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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1942
Page
4
An editorial argues daylight saving time would bring longer afternoon daylight and social benefits despite limited electricity savings. It predicts changes in recreation, gardening, and pool use, noting wartime jitters and urging balanced leisure. It contends farmers rely on sun, so time changes suit urban life more than rural work.
The article praises farmer owned creameries for daily milk collection and new products like dried milk for the federal government. It notes Etherville offers very cheap pasteurized milk at 10 cents per quart, discusses changes from past practices, and urges using more milk and cream. It also reports Mr and Mrs W F E Bagan and Miss Patty Ann Bagan returning from a six week California trip.
Social events of the week recount a surprise Sunday party at the son in law and daughter Sam Nias home for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones celebrating their silver wedding anniversary. Relatives gathered Saturday to ensure the surprise. The affair featured a mock wedding reenactment, a cake with a miniature silver ladder, pink and blue decor, and a luncheon with pink blue and silver accents. The couple received a cash purse and many friends from Piveville Fairmount and nearby towns attended.
Miss Edith Pederson daughter of Mr and Mrs Lark Pederson of Terril was united in marriage to Niles Netuh, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Netuh, at a Sunday mass at the Terril Methodist church. Rev Elervey Nelson conducted the ceremony with close relatives in attendance.
Joyce Lumber Company employees hosted a Friday evening farewell for Mr and Mrs Arthur Blevht and their son Arthur. The family departs February 1 for Hawarden where Mr Blevht will manage the lumber yard. A gift and lunch were shared with guests including B.A. Roache and daughter Donna Dow Thielle Francis Koenveke and Nancy Nielsen.
The American Home Department of the Woman's Club meets Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Mrs Arnold Mouritzen’s home. A lesson on Home Decorating and Upholstering will be presented by Mrs Orvan Anderson.
The Crescent Country Club will meet at Knudsen’s Crescent Country Club this Friday afternoon. Mrs D S Wandress hosts the event with Mrs Harry Jones in charge of the program for the afternoon.
Answers to the Auction Quiz questions list multiple numbered items. Topics include durations, true statements, animal terms, calendar shifts, and various historical references. The fragmentary text presents mixed trivia items and partial facts without a single cohesive event.
The Treasury will sell two 1941 notes maturing 1948 to ease higher taxes for the National Defense Program. Series are issued August 1, with January renewals each year, allowing saving through the year for taxes due next year. Notes sell at par with accrued interest and can be used in tax payments at par plus accrued interest up to one month. If not used for taxes, they redeem for cash at purchase price. Details available via Treasury circular at banks, Fed banks, or Treasury Washington.
Two hundred field agents of the Iowa State College Extension service reconvened in a two day conference to plan the nation’s most intensive campaign of food production and nutrition education since World War I. The aims call for concentrating resources on essential war programs including meat poultry eggs dairy vegetables and farm commodities. Dr. Charles E. Finley warned that daily living will change in six months due to expanded armed forces and war industry, urging focus on clothing as vital war material.
The article reports remarks from Dr Finley urging expanded local control of agricultural programs after the war and policing of totalitarian ideas. It notes a February 17 deadline to set up machinery for farmers to complete a War Emergency Livestock and Feed Budget. Extension services will place volunteer farmer cooperators across counties to lead education and implement the state’s gigantic food plan.
Lewis Hoffman underwent a tonsillectomy at Coleman hospital on Monday. David Houseman six months old son of Mr and Mrs Merle Trouse man of Spirit Lake admitted for medical care. LeRoy Simonson Ruthven and Delores Bunker Armstrong had tonsillectomies on the 23rd. F B Grisenbach Supt of Schools Graettinger admitted January 22 for medical care and discharged January 25. Joe Ellen Armstrong admitted for medical care on Saturday. Mrs Alpha Linegar admitted Saturday. Mrs Alpha Linegar is mother of Mrs Roy Thrush, John Miller Estherville received medical care Saturday, Mr and Mrs Walter Martin Dolliver are the parents of a baby boy born Saturday.
The 1942 March of Dimes effort uses dime cards to celebrate President Roosevelt's sixtieth birthday while supporting the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Iowa State Chairman W. K. Nieman reports the campaign partnerships with local headquarters to collect and record contributions, emphasizing wartime unity and funding to combat epidemic diseases and paralysis.
A diamond shaped greeting card funds a fight against infantile paralysis. Fifty percent of proceeds stay in the county for rehabilitation, while the other half supports National Foundation research. The card features a salutation to a Jubilee birthday, spaces for sender details, and a coin slot with a pocket for contributions.
Classified note advertises a 1985 Plymouth for sale at a low price. Enquiries to 102 Second Avenue South, 7 Spa.
For sale attractive building lots with sidewalks and modern amenities. Enquire at this office for details on the available plots and pricing.
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