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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1944
Page
5
Two convicts who recently escaped from Fort Madison are rumored to be moving through the area. After a Lutheran bazaar and supper, Mrs. Irwin found her car missing and a second vehicle abandoned nearby. Tracks led toward Mike Boge farm and Forest City, with patrols alerted to possible car thefts as authorities investigate the claim.
J H Tanck 83 died Wednesday morning at his Renwick home after a long period of failing health. An early settler, he came in 1883 and lived here ever since. He farmed, ran a town butcher shop, and was a long time livestock buyer, council member and once mayor. Survived by his wife and five children, six grandchildren, one great grandchild. Funeral at St Paul Lutheran Friday at 2.00 pm.
The Ren wick Public Library lists new rental and free shelf titles. Notable entries include works by Marquand, Norris, Buck, Ferber, and O Hara plus books by Taylor and Taylor Day. Several titles reference mysteries, biographies, and social novels with varied authors and subjects.
Mr and Mrs Howard Bogard report a card from their son Sgt Carroll Bogard prisoner of war in Germany. He says he is not injured, being treated well, and meals are not bad. Bogard was a turret gunner on a bomber and bailed out over enemy territory after being listed missing.
Evangelical Ladies Aid members hosted a handkerchief shower for Mrs Ed Luchsinger at Mrs Rose Hef ty home. Guests attended a farewell party held last Friday afternoon. A committee served refreshments as Mrs Luchsinger left Monday for California to join her husband and daughter working there.
Evangelical Womans Missionary Society and the Young Peoples Circle held a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the schoolhouse on Monday with a program and afterward games. Legion Auxiliary serves lunches at the Legion hall this week as Peoples Cafe closes. War Price and Rationing board announces Shoe Stamp No 3 becomes valid November 1 from ration book No 5. Dr. A B Stafford and family head to Casper Wyoming for a week visit with sister Mrs A S Montgomery. Mr and Mrs A C Thompson announce birth of daughter Margaret Christine to Mr and Mrs T B Trieschman of Ida Grave. mother Lois Thompson.
From the Renwick Times Chronicle several local items: Mrs Laura Clausean Spurling visited Estes. Fortnightly club met at Mrs L E McDirmid's. Mr and Mrs John Kerr left for Cheyenne Wyoming for weeks. High school freshmen and sophomores hosted a Weenie roast at Smith Park. Bert McCurry and family moved back from Goldfield to Renwick, living in the John residence. Will Nissen visited his brother in Eldora ill from blood poisoning. Goldfield’s Kocher leased the local Hawkeye station and storage tanks to operate on his own account. Mrs George Peters attends the Iowa Rebekah Assembly at Cedar Rapids as Humboldt county delegate. Dr A M Overbaugh and wife visited from Doon. Henry Gregerson family of Luverne and A We Gray and Chris Rasmussen families were guests of EH Broberg. Abraham Ketman of California visited Carl Flemming's home. Flemming's kin visited from Dakota City for a family reunion. Kai Klon Klan lecture at Klemme referenced. Richardson's ball secured for masked members meeting Friday night. Henry and Annie Babler and mother Mrs Canred Babler of Monticello Wisconsin visited relatives. they were returning from the West. Local game wardens active Saturday. a complaint about pheasant shooting noted with no open season until 1932. Residents attended a barbeque near Humboldt's oil well. drill went down to sixteen feet as stock solicitations prompted return.
Mrs. R M Goettsch hosted a bridge afternoon at her home with two tables. Desert was served after games. High score prize went to Mrs Walter McPeak, draw prize to Mrs H E B Goettsch, and guest prize to Mrs L W Miller.
Edna Schwandt and Bernice McPeak visited Colorado Springs where they are employed. George and Mrs. McCormick of Parry spent the weekend with daughter Mrs. Gien Martin and family. Gilbert Hefti home from Berkeley visiting Webster City relatives. Lee Norder and Micky Collins with Everett Norder party visited from Waterloo. Lois Bunch returned to St Louis after a week with her mother Mrs. G A Stoddard. Myrtle Hewitt led a Home Project meeting at Mrs Irwin Friday. sewing machine repair was discussed. Fourteen attended. potluck lunch served.
An editorial excerpt analyzes mud-slinging as the misuse of charges to smear opponents. It urges readers to weigh truth and fairness before labeling critical statements as mud-slinging and to distinguish harmful rhetoric from factual, necessary discourse.
A fragmentary report notes public debt at 260 billion dollars and 886 thousand dollars daily since Christ's birth. It mentions a Treasury recent purchase of 3,000 pints and 10,000 quarter pints of red ink, labeling the entity as a world’s sergeant buyer of that commodity.
A string of village notices and social items describes meetings at PT Ac in Vernon and the American Legion on Thursday evenings. It notes harvests, corn picking, visits by Mrs Alma Knight and Mrs Flora Voss, attendance at a Lutheran bazaar, furloughs for soldiers, family dinners, baptisms, and community visits among locals and relatives during the week.
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