Re election of Demoney as Estherville superintendent
Estherville Public Schools re elect NE Demoney for a three year term as superintendent. He received a slight salary increase after nine years with the district, having served as high school principal and dean of the junior college prior to Sept. Stith’s resignation two years ago. Board president C L Mulock, oldest serving member, was elected for the coming year, replacing Roy J Ridley. New member Maurice Burrell attended his first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.E. Demoney
Demoney
C. L. Mulock
Roy J. Ridley
Mulock
Maurice Burrell
Wm. S. Clark
Ralph McKay
Bert Kint
Posters Are Judged Across Districts In Poster Contest
Pupils from Twelve Mile Lake township and surrounding districts win top honors in a countywide safety poster contest judged by Miss Aletha Whitcomb, William Clark, and William Sykes. Winners span districts and townships with multiple grade levels recognized for first through second places in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Doris Hintz
Marie Sorum
Florence Landing
Iowas Lake Township
Gladys Berven
Alice Voetman
Irene Wahldieck
Jack Creek
Maxine Cody
High Lake Township
Margaret Jones
Aletha Whitcomb
William Clark
William Sykes
Center
Christina Blom
Evelyn Kissinger
Alice Ulrich
Denmark
Vivian Madden
Gena Madsen
Ellsworth
Kathryn Story
Everett Johnson
Evelyn Ellis
Emmet
West
Ernestine Prior
High Lake
Richard Egeland
Harold Rustad
Lenore Henaman
Iowa Lake
Lester Lindell
Joyce Plath
Aine Wegner
Marvyn Hansen
Frieda Berven
Alice Vodman
Irene Vahidleck
Marlys Randa
Ardyth Randa
Margie Moore
Misa Virgina Hill
Swan Lake
Ollie Aanonson
Ruth Stanerson
Mile Lake
Ortmeyer Attends Storm Lake Ways and Means Meeting
Rev. F. W. Ortshieyer attends a two day meeting of the Ways and Means committee for the northwest district of the Methodist church in Storm Lake. The gathering opened Wednesday and ends Thursday evening with Bish op McGee and district superintendents among the attendees. Henry Mahinm of Estherville was unable to attend. Discussion centers on the conference program and arrangements for the fall northwest Town district conference to be held in Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Ortshieyer
Storm Lake
Ways and Means
Northwest
Methodist Church
Bishop McGee
Des Moines
Henry Mahinm
Estherville
Northwest Town
Girl Scouts Plan Year Work And Membership Drive
Girl Scout troop met in the south city hall committee room to map the year’s work and outline a membership drive with a special registration day to be set later. Open to girls ages ten to eighteen with intermediate and senior groups defined by age. Members join after registering paying dues and attending four meetings. Officers include Commissioner Miss Gertrude Mohr and deputy Mrs Norman Maine with a full committee slate guiding training, finances, badges, publicity, and membership efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Gertrude Mohr
Scout Es Missioner
Dhe
Girl Scout Organization
Norman Maine
J. M. Kiefer
Ruth Smith
Mary Mauss
G.M. Nicholson
H. W. Heidke
Marie Sorum
Ralph French
Juliette Lowe
Clyde Sanborn
L. E. Stockdale
Estherville Country Club Elects Five New Directors
Estherville Golf and Country Club elected five new directors for three year terms at a Friday night meeting. Lawrence Jensen Harry Golla Paul Graves J E Stockdale and K J McDonald will serve. A professional golfer Bennie Adams of Paris Texas was hired to lead club activities this season and will arrive April 1 with family to reside on club grounds. Mack J Groves returns from Excelsior Springs and local couples John Smith and Mack Ellis travel from California after a six week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
J. L. Hoye
Lorence Silverberg
F. R. Everds
John E. Greig
D. D. MacKenzie
H. H. Drey
Glenn Crook
B. J. Pannhuk
Henry Mahlum
Fred Parsons
Golf and Country Club
Bennie Adams
Paris
Texas
Upper grades teacher list for District 4
Report lists Miss Doris Hintz as a upper grades teacher and Miss Florence Sandvig among district 4 staff. Details on grades and salaries are not fully shown, but the names indicate staff assignments in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Hintz
Florence Sandvig
Auto crash at Gridley crossing leads to $48,272 suit
John L. Carlin, 49, names Charles M. Thomson trustee of Chicago and North Western Railway and S. M. Rieder as defendants in a $48,272 damages suit filed May 14, 1940, alleging injuries from an automobile wreck at the Gridley crossing. Carlin, a wholesale fruit house truck driver, seeks medical, wage, and earning-capacity losses plus pain and suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Carlin
Charles M. Thomson
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
S. M. Rieder
Gridley Crossing
Courtis
Carlin
Rieder
Rsstiff
Estherville Kite Contest Set For March 29
The Estherville Chamber of Commerce and the WPA Recreation Center sponsor a city kite contest on March 29. Entries may be in many kite types with five dollar cash prizes across classes. Rules require home or class-made kites, one kite per entrant, 75 yards of string, a 1x1 inch stick for winding, and eligibility for youths up to 18. Events include best constructed, best designed, most invisible, steady flight, loops, parachute release, kite battle, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Hull baby will be buried Friday
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at Sternberg funeral home for Gary James Hull the one year old son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Hull. He died Wednesday after a four day illness of pneumonia. Rev Fred Sawyer will conduct the services and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. He is survived by his parents one sister Lois and two brothers Melvinity and Larry. Mrs W E Lohr and her mother Mrs Ella Wickman of Minneapolis are here for an extended visit at the home of Mrs Lohr's daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Frank Ramsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sternberg” Funeral Home
Gary James
Melvin Hull
Fred Sawyer
Church of Christ
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lois
Melvinity
Larry
W. E. Lohr
Ella Wickman
Minneapolis
DEK Shows February 1941 Growth in Members and Usage
The DEK rural electric cooperative reports 1,290 members in February 1941, up 421 from a year earlier and 179 from January. February sales reached 77,869 kWh and total billed was $6,848.16, with 671.24 miles of line and 1,813 members connected by month end, while the average bill rose from $3.51 in February 1940 to $4.53 in February 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEK Rural Electric Co-Operative
Chamber Luncheon and Basketball Banquet Planned
A Chamber of Commerce lunch to be held on Wednesday March 26 at noon at the Gardston Hotel will feature E I Ellerston explaining the county board of supervisors and financial management. The luncheon committee also plans an April basketball banquet for traveling high school and Junior College teams at the Orleans Hotel with a college basketball coach as speaker. Everyone is invited including nonmembers and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Gardston
E. I. Ellerston
Board of Supervisors
el Jerston
F. J. Kennedy
Lea Fitzgibbons
Dr. G. Tomhaye
C. R. Hedrick
Ge Howig
H. M. Knutsen
Orleans
Tus
Estherville
Mrs. F. X. Foran Dies at Cedar Rapids Hospital
Estherville residents mourn the death of Mrs. Francis X. Foran formerly Margaret Howe. She died at Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids after illness since prior operation. Survived by husband Francis Jr daughter Mary two sisters Mrs Fred Larson Estherville and Mrs Bea Collins Iowa City. Funeral plans not completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Francis X. Foran
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Fred Larson
Bea Collins
Iowa City
S.j.haweab
Rothnewittrerar
Emmet county peace officers dine meet and plan
Emmet county peace officers led by F E Rosendahl gathered at the Gardston hotel Tuesday for a steak dinner and a discussion on evidence gathering. About twenty officers including the sheriff, deputies, city police, justices of the peace and town marshals attended, followed by a social hour at the fire hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Rosendahl
Emmet County
Gardston
Rosendahl
Emmet
Long Beach man visits Wallingford daughter after ignored clues
Bert R. Prancke of Long Beach plans to visit his daughter Thelma Prancke Johnson in Wallingford on April 8 or 9 for an extended stay. Mrs. O F E Jorstad, Wallingford postmistress, arranged the reunion after Prancke sent letters to postmasters and searched through newspapers and radio appeals without success. The daughter, once unaware of her father, learns of the discovery and shares in the emotional moment. Mrs. Johnson, a former Fortville resident, grew up with her aunt Mrs. Annie Paulson in Wallingford while attending local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert R. Prancke
Long Beach
Calif
Wallingford
John Johnson
Bert R. Plancke
Rose Prancke Robinson
Robertson
Florida
Johnson
Prancke
Thelma = Prancke Johnson
Man to face charge of car theft in Fort Dodge case
Donald A. Carstens, 37, of Manson, was arrested in Estherville Saturday night and transported to Fort Dodge to answer larceny of a motor vehicle charges. He allegedly swapped stolen license plates onto Eugene Petcoff’s car, which Petcoff had reported stolen the prior Friday. The case, already involving plates stolen from another Fort Dodge car, notes Carstens’ prior arrests across three states and a recent court sentence to up to five years in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Donald A. Carstens
Estherville
Joe McMahon
Manson
Carstens
Huckaba
Fimmet County
Eugene Petcoff
Petcoff
FE. FE
Eckhardt
Fort Madison
Local Shorthorn Show and Auction in Sioux City
Local Shorthorn breeders attended the Sioux City sale as buyers and exhibitors. John Greig displayed three head and won with a 16 month old bull calf sold for 250 to Norstein Iowa. another Greig bull placed third. Champion purchased byarry Swanson of Superior for 425. Top bid 500. Bulls averaged 172 and females 120. Homer Duen, Greig farm herdsman, supervised the local offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
John Greig
Norstein
Iowa
Greig
Arry Swanson
Superior
Homer Duen
Greig Farm
Greek War Relief Drive At US Theatres
The Amusement Industry of the United States launches a Greek War Relief drive from March 22 to 29 with a 11 15 p m midnight show at the Grand and Hollywood Theatres. Proceeds from tickets at 50 cents support Greek women and children. Deanna Durbin's Nice Girl highlights the event. Also noted is an Emmetsburg Pythian Sisters meeting trip by Estherville members and district deputy Mr Sele Pugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
F. J. Sorenson
Grand Theatre
F. J. Ligget
Hollywood Theatre
Deanna Durbin
She
Defeanine
Greece
Grand
Hollywood
Emmetsburg
Estherville Pythian Sisters
Sele Pugh
Milford
Estherville
William Clark
J. H. Diltz
John Hemmingson
Eleanor Smith
Melvin Warren
Lee Eveleth
Oley Anderson
Don Woodley
Lawrence Jensen
Fern Jackman
Ruth Penn
Ruby Hemmingson
Ruby Jackson Graduates From Ames College
Dr Charles Fe Finley president of Town State College awarded 106 diplomas at winter quarter exercises. Three PhD and eleven masters were conferred. Miss Ruby Jackson of Estherville received a Household Equipment diploma. The Conservation League held its annual meeting in Emmet County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Charles FE. Finley
Town State College
Ruby Jackson
Chas, Jackson
Estherville
Division of Home Economics
Rural Women Gather for Emmet County Achievement Day
Rural women of Emmet county plan their annual Achievement Day at Estherville City Hall on Wednesday March 26 starting at 10 am. Seven townships feature projects on Foods and Nutrition including poultry soft cheese soups canned meats and lard with Marian Edwards leading as assistant agent. A Latin American fiesta and rural women’s chorus highlight the program with a lunch at the Christian church and a concluding unit discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Estherville
Ellsworth
12 Mile Lake
Denmark
Jack Creek
Swan Lake
Marian Edwards
Vernon Topp
Organiza Oner
Christian Church
R. L. Caldwell
United States of America
Martian Edwards
Services Held for Mrs Mitchell After Illness
Mrs Charles Mitchell 68 died Tuesday morning at her south Tenth street home after an extended illness. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at Sternbery Funeral Home with Rev Fred Sawyer officiating. Burial in the Hardin county cemetery. She was born June 18 1878 in Hardin county Iowa. On October 20 1900 she married Charles I Mitchell. Nine children Ernest Clarence Marinelle Say Leonard Jesse Emily Charles and Leo survive with the husband. The Mitchells moved to Estherville recently and most of her life was spent in Hardin county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mitchell
South Tenth Street
Sternbery
Fred Sawyer
Hardin County
Mitchell
Iowa
Charles I. Mitchell
Charles I. Mitchell. Nine Children Were Born To Mr
Mrs. Mitchell
Ernest
Clarence
Marinelle
Say
Leonard
Jesse
Emily
Charles
Leo
Miss Staudenbauer Resigns From Iowa Trust Bank Es erville
Miss Margaret Staudenbauer will resign her post at Iowa Trust & Savings Bank in Es erville effective April 1 and return to Jeffers Minnesota to become assistant cashier at Jeffers State Bank, where her brother in law has interests. She is a Past Matron of the Jeffers chapter of the Faster Star and active in local social and church circles. Betty Parsons, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Parsons, who has worked in Des Moines, has begun at the Iowa Trust & Savings Bank. A meeting will be held in the city hall auditorium Friday April 4 at 8 p m per James Stillman of Dolliver president of the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Staudenhbaner
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Eserville
Jeffers
Minn
Jeffers State Bank
Staudenbauer
The
Faster Star
Betty Parsons
Fred Parsons
Des Moines
City Hall
James Stillman
Dolliver
League
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Ortmeyer
V.R—_ COUNTRY CLUB
Mack J. Groves
Excelsior Springs
V.R
John Smith
Mack Ellis
John Carlin
V.K
Tance
Hull Baby Will
B. B
F. X. Foran
RED Cross
Bunetta Bixby
Archie Bixby
Miss Bixby
Army
Flood
Broadlawns Hospital
Viet
Sioux Falls
John Geer
Clyde S. Sanborn
B.G. Pannhuk
G. G. Griffith
Wim. Sidles
Great Lakes
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Association
Arnolds Park
Red” Clinton
Ito
Bert Prancke
Long Beach Calif
L. M. Christensen
Chicago
W.R
Conservation League
Emmet County Conservation League
Nmices
Minnesota
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