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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
3
Local weather patterns ranged from frost to heat as May brought showers and drought worries. Farmers report finishing seeding with moisture needed, while opening of fishing season sees fishermen chasing bites after a cool, unsettled spell and a midnight rain. Temperatures swung from 36 to 91 degrees with several days of trace to light rainfall and a 0.10 inch midnight shower.
George M Jorgenson of Dolliver appeared before Judge G W Stittman in Clay county court at Spencer and was fined 800 dollars plus costs for drunken driving after an auto crash east of Estherville on Highway 9. He may suspend 100 dollars of the fine on good behavior, paying 15 dollars monthly starting June 1, with jail if payments fail. license suspended for one year. A baby girl born May 18 at Coleman hospital to Rev Raymond Olen and wife of Armstrong is noted.
In Estherville the Eveleth family learns their granddaughters Genevieve and Joanne Eveleth make their motion picture debut in The People V8 Dr Kil dare. Grandparents Grandpa Lee Eveleth and Grandma Lee Eveleth, of Glendale California, will likely view the film many times once shown. The Eveleths were notified by their son and daughter-in-law of the preview, while manager Sorenson awaits official show date at the Grand Theatre.
After 22 years the Fort Dodge area council of Boy Scouts of America is renamed Prairie Gold Area Council to reflect nine northwest Iowa counties Calhoun Emmet Greene Hamilton Humboldt Kossuth Palo Alto Pocahontas and Webster Reorganization created district chairs vice chairmen and a commissioner in each county Emmet county leaders include K J McDonald and vice chairmen Rev Claude Fausnaugh C L Torreson Rev Raymond Olson George Roepke serves as commissioner The first executive board meeting is set for Friday May 16 at the Humboldt hotel
Raymond Bringle Fred Weir Orris Warrington and Omar Nau of Estherville John Kidd Roger Kettleson and Edgar Doudna of Spirit Lake and Dale Kelly of Spencer returned from Minneapolis where they took entrance exams for the army air corps Kettleson Kidd and Doudna passed the physical tests Doudna remained for mental exams as he lacked two years of college training Bringle passed for navigator but eye defects barred service He expects appointment to the army navigation school in Miami Florida within thirty days Mrs Norman Maine is in Chicago due to illness in her sister Kathryn Nolan
Rev Claude Fausnaugh will speak at the Citizenship Day program in Estherville on May 28 in the Roosevelt auditorium. About 200 new citizens will be honored, including those naturalized or reaching 21 between July 1 1940 and Sept 1 1941. County Superintendent Marie Sorum leads arrangements with musical selections and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner Karl We Fischer announced that Iowa driver license renewals will start June 9 1941 due to delays from wartime orders. Changes to the renewal form and procedure are planned and instructions will follow. Applications will be available at Army Camps and renewals will be processed for soldiers while stationed there.
The Estherville area reports show operating costs per pupil at 80.87 dollars with 1,274 average daily attendance for the year ended June 1940. Iowa city districts spent 16,883,144 overall, up 2 percent from 1939, with an average cost per pupil of 85.29 and a slight drop in attendance to 197,955. Leading districts ranged from 127.67 to 98.72 per pupil. lowest included Mystic and Albia at 61.02 and 11.60 respectively. Emmet county mills averaged 5, with city levy 25.89 and rural 11.75.
Emmet county paid 248 pensions in April, down from 249 in March, with the average pension near 20.53 dollars. Across Iowa, 56,670 pensions totaled 1,180,065.80, up from March, while the state average rose to 20.82 dollars. Blind pensions in Emmet county rose to five recipients, averaging 19.84 dollars.
Mrs. Ragnald Larson was honored on Mother's Day as family members gathered at her country home. The 94 year old celebrated on April 4 while longtime health issues kept her bedridden. relatives and friends sent gifts and greetings.
The Iowa Trust and Savings Bank and the Emmet County Savings Bank will close at 12:00 noon on Monday May 19. Northwest Iowa Bankers group meeting will be held in Storm Lake with officers and their wives expected to attend. Mrs Jay Bowdish is recuperating from a tonsillectomy at Coleman hospital. Baby news includes Leonard McAffee born May 18 in Estherville area and a pneumonia treatment at Coleman. A baby born to Victor and Smith at Coleman hospital appears in the report.
Mr and Mrs Chas Bixby their daughter Miss Shirley and Mrs Bixbys father H M Ireland will leave Sunday on a three weeks trip culminating in attending graduation exercises at Kelly Field San Antonio Texas Orin Bixby son of the couple is in the air corps graduating class at Kelly Field He enlisted October 10 last year and completed ten weeks at Sikeston Missouri and ten weeks at Randolph Field before finishing at Kelly Field He will receive his second lieutenant commission and wings at graduation.
The Elizabeth Hughes voice students from sophomore to senior will perform in a formal recital Monday night May 19 at Roosevelt Auditorium with free admission. Freshman classes schedule a spring recital next Wednesday at 4 15 pm. Many students will sing publicly for the first time, with a mix of classical and folk pieces by various composers. The Chamber of Commerce urges local businesses to display Welcome banners Friday for the upcoming Reedebah convention.
Estherville business houses will observe a coordinated yearly holiday closing schedule from May 30, 1941, to May 1, 1942. The plan, derived from a Chamber of Commerce survey, covers merchants wholesalers manufacturers offices banks and shops. Closures include Decoration Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year with varied hours on other holidays and special pre Christmas openings for some stores. The schedule applies to all stores including suburban locations and will be distributed to businesses and Chambers of Commerce in surrounding towns.
G H Raife of Raife Shoe Store found export opportunities after a Shanghai nurse visiting Estherville bought six pairs of size ten and a half narrow shoes. She returned to work and inspired a colleague, leading to an order for two more pairs from China. The nurse’s party sent the order via a Philadelphia bank.
Harold Goecke of Estherville heads to Des Moines by Rock Island train on May 28 as one man from Emmet county. His brother Melvin Goecke is chosen as replacement for Lawrence Johnson who left on May 8. Mrs Dennis Knudson returns from Ida Grove with news of her son Lawrence and his wife and baby daughter.
The Es uth Estherville Union Baptist church hosts a series named Joyous Evangelism from May 18 to June 8. Rev. J. Moon of Terra Haute Ind will speak nightly with Rev C Elner Forssell assisting. A 25 voice chorus will join, services start 745 p m each Monday evening, open to all.
Rev Alvin Rogness of Ames named headline speaker for the National Wa Tan Ye Convention in Estherville June 8 to 10. He will address the banquet Monday at the Orleans Hotel on The Larger Friendships. Rogness, pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church in Ames, is a noted speaker and Luther League advisor.
Nels Nelson of Graettinger is the lowest bidder for the Star mail route between Estherville and Emmetsburg, taking over July 1, 1941 through June 30, 1943, with a $528 bid. Irwin French previously held the contract at $720 yearly. many bids were submitted, per Clara Kennedy. The appointment notice was mailed from Washington, May 10.
Wallingford and Gamble Robinson meet in the season opener at city ball park Monday at 8:00 pm. Mayor Fred Ehlers will throw the first ball. Umpires Orville Williams and William Swift. Managers Kenneth Otto and Stanley Young lead Gamble Robinson and Wallingford. Full schedule to follow in Tuesday’s Vindicator.
The Vindicator seeks readers help to complete a roster of Emmet county men and women in army navy marine corps air corps Red Cross and other war service branches including draftees and volunteers. A further list from the local draft board shows names with service locations and branches. Names include Orin Bixby Lester Anvick Robert Jackson Ralph Boon Thietje Theodore Yost Gail Anderson Lester Bush Calhan Dale Cornell George Dale John Gales Marvin Hanson Homer Munson Steven ONeil William ONeil Norman Osher Charles Paris and others with service in the United States Army Air Corps Marine Corps Coast Guard and Reserve.
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