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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
5
The fragmentary Shawano county items describe Mins Volo Miorvan spending Saturday in Kansas and Acting Sommerd acting in Tengativo and Green Bay on Sunday. It also records Oscar Sommers as gruepla of elonds in Antipas on Sunday and numerous visits to relatives and friends in cities including Milwaukee Green Bay Chicago and Milwaukee area.
A long list of weekend visitors arrives in Shawano from Milwaukee Chicago Peoria Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin towns. People stay with relatives attend meetings visit friends and dine with local families. Several residents travel for edu cation and fairs while others plan return trips or to resume work after holidays.
Mr and Mrs Frank Mielke spent the weekend in Milwaukee visiting relatives and trends. Guests included Mrs Harold Gueller and Mrs F H Jensen in New London. Mr Oscar Gruenwald and son Oscar of Milwaukee stayed at the William Erdman home Monday. Alice Berglin of Chicago visited Mrs Lillian Wilde in Marshfield. Mrs James Lauritzen of Oshkosh spent the week with Be and Mrs John Winther. Athol Kuchuk and family visited Bloomer relatives Ed Lenges and daughter Mary Elizabeth at the Laib home in New London and at Whispering Pines in Waupaca. Wesley Campbell of Freeport Wisconsin stayed with Mrs Lillian Wilde. former Miss Betty Bauerfield. Harriet Gast of Chicago visited A W Gast and John Wolf in Marshfield. Everett Fredenberg, Mildred Olson, John Menacher of Marshfield, and Lowell Schultz of Baraboo joined Miss Bisnache Halle of Ladysmith to spend Sunday in Marshfield.
Community birthday notices list residents with upcoming dates from August 31 to September 6. Names include Ida Adams Shawano Keshena Jermaine Hull Shawano James Culver Washington Everett Gueths Richmond Wylie Buettner Pella Elda Pagenkopf Pulcifer Norman Genke Watkechon Harold Whiting Belle Plaine Cleo Johnson Hutchins Wallace Salzman Leopolis Thormas Stemper Marion Delphy Bluemke Shawano Alice Gilbertson Wittenberg Dorig Lued e Richmond Phillis Hoffman Herman Arvin Abel Lessor Harold Wasmund Washington Walter Cichantik Pulaski Rt. 2 Eldon Hesse Belle Plaine Evelyn Radtke Bonduel.
Hatchery men and poultry producers are urged to attend a state agriculture department hearing in Shawano County Court House Friday September 1 at 1 30 PM. Open discussion will cover changes in the egg marketing program the state poultry grading program and other poultry marketing topics. A vote will be taken on hatchery flock breed improvement and pullorum control programs.
The Dairy Herd Improvement Associations of Shawano County to run a judging contest at the Shawano County Fair on Wednesday September 6 using 60 production cows. Contestants pick 20 best cows for group I judge type and production, scores determine placing. Senior and junior divisions with prizes. junior for 4-H Smith Hughes and farm boys under 20, senior for D H I A members or entering farmers. Judging from 10:00 a m to 3:00 p m. Prize list starts with $5 for junior winner and $5 for senior winner. Overhead committee and fieldmen assist.
Freddie Fisher's Schnickelfritz Band, featured with Rudy Vallee in Gold Diggers in Paris, headlines Broadview next Thursday evening. Freddie, born in Town in 1904, leads a lively act noted for humor and farm boy charm, drawing fans with his rustic storytelling and high-spirited showmanship.
The county clerk's office recently recorded applications for marriage licenses in the past week. Neal Moesch Cecil and Lucille Dobratz Zachow Rudie Beilius Hartland Helen Wagner Lesser Phil lip S Kohn Hils beth Britzke Wittenberg Henry Chachor Chicago Pearl Kielar Pulaski Emil Reinke Hither Ness Leopolis Grady Guy Gardner Gresham Leona Irene Welch Bowler Emil Bush Ruth Eng Navarino Alvin Herm Gren Valley Gertrude Bishop Green Valley.
The state industrial commission lists hearings under the workmen's compensation act for Friday September 15 with cases including Henry Krueger versus J H Hasster at 9:00 a.m, Arthur Thiel versus Bowler Lumber Co at 9:30 a.m, Arthur Gumtz versus John Kadletz Lumber Co at 10:00 a.m, Charles Ruth versus Eberlein and Eberlein at 1:30 p.m, and Carl Weber versus Weber Veneer and Plywood Co at 2:30 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT: Gospel Tabernacle Sunday school picnic will be at the Jets in South Shawano on September 4 at 11:00 a.m.
The 1939 peach harvest is about 61,164,000 bushels with the season's total forecast to rise by roughly 10 million from last year. Michigan's 2,730,000 bushels headline a late-season output after the southern crop is sold, with Benton Harbor market a key outlet and Blherta, South Haven, Halehaven varieties popular for home canning. The J. H. Hale peach is noted as the largest and most favored among those familiar with the fruit.
St Matthew's Lutheran Church led by Rev Chris C Domke offers 10 30 a m worship and 8 30 a m Sunday school. Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God led by Rev V L Peterson features 9 30 a m Sunday school and 10 30 a m devotion with 7 45 p m evangelistic rally. Evening prayer, mid week service, youth meeting, and choir noted with inviting closure.
Sacred Heart Church outlines Mass times and confessions led by Rev. Henry Halinde. St James Lutheran at Andrews and Randsll welcomes visitors with a weekly calendar through Sept 9 featuring Holy Communion services, office meetings, and club events for nearby communities.
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