Memorial Day Observed In City With Parade And Services
War heroes will observe Memorial Day in the city on Tuesday May 30. G A R and W A C plan the events with many civic groups assisting. Parade starts 9:30 a.m. on North Sixth Street from the High School. Participants include U S Colors G A R Post W A C Marines Sailors Spanish American War Veterans American Legion Service Star Legion School Children Fire Department civic groups and citizens. After services at M E Church program features prayers music reading roll of honor Gettysburg Address and an address by Col. Smith Brookhart. At 2:30 p.m. a Decoration ceremony occurs at K P East Side cemetery followed by flowers at Oak Hill. Taps by H C Fox. Five local service members buried in Oak Hill are honored. Post Commander H C Coon urges public participation to honor veterans and those who died in service. The HaBerville Chamber of Commerce Band leads the parade.
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North Sixth Street
U.S
G. A. R. Post
Marines
Americain Legion
Service Star Legion
Art Fossum
Neal Herzberg
Clayton Henry
North 6Th Street
Lincoln Street
7Th Street
M. E. Church
Hurley Music
Clee Club
Cies Eae
LaGrone
America Triumphant
C. S. Haynes
Largo
Perl Bemis
A. Herrick
Mary
Louise Osgood
John Greig
Gettysburg
A. C. Snyder
Col. Smith Brookhart Bong
America
Toecae FB Voorhins
K. P
East Side
Oak Hill Cemetery
West Side
Des Moines
H. C. Fox
Oak Hill
Ralph Frizzell
Emmet Floyd
Bernard Borreson
Harold Wilcox
Ralph Butler
Maurice Doyle
Haberville
School asks public help to protect new athletic field
Authorities appeal to attendees of Friday play day events to cooperate in preserving recently graded areas on the athletic field. Do not walk on the new grading as light trampling now could ruin the soft surface.
Postoffice Hours Observe Memorial Day May 30
Memorial Day is a legal holiday. The postoffice will observe the holiday on May 30 with window service from 8 30 a m to 9 30 a m and no mail deliveries in the city or rural routes.
Estherine High School Glee Club Concert of Merit
Estherine High School glee club concert at the Methodist church earned praise for musical supervisor Miss Helen Mattison and for the students. The cantata The Three Springs featured Esther Olson of Wallingford as soprano soloist, with strong performances across all numbers.
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Estherine High School
Methodist Church
Helen Mattison
Three Springs
Esther Olson
Wallingford
D W Alexander Sudden Death in Orleans Fishing Trip
D W Alexander of Milford Nebr died suddenly Wednesday at the Burr Oak cottage in Orleans during his annual Spirit Lake fishing trip with brother D R Alexander and R J Ridley. He was sixty two, a Milford druggist, survived by wife two adopted children and his brother. Funeral held after transport from Estherville.
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D. W. Alexander
Milford Nebr
D. R. Alexander
Burr Oak
R. J. Rindley
Orleans
Mr. Ridley
Spirit Lake
Ridley
Alexander
Estherville
Milford
Nebr
Ascension Day Observed With Large Community Program
Esdraelon Commandery No. 52 K T observes Ascension Day with about 200 invitations. Events include a graveside decoration at Oak Hill cemetery, Temple work, a ladies reception at Sir Knight Morse’s home, a banquet, and a program of speaking, music, and dancing at the Masonic hall bound to feature Chic Perkins King and the Big Musical revue The Trouble Chasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esdraelon Commandery No
K. T
Oak Hill Cemetery
Order of the Temple
Holy Grail Commandery No
Emmetsburg
James W. Morse
Chic Perkins-King
American Legion
Estherville
Estherville De Molay Chapter Instituted In Major Gathering
A large Estherville De Molay meeting drew Masons and DeMolay members from multiple towns for the instution of a new Estherville DeMolay chapter. Delegations from Clarion Armstrong and others attended, with initiation and a banquet at the Masonic lodge and Grand theatre due to space limits. Officers were installed, and dozens of candidates from Estherville Spirit Lake Armstrong Emmetsburg and Dolliver were initiated. Memorial Day observance noted stores closing at 10 AM for the day.
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Estherville de Molay
DeMolay
Clarion
Emmetsburg
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Terris
Armstrong
Dunnell
Grover
Maple Hill
Dolliver
United States
Clarion and Armstrong
Estherville
Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Masonic
Lundblad
Clarion Commandery
F Moe
Chas. Keeler
David Brees
Willis Gruwell
Rex Noe
Dunlap Brees
Kenneth Townsend
Deemer Lee
Donald Miller
Maurice Cox
Almonar
Wm. Reese
Marshall
Bernard Jones
Roy
Estherville Actress Chic Perkins-King Stars Grand Theatre Show
The seasoned director Chic Perkins-King leads a production at the Grand Theatre with her husband Frank G. King and son Frank Jr appearing. The engagement spans two nights on Wednesday and Thursday, June 7-8, promising lively entertainment as advertised in the Vindicator.
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Estherville
Chic Perkins-King
Chic
Frank G. King
Frank Jr
Grand Theatre
the Vindicator
Big County Play Day at Estherville High School
Arrangements are complete for a county play day and athletic efficiency contest Friday at the Estherville high school field. A parade of 1200 children leads off with the Chamber of Commerce Band. Prizes honor top floats, with a silver trophy for best county unit. The morning features drills and games, followed by a 1:30 track meet after dinner. Representatives from nine counties attend. the day draws an expected ten thousand spectators. The program includes flag drills, individual contests, ball games, athletic dancing, and two bands. The event seeks to mirror past Play Day successes and welcomes county guests with meals and comfort provisions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Scohol
Estherville
Pearl County
High School Work Day A Big Success At Estherville
Rain could not deter hundreds of volunteers many with teams and shovels at the high school athletic field. Farmers and Rock Island crews helped load dirt lay the track area, build playground equipment and grade grounds. Civic groups provided coffee lunches and supper while local businesses donated materials as the community rallied in a day of cooperative patriotism.
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Rock Island
Estherville
Conklin
Ben Lande
Northern Lumber Co
Graduation Exercises June First Class to Finish Under Sunderlin
The Estherville high school will hold commencement for its thirty-first class, including fifty-eight graduates, with Gov. Kendall delivering the address at the Grand Theatre. Events include a Junior-Senior banquet, Baccalaureate at the Presbyterian church, class day program, and a list of outstanding graduates and honor pins.
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F. H.sunderlini
Grand Theatre
N.E. Kendall
Graaf
Presbyterian Church
A. Berge
Estherville Lutheran Church
Amelia Benesh
Rex Nee Puupa
Gladys Sharar Ebeetty
Gladys Reglum
Gia Po Tans
Hays
Lone Eee
Susan White
Theodore Anderson
Lillian Benesh
Harry Clausen
Maud Lucas
Verna Hepp
Jessie Hepp
Rex Inman
Almira ‘Ridley
Margaret Vincent
Helen Osher
Herbert Mosh
Flower Shah Bemis
Edward Sweet
John Osgood
Estherville High
Mary Louise Osgood
Seeeees Oden Wee Clerk
Cecil Hudson Bookkeeper
Frances Mills
James Ritchie
Eliza Hanson
Maynard Johnson
Ella Flindt
Ruth Dahlberg
Adelit Westbrook
Evelyn Olson
Edna Sabo
Sim
Estherville Dominates Big Interstate Track Meet
Estherville High School’s track team capped its best season by sweeping all four meets. Dutch Daubers set multiple records in shot put high jump and hurdles, winning honors and a Rock Rapids Legion cup. Oehrlein split off a six-second half mile improvement while the mile relay team set a 3:40 record, earning the relay and meet cups for Estherville.
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Estherville’s
Daubers
Rock Rapids Legion
Oehrlein
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Adrain
Minn
Canton
S. D
Emmetsburg
Fonda
Harris
Lester
Hawarden
Estherville
Frightful death near Jackson in kerosene accident
At the Edwin Benson home near Jackson nine year old Evelyn Benson fatally burned while building a kitchen fire with kerosine. She fled burning clothes toward the field. the hired man removed the remaining fire. She died at 2 AM after doctors and nurses treated her. Mother rushed from Rochester arrived by auto at 6 AM. Relatives and grandparents arrived through the day.
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Edwin Benson
Jackson
Little Evelyn
Evelyn
Silas
Rochester
Coleman
L. Wright
Norris Wright
Ben Jacobsen
Cylinder
A. B. Benson
Conductor A H Reese Injured In Train Accident
Conductor A H Reese of the Rock Island line sustained serious injuries to his back and abdomen after a cow was struck on the Watertown branch between Clear Lake and Brandt. The caboose overturned, trapping him. he was hospitalized at Coleman. No other crew members were hurt.
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A. H. Reese
Rock Island Road
Coleman Hospital
Watertown
Clear Lake
Brandt
Reese
Photography on metal by Radiotone process at Erickson studio
A. E. Erickson offers Radiotone photographs transferred onto gold silver and copper. The process yields radiant permanent reproductions with extraordinary clarity. Samples in the studio showcase life like subject images, indestructible except by fire, valued for durability.
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A. E. Erickson
Erickson
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High School Glee Club
Boys’ Glee Club
Dixie
Brahms
Marjorie Meadows
Clive Morse
Dorothy Sanderlin
Leona Brown
Frances Lough
Esdraelon
Holy Grail Commandery
DE Molay
Coleman ‘Hospital
Oscar Fagre
V-R
Estherine
BIG County
Emmet County
Rev
Berge
Sunderlin
Nellie J. Anderson
Theodore S. Anderson
Sim L. Bemis
Amelia Jeanette Benesh
Lillian S. Benesh
David C. Brees
Bernard G. Carey Verma
Edna Clark
Harry J. Clausen
Maurice E. Cox
Ruth Ann Dahlberg
Raymond G. Dauber
Fern J. Eastman
Ella Emily Flindt
Eliza B. Hansen
Thad S. Hays
Jessie F. Hepp Verna L. Hepp
Alma H. Herem
Cecil A. Hudson Herbert T. Hurley
Rex. C. Inman
Gladys A. Jeglum
Maynard E. Johnson
Dorothy C. Juhl
Helen Tessa Kelly
Gladys M. Larson
Luella P. Linge
Kathryn E. Manthey Maude Lucas
Marjorie H. Meadows
Fannie Mills Herbert S. Mosher
Rex V. Noe
Esther I. Olson
Evelyn B. Chon, John L. Osgood
Helen Fay Osher
Almira M. Ridley James F., Ritchie
Helen E. Robinson
Edna J. Sabo
Ernest S. Shannon
Gladys L. Sharar Brabara
Aileen Shriver Margaret Helen Smith
Edward J. Sweet
Clayton R. Thompson
Dauber
Estherville High School
Mr. Reese
Kenneth R. Townsend
Margaret R. Vincent
Rene Valenta Oden L. Wee
Adelia M
Westbrook
Susan
Elizabeth White
Gladys Mae Whitman
Emma
M. Williams
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