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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
3
Shawano area residents share weekend visits and church events while travelers plan trips to Milwaukee and Madison. Students from Jordan College and local schools headline visits. new homes and landscaping unfold as families vacation and host guests.
The White Shrine meeting moved from May 10 to May 17 as Mrs Mary Hazel tine attends the Supreme Shrine meeting in Cincinnati Ohio this week. She will return Thursday. Mrs William Reichel will attend the mother and daughter banquet at Central State Teachers college Stevens Point Friday evening. Miss Charlotte Reichel, a student there, will sing on the program for all the girls and their mothers. Mrs Edward Bix, sister of Mrs William Reichel and Mrs John Wirch, died at her Menasha home last Wednesday afternoon. Reichel and Wirch families traveled to Menasha Thursday. funeral held Saturday with relatives from Shawano Milwaukee and other areas attending.
The St James Men's Club monthly meeting featured Attorney Orville Luckenbach sharing ocean voyage experiences from Seattle to New York via the Panama Canal. He described canal dimensions and ship limits, plus navigational notes and sights from his voyages, followed by a musical interlude by the Walther League quartet.
Miss Geneva Amundson of the University of Wisconsin 4-H club department says the sweet girl graduate is back in style with delicate pastels and old fashioned tones. Colors like apple blossom pink Floradora blue peachdown and daffodil yellow appear in frothy nets and organdies. Graduation dresses use mousseline de soie marquisettes silk and rayon nets with ruchings pleatings and appliques. White dresses for cap and gown should be washable and easy to care for with wash silks and water repellent rayons to stay bright all summer.
Shawano sportsmen organize a local Ducks Unlimited chapter led by Gerhard Gross as Wisconsin’s 21st. A. W. Camerlee notes Wisconsin ducks lead in harvest but lag in population efforts, citing Canadian breeding grounds and crow predation as major factors. The group plans a comprehensive local program to boost duck populations.
The Crescent Theatre presents Night shows May 11 and 12 including Society Lawyer with Walter Pidgeon Virginia Bruce and Leo Carillo and Jesse James in Technicolor with Tyrone Power, Nancy Kelly and Henry Fonda. May 13 features The Kid in Texas with Dennis O Keefe Florence Rice and Buddy Ebsen. Also Disney style Popeye cartoon Travel Tale and News. Saturday preview at 10 39 shows Rose of Washington Square. Sunday to Wednesday include Are with Tyrone Power Alice Faye and Al Jolson. Cartoons and Movietone News and other grand pictures in same run.
Gharrity announces resignation from Jordan College coaching due to press of other business. He plans to retire from coaching and devote himself to golf interests running Shalagoco Golf Club at Shawano Lake and Spring Brook course at Antigo. In two seasons at Jordan he improved athletics, with football rising from 17 to 58.3 and 1938 football 7-2, and basketball 1937-38 reaching the National Intercollegiate quarterfinals with 13-4.
Pella residents were noted visiting relatives and friends on Sunday afternoon. Thelma and Verna Salzmann visited Ed Zahn. Lester Fredrick Pella was seen at Albert Korth's home. Irene and Carsten Koeller with Glen and Lois Salzmann visited Roger and Charlotte Schultz. Verna Korth and Lenora Laude prepare for May 17 exams. Ted Huebner Dave Rosnow and family visited Erdmann Schultz. Fred Born and son Carl visited John Krubsack. Carl Zahn visited Gust Zahn.
Rev E F Wilking announces instructional sessions on May 12 and 13 at 9 00 a m at the Cecil Street church. May 14 features a penny school at 9 00 a m and a confirmation class presentation and examination at 10 00 a m for the 1939 cohort.
Hospital notes list new arrivals: a girl to Mrs. Ervin Allan of Gresham and a boy to Mrs. Walter Foesch of Shawano. Also a girl to Mrs. Much of Marion and a boy to Mrs. Otis Oxhord of Tigerton Rt. 1. Additional births noted include a girl to Mrs. Charles Lewin Shawano Rt. 1 and a boy to Mrs. Joseph Cleveland of Woodland Wittenberg Rt. 1. A boy to Mrs. Frank Lenz of Tigerton and a boy to August Rawe of Bonduel and a boy to Herbert Whiting of Eland Rt. 1.
Shawano lodge No 95 R A M announces a regular meeting on May 12 with work in the R A M degree. Another degree session is set for May 25 with a 6 30 pm banquet preceding. The May 11 session begins at 8 pm. Birthdays listed include Mary Ann Zlemer Marie hemestre Ruth Westphal Charles Popcaise Alice Mae Haut and Delores Goldie Lund.
Shawano Beats Embarrass in a Sunday practice game 4 to 3 in Shawano. Pitcher Raasch earned the win with solid relief, Wagner and Wick led the offense with key hits including Wagner’s three hits and a two run double. Embarrass used multiple pitchers as Shawano staged late runs after a tight start.
State pension figures show old age assistance costs climbing by more than 150000 monthly since last year with mothers' aid to dependent children also up. March comparisons reveal increases across counties like Brown Calumet Manitowoc Outagamie Shawano and Waupaca, prompting a deficiency appropriation to cover racing expenses.
Wisconsin agronomist George M. Briggs warns field bindweed is a widespread, hard to eradicate weed. It spreads by seeds and roots, grows close to the ground, and can lie in soil for years. He urges using weed‑free tested seeds, timely cutting to prevent seed, cleaning harvesting gear, avoiding root dragging, and sourcing hay or manure only from bindweed free farms. A circular with illustrations is available from the county agent for identification.
An observant Mothers Day worship at Gospel Tabernacle Sunday at 10 30 am will include gifts for the oldest and youngest mothers. Special singing themed Mother will occur at morning and evening services. Rev V L Peterson to preach The Mothers of the Bible morning and Evangelist Bertha Nordstrom Peterson to deliver Tell Mother To Be There in the evening.
A compilation of weekly services, activities and special events from multiple churches in Shawano. Includes St John Episcopal, Advance MM. E, Methodist, First Presbyterian, Gospel Tabernacle, Sacred Heart, St James Lutheran, Peace Evangelical, and others with service times, Sunday schools, mothers day notices, choir rehearsals, and holiday observances. Names of pastors and participating organizations appear throughout.
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