Market and Society Notes From Local Parish Events
Today’s markets note morning quotations from local dealers and a caution on poultry quality. Parish events include Priscilla meets next Thursday hosted by Irene and Herma Tweet with Rev Sumstad speaking on Our Mission Work in South Africa and vocal duets by Alice Cole and Ruth Anderson. Willing Workers gather next Saturday at 2 30 in the parish house with hostesses Ardis Minde and Bertha Anderson. Esther Norem leads the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Nelson
Olena Larson
Priscilla
Irene
Herma
Sumstad
South Africa
Alice Cole
Ruth Anderson
Ardis Minde
Bertha Anderson
Esther Norem
Jesus coming to church sermon and church notices
Church notices outline English service at 11 on Sunday with a sermon text Luke 4 23 to 80 and an announced theme Jesus coming to church. Several society meetings including Northeast and Southeast Ladies Aid hostesses and locations at church parlors with prayers, programs, and Sunday School enrollments through September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Northeast Ladies Aid
William Tjelmeland
Southeast Ladies Aid
Cyrus T. Grove
Helping Hand Society
Betty
Ramona Thompson
Ladies Aid Society
E. B. Christian
Knut Mehus
Ben Jacobson
Lars Halverson
Nora Ritland
Bergen Lutheran Church announces fall Sunday school start
The Bergen Lutheran Church invites members to join the Confirmation Class next Saturday at 10 in the parish house and to attend Sunday School next Sunday at 10. Bible classes resume with a Pastor’s class and six study options. Children’s Day service and Norwegian language sermon are planned, with the Southeast Ladies Aid meeting and a visit to Story City Home for the Aged Thursday.
Thirty Years Ago in Roland and Surroundings
Thirty years ago details from the August 28 1901 Record include J A Christian leading K J Jacobson harness shop while Jacobson visits Colfax. Band boys performed at the Cambridge reunion. N E Waugh takes his son Erick to Ames for Iowa State College. A Lecture Association forms in Roland with O S Boyd president L Shafland secretary and H J Myrah treasurer. Morgan L Webb returns to his English Lutheran church duties then leaves for home. Rev N A Whitman accepts a joint call for Roland and Johnson Grove. Lars Amdall sells his farm to Tom Sorem at 59 per acre. The Christian family plans its fourth annual reunion at Hendersons Grove next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Christian
K. J. Jacobson
Mr. Jacobson
Colfax
Cambridge
N. E. Waugh
Erick
Ames
Iowa State College
Roland
O. S. Boyd
L. Shafland
H. J. Myrah
Sudent Morgan L. Webb
English Lutheran Church
N. A. Whitman
Johnson Grove
Lars Amdall
Tom Sorem
Christian
Henderson’s Grove
Former's Days Notice of Local Marriages and Dances
Record from August 31 1911 notes Mrs Anna H Tweet purchasing a lot opposite Erickson Park and planning a new house. Multiple marriages occur in Lester Prairie Bergen and town with Rev Dahl and Rev Vangsness officiating. Barn construction starts near town and residents move into new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna H. Tweet
Erickson Park
H. S. Jondall
Lester Prairie
Minn
Nora Nelson
Martin N. Hegland
Belgrade
T. H. Dahl
Bergen Church
Olga
Hubbard
Joseph Duea
Oscar Jondall
Mabel Duea
Hosea Jondall
E. B. Ericson
J. P. Helland
Orpheum Now Open Des Moines Presents Miracle Woman
RKO Orpheum in Des Moines opens with Barbara Stanwyck drama The Miracle Woman playing through Friday. Beginning Saturday September 5 Dirigible a sensational air show feature stars Jack Holt Ralph Graves Fay Wray and directed by Frank Capra withillery scenes from Lakehurst NJ Navy cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RKO Orpheum Theater
Des Moines
Barbara Stanwyck
RKO
Jack Holt
Ralph Graves
Fay Wray
Frank Capra
Hobart Bosworth
Roscoe Kearns
Clarence Muse
Graves
Holt
United States Navy
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Book Agent Teasing Dog Reported From Humane Society Call
A woman asks to confirm the Humane Society and reports a book agent perched in a tree teasing her dog. No further details follow in the readable text.
McCallsburg News Highlights Local Happenings
McCallsburg residents host dinners and visits as families relocate and workers move. The McCallsburg baseball team edges Marshalltown's Colored Merchants 12 to 11 with Weston Olson sidelined by a foul-ball injury. Labor Day plans include a McCallsburg–Slater game and school openings feature Everett Thompson returning to teach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCallsburg
Marshalltown
Burg
Slater
Weston Olson
Everett Thompson
Dunbar
Hans Twedt
Garden City
Abel Tweet
Jake Meins
Carl Handeland
Near Garden City
Anna Christians
Child and Lamb Story of Billie the Runaway
Josephine's pet lamb Billie caused a scare as it ran up and bumped her from behind, prompting tears and a moment of heartbreak before understanding. The incident highlights the bond between girl and animal and the risks of a startled lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Billy
Billie
Story City forms Park Improvement association
Story City residents organize the Story City Park Improvement association with 250 charter members paying 60 cents yearly to fund park upgrades. In Ellsworth, August 22, a double wedding linked the Vespe stad and Vespedast families at Trinity Lutheran as Elmer Vespestad and Ruth Henderson wed, joining brothers and sisters in ceremony. Ole Lund, aged 88, dies after long Story City residence. funeral at Immanuel Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City
Story City Park Improvement Association
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ellsworth
Chris Vespestad
Florence M. Henderson
Elmer Vespestad
Ruth L. Henderson
C. J. Naglestad
Wm. Henderson
Vespestad
Slater
Ole Lund
Story
Farm Talk Sees Mixed Summer Returns
The Farm Situation with John asks about summer farming. Jim reports the season varied. The father’s lunch stand did fairly well while gasoline and oil profits nearly broke even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jim
Administrator appointed for Bert Erickson estate
State of Iowa Story County notice states Clarence Thompson of Ames has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the Bert Erickson estate. Creditors must payment and claimants file claims with the Clerk of the District Court in Nevada Iowa through attorney H E Hadley. Dated August 25 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Story County
Bert Erickson
Clarence Thompson
Ames
H. E. Hadley
L. E. Davisson
Nevada
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Ween
Cscs Leghorn
Neoe
OUR Churches
Salem Lutheran Church
Olaf Helen
Bergen Lutheran Church
M. O. Sumstad
Orpheum
McCalliburg News
Ross Morris
Irvin Morris
Gean
Bonnie
Hazel Ludwig
Fern
Neva
Charlie Christian
Willis Mills
Melbourne
Libbie Snyder
Martha Dillin
Egenes
Meins
Will Medlow
F. E. Nail
Bert Bergland
Luck
Wis
Otis Olson
Robert
Colleen
Pearle Lenhart
John Schauper
Wm. Serret
Helen Morse
Edythe Hill
Naomi Wherry
Chester Ellingson
Gladys Trustem
Veda Shold
Birdella Swenson
Catherine Craig
Harriett Hallett
Geo. Shearer
Addie Finnie
Collins
Clarence Severson
Allison Tweet
Dorothy
Gaylord Christian
Orlo
Evenes
Belmond
John Evenes
Renwick
Harold Egenes
Chicago
Louise Egenes
Iowa City
Ivor Egenes
Enoch Eide
Riceville
Herbert Eide
Leland
James Hide
Peter Egenes
Harold
Marcella
P. T. Johnson
Martin Egenes
Callendar
T. O. Johnson
Joseph
Edward
Chris Thompson Mitchell
Andy Thompson
Thompsons
Iowa Falls
H. H. Reid
Minneapolis
Sears Roebuck & Co
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
John Peck
Geo. Sabre
Malinda Bakka
Celia Wicks
Allis
Wicks
Webster City
S. C. Williams
Tom Larson
Junior Peck
Lewis Sandvig
Graettinger
S. H. Tweet
Bergen Ladies Aid
Anna Waula
Ed Sandvig
Edna
Sadie
Delia Guthrie
Allen
Glen Boston
Story County State Bank
Te Hind
Chamberlain Hotel
Rastes
Frank G. Warden
CH. Hartnagle
Ottumwa Jefferson
Ohio
Des Moines, Iowa
Gladden
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