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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
5
The local Booster club held its monthly meeting at LeVier's cafe with about 25 members present. It backed the school board and town council by firing S. W. Barrows as band leader and instructor for the summer, and planned Wednesday night band concerts on Main Street plus Saturday bank night drawings with appointed committees to start soon.
Mr and Mrs T W Lee of Clarion report their son Jack W married Miss Marjorie Stenson of Minneapolis formerly Renwick on Monday night. The ceremony was at the Lutheran parsonage in Minneapolis with Rev B K Berstad officiating in a single ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Mason City after May 1. No further ceremony details available.
The Humboldt County baseball tournament will be held at Thor on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, with eleven teams competing. First round games include Hardy vs Dakota City, Gilmore City vs Bode, Renwick vs Vernon township, Ottosen, Rutland, Thor, Humboldt and Bradgate drawn. The opening game starts at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
The Renwick Community Creamery hosted the Sixth District Iowa Creamery association gathering with about thirty members present. Women gathered at Hari Gimer’s home while men conducted business at the Legion hall followed by a group supper at the hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Friday of Renwick celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary with a Sunday potluck at their home. Out of town guests included daughter Mrs. Walter Kunert of Mankato and relatives from Renwick Ames Dakota City Swea City Humboldt Hardy and Bode. Gifts and birthday cheers followed in a family gathering reported by the Humboldt Republican.
Mr and Mrs Robert McKenna entertained many relatives and friends at a large dinner last Sunday to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary and to honor Maxine Blesie on her birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs R R Biesie and children Ed McKenna and children Donald Enfield of Hardy Floyd Kuehnast of Humboldt and Mr and Mrs Dudley Blesie.
A farewell gathering for the Ralph Block family, who recently moved to a farm near Eagle Grove, was postponed due to illness in the Block family. The planned event near Renwick was delayed and will be rescheduled at the Edward Oppedah home.
Mrs George Bell entertained the Renwick Womans club last Thursday afternoon with R L Rossman in charge of music and reporting on the Beaver township meeting. Mrs Nryon Collins presented the program lesson on Propheta and a light refreshment was served.
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Mr and Mrs H D Black hosted friends at a 7 o clock dinner last Thursday. Afterward three tables of bridge were played and each guest received a May basket candy gift. Also visiting from Washington DC, tes persons saw Howard Black. Green's Food Market remodels with a quarter page ad offering grocery bargains. Humboldt county eighth graders will graduate May 22 at Humboldt High School with a pageant Listen, the Flag.
A recap of April 25 1920 items includes Airs M E B Richardson as precinct chairman for Republican Women Voters, visits among locals, hospital transfer for Candace Packard, sanitorium news, club meetings, a birthday surprise for Elmer Starr, notable weather snow, deaths prompting travel, church and school events, a four course dinner and toast session, American Legion standards arrival, dances, Womans club programs, a pupil's lost glasses, and a farm accident when a drag clogged with corn stalks caused injury to Olin Engh’s foot during chores.
A large gathering of friends celebrated Miss Lena Geigel with a birthday dinner at the M Babler home last Sunday. Guests included Donald Dean and family, Dora Dean and daughter, Corwith Scott, Goldfield Scott, James Kelling, Fannie Baumgartner, Fred Gugger, Henry Geigel and daughter Lena, Frank Geigel from Algona, and Fred Geigel from Irvington.
The Renwick Times, established in 1384, publishes each Thursday morning. Edited by L. W. Miller, it is entered at the Renwick post office as second class matter. Subscriptions are 32.00 per year.
Morzen thau unveils a record tax program described as possibly the largest the world has known. He argues the American people demand security and defense and are willing to pay, but non defense spending must be cut back to keep taxes sustainable amid a predicted $15 billion to defense and $23 billion non military outlays.
More than 121000 dollars in cash prizes will be offered to farmers livestock breeders 4 H club members and other competitors at the Iowa State Fair. Major awards total 1211450 across departments with Iowa farm youth alone to receive over 20000. Fair runs August 20 to 29 with premium list available from the Secretary of the State Fair Des Moines.
government proposes a one third rise in income taxes, new and existing sales taxes will be raised, and a general sales tax is anticipated in the future. Policy shifts indicate broader tax changes and revenue measures across the fiscal framework.
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