Local visits and homecomings across area towns
Miss Melva Black spent last Sunday at home in Rockwell City. Q. M. Lee of Eagle Grove visited Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Oren Seigelid hosted guests over the weekend. Miss Esther Blesie returns from Rake where she taught. Dr and Mrs L R Turner and Wm Beenen toured Des Moines. Vivian Rockwood visited from Webster City. Fred Rasmussen spent Sunday with relatives at Swea City. Mrs W R Benedict joined Henry Polmateer to Algona to visit kin.
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Oren Seigelid
Esther Blesie
Albert City
E.i
Rake
C. Seigelid
Fred Rasmussen
Mrs. Rasmussen
Folke
Swea City
W. R. Benedict
Henry Polmateer
Belmond
Algona
Thompson Way Wedding Is Announced in Renwick
Miss La Vonne Thompson daughter of Renwick residents and Donald Way son of Eagle Grove couple were married January 23 in Fairmont Baptist parsonage. The single ring ceremony was private. The bride, a Renwick native and 1982 Renwick High School graduate, has worked at the C. A. Richardson home. The groom, educated in Eagle Grove schools, works in the family livestock business. They plan to reside in Eagle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVonne Thompson
T. T. Thompson
Renwick
Donald Way
Frank Way
Eagle Grove
Fairmont
Minn
Baptist Parsonage
Renwick High School
Wm Knight Dies After Stroke at Home
Wm Knight aged 69 died Wednesday morning after a severe stroke last Friday while in the field. He had lived with his daughter Mrs George Hoffmann and is survived by his wife, daughter, and son Ralph Knight of Pierre. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at the Christian church in Goldfield with burial there. Heggen, long-time Thor teacher, will not return next year and plans to move to Seattle with Joe to continue college studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Knight
George Hoffmann
George
The
Christian
Goldfield
Heggen
Thor
Heegen
Seattle
Wash
Joe
Memorial Day Observances Planned May 30
Memorial Day programs are set for Sunday May 30 at Luni Cemetery at 2 p m with band music decoration of graves invocation by Rev Ewing Holland Lake Quartet reading of honored dead and taps after a firing squad. Vernon Cemetery program follows at 3 p m with invocation by Rev C R Yeager reading by M K Sparry and benediction by Rev Yeager. Auxiliary members and volunteers will meet at the Legion hall on Saturday evening May 29 to arrange flowers. bring flowers or request a pickup.
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Graves
Ewing Holland
Marlin Klasaiz
Holland
Legion Hall
Murder at Corwith: Bert Anfinson found dead on tracks
Corwith beer parlor operator Bert Anfinson was found dead near the railroad in Corwith with skull crushed. A coroner’s jury returned an open verdict. Suspect Frank Weider, last seen with Anfinson, is jailed in Algona. Evidence is being gathered but kept private. bloody shirt and Weider’s two overalls admission cited. chemists dispute blood type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Anfinson
Corwith
Frank Weider
Anfinson
Algons
Weider
Iowa City
Renwick Community Briefs May 1916 Highlights
Twenty-One Years Ago item from the Renwick Times notes Miss Myrle Sizer visiting from Britt, Prof. Wright becomes Renwick school superintendent, local baseball 7 to 5, 40 spectators. Miss Vivian Shearer to Cedar Falls, Norma Tanck recovering in Des Moines, ap pendicitis operation for Henry Martin, flawless school year records by Hazel Iva Peters and Mery Speich, equal rights meeting by Mrs. Passig and Mrs. VanVelser Lambert, June 5 equal rights amendment vote, commencement at Baptist church with Dr. Bennett as speaker and graduates Boyd Thompson Bernie Martin Howard Parsons Grace Harvey Mildred Thiel Lena Elmer Mathilde Heggen. Shooting gallery ends. license collected. Des Moines river fishing outing ends with Verne Lindstrom, Rev. Selessel, and editor returning skunked except for the Reverend’s string of fish.
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Renwick
Hardy
Vivian Shearer
Goldfield
Cedar Falls
J. H. Tanck
Des Moines
Norma
Henry Martin
Eagle Grove
Hazel
Iva Peters
Mery Speich
Iva
Sadie Passig
Humboldt
Cora VanVelser Lambert
Chicago
The
Baptist Church
the Baptist Church
Arthur E. Bennett
Highland Park College
Boyd Thompson
Bernie Martin
Howard Parsons
Grace Harvey
Mildred Thiel
Lena Elmer
Mathilde Heggen
Verne Lindstrom
Selesselaan
Verne
New Drivers License Rules and Fee Change
Humboldt County sheriff confirms new licenses available at all stations with applications due by midnight July 4. The license fee rises to 50 cents, up from 25, funds increased patrols and salaries, with forms to be completed in black ink or typed. Applications mailed to the State Motor Vehicle Department in Des Moines with a 50 cent payment by check or money order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt County
H. J. Sexe
State Motor Vehicle Department
Statehouse
Dee Moines
L. W. Miller Post Office Notice
L. W. MILLER entered at the Renwick Post Office on second class matter. Subscription rate for one year is $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Miller
Renwick
Farmall System Promotes Quick Attaching Cultivator
Our Own News describes International Harvester's Farmall tractors and the quick attaching cultivator as a key part of the Farmall System. The cultivator’s shifting gangs allow easier cultivation on hills and poorly checked corn rows, with forward gang placement enabling closer cultivation to rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Farmall
Judge Questions Fight Between Sambo and Wife
A judge questions a domestic dispute involving Sambo and his wife. Sambo replies that their latest quarrel was not about liquor but that his wife "licked" him this time, indicating a nonviolent domestic conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambo
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Renwick Savings Bank
Insurance and Farm Loans
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Renwick, Iowa
Melva Black
Rockwell City
Q. M. Lee of
L.R. Turner
Wm. Beenen
Vivian Rockwood
Webster City
Kimball
Jones Piano Co
Central Ave
Fort Dodge, Iowa
W. H. Fowler
Luni Cemetery
Vernon Cemetery
White Rock
Dyer’s Hatchery
Ford Garage
Eagle Grove, Ja
Renwick Times
Myrle Sizer
Britt
Prof. Wright
Huumboldt
George Cole
Stub Packard
Luehsinger
Frank S. Lovrien
Lovrien
G. A. Stoddard
la Verne
Bob Bigings
Ella Engstrom
Rochester
Alfred Peterson
Blesie
Ive Moles
Palo
R. H. Smith
Moles
E. R. Queary
W. E. Craig
Anchorage
Alaska
Renwick Theatre
Plainsman
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur News
Gene Autry
Humboldt Implement Company
A. A. McCurry
Iowa
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