Estherville Plans 1940 41 School Activities and Speakers
Estherville public schools outline a year of lectures and faculty meetings to boost instruction in spelling and arithmetic. Speakers include Dr. Baker on September 18 and Dr. H Van Engen September 25 26 27. Aimed at improving morale records safety and curricular coordination. Dr John Benjamin Magee to speak May 28 1941.
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Estherville
van Engen
W. J. Griffith
WOI
Ames
Griffith
Des Moines
Voris
University of Iowa Burau of
Dental Hygiene
Ulish
Dept. of Public Safety
John Benjamin Magee
Cornell’ College
Mt. Vernon
Unseasonably Cold Rains Disrupt Local Threshing
Extremely low temperatures linger over Estherville and nearby areas as four consecutive days of rain stall threshing. Precipitation totals since last Thursday reach 1.69 inches, with daily highs and lows listed for August dates and accompanying notes on weather impact.
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Estherville
Missing Airman Police Hunt for Bert Harvey
Police from nine states search for Bert M. Harvey employment director of Ranger Aircraft Engineering Corp at Farmingdale Long Island. He was last seen leaving his office on August 9.
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Bert M. Harvey
Ranger Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Farmingdale
L. I
Central Press
Damages Sought in September District Court Terms
Case notes show Maurice Edwards seeks 5000 from Jas Kirk for injuries from an August 21 1888 crash on Sixth Street where Edwards rode a motorcycle with his brother Miles. Miles death earlier led to 5500 awarded to father J D Edwards with a prior 10000 claim. Florence Nelson sues Estherville city for 1500 for a February 19 1989 ice sidewalk fall near the post office on Sixth Street. she alleges a broken left ankle, seven weeks in bed, 18 weeks in a cast, and ongoing pain.
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Maurice Edwards
Jas
Kirk
Edwards
Sixth Street
Miles
J. D. Edwards
Florence Nelson
Estherville
Nelson
Gas Service Expansion Nears Estherville Switch
It is expected that natural gas will be turned into the mains in Estherville about the first of next week. Work is progressing on new gas lines to sections not yet served and changes from Butane to natural gas are being made. The People's company offices are in the Gaarde building and should move to the Kepler garage building around mid next month.
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Estherville
People’s Company
Gaarde
Keplar
Coast Guard Training Camp Report From Port Townsend
Robert Thietje, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thietje of this city, writes from Port Townsend Training School describing a compact schedule at the coast guard program. He notes the shortened six week training, early rising, deck work, classes, drills, meals, beach time, colors, and bed checks as daily routines.
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Robert Thietje
J. H. Thietje
Port Townsend
Coast Guards
Washington
William E. Deming
Bill
Busy Emmet county Sept term opens with heavy docket
Sept term of Emmet county district court opens Tuesday Sep 3 with Judge Fred Hudson presiding and a busy docket. Trials begin Sept 10 for cases arising from a August 4 auto collision near Estherville involving Washington D C residents and a local lumber company. Damages sought total over 14,000 with multiple new cases filed and many more potential entries for the term.
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Emmet
Fred Hudson
Pocahontas
Cas
Petit Jury
Alva R. Coakley
Harker- Beauman & Co
Elizabeth C. Roach
Rural Schools Open Sept 2 in Emmet County Districts
Emmet county rural schools plan fall term start around September 2 with many teachers listed under contract across districts. Names include Alice Ulrich Evelyn Kissinger Gladys DeVoss Mary Belle Barrett Lois Spear Mary Paulsen Evelyn Ellis Kathryn Story Joseph Handeland Annas Anderson Vivian Ellingson Alma Danielson Marie Smith Lillian Boecker Esther Burkart Lenore Henaman Thelma Yackle Ruth Stanerson Ollie Aanonson Velma Schmidt and others across Estherville Wallingford Ringsted Dolliver Gruver area towns.
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Emmet
Ellsworth
Mary Belle
Barrett
Estherville
Lois Spear
Wallingford
Mary Paulsen
Evelyn Ellis
RFD
Kathryn Story
St. Emmet
West
Ernestine Prior
High Lake
Joseph and Handeland
Annas M. Anderson
Vivian Ellingson
Alma Danielson
Wallingtorn
Margsrat
Jan Marie Smith
Batherville
Lillian Boecker
Esther Burkart
Lenore Henaman
Iowa Lake
Gladys Berven
Ringsted
Frieda Berven
LaRue Yackle
Dolliver
Jack Creek
Agnes Goecke
Maxine Cody
Virginia Hill
Vera Rosburg
Clara Duer
Swan Lake Two
Thelma Yackle
Ruth Stanerson
Lawrence Hanson
Ollie Aanonson
Gradtinner
Mile Lake Two
Velma Schmidt
Dor
GEO. ROBB TO BUILD NEW BIG SALES PAVILION
George Robb has let the contract for a large amphitheatre next to his existing live stock sales buildings at Estherville's south end. The 80 by 60 foot dome shaped structure will feature laminated rafters like county 4-H club buildings and seat over 500. Wm. Dickinson serves as contracting carpenter with all local labor, and heating will be provided by a natural gas unit.
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George Robb
Estherville
Wm. Dickinson
Robb Livestock Company
Milford Camp To Open Soon
Theodore P. Eslick named Ray mond F. Lee of Arnolds Park as superintendent of the national youth administration work center to open at Milford around Sept. 1. Lee previously led WPA work camps in Mason City Paullina and Milford, and directed 21 miles of sewage mains in Arnolds Park and Okoboji. Initial enrollment at Milford is limited to 100 young men. applicants should contact NYA supervisors.
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Theodore P. Eslick
NYA
Raymond F. Lee
Arnolds Park
Fomerly
Mason City
National Youth Administration
Milford
Lee
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Paullina
Okoboji
Cerro Gordo
France
Legion
American Legion
Spirit Lake
NYA Arena
Gov Stassen to Speak at Fairmont County Fair
The Martin County Fair in Fairmont runs September 4 5 and 6 with governor Stassen scheduled to address attendees September 5 at 1 30 p m A record crowd is anticipated and organizers promise attractions greater than ever.
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Gov. Stassen
Martin County
Fairmont
Minnesota
Stassen
Emmet County Field Day Held at Okamanpedan Park
The third annual Emmet County Iowa Conservation League Field Day occurs Sunday at Okamanpedan State Park on Turtle Lake north of Dolliver. It offers free grounds for picnics swimming fishing boating and many events from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. including trap shooting archery pistol rifle and a noon address by Roy Barsalou on conservation.
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Emmet County
Iowa Conservation League
Okamanpedan State Park
Turtle Lake
Dolliver
Roy Barsalou
Fish and Game Department
Percy Edwards
Des Moines
Fairmont
Mankato
Mason City
Estherville
Towa State Highway Patrol
The
Conservation League
John Doolittle
Doolittle
Aliens Start to Register at Local Post Office Today
Nationwide registration begins for aliens aged 14 and older with details on personal data and affiliations. The act imposes up to 1000 fine and six months in jail for false statements or non compliance. fingerprints and secrecy are mandated.
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U. S
Local Market Prices for Eggs and Grains
Market snippet lists rates for Heavy Hens and Light Hens by weight, Cox hens, Springs, and Leghorn varieties. Includes Egg prices for Hennery and Cream No 1 and 2, and grain prices for oats corn barley flax. Hog prices shown: top hogs and packers.
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Keene Reesee
Distribute Text Books At Local Schools
Books will be issued to lower grades and junior high by homeroom teachers on Monday September 2 with rental money due at distribution. High school books checkouts run Thursday August 29 to Friday August 30 at 6 pm. Junior college second hand books sale led by Miss Vivian Oulman on basement level of the high school building. bring books Wednesday August 28. New junior college books available in Miss Gebert's office. no second hand sales after Saturday August 31. Manual training sets may be rented in Miss Gebest's office after Monday September 2.
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Obeu
Vivian Oulman
Junior College
Miss Gebert
Gebest
Two Minor Auto Crashes Near Ringsted and Kennedy
An accident on Highway 44, three miles northeast of Ringsted, involved Ralph Jensen driving a truck and Art Bleckwemm of Cylinder in a car. Both vehicles sustained minor damage with no injuries. Later, Mrs. Art Hanson suffered a broken wrist in a collision near Ray Kennedy's filling station when Wilbur Thorndyke's car started away. The Studebaker and Hanson Chevy were damaged, with Thorndyke’s vehicle taking heavier damage.
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Art Hanson
Ray Kennedy
Wilbur Thorndyke
Hanson Chevrolet
Thorndyke
Studebaker
Hanson
Estherville Packing Awards Addition Job to W A Klinger
Contract awarded to W A Klinger of Sioux City by Estherville Packing for a 72 by 72 foot cooler plant expansion.
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W. A. Klinger
Sioux City
Estherville Packing Company
Death notices of Miss Ruth Dahlberg and Dorothy Shoening
Two obituaries from Estherville report the deaths of Miss Ruth Ann Dahlberg of Fort Dodge and Dorothy M. Shoening of Estherville. Dahlberg, born October 1 1904 in Pipestone Minnesota, died of pneumonia after bronchitis at St Josephs Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge. She leaves parents A H and unnamed mother, two sisters, a fiance Russell Wirt and other relatives. Funeral services are planned in Fort Dodge and Estherville with interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Shoening, born December 9 1919 in Estherville, died after operations at Coleman hospital. She leaves parents Ferdinand and spouse and four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services set for Shoening home and Presbyterian church with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Ruth Ann Dahlberg
Ft. Dodge
A. H. Dahlberg
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Miss Dahlberg
Estherville
Fort Dodge
the Home Building and Loan Association
Pipestone
Minn
Perl Dippold
Columbia
Hazel Black
Robert
Frederick Dippold
Dorothy Waldron
Russel Wirt
Manson
Wilder’s Chapel
Church of Christ In
Fred Sawyer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dorothy M. Shoening
Ferdinand Shoening
Coleman Hospital
Miss Shoening
Eatherville
John Voth
Jeffers
Homer Christ Worthington
William Ridley Jr
Emil
Webster City
Lynn
Herbert
Adolph
Lakefield
Shoening
Presbyterian
DEK Rural Electric Awards 180-Mile Line Contract
The DEK Rural Electric Cooperative awarded a 180 mile line construction contract to Sandberg & Johnson Construction Co. at Hampton Iowa. Construction begins after Rural Electrification Administration approval with work to avoid delays and bring power to about 425 more families across Dickinson Emmet and Kossuth counties before winter.
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DEK Rural Electric Co-operative
Sandberg & Johnson Construction Co
Hampton
Iowa
DEK
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Dickinson
Emmet
Kossuth
New Plant Structure to Double Beef Capacity at Estherville Plant
The new structure costing about 85 000 will be built on the south side of the plant. It will double the current capacity of 460 head of beef to meet rising business, says D D MacKenzie general manager.
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D. D. MacKenzie
Estherville
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V.R. Noe
Mrs. Nelson
V.R
Coast Guard
Hudson
Charles Roach
George Greener
Harker-Beauman
David George Farm
Charles Roach Jr
Dickinson and Dickinson
N. J. Lee
William Engle
C. H. Miller
O. H. Miller
Lein
John L Wilhelm
Gleide T. Ostenson
Ursula
Hawk
Charles KE. Hawk
Yowa Trust and Savings Bank
A. E. Johnson
Estherville Co-operative Creamery Ass’n
Clark Lingenfelter
Ethel Malander
E. A. Ross
H. H. Drey
Ross Clark
Rosa Clark
J. T. Maloney
Mattie Maloney
State of Iowa
George H. Robb
Ralph O. Lusher
Janet L. Lusher
Mack J. Groves
Harold Moklestad
C. E. Erickson Co
Jesse
Marie Sorum
Center
Alice Ulrich
Evelyn Kissinger
Gladys DeVoss
Denmark
Vivian Madden
Armstrong
Gena Madsen
Bertha Olson
Gracttinger
GEO. Robb
Raymond Lee
Arnold's Park
Is Hintz
Estherville Rfc
Florence Sandvig
Ruthven
Margaret Maaland
Lena Gunderson
Doris Neet
Graettinger
Helen Helgeson
Arlene Olson
Terril
U.S
Members of Defense Board
United States
Eiréa
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Justice
Earl G. Harrison
Dorothy Shoening
Ruth Dahlberg
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