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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
2
A group of guests attended a shower honoring Ambrow Graft and Nic. Petersson as hosts. The event featured floral displays, gifts, and a champagne feature, with a guest list including Methames G L Gorton Ruth McDonald and many others. Several attendees and gift-givers from nearby towns were noted, along with schedule updates and local visits.
Mr and Mrs John Nesgard of Nashua Iowa, long residents of Esshervile area, were married August 5 in the Little Browns Church. Mrs Nesgard formerly Dora Hendrickson taught locally for years and is remembered by many. Her father O W Hendrickson was an early settler arriving in 1881.
Mrs. R L Clark and Miss Margaret Clark hosted a Tuesday luncheon at their North Sixth Street home. Attending were Mrs. E C Bombarger, Mrs. Lester Sidles, Mrs. Frank Sutton, Mrs. Wesley Sutton, Mrs. L J Hauge of Howard D, Mrs. Arthur Yates, Mrs. J W Pawell, Miss Margaret Maniece, Mrs. Frank Sharp, Miss Mildred Sharp and Mrs. Cecil Seamans. Guests unable to attend included Mrs. Grace Ross, Miss Ivadell Ross and Mrs. Wayne Small. Miss Maxine Chapman left Monday night for Petersborough Ontario Canada to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Hepburn for about two weeks.
Allen Morris received a bushel of peaches from friends at his Park View clinic room on Tuesday night. His wife brought cake, Angel food by Mrs Leonaard Tangros, and homemade fudge raised suspicion before all guests arrived. Morris, hospitalized six weeks with a broken right leg from a hay bale truck fall, enjoyed cake and coffee with relatives and neighbors.
A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Eveleth at Park View clinic. Cheryl has been chosen as her name. The father is a chemical warfare specialist with the coast guard. Igors Davikigon of Minneapolis visits with Mrs. W. E. Bradley and friends.
County Extension Director M A Balkema and extension poultryman W R Whitfield discuss feeding pullets. Two to three weeks before housing, switch from growing mash to a laying concentrate with bottled sunshine and green feed. Birds housed later in fall benefit from a solid diet to sustain egg production. range feeding delays production and risks false molt. A pamphlet P649 outlines formulas and feeding suggestions for heavy fall and winter production.
On the C. J. Carlson farm near LeGrand a growing in-house machine shop produces labor saving devices and farm attachments. Carlson rebuilt tractors with higher compression pistons and built a hydraulic press, inspiring neighbors and drawing engineers from manufacturers to inspect his designs.
The 1944 centennial marks the Grand Lodge of Iowa birth begun with four lodges in 1844. Noted figures include Judge Joseph Williams and Territorial Governor Robert Lucas with his secretary Theodore Parvin who helped found Iowa Masonry. Growth shows 643 lodges and 69,450 members today, from 10 members.
The Osceola County community of Sibley prepares for the new creamery project with contractors advancing site work and early operations. Details and plans are to be completed soon, with the manager stating the project aims to be finished by summer.
The fragment identifies a play attributed to Warren Miffers with a stylized title or author presentation. No additional context or details are available to confirm publication, date, or venue.
Local showings begin Friday at the Grand with the Monogram western Law Men starring Johnny Mick Brown and Raymond Hatton. Brown plays a U S marshal going undercover in a New Mexico cattle town to stop a spate of holdups while Hatton runs a shoemaker racket. Kirby Grant is drawn into the plot. Pretty Jan Wiley appears as his fiancée as the marshals reveal the ringleaders.
The Register and Tribune announce 1944 Wood Production Citations to honor farms and groups for planting harvesting and maximizing machinery use. Awards will be in three divisions Farm City and Town County winners with nominations open to individuals and organizations backed by detailed facts and addresses. The program involves state agriculture officials extension service AAA and war food administration.
Stationery package offered for sale at ten cents. reads as a small classified notice with limited readable details and a straightforward price.
The Bowls family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for their sympathy and beautiful floral tributes in memory of our dear husband and father, Mia Bowls, from Charles Bowls and family.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions the Chicago Hearld American and a date on a Sunday. The readable words are incomplete, offering no clear event, names, or location beyond the newspaper title.
Emmett County Iowa will convene August 16 1944 at 10 AM in the Auditor's Office Estherville to hear estimates of expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year beginning January 1 1945. Public input on budget items is requested.
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