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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1937
Page
4
At a meeting the board of gestora of the Chamber of Commerce voted to observe Monday May 31 and Monday July 6 as Decoration Day and Independence Day holidays in Estherville. Stores except druggists will close all day. drug stores will close 1 pm to 5 pm.
Funeral services were held Sunday in Dickens for Ellen Hansen 82 mother of Mrs. C. Willey Jones and Harry Hansen of Estherville who died Thursday after a monthlong illness. Surviving daughters include Mrs. C. W. Jones of Estherville Miss Olive Hansen of Des Moines Mrs. John Ford of Orient and Mrs. John Taylor of Dickens. sons Walter Hansen of Spencer and George Hansen of Dickens with other relatives.
Donald Bartleman son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Bartleman of Graettinger and a East High Sioux City student won first in violin at the district meet in Ida Grove He earns a trip to the state contest in Iowa City in May He is known in Estherville and has played with the Little Symphony orchestra of Sioux City.
Fragmented OCR shows creamery and poultry pricing. Heavy hens over 5 lbs listed at 16 cents, other weight classes 14 to 6 cents. Leghorns and white eggs priced per dozen, No 2 and No 3 grades appear with minor figures. But text is garbled and many items unreadable.
Joyce Lumber plans a new 24 by 72 foot building with a 27 by 34 foot basement to expand yard facilities. Offices will front the new wing while the current center office becomes a warehouse. A 20 foot platform scale will be added in the west portion under one roof with the main structure and east sheds will be rebuilt into the unified plan.
Supt F G Stith of Estherville will speak in Armstrong tonight at a Parent Teachers Association meeting. The event supports the No-Foreign War crusade of the Emergency Peace campaign. Stith, a World War veteran, will discuss the supposed folly and futility of war with a personal background.
Three licenses were issued yesterday at the county clerk's office to Iver W. Potter and Hazel V. Adams. Darwin H. Hartke and Ruby M. Walter. Donald N. Maentretti and Josephine Reinke, all of Minnesota residents. Tolver J. Russett and Myrtle L. Trygatad were approved to wed on April 11. Tilford V. Christensen and Viola T. Drussell of Thompson also received a license.
Miss Marquez-Pfeffer, field representative of the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, visits Emmet county this week. She spoke yesterday on eradication at Superior school in Denmark township and addressed the Emmet consolidated school P T A. Tonight she talks at Wallingford and Halfa consolidated schools, then appears at a superintendent dinner in Gardaton, and a meeting of the Eserville coordinating council. Friday she speaks to a Jack Creek township P T A. The schedule includes a dinner Wednesday night and a Friday night council event.
Bixby Melvin Bagan Miss Bonnie Rouseau and Miss Mary Heneman escaped serious injuries Friday night when their car was struck by a hit and run driver on Highway No. 9 west of Superior about 8 30 en route to Spirit Lake. The left side was crushed and the car overturned in a ditch before a passing motorist helped them to Estherville. Police report only a hub cap from a Dodge left at the scene.
A. O. Anderson 58 of Milan Minnesota died Sunday afternoon at Redwood Falls while returning from Estherville where he and his wife spent the weekend visiting Andrew Whalen's home. He stopped at an oil station for water and died in the car. He is a brother of Mrs Whalen and cousin of Mrs Bert Handeland. Funeral services will be held in Eagle Grove, former home of the couple.
Iowa’s per capita consumption of distilled liquors in 1986 was the lowest among 37 states and the District of Columbia with legal liquor sale. Distilled Spirits Institute report lists Iowa at 0.440 gallons, Vermont next at 0.659, while DC tops at 3.793 gallons. Monopoly states averaging 0.984 gallons lag license states at 1.182 gallons.
At a special McKinley school P T A meeting set for Thursday evening April 15 at 8 o clock a program will present the development of music in Estherville schools Demonstration class in grade one song by a group from grades two and three demonstration classes in grades four five and six high school boys octette high school small mixed chorus beginners violin class junior high string ensemble All parents and friends are invited.
A government representative visited Emmetsburg to announce that the new post office will be built on the court house square. After months of debate over location, officials expect construction to start soon. Miss Ellen Mary Wiley returned to Easterville from Minneapolis after a spring vacation with relatives.
A springtime luncheon organized by the Estherville Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Gardston hotel at 12 05 noon on Wednesday. The program will cover Chamber of Commerce matters and Estherville concerns. Doors close at 1 00 pm and reservations are due by Tuesday evening.
Applications for homestead tax exemption must be filed by June 1 at the Emmet County Auditor’s office, with deed or contract records required. Witnesses must be freeholders from the same taxing district. Maximum relief is 12.5 mills this year with grants paid on full installments. cash refunds apply if full year tax paid before March 31. Homestead defined as the owner’s dwelling for six months or more, plus attached lots up to limits by city or rural area.
The Federal Land Bank announced the sale of a quarter-section in Emmet county to C. L. Weisbrod of Yarmor near Ringsted for about 80 per acre. The farm lies 1 1/2 miles southeast of Ringsted. Purchase was made through C. J. Burke, fieldman for the land bank, and S. C. Hoin, secretary treasurer of the National Farm Loan Association at Ringsted.
Estherville bankers are invited to attend the State Bankers association meeting in Emmeteburg on May 3. A day of sessions precedes an evening dinner for visiting bankers.
Northw est Iowa enjoyed two real spring days with sunny warmth. Temperatures have been seasonable, nightly freezes largely absent except one night, and a light rain measured at .30 inches. The outlook for April 12 to 17 shows little precipitation and temperatures near normal across the upper Mississippi and surrounding plains.
After twelve hours of deliberation from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, a jury in Algona awarded $635.00 to Kuecker in his suit against Adolph Questad of Armstrong for injuries from a collision eight miles east of Estherville on October 8. Kuecker, a traveling salesman, was represented by J. W. Morse of Estherville and L. L. Linnan of Algona, with F. J. Kennedy of Estherville for Questad. The jury stood nine to three for the plaintiff for several hours Saturday evening.
The Yankton college glee club with 21 men from four states will perform Wednesday night at the city hall in a program linked to the Estherville coordinating council on Delinquent Children. The event is in cooperation with First Church Wake League Wa Tan Ye Club Woman's Club and features speakers Miss Marguerite Pfeffer Miss Frances E McNamara and Dr Mae Habenricht. A motion picture on dependent and neglected children will be shown.
Everett Wiss, 28, died in Lutheran hospital Fort Dodge after a brief illness. Survived by widow and four children, parents C A Wiss of Fort Dodge, four brothers Henry Elmer Arvid Daniel and sister Mrs Anna Sunberg, all in the region. Also mentioned, Charles Howe of Spencer appointed by Clay County board to succeed Moulton in Spencer business role.
The Vindicator and Republican sponsors "The Bride Wakes Up" a full length Hollywood feature at the Grand theatre April 22 23 24 benefiting homemaking themes. The film blends humor romance and kitchen craft with close ups of recipes and practical tips for modernized homekeeping. Free recipe sheets and daily surprises accompany the show as neighbors gather for an entertaining cooking classroom on screen.
A Storm Lake mass meeting heard Estherville speakers advocate municipal light plant ownership. Mayor Fred Ehlers William Bale and George Shadle outlined plant history from 1922 24 hour service 2000 horsepower and $250000 valuation. They cited $31000 relief labor since 1931 and improvements funded by the plant including pool hall water works and city hall. Storm Lake rates compare higher with 7 cents first 60 kwh versus Estherville six cents first kwh.
The Emmet county declamatory contest will be held Saturday at city hall with Miss Marie Sorum, county superintendent of schools, stating the day begins at 9 30. First and second place winners from all county divisions compete, with the county music contest in May tied to a rural teachers meeting. Miss Marguerite Pfeffer of the Town Tuberculosis association will speak and show two films on eradication. Results of recent declamatory and music contests are noted, including Denmark township results.
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