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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Ray Feltis and Miss Gene Potter were business visitors in Humboldt and Dakota City last Monday. The peach crop is being harvested here with A 9 Trummel displaying rice fruit and C A Richardson and others have a small crop from a few trees.
P H Thiel 69 retired farmer and merchant and Renwick native was found dead in his Anaheim, California home last Sunday from a heart attack. His body lay undiscovered for days before relatives were notified. Survived by his wife and six children including J H Mills Riverside and Arthur Tvedt Montour, funeral plans uncertain with remains expected to be brought home for burial. He had visited Renwick this summer and appeared well.
Dorene Zentner oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Zentner of Renwick married Aubry Farrell of Tripoli Missouri on Friday night September 16 in Kansas City Missouri. The bride wore black chiffon velvet and carried red roses. Mrs Farrell is a former Renwick girl who graduated Renwick High School in 1935 and studied at Jackson Business College Chillicothe Missouri. She has worked eighteen months at Owens Illinois Can Company in Kansas City. The couple will live in Kansas City where Mrs Farrell continues in her present job and Mr Farrell works as a salesman for a dry cleaning firm.
Boone Valley conference superintendents and coaches met at Laverne to map the basketball schedule. Represented schools include Bode Corwith Livermore Laverne Goldfield and Renwick now voting Vernon consolidated school into seven members. Each school plays twelve conference games except Bode and Vernon with ten. Coaches selected ball type and game officials. Alex C. Evans of Luverne was re elected president with K. K. Park of Luverne as secretary treasurer.
A long list of community notes reports births, marriages, and local travels. A baby boy weighed ten and a half pounds to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bailey last Friday. Postmaster Figi bans personal checks for money orders. Families from Allison, LaVerne, and Pioneer visit Renwick and surrounding homes. Navy enlistments and Great Lakes training station notices appear, along with local weddings. A wrong birth date was corrected for a W. W. White baby. A trainload of soldiers from Kossuth county passed through. Hogs are driven to market, an auto accident damages two cars, and residents visit Ames, Des Moines, Monroe, and Camp Dodge. Mrs. E. J. Martin’s family hosts a reunion. Mrs. Hilda Voss and Lewis Otto wed near Goldfield. One death, Mrs. Eda Patrick of Rockford, and funeral details. The piece closes with notes on a five course supper and farm residence plans for the newlyweds west of Goldfield.
Albert Kitley received painful but not serious injuries one day last week when he fell from a wagon load of coal he was hauling from Hardy. He hit the ground hard, fell in front of a wheel, but the team stopped at his command and prevented him from being run over. He suffered three broken ribs and was bruised otherwise.
The Renwick Womans club was entertained Thursday afternoon at Mrs. R. L. Rossman’s home. Mrs. C. R. Yeager presented a lesson on The Geology of Iowa. Refreshments were served after the meeting.
The Renwick eighth grade plans a weiner roast Friday from 4 to 6 PM at the Evergreens. Residents and visitors include Mr and Mrs John Wonderly of Livermore, Mr and Mrs C A Richardson with a new cement walk, Elmer Peterson of Chicago visiting at the lake, Louane McCurry from Fagle Grove with grandparents Mr and Mrs T T Thompson, and other regional travel and visits including the Cook family returning from Kansas and the Clepsaddle visit to Floyd Lane home with a Sioux City trip.
The Boone river near Goldfield received 585 channel catfish last Friday, trucked by N. R. Spinner of the state Fisheries at Lansing. Fish, rescued from the Mississippi river barons, measured six to ten inches. Previous shipments have improved local fishing, especially for catfish, in recent years.
Two shows each night begin at 7 30 and 9 00 Tuesday and Wednesday October 45 featuring Joe Penner Go Chase Yourself with Joe Penner plus Mickey Movie Pictorial and News options listed for the schedule.
The Fortnightly club gathered at Mrs. M B Richardson last Friday afternoon for a book review of The Citadel presented by Mrs. Alfred Martin. A piano solo by Mrs. J C Maurer preceded refreshments served by the hostess.
The Ren wick high school sophomore class will host the annual initiation party for the freshman class at the school house on Friday evening, September 30, inviting students to attend the event with schoolhouse festivities.
The author argues the United States should remain aloof from League politics to avoid entanglement in global conflicts. He suggests sympathy for nations past harmed domestic stability and warns that rushing to rescue every country would drag the U.S. into continuous war and strain government. He views Czchoslovakia’s creation as a major error and sees current events as a redeal of its mixed population.
News notes Hitler and Goering defying the world with speeches in Nurnberg while signaling plans to press Czechoslovakia. Britain’s Chamberlain policy shift reportedly foreseen war if Slovakia is invaded. Ambassador Henderson relayed Berlin talks, stirring fears of imminent conflict and Nazi plans for a rapid Czech conquest before Allied mobilization.
The piece asserts Hitler changes plans rapidly and pursues a deep, strategic goal despite apparent pauses by President Roosevelt. It warns the bomb could trigger if Hitler fails to win concessions, insisting his aggression will continue until resistance is worn down, with time the only proof.
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