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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
11
A stream of brief items from Estherville and surrounding towns lists visitors and travelers, business callers, and social events. Notables include Shraiberg’s store fire. health stamps drive. Xmas program planning. Halfa and Dolliver basketball results. plans for Norwegian church Christmas tree. and visits among Olson, Paulson, Hanson, Anderson, and other families, with mentions of hospital care for James Ellerston and Lauder concert trip.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wishes open the column. The 10:30 sermon theme is The Hour of Opportunity. Boys and girls basketball lost to Halfa at Haifa. season opening expectations noted. Local trips include Dr. and Mrs. Mereness to Estherville and Rev. Marsh with A. H. Pickell visiting. School closes Dec 22 for two weeks. Henry Zufall family freed from quarantine. Twedts move into the former Clausen house. Green family to occupy rooms above A. B. Spencer store. Declamatory contest at high school well attended with Miss Lucile Peterson judging. snow caused absence Thursday. Community sports include rabbit hunting. Levi Porter from North Dakota visiting Carrol family. Christmas program and tree planned at the church Saturday night. Hazel Redhead dined with Abe Aeninuert.
The Wallingford Short Course week featured a popular program with Olga Russell and Esther Olson, while the Wallingford Community Aid raised 55.05 dollars for the fund. Estherville visitors and local households kept busy with Christmas planning, shopping, and church programs as residents noted cold, slippery roads and a lively town scene.
Superior residents share holiday plans with Mrs. F. S. Emerson visiting Es etville to see Santa Claus. Lloyd Weaver travels to Chicago to join his wife and daughter and will visit relatives there before returning with them. A Negro Minstrel show Thursday rated very good. Mrs. J. C. Smith works at Sac City with the Royal Neighbor lodge. Mrs. H. Coleman hosted a Sunday School class party at her home.
A crowd attended the Maple Hill school social last Tuesday night with a fine program and well sold candy boxes. Miss Henrietta Gilgert was voted the most popular lady present and received candy. Neighbors attended the Wallingford Short Course on Wednesday and Thursday. Helen Melgason won third prize in the essay contest. the youths’ play and overall work were praised.
Miss Emma Gilgert has been working at the Roy Hood home this week as the community prepares a play to be staged Wednesday evening at Hawkeye in Graettinger. The Gypsy Queen will be presented to help raise funds for a Merry Xmas for those in need.
A jumbled OCR snippet mentions orphans pobsleds and Eve dentRALogy. It notes that contemporary women pursue admirable aims but recalls an early feminine figure who made a sad mess of it. The passage is unclear and references vague names and terms.
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