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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
4
Local column lists residents and kin visiting or staying with families in Renwick Humboldt Kanawha and Des Moines. Readers reported furloughs overseas and a Norfolk naval posting. Classifieds announce sale items, lost and found, and farming notices plus a humorous poultry coon chase caution from officials.
The annual Methodist Bazaar and Chicken Supper will be held Saturday November 18 at the Mandic hall. Fancy work and food sale begin at 2 o clock with supper served from 5 30. Adults 30c children 35e. Menu features baked chicken mashed potatoes gravy beans corn salad pie and coffee.
Beginning this week Friday November 7 17 the market day gales of the Eagle Grove Livestock Commission Co will be held in the afternoon at 1 30 Free lunch and coffee served during the noon hour this Friday.
Bids or offers of purchase will be received for the Matilda Claussen house located east of the Ren Theatre. Sale will be subject to court approval. For inspection of premises contact R. M. Goettach, Executor.
Milk prices advanced cent and a quarter under OPA rules. Mr and Mrs Howard Dasch and daughter visited Virgil Tate's home Sunday. Vanden Brink of Kana visited James Davids' home Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Manville Anderson of Minneapolis visited Sanford Anderson over the weekend. Mrs John Calleren returned home after visiting with fence rebel at Pipestone. George Merkle of Laverne, mother of Mrs Walter Hefti, is hospitalized in Rochester Minn awaiting surgery.
Emmanuel Evangelical Church announces Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. Divine worship at 7:35 p.m. An annual Thankoffering service will be sponsored by the W M S and associate groups with offerings placed on the altar. A Union Thanksgiving service at the appointed hour will feature Rev S G Blamhagen of the Baptist church delivering the message.
Mrs and Mrs John Brink of Des Moines visited the Ray Feltis home last Saturday. Mise Grace Baumgartner of Des Moines spent the weekend at her parental John Baumgartner home. T Sgt Clarence Hoogler of Camp Crowder Mo has been visiting relatives in this community the past ten days. J L Fisher has purchased the residence of Mrs Albert Kitley in the north part of town. Pvt Kyle Luchsinger left for Camp Meade Md after a furlough at his parents home. Earl and Beulah Yanney visited at the home of Mrs J He Nanny in Webster City. Howard Barton, manager of the municipal light plant at Rockford Ia, formerly Renwick, renewed his subscription to the Renwick Times.
First Methodist Church led by Pastor Paul W. Neal holds Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School earlier. Youth Fellowship met with A. Carrs for choir practice and devotions led by Ruth Ander son and Wanda Clancy. Renwick notes Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Children’s sermon Crusade for Christ. MYF meets at the church in the afternoon with Donald Green and Martin Sallard in charge. Union Thanksgiving Service at 7:45 p.m. at the Evangelical church. Youth meeting to be held so all may attend.
The Church School led by Supt Fred Eng atrom meets Sunday at 10 AM. Morning Worship at 11 AM features a Bible message by Pastor Blumhagen. A Union Thanksgiving Service assembles at 7 40 PM at the Evangelical church. Go to church Sunday.
Meta Tapek appointed executrix of the estate of JH Tanck deceased of Renwick Humboldt County. Creditors urged to pay immediate sums due and file claims with Evert McGrath attorney and the District Court clerk by date noted November 13, 1944.
French children starving for sweets stage a cheeky racket in Normandy. They beguile passing American troops with Y signs and displays, nabbing candy and gum as MPs pursue two crafty youngsters who stage a Jesse James style roadblock ruse for treats.
NEAPOLIS MINN A mechanic for Northern Pump Company B A Verkins and his son Wayre in the army built a small home workshop car called the Verkins Twin It weighs 230 pounds costs about 173 dollars and gets six miles to the gallon in tests It can go over 35 miles per hour and is intended for city errands though too light for hard use
German prisoners on the BBC Alles program urged front line comrades to overthrow Hitler, end the war, and save Germany from further chaos. The speakers included an officer from Bamberg, a worker from Berlin, and a Rhineland pioneer engineer. They called for removal of high ranking generals to spare the German people more bloodshed.
In Los Angeles a goggle man pushes a white cart through war plant assembly lines offering cup goggles spectacles and side shield protectors. His sterilization unit helps workers fit and replace eye gear, contributing to a drop in eye injuries from 12 to 3 per incident year and reducing man hours lost from 20,000 in 1942 to about 9,000 in 1943 at Douglas Aircraft.
New York report quotes the Mainichi Shimbun of Osaka saying the Pacific war situation is not favorable to Japan yet notes that the combined fleet is preparing a decisive strategy to defeat the enemy in one blow. The piece frames cautious realism about prospects while signaling a bold plan.
The article discusses late arrivals at New York theaters, noting delays of 5 to 15 minutes despite high ticket prices. It cites front row disruption, crowd noise, and arousal of attention to late entrants, plus issues with hat handling, dining habits, and transport modes. It suggests no easy fix and highlights the impact on opening nights and audience comfort.
The first aid room at National OPA headquarters stays open until 5 40 each afternoon while the rest of the offices close at 5 30. Workers joke they linger to patch up those knocked down the stairs while escaping the building.
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