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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
1
Arm strong residents and friends shared Thanksgiving visits at multiple homes including the Cargill, Edwards, McIntire, Huntley, and Knute Ersland households while others traveled to Minneapolis, St Louis, or Gray. Local dances, parties, and hospital news bridged to church and farm events with notices of revival plans and upcoming Farm Bureau meetings.
Mrs Dennison visited there last week and accompanied Mr Dennison home. Dorothy Bunday visited Armstrong Thursday. Bessie Van Denburgh visited Estherville Saturday. Mr and Mrs Huff and Oma Huff were Estherville visitors Saturday. Geo Beck family visited Estherville Saturday. Mrs Slaba visited Estherville Saturday. Len Tipton and Mrs Topton's uncle Robert Stewart ill in Algona hospital. Fred Wassman left to enter Chicago veterans hospital. Henry Gangestad family Estherville Saturday. John Blum family and Mrs James Bunt and Mae visited Chapman home Saturday. Milton Holcomb visited Estherville Saturday. W A Ortmeyer and family Thanksgiving in Cedar Rapids. Ethel Eldridge and Genie Gray spent Thanksgiving weekend in Minneapolis.
Petersburg residents and neighbors gathered at various homes for Thanksgiving. Families such as Libra Jensen Rasmussen Anderson Osberg Welp and Shelgren hosted and visited relatives and friends from Forest City Dunnell Jackson and WoonSocket. A large Petersburg school carnival, Ladies Aid event, and numerous dinners marked the holiday.
Grover Dickie Kilbourne and Billy Wal lace of Greeley arrived Monday for a visit at the home of their aunt Mrs. Frank Kreiger. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mackey and Genevieve spent the day in the Irv Bryan home. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Goldsberry and family were guests Thursday in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Davis in Estherville.
Numerous families shared Thanksgiving meals with relatives in Estherville and surrounding towns. Visitors included Thomas Powell from Cedar Rapids, Margaret Walton, Mildred Brown, and health training student Elizabeth Peake. The Royal Neighbor lodge meets December 8, with Mrs Leila Andrews and Mrs Ida May Whitacrew hosting.
The Perfect Match Rest Wenter and Paul Cunmins of Northwestern University publicly announce their engagement for a January wedding. The notice notes the couple, families, and local social customs, mentioning Thanksgiving gatherings and visits among relatives and friends in the community.
Families from Elk Point to Swea City and Estherville shared Thanksgiving visits with relatives in the area. Names include Rown, Rovyn, Johnson, Knipe, Huff, Helgason, Blomster, Bunt, Chapman, and Dennison. A Lutheran Aid BeeSAE and supper is planned, and school musicians performed a concert on November 29.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Anderson of Minneapolis were weekend guests at the parental P S Anderson home Mrs and Mrs Sam Natterstad entertained Mrs Natterstads parents Mr and Mrs Gus Gilbert of Wall
Daughters and relatives gathered at multiple homes for Thanksgiving amid sickness news. Mrs Amos Hansen was on the sick list. Jean and the Schnell family hosted a five hundred party. Evelyn and Maurine Hansen visited grandparents Andrew Olson. Many neighbors and relatives from Estherville ringed meals, birthdays, and hospital visits, including Paul Glassnapp at Hans Lund, John Hansen visiting from Estherville, and Frank Mathes in Coleman hospital with quinsy.
Miss Louisa Peak, a teacher in Lohrville, and Elizabeth Peak, training as a nurse in Des Moines, spent the Thanksgiving holiday at parental Phillip Peak's home. Miss Shirley Bryan, a teacher in Early, Iowa, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bryan for Thanksgiving.
A series of land and property transfers are recorded in Estherville involving Julianna Dobbe Pete Wicks Ole A Olsen Mutual Life Ins Co H R Soper Isa L Soper Inter Ocean Reinsurance W M Russell Albert L Sewell and others. Transactions reference Woods Add Bartletts Add Diws Add Forts Wirls and various lots and outlets 11 12 10 11 12 35 90 34 and CD Q CD specific dates range from June to November 1932. The brief notices indicate ownership changes and legal actions typical of local records.
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