Babson Park minister to visit. winter church services
Estherville notes a busy period with Babson Park services led by Rev Vaughn of Boston and planned sermons this winter. The Garden Club held a large turkey dinner at Mill Creek Lodge. Miss Georgia Deming assisted in serving. Nearby Davenport reports a patient with pockets full of cash after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Vaughn
Boston
Baptist Church
Janesville
Wisconsin
Tom Nolan
Macdonald
Estherville
Garden Club
Mill Creat Lodge
Georgia Deming
Nichol
Emmet County Names Engineer Reappointed for Eighth Term
At a county board meeting L L Moggess was reappointed county engineer for the eighth term with a 2000 dollar yearly salary. Neil Brown kept as assistant county engineer at 60 cents hourly while also serving as city engineer. Wayne Vandevanter rehired as courthouse janitor at 60 dollars monthly. County wage scales set include Rodman 87? cents, tractor driver 60, bridge foreman 45, assistant bridge foreman 40, extra workers 37 44, road patrol 40, truck drivers 35, common labor 30, drainage ditch workers 45 with transport, other ditch workers 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Emmet
L. L. Moggess
Boggess
Neil Brown
Brown
Wayne Vandevanter
Rodman
Wilder Re elected President Of Iowa Independent Merchants
G F Wilder of Estherville was re elected president of the Iowa Independent Merchants Association at the annual meeting held Monday at Hotel Savery. W F Powers Des Moines was named executive secretary and C P Brown Des Moines treasurer. R J Cavanaugh Des Moines was named executive board chair. P F Hansen Manning advanced to first vice president, E C Sterrett Sheldon elected second vice president. Executive board members named: P J Rodenborn Fort Dodge J J Gillespie Des Moines Henry D Petersen Council Bluffs Earl Parker Centerville Horace Brickner Decorah C W Dwight Burlington Lawrence Baron Sioux City Theodore Muhl Vinton. The body adopted resolutions supporting the Patman federal chain store tax bill the Louisiana principle of state chain store taxation and an unfair sales practice act. It endorsed legislation to equalize and expand opportunities in retail distribution and voted to educate the public that an independent distribution system is a community asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Hansen
Manning
R. N. Larson
Fort Dodge
E. C. Sterrett
Sheldon
P. J. Rodenborn
J. J. Gillespie
Des Moines
Henry D. Petersen
Council Bluffs
Earl Parker
Centerville
Horace Brickner
Decorah
C. W. Dwight
Burlington
Lawrence Baron
Sioux City
Theodore Muhl
Vinton
Louisiana
Drowned Tampa Man After Car Plunges From Pier
Barney Anderson 71 winter visitor from Tampa Florida drowned when his car rolled off the municipal pier at St Petersburg into 18 feet of water. Coast guardsmen firemen and volunteers raised the car after an hour and freed his body. Witnesses told a justice of the peace Anderson backed out and the car surged forward striking a bench then climbing a retaining wall before entering the water. The notice also lists dates for the Grand Commandery of Iowa at Spirit Lake Iowa and the Triannual Encampment in Cleveland Ohio with Iowa Knights Templars urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Anderson
Hyde Park Avenue
Tampa
Florida
St. Petersburg
Municipal Pier
Coast
Grand Commandery of
Iowa
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Knights
Templars
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa Knights
Local Teams Suffer Trouncing In Friday Night Games
Estherville High School Midgets lost 38 to 18 to Emmetsburg with poor shooting against a loose zone defense. Pat Hand led Estherville with five assists, Jim Kennedy scored five points. Northwestern beat Estherville Wolves 60 to 16 as Franken led with 16 points and Eddie Burt topped Estherville with eight. Next games: Estherville vs Sheldon on Friday January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Pat Hand
Jim Kennedy
Estherville Wolves
Northwestern
Eddie Burt
Wolves
Eddie
Franken
Burtereee
Eae Beer
Ae Ee Be
Madden Tenn Ee
T Jensen
Kelly Eee
Eeane Aeverad
Kelly Veeweneeeees
A Sanders
Veasee
Ed King
Woods
al Arnold
Aree
Elwood
Eoasved
McKirbhy
Griffith Youman Setoveeee
Kennedy Ceetenenees
Palmer Waneene
Vermeer Ee Young
Seees
Johnson
Seevaneeee
Hood
Stdeeseee
OD van DeWalt
Mortonane
Eee
Ween Clark A
B. C. Hallberg Kooiken
Naueeeawon
FG FS Pft Vandeburg
Handeeerane
Muilenburg
Renee
Iowa Survey seeks valuable manuscripts for American history
The Iowa Historical Records Survey seeks manuscripts and old papers to enrich American history research. It aims to locate collections in private depots and public libraries and urges individuals to reveal hidden materials. Dr. Charles A. Beard lauds the effort as laying bed rock for U.S. civilization history. Private collections are often harder to uncover. Lee Case and Ed Sorum traveled to South Bend to bring home a Studebaker for Mr Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Historical Records Survey
Iowa Work Projects Administration
Q. Clyde Sutherland
Sutherland
Charles A. Beard
United States
Historical Records Survey
Iowa
Lee Case
Sorum
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Mr. Case
Friday Last Day for Filing New Court Cases
Friday was the final filing day in the office of Clerk of Courts Irwin Nichols. Court opens next Monday, January 22, with Judge Fred Hudson of Pocahontas presiding. New and listed cases include Iowa Trust & Savings Bank vs E C Johnson and A E Johnson promissory note. D D Blake vs Lauritz E Sunde account. Wm Cockburn vs City of Estherville damages. P W Peterson vs Geo C Meyers Karen J Meyers and A J Flint action to enforce lien of levy. DeLaval Separator Co vs Walter Sabin foreclosure sales contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Nichols
Fred Hudson
Pocahontas
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
E. C. Johnson
A. E. Johnson
D. D. Blake
Lauritz E. Sunde
Wm. Cockburn
City of Estherville
William Walker Dies in Medford After Illness
Word was received Friday by Mrs. Walter Blagg of the death of her brother in law William Walker at his Medford Oregon home after an illness that began last May. Born in Dunnell Minnesota he moved to Estherville in 1905 and worked at the post office then at the First National Bank. He married Grace Woods in 1907. The family later lived in Austin Minnesota and Oregon where he served as cashier and later president of a finance corporation. He is survived by his widow two daughters a son and a sister Mrs M H Silcox of Dunnell also a sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Blagg
William Walker
Medford
Oregon
Mr. Walker
Dunnell
Minn
Estherville
First National Bank
Grace Woods
H. W. Wood
Funeral services held for Armstrong man Thos Hanson
Funeral services were held Sunday in the Lutheran church for Thos Hanson of Armstrong. Hanson died early Thursday morning after a heart attack and had been confined to his bed six weeks before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos, Hanson of
Armstrong
Hanson
Manuscript Survey Headquarters Listed in Des Moines
Collections hold valuable manuscripts and the Historical Records Survey promotes uncovering them. Headquarters are stated as 555 Seventh Street in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Historical Records ‘Survey
Seventh Street
Dés Moines
NYA Reports Record NYA Youth Employment in Iowa
Iowa NYA projects show 6249 youths employed as of January 8 in work programs. 4000 are young men and 2249 young women, a 113 percent rise from January 1939. Combined with 7287 in student aid, total NYA employment reaches 13686 youths, including 7725 men and 6811 women. Fifteen youths work locally on NYA projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
National Youth Administration
Iowa
NYA
Theodore P. Eslick
N.Y.A
V.R
Woodleys Host Dinner For Woodley Dairy Guests
The Woodley Hatchery staff and guests dined at seven in the Gardston Hotel Blue Room on Friday evening. Knights of Pything quartet performed, with Cox drawing cartoons. A salesmanship talk and a talk on Chick Weeding followed, featuring Jensen and family of Golden Sun Milling. Attendees included Jensen families, Tangeras, Olson, Race, Eveleth, Morris, Thornton, Hedrick, Cox, Marsell, Smith, McDonough, Earl Smith of Fairmont, Fink of Ceylon, and Woodley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodley Hatchery
Merta Mae Race
Russell Eveleth
Allen Morris
Thornton
Fleetham
Hedrick
Cox
Marsell
Smith
John McDonough
Earl Smith
Fairmont
Jack Fink
Ceylon
Woodley
Fishermen See Bullheads and Bass Retrieved From Mud Lake
Low water and potential freeze out force removal of many bullheads and black bass from Mud Lake. Fish are placed in Spirit Lake and the Okobojis. bass reach six inches to over a foot and a half with many adults among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mud Lake
Spirit Lake
Okobojis
Airr
Odd Fellows Meet In Estherville Hall In Attentive Session
The Iowa Great Lakes Association of the I.O.O.F. held its annual meeting in Estherville hall with Grandmaster H.W. Hardy of Hampton attending and addressing the group. Four candidates received second degree work as five counties Emmet Dickinson Palo Alto Dickinson and Osceola were represented. An oyster stew followed. Mr and Mrs Fred Ankrum welcomed a baby girl born Thursday at Coleman hospital, their second daughter alongside two sons. The piece ends noting the wartime claim of a British flyer with a Germany paper route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Great Lakes Association
Estherville Hall
H.W. Hardy
Hampton
Emmet
Dickinson
Palo Alto
Osceola
Wm. Dickinson
John Weir
Gilbert Amdahl
Chas. Corbin
Lodge
V.R
Fred
Ankrum
Coleman Hospital
Ankrums
Ice Causes Several Accidents and Fatality
Icy pavement caused multiple crashes across several towns. Gus Anderson of Spencer died when his car slid on ice and struck a Rock Island engine at a railroad crossing. A McNab family car collision near Sibley left Mrs. McNab with a bruised arm. Train personnel were listed as engineer J. H. Dunham and conductor W. C. Butcher on Rock Island No. 20 from Sioux Falls to Estherville. A Terril school bus collision with a car west of Wallingford caused chest injuries to Myrl Olson but no serious harm. Minor car damages occurred to Hedrick and Minkler on Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue north, and to Dick Chapman and Merlyn Clark at Fifth Street and First Avenue north with about $16 in total damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Anderson
Spencer
Mr. Anderson
Rock Island
Webb
Anderson Motor Co
W. D. McNab
Sibley
J. H. Dunham
W. C. Butcher
Sioux Falls
Estherville
Myrl Olson
Terris
W. GL. Hosps
Katharyilte
Afan
Wallingford
Eckholm
Olson
Terril
C. R. Hedrick
Raymond Minkler
North Sixth Street
Seventh Avenue North
Minkler
Sixth Street
Hedrick
Seventh Avenue
Dick Chapman
Merlyn Clark
Fifth Street
First Avenue North
Chapman
Clark
Record Cold Snap Sets Estherville Low
Estherville faces continued cold as January records show a high of 64 and a 24 degree low on January 12. Snow flurries persist with a forecast of more frigid weather ahead. Nearby, Mrs. Harry Bowers returned home after major surgery, as relatives visited Mayo Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Iowa motorists paid double 1917 tax revenue in 1939
G C Lloyd secretary of the Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee said Iowa motorists paid 14,093,000 in state gasoline taxes in 1939, twice the 1917 total tax revenue of 7,776,927. They also paid 6,600,000 to the federal government, making total gasoline tax outlay 19,693,000 in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
G. C. Lloyd
Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee
United States
Mr. Lloyd
Emmet Boys Sell Lambs at Clay County Fair
Emmet county 4-H boys joined about 1200 exhibitors at the Clay county fair grounds in Spencer to show lambs. Nine northwest Iowa counties were represented with Gene Peterson of Cherokee winning grand champion, his lamb bought by Peterson Sheep Co. of Spencer for 36 cents. Reserve champion shown by Vearl Hess of Clay sold to Farmers Trust & Savings Bank for 27 cents. Merlyn and Jack Frohling of Palo Alto county took third and fourth. Emmet exhibitors included Delbert Ellis, Everett Ellis, James Hutchinson, Donald Hutchinson, Leo Jorgenson, Stanley Jorgenson, Leroy Sampson, Melvin Scott, Robert Scott, Leo Sorenson, Merlyn Lenox, and Vernon Rustad. lambs sold for nine to nine and a half cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Clay County
Spencer
Iowa
Gene Peterson
Cherokee County
Peterson Sheep Co
Vearl Hess
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
Merlyn
Jack Frohling
Palo Alto
Delbert
Everett Ellis
James
Donald Hutchinson
Leo
Stanley Jorgenson
Donald
Leroy
Sampson
Melvin
Robert Scott
Arnold
Leo Sorenson
Merlyn Lenox
Vernon Rustad
Reed elected president of Medic Group at Emmet County Medical Society
The Emmet County Medical Society annual meeting at Gardston Hotel elected Dr. A. I. Reed as president for 1940. New officers include Dr. E. E. Lashbrook as vice president and Dr. L. E. Collins as secretary treasurer, with Dr. J. P. Clark named to the board of censors alongside Dr. Reed and Dr. Kirkegaard. The executive committee comprises the officers and the board of censors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County Medical Society
Gardston
C. E. Birney
Frank Winkler
Sibley
State Medical Association
Northwest Town
A. I. Reed
E. E. Lashbrook
L. E. Collins
J. P
Benefit dance raises funds for Packinghouse unions
The Esther ville Packinghouse Workers branch held a Thursday evening benefit dance. About 275 tickets were sold by the dance committee featuring Stanley Smith Emiet Twite Charles Farrell and Joe Woods. Ninety percent of profits go to Pan-Hellenic milk fund and the rest to the union relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Packinghouse Workers of America
Stanley Smith
Emiet Twite
Charles Farrell
Joe Woods
Pan-Hellenic Milk Fund
Packinghouse Union
Doc Lawson at Danceland Thursday Night Dance
Doctor of Rhythm Doc Lawson and his band from Marshalltown perform at Danceland Thursday night. The group billed as the Midwest's greatest dance band will furnish music for the dance, playing the style expected for such events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Lawson
Danceland
Marshalltown
Midwest
Armstrong Floods Pool for Ice Skating
Armstrong pool is flooded to create a skating pond filling the area around the pool. Over recent weeks the makeshift rink has drawn skaters daily when school was not in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amstrong
Armstrong
Estherville Creamery to Hold Annual Meeting January 25
The Estherville Co operative Creamery will hold its annual meeting Thursday January 25 at the city hall. Program starts at 1:00 pm with the annual business meeting. Two directors will be elected to replace George Haar and Ed Ahrens. Directors include George Swanson George Frank and Frank Smith with Frank as president and Haar secretary. A. C. Christensen auditor from Minneapolis will report on the year. Prof M Mortensen of Iowa State College Ames and M P Christiansen Algona will speak. Cream Scoring topic to be discussed by P C Cromer. Lunch will follow in city hall basement. Management expects a helpful meeting.]]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Co-operative Creamery
George Haar
Ed Ahrens
George Swanson
George Frank
Frank Smith
Frank
Haar
Creamery Association
Ile
A. C. Christensen
Minneapolis
Estherville
M. Mortensen
Dairy Industry
Iowa State College
Ames
M. P. Christiansen
Algona
P. C. Cromer
Extension Service
Creamery
Community Night Set at Estherville Recreation Center
January 31 designated as Community Night sponsored by Estherville Recreation Center. City Hall program runs 7 to 9 PM with a group of movies by H C Sorenson, a shadow-graph play Nall Broth by recreation center members, and an adult and hobby class exhibition. Admission is free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Recreation Center
H. C. Sorenson
No Licenses Issued for Estherville Leap Year Couples
Estherville residents saw no marriage licenses issued in the first fifteen days of January. Weaver County Attorney and Mrs. Harry Coffie along with county auditor Mrs. Gladys Bringle traveled to Des Moines for county business, returning Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Weaver
Harry Coffie
Gladys Bringle
Des Moines
Coffie
Bringle
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Roger Babson
Woman's Club
Beasley Miller
Orlando
Sree
Tourist Masonic Association
Arcadia
H. A. Martin
Gladwin, Mich
Fort Myers
Avon Park
Winter Garden
Davenport
Herman Arp
Moscow
Winter Haven
Murphy
FDR
Despond
Effie S. Canning Carlton
Sandman
City Hospital
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Willam Gillette
Vandevanter
G. F. Wilder
State Independent Merchants Association
Wilder
Towa
Hotel Savery
Association
W. F. Powers
C. P. Brown
R. J Cavanaugh
Edge
Kerwick
Wm. Walker
Woodleys
ODD Fellows
Germany
W.R
Harry Bowers
Jack, White
William Sykes
J. J. Lindsay
Mayo Hospital
Rochester Minn
Lindsay
Emmet Boys
DR. A. I. Reed
Medic Group
City Hall
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