Adult Education Program Opens at Estherville High
The Estherville High School hosts an Adult Education program starting Wednesday December 4 at 7 30 pm in the high school. Four classes Current Literature Social Science Homemaking and Agriculture run 7 30 to 8 30 with ten weekly lessons and an open forum 8 30 to 9 30 each Wednesday for enrolled attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville High School
Roosevelt Auditorium
James Starrak
Town AM Hancation Association
Starrak
Iowa State College
Boston
T. C. Mann
Social Science
W R Youths Group to Present Play Sunday Evening
The World Comrades youth division at the Methodist church will present a playlet titled The Amazing Chinese at 6 30 pm Sunday. Participants include Beverly Strong Janice Mension Ruth Howard Lois Button Elaine Johnngi and Donald Butson Lorraine Thorndyke Jack Kint and Naomi Knepper in the hospital in occupied China scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the World Comrades
Methodist
Beverly Strong
Janice Mensien
Ruth Howard
Lois Button
Elaine Johnngi
China
Donald Butson
Lorraine Thorndyke
Jack Kint
Naomi Knepper
Feud Sparks Arrest of Minnesota Farmer Near Dunnell
Reuben Deering, a Dunnell area farmer, was arrested Sunday amid a feud with Vernon Anderson. Anderson, son of Alfred Anderson of Huntington, filed assault charges after claiming Deering injured him at the Deering farm, including a dislocated collarbone. Deering is set for a preliminary hearing in Fairmont on December 3.
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Reuben Deering
Dunnell
Minn
Martin County
Deering
Vernon Anderson
Anderson
Alfred Anderson
Huntington
Fairmont
Rural women of Emmet county meet for annual planning
Rural women from Emmet county gather at Estherville city hall kitchen on Wednesday December 4 starting at 10 a m under guidance of Mrs Sarah Porter Ellis state home demonstration agent. They will discuss schools libraries health facilities and rural projects and plan the spring achievement day with exhibits and demonstrations of home economics skills.
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Emmet County
Sarah Porter Ellis
Iowa State College
Estherville City Hall
White Thanksgiving Hopes Rise After Light Snowfall
A light snow blanketed the area totaling three and a half inches over two days. Temperatures hovered around 14 at noon and 12 in the morning before rising. Storm warnings recalled Armistice Day impacts as residents postponed travel and holiday plans. Weather notes log daily highs and lows through November 22 to 27 with small snow amounts. Sunday school honors two couples at a Christian church gathering, gifts exchanged and games enjoyed.
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V.R
Ray Bartleman
Donald York
Young People’s
The
Christian Church
Chas. Dawson
Mrs. York
Gasoline Fire Injures Station Worker at Wegs Service
Eldon Tostenrud suffered severe facial and arm burns when gasoline in a pit at Wegs Service station ignited Tuesday morning. He was rushed to Coleman hospital after welding work spilled gas, aided by an oil heater. Ervin Wallen burned a hand helping push the car out as firefighters contained the blaze. station damage was limited to glass and paint. Tostenrud received a blood transfusion later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wegs
Eldon Tostenrud
Coleman Hospital
Tostenrud
Ervin Wallen
Cotton Blossom Singers Deliver Resilient Concert
The Pineywoods Mississippi Cotton Blossom singers performed at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening. On the way to Estherville from Whittemore their trailer caught fire destroying music and uniforms, but they finished the concert. Estherville residents provided meals lodging and clothing and handed the group a $40 purse before Monday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineywoods
Presbyterian Church
Estherville
Whittemore
Pythian Sisters host benefit card party and lunch
Pythian Sisters sponsor a Tuesday night benefit card party in the Pythian club rooms on December 8 with a postgame lunch. The committee includes chair Miss Ruby Hemmingson and many members, coordinating the event and refreshments. Local market listings follow with various poultry, eggs, cream, oats, flax, soybeans, corn and barley prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Club
Ruby Hemmingson
Fern Jackman
Ruth Penn
Robert Penn
Lynn Fodderbere
Harold Reed
Bessie Hoobler
Carl Smith
Sbleanor Smith
Joe Marsell
C. P. Mauck
Carolyn Osmundson
Hattie Osmundson
Don Woodley
H. N. Jensen
Oden Wee
Glen Crook
Ruby Henaman
Archie Bixby
Ted Mathison
Thanksgiving message of gratitude from 1940
A community note thanks readers for support through 1940 amid war, elections, blizzard, and changing conditions. It praises friends and business supporters who helped the organization move quickly during the year and wishes a happy Thanksgiving to all.
Estherville Junior College Receives NYA Aid
The Estherville junior college gets a monthly allotment of 105 dollars for seven students as part of national youth administration support. State aid totals 35,460 dollars monthly with 319,140 dollars allotted for 1940 41. NYA assigns employment and funding quotas based on 9.47 percent of resident undergraduates and graduates ages 16 to 24 enrolled as of November 1, 1939 with at least three fourths of a normal schedule. April NYA aid averaged 18.46 dollars monthly for participating college and graduate students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Junior College
National Youth Administration
Iowa
NYA
Jimmy Mason Collars Bone Broken in Accident
Jimmy Mason six year old son of Mr and Mrs Merton Mason was struck by a car driven by Mrs Charles Miller Monday evening around six at 202 Central avenue. He started to cross the street but paused after a warning from a playmate. The boy was taken to a doctor where his broken collar bone was diagnosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Mason
Merton Mason
Charles Miller
Jimmy
Central Avenue
Past Presidents Host Bridge Night at Legion Club
The Past Presidents and their husbands gathered Tuesday evening at the Legion club rooms for a 7:00 supper and a bridge game. Mrs. Harry Jones won the ladies high score and Fred Ehlers the men’s high score. low scores earned Mrs. Dan Howard and Claude Randolph prizes, with BE. Croger taking the door prize. The event committee featured Mrs. Harold Woodling as chairman, with Mrs. Fred Ehlers and others assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Club
Harry Jones
Fred Ehlers
Dan Howard
Claude Randolph
BE. Croger
Harold Woodling
Beat
Storm Lake Elks charter meeting attracts many guests
George Booth Har old Reed Erwin Story and Glenn Crook attended the Storm Lake charter meeting of the B P D Elks last Friday. The Storm Lake lodge organized with 76 members. The Fort Dodge degree team presented the charter and work, with state and national officers and visitors from nearby lodges present.
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George
Charles Booth
Harold Reed
Erwin Story
Glenn Crook
Storm Lake
B.P.D. Elks
Elks
Fort Dodge Lodge
Religious Services Schedule Across Estherville Area
The Rev A Linnell Schrock of Grace Episcopal announces 8:00 a m Holy Communion at Estherville with 10:00 a m church school. Rev L A Mathie notes Thanksgiving at Estherville Lutheran 7:30 p m with offering for local needy fund. Sunday services at 11:00 a m and Friday 2:30 p m for Christmas practice. Wallingford Lutheran 11:00 a m and 2:30 p m with Rev Bergsaker speaking and officers meeting. annual bazaar on Thanksgiving Day with lunch. Immanuel Lutheran jutefish supper Thursday Dec 5 with Luther League 8:00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Linnell Schrock
Grace Episcopal Church
Estherville Church
L. A. Mathie
Estherville Lutheran Church
Wallingford Lutheran
Bergsaker
N.L.C.A
Wallingford
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Raymond Olson
Luther League
Retailers of Estherville Called to Meeting
A meeting of Estherville retailers is called by L M Christensen vice chairman of the chamber of commerce retail committee for Tuesday at 2 00 P M in the south committee room city hall The notice mentions the association of retailers and the date December 3rd with some garbled text remaining from the copy.
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Estherville
L. M. Christensen
Chamber of Commerce
Bert L
Bag
Dideuisn
Alternates Named for Emmet County Draft Board
Floyd Laffey of Armstrong and Keith Leroy Otto of Estherville are named as next in line if Bentworth Benda is disqualified. The state selective board requires registrants to bring six handkerchiefs, one toothbrush and paste, one shaving outfit, one bar soap, three towels, two underwear suits, three pairs of socks, and one extra shirt to Des Moines. Personal clothing beyond issued items will be provided at the center. excess luggage must be disposed of on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Laffey
Armstrong
Keith Leroy Otto
Estherville
Emmet County
Bentworth Benda
Laffey
Otto
State Selective Board
Des Moines
Harold Morton Attends Classes by Telephone
Harold Morton, paralyzed for two months, follows Estherville High School classes via a four room twin phone system. A microphone in each room lets him participate and converse with teachers, while the state funds the home instruction program through a special department.
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State Department of Instruction
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Estherville
School Board
Mark Sorum
N. E. Dempney
Wastherville
Harold Morton
Estherville High School
Morton
Harold
W. A. Winter Stein
State Department
Mattress making plans discussed by V R groups
Miss Mabel Phipps of Iowa State College leads a meeting at 2 p.m. Friday in the city hall committee room with farm and relief group representatives to plan a mattress making project. Cotton from the surplus commodity corporation is available for low income families, with ticking and layered materials also provided. Details of distribution and instruction will be set at the meeting, with relief boards home demonstration leaders farm bureau members and AAA committee men attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Phipps
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
AAA Committee
Retail Legislation Prospects Before General Assembly
A fragment notes possible retail related legislation that may be considered in the upcoming General Assembly session, reflecting both favorable and adverse opinions on its impact. The text is truncated and lacks specifics on bills, dates, or stakeholders.
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General Assembly
Thanksgiving Dance at K P Hall Sponsored by Knights
All Knights of Pythias Pythian Sisters and their families are invited to the Thanksgiving dance at the Knights of Pythias new hall on Thursday evening November 28. Music by Wilson's five piece orchestra from Royal Town, praised for the opening dance at the E P club room. Harold Reed and KK J Gilbert will be floor managers for the evening.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythian
Wilson
Royal
Town
E. P
Harold Reed
KK. J. Gilbert
Changes At Hospital In Estherville
Miss Sylvia Nelson of Estherville has been chosen supervisor of Coleman hospital replacing Miss Ida Christensen whose resignation takes effect December 1. Nelson, a private nurse in the community, has aided at Coleman hospital and trained at Iowa Lutheran in Des Moines. Christensen plans not yet announced. she will visit Mason City this weekend. Deen, currently floor nurse at Coleman, will take an industrial post in Moline starting December 1. Lorraine Clausen will replace Mrs Miller, a Navie Hospital graduate from Albert Lea, Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Nelson
Estherville
Coleman Hospital
Ida Christensen
Nelson
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Estherville Churches Unite for Thanksgiving Service
Estherville churches will again hold a joint Thanksgiving morning worship at 7:00 in the Christian church. Rev. F. W. Ortmeyer of the Methodist church will deliver the message. The Christian church choir under Mrs. Manthe and organist Mrs. Robinson will sing Send Out Thy Light. All are welcome regardless of church affiliation.
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Estherville
Christian Church
F. W. Ortmeyer
Methodist Church
C. F. Manthe
Chas. Robinson
Proposal to extend prison meal at cost rule in Iowa
A plan to extend the feed prisoners at cost law to counties over 25 000 population may reach the 1941 Iowa legislative session. The measure would widen a program that cut costs in large counties while most others pay higher meals, as Emmet, Kossuth and Clay counties reported modest 1939 bills.
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Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Emmet
Kossuth County
Clay County
Palo Alto
Dickinson
Winnebago
Estherville to Celebrate City Christmas Lights Display
A Saturday ceremony at 4 30 p m will unveil Estherville with extensive lights streamers and pendants. Mayor Fred Ehlers city manager Russell Peterson and head electrician Harry Sims spearhead decorations with city workers and the Chamber of Commerce committee led by R C Brown. Santa arrives Saturday morning with ponies for kiddies free rides and a 1 30 parade featuring floats Eskimo hops and clowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ehlers
Russell Peterson
Harry Sims
Estherville
Chamber of Commerce
R. C. Brown
G. H. Raife
Jesse Cox
F. J. Ehlers
City
Merton Mason
Ciffiweather
Citys Council
Santa Claus
Santa
Elks Building
North Seventh Street
Dorothy Perrin
Win, Abandon Work On Road North Of Armstrong
The round construction crew on grading No. 44 north of Armstrong abandoned work temporarily after mud and a blizzard delayed progress. They were ordered to Kirksville to work on a Green Construction contract. If dry weather returns, they may finish the last mile. one man remains to service machinery. Eldon Tostenrud, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tostenrud of Swen City, was buried yesterday. Mrs. Tostenrud remains ill after a recent birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 44
Armstrong
Kirksville
Green Construction Company
State Line
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W.R
Eugene Petcoff
Mia
D. T. O'Connell
V. M. Petcoff
R. Deering
V. Anderson
Aten B
Frances Byrne
Country Home Project Committee
Township Home Project
W.R. Pythian Sisters
Vindicator and Republican Organization
Vindicator & Republican
V.R. Jimmy Mason
V.R Retail
Keith Otto
Vipave
K. P. Hall
Christensen
Miller
Union Services
Ehlers
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