Social Happenings In A Small Iowa Town Community
Mr and Mrs Otto Opheim hosted relatives for dinner honoring newlyweds Mr and Mrs Joseph Corah of Minneapolis formerly Eva Opheim. Numerous local families visited and attended gatherings at Nasby Peterson Gilbert and Lundahl homes. Activities included threshing cookouts Bible camp attendance and a Fort Defiance Park Nasby reunion with many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Opheim
Joseph Corah
Minneapolis
Corah
Eva Opheim
O. Opheim
Ben Brunavold
C. O. Anderson
A. H. Nasby
Conrad Opheim
Millicent Englestad
Warren
Minn
Myron Spencer
Phyllis
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mesdames N. A. Jensen
Garland Peterson
Lakefield
August Jensen
Ardyce
Bert Hoffman
Faye Hoffman
Paola
Kansas
W. V. Peterson
H. P. Peterson
N. A
White Plains
New York
Henry Gilbert
DeMays
Nora Gilbert
Minda Benson
W. W. Peterson
Gary
Ole Nasby
Ellsworth Nasby
Albert Walden
Nels Mikelson
Wallingford
John
Sioux Valley
John Sanderson
Meta Sanderson
Alpha
Henry Ebeling
Jesse Anderson
Ringsted
Perry Landis
Illinois
Arthur Sanderson
Albert Brunsvold
Lillian
Irene
Ollie Nasby
Janet
A. W. Nasby
Caryll
Arline
S. A. Knutson
LeRoy
Vivian
Verlon
Carolle
Earl Schmidt
Harland
Kenneth Uden
C. A. Naby
Helge Lloyd Nasby
Paula Ann
Frank Wieskus
Amil Jensen
Dunnell
Gladys Gilbert
Estherville
H. H. Lundahl
No. Dak
Lundahl
Alexandria
Leonard Lundahl
Gerhard Olson
Freel Rinkob
Grover area social notes include showers and club meetings
Estherville events feature birthdays at the Meyers home and a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Jean Rasmusson Olson at Riverside Park. Attendees include Mildred Shultz Bett Ann Duea Janis Miriam Anderson Florence Origer and others. Grover Royal Neighbors plan a Riverside Park picnic Aug 18. Wide Awake 4 Her club met at Mrs Hartman with demonstrations on disappearing shadows and upcoming Achievement Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hipple
Mildred
Estherville
William Harvey, Jr
Orrie Meyers
Meyers
Mr. Meyers
Paul
Harris
Elbert Hayes
Manley
West
Ricke Sr
Grover
Jean Rasmusson Olson
Riverside Park
Olson
Alice
Mildred Shultz
Bett
Ann Duea
Janis
Miriam Anderson
Florence Origer
Florence Barber
Luella Thorsland
Martha Martin
Leona
Henrietta Whitacre
Vera Grems
Jens Rasmusson
Grover Royal Neighbors Lodge
Claude Ressler
Lloyd Dalkhe
Eva Barber
Soren Sore
Stanford
Maple Hill
Orvie Solomonson
Floyd Nehring
Lester Grems
Chester Brown
Rock Island
Reading
Minn
Ralph Hartman
Alice Shultz
Betty Ann Duen
Janis Anderson
Doris Natterstad
Betty Duen
Elna Woods
Dolliver community notes from a bustling August week
Mason City’s Bert Sharff checks a new town well in Dolliver while residents travel and visit relations from Dunnell to Estherville. Local clubs host picnics at Okamanpedan State Park with many families listed. church groups plan August meetings and socials. residents plan trips to Chicago and Marshall for leisure and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Sharff
Mason City
Dolliver
Harold Janssen
Dunnell
Minn
Mr. Janssen
Ann Peterson
Coleman Hospital
Mary Moltzen
Ernest Moltzen
Willma Mellwraith
W. G
Community Visits and Local Gatherings Across Estherville
Mrs. Costa visits family in Estherville and Milford then travels to Chinook Montana after a week in Chicago. relatives accompany her on portions of the trip. A large picnic at Ft. Defiance Park honors Retta Lee with attendance from Wertz, Andrews, Krissinger, Steele, Lee, and local families. Spirit Lake plans night football with floodlights funded by the school athletic department and aided by the kittenball group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willma Mcllwraith
Daphne Robinson
Reinbeck
Arnolds Park
George Jorgensen
Marshall, Minn
Dolliver
M. J. Iverson
Jorgenson
The
Farmers Creamery Co
Marshall
Gerald Stow
T. E. Johnson
P, Stow
Rockwell
City
Legio
ble.Normanj
Frank Bake
Kable
Frank Costa Hag
Allan
William Hiles
Minnie Hiles
Milford
Chinook
Mont
Wm. Hiles
Wilmar
South Dakota
Buford Hiles
David
Deane
Chicago
Allan Hiles
Vernon Brown
Rex Inman
Ollie Krissinger
Raymond Steele
Cedar Rapids
Howard Lee
Fostoria
George Lee
Adel
Frank Wertz
Verneufall
Armstrong
Vernon Wertz
Freed
Ernest Freed
Estherville
Retta Lee
Carl Perkins
Mary Broad
Des Moines
Robert Woods
Leonard Broad
Myron Graves
Andrew Sorum
Morris, II
Melvin Sorenson
Lohrville
Sorenson
Iron Lung Display Planned At Des Moines State Fair
Visitors to the Iowa state fair will see the Columbia Respirator known as the Iron Lung in operation at the Columbia Steel Tank Co exhibit. The device, linked to infantile paralysis treatments since 1929, reflects wider civic fund drives for life saving gear. July liquor sales across Iowa fell year over year in many towns, with total state figures down 241,733.50 from June. Estherville, Spirit Lake, Emmetsburg, Algona, Spencer show varied monthly changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia Steel Tank Co
Iowa
Liquor Control Board
Estherville
Spirit Lake
Emmetsburg
Algona
Spencer
Legal notice of quiet title in Emmet County Iowa
District Court of Emmet County Iowa receives a petition by Clark Lingenfelter claiming sole ownership of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter in Section 17 Township 100 Range 34 West of the 6th P M. He seeks a decree to quiet title against all defendants and unknown claimants. If defendants fail to appear by September 3 1940 a default and decree as prayed will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Iowa
Ethel Malander
Bert Malander
Amy Ella Lingenfelter
Keith JD. Cockburn
Donald A. Cockburn
Ethel Cockburn
Georgia Lingenfelter
George Lingenfelter
Leona S. Cockburn
Harry Cockburn
Henry Cockburn
First National Bank
Estherville
FR. A. Heiden
Wm. E. Cockburn
S& NE
Sth
Emmet
District Court of
S& NI
Towa
District Court of Iowa
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Petersburg
Gruver
Virginia Hartman
Genevieve Hartman
Gladys DeVoss
A. B. Rosenberger
Lee Shultz
Frances Byrne
Hartman
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th St
N. Y
Chatter Club
Okamanpedan State Park
Hiram Griese
G. A. McGuan
John Wigdal
Ed Reinhardt
W. L. Pope
William Maron
John Kano
Burton Johnson
Ingvard Jessen
Joe Horral
Thorvald Jessen
Ed Evans
Viggo Balmer
Niels Balmer
George McKean
Martin Balmer
Leonard Harness
Newton
Vernon Reed
Los Angeles
California
Harry Hansen
Wm. Stow
Patsy Sue
Marian Hartman
Stow
Donald Raichle
William Wotkins
Fairmont
Donald
Okamanpedan
State Park
A. J. Oswalt
Violet Oswalt
M. C. Peterson
W. L. Peterson
Ole Knutson
Lee Miller
E. M. Evans
Arne Peterson
Morris Oswalt
Beverly Miller
Joyce Evans
Melvin Hunt
Wm. Workins
Workins
van Horne
Paul Smith
R. R. Tillen
Emmet County Conservation League
V. L. Whalen
Waukegon
Ill
V.R
Clark Lingenfelter
Albert Malander
Amyella Lingenfelter
Eleanor Cockburn
Ethel
McKesson & Robbins
Lridgeport
Conn
Dept
Golden Sun
Swift
Golden Sun Milling Company
Pairmont
Minnesota
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