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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
5
Local column records visits and family news across Webster City and nearby towns. Events include graduations in Goldfield, a Camp Dodge visit by Pvt. Shelby Nelson, extended stays in Ames and Fort Dodge, and various family milestones such as births and funerals, with travel notes from Nort Mille and other residents.
First Methodist Church and Renwick announce Sunday School at 10:00 am and Worship at 11:00 am led by Rev FLA Pieper. A Union Memorial Service will be held at the Baptist church. Daily Vacation Bible School starts Monday at 9:00 am in Renwick, with awards after a child program and the Glory of the Cross sermon from Galatians 6:14.
Emmanuel Evangelical Church led by Pastor FA Pieper invites attendance at a memorial service to follow a 10 00 a m Sunday School session. Parishioners are urged to be present for both events at the church.
Mise Barbara Britt spent weekend at parental Fritz Britt home. For sale Hibaro bean seed early maturing. Raymond Darland Renwick Iowa phone 2624. Mr and Mrs Roy McClure of Belmond visited Mrs P A Thiel Wilbur Klessi Greene visiting and helping build a garage. Mr and Mrs A D Gimer and Mrs Cisrenge Johnson visited Wellsburg. Mesdames Crawford and Montgomery to attend Methodist church service next Wednesday afternoon. Notice All American Legion and Auxiliary members to meet Sunday morning for Memorial service. Boy Scouts went on overnight fishing trip Morse Lake. Walter Atty spent Tuesday and Wednesday with them. Bob McGowan joined Tuesday night. Pred Rasmusgen entertained Humboldt county rural mail carriers and wives at home after meeting.
Des Moines and Ames residents, such as Marcella Ballard and Itole Ballard, spent the weekend at their home. Local guests included Mr. and Mrs. Car Kelling and family, Mrs. Ru J. Guebel visiting Fort Dodge, and others from Minois and Kanawha. An Alumni Banquet was announced, and a scarlet fever quarantine affected the Andrew DeMott home. Residents faced minor mishaps, travel plans, graduations, and military assignments involving local families and servicemen.
The American Legion and Auxiliary and United Service Women announce a Memorial Day program on Tuesday May 30 at Vernon Cemetery at 9 30 a m with music by the band prayers by Rev R J Buck readings of honored dead and the Gattysburg Address at Elmwood Cemetery readings and addresses by Rev Paul W Neal and Rev R J Hock and taps and firing squads. An orderly march will include service and ex service men Sons of Civil War Veterans Relief Corps Red Cross Boy Scouts and children with flowers. A wreath presentation and further program details follow at 8 00 p m Monday May 29 at the American Legion hall. Donations of flowers and help are welcome.
Stockholm reports reveal Marie Theresienstadt near Prague and Dresden holds 240000 Jews from many nations under Nazi Aryan rule. Two thirds work in German war industries or on public projects. escapes are rare and deadly, while some Jews commit suicide to escape the misery.
Mrs. George Campbell of Kanawha visits the Chas Schipull home while Mrs. Sanford Anderson spends time with kin in Storm Lake. Coe bs WANTED We will haul and pay your old cobs Ames Harper Goldfield Iowa Phone Quaker Oats Co elevator Renwick Mr and Mrs Henry Helmke and sons and Mrs Fred Maier attend Herbert Wood Yeock funeral from Garner. Bart Russell of Rochester Minn visits the Harry Stauffacher home. he was a barber in Renwick forty years ago.
The census bureau reports total employment fell by 200000 in February to 50,200,000, the lowest in two years, with the drop occurring entirely among women. Wartime employment peaked at 54,800,000 last July and has since declined. nonworkers not seeking jobs rose to 2,200,000, the highest since March 1943.
Theresa Meli won an appeal after being discharged from a Hartford war plant for tardiness. Commissioner Moylan ruled that clocks as diabolical devices defined by Corelius A. Morten justify Miss Meli’s sleep led tardiness. He blamed an inert recliner for the extra four winks and upheld the appeal.
CAPE GLOUCESTER NEW BRITAIN Marines set up washstands as improvised basins using a tripod and helmet, along with shelves or posts. They shave in field areas to ease wound care, while metal scraps yield homemade jewelry including bracelets rings pendants and ash trays from downed aircraft parts.
London report notes no price control on old farm machinery in Britain. A 1929 buyer paid 200 for a horse drawn harvest binder and in 1942 sold it for 12. Recently an auction fetched 220 for the same binder.
Washington reports Navy division of special devices produced 500 training units in 2½ years for aviators. Devices simulate gunfire storms and other combat conditions, using intuitive responses to teach pilots with minimal use of real equipment. Involves PBM3 panel, trainer boards, and Allied lend-lease collaboration.
Berkeley researchers at the University of California report isolating a growth hormone from beef pituitaries. Dr. Herbert M. Evans and Dr. Chen Hao Li say the hormone could help extreme dwarfism cases, though isolation is lengthy and use would be limited to exceptional individuals. Animal tests show growth in stunted rats, sparking hope for older and younger humans.
London. Labour Minister Ernest Bevin said 22,000,000 Britons are in fulltime war work or armed forces, with more than 7,000,000 women among them. He opened a rest home for women workers at Tadworth, Surrey, funded by American donations including 525,000 contributed in 1943 to British rest homes.
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