Social kitchen shower honors Mrs. Bartleman
Mrs. Ray Bartleman was guest of honor at a surprise kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. Ank rum and others. Prizes went to Mrs. Vernon Anderson and Mrs. Harry A Jones for clever hat designs. A mock wedding featured Mrs. Vernon Anderson as bride, Maude Olmstead groom, Dorothy Rogers minister, with a red and white party theme and group singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bartleman
Kenneth Ankrum
Ankrum
Harry Adams
Tom Foster
Doris Henry
Melha Foster
Geana Petcoff
Bartleman
W. M. Petcoff
George Bartleman
Esther Peterson
Martina Peterson
Mary Peterson
Dorothy Rogers
Maude Olmstead
Gladys Olmetead
Kathryn Lyman
Aretha Whitcomb
Pern Shirley
Margaret Dawson
Donna Jean Wiss
Adeline Kline
Dorothy Waldron
Charlotte Corey
Janet Chalberg
Donald York
Lonnie Smith
Lloyd Johnson
Jay Holen
Art Williamson
Harry A. Jones
Lam Danielson
Marc York
Fred Sawyer
Ronald Schenck
Ed Shirlex
Floyd Brandt
Vernon Anderson
Rolland Shannon
C. E. Corey
Norbert Bormann
S. J. Coleman
Bernard Jansen
Oliver Lanemo
Teeille Peterson
Arlando Lourh
Sillge Honor Couple at Surprise 40th Anniversary Party
Mr and Mrs H C Sillge were surprised guests at a home party Thursday evening marking their 40th wedding anniversary. IOOF lodge members and wives attended. evening featured card play and a covered dish lunch. Mr and Mrs Lillye received a lamp as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Sillge
Sillizes
Maes Is Tretadh
Ioof Lodge
Lillye
Quiet Sunday wedding in Salem Lutheran parsonage
The wedding united Harry Bargfrede Jr. and Miss Maxine Koenecke at the Salem Lutheran parsonage in Jackson on Sunday afternoon. Attendants Ruth Koenecke wore rose fat crepe. Harley Bargfrede served as best man. A three course dinner followed at the bridegroom’s parents’ home with yellow and white decor and a three tier cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Lutheran
Jackson
Harry Bars
D. Bargfrede
Petersburg
Maxine Koenecke
Mer
Frank Koenecke
Near Dunneil
Ruth Koenecke
Vale
Oscar Carry
Tag
Friends Surprise Mrs Logan With Birthday Shower
Mrs Frank Logan was guest of honor at a surprise handkerchief shower hosted by the neighborhood birthday club on Thursday afternoon. The gathering featured bingo with Mrs G T Tompson and Mrs Ethel Athey winning high prizes and Mrs Charles Keeler taking the low award as Mrs Logan’s birthday approaches on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Logan
Neighborhood Birthday Club
Logan
G. T. Tostenson
Ethel Athey
Charles Keeler
Local nurse niece pictured in Life magazine feature
Graettinger Times reports Miss Serene Myhre RN of Graettinger was photographed in Life magazine’s January 20 issue. The Minnesota General Hospital series used many pictures. Myhre began nurse training after Graettinger High School graduation in 1932 and is niece of Mrs Caroline Myhre and Mrs Thomas Storhoff of Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Times
Serene Myhre
R. N
Martin Myhre
Graettinger
Life Magazine
General Hospital
Minneapolis
Miss Myhre
Graettinger High School
Caroline Myhre
Thos. Stor‘how
Estherville
Farewell Party For Nees In Mundy With Prizes And Gifts
Friends and neighbors attend a farewell party on Mundy evening January 20 to honor Mr and Mrs Otto Nees who depart for a farm near Urvettinger. Guests include Mr and Mrs Nemitz and many others. A Progressive five hundred game yields high scores with Mrs Oscar Maddox receiving top honors and second prize going to Mrs Bar Widlcox and Car Beck. Nees gifts are exchanged and alune served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Nees
Urvettinger
Oscar Maddux
Indies
Cain Temaen
Owen Ty
Bar
Widlcox
Beck
Nemite
Netita
Whch
Alune
Cieeloye
Nemitz
Wim. Langerman
Mroo
Albert Searcy
Oscar Maddox
Dewes Hocking
Lawron
Sargent
Alfred Lauritsen
Hermanson
Chldren
James Kirk
Clark Gustafson
Mtr. Amd
John Lemack
Carl Beck
J. A. Miller
Pauline Miller
Alfred Wells
Herman Wilhelims
Henry Nepps
Earl Willcox
Bird Williams
Ford Schoening
Lynn Lovell
Gust Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Andrew Christensen
Einar Christensen
Wa-Tan-Ye Adds Six Members at Gardston Hotel Meeting
Six new Wa-Tan-Ye members were welcomed Thursday at the Gardston Hotel Green room Miss Emma Gaarde Miss Telen Kessler Miss Dorothy Grimm Miss Bess Ralston Miss Myrtle Waters and Miss Wilma Irwin. Bernice Clark was named president and Mrs Ward Greer appointed vice president for the term Committees were formed to plan the Estherville summer convention Maurice Salyers left for Burlington for electrical work at a shell loading plant Mrs Ella McArdle was seriously ill last week Dr A T Reed returned from Minneapolis after eye treatment Don Nicholson a Hamilton Business College sister in Mason City visited home relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardston
Emma Gaarde
Telen Kessler
Dorothy Grimm
Bess Ralston
Myrtle Waters
Wilma Irwin
Bernice Clark
Beulah Schultz
Ward
Laundering Woolens and Cooking Pork Kidneys Recipe
Laundering woolens requires careful steps to avoid shrinking or color bleed. Test dye fastness with a tumbler method, then wash gently in lukewarm suds, wring, roll in a towel, shape on a prepared outline, and dry flat away from heat. Afterwards, prepare kidneys by cleaning, parboiling, and serving with scrambled eggs and curry sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.R
No No Nanette at the Grand theater this week
Anna Neagle stars in a revived musical at the Grand theater with Roland Young Richard Carlson Victor Mature and a supporting cast led by Helen Broderick and ZaSu Pitts. The RKO Wilcox production features Neagle in the star role and the men as rivals in a scintillating screen version of the Broadway hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Neagle
RKO Radio
Roland Young
Richard Carlson
Victor Mature
Helen Broderick
ZaSu Pitts
Grand Theatre
Riland Young
Herbert Wilcox
Winter Damage Chief Topic at Southeast Iowa Meeting
Winter damage to fruit trees and replacement issues will top the agenda at the Southeastern Iowa Fruit and Vegetable meeting in Burlington January 29 to 31. A dozen experts will cover plant culture disease and pest control with talks by T J Maney R S Herrick S W Edgecombe and others. The program includes marketing pollination anti drop sprays and reports on cantaloupes sweet corn hybrids tomatoes and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Southeastern Iowa Fruit and Vegetable
Des Moines
Sureau
Iowa State College
T. J. Maney
Ames
R. S. Herrick
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Iowa
S. W. Edgecombe
S. W. Edgecombe, Extension Horticulturst
Wil
W. P. Flint
Illinois Natural History Survey
L. ©. Graham
Iowa State College Extension
G. C. Kent
Mystery of 1929 Mailed Package Reaches Mrs Mixa
The Spirit Lake Beacon reports a package mailed in 1929 by Mrs. B. F. Arp to Mrs. Madge Mixa of Worthington Minnesota has finally arrived. Insured contents dress material remained intact after 41 years. The return address was clear and the package was delivered despite Mixa's later move. The question remains where the package had been all those years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Arp
Madge Mixa
Worthington
Minn
Spirit Lake Beacon
Iowa Tuberculosis Case-Finding Extends to More Counties
Dr. C. K. McCarthy of the Iowa Health Department says the joint case-finding program with the Iowa Tuberculosis Association aims to include all rural counties by 1941 end. Since 1937, 75 rural counties have been organized and three larger counties joined by special request, with 11 counties currently conducting surveys and 2,219 chest X rays and 2,501 tuberculin tests in mid-1940. The effort is funded by the state health department and Christmas Seal Sale funds, needing county medical society approval before starting locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa State Department of Health
C. K. McCarthy
Health Department
Iowa
McCarthy
State Health Department
Booth Tarkington Appeals for Greek War Relief Funds
The author urges Americans to turn sympathy into action for Greece in a nationwide drive to aid distressed women and children and wounded soldiers. Contributions may be sent to the Greek War Relief Association at 730 Fifth Ave New York with local committees forming where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Greece
Mussolini
Hitler
Hellas
Greek War Relief Association
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
News of Earlier Days January 26 1921 items briefed
Attorney B M Coon edges toward U S District Attorney race. L C Myhre joins Westinghouse East Pittsburg works mgmt. Elmer Jackson travels to Ames and Des Moines. Frank Sullivan and Wm Tone head to Arcadia Florida for weeks. Mrs Paul Weir to West Liberty for Chester White hog sale and Cedar Rapids buying. Mrs Con Alt visits Town City. Mrs Fred White and Mrs George Bale visit James White in Faribault. Mrs Ira Adams travels to attend funeral of Elias John Dekker. Steve Johnson and partner open quick service lunch in Pierson Land Office building. Mr and Mrs Everett Logue welcome baby boy born January 24. Bar Kruse family to Charles City for new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Coon
U.S
L. C. Myhre
Estherville
Works Management Department
Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company
East Pittsburg
Elmer Jackson
Ames
Des Moines
Frank Sullivan
Wm. Tone
Arcadia
Fla
Paul Weir
West Liberty
Chester
30 Years Ago From February 1 1910 Vindicator Note Ford Trade
Ingval Rhodes received a car load of Fords and expects an unusually big trade this year. Mrs. Draper left for Traer to visit relatives. Vera Coleman of Dolliver stayed with Grace Ports. Williams family guests of Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Amundson in Estherville. Fred Lyman returned from Seattle. Estherville State Bank officers listed with Graves as president and Zeeman as cashier. Board members include Barker Crowell Espeset Jones Root Sandrol Stockdale. Moore returned from Chicago with stock. Alfred Rose went to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingval Rhodes
Wm. Draper
Traer
Vera Coleman
Dolliver
Grace Ports
Clarence Williams
Baby
Williams
Iowa
Estherville
F. C. Williams
O. C. Amundson
Fred Lyman
Seattle
Wash
Estherville State Bank
Howard Graves
E.’S. Sandrol
G. Zeeman
Howard Espeset
J.M. Barker
Walter Crowell
James Espeset
W. 8
S. Jones
A. D. Root
E. J. Sandrol
Monday Visit Reveals Family Ties and Plans
A brief note describes a Monday plan to visit the speaker's brother and other relatives. It mentions Lata Knee Reset handling express travel and a daring scene, signaling a family gathering with attentive preparation and curiosity about the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lata
Bergeson Sentenced Five Years In Prison For Grand Larceny
Russell J. Bergeson, 24, of Fenton and former Ringsted farmer, pleaded guilty to grand larceny of corn in Humboldt County. Judge F. C. Davidson sentenced him to five years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. Bergeson and Walter Nielsen admitted breaking cribs, loading a Nielsen truck, and selling stolen corn and soybeans across several counties. Nielsen already began a five-year term in Algona. The theft involved 120 bushels of ear corn from Mrs. Jean Ropte’s crib west of Humboldt last June 16, with sales in Princeton, Missouri. Additional thefts included 600 bushels of corn in Hamilton County and other losses in Palo Alto, Webster, and Kossuth counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell J. Bergeson
Fenton
Ringsted
Humboldt
F. C. Davidson
Emmetsburg
Anamosa
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Bergeson
Walter Nielsen
Nielsen
Algona
Humboldt County
Jean Ropte
Iowa Health Reports Decline in New Syphilis Cases in 1940
The Iowa Department of Health reports total new syphilis cases fell from 3013 in 1939 to 2739 in 1940 despite more infections in expectant mothers nearly doubling to 110 from 658 in 1939. Most cases were among ages 16 to 30, tied to the parental examination law effective since July 1939. The department urges civilian action and notes nationwide social hygiene campaigns in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
American Social Hygiene Association
New York City
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Mrs. Ray Bartleman
Mrs. Logan
Life Mag
Sotty Crocker Aitghereclining
King
Chicken
Campy Lee
Turkey
Betty Crocker
Thig
Betty Crocker, Inc
Mrs. Nemitz
Wa-Tan-Ye
Maurice Salyers
Shell
Ella McArdle
A. T. Reed
Don Nicholson
Hamilton Business Code
Mason City
Guy Nienaleon
Mason
Ace
Herbert
Yoard Bulova
Ve Fon Herbert
Beorht
New Haven
Franklin D.roosevelt
ORNS
Dane
Groundhog
Uarius
Iron Fireman
the Vindicator
Republican
the Vindicator and Republican
W.ri
Iowa Health
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