Christmas Gifts For Disabled Veterans Urged
The Emmet County drive via American Legion and auxiliary asks residents to donate gifts for wounded and ill service members in U.S. government hospitals. County quota is 20 gifts for Knoxville Iowa hospital, with each town listing their sub quotas. Donors may leave gifts at stores or ship via posts. wrap by auxiliary. recommended items include books, stationery, clothes, toiletries, and games, with caution against sending sharp items.
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American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary
United States
Emmet Counsell
Emmet County
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Estherville
Armstrong
Dolliver
Maple Hill
Ringsted
Wallingford
Legion
Auxifighie
American Legion
American Legion. Auxiliary
Iowa
Gitte
G. I. Jane
Listing of Household Goods and Personal Items Available
A list of assorted items for sale or purchase includes face powder cologne cosmetics deodorants glasses cleaning tissues nail polish and remover minor cura sets compacts muskets mirrors towels and washcloths. Also offered are bobby pins hair pins nets clothes pins elastic cloths and sewing supplies with scarves gloves bandanas slippers and related bedroom items.
Christmas Spirit In Stores Brightens Exthsverville Windows
Snow coats the streets as Toy displays fill shop windows with items for children and adults. Shoppers heed advice to start Christmas buying early while clerks arrange new arrivals and festive touches. Santa’s jolly image grins from windows, signaling the holiday rush and gift hopes.
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Santa
Wardrobe talk guides county 4-H girls conservation plan
Mrs Helen Sage Iowa State College extension 4-H clothing specialist led Emmet county meeting on wartime wardrobe management. Leaders and older girls learned fabric identification care, pressed garments, and simple tailoring to conserve clothing amid shortages with a focus on repair remaking and intelligent buying.
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Helen Scott Sage
Iowa
State College
Emmet
Armstrong
Bage
Sale date unsettled as attorney injured at Holy Family Hospital
A focal attorney is a medical patient at Holy Family hospital after an incident Tuesday. The sale is mentioned but details remain unclear.
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Withan Sale
Focal
Holy Family Hospital
Titness Fatal to Former Resident of Graettinger
Lawrence Jerbert Mollison of Philadelphia formerly lived in Graettinger died Oct. 29 after a heart attack in a Philadelphia naval hospital after a long illness. Born Oct. 15, 1902, he served in the U S Navy at 14 and later became a pilot. He was nephew of Mrs John Darling and Robert Penn of Estherville. Full military honors were given at his burial in a Philadelphia National Cemetery with Rising Sun Post V F W and American Legion teams among those taking part.
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Lawrence Jerbert Mollison
Philadelphia
John C. Mollison
Spencer
Graettinger
Naval Hospital
Mollisonn
John Darling
Robert
U. S. Navy
Rising Sun
Cheape
National Cemetery
Rising Sun Post V. F. W
Five Schools Named for One Hundred Percent Enrollment
Five schools have been announced as achieving hundred percent enrollment in the Zuniog Real Cross program. The institutions listed are Estherville Hart Maple Hill and Emmet.
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Real Cross
Abbolaspro
School stamp sale nears end drives peak purchase
An unusually large stamp sale at the high school raised about 886.20 for Starups and 386.20 for bond TM in horhe rooms. Officials said the spike came with only two weeks left to fill stamp hooks as the drive ends in December.
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Dee
Fox Terrier Killed in Estherville by Passing Car
Mrs Curtis Page of Estherville loses eight year old fox terrier named Trixie a small white and black fox terrier. The dog was struck and instantly killed Tuesday evening by a passing motorist shortly after 5 p.m. It occurred in front of the Knute Thompson home on North Ninth street.
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Trixie
Curtis Page
Estherville
Page House
Knute Thompson
North Ninth Street
Mareth Sovatent Drops Note to Parents From Front Army Plane
A CH47 transport plane over Estherville dropped two notes from Second Lieutenant Sorum and five other cadets on a cross country flight. One note landed on a garage roof near the Sorum home, another on a car running board. The notes said the men expected to be home for Thanksgiving, but Sorum later said in a long distance call that Thanksgiving in town is tomorrow and not.
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Sorum
Eatherville
C. 3
Broms
North Seventh Street
Ed Sorum
Tite
Gorrow
Pathfinder
Cars collide at Eighth Street North injure two drivers
Drivers Ellsworth Swaive and Mrs Schoentrup were taken to Holy Family hospital after a morning collision at the intersection of Eighth Street North and Saventh Avenue. Mrs Schoentrup suffered a forehead cut, while Swaive received medical treatment for a wrist or back injury. Both cars were damaged, with the Schoentrup vehicle on the right side and the Swave car front damaged.
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Ellsworth Swaive
Schoentrup
Roundabout manager Homer F. Watson dies after 25 years
Speke of Arnolds Park precinct mourns the roundhouse manager Homer F. Watson who led the merry-go-round operations for a quarter century. The veteran park figure recently passed away, leaving a lasting imprint on the management and charm of the park’s attractions.
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Homer F. Watson
SB. Speke
Arnolds Park
Annagement Park
Band Concert Raises 1278 Dollars in War Stamp Sales
Cash sales of war stamps and bonds at the Victory Concert raised 1278.20 dollars, not including stamps purchased in schools or slips issued by advisers. The high school band directed by Arthur resulted in a full house at the city auditorium with varied performances, moving pictures, and a finale during the national anthem.
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Actu
Sunderlin Field
Ato
Iowa State College Orchestra Broadcast Schedule
The Iowa State College orchestra under Prof. Alvin Edgar will broadcast over WOK on Sunday November 26 at 4 30 p m. Edgar led the year as guest conductor and will return to Estherville next year March 20 for an all day instrumental clinic and guest conduct the evening concert.
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Iowa State College
Orches‘tra
Alvin Edgar
WOK
Edgar
S. Estherville
Estherville
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