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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
2
The Vindicator and Republican Company lists Adelaide Nichols with Tuesday and Thursday publication details. Editor W. E. Deming oversees advertising, Mer. 82,60 appears as a monetary or advertising note.
County residents share weekly updates on gatherings visits and harvest plans including Pioneer Country Club July 19 meetings Wide Awake club July 19 and July 24 Youth group activities Lutheran ladies aid July 24 and 26 social events. Visitors include Mrs Hartman Mrs Simpson Mrs Koch and Mrs Grovel with relatives in Ida Grove Hollywood Cal.
E. H. Elerston is reported quite low with two daughters present and a third expected soon. Mrs. Vernon Anderson spent days in Mason City with her very ill father who passed away Tuesday evening and will be brought home for burial. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sargent hosted two of their children and families, Lavon and Avenille from Minnesota, at their home Sunday. Some township residents visited Arnolds Park over the weekend. Friends of Mrs. F. C. Snyder were saddened to hear of her illness.
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce announced selection for the 1940 Civilian Pilot Training Program. About 2,250 non college ground scholarships will be offered nationwide in units of 6 or 10 at roughly 225 locations. Ground school begins in Jefferson after applications and medicals, under the Chamber. Monthei Flying Service will conduct flight training at Jefferson Municipal Airport. Qualified applicants must be 18 to 25 by July 1, 1940, US citizens, state residents, not enrolled in higher learning, not Civil Aeronautics Authority employees, and physically fit. Women may compete but only one flight scholarship is available to female candidates. Ground school is open to noncompetitors for a $10 enrollment fee. Applications available via the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce and Form 520 CPT-40 for flight scholarship entrants.
George T. Truman aged 28 and Grace I. Scott aged 18, both of Spirit Lake, marry. The record also lists Jacob Cox, 80, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and Elsie French, 22, of Redwood, as another marriage pair in the same report.
Ahe stays at Rochester hospital for an operation while Frank Ahreng assists Billie on the farm. Mr. Fletcher accompanies Mrs. Snyder as part of the day’s small community movements.
Farmers in Emmet county grow flax for the first time and seek guidance. The bulletin notes harvest begins when bolls are ripe brown and stems turn yellow, with full harvest by golden yellow. Several methods exist including binding, windrowing, and direct combining, with choice guided by weather, field conditions, and weed presence.
Fred T. Schwob Iowa conservation commission fish and game superintendent will speak at the Okoboji Protective Association annual meeting July 27 at Gulf Point State Park Lodge. He will discuss fish and fishing in Okoboji lakes and show moving pictures of fish and management work in Iowa. The event is open to the public. J. N. Darling arranged the talk. C. S. Bradshaw is acting president.
Detasseling for the DeKalb Hybrid company is in full progress at Humboldt with 350 workers across 60 fields. The projects cover 26,000 acres in Humboldt Pocahontas and Webster counties, and work also begins in Jackson Minnesota near the hybrid plant, though later than Humboldt.
Those turning 66 between July 1 and December 31, 1940 must have seven quarters of coverage to qualify for monthly insurance payments. Previously six quarters were enough. A quarter equals a calendar quarter with at least $50 earnings in covered work. Swedlund of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, notes this applies to workers in shop, mill, factory, office, and store employment from Jan 1, 1937 to age 65. Those turning 65 before July 1, 1940 need six quarters.
Dunnell Minnesota Farmers Elevator reports strong finances at annual meeting with auditor J O Hagebak praising the stockholders and patrons. The plant’s value is 24063 dollars, sales 117217, gross income 7812, operating expenses 5413, net profit 2398. Dividends of 6 percent declared and 1 percent commodity credit. Three directors reelected H A Dreke J C Bliesmer J E Hubbert. C L Larson president. M H Silcox secretary. Oscar Honnette treasurer. New manager C T Anderson praised. Lunch served to 200. three hundred buns and 350 pounds of Weinerg consumed.
Mrs. Benna Merron announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Miss Donnabelle Merron to Perry White of Algona. The wedding will be at 4 pm in the Little Brown church Nashua with a single ring ceremony in the presence of twenty relatives. A reception will follow at Nashua Hotel.
The Martin County Conservation Club hosts its first Field Day at Interlaken Park Fairmont Minnesota on Sunday July 21 drawing an estimated crowd of 5 000 to 10 000. Events include Dog Field Trials Bait and Fly Casting Archery Horse shoe pitching Trapshooting a professional log rolling exhibition and a 10000 exhibit of mounted birds and animals. Prizes totaling over 800 will be awarded at 8 00 p m with concerts by the Ringsted band a free outdoor movie at 8 00 p m and a dance led by Tiny Little and his orchestra. The activities run from 9:00 a m to nightfall.
Detour signs were erected last week on the nine mile stretch of highway 44 between Ringatad and Fenton. Surveying parties of the state highway commission and grading crews have started work. Contracts for road grading and building culverts and bridges were set in late June. Completion this fall is hoped for continuous hard surfaced road from Armstrong to Weat Bend, with paving likely to Minnesota line next year. A large number of surveyors and crews rented rooms in Ringsted this week. Detour goes six miles south from St Johns church corner, then three miles east of Merton to connect with current highway. The detour is a good graveled road and does not greatly inconvenience motorists.
Mrs Ralph Fox purchased the Carl Christensen farm near Graettinger and now occupies it. The Graettinger Times did not report the purchase price. Roy E Rowland Mahaska county district court clerk leaves hospital after a February injury from a roller skating fall. Drive Carefully now and always.
A countywide meeting at Emmet city hall drafted the coming year's home project work with rural women, guided by Miss Marian Edwards of the Iowa State College extension service. The main project focuses on foods and nutrition under the heading Improving the Quality of Home Produced Foods. Mrs. Russell Lair chaired the session, and more events will be announced later.
Twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kiepper in McCreery hospital Whittemore on July 4 named Robert and Richard. The Kieppers now have nine children. Also, Artie Bannatt’s twins Gary Roy and Gayle Joy were born July 4 and July 5 at General Hospital Algona.
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