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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
3
Country correspondence notes social calls in Shawano with visits from Gust Goltz family and Paul Wichuzau, mentions Winbarrags Grace Krueger and church events, plus a sleet storm causing isolation and power/telephone outages delaying this week’s report.
Bowler Hiram Carley and Meade Mackay attended the Gordon Bent fire sale in Green Bay while a chimney fire at Omar Longstock’s home prompted the fire department call at 7 20 a m Thursday. Achievement day on Stockbridge reservation was postponed to May 12. Community notes report a junior prom, baseball practice opener, local visits, a baby birth, and area college students from Oshkosh Business College.
West Shawano area residents hosted guests including Mrs Florence McKenna and Yom Drake at Addie Drake’s home. Families from Clintonville and Hermaansfort visited, with prizes won at a Hamine event and stroke illness reported.
Mr and Mrs Wimner Safford of White ale and Mr and Mrs Hid Schmidt of Shawano visited the Willis Broun home Sunday after TOT. Mr and Mrs Harvard Selle and drossly visited at the Fred Laude home on Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs red Linde and family visited at the Wol Velto home Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Fred Laude and family visited at the Gilbert Jengen home Sunday afternoon. William Born visited at the Albert Korth home Friday evening. Mrs and Mrs Albert Kurth and family visited at the William Teske home Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Clarence Beyer visited at the Louis Beyer home on Sunday, Irmold Buchtner visited at the Arnold Moeller home Sunday evening.
North Shawano notes visits by Mrs Charles Sohr of Bonduel and Mrs John Wilkie and a visit by Mr and Mrs mil Schultz. Mrs Albert Priam entertained the Birthday club. Mrs Marell of River Heights recovering illness attended Melvin Robbins home. J A Mekenna seriously ill. Local social updates include calls and visits among Shawano residents.
The item notes the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mister and Mrs Mra Wdyar Zawlege and lists various social visits around Belle Plaine including Mrs Paul Ashman and Mr Green at Charles Boyce home in Em. It mentions multiple local families visiting, hospital calls at Shawano, and a Wisconsin chicken production fact.
The Young People's league of Emmanuel Lutheran church presents a three act play titled Constable Jerry From Walton's Ferry at Advance hall on Friday evening April 28. Public invited. Local visits and gatherings noted include Heiser siblings in Green Bay and Mr. and Mrs. Boldt hosting dinner. Homemakers club hosts farewell party and plans a May 11 banquet, with several residents visiting relatives in Oshkosh and Madison.
The report lists numerous visits and gatherings around Glenwood City Shawano Angelica and Bowler. Residents like Guy Ainsworth Everett Thomas and families including Koehler Giese Krutschke Borman Debban and Zingler hosted or joined relatives and friends at various homes across Chippewa Falls Sheboygan Bowler Ruinelander and other locales.
Cecil Miss Erna Bublitz of Pine Island Minnesota came home on Saturday after weeks visiting the Alfred Krueger household in Shawano and time with the Laedtke couples in Cecil. The article notes Wisconsin milk cows exceed 150 million dollars in value, surpassing half of all farm livestock value in the state.
An advertisement promotes a 1989 hearing restoration device shown at the Milwaukee Home Show. It claims to restore hearing for thousands and offers a free booklet from BK GC WILSON at 112 N Madison St, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin helped organize a tribute to the states dairy industry in Washington. Events included a one ton cheese display on Capitol steps, cheese samples for society members, a Raleigh hotel luncheon, and a nationwide broadcast on April 28 marking Wisconsin’s 75th anniversary since Hazen opened the first cheese factory at Ladoga. The Wisconsin Agricultural Committee will host a dairy luncheon led by the junior senator.
Mrs Ole Mathison and Mrs Christ Road hosted the West Ladies Aid society at the Mathison home on Tuesday. Several local residents were noted visiting relatives and friends, with multiple family gatherings reported across Shawano area including birthdays and illness updates.
A senator urges cheese as a metaphor for calm, criticizes Euro pean ideologies, and calls for thoughtful, rational debate in the Senate. The Gridiron Club dinner story follows with lampooning of leaders and free speech highlights. Wisconsin maternal and child health gains are noted, with infant mortality ranks and state efforts. The piece ends by mentioning Wisconsin’s 1988 electric fence law and regulatory duties.
Wisconsin health officials highlight the 1928 designation of May 1 as a national day for child health and welfare observance. Cornelius A Harper M D state health officer notes progress and calls for continued efforts to protect child welfare.
The National Safety Council presents satirical definitions for driving terms such as pedestrian and one way street. It humorously notes a shift in roles with a wife learning to drive and a steering wheel as the family circle while urging careful driving. The piece contrasts millions of good drivers with thousands of reckless ones and ends with a warning to drive safely.
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