Wallingford Vicinity News Highlights and Arrivals
News from Wallingford and nearby towns notes Ruby Jackson's Ames graduation and future move to Middleton Ohio for a position with American Ice Industry Co. A funeral in Estherville honors the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hull. Local society events include Immanuel church Missionary Society hosting by Hanson families and various visits and enrollments. A Texas Army Air Corps enlistment moves and a large turnout helps save the Skattebo farm from fire. 4-H activities at Jens Egeland home and community updates on post office staffing and local births, birthdays, and visits wrap the round-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Jackson
Florence
Ames
Ruby
Household Equipment Dept
Division of Home Economics
Mar
Middleton
Ohio
American Ice Industry Co
Norman Michaelson
Melvin Hull
Estherville
Estherville. Mr. Hull
Mrs. Michaelson
The
Missionary Society of the Immanuel Church
Leora
Tillie Hanson
Lois
Doris Natterstad
Lenora
Darlene Hanson
Ernest Osher
Ed Osher
Texas
Army Air Corps
Bert Rolfson
Judy
Albert Norris
Lost Island
George Larson
Ruthven
C. B. Larson
Larson
Harold Tummelson
Walter Scott
Nels Osher
Dean
Ernest Osheer
Ed de Wall
Edwin Osher
Roy Gunderson
Marion Knute
Humboldt
Norman Larson
Orville Rustad
Dale
Stanley Young
Morris Ressell
Loyd Boone
Sherman Gunderson
Emmet Resh
Ernest Skattebo
Loyd Larson
Gordon Ellingson
Kenneth Nordsletton
Allen Hersleff
Wayne Osher
Everett
Bernard
Community social life around Grover Iowa described
Hostess Mrs George Haar welcomed Brown Creek Country Club members for a spring meeting with roll call and a social afternoon. Numerous gatherings follow, including bridge at the Miller home and a string of family visits, funerals and church events. Notable items include Robert Calhan’s graduation and Air Corps posting, local weddings, anniversaries, and youth activities at Arnold's Park and Grover school.
Pioneer Country Club March Meeting Held at Mrs Howard’s
Members met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Harold Howard home for a business and social gathering. Guests included Mrs H Howard and daughter Miss Alice Mrs Andrew Andresen and Helen Mrs Hogan Hoganson and son and Mrs Charles Iseminger who joined the club. Additional attendees listed include Edwin Juhl Clarence Juhl Stanley Erickson James Ramsey William Ramsey Gus Ramsey Frank Ramsey Howard Hatland Lester Hasbrook E Morton Ray Miller Ben Harland William Hageman Dewey Partello Alfred Claussen and Mrs Howard. The next meeting is set for Friday April 18 with Mrs Edwin Juhl as hostess.
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Pioneer Country Club
Harold Howard
H. Howard
Alice
Andrew Andresen
Helen
Hogan Hoganson
Charles Iseminger
Mesdames
Edwin Juhl
Clarence Juhl
Stanley Erickson
James Ramsey William Ramsey
Gus Ramsey
Frank Ramsey
Howard Hatland
Lester Hasbrook
E. Morton
Ray Miller
Ben Harland
William Hageman
Dewey Partello
Alfred Claussen
Mrs. Howard
East Riverside Country Club Meeting Highlights
East Riverside Country Club members gathered at a private home to discuss club affairs. The meeting covered membership matters, upcoming events, and governance notes affecting club operations.
Pedestrian Fatalities Dominate January 1941 Auto Deaths
A Safety Education Department report shows pedestrians accounted for about 41 percent of the 2,230 motor vehicle deaths in January 1941. Nine hundred eighteen pedestrian fatalities occurred nationwide, with men ages 25 to 64 and children aged 6 to 14 at higher risk, and crossing streets not at intersections identified as a leading cause. Traffic patterns varied by day, with Wednesdays and dark-hour incidents contributing notably to the toll. The state of Iowa recorded nine pedestrian deaths that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abnual Casualty & Safety Company
Towa
Weekend Visitors and Local Notices
ARMSTRONG Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Nicoson of Rolfe spent the weekend visiting friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Knipe and daughter of Emmetsburg were guests Sunday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Knipe. Alvin Rischer who is employed in Rolla Mo. spent the weekend visiting here with his family and friends. Bobby Gabriel of Estherville spent the weekend visiting with his friends here. Mrs. W. Maschmann and son Bill and John DeDecker visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pape and family last week. Bill Maschmann will remain here where he is to be employed in the Pape garage, The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Burt is quarantined for scarlet fever. Their small daughter Marilyn, has the disease, The Alpha class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs. Chas. Denison last Thursday. Hostesses were Mrs. Denison, Mrs. A. Ramhorst and Mrs. W. Brown. Several music students presented their numbers at the Seneca Music Concert last Monday evening. The boys' quartet consisting of Bob Sorenson, Kenneth Eckhart, Bob Looft and Harold Johnson, and mixed quartet consisting of Alice Camden, Frances Horswell, Bob Looft, and Bob Sorenson, accompanied by Miss Christie Kruel made the trip, Mr. and Mrs.L. Schuler of Swea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Nicoson
Rolfe
Wm. Knipe
Emmetsburg
J. B. Knipe
Alvin Rischer
Rolla Mo
Bobby Gabriel
Estherville
W. Maschmann
Bill
John DeDecker
W. Brown
Seneca
Bob Sorenson
Kenneth Eckhart
Bob Looft
Harold Johnson
Alice Camden
Frances Horswell
Christie Kruel
Mra.l. Schuler
Swea
Carswell Couple Honored on Thirty Third Anniversary
Mr and Mrs G S Carswell were honored with a surprise party last Thursday evening for their thirty third wedding anniversary. Five hundred games awarded high score to Mrs Charles Robinson and Harold Horswell, low score to Denver Rose. Guests listed include multiple local couples. a monetary purse was given to the honorees, followed by lunch. Armstrong music students enter district music contest in Swea City with twenty one entries, performing Thursday through Saturday.
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G. S. Carswell
Charles Robinson
Harold Horswell
Denver Rose
Earl Theesfiel
A. J. Bosworth
Arnold Wilson
George Wilson
Paul Werner
Frank Wegner
Albert Wegner
Harry Wegner
Estherville
Spender Mather
Swea City
Jake Zuefle
Fenton
Adolph Pederson
Death of Gus H Peterson at 72 in Fargo hospital
Jack Creek residents mourn pioneer Gus H Peterson of Grandin North Dakota who died at age 72 after emigrating from Sweden as an infant. He settled on the farm later occupied by the Kenneth Harding family, moving to North Dakota in 1917 after arriving in America at five months old. Survived by wife Nettie and four sons Alvin Lester Lyle Dale and one daughter Mrs John Peterson, with many friends attending his funeral and neighbors naming frequent visitors from nearby towns.
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Gus H. Peterson
Grandin
N. Dak
Fargo
Mr. Peterson
Kenneth Hardings
North Dakota
Peterson
Ringted
America
Sweden
Nettie Alliby
Holinois
Jack Creek
Alvin
Lester
Lyle
Dale
N. Dale
John T. Peterson
Marcus Wash
M. J. Trandall
John Basold
Fred Theil
Britt
Iowa
Frank Nielson
Osgood
Paul Voetmann
Hamilton School of Business
Mason City
A. S. Voetmann
George West
Estherville
Types of salmon for every dish and a baked salmon cat
Several kinds of salmon differ in color texture and price. King or Spring salmon suits salads due to large flakes and oil content while Meilium Red Coho or Silver are all purpose. Pink is common and cheaper. Salmon provides iodine calcium phosphorus and vitamins A and D. a baked salmon cat recipe follows for six to eight servings.
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Towa
Foster Belt
Garden assortment may cut seed costs nearly a fourth
Emmet County retailers offer a low cost family seed assortment saving up to 25 percent on the garden seed bill. Varieties recommended by Town State College horticulturists aim to provide a year’s supply for a family of five with seed packets sized for multiple plantings. The program, aided by college, wholesale dealers, Farm Security, and WPA, stresses nutrition and long-term storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
MM. A. Balkema
Town State College
Farm Security Administration
Works Progress Administration
Balkema
Alaska
Little Marvel
Thomas Laxton
Stowell
Danver
Marion Market
-V.R HOME GARDENING PAYS IOWA FAMILY 53 CENTS AN HOUR
Ames Iowa farmers logged garden work time to measure pay. Thirty Story county families averaged 68 cents per hour for weeding hoeing and planting with five above 75 cents and one at 1.27 dollars. Margarett Tiffany of Iowa State College notes the wage figure from the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Margaret Tiffany
Iowa State College
Skull found in Watonwan County linked to old disappearance
The Fairmont Daily Sentinel reports a human skull found near Ormsby in Watonwan County. Sheriff investigates potential links to the 35 year old disappearance of Nelo Wright, former editor of the Jackson Republic, with prior inquiry recalling a rural creamery incident and a missing rider named Wrist.
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Fairmont Daily Sentinel
Ormsby
Watonwan
Nelo Tt Wright
Taeheon
Jackson Republic
Jeavimie Jaeheoan
Wotonwier
Wright
Smising
Missilee Tan
Wirdonwan
Witaht
Assuibant
Jackson
VLR
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Twin Lake Boy's
4-H Club
Twin Lake
Jens Egeland
M. A. Balkema
Eugene Burg
Harry Resher Melvin
Robert Scott
Vernon
Donald Torreson
Donald
Wayne Richards
Phillip
Ronald
Richard Herum
Harold
Lowell Rustad
Paul
Alvin Johnson
Duane Law
Claire Skattebo
Francis Larson
Ruth Jorstad
University At
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John Thomas
Gruver
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George Haar
Brown Creek
Arnold's Park
Earl Dean of
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Ed Harvey
John Campbell
Virginia
Robert
George ‘Grems
Barbara
Janis
George Robb
Lester Ramsey
Evan Higgins
E. E. Thrush
A. A. Crim
Walter Bragg
Jim Hartman
Jesse DeVoss
Clarence Hanson
Floyd Schenck
G. L. Gorton
Ruth McDonald
Clarence Schroeder
Pioneer Eagle
Grover
Wayne Webber
Leo Calhan
Charles
John Whitacre
Harold Andrews
Leroy Brown
Maurice Thompson
Belly Pierson
Don Caylor
Darling Bros
Spirit Lake
Darling
Harris
Paul Meyers
Theodore Thompson
Guy Ramsey
Thos. McKean
Lane Tostenud
Hannah Bergerson
Depew Lutheran Church
Cylinder
Ed Bergerson
Henry Bergerson
Russell Bergeran
Bode
Independence
Russell Bergerson
H. O. Schroeder
Clarence
Schroeder
Frank Hartman
Hartman
Lorenzo Hartman
Floyd McCoy
Dolliver
Ralph Hartman
Genevieve
Floyd
Leonard Peterson
Betty Hartman
Young People's Society
Rev. Sawyer
Florence Barber
Suner
Ladies League
Rex Inman
Allen Hiles
N. B. Inman
Kelly Field
George Calhan
Jimmy
Stanford Reid
Joliet
Ill
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Robert Calhan
Ihome
McCordy Field
Tacoma
Wash
Calhan
Frances
Cedar Falls
Bernadine
Grover School
A. B. Rosenberger
Caldwell
Lester Bergeson
O. W. Meyers
Jack Meyers
Will Warrington
Maye Case
Nelle Myers
L. O. Fransdall
Lois Fransdall
Harold Steinman
Harvey Solmonson
Doris Solmonson
Martin Berge
Glenn Olson
Maxine Chapman
Carl Walz
Helen Walz
Phil Delong
Floyd Lytle
G. F. Tostensen
John Anderson
Waldemer Fransdall
Belva Ross
Ed Timmons
Charlie Stoffel
Florence Potter
Lars Wee
John Hennick
Francis Salmonson
Floyd Beaver
Lane Tostenrud
Virginia Ramsey
Hannah Bergeson
Harry Wratten
Wendell
Des Moines
A. M. Brown
Harvey Hipple
Orrie Myers
Roy Goldsberry
Geneva
Minn
William Carr
Superior
J. E. Goldsiberry
Oklahoma City
Okla
Maxine Workman
Kenneth Golsberry
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Isabelle Ramsey
Higenbotham
V.R
Contract Bridge Club
Wilfred Mangold
D. A. Fitzgibbons
H. C. Kirk
E. S. Camden
John Kingston
W. J. Marsch
A. Whitlow
L. E. Slaba
J. A. Huff
8. Stone
East Riverside Country Club
Armstrong
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Story County
V.rhome
NUMAN
Watonwan County
G. T. Tostenson
Ingersoll
Ingersol
Ingersol-Waterbury Company
Waterbury, Conn
Rat Billy
Hollywood
Good Housekeeping Bureau
MoReson & Robbing Ine
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