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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1934
Page
3
March 20 1934 recap of social visits from Sebring Estherville and Kansas City. Notes on Bok tower recital and the Mansfield party. Orange packing, shipping limits and pricing aims to benefit growers. A Florida humor anecdote ends with a mistaken medical tale about a motorcycle tire leak and a patient.
The month has been notably warm and dry with only about 0.13 inch of rain and 0.34 inches of snowfall recorded up to this week. Temperatures remain high and the pattern shows little moisture and steady warmth.
Farmers from Mitchell, South Dakota moved to a farm north of Grover and were welcomed warmly. Mr. Wilhelm bought a large crib of corn from E. L. Burdette, and neighbors loaded wagons to transport it to the Wilhelm yard. Helpers included John Russell, Ayers, Elkin, Heinch, Hiles, Solomon, Laidig, Rosenburger, Howard, Dalke, and Carey. Pauline Smith sprained a knee while mounting a bicycle, and a Sunday procedure drained a blood clot and set the leg in a cast.
Mr and Mrs George Davis celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at home on Sunday with thirty one relatives. They were married on a farm southeast of Estherville sixty years ago. Mrs Davis taught at a local school. Mr Davis was a farmer. They moved to Estherville twenty one years ago. He was born in England and she in Canada. They have seven children, six living. Dinner began at one o clock, with guests bringing baskets. Relatives and friends presented bouquets. Attending: numerous Davises Felkeys Dunns Finns Goldsberries Smith Ankrum Barker and others from Arm strong Estherville Grover Parsons Detroit and Omaha. Two daughters could not attend.
A fire believed to have started from the furnace totally destroyed the Lost Island Lutheran church this morning. The church sits five miles west and three miles south of Graettinger.
VR coach Storby, former Estherville gym master and Cornell alum, guided the Quincy high school basketball team to the Minors state championship last week. The squad boasts a 26 wins and 2 losses season record and is hailed by many as Illinois history’s greatest high school unit.
Supt Hilliard announces Estherville school scholastic contest results for grades 3 through 8. Tests compare mental and school age. winners listed by subject include Ruth Howard, Junior Hansen, and others from Roosevelt, Jackson and McKinley. (Continued on page three)
At a Des Moines meeting called by the Iowa corn hog committee 91 of Iowa’s 99 counties endorsed the general reduction plan of the AAA. Provisions adopted include a processing tax for cooperating dairy producers a two million dollar advertising fund and limits on imports and milk production reductions of 10 to 20 percent. The plan also calls for eliminating cows infected with tuberculosis or Bangs disease and transferring cows from surplus to needy farmers. The group rejected eliminating cows and restricting sale by institutions. A long term program backed by the secretary of agriculture was approved. The dairy men meet again April 5 to hear AAA dairy specialists.
City dogs must be licensed by March 1 and overdue May 1 incur a fifty cent penalty. Male licenses cost one dollar and female licenses three dollars. Owners must pay or risk euthanasia. Licenses require a collar tag showing paid status. City clerk R. O. Clark notes 18 tags issued this year, 90 last year, with more expected.
The Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Clean Up Paint Up and Fix Up period from April 16 to 30 with a probable Kids day on April 26. Children receive a free show at the Grand. entrance fee to be used for tin can collection. Committees to be appointed at the April 4 meeting.
Estherville will be represented in all divisions at the pre district declamatory contest to be held Wednesday evening in Laurens. In the oratorical division Eugene Petcoff speaks The Valley of Bones Mildred Vedder performs Yellow Butterflies and Jeanne Parsons delivers The Widow's Mite in humorous. Other schools entered include Sioux Rapids Linn Grove Sheldon Sanborn Sibley and Laurens with varying numbers.
Mrs. F. J. Houseman died at home in Armstrong at 4 p m after a morning stroke. She would have been 70 in May born Idah Sarah Gallagher raised in Grundy County and married Fred J Houseman. They moved to a farm near Armstrong in 1894 and retired in 1910. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 in the Methodist church, burial in Armstrong Cemetery.
More than eighty attendees gathered at the Methodist church to bid farewell to Albert Mahlum and his daughter Marion Ruth. The event included a covered dish supper, speakers from the Brotherhood and Philathea classes and the morning choir, a presentation of a picture, and a male quartet musical rendition. The Mahlums plan to move to Ainsworth, Nebraska, where Albert has purchased a business.
All towns except Ringsted and Estherville held municipal elections Monday. Armstrong had a spirited contest with 427 votes. Mayor winner John Law received 193 votes, Ge W Vandenberg 154, R E Bunt 73. Five council seats went to G A Stone, Geo W Peterson, Martin Anderburg, D A Fitzgibbons, and Dr J W Marsch. Other totals listed for treasurer assessor and park commissioner. Dolliver had a quiet election with one ticket. S B Reed mayor and others elected. Grover elected Paul Graves mayor with a council and treasurer listed.
The Civil Works Administration program winds down this week with 125 men and 14 finishers remaining. Last week’s payroll totaled 1,709,990 for 146 men and 11 women. Emmet bridge work continues as grading and filling proceed while the county handles the bridge and state workers withdraw. Peak employment reached 30, now down to 12. Twenty four pairs of goggles were received from Des Moines for diggers and loaders. The Estherville air marking on Oransky Stores roof is complete with bright orange six foot letters on black. A similar marking at Grover began today on the Northern Lumber shed.
South Bend Ind March 26 Studebaker reports over 8 500 orders for March shipments and 34 363 cars produced from Oct 1 to Mar 31, claiming the first six months of 1934 are the best six months since 1929. President Paul G Hoffman notes output up 230 percent from the prior year’s period ending last year.
In Jack Creek Township on March 26 the school election results list directors for districts 2 through 9. No. 2 director Geo Meiners had no election, No. 3 Simon Paulson, No. 4 Mr Wise man, No. 5 Mr Voetman, No. 6 Lee Moore with no election, No. 7 Herman Long, No. 8 Otto England, and No. 9 Mr Wibbe ep.
In Jack Creek on March 23 the P T A held a schoolhouse No 6 program. Announcer Mrs Chris Ellerston led a JCD No 6 broadcast with instrumental music poems and readings. Attendees included Mrs J C Bosold Miss Goecke and Mrs Kenneth Harding. Lunch followed. local figures like Lester Heyer and E F Timmons were listed with vehicle details.
Announcement states that beginning April 1 1884 Public Works Projects will start in Iowa providing work for 28 783 men with a total cost of 35 million dollars. In Emmet county 82 men will be employed on projects including No 17 culvert works from North to Minnesota. Green Construction Co and Waugh and Tarkinian handle contracts. 40 of the Emmet county workers will be on a project running through August. Laborers include tractor operators elevating graders roller operators farm builders and unskilled workers. Selection favors experience over dependents and National Reemployment offices have already placed several men recently.
At the Bird Study Club meeting tonight Professor Conrad of Grinnell College will deliver an illustrated lecture on Birds and Animals of Yellowstone Park. The event begins at 8 o clock in the basement of the city library and all interested are invited to attend.
Frederick Wilson won state junior college oratory with The Strings that Bind Us. Donald Ball of Independence earned second with an original crime speech. Estherville Junior College placed second in the play contest with Smoke Screen coached by Miss Gertrude Dutley, cast including Richard Turner, Frederick Wilson and Marie Cramer.
The state convention of the League of Women Voters opens in Estherville with Mrs Mayer of Des Moines as a key speaker. Activities include dinners, address by Mrs Homer Charrington and Thos Crocker, and a banquet featuring Mrs Mayer. Delegates from Des Moines and other cities attend.
Armstrong girls basketball team from Emmet county finished their season 20 wins, two losses, and one tie after a 39 to 15 defeat by Aplington in the opening game at Drake Field House Des Moines. The Armstrong quintet featured players like Esther Har and Jeanette Peterson, with Anna Meyer scoring the tournament’s first basket.
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