Campaign for March of Dimes Starts Sunday in Emmet County
The 1945 March of Dimes drive in Emmet county runs Sunday January 14 to Tuesday January 30 to fund infantile paralysis research and services. County chairman W Jerry Gerbracht, with state chair B Lee Reyner, plans extensive school and community participation, with students collecting via official sheets and earning free show passes for contributions. The drive aims to keep half the funds local, notes prior success funding nurse training and Sister Kenny method, and reports 1944 county totals of 1100.99 and theater patrons contributing 382.53.
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Emmet
Roosevelt
W. Jerry Gerbracht
B. Lee Reyner
Dep .Maines
Ger‘bracht
Armatrong
Ringsted
Wallingford
Marie Sorum
N.’ E. Dempney
Estherville
Ign
Emmet County
Armstrong
Roxy
Hollywood
Clara Kennedy
A. I. Reed
Fred Parsona
Schilknecht
Henrietta Miller
Bera
This
Kiwanis Honor Perfect Attendance Members Named
Kiwanis club members with perfect attendance were honored at a Wednesday meeting at the Gardaton hotel. Six received two-year awards: Carl Anderson, Dr J. M. Fredericksen, M. C. Hohenstad, F. J. Kennedy, D. Knudsen, and F. E. Rosendahl. Others with full attendance in the past year included R. B. Knight, N. E. Demoney, Robert Lee, John Lilley, C. R. Miller, M. T. Morton, Vermaine Sidles, and Jerry Vega. ALL Cadieux holds a five year record. Guests Leonard Zetzmann, Fareway manager. Captain Richard Munson, air corps. Orlando Olson, navy. Captain Munson and Olson shared brief remarks. President N. E. Demoney outlined Kiwanis goals for 1945 and committees were named.
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Kiwanis Club
Gardaton Hotel
Carl ‘Anderson
J. M. Fredericksen
M. C. Hohenstad
F. J. Kennedy
D. 9
Knudsen
F. E. Rosendahl
R. 8. Knight
N. E. Demoney
Robert Lee
John Lilley
C. RE. Miller
M. T. Morton
Vermaine Sidles
Jerry Vega
Cadieux
Leonard Zetzmann
Fareway
Richard Munson
Air Corps
Orlando Olson
Navy
Munson
Olson
Kiwanis
N. EB. ‘Demoney
Scouts Gather More Than 12 Tons of Paper
Estherville Boy Scout Troop 21 collected twelve and a half tons of scrap paper Sunday. Five trucks carried the loads to Cliff Wycoff and a freight car north of Roc Asland depot. The drive raised funds for a future collection in early March, with George Starr leading the top-paper group and twenty-three scouts, including Ralph Godsil and Dennis Perkins, taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
George Starr
Ralph Godsil
Don Webber
Lee Nauss
Dennis Perkins
Lable Bringle
Joyce Fredericksen
John Allen
Neil Case
James Myers
Charles Allen
Jack Broms
Charles Clark
Arthur Schulz
Eldie Mustard
Don Bittner
Keith Mortenson
James Wegs
Dean Case
Lee Mustard
Don Diamond
Hugh Greig
John Greig
LeRoy Peterson
George Robb
Cecil Darling
Sam Fisher
P. G. Gray
Hinev Beck
The
Golden Sun
Lubi Bringle
Tom Hide
Elmer Jensen
Golden Sun Milling Company
Former Estherville Resident Emma Ghoslin Dies in California
Former Estherville resident Mrs Emma Ghoslin of Los Angeles Calif died Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs Roy Brown. She had been with her daughter for six weeks. Funeral services and burial will be in Los Angeles. Survived by three daughters and two sons. preceded in death by her husband.
Brother Dies in Ames Heart Attack Funeral Planned
Mrs. Charles Miller mourns her brother Paul Salisbury of Ames who died Friday noon after a severe heart attack. Roy Anderson of Terrie and Miller and Myre are expected to leave today to attend funeral services Monday afternoon in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Paul Salisbury
Ames
Or ‘Miller
Myre
Roy Anderson
Terrie
Peterson Honored by National Broadcasting Company
Ralph Howard Peterson, radio news commentator and nephew of Estherville residents Miss Lucile Peterson and Russell Paterson, was honored recently in New York at a dinner for NBC news commentators returning from foreign service. He has completed 20 months abroad as a news broadcaster and was stationed in Rome. His mother Mia Ann Peterson had been living in Estherville for several months.
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Ralph Howard Peterson
Lucile Peterson
Russell Paterson
Estherville
New York
National Broadcasting ‘Company
Foreign Service
Peterson
Ralph Howard
Rome
Mia
Ann Peterson
Emmet Consolidated Girls Win Big in Friday Doubleheader
In a Friday night doubleheader at Superior, Emmet Consolidated girls beat Superior 40 to 20, while the boys defeated 54 to 20. Francia Maniece led the girls with high scoring for Emmet Consolidated, and Donna Brix was top scorer for the boys. Guarding by Emmet Consolidated was strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Emmet Consolidated
Superior Boya
Francia Maniece
Boya
Donna Brix
Emimet Consolidated
Hamet Consolidated
Crop Goals for Emmet County Are Announced
Emmet county's 1945 crop plan calls for 92,000 acres of corn 44.7 percent of crop ground 48,000 oats 23.3 percent 20,000 beans 9.7 percent 7,400 flax 3.6 percent 16,000 tame hay and clover alfalfa 7.8 percent and 22,560 acres 11 percent for rotation pasture and miscellaneous Nels G Christiansen AAA chairman says the county will hold a meeting January 25 at the AAA office with farm leaders vocational instructors rural electrification and soil conservation officials to discuss the plan and its implementation.
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Emmet
Nels G. Christiansen
AAA
Rock Island Safety Meeting Held at Estherville Depot
About 60 Rock Island railroad employees attended the bi monthly safety meeting at the Estherville terminal waiting room. R A Libby Des Moines district safety supervisor urged reducing injuries by 50 percent in 1945 through talk and practice of safety rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad
Estherville Terminal
Rock Island Depot
R. V. Smith
Ly Departmenter
R. A. Libby
Des Moines
Libby
Rock Island
Permit request to change tire size on sold vehicle
Dealer may seek district OPA approval to mount tires of a different size after a sale. The letter must include tire quantities and sizes, transfer certificate details, vehicle identifiers, purchaser information, proposed use, and a clear justification for the tire change to ensure proper operation. It may show the tire supplier and exchange of take-off tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Service Members Reach and Leave From Estherville Area
A parade of servicemen are described visiting Estherville and nearby, with returns from the Pacific and Europe. Sgts Otto Klein and Keith depart for Santa Ana and a redistribution station, while others like Lieut Harold Schildknecht tour home on leave. Many receive overseas addresses and furloughs, with notes on training, shipboard posts, and letters from the front describing Christmas and daily life abroad.
P T A Group Votes on Youth Center Need
Eighteen of twenty two mothers voted in favor at a Monday junior high P T A meeting. They urged a recreation center for Estherville to provide a safe leisure space and prevent delinquency, noting costs and access across town lines and varied activities to include all children.
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P.T. A
Eathervilla A
Jack Bittner
Elks Lodge
Piunge v
H E Rogers of Gruver Dies After Illness
H E Rogers 79 a Gruver retired farmer died at his home after a two week illness following a stroke His widow son Homer of Jackson Minn a daughter Mrs Pearl Beggs of Clearfield Ia and several grandchildren survive Funeral services were held Wednesday at 130 pm at the Rogers home and 280 pm at the Presbyterian church Gruver burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Estherville
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H. E. Rogers
Gruver
Rogers
Linn County
Iowa
Presbyterian Church of
Grover
Earl
Homer
Jackson
Jackson, Minn
Pearl Beggs
Clearfield
Surevive
Presbyterian Church
Estherville
Oakhill Cemetery
Barbas to Open Shoe Repair and Shine Shop in Estherville
Louis Barbas, a shoe repair shop proprietor in Estherville until recently, has returned and will open a shoe repair and shine shop on North Sixth Street in the former Dutch Maid bake shop building. He expects to open as soon as the ordered equipment arrives and is installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Barbas
Estherville
North Sixth Street
C Squad Tops Ringsted B in Roosevelt Gym
The Batherville C squad beat Ringsted B 25 to 19 in Roosevelt gym. Ringsted A defeated Estherville B 22 to 12. Arthur Lt Frit scher coaches Estherville C and Al Wuyt coaches Estherville B. Wendlen Burckhart refereed the games.
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Batherville
Ringsted
Roosevelt Gymnasium
Estherville
Arthur Lt. Fritscher
al Wuyt
Wendlen Burckhart
Harold Sifrit to Attend Classes by Telephone Link
Harold Bua Sifrit, injured in a spring car crash, will finish high school this term through a twin telephone hookup from his home. The Estherville student, once a star athlete, can sit up in a wheelchair and move both arms, though he cannot walk. The system lets him hear class and teachers, with the teacher quizzing him remotely to ensure attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sifrit
Harold Bua Sifrit
Sifrit
Estherville
Bud
Bond purchases in Emmet county top quota by margin
War bond drive in Emmet county reports total purchases of 1,024,113 dollars against a gross quota of 720,000. E bonds led with 425,397 dollars while 6,770 in F bonds and 48,100 in G bonds added to 480,268. Banks, corporations and the city largely funded large denomination notes and other securities, with a final margin under 35,000.
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Emmet
Christmas Seal Sale total in Estherville reaches 654 23
Proceeds from the 1944 Christmas seal sale in Estherville total 654.23 dollars. The funds support the Emmet county tuberculosis association prevention and control program. Residents urged to purchase or return seals. The article notes ongoing TB challenges with 600 Iowa residents in sanatoria and 380 deaths last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Christmaas
Emmet County Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis Association
Association
Iowa
Tin Cans Needed Urgently by County Salvage Chair
Emmet County salvage chairman George Heyman announced tin cans are a critical material and in urgent demand. Residents are urged to clean flatten and deliver cans to the tin can depot at Central Avenue and Eighth Street.
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Emmet County Salvage
George Heyman
Central Avenue
Eighth St
Heiney Prisoner Faces Hearing in Estherville
Philip Heiney and his son, former Raebel employees, were arrested after the Dec 16 murder of Raebel. Judge Fred M. Hudson set Monday Jan 29 for sentencing following guilty pleas in district court. The men were extradited from Quincy Illinois and remanded without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Estherville
Merle Moller
M. L. Grebe
Clay County
Helney
Raebel
Lakeshore
Mra
Spirit Lake
Rachel
Nelson
Spencer
Jay Johnston
Anderson
W. B. Bedell
Quincy
Ill
Dickingon County
Kenneth Welty
Emmet County Farm Bureau Holds City Hall Meeting
About 70 township leaders attended a City Hall gathering in Emmet county to kick off the annual Farm Bureau membership drive. Emery Dull of Cherokee urged growth, noting Iowa’s membership rose to 76,000 and setting a 1945 goal of 90,000 statewide, with 750 in Emmet county. Bergie Munson outlined drive mechanics and captains received township quotas. Coffee and doughnuts followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County Farm Bureau
Emmet
Bergie Munson
Police School Here in State Held Friday
A state police officers school will be held here Friday from 1 to p.m. with Officer Movie Moller Officer Resor Cowan and Patrol Sgt. Lyle Dawson in charge. They will be aided by the FBI agent in charge in Iowa and another agent. The school is part of a weeklong series with meetings in Sheldon Thursday Wither Ville Friday Spencer on Sunday and Cherokee Tuesday. The officers are graduates of the National Police Academy. The meeting will be held in the city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Movie Moller
Resor Cowan
Lyle Dawson
Spencer
Iowa
Sheldon
Witherville
Cherokee
National Police Academy
Moves to Des Moines Buy Interests in White Funeral Home
Des Moines gains new ownership in the E. Carl White funeral home as Newton Mack of Estherville and Mitchell O Bumgardner of Spirit Lake purchase interests. Mack, formerly with Mahlum and Sandin Furniture and Undertaking in Estherville, will join the Des Moines operation after relocating from Terris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Mack
Estherville
Mitchell O. Bumgardner
Spirit Lake
E. Carl White
Des Moines
Mr. Mack
Mahlum and Sandin Furniture
Eatherville
Terris
Mack
Gardston Drug Store to Move Equipment to New Site
George Bale proprietor of the Gardston drug store will relocate all drug store equipment and stock to North Sixth Street into a building formerly used by the Ochrlein grocery store and meat market. Mr Bale expects to complete the move by February first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bale
Gardston Drug Store
North Sixth Street
Ochrlein
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Campaign For March of Dimes
Vtetten
Otto L. Klein
Santa Ang
Calif
Kieth
Otto Klein
Klelnhaa
Alice Tupper
Achman
Robert Thompson
San Francisco
Esterville
Blanche Thompson
Leo Shindera
Harold Schildknecht
Schildknecht
England
Walter Schildknecht
the &Th U. 8. Army Air Force
Santa Ana
Pfc
Aveland Geer
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Co. C
Ft. Lewis, Wash
Sherman W. Morton
Lowry Field
Colo
Jean Kent
U.S.N
United States
Fleet Post Office
Marvin C. Cooklin
N. Y
Wayne C. Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Anne
Charles Hindal
Camp Bowie
Texas
TA Br
Pfo
John M. Stockdale
Camp Butner
N. C
Cara
Robert Pullen
Shoemaker
Pic, Merlon
Yule
Auburn
Dept. of Pat
Dewitt General Hospital
Ervin Lowenberg
HBD Group
Grantice City
Hngr
Francis van DeWalle
Southwest Pacific
Phil van DeWalle
Seaman van DeWalle
John van DeWalle
Italy
Ralph V. Steele
Lake Norden
William Lulihart
France
Steele
Vernon W. Steele
South Dakota State College
Eutherville
Raymond St. Dominy
Keesler Field
Dominy
Harry Dominy
AAF Training Command
Hobbs
N. M
Lyle M. Skow
Camp Hauze
Co. A
Camp Hawze
David H. Lee
Cumberland Road
Jacksonville
Fla
Pfe
Arnold Rasmussen
Camp Howze
IAT. Bn
15Th Reg
Melvin Halverson
N.Y
Erwin A. Lowenberg
Granite City, Ill
HQ Co
Granite City
Wner
SeSetu Merton
Ankrum
Bastherville
Germany
Eugene Koenecke
Pacific
APO
Romaine Hageback
R.D.M
South Pacific
Harold F. Stemmann
Seaman Steinmann
John Raifo
Francis H. Dooley
Ernest HH. Inder
A.E.F
T.8
Sea, I
No. 2
Denver
Cole
W. M. Knudsen
D. UW. Diamond
Washinton
Moller
Philip Heiney
City Hall
Police School
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