More Men Leave For Training From Estherville Group
Twenty two draftees and four volunteers depart Estherville by special bus to Des Moines for induction. Listed draftees include Zitterich Jamison Taylor Enerson Barrett Klingbeil Sevold Nelson Sabin Hansen Frederickson Darnell Droz and others. Volunteers are Lembke Kelly Olling Langmo. All have passed second physicals and await destination from Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines
Army
William Samuel Zitterich
James Andrew Jamison
Wallingford
Wendell O. Taylor
Ringsted
Roy Enerson
Leonard F. Barrett
August John Klingbeil
Leo Sevold
Armstrong
Harvey Nelson
Ringster
Francis E. Anderson
Bennett E. Elwell
Wallace E. Nelson
Dolliver
Laverne E. Sabin
Dale Emery Hansen
Virgil B. Frederickson
James Roderick Darnell
John E. Droz
Morris
Minnesota
Roy Edward Lembke
Huntington
Patrick Devere Kelly
Jens Peter Olling
Rhwyn Stanley Langmo
Mulock Re-elected Chairman Of Estherville School Board
The Estherville school board held a Monday night meeting at the high school at 8 o'clock. C. L. Mulock was re-elected chairman. Committees and teachers will be chosen at the next meeting in April. Board members are C. C. Mulock Selby Broms Bert Kint and M. E. Burrel. Margaret Gebest serves as secretary and Robert Knight as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
C. L. Mulock
C. C. Mulock
Selby Broms
Bert Kint
M. E. Burrel
Margaret Gebest
Robert Knight
Emmetsburg and Estherville Shoe Stores Reorganized
The Anderson Shoe Company opened a new store in Emmetsburg, moving the former partnership into the corporation and continuing the Estherville location. The event marks the expansion of the company under new ownership with updated quarters and growing product lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Shoe Company
Emmetsburg
Estherville Shoe
Anderson Shoe
Miss Margery Mereness Weds Wallace Dick in Cameron
Miss Margery K. Mereness and Wallace K. Dick married January 8 at Cameron Missouri with Rev McAllen officiating. Mereness trained in dietetics at a Des Moines hospital, Dick a Drake University student. They plan to live at 1143 Tenth Street Des Moines.
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H. B. Mereness
Dolliver
Margery K. Mereness
Wallace K. Dick
Fort Morgan
Colorado
Cameron
Missouri
Rev. McAllen
The
Presbyterian Church of
Color newspaper notes on inductees into army service
Francis Anderson left for Des Moines to join army service and was honored at a seven o'clock dime hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Statchwick. Guests included Mrs. Minnie Hiles and several Grover residents. Robert Calhan, stationed at Esler Field, was advanced to first lieutenant in the army air corps after completing duties. Wallace Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson, will be inducted in Des Moines and was honored at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods and relatives. Additional reports mention Eldon Ansonson’s army service in Cheyenne, Mrs. Krohn and Mrs. Johnson visiting San Diego, and Stanley Beckman heading to Norfolk, Virginia. Leonard Barrett bid farewell as he leaves for army service with party hosted by Frank Barrett.
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Francis Anderson
Des Moines
Paul Statchwick
Minnie Hiles
Jacob and
John
Burl Ray
Florence Barber
Grover
George Calhan
Robert
Esler Field
Alexandria
Louisiana
Army Air Corps
Wallace Nelson
Alfred Nelson
Robert Woods
Albert Hovick
Mervin
Eldon
Dolliver
William Irwin
Wilma
Arthur
Estherville
Mar
Leonard Broad
Allen
Lloyd
Zelda
Armstrong
John Irwin
Genevieve
Elna
Louis Aanonson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Erban Krohn
Leo Elden
Franklin Johnson
Dunnell
San Diego
California
Worthington
Minnesota
Krohn
Coast Artillery
Johnson
Stanley Beckman
Emmet Consolidated School
Norfolk
Virginia
Frank Barrett
Leonard
Superior to Have Annual Community Sale
Superior plans its annual community sale on Tuesday March 24 at 1 p m. The event, first held in several years last year and proved successful, will be clerked by the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank with Fashier and Burts as auctioneers. Lloyd Weaver is listing goods including broad sows, household items and machinery.
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Superior
Vindicator
Republican
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Fashier and Burts
Lloyd Weaver
Ferry flight training expansion targets 45 000 annual cases
The Civilian Aeronautics Administration plans a larger program to train ferry pilots and instructors. A new class for men aged 26 to 35 with prior flying experience is proposed, while the CPT school may lower academic requirements to admit high school graduates aged 18 to 26. The plan envisions up to 45 000 elementary and 30 000 secondary trainees yearly, plus 31 000 ground technicians, with aviation cadet appointments prioritized. An air corps candidate school will open in Miami Beach to train enlisted men.
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Civil Aeronautic Administration
Washington, D. C
Harry E. Coffie
CPT
Army Air Force
Air Corps
Miami Beach
Florida
Conference on national defense in vestigation Sioux City
Sheriff Cliff Frederickson and Officer Merle Moller attended a Sioux City conference on national defense in investigation. It outlined that enemy aliens may not move beyond their trade territory without a U.S. district attorney permit and barred firearms cameras or shortwave radios. Iowa hosts 6939 enemy aliens, including 5564 Germans 11 Japanese and 364 Italians, with several officer concerns on alien control sabotage espionage and selective service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Frederickson
Merle ‘Moller
Sioux City
National Defense
United States District Attorney
Iowa
Selective Service
V.R
Reading Contest prompts Iowa Farm Bureau reading project
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Women’s Committee announces a statewide reading project for farm women members. Participants read ten books, submit 26 word reports per book, and county librarians report results by November 1 1942. The county with the most finishers earns recognition at the 1942 State Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens’ Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
Louis Adamic
Willa Cather
Mary Peters
Mary Ellen Chase
A. J. Cronin
Carl Crow
Madame Curie
Eve Curie
Father
Clarence Day
P. H. de Kruif
H. P. Fairchilld
Emily Hahn
Victor Heiser
James Hilton
Osa Johnson
Rose Lane
M. H.lovelace
Nordhoff and Hall
H. A. Over
Burlap and Scrap Rubber Drive Highlight War Efforts
War Production Board expands burlap supplies for wool, peanut seed and seed potatoes, boosting gunny sack allocation beyond 2.5 million yards. Emmet County USDA War Board chairman Nels G. Christianson urges conservation after loss of southern Pacific burlap sources. Local rationing board also calls for scrap rubber collection to bolster national stocks and reduce new rubber demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Nels G. Christianson
Emmet County
Usda War Board
Christianson
Emmet County Rationing Board
Emmet
W.R
Fourth Health Survey targets tuberculosis case finding
Miss Esther Naas public health nurse leads the Emmet County program as part of the annual health survey. The effort focuses on close contacts of TB cases, offers tuberculin skin tests at doctors offices, chest X rays for positive reactors, and later nursing follow ups. The Emmet County Medical Society and Christmas Seal Committee co operate with state health officials and the tuberculosis association, sharing costs equally with funds from Christmas seal sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Esther Naas
Miss Naas
State Department of Meath
Emmet County Medical Society
Emmet County Christmas Seal Committee
State Department of Health
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
American Legion Brings Art B. Thomas Outdoor Show
The American Legion has contracted the Art B. Thomas Outdoor Stage Shows to perform here on May 27. The company has appeared the last three years and consistently delivers a clean, well received show for the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Art B. Thomas
Tire Rationing Details for Emmet County Dealers
Emmet County Rationing Board received tire Return Plan instructions from the Office of Price Administration. Dealers and jobbers may burn new passenger car tires and tubes, with all returns due by March 31 1942. Local offices and contacts are listed in Estherville and Armstrong Ringsted. Certificates issued for March 11 to 17 cover specific tires and retreads to named individuals and entities in Estherville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tire Emmet County Rationing Board
Office of Price Administration
G. B. Vandenburgh
Armstrong
L. A. Peterson
Ringsted
Emmet County Rationing Board No
Estherville
Johnf. Lyman
W.od. Martin
You Still Can Volunteer for Navy Service Now
The United States seeks volunteers from Class No. 1 registrants under the Selective Service Act. Navy Secretary Pratt urges immediate enlistment or reserve volunteering, with forty five trades available and no need for prior schooling. Volunteers must be American citizens eligible for Class eA, with consent from dependents over 18 and parental approval for those under 21. Training runs four months in the ranks, with potential transfer to officer candidate programs or enlisted reserve, total six months minimum. Local boards will provide details around March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ues
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Oor Naval Reserve
Volun
Navy
Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Grahl
Army
War Department
NYA Sewing Room Closes in Estherville
The Estherville NYA sewing room will close Saturday March 21 after operating since December 1940. Twenty girls plus a supervisor Mrs Mildred Olson and one boy in the surplus commodity office are affected. Robinson, the personnel officer, said older girls may take defense work elsewhere in the state. Des Moines defense plant offers light metal work and welding. Sioux City Wincharger trains girls for armature testing at thirty cents per hour with overtime. Some workers plan to relocate to Sioux City or Des Moines. Olson has no plans yet. Vivian Outman visited with her parents. Miss Outman is a University of Iowa student. Mabel Kruse visited her Holland Iowa parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines
Sioux City
Wincharger Corporation
Wea
Expect More To Enroll In 4 H Club
County Agent Balkema announced higher 4 H enrollment in Emmet County with 28 boys in dairy, 50 in pig projects, and baby beef also noted. Emphasis on dairy heifer records, economical can do pork production, efficient beef, and livestock demonstrations to aid war programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
AL Balkema
Lid
Balkema
Babs Beef
Althoumugh
Teachers Gather for North Central District Convention in Fort Dodge
Emmet County teachers travel to Fort Dodge for a North Central District convention at the Methodist church this Friday and Saturday. Miss Marie Sorum chairs, with Dr. Guy Bond and Dr. Lloyd Allen Cook as speakers. Louis Adamie will deliver the Friday evening keynote "This Crisis is an Opportunity" as district attendees include Gladys De Voss Elnora Olson Lena Guderson Ollie Aanonsen Thelma Yackle Lakue Yackle Frieda Bervin Gladys Berven Margaret Jones Doris Neet Alva Anderson Shirley Barnett Alice Ulrich and Mrs Lester Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
North Central
Yoachers
Fort Dodge
Marie
Aethodist Church
Guy Bond
University
Lloyd Allent Cook
University of Ohio
Bond
Dr. Cook
Louis Adamie
Amet County
Gladys de Voss
Elnora Olson
Lena Guurderson
Ollie Aanonsen
Thelma Yackle
Iowa Motorist Speed Limits Backed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged governors to set forty mph speed limits nationwide to save rubber and called for tire checks and proper recapping schedules. The Iowa governor Geo Wilson supported the plan, warning higher speeds raise fatal accidents while stressing highway safety amid rising industrial casualties. Lettie Tornell returned from California after wintering there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Stile
Office of Defense Transportation
Department of Justice
Iowa
Geo. Wilson
Midgets Edge Trinity In Narrow Substate Loss
Estherville Midgets lose to Trinity of Sioux City 88 to 87 at Le Mars in the substate tournament. Johnny Woods scored 12 for Estherville. Spirit Lake Indians beat Brooks Consolidated 32 to 20. Estherville will meet Spirit Lake in the semi finals at Le Mars Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esthervile
Trinity High School
Sioux City
le Mars
Estherville
Trinity
Spiritlake
Fe Mars
Files Suit For Compensation In Emmet Court
Bolton, the first Montgomery Ward 9 Store manager when it opened in 1985, sues in Emmet Court for unpaid wages citing store manuals rates. He seeks his salary and another amount totaling $4,500 with interest from December 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ON
Bolton
Montgomery Ward 9
Emmet Coo
Local woman dies after hospital stay in Minnesota
Mrs Plarry George, widow of Pet ersbore Minnesota, died at Coleman hospital Wednesday night after an operation earlier in the week. Survived by husband five daughters two sons two sisters and mother. Funeral details and family notes provided amid observances and a tangled report of relatives and local references.
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Plarry George
Petersbore
Minnesota
Coleman Hospital
Fred Sorensen
Spirit Lakes
Willan Froendt
Jackson
Iinnesotas
Harold Stanwick
Stheville
Mas
Myron Guee
Daedlson
Virginia
Secree
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Mulock
Amt. Bus. Sawyer
Alva S
Bennicksen
C. C
Schacherer
Leroy
West
Mrs. Wm
Groves
Mack J
Nielson
Carl W
Nels G
Swartz
L. E
Anderson Shoe CO
Wight
Leghorn Cox
Leghorn
Seeeree
Hennery
Miss Mereness
William Fahey
Buick
Edwin Donovan
Plymouth
H. P. Johansen
Wavlerly
D. M. Johannsen
L. M. Christensen
Vlr
Souix City
Elizabeth Page
Kathrene Pinkerton
Alex Johnston
C. K. Nau
Arlando Martyr
Joseph Chapman
John Smith
Larry and
Shirley
Albert Lea
Frank Smith
M. K.rawlings
Will Rogers
Betty Rogers
Berlin
W. L. Shirer
Heaven
Hartzell Spense
Elizabeth von Hesse
Leon Whipple
Hans Zinsser
Fourth Health Survey
Thomas
NYA Sewing
Vivian Oulman
C. Outman
Miss Outman
University of Towa
Mabel Kruse
Holland
Towa
Lettie ‘Tornell
Loval
Primity Lel
Pestherville
Prinity
Joel
Lestherville
Harry Geotsie
Tevett
Audibort
Bowene Hansen
Bak
San Jose
Yrest
Tome
Kodo. Hansen
Muriel
Uncle Sam
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