All Have Chance To Buy Bonds In Emmet County Drive
Emmet County launches a nationwide defense bond and stamp drive with a monthly goal of 877000 dollars. A county committee met at Gardston hotel to organize payroll deductions, pledges, and blank forms for all earners, including city workers and rural residents. The plan seeks new savings to fund the war, offering bonds as savings with about 8 percent interest, not a gift or charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Gardston
Treasury
Estherville
Emmet County Committee
J. E. Stockdale
County Defense Savings
F. J. Kennedy
N. E. Dem Oney
George Robb
Fred Ehlers
A. T. Bringle
Claude Fausnaugh
Deemer Lee
George Thompson
N. FE. Lee
August Rosenberger
William HR. Sykes
Thomas Foster
L. P. Stillman
Dolliver
J. B. Knipe
Armstrong
Forrest Christiansen
Ringsted
Treasury Department
Tragedy Letter Details Donald Swartz Death Aboard USS Sturtevant
Lieut. Commander C. L. Weigle of the USS Sturtevant reports the death of Donald Swartz, temporary mess cook, swept overboard in 40 to 50 mph winds and 40 to 80 foot waves at 1 10 P M January 11. The ship could not lower lifeboats. a search by another vessel and the Sturtevant lasted over an hour without success. Donald was well liked and regarded as a good seaman. his family receives deep sympathy from the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Swartz
C. L. Weigle
USS
Sturtevant
Donald
Cook
USS Sturtevant
Donrad
Sturtevame
Vlr
Explosive Licensing Agent Appointed by District Court
Irwin C. Nichols adds explosive licensing duties to his role as district court clerk amid heightened security concerns. Licenses to use or sell dynamite expire March 1. applicants must be vouched for by two witnesses. In other news, Mr and Mrs Harold Reed welcome a son born at Coleman hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin C. Nichols
Nichols
Harold Reed
Coleman Hospital
Reed
the Vindicator
Dad
Hutchinson
Jack Creek Couple Celebrates Silver Anniversary
Neighbors and friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Nels Peterson on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Guests traveled to Mrs. Marie Berven’s home for supper, with Scherwenzel play and visiting followed by a midnight lunch and a decorated cake.
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Jack Creek
Nels Peterson
Marie Berven
Berven
Norman Larsch
Hans Christensen
Jens Simonson
Vv. R
C H Ford Dies After Accident In Oklahoma City
Clarence Henry Ford of Oklahoma City dies Saturday from injuries after an accident. Services scheduled for 10 A M Monday at Adams funeral home Ames. Surviving are his widow, daughter Alice, and sister Kate Scharfenburg. Ford longtime Estherville resident and engineer with Rock Island and state highway departments. WWI veteran and former division engineer for Dakota division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sorum
North Star
Clarence Henry Ford
Oklahoma City
Okla
Adams Funeral
Ames
Masonic Lodge
Ford
State Engineer
Oklahoma
Estherville
College of Engineering
Dakota
Rock Island
United States
Engineering Corps
211Th Engineers
Camp Meade
Marysland
State Highway Department
North Dakota
Alice
the Vindicator and Republican
Corydon
Kate Scharfenburg
St. Cloud
Minn
Fords
North Eighth Street
Kin nard Buys Ridley Dairy In Estherville Change
Wm R Kinnard acquired Rid ley Dairy in Estherville effective Monday and plans a new East Lawn plant. He will bottle milk and cream from standard dairy herds at the plant, while continuing at the Ridley site until the new plant is ready. The Ridleys will move to California by about May 1 as four of their children reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Estherville
Ridley
Wm. R. Kinnard
R. J. Ridley
Mr. Kinnard
Estherville Grocer Company
Kinnerd
East Lawn
California
Revisions in Deductions Align With Yardstick
The note discusses adjusting deductions to match the recommended standard. It urges alignment with the yardstick, citing consistency and fairness in calculations. Specific changes are outlined as applying the proposed ratio to all categories and reviewing affected accounts for accuracy.
Local men to attend state Legion meeting
Estherville men head to Des Moines for the state convention of Commanders and Adjutants of the American Legion. The group includes Art Bringle district commander G P F Wilder district adjutant L E Thomas Maurice Doyle post commander E G Griffis post adjutant Dr A F E Reed service officer and W E Deming post state vice commander. Sessions are scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines
American Legion
Art Bringle
G. P F. Wilder
L. E. Thomas
Maurice Doyle
E. G. Griffis
A. F E. Reed
W. E. Deming
Forssell Mourns Death Of Mrs Okerstrom
Mrs G E Forssell learned Saturday afternoon of her mother Mrs Okerstroms sudden death at her St Paul Minnesota home from a heart attack A funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon Rev Forssell and four children took an early Sunday bus trip to St Paul to attend. Mrs Okerstrom often visited the Forssell family here and was beloved by many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okerstrom
St. Paul
Minn
Forsell
Rev. Forssell
Music festival to be discontinued in Estherville area
County education leaders meet at Ringsted to decide ending the high school music festival due to the war. The county spelling contest will be restructured with a countywide word list and synchronized testing. Grade school spelling will continue as before, with tests conducted locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Marie Sorum
Emmet
C. W. Hammond
Ringsted
Estherville
N. E. Demoney
G. L. Sanders
Sorum
Registration of 741 Emmet County men this week
Among 9,000,000 nationwide registrants aged 20 to 44, Emmet County contributed 741 men this week, 33 of them from outside the county. Location counts include City Hall Estherville 115 Court House Estherville 112 Town Trust and Savings Bank Estherville 73 Emmet Consolidates 25 Grover 29 Dolliver 35 War ing fort OB ATVISITeN TSG Maple Hill 24 Ringsted 90 Huntington 20 and Selective Service Office 30. The total fell short of expectations due to fewer out of county laborers and many youths joining defense units elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Estherville
Court House
Town Trust and Savings Bank
Emmet
Grover
Dolliver
War “Ing Fort
Atvisiten Tsg
Maple Hill
Ringsted
Huntington
United States
VLR
World Day of Prayer Observed by Estherville Churches
Estherville will host the nineteenth World Day of Prayer observance on Friday at the Church of Christ. Women from Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian Baptist, Episcopalian, Norwegian Lutheran and Gospel Mission churches participate. The service begins at 2 PM after a brief business meeting to elect officers. A quartet will provide music under Mrs. N. Brown, with leaders named from local congregations. Dr. O E Miller departs for Chicago to report as lieutenant colonel in the Navy Reserve medical unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Church of Christ
Methodist
Presbyterian
Christian Baptist
Gospel Mission
George Robb
B. O. Walden
Anton Steery
F. E. Rosendahl
G. Lucas
Corres
Lloyd Stockdale
I Am
Ortmeyer
Stanley Larson
C. P. Mauk
Fred Sawyer
Chas, Robinson
Aganist
N. Brown
O. E. Miller
Chicago
Navy Reserve
Navy
Dunnell Cooperative Creamery Holds Annual Meeting
The Community hall hosted Dunnell Cooperative Creamery's annual meeting with free lunch, a German band, and a reorganized structure under Dunnell Creamery Association. Active customers now hold common stock while local producers drive 50 percent of business. officers were reelected and residents praised the friendly, communal gathering lasting from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnell Cooperative Creamery
J. Pollet
Arthur Prickson
HL Mathwie
Littl
Sherburn High School
Atty Gaarenstroom
Dunnell Creamery Association
Arthee Erickson
Mo TL Sileos
Ton. Hubert
Creamery Board
H. J. Pollet
Arthur Erickson
Mathwig
M. A. Silcox
J. C. Biesmen
Verman Franck
J. FE. Uighbert
Oscar Flonnete
Gordon Mayo
Emmet County Aid Payouts Expose January Totals
County records show names of counties and welfare payouts for January. Emmet County paid 5 233.10 total to 248 recipients with averages around 21 dollars. Clay Dickinson Palo Alto Kossuth and others listed with various counts and per person averages.
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State Department
Osial Welfare
Des Mfestiis
Fane Weeks County
Clay County
Dickinson County
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Evelyn Danielson 23 Dies After Illness in Iowa City
Evelyn Danielson, 23, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charis Danielson of Estherville, died Tuesday at University Hospital in Iowa City after weeks with heart ailment. A Estherville High School graduate class of 1938, she worked at Dutch Maid Bakery. Survived by three sisters Mrs. King Gould of St. Louis, Mo. and Mrs. Morton Evans and Miss Arvella Danielson, and one brother Harold, all of Estherville, with parents. Funeral at Sternborg Funeral Home with services at 2 and 80 P.M. in Baptist Church Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Dans ‘Ielson
Mer
Mes
Charis: Danielson
Estherville
Vrnesday
University Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa City I
Miss Danielson
Dutch Maid Bakery
King Gould
St. Louis
Morton Evans
Arvella Danielson
Harold
Evelyn Danielson
Sternborn
Midgets top Livermore in high scoring overtime win
Estherville Midgets defeated Livermore 86 to 34 in an overtime thriller after a wild start to the game. Kennedy led with 15 points for Estherville while Fields scored most for Waldorf in the junior college game, with 22 in the third period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widsets
Livermore
Kennedy
Otto
Ant Vorman
Armstrong Reserve Center
Seo
Motherville
Yountan
Rehoemer
Rob Mauss
Jim Kennedy
Smith
Astherville
Eppe Kennedy
Otlo
Woods
Youman
Te Wood
Loi Broms
Miatnis
Gipson
Livermore Ry
Wits
Wolves
George Var Vale Weubaire
Tire Rationing Board Issues New Tires and Tubes
Emmet County and Estherville boards issued certificates for new tires and tubes covering February 1 to February 17. The list includes customers such as Yed Schacherer, Estherville Coop Cry, Gilford Osher, Otto Selaper, Maurice B. Oleson, Dolliver Consolisdated Sthouol, Dotson, and CON Peterson, with various truck, tractor, and passenger tire needs. Obsolete tire certificates were given to Ira Swartz, Harley Rohlstedt, John Panzer, and Everett Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Maurice B. Oleson
Dolliver
Sthouol
Dotson
Con Peterson
Otrick
Ira Swartz
Traier Tire
Harley Rohlstedt
John Panzer
Wil
Everett Smith
City Bowling League to Hold V R Tournament
The City Bowling League sponsors a three day event Friday through Sunday February 27 28 and March 3 for teams doubles and singles entries due by Sunday February 22. Fees 10 for teams 4 for doubles 2 for singles with 75 point average and 7 handicap. Prize fund from 1.25 of 2 goes back with 75 for bowling expenses. Last year 200 in prizes with 15 teams 18 doubles and 30 singles participating. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs John Khingbeil Jr in Estherville while two others admitted for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Bowling League
Dunnell Sets Sale Date for Community Sale
At a Dunnell Business Men’s Association meeting the annual community sale was scheduled for Saturday March 28. Chairman Fado Kanul named solicitors Reuben Deering Theodore Uden and Fred Mathwig with advertising by Go Swanson and War Roveson. Proceeds support cemetery maintenance at Lake Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnell Business Men's Association
Satururday
Fado Kanul
Reuben Deering
Theodore Uden
Fred Mathwig
Go Swanson
War Roveson
Lake Fremont Cemetery
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Ira Swarts
Son
War Production Board
Far East
C.H. Ford
Kinnard
Ridley Dairy
V.R
State Legion
G. E. Forssell
Draft Board
Dunnell Creamery Board
V.ro
Ares
Town City Hospital
Junior College
Waldorf College
Leonard Waldron
Livermore Cenemoates
Alidgerts
Dizzy Livermore
Kennery
VLA
John Khingbeil, Jr
Frank van Dorstemn
Avnstroue
Donald Stewart
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