First Hobby Show Attracts Large Crowd In Algona
The first hobby show in Kossuth County drew a large Saturday crowd at Algona High School with over 1,000 registrants and 719 exhibits. The event featured displays from Mrs. Ida Larson on first day covers and quilts by Mrs. W.W. Weisbrod among many others, plus an afternoon puppet show by Fenton Girl Scouts and evening hobby films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth
Algona High School
Kossuth County
Ida Larson
Swea City
Karl Sundermann
Titanka
Lewis Ferguson
Ames
Brooks Potter
iAlgona
W. C. Day
HB. V.pierce
L. M. Merritt
Henry Deardis Jr
Margaret Dunkelberg
Bemmersburg
Hhorse
William Clausen
Eleanor Fraser
Lewis Alt Oar
W. J.weisbrod
Fenton
J.A. Mueller
Con ‘Firman Laing
Reed
W Eleanor Fraser
Dek Palmer
United States
Edward Schumacher
Whittemore
Paul Nordstrom
Donald Deal
Roland Bode
Marilyn Woodward
Jimmie ‘Voex
George Sparks
Self
Mary Smith
Hioyce Ryerson
Burt
Durwood
Walters
Arnold Eisele
Blue Earth
Minn
Woden Man Hurt By Mower Sickle At Dankbar Farm
Marty Smith of Woden was injured Friday afternoon on the Dankbar farm north west of Woden when he fell on a mower sickle while driving hogs to market. His leg was badly cut and clamps were needed to close the wound. He can walk with crutches.
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Marty Smith
Woden
Dankbar
Algona to Have New Memorial Park Cemetery
Acquisition of acres of land from the Lewis ve Smith estate has been completed and work is progressing rapidly toward the establishment of a memorial park cemetery here. The land is adjacent to highway No. 169 south of town and across the street east from the Kogsuth county fairgrounds.
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Algona
Lewis Ve Smith
Kogsuth County Fairgrounds
Prize bear shipment to Mexico announced by Iowa dealer
A bear named Syent abroad will be sent this week from Iowa to Mexico. Roy Copp of Glidden delivers the prize to Senor Mario Orlania in Mexico City, as part of a promotional gesture.
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Mexico
Iowa
Chester Waite Bear
Roy Copp
Glidden
Mario Orlania
Iranja
Ritero
Mexico ‘City
Sealed Corn Stolen From Whittemore Farm
George Gengler of Whittemore reports 76 to 100 bushels of sealed ear corn stolen from a 1939 crib on his farm. Tracks show a dual wheeled vehicle backed to the crib with two square holes cut. This is the first recorded AAA grain theft in Kossuth County. Officals say thieves would face US criminal code provisions if caught.
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Algona
George Gengler
Whittemore
Casey Loss
Kossuth County
Soil Conservation Office
Soil Conservation
Kossuth Court Hears Drive-Drug Cases and WPA Suit
Kossuth district court bound Charles H Stein berger Swea City on a $500 bond after preliminary hearing for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Everett E Knudsen and Robert Chesher of Algona were bound over on $1000 bonds. later six months hard labor sentences for operating a vehicle without owner consent were imposed by Judge Stillman. appeal bonds set at $1000 each. Other notes include fines for Hights incident in Algona and $10 fine plus jail for intoxication. A new case filed by Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. against Lakota over $511.47 for materials for WPA town hall. New probate cases listed for Ida Hawks, Annie Hodges executrix, Eva Sifert administrator, Donald and Maurice Thompson guardians, William Shirley estate, Ralph Miller administrator.
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Algona
Charles H. Steinberger
Swea
Justice of Peace
P. A. Dawson
Kossuth
Everett E. Knudsen
Robert Chesher
Mustice Dawson
G. ‘W. Stillman
Palo ‘Alto
Carey
2Ania
Mielag
Lewis L. Wildin
Elmer C. Bell
Whittemore
John E
Ruth H. Jackson
George A. Smith
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Lakota
Des Moines
County Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled at Burt High School
County Agent Brown announces a county wide Farm Bureau meeting at Burt High School on June 5 at 8:00 PM. Roger Fleming of the Town Farm Bureau Federation will discuss corn alcohol developments and possibilities. Moving pictures from the American Farm Bureau Federation will be shown. The Kossuth women's chorus will sing and lunch will close the program. Farm Bureau members and wives are urged to attend.
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A, . Brown
Farm Bureau
Burt High School
Roger Fleming
Town Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kossuth
Falls claim two workers in Iowa incidents
At Dayton a workman named T. J. Smith slipped from a house he was building and was admitted to a Fort Dodge hospital with three broken ribs. In Des Moines Fr. Brown fell eleven stories and is recovering.
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Falls
Dayton
T. J. Smith
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Fr. Brown
Four Walls and a Pen: Harms Sentenced Again
Wiolin Harms, long familiar to state prisons, faced new charges after 16 years as a penitentiary guest. He was sentenced last week at Clarion on two counts of forgery, adding to a lengthy criminal record and indicating a continued pattern of offenses and confinement.
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Wiolin Harms
Clarion
Primary Election Candidates Named for June 3
On Monday June 3 voters name candidates for county and township offices for November. Buffalo township election judges are Chris Brandt William Stenzel and Clarence Schutter. clerks Ernest Hansen and Minnie Kennedy. Counting Board judges Leonard Callies Peter Beenken and Ida Sachau. clerks Clara Bruns and Anna Andrews. Polling place is Hamilton Hatchery. Democratic and Republican tickets feature many county office contenders including Sheriff candidates Art Cogley and Carl Dahlhauser. Alfred Schultz A J Berens and W H Steward seek gubernatorial posts. County Attorney contenders are M J McMahon Allen Brunson and L A Winkel. Clerk of the District Court rivals are Katherine McEvoy Nellie Van Allen and Marc Moore. Republicans S P Eckholm and F L Thorpe. County Treasurer candidates are M J Duffy H Ostwinkle and Mrs Lyle Pugh. County Auditor contenders include Kinsey unopposed on Democratic ticket. J K Dooley seeks reelection. Carlyle Becker listed for Republican nomination. No county supervisor to be elected this year.
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Buffalo Township
Chris Brandt
Wm. Stenzel
Clarence Schutter
Ernest P. Hansen
Minnie J. Kennedy
Leonard Callies
Peter Beenken
Ida M. Sachau
Clara M. Bruns
Anna Andrews
Hamilton Hatchery
Allen A. Brunson
BD. J
Katherine McEvoy
Nellie van ‘Allen
Marc Moore
Marc
S. P. Eckholm
Swea City
F. L. Thorpe
Pearson
Kinsey
Hovey
Algona
Nicholas Redding
Algona High School
Cosgrove
Marriage Licenses Issued In Past Week Across Multiple Counties
A weekly notice lists marriage licenses issued involving Ralph Bierstedt and June Bierle of Lone Rock. Hugh O Rourke and Alice Rist of Algona. Cyril Kellner and Adella Hildman of Wesley. Francis Rowe and Dorothy Hendren of Algona. Ronald Yiates and Geraldine Wangness of Bigelow. Bernard Monsager and Faye McCellan of Sherburn. Walter Bradley and Alicia Thilges of Ottosen. Wayne Crone and Eulalia Krobinger of Algona. Harold Brooke and Dorothy Kraus of Wesley.
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Ralph W. Bierstedt
Bierle
Lone ‘Rock
Hugh D. O'Rourke
Legal
Detroit
Mich
Alice O. Rist
Algona
Cyril Kellner
Bode
Adella ‘Hildman
Wesley
Francis L
Rowe
Dorothy M. Hendren
Ronald J. Yiates
Geraldine C. ‘Wangness
Bigelow
Minn
Bernard Monsager
St. James
Faye McCellan
Sherburn
Walter J. Bradley
Renwick
Eulalia Krobinger
Harold Burton Brooke
Milwaukee
Wis
Dorothy Mae Kraus
Memorial Day Program and Cemetery Services Schedule
Memorial Day events begin at 8:00 a.m. with Color Guard Firing Squad Flower Girls Legionnaires and Boy Scouts at the Legion Hall. Services proceed at multiple cemeteries from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. including Wesley Myers German Reformed German Township German Lutheran Buffalo township. Taps at final service.
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Legion Hall
Wesley Cemetery
Myers
German Reformed Cemetery
German Township
German Lutheran Cemetery
Creek
Buffalo Township
May Day Pageant and Picnic At Bancroft High
The Bancroft high school annual community picnic began at 10 30 with a May Day pageant by the grades. Nan Nelson led attendants Kenzie Korte and Richard Peterson as first grade D boys. A wreath drill Robin Hood dance and Maypole finished the pageant. A noon dinner for 650 followed a style show by home economics students and a school band concert. In the afternoon Kittenball and a 7 to 4 victory over Titanka were enjoyed, with Lions Club and faculty praised for their support.
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Nan Nelson
Kenzie Korte
Richard Peterson
Phyllis Dougan
Bancroft High School
Titanka
Lions Club
American Legion and Auxiliary News Poppy Day totals and Memorial plans
Mary Young reports 557 poppies sold for Poppy Day and thanks Mary Oesterreicher and pupils for posters and all sellers. $55.77 raised after costs funds welfare work next year. Members to meet at Mrs Rasmus Hansen home to make war dead wreaths for Memorial Day. June meeting set for June 4 at the Denton home. Memorial Sunday services at Ramsey Reformed Church were well attended. VOTE is your duty as an American citizen.
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Adler
Mary Young
Poppy
Mary Oesterreicher
Geraldine Bruns
Mary ‘Sartor
Phyllis Andrews
Marjorie Peterson
Ruth Stott
Store
Minnie Oesterreicher
Esther Breen
Ramsey Reformed Church
Voth
Bible school opens with about Alty enrollment
The Methodist church Bible school opened Monday morning with about Alty enrolled. Classes run from 9 to 11 each day for two weeks, excluding Memorial Day. Teachers assisting Rev Patter son include Lela Zwiefel Ola Mae Miller Pauline Adamson Tihelma Miller and Kathryn Swan.
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Methodist Church Bible School
Patterson
Lela Zwiefel
Ola Mae Miller
Pauline Adamson
Tihelma Miller
Kathryn Swan
Girls 4-H Rally Day at Bancroft June 6
Nearly two hundred 4-H girls and leaders prepare for rally day in Bancroft at 1 30 p m June 6 in the Catholic church hall. County 44H officers, club leaders, and project chairmen organize the program, elections, recognition ceremonies, and a picnic supper to launch summer activities.
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Bancroft
Robert Masterson
Ray ‘Miller
County 44H
Betty Foth
Bancroft Club
Chas. Osborne
A. L.brown
Jewell Patterson
A.B. Schenck
Arden (Reynolds
G. G. Pefferman
Ray Miller
Im. G. ‘Bourne
Cresco
Lone Rock
Tory
Irvington I's
Oshebogar
Portland
Lotts Creek Lassies
Whittemore Whizzers
Good Hope Lutheran announces June services and events
Good Hope Lutheran announces Sunday services in German at 10 with Sunday school at 9. A Sunday school picnic will be held in the grove on Mr George Alice's farm near Titanka. Luther League meets Sunday evening. Bible school runs Monday to Wednesday from 9 am to 3 30 pm. Ladies aid meets Wednesday at 2 pm. Choir practice and adult classes are scheduled weekly.
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George Alice
Titanka
Luther League
Bible School
Ladies Aid
Chris Brandt
Martin Brandt
Reindeer Krominga
Lone Rock toddler narrowly escapes after Algona car strike
Leon Marlow two year old son of Mr and Mrs Eldon Marlow of Lone Rock escaped injuries when struck by a car driven by Edwin Erickson of Marshall Minnesota in a congested area on State street Algona The child dashed in front of the car but the driver stopped almost instantly and no injuries were reported
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Lone Rock
Leon Marlow
Memorial Day Program at Wesley High School Gym
The Memorial Day program will be held at the high school gym at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. It includes band numbers America and violin solos by Sylvia Ann Gerdes and Mary Adine Kunz, invocations by Rev Regs and Rev Riggs, remarks by Leo Bleich, address by Frank Senneff, and a benediction. Afterward the Boy Scouts and Legion proceed to St Joseph's cemetery and Hyergreen cemetery for the usual memorial rites.
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Wbhsledy
America
Regs
Sylvia Ann ‘Gerdes
Mary Adine Kunz
Leo Bleich
American Legion Post
Frank Senneff
Riggs
Music and Athletic Awards Given to Local High School Students
Special recognition and letters in reward for achievements made in athletics and music were presented to high school students Friday. In boys basketball honors went to Arnold Ricklefs Vern Doege Dick Batt Clarence Brandt Paul Brung Junior Batt Sylvester Hoff lang Duane Hansen. Girls basketball letters were presented to Phyllis Andrews Alice Budilong Alice Ruthenreuther Verdene Boyken Geraldine Bruns Darlene Higgins Jean Tryon Audrey Brandt Wiacqueline Callies Marjorie Peterson Gavonne Oesterreicher and Doris Krantz. In boys baseball awards went to Sigwell Wood Bob Pink Vern Doege Clarence Brandt Junior Batt Dick Batt Daryle Batt Merlyn Hoover Erwin Giesking and Paul Bruns. In music the point system was used to win a letter each pupil must have earned at least 1 000 points Honors in hand went to Charles Reed Betty Dreesman Doris Krantz Lawrence Miller Carl Snyder Sigwell Wood Dolores Peterson Louis Larson Bob Pink and Lloyd Miller. Honors in glee club work were won by Clarence Brandt Jacqueline Callies Lavina Jandl Clarence Loatts Yvonne Oesterreicher Louis Oesterreicher Andrew Peters Marjorie Peterson Beryl Bonacker Phyllis Andrews Verdene Boyken Westher Fritz Julia Hanson Alice Budlong Irene Rippentrop Audrey Brandt Irvin Pannhuk Hermann Welhlousen Forrest Hansen Herbert Isebrand and Alice Kuchenreuther. Letters are presented as awards the first year of merit and again when a senior meets the requirements.
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Arnold Ricklefs
Vern ‘Doege
Dick Batt
Clarence Brandt
Paul Brung
Junior ‘Batt
Sylvester Hoff Lang Duane Hansen
Phyllis Andrews
Alice Budilong
Alice Ruthenreuther
Verdene Boyken
Geraldine Bruns
Darlene Higgins
Jean Tryon
I Audrey ‘Brandt
Wiacqueline ‘Callies
Marjorie ‘Peterson
GaVonne Oesterreicher
Doris Krantz
Iboys
Sigwell Wood
Bob Pink
Vern Doege
Junior Batt
Daryle Batt
Merlyn Hoover
Erwin Giesking
Paul Bruns
Charles Reed
Betty Dreesman
Lawrence Miller
Carl Snyder
Dolores Peterson
Louis Larson
Henry Haverly Family Reunion At Wesley Sun
A Henry Waverly home hosted a family reunion on Sunday with attendees from Wesley and beyond. Present were Clarence Haverly of Duh Idee Illinois Margaret Haverly Ottumwa Mrs Ted Healy Palo Alto California Mr and Mrs Leo Young Garner Mr and Mrs James Haverly and son Mr and Mrs Jack Haverly and family Mr and Mrs Alf Studer and family Mr and Mrs Henry Haverly and family Mr and Mrs Ra Downs and daughter Mr and Mrs George Kelch and daughter Mr and Mrs Evrons Loebig and Mr and Mrs Larry Lang all of Wesley.
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Henry Haverly
Henry Waverly
Clarence Haverly
Duhidee
Ill
Margaret Haverly
Ottumwa
Ted Healy
Palo Alto
California
Leo Young
Garner
James Haverly
Jack ‘Haverly
Alf Studer
Ra Downs
George Kelch
Evrons Loebig
Larry Lang
Wesley
Mrs Russell Shipler of Portland Dies in Algona
Mrs Russell Shipler aged, of Portland, died May 25 at Kossuth hospital in Algona after surgery. She leaves a family, including flour girls and her husband. Born Fiona Anderson, daughter of Tony Anderson, she grew up in Portland township and lived in Burt since marriage. Funeral held Tuesday at the Presbyterian church in Burt, burial in Burt cemetery.
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Russell Shipler
Portland
Algona
Russell ‘Shipler
Kossuth Hospital
Shipler
Fiona Anderson
Tony Anderson
Portland Township
Burt
Presbyterian Church
Burt Cemetery
Rock Valley thefts lead to five year terms for two men
Frank Henderson and Eugene Courtney received five year terms in Fort Madison for stealing brass boxings from railway cars at Rock Valley. The men used a jack to raise tracks so the boxings could slip out easily.
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Rock Valley
Frank ‘Henderson
Eugene ‘Courtney
Fort Madison
Mushrooms sprout on Anamosa lawn in surprise bloom
Josh Soper of Anamosa woke one morning to find 61 mushrooms already growing on his lawn with more pushing up nearby. The unlikely growth was noticed last week and drew attention from local onlookers.
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Josh Soper
Anamosa
Buffalo Center Plays Ball Here Decoration Day
Buffalo Center plays here Thursday afternoon Memorial Day in the game postponed from May 19. All Kossuth League games postponed May 19 will be played Thursday May 30 weather permitting. Titonka beat Swea City 7 to 6 last Sunday. Titonka led 6 to 4 going to the ninth frame as Swea scored three runs in the last inning. In the last week Algona beat Wesley 3 to 2, Bancroft beat Lotts Creek 7 to 4, and Fenton defeated Buffalo Center 4 to 3. Thursday Buffalo Center plays Titonka, Fenton at Swea City, Bancroft at Algona. Next Sunday Titonka at Algona, Fenton at Lotts Creek, Bancroft at Swea City, Wesley at Buffalo Center.
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Buffalo Center
Titonka
Swea
Algona
Wesley
Bancroft
Lotts Creek
Fenton
Swea City
Fenton Lotts Creek
Eeune
Richardson
Hanifan
Creed
Schuler
Oo Kamman
Poe
Erickson
Bergman
Reo Prohaska
Berg
Ohnson
Exseagl Montgomery
Stewart
Gartner
Boekelman
Hansen
Walsh
Callies
Michaelson
Ricklefs
Immanuel Lutheran Rev Adolph Kilian Pastor Announcement
Immanuel Lutheran announces English services Sunday June 2 at 10 a m with Sunday school at 9 a m. Ladies and Wednesday at 2 00 hosted by Mrs Marie Maylang. Luther League devotionals Sunday 7 30 p m. Annual Mission Festival scheduled for June 9 with emphasis on salvation and grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield
Christ
Marie Maylang
Luther League
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Memorial Park
Whittemore Farm
Kossuth District and Justice Court
Ida M. ‘Hawks
Annie M. Hodges
Eva Sifert
E. J. Hough
Donald Thompson
Maurice Thompson
William G. ‘Shirley
Ralph ‘H. Miller
American Legion and Auxiliary News
Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schulz
Senneff
Wesley Memorial
Make Music and Athletic Awards
Decoration Day
Immanuel Lutheran
Adolph Kilian
Titonica
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