Estherville Social News Highlights Changes and Travels
Local residents report job moves and travel. Hansin Hamlin quit his Greig position and will seek work in San Bernardino. Clarence Hackett left for California. Moser and son Jimmie visited Estherville. Ringsted friends George and Mary Ann Anderson stayed with Hugh Anderson. Raymond Kiefer joined Gamble store after Grand Theater job. Mrs. Earl Kleckner visited Charles City. Jack White family away in Ida Grove. Ann Smith of Sioux City visiting O. W. Bramer family. Mrs. Charles Rosenberger and Mrs. John Carman host Past Grand meeting. Norma Miller returns to Ringsted after Two weeks with Frank grandparents. Romaine Sondrol heads to Minneapolis for week with Donna Jean Sondrol. Arthur Anderson and Dennis with Ruth Anderson visit Leon Sharp. Arthur Fritschel to Northwestern for summer school. E S Camden and Alice Camden of Armstrong plan stay in New York visiting John Camden. Independence relatives visit Owen Morton. Dorothy Sharp returns home from California after San Francisco and Los Angeles trip.
Late Sown Flower Seed Grows Fast
The article advises that even in late June a Victory garden can still bloom. It suggests fast germinating choices like zinnias, ageratum, alyssum, candytuft, centaureas, clarkia, cynoglossum, annual sunflowers, marigolds, and poppies. It highlights varied zinnia forms and color options to build an interesting border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ageratum
Cineraria
Cynogloss
Five generations at Marilyn Meade baptism
Marilyn Fay Meade five months old daughter of Lieut. (j.g.) and Mrs. F. J. Meade of Chicago was baptized by Rev. George Ingle at the Congregational church in Emmetsburg on Sunday June 4. Present were five generations on the maternal side and four on the paternal side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Fay Meade
J.g
F. J. Meade
Chicago
George Ingle
Emmetsburg
Meade
Helen Mead
Byron Mead
Flora Gabrie
Algona
Arthur
Mead
Fort Dodge
Catéat
Marilyn
Cullings
Ruthven Creamery boards buy large milk drier plant
The Ruthven Creamery Board has acquired a 832 by 120 inch drier with a capacity of 3400 pounds of skim milk per hour for over 11000 dollars. They also purchased land north of the creamery to provide space for upcoming additions to the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthven
Palo Alto County Faces Corn Crop Worries
Emmetsburg reports only forty percent of corn planted with ten percent plowing left as planting delays loom. Heavy rains flood fields and damage gardens while Des Moines River overflows its banks. Engnertsburg Rendering Works flooded forcing equipment to be tied down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Medium Lake
Des Moines
Engnetsburg
Democrat
Births Reported in Estherville Area May Lists
May births feature Patricia Ruth Peterson of Estherville and Paula Ann Gaarde of Armstrong among many newborns. The notices name families from Estherville Terril Armstrong Alpha Terris Ringsted and Ringsted with dates from May 3 to May 31 and include multiple daughters and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ruth
Richard Peterson
Estherville
Paula Ann
Arsnold Gaarde
Armstrong
Mary Ruth
John Lee
Larry Eugene
Lavon Sargent
Lavern Lee
Clarence Scott
Janis Deloris
Ross Sidles
Francis Zelinisky
Dennis Gerald
Marian Eldridge l
Terril
LeVurne Michael
John Murray
Roger Arden
Victor Bartalomei
Alpha Minn
Lary Roger
Glen Thu
Tereril
Craig Allen
Robert Tvedte
Ellen Mae
Ralph Larson
Joyce Lorraine
John Hall
Dionna Ray Sifrit
Joseph Irit
Mary Eileen
Fay Higgins
Jon Dean
Einar Hansen
Ronald Allen
Arnold Olson
Ringsted
David Walter
Walter Schultz
Terris
Gladys Mae
Richard Zitterich
Harvesting Clover Seeds Amid Seed Shortages
The piece warns of serious seed shortages for legumes and grasses, detailing reduced supplies for Red Clover in the East and other regions. It stresses the need to harvest existing seed acreage now to avert feeding shortages in dairy and livestock products and minimize reliance on imports during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Russia
Fort Dodge Red Cross workers praise state support
A Fort Dodge Red Cross club report thanks Eatherville Ww members and many organizations across the state for delivering boxes, magazines, soap, and other supplies. Letters from Mrs Mary Dolliver and Bianca Simonne describe how gifts filled hospital wards, snack bars, and a new bakery, boosting morale and aiding a growing club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatherville
Delta “Theta Chi
Fort Dodge
Bianca Simone
Women in the Teaching Field Face Higher Standards
Dr Price urged Iowa to raise teaching standards and conditions to halt high turnover and migration. He noted Europe educated settlers and argued that as women enter more fields, wages, respect, and retirement security must improve. He called for studying a new code for the upcoming legislature to advance long term educational betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improv
Price
Iowa
Lieut Miles, Son of Major Miles, Killed in Italy
Major Frank Miles, public relations officer for the Iowa selective service, learned last week his son, Second Lt. William Miles, 21, Liberator bomber pilot, was killed in action in Italy. A Roosevelt high all state football center in 1940 and Drake University alumnus, he enlisted in 1941 at Fort Des Moines. He is survived by his widow, his parents, and a brother, 1st Lt. Jesse Miles, bombardier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miles
Iowa Selective Service Organization
William. Miles
Italy
Miles
Roosevelt High
Drake University
Army Air Corps
Fort Des Moines Army Post
Helena
Ark
Jtsa
A .Bombardier
War salvage calendar urges public to collect materials
The Vindicator Republic an announces a Salvage Calendar to run with the War Ration Calendar. Local salvage committees and depot locations will be listed and readers urged to bring in tin cans waste fats waste paper scrap iron rags and other materials. Shortage of wood pulp and containers means customers should bring their own bags and the latest rationing news will appear in future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Service
Vindicator-Republican
State Salvage Committee
War Production Board
Man Steals Farm Equipment To Start Farming
Sheriff Joe L. MecQuirk reported the Ira B. Sternburg corn planter was stolen for a Milford farm over winter and found on Elmer L. Pederson’s ten for spring farming nine miles north of Ceylon Minnesota. Pederson is wanted in five Iowa counties and held in Kossuth County jail in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. MecQuirk
Dickinson County
Ira B. Sternburg
Milford
Elmer L. Federson
Ceylon
Minn
McQuirk
Pederson
Towa
Kossuth
Algona
Swea City Streets to Be Resurfaced With Gravel
Swea City began gravel resurfacing of six blocks last week under contractor Dick Everts of Estherville. The town bought 1,000 cubic yards, with 800 set to be spread now, the rest for future repairs. An average of 14 to 15 yards per block was allocated, with price at $1.80 per cubic yard this year compared to 8.0 cents three years ago. The note ends with residents mentioning warm clothes for cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City
Dick Everts
Estherville
DeKalb Plant Plans Two Story Addition at Humboldt
The DeKalb company at Humboldt plans a 40 by 60 foot two story brick addition on the south end of the west dryer at the DeKalb Agricultural Plant on Sumner Avenue. Mason City contractors Davey and Men have the contract. building is brick fire proof with a cement roof and tar paper covering, walls being erected after floors and foundation. Also noted, WR Judy Garland has filed suit against David Rose on incompatibility grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb Company
Humboldt
DeKalb
Sumner Avenue
Davey
Mason City
Masons
Federal auto stamps go on sale July 1
E. H. Birmingham, Collector for the District of Iowa, announces $5.00 use tax stamps will be sold in all post offices and Collectors offices on Saturday June 10 to cover the fiscal year beginning July 1 1944. Stamps will be serially numbered and affixed to the windshield with space for make, model, serial number and state license number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
District of
Iowa
Birmingham
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mirmingham
Silo type driers under construction at Jackson corn plant
At the DeKalb Agricultural plant in Jackson four concrete silo type driers are being built. When finished they will be 20 feet high and 28 feet in diameter, increasing capacity by 12 000 bushels for the fall harvest. V R horses in the Kentucky Derby are said to be friskier this spring as beef prices fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Jackson
County Administration Costs In Iowa See 1942 Decline
Iowa counties spent 6.201 million on administration in 1942, down 1.4 from 1941, with per person costs varying by county size. Fane County shows $85,926 total and $2.68 per person. State totals by office include Board of Supervisors and County Attorneys among others. potential savings of about 9.6 percent if all counties matched the lowest in their class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Auditor of State
Fane County
State of
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Ida
Adams
Davis
Osceola
Winnebago
Adair
Taylor
Lucas
VERE
Dickinson County Republican Women Hold Convention
The Dickinson County Republican Women’s club met at Milford Town Hall with Hattie S. Elston of Arnolds Park elected president, a founder since 1940. The group planned meetings from September 1 to the November election and elected officers including Mrs. Forrest Blair, Mrs. Tom Olson, Mrs. O. W. Donaldson, Mrs. C. W. Dack, and Mrs. Vinne Olgen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson County Republcan Women's Club
Miford Town Hall
Hattie S. Elston
Arnolds Park
Forrest Blair
Lake Park
Tom Olson
Okoboji
O. W. Donaldson
Milford
C. W. Dack
Terris
Vinne Olgen
Superior
M. H. Waimer
J. R. Bevins
Spirit Lake
Claude Northey
Near Milford
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John. B. “Hansin
Dedi Eimployed
Greig
Clarence Hackett
San’ Bernadino
Calif
Mrs
Car
Moser
Jimmie
George and
Mary Ann Anderson
Hugh Anderson
Raymond Kiefer
Gamble Store
Grand Theater
Earl Kleckner
Charles City
Jack White
Ida Grove
Ann Smith
Sioux City
O. W. Bramer
Charles Rosenberger
John Carman
Norma Miller
Mrs. E. J. Frank
Romaine Sondrol
Minneapolis
Donna Jean Sondrol
Arthur Anderson
Dennis
Ruth Anderson
Leon Sharp
Arthur Fritschel
Focal School
Northwestern University
E. S. Camden
Alice Camden
New York City
John Camden
Bss
Independence
Owen Morton
Dorothy Sharp
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dorothy Grimm
Good Housekeeping
Mariska Koraz
Dorothea Gould
Etherea
Tam ‘Cee theRamy
Heey
Madeline Carroll
Hollywood
Europe
U.S. Treasury Department
Lieut. Miles
Judy Garland
David Rose
Pottawattamie
Mahaska
Webster
Linn
Black Hawk
Wapello
Wootbury
Greene
Cedar
Franklin
Appanoose
Page
Delaware
Clayton
Rwe
Signal Corps
Northwesterm Bell Telephone Company
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