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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
3
Mrs Jesse Cox is quite ill with rheumatism and flu. Mrs M E Headley of Dunnell will arrive late this week to stay the winter with her daughter Mrs Jessie Fuss.
East Riverside club held a Wednesday afternoon gathering at the Robb home with Mrs Geo Robb and Mrs Evan Higgins as hostesses. Members answered roll call with Christmas Confections recipes while Esther Gorton read three Christmas stories. The group packed a basket for a needy family and enjoyed a luncheon. Attendees included Ole Natterstad, Gorton, Cropley, Miller, Nelson, Thornburg, Haywood, Crim, Christensen, Swartz, Book, Blagg and others.
On Wednesday afternoon Bunco yielded prizes to Mrs. Eugene Foster and Mrs. George Miller at two tables with a lunch served by the hostess. Guests included Mesdames Jas. McClay Eugene Foster Rufus Drew Will Dick G. B. Anderson Sarah Warner Geo Miller and others. The Degree of Honor Protective Association met to elect officers including president Mrs. Richard Kephart and treasurer Mrs. Lawrence Laidley. Lunch followed. North Star Chapter O E S elected 1934 officers Ella B. Jones Guy Noel Clara Simpson Owen Morton Elizabeth Colt Claire Wilson Melvin Noel Adelaide Nichols and more. A Christmas tablesetup accompanied refreshments served after the meeting.
Public invited to hear Handel s oratorio The Messiah at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening December 17 at 8 00 with Dorothy Ehlers directing about eighty chorus voices and organ and piano accompaniment Admission is free but donations are welcome to offset expenses The list of soloists includes Ruth Dayton Kathryn Robinson Harry Adams Axel Carlson and many others from Estherville and area.
The American Red Cross completes a historic drive distributing clothing to over five million families. Since 1932 Congress approved converting wheat and cotton surpluses into food and apparel, with 85 million bushels of wheat turned into flour and bread for 6.8 million households and 54 million ready made garments and 92 million yards of cloth donated to the needy. Final cotton clothing distributions occur in fall 1933 as the Red Cross spends about 735 thousand dollars from its treasury while continuing disaster relief, veterans’ aid, and health education programs through the era’s member drives.
William J Filbert of New York will assume as chairman of the PB. 8. Steel Corp Finance Committee on January 1, succeeding Myron C Taylor who remains chief executive and chairman of the board of directors.
Seven hundred thousand women volunteers under the Red Cross sewed for the needy last year and many thousands still are making cotton garments for their Red Cross chapters.
Classified notice advertises a portable typewriter with ribbons and carbon paper for sale at the Vindicator and Republican office. Includes offer to contact the office for price and pickup details.
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