Estherville Prepares Christmas Aid Baskets for 142 Families
Estherville groups arrange food and toy baskets for 142 needy families on Christmas Day. Donations from the Parent Teacher Associations, Estherville Welfare League, churches, and other groups cover 33 to 60 families, with bundles including vegetables, fruit, preserves, cereals, jello, potatoes, and meat. Volunteers pack baskets in city hall dining room after a citywide canvass.
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Estherville
Beck Aed Ceterieikauesinche
American Legion Auxiliary
Oye
Matie Paine to Speak on Townsend Pension in Emmet County
Mrs Matie Paine of Des Moines arrives Sunday to outline Townsend Old Age Pension plans and organize a Townsend Club in Emmet county. She will speak at 2:30 PM at the city hall auditorium, inviting all interested. Also notes weekend visit by local residents to the Goecke farm.
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Townsend Club
Emmet
Matie Paine
Des Moines
Christmas travel for teachers and Florida taxes noted
Editorial from Babson Perk Florida December 17 1985 wishes readers a merry Christmas. It mentions a Raleigh Times travel group visiting Lake Wales for New Year festivities and a Seaboard rail return to West Lake Wales. It also cautions against a proposed extra gasoline tax and comments on recent rains improving citrus crops and fruit colors.
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Babson Perk
Florida
Raleigh Times
Raleigh
North Carolina
Lake Wales
Mountain Lake Sanctuary
Cuba
Havana
Miami
Seaboard
West Lake Wales
Bok
Chamber of Commerce
George Amdahl Dies Today at 70 in Estherville
George Amdahl, 70, died this afternoon at his home after months of illness from cancer. Last rites set for Friday at 1 at the home and 1:30 at Estherville Lutheran Church with Rev. L. A. Methref officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by one daughter Mrs Charles Jackson of Kekerville and three sons Arthur Estherville Joe Graettinger and Emmet Jackson, Minn.
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George Amdahl
Estherville Lutheran Church
L. A. Methre
Oak Hill Cemetery
Amdahl
Atherville
Charles Jackson
Kekerville
Arthur
Estherville
Joe
Graettinger
Emmet
Jackson, Minn
Messiah Rendition Pleases Estherville Audience
The Estherville Phil Harmonice Society presented its fourth annual Messiah with a well blended chorus under Raymond Minkler. Soloists Joe Pannell and guest John Bloom delivered strong performances. Mrs. Gronstal and Miss Hansen provided notable accompaniment as the program opened with prayers and closing musical selections.
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Estherville Philharmonice Society
Raymond Minkler
C. M. Gronstal
Berna. Hansen
Fred Sawyer
L. A. Mathie
Joe Pannell
John Bloom
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
University of Iowa
Cornell College
Atwater Kent
Chicago
Franz Proschowski
Galli-Curci
Tito Schupa
Elkin Bros Sale Set for January 9 at Stich Farm
Elkin brothers Harry and Howard set Thursday January 9 as closing out day for the Stich farm sale north and east of Batharville. The auction lists 9 head of cattle including eight Holsteins and nine spotted shoats, 2.7 head of horses and mules, a strong machinery line, hay and cane. Foshier Burns act as auctioneers with Emmet County State Bank clerks. The event includes a notable musical program with soloists Miss Elizabeth Hunker and Miss Nadine Lindquist and several chorus numbers concluding with a benediction by Rev. F F Ortmeyer. the program praised as a significant improvement over prior years.
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Harry
Howard Elkin
Stich
Batharville
Foshier and Burns
Emmet County Sate Bank
Elizabeth Hunker
Estherville
Nadine Lindquist
Spirit Lake
Morningside College
Sioux City
Morningside
Zion
FF. W. Ortmeyer
Tea House of Sing Lo shines in junior operetta
Immature voices from a junior high stage gave a splendid performance of the operetta Tea House of Sing Lo at Roosevelt auditorium last Thursday. Miss SunafekiesHnnlentadler directed a large cast with impressive costumes, bright lines, and melodic music earning strong audience praise.
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Sing Lo
Roosevelt Auditorium
Janitor Henry Paulson Fractures Two Bones in Fall
Henry Paulson janitor at the Estherville post office sustained two fractures in a fall Thursday night while starting his car outside the post office. He was taken to Coleman hospital and rests more comfortably after receiving treatment with his daughter and Superintendent F G Stith assisting.
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Henry Paulson
Estherville
Coleman Hospital
Mr. Paulson
Mr. Paulsen
Mrs. Paulson
Supt
F. G. Stith
Stith
Oden Wee Returns Home After Seven Weeks in Hospital
Oden Wee, severely burned during a fishing trip in Northern Minnesota, has returned from University Hospital in Iowa City after seven weeks. He suffered burns to both legs below the knees, required skin grafts twice, and is now recuperating at his parents’ home in Estherville, able to move about the house daily.
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Oden Wee
Minnesota
Estherville
Iowa City
University Hospital
Mr. Wee
Lars Wee
Accompanists and staff named for school production
Three accompanists Miss Wilma Jessen and Miss Florence Chambers led makeup with Miss Helen Tucker handling properties Clarence Rogers set design and stage details accompanying staff Jane Wil ley Ruth Jorstad and Vivian Es peret as assistants Donald Ziemer Richard Jones Victor Lowman and Russell Reed oversaw lighting Roger Hanson and Earl Bagan Raymond Minkler directed the orchestra Lanterns were provided courtesy of Emmet Consolidated School.
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Wilma Jessen
Florence Chambers
Helen Tucker
Clarence Rogers
Jane Willey
Ruth Jorstad
Vivian Esperet
Donald Ziemer
Richard Jones
Victor Lowman
Russell Reed
Roger Hanson
Earl Bagan
Raymond Minkler
Emmet Consolidated School
Mrs Larson of Clear Lake dies after diabetes battle
Opal Larson of Clear Lake dies Sunday after a weekslong illness from diabetes. Born Sept 2 1905 in Wallingford she moved to Estherville as a young woman and graduated from local high school in 1928. She married Arthur Larson June 22 1927 and is survived by her husband her father and sister Mildred. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 in Mahlum and Anderson Chapel with Rev L A Mathre officiating.
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Arthur Larson
Clear Lake
Oliver. Larson
Mahlum and Anderson Chapel
L. A. Mathre
Opal Larson
Wallingford
Estherville
Lutheran Church
Ytthg*People's League
Minneapolis
Estherville Grocer Company
Mildred
Albert Lea, Minn
De Molay Boys Hold Initiation in Estherville
Nine Estherville boys were initiated into the Charles Keeler Jr. Chapter of DeMolay at a Maronic hall meeting led by lodge officers and County Attorney William Bale. Light refreshments followed. Initiated: Billy Deming, Bert Anderson, Robert and Richard Andrews, Albert Kresse, Russell Eveleth, Edwin Schryver, Lawrence Moore, and Wesley Tomhave. V R Mr and Mrs Wayne Potter and children will visit Jefferson for Christmas. Mr and Mrs A L Canfield left for Christmas with Mr and Mrs Harold Clock family.
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Estherville
Charles Keeler, Jr
DeMolay
Maronic Hall
Lodge
William Bale
Billy Deming
Bert Anderson
Robert
Richard Andrews
Albert Kresse
Russell Eveleth
Edwin Schryver
Lawrence Moore
Wesley Tomhave
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Clarence MacDonald
Glidden
Leonard Goecke
Auburn
Henry Goecke
G. A. Nichols
Casine
Agete Pension Plan
Emmet County
Geo. Amdahl
Valencia
Keyes
Seminole
Frank Whitney
Manchester
Iowa
Harry P. Dewey
Plymouth Congregational Church of
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Mnnster
Plymouth Congregational Church
Northwest
Beasley Miller
Claus Martens
Towa
Mrs. Miller
Ernest Smith
Ford Dealers
Messiah
M. E. Church
Elkin Bros
Ah Mee
Ruth Willey
So Hi
Kathleen Deming
No Fan
Kenneth Paulson
Edger Nau
J. Mortimer Maxwell
States
Billy Bennett
Margaret Dawson
Floris Kohler
Ellen Marie Knutson
Darlene Perkins
Charlotte Rogers
Kathryn Rogers
Lois Ridley
Helen Kiefer
Jean ‘Kennedy
Betty Eveleth
Patrician Pierce
Annabelle Goldsberry
Jean Knight
Betty Riggs
Esther Carrison
Elizabeth Kinnard
Merie Berge
Dorothy Baker
Margaret Beady
Robert Reid
Loretta Carlson
Billy Thiotje
Kenneth Eckholm
Mae George Adams
Lyle Shaw
Fredrick South
Orville Paulson
Margaret Maine
Marian Nelso
Emma Gene Lavereide
Mary Ellen Dunham
Marjorie Shultz
Mrs.Larson
DE Molay
Wayne Potter
Jefferson
A. L. Canfield
Harold Clock
Mrs. Clock
Mrs. Canfield
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