Birthday tribute and local notices from Estherville area
Mrs. J O Kasa celebrated her 78th birthday at her granddaughter s home in Estherville receiving a ring from children and kin. Relatives from Wallingford Graettinger Spencer Estherville and San Diego joined, while other updates include visits by Mrs Don Fuller and Vivian Ellingson, a Graettinger wedding, eighth grade state tests, high school and junior college graduates, and hospital visits at Coleman hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Kasa
Wayne Spaulding
Estherville
Joe Sarzon
Ruby Marshall
Edith Ann
Nancy Lee
Wallingford
Don Fuller
San Diego
Calif
Francis Hiedecker
Graettinger
Gerald Wee
Spencer
Jamie Kasa
Charlie Hiedecker
Ralph Bryan
Wava Spaulding
J. W. Spaulding and
Allen Cameron
Chicago
Johnson Son
Marines
Arived
Joe Sarzan
Vivian Ellingson
Wisconsin
Irene Nelson
Lars Peterson
Alfred Nelson
California
Merlyn Twite
Robert Barfoot
Evelyn Egeland
Bernice Ness
Donna Jacobsen
Roy Huntley
John Hiedecker
Joffet, NL
Estherville High School
Paul and
Lorraine Barfoot
Francis
Margaret van DeWalle
Marjorie Cordes
Francis Sevatson
Gordon Ellingson
Kenneth and
Harold Hanson
Effie Helgason
Tony Stam
Coleman Hospital
Virgil Hill
Ringsted social notes reach Ringsted area events
Stella Petersen visits parents. Mrs. Raymond Miller visits Webster City aunt and uncle. Mr and Mrs Martin Meiners hosts. Many local moves include births, illnesses, visits, sewing clubs, bridge games, and community events. A deep leg wound from pony accident required 17 stitches. several families travel to Estherville Sheldon Algona Emmetsburg Lohrville and Spencer for visits and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Petersen
P. W. Petersen
Raymond Miller
Webster City
Martin Meiners
Chas. Reed
Lake Park
E. &. Starr
Park View Clinic
Estherville
Oscar Christensen
Sheldon
Boyd Anderson
John
Anderson’s
C. R. Godfredsen
Algona
Thorvald Petersen
Earl Reed
Barbara
H. N. Wilberg
Sartm
Emmetsburg
Russell Holen
Twon
Local families host gatherings and hospital news in Estherville area
Mr and Mrs Gerald Richards and Linda of Dolliver visited Mrs Richards brother and wife Mr and Mrs Harry Jesperson. Mayo Clinic reports Billy Higginbotham undergoes Friday operation and will be bedbound for weeks. Numerous relatives from Windsor Hollandale and Minneapolis travel to Estherville area for family events and illness. Miss Marian Ramsey leaves Estherville insurance office for Des Moines. Sugar rationing cards issued at Grover school. Several dinners celebrate Mrs Woods and Robert Swartz birthdays as community ties strengthen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Richards
Linda
Dolliver
Richards
Harry Jesperson
Rochester
Minn
Billy Higinbotham
Mayo Bros Hospital
Ray Delling
Windsor
C. Redster
Earl Dean
Fenton
Wallace Brown
Maxine Chapman
Estherville
A. M. Brown
C. E. Fuller
A. ©. Andrews
Roy Goldsberry
Hollandale
John Goldsberry
Floyd Goldsberry
Minneapolis
Jack Creek
Woods
Robert Swartz
Marian Ramsey
Des Moines
Grover School
Charles Logan
Darlene
Kathryn
Victor Miner
Superior
Clifford Huntley
Halfa
Homer Rogers
John Campbell
Robert Cambell
Campbell
Charles Higinbotham
Petersburg Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Marvin Welp visited Arduser family near Madeira. Frank Wieskus and sons dined with sister Mrs George Sooboda north of Jackson. E N Stanwick Elwood dined at John Wieskus home. Jackson area relatives called on Herman Welp during illness, blood transfusions aided improvement. W V Petersons traveled to Buffalo Center to see Mrs L R Anderson and her newborn. Mrs Ernest Timko and Dickie visited her parents Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Knutson
W. V. Peterson
Stitch and Chatter Club
Claude Rasmussen
Richard Peterson
Ray Clymer
Walter Nicholl
Marvin Welp
Melvin Rasmussen
Luther League
Ben Brunsvold
Otto Opheim
Helen Gunderson
Jackson
Alice Belle Nasby
Ernest Haugeland
Richard Haigland
Marion Sampson
Henry Sampson
Lake Park
Ben Sampson
Robert Fox
Estherville
Kenneth Uden
Harold Prank
Eben
Alma Bargfrede
Bernice Stade
Bardow
Manilla
Town
Dick Targfrede
Herman Parefrede
Warry
Bargfrede
Martene
Louis Stade
Welp
Arduser
Madeira
Frank Wieskus
Wieskus
George Sooboda
E. N. Stanwick
Elwood
John Wieskus
Henry Gilbert
A. W. Nasby
Bertha Gilbert
Lester Peterson
Bert Gilbert
Wilmar
Herman
Gilbert
Bert
W. V. Peterson and Sons
Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center. Friday Where They Visited With Mrs. L. R. Anderson
Ledyard
Ernest Timko
Dickie
Community notices from Fostoria and nearby towns
Local items record visits and gatherings at homes of Helgeson, Lindberg, Brandt, and Peterson families across Fostoria, Manhattan, St Paul, and Kansas Lake. Birth announced for Russell LaCourse’s child. El sie Roth LaCourse also noted. Army service upcoming for Ivar Winnemar. funeral attendees for Mrs T Loutsa Wimmer. missionary society events planned with Rev David Davoux and Rev Lindbeck speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman and
Rbolitha Melgeson
Fostoria
John Helgeson
I. A. Peterson
Frank Rossberg
C. R. Theobald
R. T. Appelquist
T. A. Peterson
Victor Lindberg
Holman
Mankato
Reuben Peterson
T Loutsa Wimmer
Kansas Lake Lutheran Church
St. James
Loren Danielson
Tlenry Kosbach
Truman
St. James District Missionary Society
Kansas Lake Tatheran Church
David Davoux
Rev. Lindbeck
China
Birthday and hosting notes from Sherburn area gatherings
Rose Peterson of Sherburn visited with Principal and Mrs. H C Redington on Sunday. Frank Koenecke’s fifty seventh birthday was celebrated April 26 with a large group of relatives from Fairmont Petersburg Gordon’s grade party honored Lin Silcox’s birthday with a May basket and games. Mrs Loren Danielson’s April birthday brought relatives from the country to share an evening. Attendees included families from Fairmont Truman and Northrop, with names such as Koenecke Silcox Danielson and Wiley among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Peterson
Sherburn
H. C. Redington
Miss Peterson
Redington
Arco
Frank Koenecke
Koenecke
Leonard
Henry Moultzen
Fairmont
Herman Koenecke
Tee Conley
Jackson
Grandma Koenecke
Ella
Ceylon
Harry Bargfrede
Petersburg
Lynn Silcox
Gordon
Lynora — Silcox
Janet
Jane Kleine
Betty June Tyon
Lucila Schendel
Alvira
Laurel and Lyle Swift
Betty Anne Johnson
Lois Swink
Walter Willey
Bill and
Larret Ziemer
Wayne Broissma
Lila Mae Jorgenson
Leila Swenberg
Loren Danielson
Arthur Plumhoff
Karlene
Haldor Danielson
Carol
Otto Willey
Melvin Craig
Truman
Ronald Danielson
Northrup
Local Visitors And School War Rationing Plans
Jack Creek residents hosted callers including Mr and Mrs Russell Dominy while George Meiners enjoyed a visit from his mother. Amos and Ordeen Hanson dined with Mr and Mrs Fred Klingheil. Teachers and assistants met County Supt Sorum to outline the War Rationing sugar program for district No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Dominy
Maple Hill
John Bosold
George Meiners
Amos and
Ordeen Hanson
Fred Klingheil
Grover
Sorum
Week Of The War Highlights Front Action And Enlistment
War front reports say submarine menace off the Atlantic coast is being beaten. Army and ROTC students will enlist in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps at age 18. Navy updates set submarine completion in Great Lakes and revised enlistment ages and heights. War production notes claim progress but warn the real battle begins. Roosevelt shifts to women in war work, with McNutt forecasting 17.5 million employed by end of 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Naval
Atlantic
Army
Selective Service College
Army Enlisted Reserve Corps
War Department
Department
Selective Service
Tlersky
Navy
Marine Corps
Great Lakes
Wisport
Navy Department
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Roosevelt
McNutt
Contour Planting Advised To Save Soil And Water
Emmet County farmers can contour plant and till to save soil moisture after planting corn and beans, says County Agent M A Balkema. Page County trials show May June and fall rains cause most losses. contouring reduces erosion and boosts yields 5 to 10 bushels of corn and 3 bushels of soybeans per acre. Farmers can build a simple contour device using a carpenter level and a mirror mounted on a pole or board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
M. A. Balkenia
Balkema
Page County Soil Conservation Experiment Farm
President urges war bond buys from earnings over cash reserves
At a press conference the President called for civilians to purchase War Bonds and Stamps from current earnings rather than cash reserves. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said payroll savings investments should rise to at least 10 percent of gross payroll, with regular buyers doubling and average monthly purchases up from 7.50 to 20 dollars. Eastman urged governors and city leaders to stagger hours and boost mass transit efficiency through private car use and traffic regulation. A closing quote from Ninton de L'Enelos remarks that true goodness accompanies beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Morgenthau
Eastman
Female Pike Brought In For Stripping Purposes
State Conservation crews on April 22 brought a truckload of female walleye pike from Lansing. The fish, taken from the Mississippi River, are held at Arnolds Park stripping station to be stripped for eggs and milt. Eggs will be divided among lakes for hatching. adults shared among lakes. Hatchery gill netting ran April 2 to 20. First eggs placed April 6. 645 quarts in incubation. Min—nine bushels of fathead minnows added to East Okaboni to bolster food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mississippi River
Arnolds Park
East
Okabonji
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Vindicator
C. W. Hammond
Harold Goetsch
Willard Fewell
Marseilles
Ringsted
Pete Hendricksen
Ervin Hendricksen
L. H. Larsen
Carl Fink
Larsen
Mrs. Fink
Ruby Madison
Rein
Forrest Christiansen
Hans Christiansen
P. H. Underwood
Lohrville
Cornell
Wendell Jensen
Jennie Jensen
Hans Christensen
Paul Glasnapp
L. F. Heiden
Gilbert Nelson
Ida Roren
Lutheran Welfare Society
Earl Keeton
N. G Christiansen
Kermit Christiansen
V. E. Hohn
Olson
Cross Creek
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
VLR
Billy
George Grems
Rock Island
Ill
Charles Gustafson
Tillie Hanson
Minnesota
John Hanson
Jeanette Palmer
Willis Wertz
Wim. Stewart
Blue Earth
Stewart
Oliva Johnson
Kate Grems
Ed Harvey
Donald
Angie Thompson
Spirit Lake
Ted Thompson
Siuver Ladies League
Presbyterian At Lake
Soren Sorenson
le Shultz
Supt. Sanders
Bennett Opdahl
Senor High School
Decorah
Lutheran College
V.R
John Stinar
Ernest Timko and Sons
Frank Matuska Jr
Aoe
Tims
WINGS
Kitty Hawk
Flying Fortress
JACK
Nelson
Allies
Axis
Ninton de L'Enelos
Turners
Towa
Turner
Estherville, Town
Bairmont
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