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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1938
Page
3
The note recalls August Heckscher's quip on longevity, laments a short season at Templar Park, and urges safer driving after recounting George M. Smith’s plea about traffic dangers. It honors Lake Wales editor Zack Worthington who died at 62, leaving a wife and no children.
B E Eakin of Estherville was fined $300 and costs by Judge Geo Heald at the Emmet county district court opening. He pled guilty and paid $100, seeking to raise the remainder to avoid jail for nonpayment. Eakin also received a divorce from Anne today for cruel and inhuman treatment. they married September 11, 1933 at Lake Andes South Oak and lived in Esthville since June with no children.
Kingsted will gain a direct road from the business district to highway No. 43. State Highway Commission plans authorize immediate execution with Fred White and J I Knudson overseeing. Minor property moves required. project to start under contract at earliest date. Verve Waters arrives with Belle Waters to settle in Estherville with relatives.
Fourteen Emmet county women and two 4-H club girls plus a leader prep for the Iowa State Fair opening Friday August 26 at Des Moines. Home project exhibit led by Mrs. Frank Hutchinson and Mrs. Joe Oakes Jr. will compete in blue red and white classes. Demonstrations include Swedish Tea Rings by Opal Jean Schultz and Frances Schultz. Nutrition division features many breads and foreign breads by multiple girls. Service Star Legion meets Thursday at 2 30 with hostesses listed. A Yankton trip to visit WNAX station was made by several youths and Francis Zetterin.
Estherville and vicinity await needed rain as clouds lower and temperatures rise. Week’s highs reached 95 last Tuesday and 85 yesterday, with scattered readings from 0.82 to 0.86 inches of precipitation noted for August 24 through August 30. Forecast calls for outer valleys showing mixed showers and generally near to above normal heat in the southern extent.
County sheriff investigates two serious auto crashes Sunday and last evening in the east end of the county with a third unreported. injuries include Mrs Bergeson and a four year old child, and two Fairmont men hurt in a later crash near Armstrong. Wang Davidson and Carl Jensen also involved in a farm lane collision. Mort Mead visits Estherville on weekend trip before continuing to Maryland Florida and Seattle.
Editor recalls early settlement era from Estherville with reader letters from George E. Delevan and Lewis L. Bingham. He recounts homestead times after 1862, names pioneer Norwegian and Irish families, mentions first white child Annie Judith Ridley and early marriages, and notes local memory across decades.
G. M. Donovan and son Edwin visited Des Moines to attend a Plymouth car show. If possible, Mr. Donovan will bring home one of the new cars for the local display room. The article notes many changes anticipated in the 1939 models.
Merle Carnahan manager of the Farmers' Co operative elevator in Superior was severely injured by an eight foot fall from the loading platform. A vertebra was chipped and he will be confined to bed for about four weeks.
Melvin Waugh, 35, of Arnolds Park, an employee of Northwestern Light and Power, was electrocuted at high line near the Pete Namtvedt residence in Ter vil when he touched a live 6,600 volt wire. He died instantly, death attributed to strangulation. Wife and one child survive. Funeral plans not yet set.
Funeral services for Andrew W. Buck 64 who died at his Estherville home Sunday morning after a long illness will be held at 2 p.m. in Mahlum and Anderson chapel with the Rev. Claude i will preside. Burial will be in the East Side cemetery. Buck was born February 4 1873 in Morris Illinois and came to Emmet county with his twin brother forty years ago. He married Frances Groves on October 27 1907 in Estherville. He retired from farming twenty years ago and moved to Estherville where he lived until his death. Surviving are his wife four brothers Archie Jess Bert John and two sisters Mrs Swaidner and Mrs Nellie Rumble.
A visiting car of note from Honolulu, Mrs. EB. T. Brown, with Betty Virginia and Billie, stopped at Whitish Service station on Central avenue for auto service Saturday while en route home from the east after buying a Plymouth in Detroit. They left Honolulu on June 21 and planned to embark by boat. Hawaiian license plates awaited them in Detroit.
Louise Reinhardt charges Charles J Reinhardt with cruel and inhuman treatment in a Dolliver action filed Monday in Emmet County. Married November 20 1926 the couple moved to Emmet County March 1 1938. they have five children aged 11 9 7 6 and 2. Plaintiff seeks 100 dollars and temporary alimony of 500 dollars per month.
Princeton’s B. I. Dean joins Purity Yeast in Estherville after leaving Illinois Yeast in Princeton. Walter Fraeligh from Arnolds Park and Lawrence Mouss of Bancroft have taken over Champlain Oil Station management and moved with their families into two Estherville homes on N. 8th and 2nd Ave North.
Estherville program shifts focus to football with Floyd Tate guiding the maroon and white. Four lettermen back. schedule includes Wartburg College, Le Mars TT, Benia Vista, Spirit Lake, Waldorf J C, Forest City, Nettleton J C, Sheldon H S, East Sioux City, plus a season finale vs Forest City High School promising a close contest.
Lynn, longtime Estherville Junior College and high school athletic director, leaves Sept 1 for Brookings South Dakota to lead public school athletics for the coming year. His record includes a 1927 junior college football state title and multiple conference championships. The high school teams posted 60 wins, 8 losses, and 6 ties in nine years under his mentorship, with strong showings in basketball and track. The Women's Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the church basement with Rev Fred Sawyer discussing Problems of the Multitudes and Mrs Fred Sawyer on Stewardship.
The second death in the area from a motorcycle collision occurred near Four Mile Lake early Sunday. Alfred A. Uchytil, 18, of Toledo, died at Coleman hospital after his motorcycle hit a truck driven by Frank Smith of P. C. Gray Co. Near Essterville they tried to pass the truck, the rear mirror struck the rider, and the machine veered into a ditch. Kubalek, 26, of Clivter, was a passenger and survived with injuries. The crash led to hospital care for both men, with Uchytil pronounced dead shortly after arrival. A nearby accident a week earlier killed Miles Edwards, 4, and left Maurice Edwards seriously injured. Two weeks prior, Garman of Detroit was fatally injured when his car struck a tree after losing control.
Workmen set the Brusch-Seltzer diesel engine base at the plant after an electric rain unloaded it from three trucks. The base weighs about 20 tons and was moved after the south wall was removed for entry. The engine, bought last year, was expected in July but arrived Monday. flywheel and shafts are still en route. The Brusch-Selzer Co. is based in St Louis. John W Gates, promoted to corporal in the 11th Tank Corps, is stationed at Schofield Barracks Honolulu, after about two years on the island.
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