The
Renwick Times
Farmers Co-operative Company
Wisconsin Lumber Company
Quaker Oats Company
Green’s Food Market
William F. Palmer
Bode
Eagle Passfield
Eagle Pass
Texas
Lieut
Palmer
A.W. Gray
Floyd, Palmer
Bul
Peoples Cafe
Mrs.Beenen
Howard Persons
Ellen Dawson
Ceder Falls
Evangelical Church
Smith Park
C.C. Bunch
Iowa City
G. A. Stoddard
Wilson Swhubaugh
H. V. Alineson
Buckeye
Beekman
Baumgartner
Edith
Dawson
Thelma Norder
Sylvia
Broom
Martha Elmer
Will Paskin
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