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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
4
A long list of local visits and happenings in Estherville and surrounding towns. Residents visit relatives in Spencer Spencer and Jackson while others host Lakes area friends and attend club meetings. Several notes mention New Year greetings, farm sales, calf auctions, and book additions to the Culture Club library.
The Dolliver public library, run by the civic club with American Legion Auxiliary support, reopened last Saturday in the post office building. Thirty five new books were added since December, and volunteers continue weekend hours or hire staff to keep it open. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in weekly items, including travels, visits, fox hunts, and community events around Dolliver and nearby towns.
Mrs Frank Deering returns home from Rochester to improve health as Walter Deering and Mrs L A Peterson travel after her. Several families host dinners and visits including Linder Montan and Linder families, Yvonne’s first birthday at Schnittger's, and Mrs C N Swanson hosting in laws while ill. Petertson to travel to St Petersburg Florida. C J Ziemer to Fal will be at Oscar farm while January travel plans proceed.
Semester examinations will begin Thursday and Friday January 13 and 14. In the second semester ninth and tenth grades will take Business Training instead of Agriculture. Eleventh and twelfth grades will take American History in place of American Government.
Ringsted residents report visits and trips with relatives in Des Moines Mayo Clinic trips to Rochester Minnesota and planned travel to Bea man Chicago Indiana and the west coast for two months. Several local names including Clarence King Frank Fewell Stanley Jensen and H C Jensen are noted as visiting relatives and a hospital in Minneapolis during the period.
After weeks with her sister Mrs Eugene Petersen Mr and Mrs Al Lowenberg and daughter Juanita were dinner guests Sunday at the Joe Madden home near Fenton. Several local residents recently suffered injuries from slips and accidents resulting in broken bones including Virgil Nelson who broke his left leg, Anton Viemen who broke a left arm, and Mrs Ole Soleberg who broke her left leg after slipping at home.
Miss Alice Martens and relatives visit. numerous neighbors share weekends and birthdays. Families including Graff, Swartz, Hansen, Zelinsky, Shannon, Nauss, Schmidt, Kamp, Duke, and Graffana are mentioned with gatherings, dinners, and birthday celebrations around Terris and Estherville.
Andrew Graff family updates include a call from Mr and Mrs M Bender of Estherville to the Harold Graff home Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mehim of near Sioux City moved onto the Gregory Bormann place. Mr and Mrs John Graff visited the Harold Graff family Sunday evening.
Mr and Mrs Roy Broadie were supper guests at the Herman Weber home. Dinner guests at the August Rosenberger home included Floyd McCoy Charlie Rosenberger Estherville Selmonson Albert and Selmonson drove to Garretson S D for Clara Klungness funeral. Mrs Jim Hill ill with pneumonia. An drew Bahlmer assists. Credit Corporation meeting attended by Rosenberger Morton and West at Emmetsburg. Claude Miller postoperative but weak with ether pneumonia. Nielsen Jorgenson visit Nels Mortensen home near Grachtinger. George Bergeson to Rochester Minn for heart trouble.
Mrs. R J Brouillette hosted Gloria Brouillette s sixth birthday with a 5 30 supper and a rainbow cake centerpiecePrincess pop corn ball cards and small dolls decorated the room Guests included Bonnie June Jensen Lillian Brunsvold Garnita Brunsvold Gloria Johnson Lavonne and Ruth Boyer The Bargfrede and Stade families with Laverne Allen visited the Dick Bargfrede home Sunday Others shared news of visits to Joe Suinny and A Johnson homes last week and at Welcome.
Mr and Mrs R J Brouiller and daughter Gloria visited at Walter Brunsvold. Mike Johnson and John Johnson families visited the Brouillette home. Beulah Gilbert resumed teaching at Loon Lake school after two weeks with Henry Gilbert. Mrs Frank Wieskus and son visited Henry Gilbert. Herman Bargfrede entertained multiple families and Doris fourth birthday. W V Peterson and children visited N A Jensen. Shelmien and Schneckloth visited N A Jensen. Knutson guests at H H Lundhal. Ellsworth Meyer and daughter moved to Meyers farm. Meyer sold feed grinder to Wm Dunker. Services planned at Union State Line church Sunday at ten fifty-five. Knutson couple attended a basketball game in Winnebago. VR.
Maple Hill girls beat Emmet Consolidated 28 to 18 and the boys won 28 to 11 Friday night. A social note reports Mr and Mrs George Hail and family visiting the E K Ayers home Sunday and Mr and Mrs Elmer Spoo with Mary Ann as Sunday dinner guests at the Chris Spoo home. Kenneth Tuel of Milford visited Estherville on Tuesday to see friends.
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