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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
6
The five day waiting period for marriage licenses is repealed restoring immediate license issuance. Town ministers and justices of the peace welcome the change, noting couples previously left town to marry elsewhere may now wed locally in minutes rather than days.
W D Smith of Hardy was brought home on six stretchers Saturday after an accident at West Branch. He suffered back injuries during a visit with his brother at Braveh and will miss weeks while he recovers. Local friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Boss Cart B Lavaon and family relocate to Glad brook area, with Mr Lare aun named the GC and N W section boss. They came from Gladbrook after a year, considering Ceylon Minnesota their former home where they knew several Reaiyick people. A purported nation watches each presidential wave and Roosevelt inauguration after April 6, with a partly cockeyed station observing.
The week featured snow showers and a heavy but short snowfall, followed by sunny Christmas-like thaw. Wet heavy snow decorated trees before melting as sun returned, then a cold spell with rain and hail left dirt roads muddy and rough. The note ends with optimistic signs of summer approaching.
William Zentner received a severe wrist injury when a tree trimming mishap occurred last Friday. He and Herman Egemo were near each other as a limb was cut. Egemo slipped in the snow and his axe struck Zentner, severing tendons and an artery. He was rushed to the hospital and now rests with his arm in a sling, expecting a long recovery before full use returns.
Misa Ethel Lindsay was brought home from Fork edge hospital this afternoon after four weeks recovering from injuries in a recent accident. She is not fully recovered but can be up and about a little. Friends are glad she is back and she hopes to resume school work at home next month.
The sale of beer will be permitted in at least 16 states on April 7 when the measure becomes effective. States listed include Oregon Montana Arizona Wyoming Connecticut Kentucky Indiana Delaware Montana New Jersey California and Washington. Additional dates: Louisiana April 18 and West Virginia June 9. North Dakota beer sales legally begin July 1 in a foreseen form. Twenty six states have pending action including Maryland Minnesota Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado North Carolina South Carolina Ohio District of Columbia Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont Florida Michigan Alabama Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin Pennsylvania New York. In Vermont and Minnesota beer bills passed await governor signature. Eight states ban deer and there is no statewide dry law to prevent sale in Washington. Iowa remains doubtful with current unlawful sale or transport of beer into the state. A special election will choose delegates to a constitutional convention this summer. if repeal passes, 32 pages of liquor laws must be repealed before beer sales become lawful in Iowa.
The author notes newspapers boast about readers keeping issues and ads. They claim they topped rivals by dropping four Wick Times issues into the post office waste basket, then finding the basket filled with other circulars while their copies disappeared.
Mayor Dick Elmer discovered a large window shattered at his store but his safe and stock remained intact. No clues or notices were found, and he concludes the damage was accidental. The mayor plans to dip into his funds to replace the glass.
A columnist questions the new administration’s plan to abolish some agriculture bureaus and suggests removing all expert agencies to let farmers rely on their own means, arguing for reduced government interference in farming.
Galveston Texas is described as a storied island city with a 43,427 population and a broad history from pirate haunts to modern commerce. The piece notes the 1900 flood, the concrete sea wall, palm boulevards, oleander flora, a world’s safest bathing beach, Fort San Jacinto and its Third Attack Group, Port Crockett Airdome, and a civic life centered on hospitals and events like Beauty Pageants and Mardi Gras.
The piece argues that successful people often credit humble origins and early hard work. It cites Edison, Rockefeller, and Ford as examples who toiled from modest jobs and education, stressing that pride in such beginnings can drive lasting achievement.
Belden Weikel leads Renwick The M E Church notes a growing congregation with Sunday worship at 11 and a 10 o clock class. The men’s class meets at George Latch home. 143 attended last Sunday. Epworth League topics include What Do You Think of God and What of Prohibition. A training school for Sunday school teachers and officers is planned for Kanawha in late April to early May with a faculty including J C Butman and Belden Weikel.
The program at First Baptist Church lists Sunday events with J A Hurley as pastor. Morning worship follows at 10 with a class named Bichie Sehaoi. The Communion service is postponed until Easter Sunday. An evening schedule includes a Young Peoples meeting at 7 and evening worship at 8 with an evangelistic service and short song service.
The schedule for Sunday includes Sunday school at 10 04 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Luther League devotional follows at 7 30 p.m. The church extends a hearty welcome to visitors.
Laurence Suh pastor leads Sunday School at 10:00 with Morning Worship at 11:00. Evening Worship is at 7:00. Ladies' Aid meets first Wednesday each month and WM. S. Avery second Wednesday.
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