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Renwick Times

Location

Renwick, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1942

Page

5

Mrs Esther Clancy 94 dies at Hardy burial in Vernon

Esther Clancy a Hardy pioneer died Friday at her Bardy home aged 94 years 11 months 19 days Funeral services were held at Hardy Methodist church Monday Rev E D Hart preached and burial followed at Vernon cemetery She was a long time member of the church and mother of six with 19 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren The obituary notes a life of Christian devotion spanning nearly two centuries with family memories and local notices of relatives and community events

Hardy Esther Clancy Bardy E. D. Hart Vernon Cemetery Esther McMillan Belfast Ireland America Canada Atlantic Marshall B. Clancy Toronto United States Indiana Michigan Humboldt County Iowa Rockwell Clancy Ida Foley Rock Rapids Andrew N., Neal Hard Minnie McKay Schyler Clancy Adel Clancy Hardy Methodist Church Methodist Church Foreign Missionary Society Ladies Aid Society

Tire Rationing Cuts Back Beer Soft Drink Trucks

The Office of Price Administration will bar new tires or recaps for beer, soft drink, candy, and other unessential privately operated trucks after July 28. Only trucks essential to the war effort or public health and safety may receive tires. Common carriers are exempt. The change aims to save rubber as items now privately hauled may shift to public carriers.

Office of Price Administration OPA

Duck Season Extended to Seventy Days for 1942

Federal migratory bird hunting rules set a 70 day duck season for 1942, up from 60 in 1941, with hunting allowed from sunrise to sunset starting October 12. Birds may be possessed 30 days after closing. Daily bags limit 10 for ducks total, with up to one wood duck or up to three redheads or burleheads. Goose and brant limits drop to two, plus four blue geese. blue geese only allow six daily if taken alone.

Boutilier Asche Wedding in Bethany and Omaha Trip

Bea Asche and Mrs. Helen Boutilier, longtime area farm folk, were joined in matrimony in Bethany Missouri on Tuesday July 7. The couple then traveled to Omaha and Council Bluffs before returning home on Thursday. Neighbors and friends later gathered Friday evening to offer congratulations and a traditional charivari.

Brite News-Tribune Bea Asche Helen Boutilier Bethany Omaha Council Bluffs

Twenty One Years Ago Trema from Renwick Times 1921

Twenty one years ago Trema copied from the Renwick Times dated July 21 1921. The Verni McPesk family battled scarlet fever. Mrs S B Hefty and Mrs Lena Liscum were Sunday visitors at Titonka. Jolly Birthday club met with Mrs Guy Ballard and others. Travelers attend Baptist Assembly Iowa Falls. Mrs Jake Geiger and daughter Wilma of Monroe Wis visiting Henry Geiger home. Fortnightly club met at Mrs Howard McCarry’s. Fred Gugger and children visited Pan Altman at Humboldt. M B Richardson Co won plumbing contract for new golf course between Blue Earth and Winnebago Mina. Carl Kelling’s Ford touring car stolen from garage last Thursday night. Henry Luchsinger in North Dakota repairing cyclone damages. Editor and wife and daughter gone to Gladstone Mich. Hal Rogers to publish in interim. Bud Hezelwood found first hill yielded 250 cent piece. Big picnic at Smith Park for John Zimmerman’s Dubuque parents. about seventy attended. Edna Zimmerman visiting Ames summer school. John took his parents to Dabugque. Hulda to Renwick.

Mildred Florence Homer Thiel Baptist Assembly Iowa Falls Jake Geiger Wilma Monroe Wis Henry Geiger Asc Howard McCarry Fred Gugger Pan Altman Humboldt M. B. Richardson Leela Dorothy Henry Luchsinger North Dakota Daug Regina Gladstone Mich Hal Rogers Luverne B. M. Packard Bud Hezelwood Smith Park Sandey John Zimmerman Dubugne Edna Zimmerman Ames John Dabugque Hulda Renwick

Wegner-Dawson Wedding Sees Miss Burnette Wed Aug 11

Wegner Daw son Miss Burnette wed at Bethany Mo parsonage by Rev A J Ward on Saturday July 11. Bride from Luverne high school worked in Luverne cafe and post office. Groom from Corwith high school clerk at Jack Sprat store and tiling business with father in Corwith. They will reside in Corwith. Also noted are local visits and travel mentions of H B Cole and George Cole, A W Trummell and M B Richardson trip to Ozarks, and Shirley Crawford music course at Drake University.

Burnette Ann Wegner Arnold Wegner Laverne Lavoy Dawson Leslie Dawson Corwith Bethany A. J. Ward Raymond Frey Luverne High School Luverne Jack Sprat Renwick A. W. Trummell M. B. Richardson Ozarks F. M. Crawford Jean Nelson Des Moines Shirley Crawford Drake University

The Four Freedoms Last Page Spread

On page five the issue presents the final spread of The Four Freedoms a wartime series sponsored by a large local grocer urging communal support for the war effort. It calls for every town to back government pages and advertisements to inform citizens of the many phases of national effort and to back Uncle Sam.

Grovocal Uncie Sam

War Scrap Drive Urges Massive Steel and Iron Output

The warning call urges households to convert scrap iron and steel into weapons and armor for defense. It cites household items like barn scrap and old tools as potential material for helmets, grenades, and aircraft guns, stressing the need to boost scrap flow by at least 1,000,000 tons to keep steel mills operating this winter.

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What to Call Em How to Address a Woman Officer

A college and military memo discusses how to address a female officer in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at Fort Des Moines. It notes the common army term sir would likely be replaced by ma am and mentions the dean of women as a house-mother hostess figure. It also mentions not changing man hours of work to lady hours and debates terminology.

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Fort Des Moines Jem

Gandhi Criticized Over War Time Strategy

The writer dismisses Mahatma Gandhi amid wartime efforts, arguing his bid for full independence complicates the war program. Gandhi is deemed a loser regardless of battle outcomes, with the author expressing disappointment in his approach.

Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi

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Renwick Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Ike Golden West Cactus Center The Renwick Times Frank Berry Lynda Woolstock Anne Blesie San Diego Calif Edward Blesie Dorothy Hoffman Walter Hoffman Lutheran Hospital Fort Dodge J. F. Kelling Clarion Hospital Wilbur Stevens Peggy Muhm Green’s Food Market Verni McPesk Jolly Birthday Club Guy. Ballard Missee Metta Tanck Edna Black Loeally Eastern Star Chapter M. B. Richardson & Co Blue Earth Winnebego Mina Carl Kelling Mat Father H. B. Cole Eagle Grove George Cole Manson
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