Estherville Board Tables Teacher Retention Plan April 19
The Estherville board of education offered current staff contracts for another year with May 1 as the return deadline. Two teachers Miss Mary Esther Nauman and Miss Velma Bass resigned. The board, led by president Roy Ridley, approved about five percent salary increases boosting payroll to $67,500 next year.
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Estherville Board of Education
Estherville
Mary Esther Nauman
Velma
Bass
Clark
B.b.kint
Robert Knight
Estherville Invitational Field Meet Set for May First
The annual Estherville Invitational Track and Field Meet will be held May 1 with numerous schools expected to send teams including West Waterloo Carroll Fort Dodge Central Sioux City Spirit Lake Emmetsburg Storm Lake Spencer Algona Pocahontas Worthington and several Minnesota towns. Five records were broken or tied, led by Wassen Fort Dodge with 120 yard high hurdles in 16.9 and Spirit Lake in the 200 yard hurdles in 24.4. Ehrich Cherokee in the 980 yard run 2 08.9. Kolb Storm Lake shot put 48 feet 6 inches. Alderson Dennison javelin 168 2. West Waterloo 440 yard relay tied meet record 45.5. Medley 3 52.1 and 880 relay 1 41. Quimby set both medley and 880 relay records. West Waterloo won 1986 meet. E-Commerce trophy will be awarded to winner along with medals and star votes in relays. Coach Frank Casey to start and referee. Billie Deming travels to Babson Park, Fla., to visit grandparents and act as chaperone returning this week.
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Estherville
West’ Waterloo
Upion
Carrol
Fort Dodgentral
Sioux City
East Siouxity
Spencer
Sheldon
Rockwellity
Pipestone
Minn
Worthinga
Spirit Lake
Emmerburg
Buffalo Center
Garner
Forest City
Swea City
Storm Lake
Milford
Terri
Lakefield Minn
Sherburn
Alta
Sibley
Rock Valley
Ehrich
Cherokee
Kolb
Alderson
Dennizon
Cowan
Waterloo
Westee
Mason ‘City
Quimby
Weat
West Waterloo
Ft. Dodge
Central
Bronx City
Clear Lake
Carroll
Dennison
Marathon
Britt
Meridia
Seville
Ceylon
Mason City
Emmetsburg
Sibley Algona
Belmond
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Fort Dodge
Went High
Starvetea
Frank Casey
Popular Rock Island agent is promoted
A. L. Buffer of Estherville has been transferred to Rock Island Illinois as Rock Island agent. residents celebrate his promotion while regretting his departure. Buffer arrived in Estherville from Dows four years ago to replace retired agent and yardmaster E W Knight. He was elected councilman at large on March 29 and attended his first meeting. Buffer leaves tonight for Rock Island. his wife and family stay to find a home. D M Hummel will relieve Buffer until a successor is chosen.
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Estherville
Irwin C. Nichols
Vinni’ DeRemer
Ernest Dohingon
Mankato
Minn
Alvina DeRemer
the Peace
Curtis Page
A. L. Buffer
Rock Island
Buffer
Dows
E. W. Knight
Tie
Jay Howard
D. M. Hummel
Ehlers
A. [. Reed
John C. Lilley
J. P. Koster
J. E. Stockdale
G. Ewen
W. V. Sweet
Park and Public Improvement
A. A. Fisher
Goodell Street
9Th Street
South 9Th Street
Telephone Lines Repaired After Sleet Storm
After days of sleet rain and wind disrupting northern Iowa lines, Estherville service was restored by Sunday afternoon. About 22 of 28 local Northwestern Bell toll lines failed due to sleet and snapped wires. Linemen worked around the clock. railway wire and telegraph services were fully restored statewide.
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Iowa
Estherville
Minnesota
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
R. C. Rogers
V.R
Pupils Sign Confessions in Breakin Case at Junior High
Frederick South and Louis Lines, both 17, were sentenced to the State Industrial School at Eldora after confessing to a series of burglaries and robberies in Estherville. They faced Judge Davidson this afternoon with actions to determine parole after fourteen months. The youths admitted eight of nine robberies, detailing breaks at Sidles Grocery, Joyce Lumber Co, Robb's sales pavilion, Taylors cafe, Munson's bottling works, and Paris Clerzners among others, and faced separate room questioning by officers.
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Frederick South
Louis Lines
Davidson
State
Eldora
Reform School
Estherville
J. Frederick South
Sidles
Louis
Meat Department
Sorum
Mace
Joyce Lumber Co
South Fifth Street
Robb
Taylor
Munson
Jackson
L. L. Jones
C. BE. Case
Cliff Fredericksen
T. Louis Lines
Well Known Residents Pass Away
Several notices report the deaths of local residents and relatives. L L Clements aged 65 died after a yearlong illness in Estherville with services at home and the Methodist church and burial in Lane County. Margaret Burns known as Peggy, 20, died after kidney illness with funeral at St Patrick Church and burial in Catholic cemetery. William Nye Crumb former Emmet county resident died in Kelso Washington after illness, with his brother Elmer Crumb of Estherville present. Mrs Max Troestler died Sunday morning at 4 am.
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L. L. Clements
Westside
Aining
F. W. Ortmeyer
Lanesboo
Pall
Tipton
Lake City
South Dakota
Emmet County
Emma Oyen
Plainview
S. Oak
Hunt- Dottiver
Estherville
The
Northern Lumber Co
Clements
Farmers Union
Margaret Burns
James Burns
St. Patrick Catholic Church
J. L. Savage
Lawrence Doud
Joe Mester
Vernon Landmesser
Douglas Reynolds
Robert Waldron
John Amelsburg
Margaret
Peggy
Coleman Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Joe Origer
Kathryn Burns
West Union
B. Amelsburg
Algona
Ralph Callhan
Battle Creek
Mich
James
Bernard
Edwin
Clyde
Francis
el Reno
Okla
Larry
Fort Dodge
Washington
Kelso
Wash
William Nye Crumb
Elmer
L. 8S. Weatcott
Arlington
Nebr
Charles Logue
Max Troestler
Port St Joe’s comeback as paper mill boom reshapes town
Port St Joe once led Gulf Coast trade with a wooden rail line and pirates lore. Florida’s Port St Joe to revive as St Joe Paper Company of Florida plans a $6.8 million mill and $10 million city for workers, sourcing wood from Apalachicola forest, replanted turpentine lands, and small forest owners under a replanting program. The project marks a dramatic shift from past ruin and yellow fever to a modern industrial era.
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Babson Park
Fla
Gulf
Lake Wales News
Melbourne Times
Port St. Joe
Florida
America
Iola
Gulf of Mexico
DuPont
Gulf Shore
St. Joe Paper Company
Apalachicola National Forest
Sodom
Gomorah
Jay Howard Named Estherville Councilman at Large
Estherville city council appoints Jay Howard local grocer to fill vacancy from A L Buffer’s resignation. Howard takes oath, attends meeting, and will serve as board of review as council proceeds.
Prominent Speakers For Event In Estherville Institute
A business men’s institute will be held in Estherville on Monday April 19 with John H DeWild of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association and William Ansgaard of the John W Thomas Co as speakers. The full day program includes a 10:00 am show card writing class a noon luncheon and a 7 pm banquet and business session at the Gardston hotel. The Chamber of Commerce invites business men from Armstrong Maple Hill Grover Ringsted Wallingford Gracttinger Terris Superior Spirit Lake Dunnell Huntington and Dolliver to attend.
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John H. DeWild
Joo
Wim. Unsgaard
Minneapolis
Business Men’s Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Estherville
Mineapolis Civic and Commerce Association
William Ansgaard
Gardston Hotel
Institute
Armstrong
Maple Hill
Grover
Ringsted
Wallingford
Gracttinger
Terris
Superior
Spirit Lake
Dunnell
Huntington
Dolliver
J. E. Wilson
Wm. H. Sykes
DeWild
Unsgaard
Ringsted Residents In Ice Crash After Nevada Contest
Six Ringsted residents escaped serious injuries when their car skidded on icy pavement near Clarion and collided with another on a curve Friday night. They were returning from the district music contest at Nevada.Lillian and Leona Baaro, Verna Sorenson, Betty Madsen, and their parents were involved. Leona sustained a bruised knee, Betty head injuries. The car was badly damaged and the group could not continue home.
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Ringsted
Hans Baaro
Lillian
Leona
Verna Sorenson
Betty Madsen
Clarion
Nevada
Leona Bango
Addison Aulger to Coach Rip Van Winkle at Spirit Lake High
Addison Aulger of Aulger Bros. stock company coaches Spirit Lake High School in the play Rip Van Winkle to be presented April 9. Aulger will portray Rip Van Winkle, a role he has reportedly played for 265 years. Miss Dorothy Kropp returned to Minneapolis after visiting Estherville with friends.
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Addison Aulger
Aulger Bros. Stock Company
Rip van Winkle
Spirit Lake
Aulger
V.R
Dorothy Kropp
Minneapolis
Estherville
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Esther
Nauman
Velma Bass
Billie Deming
G .A. Nichols
Irwin Nichols
Ernest B. Johnson
South Front Street
Virginia DeRemer
Moss Township
Blue Earth County
Hallie James DeRemer
Alvina Agnes Schostag DeRemer
Johnson
Virginia
Mre. DeRemer
Nichols
Free Press
Curtis H. Page
C. A
Gus” Johnson
State Board of Control
Twin Cities
Blue Earth
Faribault
Crow
Carl Maffett
Max Baldwin
Georgetown
Illinois
F. C. Davidson
Robert Stearns
Idabelle Stearns
Stearns
Johnsons
St. Paul
C. T.,mulock
Harry Coffie
Lloyd L. Clements
William Crumb
G. A. Nichols
Dells
Ore
Mark Sullivan
Troestler
Lou Troestler
Goo. Troestler
Howard
Fred Ehlers
W. M. Bale
Gwendolyn Haxton
Ansgaard
John W. Thomas Co
Minneapolis Tribue
Ball Park
M. & St. L. Railway
Addison
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