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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
4
News brief records Christmas visits across Emmet County and nearby towns. Families such as Graff Kamp Schmidt and Elkin host gatherings, with numerous relatives traveling from Estherville Sibley Spirit Lake Terris and Lake Park. Several illnesses and a few deaths are noted among local households.
Anita Nielsen and Glina Madsen both students at Dana college Blair Neb are with their parents for the holidays Miss Ruby Madison a Buffalo Center teacher spends Christmas at Parental Rasmus Madison home Ringsted teachers head home for Christmas Patma Lanae Ellsworth Vivian Fagerlund Swen City Oriole Brooks Bun Alpha Simmons Swen City Beulah Thompson Northfield Minn Evelyn Bode Algona and Morten Ouren Hanaska Minn Stella Petersen Ella Jensen Ringsted teachers at Titonka spend holidays with parents Violet Skovgaard Rose Reasoner and Kambala Madsen state college students Cedar Falls spend Christmas with parents Vernon Jensen and Norman Fink Estherville Junior College students spend holidays with parents Rev Kloth C E Nielsen and H C Jensen went to Minneapolis to hospitalize J P Jensen Medical treatment Helen Thisted University of Iowa student in Iowa City spends Christmas with her mother Mrs Marie Thisted Shirlee and Phyllis Giffen students at Chillicothe Mo business college spend holidays with mother Mrs G V Giffen Mr and Mrs H L Detsworth Swea City Mr and Mrs Walter Skovgaard and family Mr and Mrs Richard Jensen Mr and Mrs Wilfred Mueller Sunday dinner guests at H C Jensen Ruth Wiley Ames student spending Christmas at Temp Wiley home V R
From the Dec 18 1917 Vindicator and Republican, items detail Miss Blanch Johnson visiting Dr Harry Johnson in Swen City, Worth White club sewing for Belgian children, Mrs Henry Dunham and granddaughter Helen heading to California and Leland Stanford University, and numerous local movements.
Arm strong residents share Christmas visits with relatives and friends across Illinois Minnesota Iowa and Missouri. John Law remains home with a severe facial erysipelas. Surgery recovery continues for Herb Patterson. Many students return home from colleges and a surprise party honors H K Holland's 87th birthday. Local clubs hold Christmas meetings with programs, gifts, and carols as Vincent Walsh returns from Sioux City.
Carl McQuirk spent the weekend at the Joe McQuirk home in Spirit Lake. Miss Mable Tooker, teaching in Winona Indiana, came to stay with her sister Miss Joyce Tooker. They will depart after Wednesday for Merrill for the holidays. Edith Meiners and Doris Wiley, Ames students, will spend the holidays at their homes. The George Sangle family traveled to Hartley to attend their aunt’s funeral. Mrs A A Lewis and her daughters Na na and Gloria and son Warren left for Dallas Texas for the holidays.
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors meets with full attendance to prevent settlement by Raymond Nettleton and family in the county. A notice is authorized under Code Sections 5315 and 6316. Selma Munson Brunsvold resigns as Deputy County Auditor effective January 1, 1988, accepted on a aye vote.
W H Fielding of Pontiac Michigan claims the 1935 and 1936 assessment on Out Lot One Graver Incorporated in Grover Town should be corrected after a 1934 building fire. Grover Town Council authorized the county supervisors to adjust the assessment, noting the burned property altered value. The Board plans to act, citing Fielding’s claim and council motion.
Emmet County Iowa Board of Supervisors adopts resolutions to reduce the lot valuation to 200 dollars for 1935 and 1936 and authorizes the County Treasurer to correct books and remit excess tax. They also transfer 510.19 dollars from the Secondary Road Fund to the Maintenance Fund to cover obligations, with the audit and recording directed.
The Emmet County Board of Supervisors directs transferring 3500 dollars from the Emergency Fund to the Poor Fund to cover pending expenses due December 31 1937, pending State Comptroller approval. The action cites a 4305.35 emergency balance and a 3600.00 required expenditure.
The county proposes transferring 800 dollars from the Emergency Fund to the County Fund of the municipality. The move requires unanimous municipal governing body request and State Comptroller approval. The County Auditor is directed to record the transfer and notify the proper officials.
Proceedings record the December 17 1937 vote on a motion by E S Ellerston with no nays and list audited claims paid from County Fund Poor Fund Maintenance Fund and Construction Fund including names of claimants items such as bounty labor repairs coal fuel wood and supplies with amounts. several entries truncated in OCR but showing multiple vendors and individuals.
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