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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
5
A long string of local social items lists visitors and residents from Abbotsford Oshkosh Green Bay and Milwaukee spending time with families in Shawano and surrounding towns. People attend weddings funerals church events and school activities while several residents travel to Madison Milwaukee and Cedar Grove for gatherings and conventions.
Mr and Mrs George Redman and daughter Lucille motored to Madison to return Harvey to the University of Wisconsin and spent the weekend with his parents. Rural mail carriers of Shawano county and auxiliaries met at Lieschs in Bonduel last Thursday, electing officers. Attendees from Shawano included Mr and Mrs Dave Dicke Mr and Mrs Archie De Swart and Mrs Marie Hundertmark. Mr and Mrs C E Rimebara of Chippewa Falls halted at Waldo Rinnehards in Bonduel on their way to Ripon leaving Doris to spend the weekend with the Rinnehards. They returned from Ripon Sunday and visited at the Rinnehards. Mr and Mrs Pam Capraro Mrs John Engel and daughter Joan of Two Rivers and Mr and Mrs Harvey Stuben gell and two sons of this city were guests at William Schuler’s home Sunday. Mr and Mrs 8 H Ben low, who have been visiting Two Rivers, returned to the Schuler home Sunday.
Shawano Public Library announces 18 new novels for rental shelves along with travel and biography titles for open shelves. Highlights include The Book of the Month selection The Grapes of Wrath context in Carey McWilliams Factories in the Field, and Queen Anne Boleyn by Francis Hackett.
Whitcomb Mr and Mrs William Rief and party visited Tigerton Sunday. Andrew Paterson family visited Mattoon. Edeline Liesch and Howard Young wedding dance at Shady View pavilion Regina. Lloyd Low and family visitors in Daniel Low home. T W Treptow and son Teddy weekend in Watertown. Large crowd attended cap social at school house with good turnout.
W B E Schultz transfers ownership of his South Main street barber shop to Ernie Tomashek after decades in business. Schultz thanks the public for support during many years of service in the city.
Apple production in Wisconsin rises about 61 percent from last year to 500000 bushels, while the U S crop overall is about 18 percent larger. The nation expects 101 million bushels, about five percent above the long term average. Early harvests show good to excellent quality despite sunburn and dropped fruit.
Shawano county farmers shift surplus hay to drought hit eastern states. EH Vandermoss of Pulaski acts as local buyer, noting freight costs limit offers, hay graded by U S graders, and cars inspected. Recent AAA and lime projects boosted alfalfa acreage, leaving dairymen well supplied with winter feed and some seed crops scarce.
Mrs Charlotte Clark Buslaff, extension nutritionist at Wisconsin college of agriculture, urges regular meal times and simple wholesome diets for children. She says coaxing rarely helps, kids imitate adults, and proper feeding avoids fussiness. Regular meals with planned snacks support healthy appetites, while grown up foods like tea and coffee should wait until older.
Washington senators discuss a proposed war referendum and an alternative constitutional amendment. The speaker favors a direct constitutional change to require a national referendum before war decisions, arguing it would add a double check and give the people a direct voice while making war declarations harder to pursue.
Shawano county marks its top 4-H dairy production team with handsome gold medals from the state club leaders office. The winning group Byron Johnson and Herman Hoffmann of Wittenberg trained under coach Kurl Korting for the Use of the Babcock Test for Milk. The achievement banquet in Shawano on November 18 will also honor a second place team for Clean Milk Utensils, led by coach Ed win Loberg with member Carl Kirkeby of Tigerton. Other trips to the National Dairy Show in San Francisco covered teams from Eagle and Viroqua, with Wakelin McNeel guiding the state 4-H delegation.
The page lists birthday notes for James Marlin Kohn of Underhill on November 5, Base Haut of Shawano Rt. 1 on November 6, and Robert 3 Upham of Shawano on November 7. Advertisements accompany the notices.
Full basement home offered for 2350 dollars with small down payment and monthly payments like rent. Purchasers can own the home after several years as payments progress. Also noted are Pittsburgh Paints products and a local monument company listing. A rummage sale by Methodist Ladies’ Aid is scheduled for November 4 with a postponed apron sale to November 9 at St James Lutheran church and school hall.
Births list six newborns for local couples in Shawano and nearby areas. Weekly admissions include several residents such as William Fischer and Mabel Dahl. Peace Evangelical Church advertises services with a sermon on worth, plus ongoing choirs, catechism, and Ladies Aid activities scheduled through the week.
St James Lutheran Church Andrews at Randall St. Rev Walter M Schroth Pastor invites all to services Sundays. Lutheran Hour heard Sundays 3:30–4:00 pm CST on network of stations. Church calendar lists Holy Communion Sunday 5 Nov and services daily through Nov 11 with meetings and classes across the week.
A consolidated listing of local church services in Shawano and surrounding areas. St John’s Episcopal Clyde Miller presides with a single summer Mass. Christian Science Society holds 11:00 a.m. service and 9:45 a.m. Sunday school. Advance Methodist notes a changed service hour. First Presbyterian lists morning worship at 10:30 with Sunday school at 9:15 and events through Nov 11. Assemblies of God Tabernacle covers multiple services and midweek prayer. The Methodist Church shares weekly programs and upcoming district meetings. Sacred Heart Catholic Church outlines Mass times and devotions with a full Catholic parish and nearby missions.
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