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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
3
Country correspondence notes the Advilteement club concluding summer Bowler nights. About 20 members attended as the harvest festival report showed a single cash balance. Social activities followed the meeting with various local residents and visitors noted in attendance at Bowler events and related gatherings.
Long Lake resident Mr. Rollin spent the summer at his cottage then returned to Milwaukee last week. Mrs. Anna Stiflow called at the Jeske home Friday evening. Clarence Kuhn and son Don ald visited Shawano Selma Alma Retzlaff spent days with friends in Milwaukee and returned home. Stan Phillips and daughter Sharon Rose visited parental home over the weekend. Carl Jeske’s visitors included Harvey Vorphal Appleton Art Braatz Clintonville and Mrs Herman Stuebs with Owen Peterson Shawano. Mrs Stuebs visited her daughters Ervin Bogin in Chicago and Harvey Vorphal in Appleton.
Navarino reports a baby girl born Sept 7 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rasmusson. Local residents attended meetings and visited neighbors including Holt Lutheran services at the Norwegian church. Selmer Landsverk moved to the old Eldor Knutson place last week.
A reunion of the Porter families gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter home last Sunday to honor Hidith Igger of Middleboro Massachusetts a second cousin of Charles Porter. Attendees included Corrie Joerden Jessie Hagland and daughter Fred Balgie and Allen England of Waupun Harl Dunahee and Thrancis of Oakfield Francis Porter and George Porter of Oconto Ed Capelie Emil Kammerman and Shirley Kammerman of Cecil. Guests were served 12 and 6 oclock dinners. Mrs John Heiser and Clarence Riwilsky who had undergone operations at a Green Bay hospital returned home last week.
Mr and Mrs Frank Pagel of Mattoon visited the Bielke and Miller households. Dene Hutchinson and son Claire joined Bernard Thorne’s gathering. Frank Ward of Maltoon called on Bielke. Otis Bohardt and children from Stony Hill visited Friday. June Mah a wed Oscar Drake last Saturday. Bernard Thorne and daughter Joy Joanne spent Friday with Higlerett Peterson in Leopolis. Powell and Bielke families shared Sunday dinner at Ward’s in Matteon.
Mrs. Cecil Hall rented her home to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bahr and will winter in Milwaukee while Mr. Hall undergoes nervous breakdown treatments. Relatives gathered at Mrs. Carl Prahl's home to celebrate her 90th birthday with many Prahl family members plus friends from Cecil, Green Valley and Chicago. midnight lunch followed. Guests included John Beilfuss family, Albert Newmann, Carl Dickie, Herman Bunitz, Walter Laedtke, and others from Washington, Waupun, Peoria and beyond. Other visits noted include Henry Staedtke hosts and Capelle family traveling to Green Bay to visit Vernon Staedt family.
Mr. and Mrs. Steffel of Tigerton hosted visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wahl and Mrs. Agnes Kerby at the George Swenson home Saturday evening. Mrs. Charles Druckrey and Mr. and Mrs. R. Koske enjoyed Sunday calls, with further visits from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Isaacson of Clintonville and Harris Swenson, who has been away recently.
A man spent his vacation with his parents and returned to Chicago on Sunday accompanied by his cousin Miss Virginia Steffel Arnold Isaacson of Lakewood. He is spending a few days with his grandmother. A few neighbors visited Mrs. R Koske Sunday evening.
Charles Yeager lost a valuable horse Monday. Mrs. William Mervyn visited Lynn Peterson Sunday. Alfred Vedner and Bear Creek relatives called Sunday. Arlene Ninman and Ernest Hoppe attended the George Gehm wedding dance in Bonduel Saturday. Mrs. Gehm is Hoppe's cousin. Robert Peters family and others visited Lynn Peterson Monday evening.
The Wisconsin Health Bureau of Vital Statistics is overwhelmed with requests for birth certificates needed for pensions schooling citizenship and work. Officials urge residents to obtain copies from county registers of deeds or city health offices to speed processing, as new pension laws have swollen demand and staffing limits prevent quicker state-side service.
The Panama Canal was completed under Col. G. W. Goethals with the first ocean steamer traversing the route on August 5, 1914, marking a milestone in maritime history.
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