Pre holidays events fill Estherville school calendar
Readable in the list of activities ahead of the holiday break at Estherville high school. The junior class staged a three act comedy It Won't Be Long Now with strong cast and direction by Miss Gertrude Dudley. Other plans include a college Christmas dance at the Orleans hotel and a Roosevelt school operetta In Quest of Santa Claus.
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Estherville High School
Gertrude Dudley
Robert Preston
Charlies Fisher
Preston
Charles Fisher
Anne Winston
Florence Norby
Carolyn Osmundsen
Vivian Darrel
Stanley Fagre
Margaret Kennedy
Miss Wilkes
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Beatrice Anderson
Tone Kately
Lloyd Boone
Earl Arenibald
Leo Cooper
Eugene Robinson
Orleans
Claude Willeys
Santa Claus
Roosevelt School
Roosevelt Auditorium
Eastern Star Elects Officers At Wednesday Meet
North Star chapter 200 O. E. 8. elected officers for 1933 at their regular meeting Wednesday evening. Cora Mahlum chosen as worthy matron, G. H. Morse worthy patron, Ella Jones associate matron, Owen Morton associate patron, Elizabeth Colt secretary, Mrs. Claire Wilson treasurer, Clara Simpson conductress, Melitta Noel associate conductress. Appointive officers to be named before January installation. A combined social and ceremonial meeting set for December 28 with a pot luck supper at 6:30.
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North Star Chapter
O. E
Cora Mahlum
G. H. Morse
Ella Jones
Owen Morton
Elizabeth Colt
Claire Wilson
Clara Simpson
Melitta Noel
Mahlum
Eastern Stars
Cold spell deepens in Estherville as temps plummet
After a temporary thaw to 22 above on Tuesday and a low of two below, temperatures fell to 14 below last night. Wednesday noon reached 12 above, while the official reading at the A. O. Peterson home was zero at 6 pm. Monday's 17 below marks the coldest December in six years, per Peterson records.
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A. O. Peterson
Estherville
Peterson
SINGERS FORM LIVING TREE
A group of 16 high school singers trained by Earl Josten will perform Christmas carols on Dec 17 21 and 24 at seven thirty near the south side courthouse. They will form a living Christmas tree on a sloped platform adorned with evergreens and wear green outfits with candle holds. The program lasts about half an hour each evening.
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Earl Josten
Estherville Carnada
Court House
Samaritan Army to Deliver Christmas Baskets in Esther Ville
Free Christmas baskets will be delivered on Dec. 24 to many poor families in Esther Ville by the Samaritan Army. The group will also host a Christmas party at city hall on Christmas night for the city poor with songs and dialogues.
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Estherville
Samaritan Army
Slim Couldn’t Keep His Face Clean On Air Mail Film
Summervine faced a greasy filming stretch for Universal’s Air Mail with a greaser applying oil to remove the effect of stage grease after two weeks of airplane repair scenes. Ralph Bellamy Gloria Stuart Pat O’Brien Russell Hopton and Lilian Bond are in featured roles as the government air mail fleet’s unsung heroes.
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Slim Summervne
Universal
Ralph Bellamy
Gloria Stuart
Pat O'Brien
Russell Hopton
Lilian Bond
Shenandoah Kiwanis Endorses Beacon City Plan
Shenandoah Kiwanis backs a 1933 World's Fair trip via Beacon City. The club has a strong touring record with moves to Lincoln's Tomb Niagara London Washington and other points. John J. Cutter, secretary, led tours. Mrs. Tom Donnelly clerks in Christensen's store during Miss Priscilla Booth's illness.
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Beacon City
Shenandoah Kiwanis Club
Lincoln's Tomb
Springfield
Ill
Niagara
London
England
Washington, D. C
John 8. Cutter
Century of Progress
Beach City
Tom Donnelly
Christensen
Priscilla Booth
Murder Charges Against Calif Officer in Kemp Killing
Exeter California officer charged with first degree murder in the case of Charles W. Kemp, 18, shot during an attempted arrest in Visalia. Kemp, from a family headed to Los Angeles after orange picking, left behind parents Theodosia Hutton and Opal Kemp and sister, with a Kemp relative Foster Kemp in the city.
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Exeter
Calif
M. C. Kemp
Estherville
Kemp
Charles W. Kemp
Visalia
Calig
Los Angeles
Theodosia Hutton
Oroville
Opal Kemp
Foster Kemp
Wallingford to Stage Operetta Hearts and Blossoms
The Wallingford glee club and band present Hearts and Blossoms a two act comic operetta Friday night at Modern Woodman hall Wallingford. Cast includes Mavis Lowman Mrs Horace Manning Dortha Ball June Manning Ber nce Waldee Marie Manning Irvin Lowman Matthew Brandon Orville Heidecker Philip Brandon Margaret Hanson Malindy Bernard Osher Samson Bonapart Agnes Waldee Agnes Spear Leland Aanonson Merlyn Larson as summer guests. choruses listing Sadie Ferguson Lila Larson Stanley Young Thorvald Neilson Morris Ressell Willard Graettinger Emmet Anderson Leonard Hanson Lila Nelson Eloise Miller Ruth Jorstad Odessa Hanson Betty Hanson Nordein Peterson Buren Smith Alden Lind. E L Waldee directs production Barbara Thorson accompanies.
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Wallingford
Sadie Fergeson
Lila Larson
Stanley Young
Thorvald Neilson
Morris Ressell
Willard Graettinger
Emmet Anderson
Leonard Hanson
Lila Nelson
Eloise Miller
Ruth Jorstad
Odessa Hanson
Betty Hanson
Nordein Peterson
Buren Smith
Alden Lind
E. L. Waldee
Barbara Thorson
Ernie Houts Shows Some Improvement
Ernie Houts, critically ill with pneumonia for several days, is reported to be improving this morning though he remains in danger. Spencer Man Asks $1300 from Insurance Co. Ross Husband served notice on Aetna Life Insurance to claim $1300 for injuries from last December at Twetten Furniture in Spencer. Elmer Clark family drove to Auburn to take Roy Hawthorne home after his summer work in the area. they returned to Estherville Sunday.
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Ernie Houts
Spencer
Insurance Co
Ross
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Husband
Twetten Purniture Company
Elmer Clark
Auburn
Sixty More Xmas Dollars in Estherville Giveaway
Estherville shoppers will find 300 trade slips scattered from a high point this Saturday and again on December 24. Each slip entitles an adult to a dollar's worth of merchandise at Estherville stores, with 30 slips signed by local businesspeople.
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Estherville
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Xmas Season Reflected In Estherville Church Parties
Estherville churches sponsor social events this week and next as part of the Christmas season. The M. E. church school will observe White Christmas next Sunday, inviting gifts for welfare work. The junior department hosts a party Friday after school in church parlors. Alpa club ladies sew for welfare work and exchange gifts. Missionary Guild hosts 31 members with carols and games, with gifts sent to Miss Helen Mattison and Barber Memorial School. Free Methodist church plans a joint Christmas Day program with treats for children. Boy Scouts and Campfire girls report Christmas seal sales totaling 43.51 dollars. Mrs. John Henningson’s mother died after a paralytic stroke in Tracy, Missouri.
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Estherville
Church School
M. E. Church
Alpa Club
Missionary Guild
Knight
The
Presbyterian Church
Guild
Helen Mattison
Oakdale
Barber Memorial School
Anniston
Alabama
Free Methodist Church
Wintry Days Bring Shoppers to Gift Stores
Estherville downtown streets glow with Yuletide lighting as shoppers brave cold and snow to seek gifts. Stores will stay open evenings the week before Christmas except Christmas Eve closing at 9. Possible closings may occur on the Mondays after Christmas and after New Year’s, details undecided.
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Estherville
Petty Thievery Renewed In Estherville
Two stores were entered and an attempt made to enter a third Tuesday night. The Joy Lunch room at the Shell station was broken into and razor blades peanuts candy gum pies and a few pennies were stolen. The West Side Grocery was entered but nothing taken. An attempt to enter Myhre & Jeglum store occurred at 4 am with a broken storm window. Robbers frightened away.
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Estherville
Joy
Shell
Clarence Kres
West Side
G. R. Connelly
Myhre & Jeglum
Great Oratorio Here Sunday
The combined Methodist and Lutheran choirs directed by Earl Josten present Messiah this Sunday December 18. The program fuses arias, recitatives, and choruses led by a large soloist and chorus lineup, intermission, and a revered Hallelujah finale with audience standing.
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Earl Josten
Anderson gets 30 days in jail for petty larceny
Carl Anderson received a 30 day jail sentence after being found guilty of petty larceny for the theft of a heifer belonging to Henry Zuklampen. Blow was bound over to the grand jury with bond set at 200 dollars, while Anderson remains jailed since his arrest.
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Carl Anderson
Blow
Justice of the Peace
W. P. Crallownay
Anderson
Henry Zuklampen
Galloway
International Song Festival at World's Fair
Plans outline an international festival of student singers at the Century of Progress in Chicago next summer with choirs from University of Copenhagen, Swedish Inter University Chorus, University of Riga, University of Cracow, Inter University Chorus Germany, and University of Belgrade. A notable cultural exchange event to feature diverse European universities and youth singing groups.
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Chicago
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
University of Riga
Latvian
University of Cracow
Poland
Germany
University of Belgrade
Jugo-Slav. Wa
Gruver Lodges Elect Officers in Regular Session
Gruver December meeting reports election of officers for Rebekah lodge with Margaret Walton as Noble Grand and Margaret Moulds as Vice Grand. Royal Neighbor lodge elected officers including Mamie Gage as Oracle, Leila Andrews as Recorder, and two managers. Installations set for January with delegates chosen for a Rock Island convention. A Santa letter from Estherville child seeks clothing and toys.
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Rebekah Lodge
Margaret Walton
Noble Grand
Margaret Moulds
Tina Hatch
August Rosenberger
E. A. Carey
Grover
Dee
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Leila Andrews
Ida Mae Whitaker
Oracle
Mamie Gage
Gertrude Brown
Mabel Pickell
Margaret Carey
Marshall
Eva Barber Musseinn
Margaret Monds
Inner Sentinel
Ida Mac Whitaker
Outer Sentinel
Iva Brannon
Susie Ressler
Tomena Webber
Rock Island
Corn King C E Troyer Crowned Third Time
C E Troyer of La Fontaine Indiana wins the 1932 Corn King of America title for the third time at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago with an exhibit of yellow dent corn.
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C.E. Troyer
la Fontaine
Ind
America
Chicago
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