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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
4
Special correspondents report from Brainard to The Vindicator and Republican present a roundup of local visits. Henry Wink and family visit Brainard to see Bob Richardson before army service while Carl Jensen relocates to Ringsted. Des Moines trips, boxing, basketball, social events, and gatherings fill the week with community figures, salesmen, and clubs in action.
Mr and Mrs August Nelson went to Mason City Friday to be with daughter Betty after a major operation. N B Woods visited Mason City. John Nolding of Fonda stayed with sister Esther Nolding. Mrs Anna Larsen hosted a group after lunch. Mrs Glenn Cross left for Des Moines after weeks with relatives. Thorvald Petersen and family visited Jim McAdams. J N Holen attended 25th wedding anniversary for Nels Petersen near Halfa. Carl Jorgensen at Terris building a tenant house. Al Petersen went to Algona on business. Errol Myers left for Des Moines to enter the army. Ruth Wiley left for Nebraska to be a hospital dietitian. Orville Haahrana family to Rockford for work in a defense plant. Mrs Kermit Christensen enjoying visit from her mother.
Mrs. Fred Klingbiel and Mrs. Rudy Christensen visited Mrs. Martin Olson on Tuesday. The Jack Creek Farm Bureau plans to meet Friday at George Meiners. Gust Anderson and Lawrence Anderson visited Lloyd Anderson in Laurens. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sunde of Huntington spent Friday with Simon Paulson. Mrs. Leland Aanonson visited relatives in Graettinger Friday.
Mr and Mrs E F Koenecke and Mrs Parnell spent an evening with relatives in the northern part of the county. Mr and Mrs Martin Natterstad were evening callers with the Lee family and Daniel Anderson returned from Oakland California for a long stay with relatives. Mr and Mrs Donovan Koenecke and Miss Hermina Wiseman returned from a ten day auto trip to Camp Polk Louisiana visiting Pvt Perry White Jr stationed there.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rasmus sen hosted a 500 card party Friday evening. L. J. Hoovel stays with daughter Mrs S A Knutson as Mrs Hoovel convalesces at Parkview clinic. Clarence Welp and mother visit Des Moines to see Henry Welp in hospital. Others visit Lester Peterson, Stanwich, and Lakefield weddings, plus trips to Worthington to meet Astrid Nasby visiting Californian relatives.
During World War I an influenza outbreak showed quinine prophylaxis reduced illness in a malarial region. A regiment taking 5 grains daily had about 1 percent infected, while 900 in the nonquinine group became ill. Studies hint quinine helps control influenza though not universally preventive.
A list of brief local notices records Jack Johnson leaving Sunday for Omaha to take his final army entrance examination, Daisy Carmody planning a weekend with her parents, and a series of social and school events including a benefit game that raised over 140 dollars.
Mrs Rudolph Matthies observed her birthday on February 12 with twenty visiting ladies. Mrs J E Hubert, whose birthday is Valentine’s Day, received a card shower and a plant while recently housebound. Neighbors including Mesdames Philip Bredberg, Matt Anderson, Amy Linden, Edwin Carlson, Edwin Soley, Claire Hubert, Floyd and Maynard Anderson attended Friday afternoon, sharing delicacies for lunch.
At a December 19 20 conference in Washington Secretary Wickard and Director McNutt announced a National Victory Garden Program to grow food at home farms and schools and to encourage fruits flowers lawns and shrubs as part of wartime life. M L Wilson said the plan invites widest participation from public and private agencies, youth groups and civic organizations with support from state land grant colleges and Civil Defense offices.
Lake Fremont garden club hosted Mrs. F. S Carlson for a Lincoln birthday themed program while the American Legionaires of Sherburn met at Dunnell hall with 12 members. Federated Women’s Clubs officers gathered to plan a county meeting May 2 featuring an Art Exhibit and speaker. New officers were elected at Lake Fremont Farm Club and several county residents were noted for travel, visits, and health updates.
A long list of social calls and public notices details Mrs Roland Danielson moving to a farm near Northrup on March 1, with neighbors and relatives visiting, local nursing graduates finishing exams, and multiple families hosting gatherings and farewells across Emmet County. Military and training movements involve Henry Jensen, Forest Frank in Texas, Eldon Ansonson near Cheyenne, and others, with school and church events, banquets, and local club meetings sprinkled throughout.
Mr and Mrs Homer Rogers and family moved last week from Gruver to the Willard Crim farm. Mrs Frank Hartman and Miss Alice Peterson left Friday afternoon for West Chicago to visit Mrs Hartman's daughter Mrs Charlotte Bahn fluth and Miss Betty Hartman.
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