Family notices honor Viola Evelyn and service members
The obituary references Viola and Evelyn-Méster of Tee Rapids and four sons Carl Herville Joséph of Detroit Storm Lake and Lewis in the armed forces overseas. His estranged widow and two sisters, one brother, and ten grandchildren survive. One son predeceased him in 1982. All children except Lew are present for services Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie
Viola
Evelyn - Méster
Tee -Rapids
Carl Herville
Joséph
Detroit
Storm Lake
Lewis
Armed “Forces
Primary election results and nominees in Iowa district
In a Republican stronghold, Ellerston's E E Ellerston led B. Mellwraith and Woes Mellwraith for a vacancy. Other county offices faced no opposition. State reps Robb unopposed. county attorney Rosen dah did not seek renomination. U.S. Senator Hickenlooper unopposed. Guy Gillette to oppose in fall. Delliver wins sixth Iowa district race defeating Gilchrist. Dolliver to face Danna in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vonly
E. I
Ellerston
Woes -Mellwraith
Hattie Osmundsen
M. E. Huckaby
E.E. Camden Aid
Kenneth Harding
Board of Supervisors
Ged. Robb
F. E .Rosen
Wm.Anderson
Army Air Corps
Eller Han
Ston
Wraith
NPE
Foppa ‘Publican
Iowa
G.O.P
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
U.S
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Robert. D. Blue
Burma
Strickler
Will
Richard F. Mitchell
Ft. Dodge
Delliver
Wina Lo
Jas I. Delliver
J. Dodge
The
American Legion
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
House
Gilchrist
Dolliver
Danna
Ruthven
Statewide primary winners listed for Iowa offices
The article enumerates statewide primary winners in Iowa across offices with party colors. Names include Hickenlooper and Gilette for Senate, Evans and Johnson for lieutenant governor, Nichols and Kies for secretaries, Grimes and Curran for treasurer, Linn and McGreevy for agriculture, Rankin and Garrett for attorney general, Reed and Bell for commerce. Incumbents are noted where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar. Rapids
Guy M. Gilette
Cherokee
Robert D. ‘Blue
Eagle Grove
Richard F. Michell
Fort Dodge
K. A. Evans
Emerson
Oscar E. Johnson
Kanawha
Wayne M. Ropes
Onawa
Miai Genieve E. Nichols
Iowa Falls
C. "B. Akers
Ottumwa
Peter J. ‘Kies
Dubuque
J. M. Grimes
Osceola
James V. Curran
Har
Ry D. Linn
Des Moines
Arch’ F. McGreevy
Sioux City
John M Rankin
Keokuk
Harry F. Garrett
Corydon
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
James M. Bell
Burlington
Dr Riebe To Speak Here At Estherville Branch
Dr H A Riebe professor of education at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls will speak today June 8 at the Estherville Branch summer school program presenting The Iowa State Teachers College Through Motion Picture Lens. He will show moving pictures illustrating how the college adapts to the war and discuss radio programs, war activity councils and inducted men. Also scheduled are talks by Dr Malcolm Price and Dr Leland Sage among others and a Monday June 12 luncheon with Estherville Chamber of Commerce leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Riebe
Howa State Teachers, College
Cedar Falls
Estherville
Riebe
Iowa
Towa Wild Flowers
Towa State Teachers College
Teachers College
Aew Photographic
University of Wisconsin
College
Armed Services
Towa
Gedar Falls
Malcolm Price
Leland Sage
J. M. Nelson
Harold G.palmer
Gardston
Marie Sorumafl
Chamber of Commerce
Price
Estherville School Board names five new teachers
Five new teachers join Estherville schools to fill resignations. Jane Kinkham of Fort Dodge will lead girls physical education for all grades replacing Esther Starr. Yvonne Sherbino and Jean Eisle fill fourth grade vacancies at Jackson and Roosevelt respectively. Marie Dusenberg is replaced by Charlotte Anderson in seventh grade reading. Mildred Claude from Woolstock will replace Mike Divastes in junior high history. several staff also gain new custodial and janitorial roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Don Roberts
Charles Stoffel
Art Espeset
Roosevelt
Otto Rick
McKinley
Wm. Truesdell
Lincoln
John F. Baker
Jackson
Harry Littell
Jane Kinkham
Fort Dodge
Esther Starr
Miss Kinkham
Iowa State Teachers ‘College
Atlantic
Mildred Shuttler
Jackson School
Yvonne Sherbino
Murdock
Nebr
Sherbino
Western Union College
Jean Eisle
Nora
Springs
Yowa
Olena Heggen
Miss Eisele
Marie Dusenberg
Charlotte Anderson
Waldorf College
Mira. Anderson
Mildred Claude
Woolstock
Iowa
Iowa State
Mike Divastes
Bryce
Flying School To Open At Estherville Field
Harry Coffie, manager of Estherville airport, will open a flying school at the field with immediate effect. Government limits on such schools were recently lifted. Coffie, ex director of Estherville CPT school, a prewar Marine, University of Iowa graduate, and former Emmet County attorney, says his private and government supervised schools have produced air corps graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Coffie
Estherville
Coffie
Hex
Postoffice to Have an Outside Paint Job
Postmaster Clarg Kennedy with engineer K L Hullsik lists outside woodwork and masonry painting for the federal building. Bids due by 2 pm June 15. specifications available from Miss Kennedy. No prior painting since 1934 by K Gronstat and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarg Kennedy
K. L. Hullsik
Federal
Kansas City
Miss Kennedy
K. Gronstat and Sons
Northwest Iowa junior colleges hold Emmetsburg conference
Emmetsburg hosts a Northwest Iowa conference as all local junior colleges send representatives. The Iowa Department of Public Instruction sponsors five June meetings to discuss post war development with Dr. Henry Newburn of the University of Iowa leading today’s session alongside Dr. Beard of Iowa State Teachers College and J. P. Stree from Des Moines. Postwar rehabilitation is the theme and planners consider large numbers of returning servicemen needing education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Emmersburg
Northwest Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
State of Iowa
Henry Newburn
University of Iowa
Emmetsburgh
Beard
Towa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
War letters reveal fallen pilot remembered by fellow airmen
A letter from John, son of L and Mrs GB, recalls Richard Chapman’s squadron in Lens and a crash landing that cost a pilot his life. Fellow flyers describe the late Dick as a brave, sociable airman who loved candy and storytelling. The note mentions a possible photo cache and a native Delhi-Calcutta newspaper, with updates on servicemen and a life magazine article on India and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
John
India
Jou
Richard
Chapman
Ron
Aes
Aerything
Hom
Lens
Charles Andrey
Church
Ali
England
Charles A. Albert
Charles John
Delhi
Calcutta
Cheerio
Life Magazine
China
College Athlete Completes Service Since November Sixth
A college student athlete has accumulated service time starting November 6, totaling 104 units. The record notes continued commitment and ongoing participation in campus activities and programs.
Invasion News Over the Norman Coast
Reports from Middletown Conn News note Allied forces landed along the Normandy coast by daylight on Tuesday with 4 000 ships and 11 000 planes, supported by paratroopers, gliders, and 640 naval guns. British, American, and Canadian troops advance inland amid heavy fighting near Caen as stabilization and linkups occur on the beaches. A London report says a vast Allied fleet controls the Channel to support the invasion. United Invasion Prayer proposal urged universal communal prayer for the safety and success of arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nortmandy
France
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Channel
England
War Front
Caen
London
Europe
Middletown
Conn
News
Local youths reach eighteenth birthday enlistmentMay
Four Emmet county youths registered on induction rolls in May as they turned eighteen. Elmer L Hansen Armstrong Eugene F Tupper Hans L Wowler Estherville Olaf Emmerson Dolliver. Capt Orris Warrington of England via cable returns good news of his promotion in the Army Air Corps. Russell Reed, son of Dr and Mrs A I Reed, reported for induction but discharged for medical reasons after a major operation. Pvt William Anderson leaves on furlough to report to camp, transferring to Louisville Ky. Mrs M F Reuland and sons Bobby and Bernard of Detroit visit Estherville with Cpl John Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Sorum
Austin
Texas
Estherville
Ed Sorum
Army Air Corps
Waco
John Woods
Detroit
Air Corps
Vself
Emmet County
Elmer Leroy Hansen
Armstrong
Eugene Fred Tupper
Hans Lee Wowler
Olaf Emmerson
Dolliver
G. C. Warrington
Orris Warrington
England
Warrington
Russell Reed
A. I. Reed
Reed
Heegan
Des Moines
William Anderson
Louisville
Lost horse ad and help wanted for household items
A message about a three year old riding horse straying from Roy Hood’s home appears in a Vindicator Republican classified ad. A neighbor found the horse after seeing the ad. The notice suggests selling excess furniture and ice boxes, with twenty five cents offering to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hood
Vindicator-Republico
Vindicator
Republican
Mrs Denison Rites Held at Estherville
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Denison were conducted at Sternberg Chapel and the Methodist church in Estherville. Born Mary Patterson in Clinton county on August 12 1896 she married Charles Denison in 1908 and lived near Spencer and Estherville. She died June 5 at the Park View Clinic after a month long illness leaving surviving relatives and listed pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sternberg Chapel
Methodist Church
Mary Denison
Park View
Mary Malinda Patterson
Clinton County
Town
Samuel G
Mary J. Hiner Patterson
Elwood
City County
Charles LaMott Denison
Greenville
Spencer
Estherville
C. R. Barnes
E. S. Patterson
G. A. Patterson
Mitchell
S.D
C. YD. Melntire
Marcus
L. L. Jones
I. W. Trench
John Darling
George Lyman
Ben Reeves
Chas, Heidecker
Sherman Ellwood
Carl Walz
Still Need For Salvage Campaign Guidance in Estherville
L M Bowden and local salvage chairs share instructions for wartime salvage. Collect paper in bundles or bags, tins cleaned and flattened, fats saved for points, rags and clothing sold or given to salvage, containers saved, and use personal containers due to scarce cartons. Contact county or VR chair for help as invasion looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bowden
Eighth and
Central Ave
Tron
Trail Riders Meeting Shortened by Rain at Ft Defiance
Hawkeye Trail Riders club gathering at Ft Defiance state park was cut short by heavy rain and threatening storm. About twenty five horses and riders attended before disbanding. riders then returned to town via the School Section ravine trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Trail Riders Club
Ft. Defiance State Park
Ravine Trail
Fifth War Loan Drive Appeals for Iowa Bond Sales
The Fifth War Loan campaign in Iowa seeks $202,000,000 in war bonds. About 40,000 volunteers will solicit quotas by district, town, and township. Emmet County targets include $846,000 total bonds with $477,400 in individual purchases and $764,000 in corporate bonds. Window stickers will honor buyers who meet full quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Treasury Department
Estherville
Emmet
Treasary Department
Change in Weather Bedevils Growing Crops Across State
Weather shifts bring both light and heavy rains hindering field work. Corn stands planted with some farmers cultivating twice while others must replant due to flood damage, especially on hillsides. Replanting costs rise as season wanes and frost looms. Estherville area records hail twice this week, Sunday's storm the strongest with high winds and heavy rain. Official weekly temps reported by Mrs. Joe Orvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Joe Orvis
Annual 4-H Girls Rally Day set for June 13
Emmet county 4-H girls schedule their annual Rally Day on Tuesday June 13 at Esther ville city hall auditorium. The all day program starts 10 16 in the morning followed by a noon picnic luncheon at Riverside Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Estherville City Hall
Riverside Park
Local Market Prices for Eggs Meats and Grains
The local market lists prices for eggs, dairy, and grain and livestock. Leghorn and heavy hens fetch 24 to 18 cents, Grade A and No 2 eggs around 24 to 28 cents, cream orders range from 1 to 2 and a half dollars, corn No 2 yellow about 1.02 per bushel, soybeans No 2 around 1.92 to 1.86, barley 0.80 to 1.10, rye 1.80, wheat 1.84. Hog prices show ranges from 9.80 down to about 11.00 for different weight classes. Stags and hogs vary by weight and week.
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Gov. GO
Ratherville Tawar Owa
High Lake
Esse
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Branch Summer School
Estherville Field
V-R
Conference OF Junior Colleges TO
W.R
Donald Edge
Annapolis
Donald Brown Edge
Jack Edge
Tipton
Naval Academy
Harvey Lundy
Silas Lundy
Wallingford
Hawaii
Ruth McKay
Ruth
Ralph McBay
Harold V._Anderson
Armstong
Camp Shelby, Miss
Noble Gaantvoort
Minneapolis
Merchant
Robert Langmo
Oliver Langmo
Pvt
Langmo
Italy
Miami
Fla
Victor B. Oleson
Cornell Oleson
BeeveSi
C. E. Case
Scotts Bluff
David Lee
Jacksonville
Mrs
H. N. Lee
Lloyd Boone
Southwest Pacific
Joe Higgins
Burt
Seaman Higgins
South Pacific
Higgins
Navy
Ralph Jensen
Florida
Miami Beach
Ralph H
Jensen
Army Air Forces
AAF
Sgt. Jensen
Alaska
Aleutians
C. G. Jensen
Second Ave
Estherville High School
Sgt
Tenben
Jans
Joseph Faisst
United States Army
Ward Penny
Judy
James Baldwin
Jimmie
Ballinger
Monroe
James A. Baldwin
Pfc
Darold Griffith
Coast Artillery
Cpl
Ralph E. Boone
Homer Munson
E. M. Munson
Munson
Bolling Field
Washington, D.C
General Marshall
G. E. Tomhave
Wesley
J. G
Lieut
Tomhave
Vli
Mrs. Denison
Solicitors
Kane
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