Mrs Shaw hosts miscellaneous shower and wedding report
Mrs Clarence Shaw hosted a Friday night miscellaneous shower at the C S Shaw home with piano entertainment and motion pictures by Evelyn Sunde. Guests wrote receipts for the bride and gifts were opened, followed by lunch with pink tapers and sweetpea centerpiece. The event lists numerous attendees including Mrs A Shaw Mrs Everett Shaw and many Sundes. Marjorie Shultz wed Cpl Jerome Goering at Worthington Minnesota Methodist church on March 16 with Rev G E Martin officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shaw
Janet Bryan
C. S. Shaw
Everett Shaw
Evelyn Sunde
Ray Bryan
Kathryn Ann Horton
Lewis Valen
Arlene
Shirley Valen
Marie
Marjorie Tweedt
Dolliver
Sadie Ison
Helen Ann Ressell
Henry Sunde
L. A. Mathre
John McManness
Estella McManness
L. O. Lavereide
Irving Ellerston
Bridge Welcome for Mrs. Sillge at Saturday Gathering
The bridge club of Mrs H Sillge and three guests met at her home Saturday afternoon to welcome her home. A one o'clock covered dish luncheon was served after bridge and social time. Members attending included Mesdames Dimnham Dunham Alt Wilson Wolding Noe Morse Knudsen Blazer and honoree Mrs Sillge. The three nonmembers present were Mrs Frank Rock Mrs Harry Jones and Mrs W H Miner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Vance Noe
G. H. Morse
D. S. Knudsen
Roy Blazer
Sil Ice
C Frank Rock
Harry Jones
W. H. Miner
Eastern Star to Hold School of Instruction
North Star Chapter No. 200 Order of Eastern Star will hold a school of instruction at the Masonic Hall Saturday April 1 at one o'clock. Mrs Alma Freeman of Clear Lake Iowa instructor for District No 4 will be present and a six thirty dinner for members and husbands followed by initiation and a special meeting at eight o'clock. Reservations for dinner through officers or call 4111 Mrs W H Hunt. Mrs J E Wilson Wornhy Matron will entertain at luncheon the officers of the chapter the instructor Mrs Freeman and Worthy Grand Matron Mrs Evans. Evans and Freeman will be guests of honor. Arthur Fritzscheld and instructor in Estherville high school attend a teachers conference in Fort Dodge. Rural teachers plan to go. Directors should be proud of teachers attending as they pay their own expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Alma Freeman
Clear Lake
Iowa
Evan
W. H. Hunt
J. E. Wilson Wornhy
Freeman
Evans
Arthur Fritzscheld
Estherville High School
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Mrs Goering Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs Jerome Goering formerly Marjorie Shultz was honored Friday night at a miscellaneous shower hosted at Mrs Everette Longe s home. Guests included Mrs Everette Logue Mrs Lawrence Reuland Mrs Lynn Weir and Mrs Isex Logue. Refreshments followed a social evening with three tables and two large tables decorated with white tapers. John Lyman sold his house to A V Torkvik and bought the Wm Sykes house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Goering
Marjorie Shultz
Everette Longe
Goering
Everette Logue
Lawrence Reuland
Lynn Weir
Isex Logue
Former Local Girl Weds in St Augustine Florida
Mrs. L H Gerrand of Minneapolis announces the marriage of her daughter Berniece Nelson of Minneapolis to Cpl W L Haney of Arthur on Monday March 6 in the Methodist chapel at St Augustine Florida. Rev W C Luhrell performed the double ring ceremony. Attendants were Marget Britt and Cpl Darwin Roates of Jacksonville. Cpl Haney a U of Illinois graduate, entered service in December 1942 and is stationed at Camp Bland ing Florida. Mrs Haney, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs GO W Hansen of Estherville, is a 1944 Estherville high school graduate and works in the radium room at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Augustine
L.H. Gerrand
Minneapolis
Berniece Nelson
Cpl
W. L. Haney
Arthur, Sr
Florida
W. C. Luhrell
Marget Britt
Darwin Roates
Jacksonville
Haney
University of Illinois
Camp Blanding
Emmet County Rationing Board Clarifies Shoe Stamps Rules
The Emmet County War Price and Rationing Board explains shoe rationing procedures. An individual in a family receives an independent allowance with four stamps for a family of four. Once stamps are spent, supplemental rations may be requested before the next stamp cycle. Washington Interpretive note dated Feb 10 1944 restricts issuing special stamps if other family stamps remain unused. Local notices mention Roy and Mrs Brown at Rochester and Mrs Shultz returning from Newell after wintering with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County War Price and Rationing Board
Washington, D.C
Washington
Rationing Board Sets Truck Gasoline Procedures 1944
Emmet county rationing board outlines steps for truck owners holding O.C.T. Certificates of War Necessity to obtain gasoline for the second quarter of 1944. Truckers must present certificates March 27–April 1, with last names A to G on March 27, G to M on March 28, M to R on March 29, and S to Z on March 30. Return sold certificates promptly to the O.D.T. Office in Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County War Price & Rationing Board
Emmet County
O.C.T
O.D.T
Mason City
Federal road taxes total over five billion dollars
Public Roads Administration figures show motorists paid 5 216 285 165 in federal taxes since vehicles began. Most taxes were paid in the last 12 years. Taxes started during World War I with gaps in 1929 1931 and resumed in 1938 covering gasoline oils tires and parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Public Roads Administration
W.P.A
Petersburg Social Roster and Weekend Gatherings
Petersburg residents hosted dinners and visits across the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shelgren and others at the Neilius Benson home in Jackson. The 4-H club met at Petersburg school to discuss Home Economics projects led by Barbara Malmin. Claude Rasmussen prepared for army induction at Fort Snelling with neighbors and relatives attending a sendoff in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Shelgren
Wm. Tuttle
Neilius Benson
Jackson
J. F. Wieskus
Bernice Wieskus
Milford
Frank Wieskus
Petersburg
Barbara Malmin
Otto Opheim
Dale Tuttle
H.P. Rasmussen
Claude Rasmussen
Fort Snelling
Army
Melvin Rasmuss
John Wieskus
Raymond Rasmussen
Lee Cushman
Pete Rasumpsgen
Garland Petérgon
Near
Dunnell
Ack ‘ Jensen
Mravon
Jensen
Ken
Francis Jensen
Delores
Neighbor notes and local election results in Estherville
Mrs Fred Gran tham visited sister Mrs Frank Leupold. L F Russell patient in Sioux Falls hospital. Harold Graff elected school board member to fill A A Lewis vacancy. Lola Johnson visiting mother before heading to Washington DC. Estherville folk host birthday dinner for A Reinitz and Mrs Thomson. Colleen Moore and Spirit Lake visitors. Ralph Stuard recovering after heart attack in defense work. Jett to Des Moines for induction examination. Glen Stuard and Mrs Stuard visit from Jackson Mich. J F Kissing er and wife welcome baby girl born March 27 at Park View Clinic Estherville. Red Cross drive successes in Superior and Richland townships. Superior elects mayor L F Russell. councilmen named. Telephone coop laboring on roof during shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grantham
Frank Leupold
L. F. Russell
Sioux Falls
Harold Graff
A. A. Lewis
Lola Johnson
Army Transport Service
Seattle
Wash
Washington, D.C
Irma McMullen
Estherville
A. G. Reintz
Kenneth Thompson
Jud Zerfoss
Reinitz
Thomson
Leona Moore
Colleen
Spirit
Lake
Clarence Stuard
Ralph Stuard
Jackson
Mich
Woodrow Russell Jett
Des Moines
Glen ‘Stuard
Arm Air Field
Springfield
Ill
Stuard
J. F. Kissinger
Park View Clinic
Red Cross
Superior
Richland
L.L Weaver
Coyne Russell
M. E. Carnahan
Harry Buckman
Neighborhood Notes and Social Gatherings Report
Friends and neighbors surprised Mrs. E. H. Hays on her birthday March 28 with a lunch and gifts. The piece lists attendees, hosting families, church youth meeting notes, election of Presbyterian Young People officers, and various visits, travel, and a Joliet marriage report among local residents.
Vacation of Swan Lake plat in Emmet County Iowa
Irwin C Nichols Clerk of the District Court of Emmet County Iowa gives notice of a verified petition by John E a e berry and William Harvey Jr owners of land within the Swan Lake plat seeking a decree to vacate parts of the plat including many blocks and lots in Swan Lake and described land area totaling about 46.48 acres hear scheduled for April 6 1944 at 10 AM in Estherville court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E.aeberry
William Harvey Jr
District Court
State of Iowa
Emmet County
Swan Lake
State of
Iowa
Towit
Ast Street
5Th Street
Court House
Estherville
Iown
Irwin C. . Nichols
War Prisoners to Arrive Soon at Iowa Camps
The first contingent of German prisoners of war will begin arriving at Clarinda and Algona in about a week, Lt. Col. Courtney P. Young announced. Initial groups will come from other camps, with later contingents arriving directly from overseas. The number in the original contingents was not known, but later arrival is expected around 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Algona
Seventh Service Command
Visits and travels of local residents span week in Estherville
Mrs Fred Granthon of Ireland visited Estherville over the weekend with her brother W A Schiltz and family. She also met her sister Mrs Will Turner who is a patient at Park View clinic. Attorney Charles W Wilson of Washington DC spent days in Estherville visiting his parents, planning a service soon. Mr and Mrs G H Morse leave April 4 for the east coast to visit sons Lieut Robert Morse in Newport RI and Gail in Buffalo NY. Harold Dally home welcomed Gerald Dally back to St Louis while Har ley Dally and daughter stayed longer. H T Nichols left for Babson Park FL to help his mother Mrs Geo Nichols start north, with Mrs Nichols visiting relatives in Mc Crory AR. Selby Brothers, formerly in Episcopal parsonage, will move to the Wm Heneman home by May 1 as Mr and Mrs E Heneman reside there now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hays
Claude Ressler
Sam ‘Lhorsland
Wm. Ramsey
Allan Krieger
Lester Ramsey
Norm Andrews
Frank Ramsey
Jim Ramsey
Iva Branon
Mildred Ramsey
Fauntelle Hays
Isabelle Ramsey
Elbert * Hays Jr
Frank Kreiger
Gus Ramsey
Sanders
gGrls
Carolyn Goldsberry
Fern Petin
Helen Ressler
Elaine Swan
Lois
Doris Natterstad
Maxine Thompson
Bernadine
Beverly Wertz
Edith Ridderson
Louise Origer
Ollie Ramonson
The
Presbyterian Church
Geraldine Ramsey
Farm Bureau
Armstrong
Howard Andrews
Navy
William Ramsey
Wim. Higinbotham
Owen Morton
E. H. Hagg
Earl
Elbert Hays
Fauntelle
Elbert Jr
Glee Club
Bernadine Wertz
Marvin Hiles
Audrey Shultz
Sauielle Ramsey
Shirley Soeth
Genieve Hartman
Doris Peton
Lenora Hanson
Thelma Thorsland
John Goldsberry
Estherville
Lawrence Bush
Martin Chuckler
Joh Bush
Floyd Nehring
Great Lakes
William
Irwin
John Irwin
Jane Locksey
Joliet, Ill
Joliet
Fred .Granthon
Ireland
W. A. Schiltz
Will Turner
Park
View Clinic
Charles W. Wilson
Washington, D.C
C. M. Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Itty ‘Service
G. H. Morse
East Coast
Robert Morse
U.S. Navy
Central Torpedo Office
H. T. Nichols
Babson Park
Fla
Geo. Nichols
Canning sugar allotment rules announced by OPA chair
Applications for home canning sugar may be filed in person or by mail with the local War Price and Rationing board. Cadieux says up to 20 extra pounds can be allotted per ration book holder during the canning season, with a total not to exceed 20 pounds. Seekers should request only what is needed to avoid market rush as shortages loom nationally. New OPA rules also set April 6 as the effective date for regulations on used photographic equipment sales while prices remain capped by the March 1942 maximums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price and Balloning Board
Art Cadieux
Cadieux
OPA
Move Planned for May First to Central Avenue Home
The note states a son will move on May first to a home they purchased on Central Avenue, replacing the earlier residence. It reflects a family relocation with a clear timeline and location change. The source emphasizes the May first date and the new address without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
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Shaw
Cpl, Goering
Lyle Shultz
Tech
Methodist
Worthington
Minn
G. E. Martin
S. Dak
Minnesot
Puerto Rico
Mrs. Sillge
Eastern Star
Arnold Sorenson of
Ringsted
Earl Kreckner
Nellie Vallbracht
Riceville
Robert Vallbracht
Germany
Sride
John Lyman
A. V. Torvik
Wm. Sykes
Irma Griffe
Linda
Omaha
Leon Sharp
Carolyn
Griffee
Mrs
Fred
Terris
Fred Sternberg
Margaret Myers
Mabel Kruse
Dorothy Swartz
Betty Bixby
Roy Brown
Rochester
Brown
Mayo Clinic
Sarah Shultz
Newell
Raife
E.E. Peterson
Jacks
Gue
Smith Beens Pryne Knutson
Paramount
Paulette Goddard
Fred MacMurray
Edward Arnold
Grand Theater
Grover
OF the ‘State OF
Lena
Kenny
Ake
Amisrlean Weekly
Hearld
City
Harold Dally
Gerald Dally
St. Louis
Harley Dally
Selby Brotis
Episcopal
Wm. Heneman
Heneman
Unithopachie
Howe
DR. Li
Far “Doti
U-X
Gentral Avenue
Piaume Bead
Ai, Reed, M.D
Rexall
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