Tax burden debate on state and local finances prompts caution
The Estherville Vindicator argues against higher taxes as Gov. George Wilson and the 49th General Assembly propose a state budget of 17 million for state departments. It urges local boards to restrain spending, cites Emmet and Kossuth counties, notes court house costs, charity spending, and warns that taxes will rise next year with a large deficit. It emphasizes prudent budgeting amid war debts and public demands impacting school athletics and governance.
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Iowa
Geo. Wilson
49Th General Assembly
48Th Assembly
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Boards of Supervisors
Emmet County Board of Supervisors in Focus
This third Chamber of Commerce installment profiles Emmet county supervisors E S Ellerston E S Camden and Kenneth Harding. It outlines three three year terms monthly meetings county budget of 494015 dollars 25 full time and 42 part time employees and their duties including roads poor drainage and county farm management. The piece praises road maintenance unemployment relief balance in the poor fund and accrees the board for prudent expenditures and improvements. The Chamber lauds the board for keeping Emmet county a better place to live and thanks them for prudent management and lasting benefits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Emmet County Board of Supervisors
E. S. Ellerston
E. S. Camden
Kenneth Harding
Emmet County
Emmet
Board of Supervisors
Gronstal Hired as Interim English and Stauch Teacher
Mrs M Gronstal began duties Monday as English and Stauch instructor at Estherville High School, filling in for Br M Lyle who resigned to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Iowa. Lyle will complete his studies after the first semester. The board did not accept Josephine Lambert’s resignation as girls physical training instructor due to no replacement found.
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M. Gronstal
Estherville High School
BR. M. Lyle
Lyle
University of Iowa
Gronstal
Estherville Junior College
Josephine Lambert
All Time High Enrollment at Estherville Junior College
Estherville Junior College reports an all time second semester enrollment of 97, up from 87 last year. There are 172 freshmen and 25 sophomores, with 59 men and 38 women. The freshman group includes 42 men and 80 women, the sophomore group 17 men and eight women. Thirty nine students are from out of town. aviation students are not yet included, and total enrollment may exceed 100.
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Estherville Junior College
Estherville
Beginning His Campaign Young People Lesson
The VR M E church youth group meets Sunday at 6 30 pm for the second NT lesson in a series. Mil dred Ortmeyer Beverley Strong Lois Burgon Janice Kent Gloria Badgley Bill McCoy George Kibbee and Don Butson share assigned parts.
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Mildred Ortmeyer
Beverley Strong
Lois Burgon
Janice Kent
Gloria Badgley
Bill McCoy
George Kibbee
Don Butson
Local Markets Reflect Family Fortunes in 1941 Mood
The snippet contemplates 1941 as a hopeful year for the world and hints that financial matters stay within families. It echoes a cautious optimism about the new year shared by readers familiar with such prognostications from the era.
P T A meets to study Citizenship and health topics
The McKinley P T A held a 3:00 p m meeting at the schoolhouse with programs from National Parent- Teachers Magazine. Supt N E Dempney spoke on Citizenship. Mrs Stanley Larson discussed Leave Your Children Alone. Mrs Glenn Johnson spoke on Child Health. entertainment came from the junior high girls sextet and readings by Mrs Lawrence Jones. Refreshments followed.
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McKinley P. T. A
National
Parent- Teachers Magazine
Supt
N. E. Dempney
Stanley Larson
Glenn Johnson
Lawrence Jones
Local youths plan Christian Endeavor rally at Arnolds Park
A large group of young people from the area will attend a sub-district Christian Endeavor rally at Friends church in Arnolds Park on Wednesday January 29 starting at 7 30 p m The Rev Carl Sinning of Lake Park will lead group singing and a Friends church youth group will conduct a worship service with instrumental solos by Spencer Milford and a Lake Park sextet The Rev W C Korthal of Milford will be the speaker The local youths will close the evening with a final number
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Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
Friends Church
Arnolds Park
Estherville
Ringsted
Maple Hill
Grover
Spencer
Milford
Lake Park
Greenville
Carl Sinning
Townsend Club Meeting Set for January 27 at City Hall
The Townsend club will meet Monday evening January 27 in the city hall committee room. The session starts promptly at 7 30 p m and all members are urged to attend.
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Townsend Club
City Hall
Dorcas Society to Meet at Nasby Home in Esdtherville
The Dorcas Society of the Estherville Lutheran church will meet Monday evening January 27 at the home of Misses Christine Josephine and Nilsine Nasby on South Ninth Street. Mr and Mrs F J Sorenson and Miss Kay Dalton attended an advance showing of The Philadelphia Story in Sioux City Tuesday.
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Rose
Betty Kennedy
B. Collins
Estherville
Iowa City
Dorcas Society
F. J. Sorenson
Kay Dalton
Sioux City
The
Philadelphia Story
Montgomery Ward staff attend Omaha appliance display
Estherville group including manager J Treglawny, Verne Marshall, Frank Plymesser, and Bob Winslow returned Tuesday from Omaha where they toured a Montgomery Ward 1941 line of refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and sewing machines. The program, a candlelit litany titled Consecrated to United Christian Action, was directed by Mrs. Harry Adams.
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J. Treglawny
Verne Marshall
Frank Plymesser
Bob Winslow
Esthierville
Montgomery Ward
Omaha
Montgomery Ward Company
United Christian Action
Harry Adams
Motion Pictures at Baptist Church on Tai Kam Island
Three reels showing Missionary John Lake at work among lepers will be presented by Rev. Harold Etter at the Baptist church this Thursday at 7 30 p m. Etter will speak on A Trip to Tai Kam Island detailing Lake's early work among lepers and the Haven of Hope funded by American and Chinese supporters amid wartime dangers from guerilla forces and the Japanese blockade.
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John Lake
Harold ©. Etter
China
Tai-Kam Island
Baptist Church
Tai- Kam Island
Child Study Club Meets at Mrs Oksner Home
The Child Study club of the Jackson school will meet Tuesday afternoon Jan 28 at 115 South 8th Street the home of Mrs B Oksner. The session begins at 2:15 PM and will feature a radio address from WOI Ames on Good Menus for the School Child presented by Miss Miriam D Lowenberg Town State Teachers College. All matrons of the school are invited.
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Child Study Club
Jackson School
B. Oksner
South 8Th Street
WOI
Ames
Miriam D. Lowenberg
Town State Teachers College
Funeral for Richard Brugger Held Near Lake City
Mrs. HL A Vetter returned from Lake City Iowa where she attended funeral services for her father Richard Brugger who died January 17 at age 81 after a yearlong bedfast illness. He lived with his son Ed Brugger near Lake City. survived by widow and daughter plus three sons Ed M H Brugger both of Lake City and Wm G Brugger of Churdan.
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Lake City
Towa
Richard Brugger
Mr. Brugger
Ed Brugger
Mrs. Brugger
Local Spencer Officials Attend Friday Meeting
Mayor Fred Ehlers Chief of Police John Lilley and officer Case join highway patrolmen from district 14 for Spencer gathering. Oyster stew served with Mayor C E Golly as chief cook. Hubert Schultz O Brien county attorney toastmaster Archie Nelson Cherokee county attorney speaker on cars in crime. Lyle Dawson Cherokee head of arrangements. Guests include officials from Benna Vista Plymouth Cherokee Lyon Dickinson Sioux Osceola Emmet and Clay Counties. Mrs H S Greig to visit California starting Sunday. Mrs Clarence Woodyard Estherville recovering after January 20 operation.
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Fred Ehlers
John Lilley
Case
Jones
Spencer
District 14
Iowa
C. E. Golly
Hubert Schultz
O’brien
Archie Nelson
Cherokee
Sargt. Lyle Dawson
Benna Vista
Plymouth
Lyon
Dickinson
Sioux
Osceola
Emmet
Clay Counties
Coleman hospital patients and births report
Mrs Myron Graves of Graver underwent a major operation Wednesday evening at Coleman hospital. Miss Marjorie Keel of Terris Was operated on at Coleman hospital Wednesday evening. Mrs Sine Peterson of Alpha Min is a medical patient at Coleman hospital. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Richards of Dol liver on January 18 at Coleman hospital. Mrs Richard Sorenson of Ring sted underwent a major operation at Coleman hospital on Friday January 17.
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Myron. Graves
Graver
Coleman Hospital
Marjorie Keel
Terris
Sine Peterson
Alpha
Min
Gerald Richards
Dolliver
Richard ‘Sorenson
Ring‘sted
Daughter’s late nights stem from empty home fears
A reader notes that a daughter keeps late hours to avoid returning to an empty house, suggesting loneliness as the motivation behind staying out after midnight.
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W. E. Deming
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JR. College
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Bruce
John Hansen
Vienne
William O. Anderson
Imrs. B. Collins IS
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D. A. Bagan
Collins
Maine
Bagan
F. J. Kennedy
Kathleen Miller
J. J. O’rourke
E. G. Stavros
G. M. Donovan
R R Tillaef
Frank Sullivan
Joe Paul
Ray Kennedy
Fred Larson
Fred Lyman
Clara Kennedy
Errol Flynn
Olivia DeHavilland
Reagan
Cartoon News
Astaire
Paulette Goddard
Palm Springs
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Harold C. Etter
John Lake, Inc
Tri-Kam Island Leper Hospital
V.ke Jackson Child Study Club
Clarence Woodyard
A. B. Rosenberger
Superior
Clara Christ
P. O
Geoderich Music Co
Gerberich Music Co
City of
Roy J. Ridley
Alex
Johnston
E. Birney
Estherville Abstract Co
Bonded Abstracts
Emmet County _ EB
Rosendahl
Harley Degen
L. F. Hoffman
D-X
East Central Avenue
R. D. Thompson
T. C. Mann
Sanborn’s Store
A. I. Reed
Leuthold-Tibbetts Clothing Store
7Th Street Baldwin Pianos
Pride of the North Farm Seeds
Northern Master Farm Seeds
Northern Farmers Co-Operative Seed Exchange
Williams
Minnesota
Golden Sun Milling Company
Fairmont
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