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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1940
Page
2
The Vindicator Republication lists publication schedule and staff including Adelaide Nichols editor and W E Deming advertising manager. It notes entry at Estherville Iowa post office and provides subscription rates for zones one and two at two dollars per year with other zones at twenty six fifty.
A concise, timeless reflection on the power of a smile to bless others. The passage emphasizes that smiling costs nothing yet yields happiness, strengthens homes and business, and forges friendship. It notes smiles brighten the weary and discouraged and that giving a smile requires no value to be exchanged.
Concrete pouring on the No 17 paving project is finished linking Pocahontas with No 5 and points east and west. Grading contractors report solid shoulder work with over two miles of fill completed. Project completion is expected between Aug 10 and 15 if weather allows with a dedication to follow in late August or early September.
Two members of a Jehovah's Witnesses group were brought to police court and ordered to leave Spencer by Mayor C. E. Golley for soliciting pamphlets without a license. A woman and a young boy accompanied them, but the quartet returned after being given the exit-or-jail choice. The incident reflects broader national tensions over sect activities. Mrs. Fred Crowell recalled as a former Coffeyville High School student where Wendell Willkie once taught history.
The page lists daily sessions from Tuesday July 30 to Sunday August 4 detailing morning worship, Bible hours, leadership training, and addresses by Dr. J T Carlyon Bishop John C Bloomfield Dr Marshall T Steel Rev O W Brand Rev H M Burns and others. It notes musical services led by Prof MacCollin Kucinski and a Puerto Rico visuals exhibit by Dr J S Stowell plus an annual concert and religious education focus. SpenceR Hospital report mentions Mrs George Leighter leaving after weeks and recovering from a severe accident that killed her husband and child neighbor. The notice ends with local social notes and a want ad invitation.
The Grand stages a double feature on Thursday and Friday headlined by The Come Back film with Merle Oberon and George Brent, supported by Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes and Frank McHugh in a Hong Kong love tale. Also showing Phantom Raiders starring Nat Pendleton Walter Pidgeon and Florence Rice, tracing Pendleton’s cinema journey from wrestling champ to Hollywood comedienne.
The engagement of Miss Nedra Humphrey and Charles Vestrem was announced at an 11 o'clock breakfast at the Hotel Tangney in Spencer. They wed April 27 in Princeton, Missouri. Guests received corsages and mini brides cards. the couple reside at a Spencer apartment. Attending from Estherville were Mrs. G L Vestrem and two other relatives. Mrs Vestrem is a Spencer hospital secretary and Vestrem works for Spencer Automatic Machine Co.
Wa tan ye business women's club members meet Thursday at Spirit Lake with a picnic supper at the tourist park and a short business meeting. In the evening the group will drive to Arnolds Park for bathing and amusements. Miss LaVona Brown returns from a two month vacation traveling through Denver Salt Lake City Seattle and attending the San Francisco World’s Fair with the Elliston family. Miss Loretta Swale enjoys a week off from duties at the Ben Franklin store.
Eveleth and Dykstra were united in marriage at Central Presbyterian Des Moines on Sunday morning July 21 in a single ring candlelight ceremony. The bride Miss Iva Grace Eveleth wore a silk white marquise dress with veil. her sister Betty Eveleth was maid of honor. Best man was Orville Dykstra. both wore white suits with blue boutonnieres. A wedding breakfast followed in Des Moines with 30 guests. The couple will take a two week trip to the Black Hills.
The Pan-Hellenic Society sponsors a one o'clock bridge luncheon on Wednesday July 31 at Gull Point Lodge Lake Okoboji. All members of national Greek letter sororities in nearby towns and lakes region are invited. Charge 60 cents. Reservations via Mrs K J McDonald or Mrs John Rhodes. out of town guests may contact Mrs Zada Jehu Gull Point Lodge Milford Iowa. Drive Carefully now and always.
Miss Clara Kennedy local post master joins others from the area for the fifth annual National Association of Postmasters South Dakota chapter convention in Deadwood July 26 to 27. Miss Kennedy is fourth vice president of the Town chapter and will join tours, dinners, and business meetings as part of the Black Hills trip.
Funeral services for Sumner Vandenburgh 37 of Pueblo Colorado were held at the Methodist Church in Armstrong. He was electrocuted on a high power line in Pueblo last Tuesday. He is survived by his widow two children and his parents Mr and Mrs S K Vandenburgh of Armstrong.
In Des Moines the Biederman family members gather in Iowa Methodist Hospital with Billy aged 17 months and Joe age 4 both treated for bronchial infection. Mrs Biederman had just delivered a third son Fritz and left the hospital Friday evening. The father plans a tonsillectomy. Several young women spend a cottage week at the lakes including Loretta Swale Mary O Rourke Katherine Story Martha Robinson Anne Shopper Helen Martinson Dorothy Nourse and Mrs Vermain Sidles.
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