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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
5
Everett Norder in Estherville, Mrs. Higgins hosts Rebekahs Thursday, many visitors from Ames, Spencer, Lake City, Eagle Grove, Britt, and Stanstead frequent local homes. Health notes mention Dick Elmer's recovery and hospital stays. social events include Lutheran Ladies Aid at Roland and beauty services in Eagle Grove.
The marriage of Mize Dorothy Stephens of Corwith to Donald E. Robison of Irvington was solemnized at Riverside Methodist church parsonage in Fort Dodge with a single ring ceremony. The couple planned a farming life near Irvington after a wedding trip to Waterloo.
The 16. C. F. will host a public chicken pie supper on Saturday evening October 9. Serving starts at 5 p.m. Plates cost 30 and 40 cents. Menu includes Chicken Pie mashed potatoes baked beans vegetable salad pickles jelly dark bread reis apple pie cheese.
The Fortnightly club hosted the Renwick school teachers for a 6:30 Mother Goose dinner at Mrs M Birk’s home in Sperry on Tuesday evening. Mesdames Sperry and Yeakel led the dinner with Mesdames Long and Goattich supervising the entertainment.
Mrs 8 C Maurer hosted the SOS bridge club at a 1 o'clock luncheon last Friday afternoon at her home. Four tables played. Dean Nellis won the high score prize, Fred Rasmussen took the draw prize, and A R Martin earned the low score prize.
Relatives of Mr and Mrs Jorsin Iverson hosted two miscellaneous showers in their honor at the bride’s parents home Mr and Mrs Jacob Blesis last Monday evening. Other local social notes include Thomas Goetisch’s Ames weekend visit and Des Moines trips by Mr and Mrs Myron Collins.
Evangelical Church led by Pastor F J Lawton announces Sunday School at 10 am and Morning Worship at 11 am with a sermon Loyalty Expressed in Public Worship. Evening service at 7 30 pm features The Loys Family at Bethany. Young People Union meets in LaVerne on October 17. Choir director Mrs D J Christenson resumes music. Mon evenings reserved for choir rehearsal. October designated Loyalty month urging faithful Christian practice. Jesus set the example.
The First Baptist Church Ewing Holland lists Sunday services with Pastor James Nelson leading Morning Worship at 11 and Evening Service at 7 30. Subjects include Is the Great Tribulation at Hand and Salvation and the Virgin Birth with special music. Miss Bertha Hunter speaks at the Young Peoples meeting at 7. A Thursday pot luck supper follows a devotional and business meeting. Orchestra and choir rehearse Friday evening.
Pastor J H Reents invites all children and members to Rally Day with Sunday School at 10 a.m. Maurice Nissen superintendent. Divine service at 10 a.m. at St Pauls and 2:30 p.m. service at Corwith. Luther League devotional at 7 43. Confirmation instruction Saturday at 1 50 p.m. Choir practice Friday 8 p.m. at the church.
M E Church notes show pastor C R Yeager and service times including Hardy Morning Worship at 10 a m and Sunday School at 11 a m with superintendent Renwick. Other churches list Martin Sunday School at 10 a m and ALA with morning worship at 11 a m. Local residents and visitors are listed including Roy Hanson family Burt and Carlson at Fort Dodge hospital, plus several families visiting relatives and the Kelling family moving into the Martin home to aid in patient care.
Renwick markets were quoted for Wednesday October 6 by local dealers with prices shown for corn oats and hogs. Mr and Mrs A R Martin visited friends at Mason City and Hampton last Sunday. Marion Saxton of Mason City and Lois Saxton of Audubon attended Evangelical Ladies Aid at Mrs Fred DeMay's home yesterday. Mr and Mrs Carl Swanson of Arnolds Park visited Jennie Swanson's home last Friday night before traveling to Iowa City on Saturday.
This week marks Fire Prevention Week urges every home, office, factory and farm to create a permanent fire prevention program. 15000 people die yearly with 65 percent women and children. It costs 330,000,000 annually for fire department and waterworks. Smoking and careless matches start many fires. Clean and repair chimneys and inspect establishments today. 80 percent of fires come from carelessness.
London s Amy Johnson famed as England s first solo woman flyer to Australia announces she will quit flying She reflects on publicity and wealth from decades of record flights and says there is no new frontier left to conquer noting government finances and declining prospects as she contemplates life beyond aviation Her career includes 9 900 mile hop to Port Darwin and multiple record journeys with husband Cep James A Morrison and the Seafarer crash near Bridgeport Connecticut in 1936 before eventual retirement plans
General Accounting Office officials announced the ending of the 7.2 million dollar warrant that paid for the Alaska purchase. The document had not been seen in three decades until investigators located it after a two day search, locked in a musty filing case. Delegate Anthony Dimond proposed transferring the warrant to a Juneau museum. Treasury workers traced the paper’s transfer history to 1921 and requested GAO custody.
Camden. N J Stephen Kucinski twenty four years old cannot use dermography his skin bears legible words a heavy instrument etched minutes for several days through the pain.
Elwood Indiana nine year old Jean Mona han woke with an insect in her right ear. Her father Tony Monahan a city patrolman puffed cigarette smoke into the car to drive out the bug, hoping to cure what he thought was an earache.
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