Florida speech and weather notes from Babson Park 1933
Babson Park Florida May 1 1933 comments on outlawry in Iowa and Florida politics discuss beer tax split between school and general funds and note Elien Cromph Northwestern scholarship winner in Lake Wales high. Weather report for April records 6.14 inches rain 14 rainy days with 86 degree high and 58 low Easter Sunday 67 average. References to Rev Bowdish Estherville and Mert Mead Sarasota news agency details, local prayers for Roosevelt, stock ground floor remark.
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Babson Park
United States
Northwestern University
Elien Cromph
Lake Wales
Talbott
Tampa
Florida
Decoration Day committees named for old observance
Soni Harry Narey of oe Lake was chosen as the Decoration Day speaker by the American Legion at Tuesday night’s meeting. Morning services begin at seven with ministers and the Legion firing squad at Estherville cemeteries. At ten the parade forms with the high school and municipal bands, local students, and veterans led by George W. Albee. H. BE. Narey to give the address in the square north of the courthouse. Victor Mortensen in charge of morning services. Dr. A. I. Reed and Floyd Lakin supervise programs. Wilbur Thorndyke heads parade arrangements. seating by H. C. Sorensen and Ed Sorum. Publicity by Emmanuel Stavros and Clarence Mathiesen. Complete program to be announced later.
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Soni Harry Narey
Oe Lake
American Legion
Cne
Estherville
George W. Albee
Court House
H. BE. Narey
Victor Mortensen
A. I. Reed
Floyd Lakin
Wilbur Thorndyke
H. C. Sorensen
Ed Sorum
Emmanuel Stavros
Clarence Mathiesén
Gets $50 Fine for Possession Illegal Booze
Fred Thies of Clintonville Wisconsin pleaded guilty before Judge Heald to possessing liquor. He was fined $50 and costs and his attorney was awarded $50. Two confiscated cars, a model A Ford and a Buick sedan, were turned over to the county. The Ford held twenty four gallons of alcohol and the Buick seven gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Thies
Clintonville
Wis
Sherif Twite
Heald
Johnston
Engineer Boggess Escapes Injury In Iowa Car Crash
M H Craven of Titonka and two men from that town were injured when their car collided with a Minnesota vehicle on highway 43 six miles north of Armstrong Tuesday evening. Craven’s left fenders and wheels were torn, windshield shattered. the other car, driven by a Sherburn woman with two Fairmont women, ended in a ditch with injuries reported. Boggess arrived at the scene and transported the Titonka men home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Craven
Titonka
Deena
Minnesota
Esca Jury
Armstrong
Craven
Fairmont
Boggess
Tttonka
Martin County Grants 75 Beer Permits
Martin county board approves issuance of 75 beer licenses with 26 in Fairmont. On sale permits cost 10 and off sale permits cost 5 as fixed by state law. Revenue of 225 dollars goes to the county revenue fund.
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Martin County
Fairmont
County Revenue Fund
Big Loads of Carp Distributed Here in Estherville
Two truckloads of live carp were distributed to the needy in Estherville with about a ton and a half in the first load on Monday and another load yesterday afternoon. The carp were seined at Big Spirit Lake narrows and brought here through the welfare league efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Big Spirit Lake
Welfare League
Bride-to-be honored at Igou residence afternoon party
Mrs. Raymond Igou was guest of honor at a Tuesday afternoon gathering hosted by Miss Emma Fouts and Mrs. E. D. Igou with Mrs. C. L. Mulock leading games and entertainment. Guests delivered gifts for the bride. a program featured bystander attendance and table refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Igou
E. D. Igou
Emma Fouts
C. L. Mulock
Mesdames
Roy Bassett
Geo, Holmes
Bert Gillett
Wm. Haynes
Chas, Fouts
Russell Eike
P. A. Fouts
Idy Chappell
O. D. Barrett
Mary Dundas
John Weir
Esther Sunde
Clarence Wilder
Arnold Anderson
Mulock
Miss Fouts
Estherville
Frank Elberts
Peterson O Dunnell
Minn
Ted Elberts
Vera
Howard Bilcox
Huntington
Abe Christensen
Graettinger
Mr. Christensen
Igou
Inner Circle Girls Host Fort Defiance Picnic
Members of the high school and junior college Inner Circle Girls plan a Friday evening picnic at Fort Defiance State Park. The event includes a luncheon and informal evening with Miss Dorothy M Latchem sponsoring arrangements. Mrs Seeley and Mattie Maloney are staying at the Mars home for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Circle
Fort Defiance State Park
Dorothy M. Latchem
Mrs. Seeley
Mars
Mattie Maloney
Larsen
Stanley Larsen
Nelsine Nasby
Lois Hemphill
Verna Grodland
Gretchen Ralfe
Mary Jeannette Rainey
Eleanor Orvis
Benny Hansen
Dorothy Tims
Lora Emily Lawrence
Caryl Jennings
Margaret Tweet
Fern Carlson
Moretta
Poppies Go On Sale May 27
American Legion Auxiliary announces Poppy Day set for May 27 the Saturday before Memorial Day Volunteers will distribute Memorial poppies citywide to honor World War dead Proceeds support disabled veterans and families with the local unit directing relief efforts and services in the community
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American Legion Auxiliary
America
Who Was Who In The Ballad Of Olivia Wynne
The old tale from a Virginia cemetery near Tazewell centers on Olivia Wynne, the girl linked to the ballad Ben Bolt. A city-loving music master wooed her, plans of marriage faded when accusations emerged, and Olivia died of a broken heart. Dr. Thomas D. English later wrote the ballad’s words in 1842.
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Tazewell
Alice
Ben Bolt
Olivia
Olivia Wynne
Jane
Bt Ola
Trousseau
Thomas D. English
Pennsylvania
William Edward Peery
Wynne
Boys Must Get Fish Licences
A state fish and game ruling requires every boy over 16 to hold a license to fish or hunt. County recorder Ray Kennedy warns many youths may unknowingly violate the rule. Licenses available from Kennedy's office or deputies at county stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Department
Ray Kennedy
Trees Delivered for Highway Planting Program
Twenty trees for planting along Iowa highway No 9 in Estherville and Armstrong Grove townships were received here today by Miss Marie Sorum county superintendent. The trees came from the American Forestry Association Washington D C This is the fourth year of the project to resationing the highways of the state.
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Estherville
Armstrong Grove
Marie Sorum
American Forestry Association
Washington, D. C
Stolen Chickens Recovered Near Grover Farm
Eleven of ninety buff orpington chickens stolen from the Marshall Elkin farm near Grover on April 20 were returned after identification by Elkin at Spirit Lake produce company. The helper could not recall who brought them. the animals were not paid for.
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Marshall Elkin
Grover
Elkin
Spirit Lake Produce Company
Spirit Lake
Today’s Markets Report Estherville Co-op Creamery notes
Market listings show corn prices for No 2 yellow at 260, No 3 yellow at cee, No 4 yellow at .23, barley and oats values, live poultry prices for heavy hens and leghorns, Old Roosters at 60 for heavy and 30 for leghorn light, No 1 eggs at 130, No 2 eggs at We Cream prices for sweet or sour cream at 0.5 and 1.216. Estherville Co-op Creamery reports last half of April prices with sweet at 24c and sour at 22c.
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Estherville Co-op Creamery
Superior Man Recovers Car in Estherville Chapter
Forrest Tow retrieved his Chevrolet in Sioux Falls after its theft from Superior, Iowa. The car, abandoned in an alley for a week, had a missing registration card but carried Forrest’s address in a pocket. A new hat and glove were also stolen. Suspicions point to Estherville residents loafing in Superior the night of the disappearance.
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Superior
Iowa
Forrest
Sioux Fats
Jacobs
Sioux Falls
Estherville
Humboldt Receives $2000 for May Relief Funds
Humboldt county has been granted $2000 for May by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation pending formation of a county relief committee and appointment of a welfare worker.
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Humboldt County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Spencer Light Rates Reduced
City council voted last week to reduce Spencer electric rates for light heat and power. The cut will save about 15000 dollars annually on bills for Spencer residents. Mr and Mrs Ernest Smith and their children moved back to Armstrong to be closer to Mr Smiths Home Auto salesman job.
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Spencer
Ernest Smith
Armstrong
Mr. Smith
The
Home Auto Company
Spies and Son Build Larger Storage Cribs
J A Spies and son Adolph expand on the Graettinger farm with a new storage crib about 50 percent larger than last year’s. A second smaller crib and a large temporary granary for small grain are planned, with further seasonal storage buildings. The 50,000 bushel crib will reuse stored corn, possibly shifting plans if prices rise. Mayor Fred Spies had previously completed a permanent corn crib and granary on a tile factory site, while E A Baumgartner and son Max also hold corn in storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Spies
Adolph
Graettinger Times
Spies
Fred Spies
Grachtinger
C. E. Norrtis
Wisconsin Lumber Co
E. A. Baumgartner
Max
Graettinger
Mrs. Ross Fouts Dies Sudden Today at 35
Mrs. Ross Fouts 35 Estherville woman died at her home after a short illness from heart failure. The death coincides with the seventeenth anniversary of her marriage to Mr. Fouts. Survived by husband four children Donald Louise Melvin Betty, her father C. Hanson of Lamerton Minn six sisters and three brothers. Funeral Saturday at Union Baptist Church at two thirty with Rev. Frank Yearnd officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ross Fouts
Estherville
Walter Scott
Chris Shelton
Harold Dahlman
Albert Kechler
Andy Amdahl
Lamberton
Emil Westrum
Milwaukee
Wis
C. C. Hanson
Harry Hanson
Andy Hanson
Union Baptist Church
Frank Yearnd
Oak Hill Cemetery
Attorney Bedell Denies Involvement In Jury Fixing
Bert Gander, 49, of Bayard, a bee raiser and federal juror in Des Moines, sits under questioning as U S agents probe jury tampering tied to a Chapman brothers liquor conspiracy retrial. William Stevenson testified paying 174 for fixing. Bedell denied any untoward act and called the claim absurd. R A Griffin, school inspector, worked in Estherville and Emmet county Wednesday and Thursday.
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Bert Gander
Bayard
Bee Raiser
Des Moines
Chapman Brothers
United States
Gander
Wiliam Stevenson
Boone
Stevenson
Hotel Savery
Len Chapman
Walter Bedell
Spirit Lake
Bedell
No Call Here as Yet for Forestry Men
Fifty three men applied for jobs on the Federal Reforestation corps but none have been selected and no word has come on when and where they are to go. County welfare worker Mrs Segner and the local R F C committee expect about two days notice. Four qualifications govern the postings: ages 18 to 25, single with dependents, good health, and a limited qualification. Selections should come from families already receiving aid from R F C Red Cross or welfare programs.
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Reforestation Corps
Segner
Red Cross
Local Checker Players Triumph Over Okoboji Visitors
Chas. Bixby hosted a gathering of local and Okoboji checker players, with the locals winning 37 to 35. Participants included Manley Bascum Roy Smith and A. Best for Okoboji, and Louie Perkins Ray Brown and Chas. Bixby for the home team. Mrs. Bixby served refreshments after the game.
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Chas. Bixby
Manley Bascum
Roy Smith
Co. A. Best
Bixby
Louie Perkins
Ray Brown
Mr. Bixby
Sheldon Gordinier Named Municipal Pool Life Guard
Sheldon Gordinier was named life guard of the Estherville Municipal pool by Paul Linke, superintendent of public works. A former University of Minnesota student and noted athlete, he will be paid 78 dollars monthly with a 26 dollar cut from last year. Wilbur Mickelson will assist at 50 dollars monthly, and Mrs. John Osmundson was named matron at 60 dollars monthly. Opening likely the first Saturday in June, weather permitting.
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Sheldon Gordinier
Estherville
Paul Linke
Gordinier
University of Minnesota
Gardimier
Wilbur Mickelson
John Osmundson
Linke
Estherville High Plans June 1 Commencement
Seventy-seven seniors will graduate June 1 at Estherville High with ceremonies at night after a May schedule including a May 15 junior senior banquet and prom. Activities run May 17 to May 30, featuring Miss Florence Chambers’ play Grumpy and Dr. James J. Davies as speaker with the address Facing the Future.
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Estherville High School
Gertrude Dudley
Carl West
Florence Chambers
A. Q. Bailey
James J. Davies
Whitfeld Methodist Episcopal Church
Davies
KSCJ
Sioux City Journal
Fae Albertson
Hazel Amdal
Jack Bevan
Catherine Bevard
Emery Bevard
Lavonne Brown
Wauitta Brown
Marie Cramer
Maxine Delp
Fred Elwood
Marian Fagre
Joyce Fransdal
Norman Fransdal
Eloise Gates
Vernon Goecke
Virginia Gransbury
Vernon Grimm
George Hackett
Loyd Handeland
Robert Hanesen
Jack Harrison
Viviette Hayden
Lois Hedwick
William Heidke
Madeline Hillestad
Vera Joyce Horswell
Kenneth Hugg
Edna Hutchinson
Arthur Irwin
Bernard Jackson
Carrie Juhl
Mary Agnes Kelly
Margaret Larsen
Jennings Lindholm
Chester Lodden
Maurice McCall
Denise McNally
Genevieve Mackey
Helen Martinsen
Donnabelle Merron
Evelyn Mickelson
Zelma Munden
Alice Nelson
Irma Nelson
Muriel Nelson
Frederick Nissen
Evalyn Norby
Florence Olson
Joseph Paul
Daisy Paulsen
Evelyn Peterson
Martina Peterseen
Ruth Raife
Hazel Reed
Elizabeth Rhodes
Mary Rhodes
Jean Richardson
Merrill Robb
Marie Robinson
Dorothy Rogers
Louise Savereide
Benora Shaw
Lincoln Shonkwiler
Paul Smith
Dorothy Spear
Raymond Stee
Leonard Tangeras
Harold Thomson
Vernon Thompson
Mildred Thrush
Edith
Ministers among victims in Des Moines crash
The Rev. W. F. Hurst 59 of Spencer and formerly Estherville died of injuries from a Friday auto wreck at Sixty first Street and Hickman Avenue in Des Moines. Rev. F. E. Gray of Atlantic was killed. Mrs Gray and son Edwin injured. Mrs Gray underwent skull surgery and leg fracture. the truck driver injured but stable. Hurst’ s mother Nancy Hurst age 102 survives in Tabor. Alex Johnston and wife spent Sunday at Ames visiting daughter Virginia, a student at Iowa State College.
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W. F. Hurst
Spencer
Estherville
Broadlawns General Hospital
Des Moines
F. E. Gray
Atlantic
Alex Johnston
Ames
Miss Virginia
Iowa State College
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Sarasota
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Mert
Orleans
Chas. Nancola
Roosevelt
Washington
H. E. Narey
LC. G
Albert T. Reid
Legion Auxiliary
Lewles M. Comstock
Alice Ben Bolt
Forestry Department
Mrs
Bert Zelmer
Stitch Club
Dale Palmer
Otto Rogers
Mima Wertz
Carrie Heneman
W. W Watson
Zeimer
Ralph Rousseau
Superior Man
Humboldt
Spies and Son
R. A. Griffin
Consolidated Schools
Emmet County
Flore
White House
Marguerite Lehand
Municipal Pool
Herb Drey
Sac City
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Repeat League
M. E. Murphy
Larchjwood
Mr. Murphy
Homer Judd
Peder Nordsletten
Wallingford
Coleman Hospital
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