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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
5
Local notes recount visits and weekend trips among Shawano county residents. Many families including Kellogg, Barker, Robbing, and Regling clan members travel to Green Bay, New London, and Milwaukee, with college and church events cited. A gospel program by North Central Bible Institute quartet is planned in Shawano, while Otis Olson and relatives map a Fourth of July trip across Wisconsin.
Mrs George Frank Jr drove the Wallrichs to Sturgeon Bay for a Rotary convention. The Ehrhardt family held a Boot Lake Townsend reunion on May 21 with about 45 attendees. A Catholic Youth Council sponsored a dance at the Legion hall at 8 30 pm. Visitors included H G Meyer and daughter Mary Jane of Marion and Mrs Lester Marquette and infant son of Tigerton. E L Banta of Mountain was reported dead. Bir and Mrs Arthur Sommers hosted guests including Isla Jepson Madison and relatives from Marshfield Bear Creek and Shawano. Anna Neitzel underwent surgery at Berlin Memorial hospital in Green Bay and remains hospitalized. Blanche and John Wavrunek returned to Milwaukee. Mrs Wavrunek will stay five weeks with her daughter before summering in Shawano. Father Clyde J Miller attended the Fond du Lac diocese council. H M Sanderson and Robert Wallrich attended. The diocesan council auxiliary annual meeting was attended by Mrs William Tourtillott and several local women.
Washington News from the Office of Congressman Red F Murray notes on floor of the House. Murray calls for public support for 2,240 foster schemes and 242,929 children in care, urging Surplus Commodity Corporation to fund these institutions with existing law. He asks colleagues to back a plan to appoint a committee to work with the Corporation’s administrator.
Emil Petrick, convicted of burglary on December 6, 1928 and sentenced to Wisconsin State Prison for 1 to 4 years, will apply for executive clemency on or about June 15, 1929. The note notes national income hardship with 15 of every 100 families in 1935 36 needing outside help.
The Crescent Theatre offers a weekend program with Drummond's Secret Police starring John Howard and Heather Angel, Back Door to Heaven with Wallace Ford and Ellis, and DANGER ISLAND with Peter Lorre and Jean Hersholt. Weekend shows run 7:00 to 9:00, with a 10:30 preview of Lucky Night. Sunday matinee 2:30 features Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor. Bargain matinee 2:30 Wednesday for The Return of the Cisco Kid.
Marion R 2 pages celebrate the arrival of a baby girl born Thursday May 18 at the Moldenhauer home. The Fairview school picnic and several eighth grade graduates are noted, with numerous social visits, family events, and local callers including Hoffman, Wichman, Blashe, and Mehlberg families across Marion, Clintonville, Shawano, and Mayflower communities.
Birthday notices for multiple individuals across dates May 25 to May 28. Entries include James Knutson Vera Kort George Hrickson Joyce Boardman James Mackowack John Mackowick Burton Dean Gordon Schmidt Evelyn Knoble Elten Abel Rath Erdman Orville Roaths Alice Maciejewski Ree Hogan Adeline Montie Mary Jane Richard Helen H Waughs Cecil Krause Evangeline Heinz Harvey Ebel Merrill Thompson plus various hometowns such as Navarino Racine Pella Shawano Belle Plaine Hartland Green Valley Gresham Leopolis Lessor etc.
Readers heard cautions about America’s direction at the Sturgeon Bay Rotary Convention. Speakers warned of luxury, decadence, and soul erosion, urging a return to Spartan and early American virtues. Attendees included local figures and a banquet featured Tom Temple’s orchestra and festive decor.
Miss Edith C. Rowles of the Canadian home economics team notes boys who can cook win favor on camping trips and at home. A leaflet titled When Boys Cook from the College of Agriculture Madison offers recipes and tips for beginner and advanced boy cooks, including measurements, safe handling, and camp menus.
The city will sell the Circus Grounds house to the highest bidder. Successful bidder must remove the house and clean the premises. Bids accepted in City Clerk office through June 6 1939. City may reject any bid. Cash basis required. Oscar C Dettman City Clerk Ste 14. Notices list dentists offices closing Saturdays May through September.
Wisconsin farm real estate values ease from last year as reports cite lower farm product prices and reduced income. The state shows 14 percent below prewar levels, while national farm real estate values fall 16 percent from the prewar peak though still about 15 percent above the 1983 low.
A compilation of weekly worship times and activities from Gospel Tabernacle, Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church, Sacred Heart Church, and St. James Lutheran Church. Notable items include sermon text Exodus 20 16 at Peace Evangelical, Pentecost festival observances, choir schedules, and upcoming meetings through June 2.
The Wisconsin State Highway Commission urges motorists and pedestrians to drive cautiously this Memorial Day weekend. They warn that traffic deaths in the past 18 months exceed wartime losses and urge slower speeds, extra time, and staying off crowded roads. Pedestrians should walk on the left side of highways and avoid rural highways at night.
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