Weekend Socials Fill Emmetsburg Area Homes
A long list of visits and dinners across Emmetsburg and nearby towns frames a weekend social calendar. Residents including the Henderson, Cruickshank, Lowe, Thorson, Diggs, Carpenter, Michalek, and Rippger families hosted relatives and friends, with trips from Des Moines, Pocahontas, Greeley, Boone, and Chicago noted.
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Childr
Emmetsburg
Urday
Albspatskwna
David Henderson
Everett Burns
Aamily
Plover
J. B
Newston
Morris Wing
Des Moines
Jester Thorson
Gene, Lee
Victor
Marian Ryen
Gale Cooksey
Bloomfield
Gene
Kenneth Sennett
Fonda
William Sernett
Lowe
Heathman
Thorson
Evelyn Sernett
Pocahontas
Fisher
Walter Roberts
Algona
Harold Bruce
Robert Buchan
Leslie Struthers
Nels Nielsen
August Nielsen
Harry Price
Boone
Chet Arpenter
Frank Spies
Jack Spies
Gilmore City
Eddie LaCey
Marshalltown
Et Carpenter
Ralph Stotts
Fam Y
Valley Junction
Chet Carpenter
Unday
Lee Carlton
John Lawman
Tee
Leslie Johnson
Vee
Clarence Jensen
Ig Lawman
Vain John Price
Wes Er
Harry
Chet
Carpenter Ome
Henry Schmidt
Kine
J. ‘M. Perking
Floyd
Harley Per Asso
Perkins
Old Beny
Johnson
Hareusor
Chicago
William Spencer Dies at Gilmore City After Long Farming Life
William Spencer 80, longtime Polk and Dallas county native, died suddenly November 9 1939 on his Gilmore City area farm one mile north. Survived by wife Lena Snyder first marriage Emma Herrimen died 1891, seven children, twenty six grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers were six grandchildren. Rev Purdy conducted services with local Methodist minister.
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William Spencer
Gilmore
Thomas A
Jane Spencer
Polk City
Emma Herrimen
Emma Spencer
Lena Snyder
Nora Sutter
Harry Spencer
Rolfe
Annie Nelson
Perry
Joseph Spencer
Greeley
Colo
Clarence
Fred Spencer
Gilmore City
Mabel Stover
Gladys Benoit
Winterset
Polk
Dallas
Pocahontas
Mr. Spencer
Howard Spencer
Glenn Stover
Dale Spencer
Bob Benoit
Donald
Ronald Spencer
Purdy
Spencer’s
St. Joseph, Mo
D M T School News Staff List
The editor in chief is Ella Beth Truelson with assistant Ruth Koenig. Ardeth Boyd covers sports. Reporters include Mable Coyle and Dale Johansen. Advisor is Miss Hurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Beth Truelson
Ruth Koenig
Ardeth Boyd Sports
Richard Sanden
Mable Coyle
Dale Johansen
Miss Hurley
D M T Auditorium Gains Expanded Stage Equipment
The D M T auditorium receives new exterior and interior scenery and a front curtain funded by the D M T Woman's club and Rolfe and West Bend merchants. The equipment valued at 125 dollars cost less thanks to merchant advertising with the club donating half the funds and Jensen and Bolstead of West Bend donating a living room suite. Robert Cox of Estherville redecorated and installed the scenery while Rolfe and West Bend merchants purchased ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. T. Woman’s Club
Merchants of Rolfe and West Bend
Jensen and Bolstead
West Bend
Robert Cox
Estherville
Rolfe
Thompson Bros
Reckord Hatchery
Webb’s
Peterson’s
Brook’s
Central States Electric Co
Moon Service
McIntire Funeral Home
Rolfe Monument Works
Graham
Ottosen Creamery
Montag Brothers
Drug Store
State Bank
Ballard’s Hatchery
Heimnas
Jensen & Bolstead
Home Making Class Serves Luncheon to School
On Thursday November 9 the home making class served a luncheon to the school. It was the first lunch of the year and considered very successful. The menu included mashed potatoes hot chicken sandwich tropical lemon jello peach tapioca cream and cocoa. After redecorating the home economics room it became a more pleasant workspace.
And Old Kentucky Garden Op The D M T School
The D M T School stages the operetta And Old Kentucky Garden on November 28 directed by Miss Neal. Set in Colonel Stanton’s Kentucky garden the story follows Jeanie, her uncle’s surprise party, and a romance with Richard Morgan. Jewel gift, debt rescue, and a Hindu thief frame twist conclude with Jeanie’s ruby returned and cast list included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. T. School
Old Kentucky
Miss Neal
Colonel Stanton
Kentucky
Jeanie
Richard Morgan
Richard
Phillip
India
Stephen
Foster
Junior Peterson
Jeanie _ cana neee
Marjorie Peterson Philip Leeoeeeneneen
Aneldon Sennett
Joy
Health Dept Stocks Serum for Scarlet Fever Warmer Months
Iowa’s health department reports well stocked serum in the serum center to combat scarlet fever this winter. Assistant director Dr E K Vaubel says 8000 cubic centimeters prepared, up from 5000 typical, with 8000 to last into December unless cases surge. He explains serum made from recent recoverees is used for prevention and treatment with minimal reactions.
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Iowa
Federal Security Agency
Washington, D. C
Vaubel
HOLC Loans All Paid On Time In Iowa
Iowa borrowers have repaid 9.95 million dollars of principal, 25.6 percent, with 1 581 loans fully paid totaling 2.99 million. Another 14 352 are in satisfactory standing and on track to debt free home ownership. 1 048 borrowers are making adjusted payments. collections in August were 100 percent.
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Iowa
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
T. J. Nolan
Nolan
Livestock Exposition Sets Chicago Show Dates
International Live Stock Exposition plans a record entry for the Chicago Stock Yards event from December 2 to 9. Secretary-manager B H Heide says early registrations are heaviest yet, with over 12 000 head across 80 breeds and more than 100 000 dollars in cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards
B. H. Heide
Tularemia warning rises with rabbit hunting season
The Iowa Department of Health reports growing tularemia cases known as rabbit fever as rabbit hunting increases. Through November 9 six cases had been recorded, with 20 in the same month last year. In 1938 Iowa saw a peak of 107 cases and three deaths, and the final two months usually show the highest prevalence.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Health Department
Iowa
Rabbits Kept Safe with Care During Dressing
December report urges careful handling of rabbits to prevent disease. It recommends wearing robber gloves, washing hands with soap and hot water, disinfecting tools, and thoroughly cooking all rabbits after dressing wild game.
Poultry Clinics Boost Iowa Bird Hardiness and Revenue
Surveys over nine months show poultry industry revenue in Iowa tied to disease control. Autopsies at clinics guide owners on sanitary precautions and remedies. Improved sanitary conditions could raise the top grades and overall revenue as the poultry crop proves hardier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Iowa State Set to Face Kansas State on Clyde Williams Field
Iowa State closes its football careers this Saturday as the Cyclones meet Kansas State on Clyde Williams field. Elmer Hackney leads Kansas State as a top Big Six back and national shotput champion. Last year the teams tied 18 18 with Hackney starring for the Wildcats. The Cyclones show yearly improvement though experience remains lacking for victory. Sophomores keep games tight while two years ago ISU surged to a 13 6 win in the second half.
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Iowa State
Kansas State
Ames
Iowa State College
Cyclones
Clyde Williams
Elmer Hackney
Hackney
Wildcats
Winter wheat growers file 272000 crop insurance applications
More than 272 000 paid up applications for 1940 all risk crop insurance have been completed by winter wheat growers in 31 states, indicating broad participation in the program.
Record Bean Crop Is Extremely Dry in Iowa
Iowa faces an unusually dry soybean harvest with a nine million bushel crop, up 59 percent from last year. E S Dyas of Iowa State College warns beans crack easily in threshing, so adjust combine settings to avoid damage. Acreage reached 1,083,000, ten times 1930 levels, with yield per acre rising from 16 to 21 bushels. Soybeans rank third among Iowa crops, displacing oats in some counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. S. Dyas
Iowa State College Extension Agronomist
Dyas
S. Towa
Dr Stoye to present piano recital at Roosevelt High
German born Professor Stoye, head of the piano department at Drake Fine Arts, will give a piano concert at 4 p m in the Roosevelt high school auditorium. He earned a Master of Music from the Royal Conservatory of Music Leipzig in 1898 and studied at Heidelberg. He studied with Martin Krause Siloti and Neitzel, Liszt pupils. Admission is free, seats in advance.
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Drake Symphony
Iowa
Des Moines
Drake University Symphony Orchestra
E. C. Lytton
Drake University
Paul Stoye
Frank Noyes
Drake
Edwin Sawyer Helps Launch ISU Glee Club Season
Edwin Sawyer a Rolfe freshman in mechanical engineering is among about one hundred Iowa State College men joining the glee club this fall. Auditions select members to study under Prof. Tolbert MacRae with further tests to form a permanent group. The men and the women’s club plan Handel’s Messiah at Christmas and Sunday Vesper services in Great Hall. The combined clubs may perform an opera next spring and aim for an 80 member concert tour ending in Chicago. MacRae praises high school training for better prep than in the past.
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Edwin Sawyer
Ames
Rolfe
Iowa State College
Glee Club
Tolbert MacRae
Great Hall
Memorial Union
Chicago
MacRae
Learning Hard Way About Corn Pickers
A letter warns readers that corn picker accidents have caused fatalities and severe injuries over weeks of reports. The author urges caution and careful handling to prevent further harm from these machines.
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Son’ Ho
D. M. T. School News
Henry Blow Tee
Ry Alvin
Vaughn Richard
Lorena Thompson Lilly Oi
Lillie Fish
Tom
Orval Heathman Colonel Ee
Dale Hewlett
Dept. of Health
HOLC
Rolfe Arrow
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