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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
5
Local residents record visits across Green Bay Milwaukee Clintonville and Shawano with many weekend gatherings. Guests include Miss Hyans and Miss Frailing in Milwaukee, Mr and Mrs Larson in Green Bay, and students from Jordan College traveling to Kansas City for the intercollegiate tournament. St Patrick day dinner announced March 19 at Catholic school hall.
Mr and Mrs R Habeck and Mr and Mrs Nelson Baril spent Sunday at the Emil Habeck home in Pella. Gerald Riley went to Milwaukee on business and Otto Fritz visits Milwaukee friends. Mrs Olson visits Blackwell then to return home this weekend. Bernard Hdwards from Chicago guests of Roy Sieber. Joyce and Richard Lee Kahn of Seymour visit the Krueger home. Shawano High school orchestra perform at assembly. The group, led by Gilbert Muellenbach and Lillian Wilde, with Dorothy Wilde, Myre, Stuewer, and Everett Fredenberg, visited Ripon Sunday. Mid week Lenten services at Fence Ev. and Ref. church March 22 with Rev A W Krumb. Leslie Kucksdorf, son of Rudolph Kucksdorf, entered Fort Lewis training camp. four-year enrollment. Darwin Lieg improving after operation. will miss classes due to measles epidemic. Hd Sieber family and John Sieber visit Roy Sieber. Phyllis Sieber and Alfred Kunkel spend weekend with Roy Sieber. Phyllis teaches at the lake, niece of the Siebers. Clarence Peterman and Douglas Milsap spend weekend in Shawano with parents. students at University of Wisconsin. drove to Oshkosh with Emanuel Tate family. R B Mader returns Shawano Lake after wintering in California and Florida. traveled Florida to Wisconsin. Mrs E L Schroeder and Miss Magdalene Dillenberg visit Washington DC to tour senate chambers. expect home weekend. They enjoy extended winter vacation, with stays in Miami and New Orleans. Miss Rachel Amel of Shawano is among 64 students at College of St Theresa Winona on honor roll for semester. merited by never below 90% in any class.
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications for multiple positions including associate and assistant public health nursing consultants, associate medical officer, and child labor consultants with salaries from 2200 to 5600 a year. Applicants must meet age limits and file by April 10 or 13 depending on location. Information available from the post office or civil service examiners. The text also notes a discussion on the literal meaning of climate in ancient Greece.
Fonue and Tomorrow features Paris HoneyMoon with Bing Crosby Franciska Gaal Shirley Ross Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue. Storm In A Teacup stars Vivien Lei Eve. Shows run 7:00 to 9:30 with both programs listed for March dates.
Shawano High School music department announces a spring concert led by Harold Shumovitz with performances including Children's March Medley and Mid Nite Sun Overature. Band members listed span several sections with officers MaJor Schroeder and secretary Wogsland.
Tom Stitts of the Farm Credit Administration spoke at the Northeastern Dairy conference on financing farmers' cooperatives. He urged farmer investment in marketing or purchasing co op capital, highlighting revolving funds and patronage dividends as keys to lower costs, higher returns, and stronger credit resources.
Miss Marion Juaire of the University of Wisconsin home economics department forecasts straw and natural colored hats as the spring’s dominant trend. Sailor, pillbox, cuff style and casual shapes will be popular with veils and Wimples adding webber fabric accents. Apple trees in Wisconsin average about 40 years, some areas as low as 15 years, but with care orchards can last longer.
Births list three boys born in Shawano and area on March 9 to Mrs Norman Grant, March 18 to Mrs Albert Olson, and March unknown to Mrs Alfred Moles. The past week includes Mrs Robert Rusch, Mrs Ted Winters, Miss Lilian Schroeder, Milton Jesse, Mrs Robert Froeming, Mrs Hd Rindt, Gust Koenig, Robert Kleeman, Rudolf Stuewer with addresses in Shawano, Cecil, Clintonville, Birnamwood, Bowler, Bondust.
The Sunday Lesson Sermon for March 19 centers on the theme of matter and includes a Golden Text from Exodus about not taking the Lord’s name in vain. It cites the healing story of a ruler’s daughter from Luke and quotes passages from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy stressing spiritual reality over material sense.
Classified ads list various autos by model and price and a logging outfit sale with location and contact details. Also included are church announcements for First Presbyterian Church with service times, events, and a note about a lent sermon series and a quirky line about cows and wind direction aiding airstrips.
Sacred Heart Church lists Mass times and devotions under Rev Henry Halinde and Rev Edward Kilsdonk with confessions and catechism classes. St James Lutheran Church notes weekly services in English and German, choir meetings, Bible study, and church council events led by Rev Walter Schroth for the week of March 19 to 25.
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