Local social notes highlight visits and gatherings
Wendell Erickson visits St Paul with sister nurse Maxine Erickson. Kinnander family heads to Chicago. Mrs. Bud Dundas recovers from pneumonia and visits Fairmont. high school senior class dinner hosted by senior boys with Eth el DeVries as sponsor. numerous tea, bridge, and club meetings across Estherville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Erickson
St. Paul
Minn
Maxine Erickson
Midway Hospital
Herman Kinnander
Henry Kinnander
Chicago
Gruver Notes Weekend Visits and Birthdays
Dick Vetter traveled from Rockwell City for a weekend visit with the Frank Barber and Henry Hagerman households. Wilma Todd of Jackson enrolled as a new pupil in junior high. Alan Hiles received birthday compliments from friends at his home on Wednesday night. Guests included Mr and Mrs A B Rosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Vetter
Rockwell City
Frank Barber
Henry Hagerman
Wilma Todd
Jackson
Alan Hiles
A. B. Rosen
Swan Lake Township Homemakers Meet Ends With Lesson
The fourth Swan Lake Township Homemakers group meeting was held at Mrs. Tom Thornberg’s home with ten members present. A food and nutrition lesson on meats was led by Mrs. Questad and Mrs. Johnson, detailing canned frozen and cured meats. attendees included Mesdames Bryan Questad Hanson Knutson Jones Sorum Johnson Higgins and Thornburg. Center township school board election yielded light turnout. District 1 and 5 had no election. incumbents Rosen berger and Calhan listed among directors with others named in brief results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Lake Township
Tom Thornberg
John Questad
Harold Johnson
Mesdames Irv Bryan
Lawrence Hanson
Gus Knutson
Wesley Jones
Clarence Sorum
Higgins
Thornburg
Center Township
August Rosenberger
Edwin Juhl
Ed Neppl
Ole Natterstad
George Calhan
Direc
Weekend visits and local notices in Petersburg area
Petersburg notes list visits by Mrs Gladys Gilbert and family with Mr and Mrs Ernest Shaffer of Estherville at Fred Rinkob home in Ienter prise township. several family gatherings. hospital and funeral mentions. school election results. and community events including a bridge club meeting and local awards. Major names include Gilbert, Shaffer, Rinkob, Wieskus, Jensen, Selgren, Knutson, Oelkers, Shaffer, Sanderson, and Smith, with towns Jackson Estherville Emmetsburg Waukon Benson and Fairmont referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Gilbert
Ernest Shaffer
Estherville
Fred Rinkob
Ienterprise
Rinkob
David Lanning
Jackson
Frank Wieskus
Wesley Shelgren
Amil Jensen
Everett Jensen
Emmetsburg
Francis Jensen
J. F. Wieskus
Alfred Wekeking
Milford
W. W. Peterson
Halloran
Arthur Sanderson
Illinois
Beulah Gilbert
Hendricks
Minnesota
Henry Gilbert
Silas Benson
Knutson
Clarence Sanderson
Albert Knutson
Waukon
Sanderson
Robert Oelkers
John Colkers
Gerhard Olson
Ohio
Indiana
Corn Belt
W.R
Jennie Thorp Visits Relatives After Town Falls Stay
Mrs Jennie J Thorp of Town Falls visiting her sister and brother in law the James Stillman family has gone to Ermetsburg to visit other relatives Frank Snyder leaves for Des Moines to begin army training honored at a social farewell by friends at Mrs Rachel Griffith home Games and lunch served Keith Smith and Mary Nell Gray represented Calliver school in grade spelling contest at Estherville Tuesday Mrs James
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Robinson
Gerald Stow
James Stillman
Swea City
H. R. Hansen
McIntire
Waldemar
Lyle Wicks
P. B. Herum
John Berge
Rufus Cummins
W. G. Mcllwyarth
Ella Hansen
Albert Hardecopf
Byron Tirevold
Benson
Minn
George Kable
Harold Janssen
Fairmont
Minnesota
Bobby Jessen
Thorvald Jessen
M. L. Owens
East Chain
D. L. Owens
Owens
W. L. Whalen
James H. Smith
Pearl
Bernice Clark
Estherville
Jennie J. Thorp
Town Falls
J. P. Stillman
Ermetsburg
Frank Snyder
Camp
Des Moines
Rachel Griffith
Frank
Ford Hansen
Peterson Brothers
Keith Smith
Mary Nell Gray
Calliver School
James
Paul Glassnapp
Robert Swartz
Near
Ringsted
Chris Ellerston
Edwin Madison
Pete Aanonson
Verily Holmes
Orville Haynes
South Dakota
Haynes
F. Dominy
Philip
Tee Moore
Mt. Grove
Haines
James Ellerston
Verry Holmes
Homemakers Meet At Hardings On March 10
The Jack Creek Homemakers gathered at Mrs. Kenneth Harding’s home on March 10 to discuss Phase 4 Project 5 Foods and Nutrition. The meeting featured a menu of canned steak with potatoes baked in cream, cabbage slaw, bread and butter, peaches and ice cream pie, with music by Victrola including The Swallow and Buy My Tortillas. Various members and guests were listed, noting attendees and social visits around the county, and reporting illnesses and community events. Mrs. Martinson of Milford, 82, died after heart trouble. funeral was held at Milford Methodist Church. Survivors include several children and stepchildren across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Rosenberger
Keneth Harding
George Meiners
C. Robinson
Lowenberg
Reinhold Busch
Ralph LaRue
Kenneth Harding
Swallow
Dove
Fred Kruse
J. A. Carlson
Louisa Oddson
Maddox
Andrew. Martinson
Milford
A. A. McMullen
Superior
Dickinson County
Carl Emerson
Huntington
W. Va
Asa Emerson
Canada
Joe Martinson
Royal
Howard Johnson
Lake Park
Chas. Holden
Minneapolis
A. J. Nicol
FIELD AND FIRESIDE FARM FAMILY UNITY IN HOME TASKS
A farm family shares mislaid clothing and a playful chase for a missing sheepskin coat. The mother muses on unity at meat canning time as the Boss rigs a motorized meat grinder, and all three youngsters join in to make Bologna using new seasoning. Despite changes, the family expresses cooperation and shared tasks at home.
January liquor sales dip at Estherville store
Iowa State Liquor Commission reports Estherville January receipts at 8677.32, down from December's 13635.91. Statewide January liquor sales total 1140728.80, 670047.13 less than December. Gallons sold rise slightly from 172066.14 in January 1940 to 172749.14 in January 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Towa
Army shell loading plant near Burlington to finish by Nov
Brig. Gen. Bre hon JD. Somervell told a House appropriations subcommittee that the army’s shell loading plant near Burlington Town will be finished by November 1. The project cost totals exclude the contractors’ fixed fee at 9,499,000 dollars with contractor fees of 522,698 dollars and Day & Zimmerman to be paid 110,420 dollars for architectural and engineering services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Town
Brehon
JD. Somervell
House
A. T. Guthrie & Co
al Johnson Construction Co
Minneapolis
Day & Zimmerman, Incc
Philadelphia
Pneumonia Typing Station Planned in Emmetsburg
A pneumonia typing station for sputum samples is planned for Emmetsburg to aid physicians in treating pneumonia. Vivian Pangborn RN, a tech in Dr. T. R. Powers and W. P. Davey’s office, attended a course in Des Moines. Estherville currently hosts the nearest station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minmetsburge
Vivian Pangborn
R. N
T. R. Powers
W. P. Davey
Des Moines
State Laboratories
Public Health Department
Estherville
Center of Hog Production Shifts Eastward
Two Iowa State College economists report the nation’s hog production center has moved eastward due to corn loan program effects on corn prices. The change reflects shifts in farming regions and economic incentives shaping livestock industry patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Department of Economics and Sociology
V.R
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Ethel DeVries
W. T. Jones
W. J. Marsch
Bernadine Johnson
Algona
Vernon Phelps
Maxine Cronk
Ed. Pape
Marcella Askeland
Jerry Pape
Rosalie Hanson
Evelyn Bunday
Frank Wertz
Harmony Club
Mesdames
Henry Gangestead
G. S. Horswell
J. Huff
Charlotte Phillips
O. Gilbertson
H. Hageman
F. Robinson
G. Johnson
L. Helgason
J. B. Knipe
Wm. ‘Knipe
Wilfred Mangold
Oma Huff
J. B. Camden
Excellsior
E. S. Camden
G. N. Neimeyer
G. H. Neimeyer
R.’E. Gabriel
Bobby Gabriel
Jackie Thorson
Martin Rown
K. K
Mesdaniel
W. Hakeman
Max Miller
A. J. Bosworth
H. Mangold
H. B. Sturdevant
Mamie Gage
Isabelle Ramsey
Claude Ressler
Soren Sorenson
Julius Ingebritson
Frank Krieger
William Ramsey
Allan Krieger
Barber
H. O. Miller
Henry Whitacre
Center Two
Wide Awake Club
Betty Ann Duen
Ralph Hartman
Virginia Hartman
Florence,Origer
Alice Shultz
Vera Grems
Dorothy Thompson
Elna Woods
Florence Barber
James Anderson
Elwood
Grover
Maple Hill
Halfa
Burton
Lewis Harvey
John Bush
Lee Shultz
Walter Theil
Iare
Gruver
Swan Lake Homemakers
DCATH
Gavoisens Fe
Rea
Washington
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin, D. Roosevelt
Goebbels
Msbert Matar
Petersburg
H. P. Rasmussen
V.R— Corn Loans
Rustad
Neve
J. P
Myers
Harris
Madden
George
Maahr
Peter G
Vindicator & Republican
Dolliver
JACK
Homemakers Meeting
Andrew Martinson
Harriet Hill
Billy
Teride
ARMY
E’burg
Wea
C. E. Birney
Estherville, Ta
Estherville Abstract Co
Emmet County
J. Rosendahl
Harley Degen
Estherville, Town
C. E. Person
T. C. Mann
Sanborn's Store
L. F. Hoffman
D-X
East Central Avenue
R. D. Thompson
A. I
Reed
Leuthold-Tibbetts Clothing Store
Gerberich Music Co
7Th Street Baldwin Pianos
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pinkham's
Wy Rke
Baltimore
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the Nations Capital
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