Gruver Ladies Attend State Camp School and Service
The Gruver camp hosted a state instruction school with officers Lois Andrews vice oracle and Jessie Ramsey recorder presenting. Florence Bridges state supervisor spoke on insurance with Nelle Sexton and Mable Potter on juvenile work. Sixteen Estherville Camp 2402 members attended at Grover with many officers and staff listed. Memorial services and public talks highlighted the day with participants from Armstrong Graettinger Ringsted Estherville Swea City West Bend and Osgood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Ott
Lois” Andrews
Jessie Ramsey
Tina Krieger
Gruver
Isaé
Ithe
Iad
Mabel Potter
Spencer
Lois Lamb
Estherville
Armstrong
Graettinger Ringsted
Swea City
West ‘Bend
Osgood
Graettinger
Florence” Bridges
Nelle Sexton
Mable Potter
Grover
Brentworth Benda Marries Madge Seve in May 23
Announcement records the marriage of Madge Seve of Mo to Brentworth Benda who was discharged from the United States Army months ago and is now employed on the Santa Fe railroad.
Verda Frank Wed in Oklahoma May 20
Verda Laurraine Frank daughter of John Frank and Mrs Henry Hansen and Sgt Ervin Rierson son of Mr and Mrs Robert Rierson of Ruthven were united in marriage Saturday May 20 in a double ring ceremony at the Lutheran church in Muskogee Oklahoma with Rev Studtermann performing the ceremony. Sgt and Mrs James Reed of Nashville Tennessee were attendants. The bride wore a salmon pink dress trimmed with white lace and a corsage of white orchids. A wedding supper followed at the Sev ers hotel in Muskogee. The bride a graduate of Estherville high school attended junior college here and for the past year worked for Northwestern Bell in Des Moines. Sgt Rierson entered the army in 1941 and was educated in Graettinger schools. The couple will live at 610 Lawrence St Muskogee Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verda Laurraine Frank
John Frank
Henry H. Hansen
Ervin O. Rierson
Robert Rierson
Ruthven
Muskogee
Okla
Studtermann
Sgt
James Reed
Nashville
Tenn
Severs
Estherville High School
Des Moines
Northwestern ‘Bell Telephone Co
Rierson
Graettinger
Lawrence St
Muskogee, Okla
Gertrude Wolden Marries Corporal John Prior
Announcement of the marriage between Gertrude Wolden daughter of Mr and Mrs J Wolden Estherville residents and Corporal John H Prior US Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Prior Estherville. Ceremony held May 28 in Buffalo Minnesota attended by Sgt and Mrs William McCracken. The couple planned a reception in Minneapolis. Corporal Prior enlisted in 1942 has been overseas two years and will report to New River June 17 for further assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Wolden
J. Wolden
Estherville
Corp
Ernest Prior
Buffalo
Minn
William McCraken
Minnea‘Dolls
Prior
Northwestern Institute of Me- Technology
Marine Corps 942
New Rig
Nine Students Perform At City Hall Recital
Bertha Gaarde Hinach supervised a city hall recital featuring piano students Jack Egertson Mary Nell Gray Glenn Zimmerman Fritz Rosendahl Patsy Mouritsen Dick Mouritsen Signe Nielsen and Dolores Brown. The program included duets solo numbers and a finale Haymaker's Frolic by MacDonald with Gray and Egertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Gaarde 'Hinach
Jack Egertson
Mary-Nell Gray
Glenn Zimmerman
Fritz Rosendahl
Patsy
Mouritsen
Dick Mouritsen
Signe Nielsen
Dolores Brown
Rathbun
Mary Nell Gray
Brahms
Thompson
Scottie
Barth
Waters of
Minnetonka
Lieurance
Sdher
Patsy Mouritsen
Mozart
Snow Flower
Brown
Clementi
Skillman
Vienna
Wright- Montrose
Greig
Vallejo
Kreutzlin
Boothroyd
David Pankuk
Pepita
Jourdsain
Jimbo
Golliwog
Debussey
Mrs Sunde Honored At Shower Friday
Mrs Maurice Sunde formerly Irene Schmidt was honored Friday night at a shower hosted by Mrs Erwin Story with co hosts Miss Lois Schaper and Mrs Story. A seven thirty dessert supper circulated among several tables with pink and white decor. Bingo provided entertainment as Lena Wilkins won high prize and Robert Klemma was second high. Attendees included Mrs Conard Schmidt Titonka, T T Sunde, Orris Sunde, William Anderson, La Vera Cresap, Lena Wilkins, Jennie Sargent, Rosella Klemma, Otto Schaper, Vermaine Sidles, Martha Robinson, Alberta Gazua, Virginia Sorensen Lorraine Herbrandson Gladys Pope Beverly Strong Audrey Espeset Muriel Eastman Elna Woods Ruth Mitchell LaVonne Lenox and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Sunde
Irene Schmidt
Erwin Story
Lois Schaper
Story
Lena Wilkins
Robert Klemma
Sunde
Conrad Schmidt
Titonka
T. T. Sunde
Orris Sunde
William ©. Anderson
la Vera Cresap
Jennie Sargent
Rosella Klemma
Otto Schaper
Vermaine Sidles
Martha Robinson
Alberta Gazua
Virginia Sorensen
Lorraine Herbrandson
Gladys Pope
Beverly Strong
Audrey Espeset
Muriel Eastman
Elna Woods
Ruth Mitchell
LaVonne Lenox
Okamanpadu Chapter Air To Observe Flag Day
Okamanpadu Chapter Di Air will meet for Flag Day observance on Wednesday June 14 at 3 pm at the home of Mrs H G Grieg. A picnic supper and a flag quiz will follow a short business session. Members are urged to attend and bring tableware bread and butter sandwiches plus items requested by the arrangements committee comprising Mrs Jas B Tedrow Alex Johnston W W Wilson and Miss Jessie Bigelow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Johnston
W. W. Wilson
Jessie. Bigelow
Mrs Clifford White Named Spirit Lake Postmaster
Mrs Clifford White of Spirit Lake has been recommended for acting postmaster after Walter White resigned for medical reasons. The transfer is expected at fiscal year end, June 30, upon notification and arrival of the district inspector, though no official notice has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford White
Spirit’ Lake
Spirit Lake
Walter White
White
V-R
Rye May Replace Corn as Feed in Jackson County
University of Minnesota experiments show whole rye can support lamb gains equal to other cereals when fed alone, with rye's low cost boosting livestock economics. Additional studies indicate rye plus another grain yields strong results for pigs and cattle, with ground rye matching corn in weight gain per 100 pounds feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
University of Minnesota
Farm Science Foundation
The Snapshot Guild Picture Diary Plan for Home Snapshots
A guide encourages readers to start a home snapshots diary titled The Four Seasons At The Smiths. Begin with general house views and introduce family members then capture seasonal scenes from yard choirs to vegetables. Photograph daily home life through the seasons to build a broad, enviable family album.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Smitha
My Crew of Airmen At War In England
A B 26 bomber crew of two officers and three enlisted men has flown together for over a year. They expect heavy action during the invasion, flying three to four missions daily and keeping a grueling schedule from dawn to after dark. The crew includes Chief, a hot pilot. Red Dog, a 22 year old bombardier. and Sgt Eugene Gaines, the plane’s engineer and gunner who is married to a British woman. They endure long leaves, plan a return home after the war, and share a strong bond of camaraderie amid constant danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
France
Scotland
Edinburgh
Wales
Ireland
Bill Collins
Chief
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Jack Arnold
Red Dog
Army
Bombardier
Collins
Eugene Gaines
New Orleans
Gaines
Pearl River
Crewmen Include Student Cowboy From Arizona
The radiomag gunner Sgt John Blebert of Charlestown Massachusetts trained to fly before the war and has about 800 hours in the air though a defective eye kept him from cadet school He is 23 and hopes to finish MIT after the war Sgt Kermit Pruitt tail gunner is a talkative Arizona cowboy who sings on the interphone during bomb runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blebert
Charlestown
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sgt
Kermit Pruitt
Arizona
Pruitt
Property Deed Transfers and Platt filed May 8 1944
Daily report lists multiple real estate transactions in Estherville Iowa including Emily Platt to Niels Balmer & Wi for Lot 14 in Ses 1099-84 with $2200 price and bi deeds. Other entries show Fitzgibbons to Howard Pollard August 28 1942, McDonald widow to John Holmgren May 6 1944, Bartletts Add Lot 7 8 and Lot 9 Block 6, McFarlands Add Lot 8 and S%% of Lot 9, and Knutson &Wi Lot 435 1044 Block 3s Page 216 Usardy cane Rich ard Lic & WE. Various book and page references noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Emily
Niels H, Balmer & Wi
McDonald
Jane
John Holmgren
Bartlett’s
E'ville
Iowa
Fimmet County
A. L. Hotelling
McFarland’s
Estherville
Richard Lic & WE
Ti Knutson & Wi
Estherville Daily Social Roundup Highlights Local Notices
A long list of weekend visits and travels features Mrs Jack Hepp of Clear Lake hosting at the Jake Hepp home and Chas Powell visiting Estherville. Several residents travel, recoveries noted including Jake Hepp improving after a heart attack, and Ruth Willey returning from St Olaf to spend summer with her mother. Various moves, visits, and attending commencements and nursing graduations across Estherville and nearby towns are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hepp
Clear Lake
Jake Hepp
Ruth Willey
Estherville
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Charles Willey
Holy Family Hospital
Resorters Fill Arnolds Park On Memorial Day
Lake Region towns report a busy Memorial Day with hundreds of visitors at Arnolds Park including concessions and dance halls. Boat liveries note many fishermen and sizable catches though overall fishing is weak this season. Spirit Lake Commercial Club fishing contest revived with awards given last week to top catches led by George Lee for a large wall-eyed pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake Commercial Club
George Lee
Iowas Timetable for Rationing and Tire Inspections
Government dates set tire recapping rules and tire inspection in Iowa. Car owners must keep records, and inspections by an OPA authorized inspector are required before replacing a Grade 1 ration certificate. Farm equipment tires issued by local War Price and Rationing Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
OPA
Fishermen Enter Races for Water Prize Details
The Norther n Pike prize went to D W Forbes of Pierson for a ten pound four ounce fish. Bill Guritz submitted the largest entry, an eleven and one half pound catfish, but the catfish does not qualify for a regular prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Forbes
Pierson
Bill Guritz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ste Ul
Brentworth
Benda
Verda Frank
Oklahoma
Cpl. Prior
Mrs. Sunde
Da.r
Clifford’ White
W W White
Snapshot Guild
Ernie Pyle
Seas
Flere
Mediterranean
London
Cowboy
Daily Report
Fitzgibbons
Howard Pollard
Ancock
Qundeston Gilbert
Chas. Powell of
Boone
Mrs. Powell
A. Summer Vistor
Shirley Dow
Christensen’s Store
Alina Lee White
Rochester
Miss White
Richard Cutz
Bobby
Long Beach
Calif
Gutz
Henry Mahlum
E. R. Akers
Cedar Rapids
John Grogan
Dennis
Camp Polk
Lieut
Grogan
Lloyd Stockdale
Irene Olson
Donald Edwards
Ft. Dodge
Dave Edwards
Lloyd Buck
Jean Darling
C. R. Darling
Ben Sortgn
B. T Sorom
Kenneth Anderson
San Diego
Navy
Thelma Stevens
Seattle
Washington
F. J. Kennedy
Dubuque
Clarke College
Jean
Lyle O’brien
Iowa City
Irene Bagan
St. Katherine’s
St. Paul
D. A. Bagan
Earl Bagan
Gertrude Faust
Fort Hamilton
Ohio
Tom Faust
M. A. Balkema
Manson
John Faust
Bonnie Bixby
Raife’s
Leo Waters
Fairmont
Belle Waters
California
Myrtle
Mrs. C. M. Wilson
Mitchell, S. C
Mrs
Louise Branford
S. M. Sevatson
Esther Mille
Walter Jorgenson
Milford
J. B. Knipe
Columbia, Mo
Stephens College
Marilyn
Irvin French
Elmer Nelson
Sharon Kay
Nelson
French
Glenn Shearman
B. M. Wogen
Westside
Sputty
Helen Ortmeyer
Supt
W. A. Ortmeyer
Cornell College
Elaine Locker
Guthrie Center
Elaine
L. H. Locker
Harry Tosdal
H. H. Tosdal
St. Olaf’s College
Dr. Tosdal
St. Olaf's College
Merrill Hines
Shirley
Francis Deloss
Mr. Hines
Byron Blair
Park
Rock Island
Blair
Ray Bryan
Raymond Olson
Iverson
Dolliver
Janet Bryan
Velma Olson
Kaehler School of Nursing
Lakes Region
Navy Air Corps
Women's Ferry Command
Estherville Municipal
Harry Coffie
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