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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
2
The snippet lists the Vindicator-Republican editors and staff including G. A. Nichols as editor Adelaide Nichols as associate editor and W. E. Deming as advertising manager.
County notes report Mr and Mrs Einer Christensen and their son visiting Sunday at the Arthur Block home in Storm Lake. Miss Mary Paulsen of Estherville spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Paulsen. Mr and Mrs Fred Pettersen hosted a scherwenzel party Monday night with five tables of cards and high scores by Mrs Nels Nelsen and L P Mathiesen.
A detailed social roundup notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Geilenfeld and Miss Nelson of Algona, Estherville guests, and multiple bridge and lunch gatherings. It lists travel to Fairmont Sheldon Monterey Mason City Des Moines and California, church events, baptisms, and a Petersburg declamatory contest with Farm Bureau meeting.
The Jake Boyer family plans a move this week to a farm eight miles west of Petersburg, leaving the Andrew Benson farm where they have lived for 30 years. Attending guests from Jackson and St Peter included Mr and Mrs E N Stanwick, Gladys, Mr and Mrs Martin Stanwick, and Mrs Ed Healey and Sharon.
Vicar A Linnett Schrock invites parishioners to Grace Episcopal Church for the Second Sunday in Lent on February 18 with church school at 10 a.m. and litany plus choral Eucharist with sermon at 11 a.m. Midweek Lent schedule includes Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and Evensong with sermon at 7:30 p.m. A cordial welcome to all.
Soul will be the Sunday lesson subject in all Christ Scientist churches with a sermon drawing on Bible quotes from Genesis and I Corinthians and selections from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. A Lutheran Welfare meeting follows at Nazareth church Armstrong with Prof C A Melby delivering the main message Let us attend.
A vintage guide reviews dressing-table as decorative furniture for bedrooms. It discusses matching tables to draperies or slip covers, materials from chintz to satin, and various table shapes from kidney desks to wall shelves. It covers trimming options including ruffles, lace, ribbons, and tailored pleats.
Sunday night events include Norman Larson showing Bible camp pictures at 8:00. Bible camp work for August 11 18 to be discussed. Bible Study Thursday at 8:00 with Hebrews 12 1 15. Friday oyster supper for building fund starting 6:00. Prayer meeting Monday at Tom Natterstad’s at 7 30. Immanuel service 11:00 with Finnish Relief offering. Palestine devotional 11:00 led by deacons. Luther League Sunday 7:30. Wednesday Feb 21 prayer meeting 2:00 at Tom Anderson home in Ceylon Minnesota.
Grains for brewing totaled 25 billion pounds since 1933, enough to fill a freight train from Los Angeles to Detroit. Over three million acres of farmland raise barley, corn, rice and hops for brewers, who spend about 100 million dollars annually. In 1939 nearly four billion pounds of these products produced 66,191,103 barrels of beer, per the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Lutheran congregations report Sunday services at 11 AM and 10 45 AM for Union State Line Lutheran with Sunday school and confirmation classes. A rally for the Iowa Lutheran Welfare Society features Dr C A Melby of St Olaf College at Armstrong Nazareth Lutheran next Sunday at 2 45 PM. Ladies aid meets Feb 22 and confirmation class times are listed with group study on the Faith in Action Movement scheduled Wednesday evening at 7 30.
Mr and Mrs Carl Smith and children and Clint and Stanley Smith attended the funeral of their brother in law Chas Campbell of Minneapolis in Austin Minnesota. Campbell aged about 65 0 years was known in Estherville and owned a lakeside cottage. He was connected with Hall Hardware of Minneapolis and suffered heart trouble but it was not considered serious. He fell ill Monday February 5 and died at 7 PM the same day. Funeral services were held Thursday in Austin with interment in Austin cemetery.
The Kossuth County Conservation league conducts its third annual spring predator hunt in Algona Ia. Twelve units compete for a traveling trophy as foxes gophers crows starlings are counted with points 100 for old fox 50 for young fox 16 for gopher 10 for crow 65 for starling and 6 for a crow’s egg. The hunt closes May 1.
The Grand Theatre announces The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O’Brien opening Friday. Management stages a publicity push with wartime props and staff in military attire as the public preview to a story of the Shamrock Regiment and life in a military camp.
Motion Picture Pay hails the film as a striking piece of dramatic entertainment while Showmen's Review classifies it as real subbed blood entertainment for all audiences, reflecting mixed industry reactions to the production.
W R Wilson learns of his sister Mrs Eva May Patton Patton a former Estherville resident died suddenly Tuesday in Badin North Carolina from heart trouble She was remembered in Estherville as Eva May Wilson Funeral services are set for Thursday in Maryville Tennessee Mrs Patton leaves husband a daughter Ruth and several siblings unable to attend due to distance
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