Local News Items From Newell area
Mr and Mrs John Hunter of Newell visited last week at the home of their daughter Mrs Walter Attig and family. Two robins joined the birds at the editor’s kitchen window during the blizzard. Mr and Mrs Ray Peltis and Mrs Gay Nerem and daughter Gloria visited relatives in Macon City last Sunday. Several residents travel and attend meetings in Des Moines. The note lists many local visits, family dinners, quarantine sites for scarlet fever and local business notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John’ Hunter
Newel
Walter Attig
Ray ‘Peltis
Gay Nerem
Gloria
Macon City
Cindow
John Hefti
Sid Mes
Bill Hefti
John Zimmerman
Héwin- Hefti
Dudley Blesh
Albert Hefti
Walter Hefti
Hardy
Gilbert Hefti
Webster City
Churches Announce Sunday Schedule Change Amid Fever
In response to the scarlet fever epidemic the Methodist St Paul Lutheran and Evangelical churches will dispense with the Sunday School hour and hold the morning worship at 1:00 PM instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
St. Paul Lutheran
Evangelical
Men's Club Postpones Father and Son Supper
The Men's Community club postpones the father and son supper from March 13 to March 20. The meal event now occurs a week later with the same venue and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Club
Renwick Library Closure And Local Notices
The Renwick Public Library will be closed Saturday March 1 to 18 with no overdue fines. Reports note Will White in critical condition at his home. Local visitors and social notices include Clarion business visitors, Algona weekend hosts, and Fort Dodge and Circleville connections. Several families and individuals are listed with recent trips and gatherings in the Kanawha and Eagle Grove areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwick
Will White
Italy
Thai
Holland
Poland
France
Greece
Middle East
Norway
Germany
Hitler
Local social notes from Ames and nearby towns
Sue Lane returned from Iowa State College at Ames for the weekend. Mrs. Pearl Barnes of La Crosse Wisconsin visited Ray Felts and family. Laura Janes, student nurse at Methodist Hospital Des Moines, spent the weekend with J E Ashes. Gerald Wians of Port Sheridan, D is slated for a visit at Ray Weigans home. A nine pound son Galen Arte was born February 27 to Mr and Mrs Fred Engstrom at Dr George Martin home in Eagle Grove. Mr and Mrs George Mills and daughter Myrna visited Mrs Mills mother Mrs Gilbert Quick at Vincent where the Quicks have bought a cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
dAmong
Howard ‘McCarry
Liberty Township
Howard
Andrew Oppedahl
Lake Township
Ellen Bottleson
Frost
Oopedale
Emory
Navy
Gerald Nelson
Boone Township
Sam Amoston
P.H. Sadler
F.H. Montgomery
Laura Janes
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
J. E. Ashes
Gerald Wians
Port Sheridan, D
Ray Weigans
Galen Arte
Fred A. Engstrom
George Martin
Eagle Grove
George Mills
Myrna
Mills
Gilbert Quick
Vincent
Quicks
Local Social Roundup from Des Moines to Sexton
Miss Doris Black visits Des Moines with friends this week. Charlotte Bliss of Eagle Grove visits over the weekend with Pearle Eggerth. Harl Gimer attends a district buttermakers meeting in West Bend last Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Martin Mimbach of Sexton visit Leo Mimbuch’s home weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Black
Des Moines
Charlotte Bliss
Eagle Grove
Pearle Eggerth
Harl Gimer
West Bend
Martin Mimbach
Sexton
Leo Mimbuch
Regular Election Notice for Renwick Independent District
Qualified voters in Renwick Humboldt Iowa warned of a regular school district election at Iowa Hall Renwick on March 7 1943 from noon to 6 pm Two directors for three year terms replace Crawford and Long and a treasurer for a two year term to replace Goettsch terms expiring March 1944 Meeting to discuss other lawful business Dated February 28 1944 Secretary Margaret Goettsch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwick
Humbolde
Iowa
Iowa Hall
F.M. Crawford
W. H. Long
R. ‘M.goettsch
Margaret Goettsch
Notice of Renwick Town Election Held in 1944
Notice is given to the qualified electors of Renwick Iowa that a regular election will be held on the 97th day of March 1944 to elect a Mayor to succeed Hart D Gimer a Treasurer to succeed C A Richardson an Assessor to succeed R E Cook and five Councilmen to fill vacancies left by M M Green S H Klassia C A Packard Peter Sadler and Charles A Walker Polls open from 8 00 A M to 6 00 P M at Town Hall Fritz Brier Town Clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershy
Renwick
Humboldt
Iowa
Hart D. Gimer
C. A. Richardson
R. E. Cook
M. M. Green
S. H. Klassia
Peter Sadler
Chas
A. “Walker
Parls
Town Hall
Fritz Brier
Huge Postwar Task in Europe
Europe faces massive postwar challenges as millions are left homeless and displaced after German surrender. The rehabilitation effort spans long trains, food needs, and repatriation across nations, withPoles, French, Dutch, Greeks, Norwegians and others returning home or seeking new placements amid wartime devastation.
Rare Trumpeter Swan Stages Comeback in Washington
Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson of the Fish and Wildlife Service notes the trumpeter swan, once scarce in 1933, now making a strong comeback. The Red Rock Lakes refuge was created that year to protect the species, which once weighed at least 25 pounds with an eight foot wingspan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Ira N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wild Life Servoe Mcans
Red Rock Lakes
Onin
Blackout Lingerie Sparks Mystery in London Trade
The Board of Trade probes a run on non rationed blackout curtain material as factories and shops report its use in making brown underwear. A spokesperson cautions the situation may be difficult to control while investigators seek the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Board of Trade
Vestigclers
Boore Spokisman
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Myron Collins
Ranwick
Mike
Frank
Elmer
Jake Blegie
Elatives
Yasta
Barbara Jane
Mise Mitchel
Dick Arthur Hefty
Clarence Hoovler
Eggerth Bybrid
Swea City
Towa
Rawleigh
Kossuth County
Wright Rawleigh’s
Dept
Freeport
Til
Will Blesie
Mii
Myron Clatier
Roy Wigans
Fam Iy
Harry, Wigans
Arnold Wigans
Aalfalfa
Hall Roberts’ Son
Postville
Martha
Evangelical Missionary Society
DB. J. Christenson
Les Gon
Walter ‘Attig
Citr
Wm. Nissen
North Platte, Neb
Robert’ Watson
Bill
Eagle Grove Livestock Commission Co
Schwenck’s
Leroy Umstead
Mike Wehrheim
R. K. Uhr
Geo, Paine
Renwick Hatchery
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Clarion
Lloyd Pool
Lola
Algona
G. H. Scott
Guston
Goldfield
Elmer Philipp
Marilyn
Marilyn Schneider
Fort Dodge
John Kerr
Circleville
Ohio
Harold Amosson
Eagie Grove
A.R. Martin
Walter ‘McPeaks
George ‘Bell
R. E.mcgowan
Jamez McGowan
James ‘McGowan
Supt
Arlo-McGowan
Kanawha
Sue Lane
Iowa State College
Ames
Pearl -Barnes
la Cross, Wis
Ray Felts
Treasury Department
Boone Center School
Duroc
McCormick-Deering
Alvin Engstrom
R. K. Uhr and
E. A. Nelson
D. J. Christenson
Europe
Atlantic City
Siberia
Polish Rehabilitation Committee
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