Estherville junior college to present Holiday play
Invitations issued to 24 area high schools for the Estherville junior college production of Holiday to be staged April 17 for guests and April 18 for the public. Rehearsals led by Edward Kyvig. Tickets may be reserved Friday at the secretary's office. The cast includes Linda Seton, Jean Kennedy, Ned Seton, and others in a story about the Sexton family.
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Estherville Junior College
Spirit Lake
Milford
Superior Township
Superior
Swea City
Armstrong
Graettinger
Halfa Consolidated
Maple Hill
Grover
Dolliver
Emmet Consolidated
Lake Township
Sexton
Linda Seton
Jean Kennedy
Johnny Case
Gregory McNally
Julia Seton
Margaret Maine
Ned Seton
Bruce Dahlbo
Susan Potter
Ruth Willey
Nick Potter
Russell Smith
Edward Seton
Harold Schildknecht
Laura Cram
Alice Handeland
Seton Cram
Frank Campion
Henry
Donald Larson
Edward Kyvig
V.R
Spelling Contests Send Winners to Ames Meet
Emmet county high school spelling champions from 1940 and 1941 will travel to Ames on Thursday April 19 to compete in the state contest. Miss Marie Sorum county superintendent accompanies them. The event will be broadcast on radio station WOT from 2 30 to 8 00 pm with words pronounced by Prof. Fred Cram. The 1941 team includes Dorothy Perkins Armstrong Margaret Christensen Ringsted Jeanette Rasmussen Ringsted and Betty Ann Duen Gruver. The 1940 team features Ruth Maniece Emmet Consolidated Margie Johnson Armstrong Virginia Hartman Grover Wanda Lilland Emmet Consolidated and Wanda Fretty. Hartman is also a county winner.
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Emmet
Ames
Marie Sorum
WOT
Fred Cram
Cedar Falls
Chew
Dorothy Perkins
Armstrong
Margaret Christensen
Ringsted
Jeanette Rasmussen
Betty Ann Duen
Gruver
Ruth Maniece
Emmet Consolidated
Margie Johnson
Virginia Hartman
Grover
Wanda Lilland
Wanda Fretty
Miss Hartman
Notice to Red Cross workers unfinished garments pickup
All finished Red Cross garments in knitting or sewing may be taken to the Red Cross rooms over the Leuthold Tibbetts store. The room will be open two afternoons Tuesday April 15 and the following Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00. The committee appreciates workers returning finished garments promptly.
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Red Cross
Leuthold-Tibbetts
Calisthenics Classes For Women By WPA Program
The WP A Recreation department will offer calisthenics and simple reducing exercises for women starting April 15. Sessions run Tuesday 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the city hall auditorium and Friday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The program supports national defense aims and physical fitness. Exercises draw on a Calisthenics textbook, with courtesy from Dr S C Staley of the University of Illinois.
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Wp.a. Recreation
City Hall
W.P.A
S. C. Staley
University of Illinois
Pow wow at Storm Lake Spring event draws Y clubs
On Saturday April 19, boys from YMCA Camp Foster District will converge on Storm Lake for an all day Spring Pow Wow and Round Up. About 33 clubs from Estherville to Spirit Lake including Friendly Indian Pioneer Y will participate with a basketball tournament parade entertainment crafts and a park feast.
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Y.M.C.A
Camp Foster
Storm Lake
Friendly Indian
Pioneer Y
Old Main Street
Estherville
Grover
Hartley
Laurens
Sibley
Sac City
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Terris
Cherokee
Newell
Local Creamery Men Receive Excellent Ratings
Fleven Iowa buttermakers earned ratings on butter in the April Iowa quality educational scoring contest held in Brooklyn. Judges included A W Rudnick Karl Wester and Martin Mortensen, with superior ratings awarded to P E Frettem H P Geil John Helgason Gordon Sandvng and Oral Bonstead. Excellent ratings went to John Fish Kenneth Medin. Gene Kelly and Les Johnson received very good ratings.
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Fleven
Iowa
Brooklyn
A. W. Rudnick
Karl Wester
Martin Mortensen
Iowa State College
P. E. Frettem
H. P. Geil
John Helgason
Estherville
Gordon Sandvng
Wallingford
Oral Bonstead
Graettiner
John Fish
Kenneth Medin
Graettinger
Gene Kelly
Les Johnson
Emmetsburg
Fined for Spearing Fish at Turtle Lake
Vernon K. Burgeson and Erickson of Armstrong were each fined ten dollars and costs for spearing fish in Turtle Lake. They were apprehended by conservation officer E. M. Wogen last Wednesday and faced a hearing before Justice Mi Hof Schloeman.
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Vernon K. Burgeson
Everett TF
Erickson
Armstrong
Turtle Lake
E. M. Wogen
Mi 'H. Schloeman
Estherville Busts Fortune Telling Ring
Estherville police dismantle a gypsy fortune telling operation led by Mickey Adams who faced a Kentucky license charge. Adams pleaded guilty, fined 50 dollars with 45 due, and left town within 15 minutes after hearing as others in the group vanished.
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Estherville
Cliff Fredericksen
Mickey Adams
Iowa
Justice Schloeman Adams
Adams
Kentucky
Williams
Vindicator
Republican
Mme. Kastrina
V.R
Easter Rainfall Deluge Dampens Easter Parade
Local weather observer Mrs. Orvis notes .96 inches of rain on Easter Sunday with showers breaking the day. Spells of heavy downpours followed by hot, sticky periods dampened Easter outfits while churches filled and visitors toured Esstville. April totals reach 1.71 inches with a warm 78 degree high on Saturday and 76 on Sunday.
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Estherville
New Books Added to School Libraries Since 1988
The local board of education reports 1110 new volumes purchased for the school library over the last three years, bringing high school and junior college holdings to 5355 volumes. Purchases include 178 Educational, 260 Curriculum, 123 Science Biology Health, 64 History, 40 Fiction, 16 Aeronautics, 20 Vocational, 19 Home Economics, 136 Agricultural, 14 Algebra, 8 Music, 2 French, 28 Literature, 9 Economics, and 204 Miscellaneous.
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Board of Education
Estherville Lutheran Church to Install New Pipe Organ
Through the Tosdals generous gift, Estherville Lutheran Church will install a floating tone pipe organ in the new edifice. The two manual console will be in the choir loft with independent magneted pipes and a large Open Diapason. Special acoustical treatment enhances church auditorium sound.
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H. H. Tosdal
Estherville
Wife of Dickinson supervisor dies in Terril
Mrs. Frank Hanlon aged 74 wife of Frank Hanlon Dickinson county supervisor died suddenly Tuesday evening at their Terril home from a heart attack. Funeral held 10 am Friday at St Josephs Milford with burial in Milford Catholic cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters and two sons Carmen Corso Chicago Dorothy Hanlon Margaret Hanlon Terril Tom Hanlon Waterloo Francis Hanlon Terril.
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Frank Hanlon
Dickinson County
Richland
Lloyd
Okoboji
Milford
Terril
Hanlon
Hanson
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Dentlinger
Milford Catholic Cemetery
Carmen Corso
Chicago
Dorothy Hanlon
Margaret Hanlon
Tom Hanlon
Waterloo
Francis Hanlon
Call Number 11 Selectees for April Induction
The local draft board lists ten selectees to depart Estherville by train on Monday April 21 at 4 00 p m for the Des Moines induction center for final physical examinations. Names include McKay Archer Six Gres Kruse Sifrit Lytle Erickson Larson Klingbeil with replacements Bosold Gangstad Jenson Bennicksen Sabin Iverson and a note that Helmer Linn failed his Des Moines exam and Bosold will fill his place. Bosold leaves April 17 as a replacement for a prior rejected selectee.
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Draft Board
Estherville
Des Moines
Wayne William McKay
Ringsted
Floyd Harvey Archer
Armstrong
Harold Edward Six
Willis Harold Gres
Kenneth Francis Kruse
Gracttinger
Sheldon Albert Sifrit
Lyndon Leslie Lytle
Telwood Gerald Erickson
Leland Sherman Larson
Wallingford
Gustave William Henry Klingbeil
Erickson
Larson
Klingbeil
Robert Bosold
Arnold Gangstad
Melvin Jenson
Esthervile
Eldon Bennicksen
Lyle Sabin
Raymond Iverson
Helmer Linn
Focal Board
Bosold
Four Estherville men to report for Des Moines induction
Four local men Norman Fink Maurice McCall Darrell Roberts and William Moore from Estherville will depart Thursday at 12 30 by bus to the induction center in Des Moines to fill the April 17 quota from Emmet county. They will be guests at an Elks supper Wednesday at Swede's Place with Harold Reed and William Swift hosting.
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Elks Lodge
Elks Club
Harold Reed
William Swift
The
Elks
Des Moines
Temmet County
Norman Fink
Maurice McCall
Darrell Roberts
William Moore
Estherville
County Festival Brings Five Schools to Emmet County Concert
Five Emmet county schools Dolliver Ringsted Estherville Mapleton and Graver will take part in the annual county music festival on Friday April 18 at Grover gymnasium starting at 8:00 p.m. A 100 piece mass band led by A N Mahannah Spirit Lake and a 100 voice mass chorus directed by Richard Gentry Buena Vista College Storm Lake will perform. Admission is 10 and 25 cents.
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Emmet County
Grover
Grover Gymnasium
Dolliver
Ringsted
Esbherville
Maple Tilt
Graver
A. Mahannah
Spirit Lake
Richard Gentry
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
W R Stevens Rites Held
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 8 00 for Oscar J Stevens who died Thursday from a heart attack The services were in the Christian church with Rev L A Mathie of Estherville Lutheran in charge The remains were taken to Boyd Minnesota for a Monday 2 00 service Burial was in Boyd cemetery Pallbearers were fellow workers at the Motor Supply Company Names include William Recher M I Ressell Peter Seh rack Harold Nalleck Ivor McLane Maurice Burrell A close friend served as the other pall bearer -W R-
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Oscar J. Stevens
Christian Church
L. A. Mathie
Estherville
Peter Sehrack
Harold Nalleck
Ivor McLane
Maurice Burrell
Emmet County Institute to Hear Gregor Ziemer Speaker
The Emmet county Boys and Girls Institute will be held in Estherville on May 9 and 10 under county superintendent Marie Sorum. On opening day May 9 Miss Sorum will introduce Gregor Ziemer, a noted newspaper man and educator with eleven years in Germany. He broadcast Hitler’s first U S shortwave speech and will recount his German experiences with Nazi authorities, hospitals, labor camps, and meetings with Hitler Goering and Goebbels. He authored 2010 Days of Hitler.
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Emmet
Estherville
Marie Sorum
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
Ziemer
Germany
Institute sessions to be held at multiple city venues
Sessions of the institute will be held in the junior high school and Roosevelt auditorium the Methodist church and the city hall. The program has not been completed but will be released as soon as it is finished.
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Roosevelt Auditorium
Methodist Church
Mrs. Cecil Munson Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Cecil Munson 38 died Thursday at her Whiting home after an extended brain cancer illness. She had been bedfast since September and underwent multiple operations, the latest in October at Rochester Minnesota. Survived by husband Mr. Munson superintendent of Whiting schools and three children Tommy 13 Marlene 9 Billy 5, her parents Rev and Mrs Bergman, a sister and a brother. Funeral services held in Whiting then Charles City with burial there.
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Cecil Munson
Rochester
Minn
Whiting
Munson
Menno
Tommy
Marlene
Billy
Wr. Bergman
Charles City
Rev
Nelson
Laverne, Iown
George Bergman
Omaha
Nebraska
Richard
Estherville
Tromer Munson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bride Lucille Strang Weds Pranvis Erickson in Cedar Rapids
Miss Lucille Strang daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee J Strang longtime Estherville residents now of Cedar Rapids married Saturday April 12 to Pranvis Erickson son of Mr and Mrs E L Erickson Benton Harbor Michigan The Ericksons will reside in Benton Harbor courtesy Des Moines Register.
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Lucille Strang
Lee J. Strang
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Pranvis Erickson
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ite
E. L. Erickson
Cream farmers awarded 169 certificates for high scoring cream
The Iowa State College agricultural extension service awarded 169 Emmet county farmers certificates for producing cream scoring 93 or above in 1940. Certificates cover cream marketed via Estherville Wallingford and Doliver creameries, with nine evaluations conducted throughout the year under A. W. supervision.
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Emmet County
Estherville
Wallingford
Dolliver
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
A. W
Es therville and Dolliver farmers awarded cream certificates
A long list names Es therville and Dolliver recipients for cream certificates. The Es therville group includes Kedric Tindal C W Anderson S N Perkins R J Shannon and many more farmers. Dolliver participants named R T Olsen I Pope Wesley Hall G Richards Mrs H Griffith and others receive certificates for cream production.
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Estherville
Kedric Tindal
C. W. Anderson
S. N. Perkins
R. J. Shannon
James Coon
Walter Bragg
John Spov
George West
H. A. Sauer
I. J. Logue
Ralph LaRue
George Haar
Frank Clutchinson
Anton Roben
Dan $. Howard
Frank Yule
Ray Kinnander
Leonard HH
Guerdet
August Resch
Adolph Anderson
Orval Jones
J. J. Theesfeld
Lawrence Sandt
Charles O. Jacobson
John Allansvang
Carl Duer
James Jensen
Jesse DeVoss
Clifford Plintey
Ke, Swartz
TA. Winterton
J. J. Weis
David George
Charles G. Meinrich
Anton Ricke
A. Pitcher
C. P. Christensen
Englebert Neppl
J. A. Hiles
J. FF. Ramsey
Willian V. Tiles
FE. HH. Tarrego
IkKdna
C. Gray
J. H. Rosberg
A. H. Sterenberg
Vern Topp
J. C. Christensen
Soren Agerbeck
Herman Bargfrede
Sophus Rasmussen
Mack Fallis
August Schaper
Henry Peterson
Iver Johnson
Earl Sidles
Edgar Johnson
William Spoo
W. A. Moore
Paul R. Johnson
Hugh Anderson
Edick
Wayne* Small
LE. E. Shonkwiler
Glen Kettleson
Gillette Bros
George Stubbs
Paul Welnitz
Ted Marley
August Beadke
Walingford
J. C. Larsen
Ed Farris
Oscar Petersen
C. I. Seattebo
Bert Twite
Hans Jensen
Max Soeth
Ted Torresen
O. N. Refsell
FB. BL Berg
Raymond Herawn
Verne Fredericksen
Sam Natterstad
Jacob Amdahl
Herman Terke
Asher Petersen
LL. A. Ranson
Sylvester Bere
Ole Refsell
John Thomas
Ted Olsen
Ness Bros
Verman Peters
Donald Gage
Howard Hildreth
Carl Culklanz
S. J. Reinitz
M. Reno
C.D. Philpott
Henry Lofblom
I. John Petersen
AJR
Reno
Orville Dodge
Gilbert Osher
Andne Ness
Norman Olsen
Fd Uwutchinson
Conrad Ressell
Jeffrey Olsen
R. T. Olsen
Pope
Wesley Hall
G. Richards
H. Griffith
Uink
Henry Toll
John Kono
P. Phelps
William Hage
Charge Is Filed By Co. Att'y Against Mrs. Frank
County Attorney Rosendahl filed information charging Mrs. Faye Frank of Orleans with grand larceny. The case arose after a billfold containing $60 tied to Miss Helen Ulrich and Orville Carey’s marriage was found, and Frank was overheard returning to the sheriff. She posted $200 bond, and Nelson faces a pending liquor transportation charge.
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Rosendahl
Faye Frank
Orleans
Justice Court
Atty. Narey
Spirit Lake
Fredericksen
Justice Schloeman
Nelson
Hquor
Estherville
Frederickson
Frank
Iowa Conservation Commission
State Fish and Game Division
Armstrong Women Are In Accident
Mrs. Chas. Paris of Armstrong suffered a broken knee cap and injuries when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs. L. M. England near Maple Hill at about 3:00 PM Monday. Mrs. England and Mrs. Paris’s daughter Jean Paris were uninjured. damage to the cars was about $350.
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Chas. Paris
Armstrong
Paris
L. M. England
Maple Hill
England
Jean Paris
Umbargers Gather for Easter Family Reunion at Ashburn Home
Easter Sunday brought a large Umbarger family reunion at the Ashburn home. Attendees from Lake Park Lakefield Mason City Sioux City and Arthur included Mr and Mrs J B Umbarger and many relatives. Betty Clark assisted at the Gift Garden last week.
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V.R
Ashburn Home
Umbarger
H. J. Ashburn
Max Umbarger
Barbara
James
Lakefield
Minn
P. ‘J. Umbarger
Jean
Frank Umbarger
Bobbie
Duane
Mason City
Sam Love
Wesley Love
Wayne Raahe
Wanda Seeney
Arthur
Clara Umbarger
Sioux City
Local Names Mentioned in Fragmentary List
A fragmentary line lists individuals including K Tweet A J Burdette George Hall Rood Vand Lilland H Leibing Harry Wigdahl Art Valen Howard Hat Hand M W W Trewin P Herum H L Howard. No event or context provided to define actions or outcomes.
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Girls Boys Institute
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