Seniors Juniors Visit Des Moines State B B Meet
A large group of Juniors and Seniors traveled to Des Moines to observe the state basketball tournament. They toured the Capitol and dome, met Rep Kohlhaas, visited the Bell Telephone Co, Drake Fieldhouse, and the Y M C A, and attended the Iowa Barn Dance Frolic. The trip included hotel rooms at the Brown Hotel, various shows, and group events with chaperones Mr. Dunmire and Miss Holdcroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des ‘Moines
Capitol
House of ‘Representatives
Kohlhaas
House
Brown Hotel
Bell Telephone Co
Register & Tribune
Bell Telephone (Co. Ia
Drake Fieldhouse
Iowa
Shrine Auditorium
Alice Budlong
Clarence ‘Brandt
Geraldine Bruns
Verdene Boyken
Charles Reed
Junior Batt
Loreen Jandl
Darlene Higgins
Ray’ Miller
Wayne Miller
Jay ‘Budlong
Lewis Bartlett
Vernon Larsen
Dale Higgins
Dunmire
Surprise Shower Honors Mrs Tony Wibben Friday
A miscellaneous surprise shower honoring Mrs Tony Wibben formerly Icena Van Der Veen was held at her mother’s home on Friday March 17. Guests embroidered and ironed tea towels then presented gifts in a blue and white basket for the bride and groom. The attendees included Mrs George Ailts Mrs Honno Ailts Mrs Klaas Risius Mrs Ronie Janssen Mrs Henry Plaisier Mrs Karl Sunderman Mrs George Heyes Mrs Abbe Heyes Mrs Andrew Boekelman and daughters Henrietta Rozella Mrs R Bunkofske and daughter Shirley Mrs Albert Rippentrop Grandma Heyes and the honoree Mrs Tony Wibben. The couple will move April 1 to their home near Woden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Wibben
Icena van der Veen
Wibben
Shirley Bunkofske
Rozella Boekelman
George Ailts
Honno Ailts
Klaas Risius
Ronie Janssen
Henry Plaisier
Karl Sunderman
George Heyes
Abbe Heyes
Andrew Boekelman
Henrietta and
Rozella
R. Bunkofske
Shirley
Albert Rippentrop
Grandma Heyes
van der Veen
Mre
Woden
Farewell Party for C. C. Horstman Family
Mr and Mrs C C Horstman and family were honored guests at a farewell party at the Methodist church. A short program featured humorous reading The Dramatic Contest by Helen Saathoff a duet Whispering Hope by Flora Jones and Mrs Horstman a solo Sweet By and By by Hunice Gibson a duet by Lois and Lorraine Wood and a piano solo by Normangene Smith. A pot luck luncheon followed and a purse was given to Mr and Mrs Horstmann as they move to a farm near Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mya ‘Horstmann
Mrs. Horstmann
Hutchins
Damage suits filed against Rock Island in Koosuth court
Ruth Dreyer a minor through her father filed the fourth damage suit in Koosuth district court last week against Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company and trustees Frank Lowden James E. Garman and Joseph B. Fleming arising from the October 14 Hampton collision. Dreyer seeks 5000 dollars for permanent injury and disfigurement from the crash involving KK Johnson car and the Rocket. Four suits total 45000 dollars. New suits filed include Stockdale vs Skaar for 25000 dollars and wife 5000 dollars for injuries from October 10 Emmet county crash. During filing period 26 new law and 17 new equity cases. list of other cases included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Dreyer
Herman Dreyer Af Fenton
Koosuth
Rock Island and Pacific ‘Railway Company
Frank
Lowden
James E. Garman
Joseph B. Fleming
Hampton
Miss Dreyer
Emmet
Lars Skaars
Bedyard
Stockdale
Skaar
F.C. Davidson
Emmetsburg
Minnie Thaves
Ella Ellman
Hdna Molinder
Edward Thaves
Georgia Thaves
A. Jandl
Chriss Bolie
J. T. Waite
Adolph Perth
Frank Brockschmidt
Then
Besch
Herman Dreyer
Fank O. Lawden
James EH. Garman
H.cretzmeyer
Joy
Renette Balk
Moorman
Harm Groen
K. & H. Cooperative Oil Company
Schram
William Jerry Schutter
Clarence ‘A. Schutter
William H. Mackey
Muckey
Cassville Family Briefly Stops Here After Accident
Mrs. Herbert Schweppe and her son Karl of Cassville Wisconsin stopped here briefly Friday afternoon en route to Fairmont. They were called there as her father Mr. Graham had been in an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Schweppe
Karl
Cassville
Wis
Fairmont
Graham
Plans for Spring Predator Hunting Season in Algona
At the Algona unit meeting of the Koszuth county conservation league plans were made for a spring predator hunt ending June 1. Ralph Miedke chairs assisted by Gail Towne. Points will be awarded for adult and cub fox crow crow eggs starlings and pocket gophers. Henry Becker Harry Hull and W RR Clawson named to handle wildlife stamp sales. Leon Merritt leads the membership drive. Gail Towne spoke on Shell Rock River changes, 60 miles south of Mason City. Ed Rist recalled Kosuth county wildlife from 1871 to now.
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Algona
Kosgoth County Conservation League
Ralph Miedke
Gail Towne
Henry Becker
Harry Hull
W. RR. Clawson
Leon Merritt
Shell Rock River
Mason City
Ed Rist
Kossuth
Kossuth County
Jean French Describes Washington New York Trip Letters
Excerpts from letters by Jean French, from Stephens College in Missouri, recount visits to Washington DC Arlington National Cemetery and Philadelphia, then New York and Miami. She details the Roosevelt Hotel, lunch with relatives, Al Pearce’s broadcast, Izzy Lish and the Andrews Sisters, China Town, Radio City, Guy Lombardo, Leave It To Me, and a sunny Miami shore en route after a cold start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard French
Jean
Stephens College
Columbia
Missouri
Miss French
Washington
Washington, D. C
Arlington Cemetery
Gen. Lee
Baltimore
Annapolis
Philadelphia
New York
Roosevelt Hotel
Gordon
Lucy
Bell
Gord
al Pearce
Izzy Lish
Andrews Sisters
Miami
Belle
Marette
the Penn
China Town
Bowery
Radio City
Guy Lombardo
Victor Moore
Sophia Tucker
Keil Party Returns from Texas Citrus Trip in 1940s
J. Be Keil and son Maurice with John Wood traveled from Iowa through Missouri Oklahoma and Texas returning home after loading two truckloads of bee supplies and several loads of oranges and grapefruit from Edinburgh. They viewed San Antonio’s Alamo and other sites then fished near Corpus Christi. The party noted intense heat in Texas and described vast, desolate countryside while observing oil wells and large radish fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. Keil
Maurice
John Wood
Texas
Ted Dunmire
Kell
Iowa
Missouri
Rio Grande Valley
Mr. Keil
Carroll
Butler
Joplin
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Waco
San Antonio
Lee O, Wolfe
Wolfes
Keil
Whitsett
Kansas City
Keils
Dunmire
Mexico
Rio Grande
Edinburgh
Whitcett
Mrs. Wolfe
Corpus Christ
Gulf
Corpus Christi
Houston
Henddergon
Texicana
Arkansas
Seal Kossuth Corn Near 30 Million Bushels Under Seal
Reports from corn sealing statistician C R Janvrin show Kossuth County has 2 737 cribs sealed totaling 2 860 515 bushels with loans of 1 630 493 55 dollars. About 600 applications pending and a April 1 sealing deadline. Seneca Township 100 percent. 481 farmers called, 467 signed for 1939 soil conservation AAA program. 3 443 farmers in plan. Instrument filings at county recorder 1 404 from March 1 to 18, up from 696 last year. average 88 per day this month versus 38 per day last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Janvrin
Kossuth
Janvrin
Seneca Township
County Recorder’s Office
J. J. Dooley
Diphtheria Immunization Next Tuesday
The diphtheria immunization treatment sponsored by the T. A. will be given by local doctors at the school house next Tuesday morning. The fee is 60 cents, the same as smallpox vaccination, to be paid at the time of immunization. Parents of preschool children should be at the school house by nine o'clock Tuesday morning.
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T. A
Marriage Licenses Issued Last Week in Minnesota Towns
Marriage licenses issued during the past week include William Wolf and Alma Mitchell both of St. Peter. Edward QC and Evelyn V. Gray of Mankato. Guonard and Felberg of St. Paul. Violet A. Qudly of St. Paul. Elwood Savage and Irene Moore of Mankato. Da voud Jenneon and Fog BR Colin of St. Peter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wolf
Legal
Alma -Mitchell
St. Peter
Minn
Edward QC
Qigon
Evelyn V. Gray
Mankato
Guonard
Felberg
St. Paul
Violet A. Qudly
Elwood Savage
Irene Moore
Mino
Davoud Jenneon
Latquette
Fog
Colin
District Court Sends Four Men to Pen and Four to Jail
Kossuth district court cases led to multiple sentences. ALGONA man DIST. COURT sent four men to state reformatories and county jails for crimes including break ing and entering, larceny and drunken driving. Notable sentences included A. Gross for breaking and entering at Sportsmen Tavern, J. Groff for motor vehicle larceny, and S. Hudson and R. Dickey for grand larceny tied to a stolen car. Several defendants faced bonds, suspensions, or paroling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist. Court
Algona
Ray
Bancroft C. C.C
Hudson
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Dickey
Father J. Neppel
Ashton
Davis
Nels Christensen
Estherville
Christensen
Spirit Lake
Dr. M. G. Bourne
Bernard Speraw
Kossuth Grand ‘Jury
P. A. Dawson
Kossuth Motor Company
Peter Henning
Jack Craig
Joseph Youngwirth
Corwith
G. W. Stillman
Youngwirth
Kossuth
Highway 18
A. A. Summers
Humboldt
Iowa
Summers
Meyer
Whittemore
C. M. and
St. P
Highway 169
Thomas W. Nelson
Pontiac
Michigan
Sheriff's Office
John PP. Helderheldt
Burt
German Township seeks bids for cemetery cars 1939
Bids will be received up to noon April 1 1939 by the trustees of German Township for taking cars of the German Township Cemetery and the addition thereto for the year 1939. The trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. John Boekelman Township Clerk. Also notes local obits and ailing updates for residents Grandpa James Winker improving.
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German Township
John Boekel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legislature State
Des Moines
Fitonka
Shirley Bruns
Donald Budlong
Irene Rippentrop
Beverly Adamson
Herbert Callies
England
North America
Cardinals
Donald Norland
Elson
C. C. Horstman
Crisp. Railroad
Jean French
Mexico and
Bottom
Wesley
Nels -Benjamin
Ottosen
James Winker
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