Dorothy Perkins Wins Iowa Spelling Champion Title
Dorothy Perkins, 13, of Halfa, wins the 1939 Iowa spelling championship marking her second consecutive county win and ninth place last year in Des Moines. The Register & Tribune plans to send her to Washington, D.C., for the national contest next month. Halfa school hosts a reception with local friends and officials including Jesse Parker and R. W. Eaton as Dorothy’s banquet honors are organized by the Parent-Teacher Association.
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Dorothy Perkins
Halfa
Iowa
Des Moines
Dorothy
Register & Tribute
Washington
DB. CG
Azs
Halfa School
Jesse Parker
R.W. Eaton
Omaha
Iénaeet
Lease Room For Movie Theatre Here In Estherville
Ridinger of Primghar and C Farstaw applied to Estherville City Council for a license to operate a picture theatre. They leased the Allen building on Central avenue and will remodel immediately. After signing they went to Des Moines to secure equipment and plan to return Thursday to supervise. The council will meet Monday to consider the application.
Road Meeting Sets Emmet County Road Program
Emmet county faces upheaval as a $25 000 request for new gravel roads stalls. County Engineer L L Boggess and the board await a Friday April 28 meeting at 10 am with Raymond Zack of Mason City to discuss impacts of a new state law diverting funds from primary to secondary roads, stirring debate over regional benefits and drawbacks.
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Emmet
Board of Supervisors
L. L. Boggess
State Department
Brently
Bogess
Raymond Zack
Mason’ City
Iowa’ State
Excavation Planned for Estherville Lutheran Church
The Estherville Lutheran congregation begins basement excavation for a brick and stone church on Eighth Street and Second Avenue North. Local labor will be used under Forest City architect Thorwald Thorson. The 44 by 118 foot building will seat 450 to 700 with 12 Sunday school rooms and a balcony. A fall basement will house a large dining room and kitchens for social events.
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Estherville
Ladies Aid Societies
Dust storm memory as Estherville feels 84 degree heat
Estherville residents recall a dust storm from years past as a warm southerly wind brought a high of 84 degrees. Farmers boast of field work with many being seeded and a forecast calling for a week with possible showers and above normal temperatures in the upper Mississippi, lower Missouri valleys, and central Great Plains.
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Estherville
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Meteorite Display Arranged in Estherville
A fragment of the Esther ville meteorite, fallen May 10, 1879, was sent to Estherville for display. Wm H Sykes, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, arranged the loan from F F Groth of the University of Minnesota after a February 1928 visit to Minneapolis. The specimen measures eight by twelve by one inch and is part of a larger portion retained by the university.
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Estherville
North Farm
Wm. H. Sykes
Chamber of Commerce
F. F. Groth
University of Minnesota
J. E. Wilson
Mr. Sykes
Minneapolis
Fred J. Mayor
Malcolm M. Wil Jey
University of Minemeote
Minnesota
University
Muses National d’ Histoire Naturelle of
Paris
Natur
Memorial Day Speaker to Address Estherville Program
Bart Hall, editor of the Mason City Globe Gazette and former State American Legion commander, will speak at Estherville Memorial Day rites on May 30. The program opens with an invocation by Rev. F D Sawyer, features high school brass, and includes singing by Knights of Song. A service flag, firing squad salute, taps, and benediction follow. The rest of the text references a separate tale about a farmer and a meteorite discovery involving the University of Minnesota and Estherville’s meteor, noting various names and places in a fragmented manner.
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Bart Hall
Sons City Globe Gazette
American Legion
Estherville
Maurice Doyle
FD. Sawyer
Mac McMllan
Gregory McNally
Shirley Favanaugh
Edgar Naz
America
Wm. Hilea
W. Earl Hall
Hall
Knights of Song Quartette
Raymond Bringle
Francis Rigen
Dale Knutson
Robert Sewell
Service Star Legion
American Legion Autiliary
Henry Paul
Gus Wies
F. W. Ortewryer
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Republican
New Lutheran Church
Priday
Thorwald Thorson
Forest City
Weather Outlook
Mason City
John Horner
Horner
Ridley
Berzina
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