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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
5
Frank Bosenkamp and bride from Ellsworth Minn visited the Scholtes home after a wedding trip to Chicago. Many locals and visitors from Ankeny to Cedar Falls attend family gatherings, school staff travels, and business trips as residents plan trips to Minneapolis and Arm strong, Fort Dodge, and Spirit Lake in a week of social calls and formal events.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Woods and family from Jefferson and Mrs Alexander visit the Ivor Clark home after touring Olivia Minnesota. Marathon residents John Smith and family join Juhl and Brunsgold kin for an over night visit. J F McLaughlin dies in Waverly Kansas. funeral to be held there with Wanamaker family traveling for attendance. Mrs Wanamaker receives condolences from the community. Andy Dahlberg and daughter Hazel travel to South Dakota to visit relatives, with return planned later in the week. Gusty T Peterson learns of Grandma Williams death in Bede and travels to attend the funeral. Ivor Clark hosts Emmet West Side Club on Tuesday. Bradshaw family moves into Berg property on north 6th Street. Hannah Johnson begins work at East Side cafe. Dick Sheldon works on electricals at Consolidated School. Mrs Emma Moller and son Merle visit Gun Strobe at Terris. Mr and Mrs G F Messmer and son Gene visit north of town. Chas Clark and family from Kennebec South Dakota tour H E Clark in town. Chas is H E Clark’s cousin. They plan to visit Bert Reid near Superior on return trip. Roy Goggin and B M Knutson host Sunday at Swan Lake area. Dick Sheldon family share fish dinner with F L Hunt at Sioux City Beach cottage. Eli Erickson and Hattie Lien visit Jackson Minnesota. James Coon and brother visit Harry Buckman in Superior. Thompson and Sweet build a new house for L Perkins on north 9th Street by Lincoln School. Mrs B B Anderson returns from Inwood. L L Smith recovering from operation at Coleman Hospital. Ad invites readers to Mankato Commercial College for destiny mastery.
Mrs. Robert Corrie hosted the Sunday School class Friday evening at her mother Mrs. Fran Godfrey’s home. It marked the first social gathering since summer vacation.
Mr and Mrs Bert Barber hosted an all day picnic at their Spirit Lake cottage for the A B club and husbands plus many Estherville pioneers. Thirty two guests attended a delightful day with other locals from the area.
Thursday evening the new teachers were guests at a picnic at Arnold's Park hosted by the faculty who were here last year.
Mrs. C. I. Ham entertained the Past Grands of the Rebekah Lodge on Saturday evening in tribute to Mrs. E. C. Krohn who departs with her husband for Excelsior Springs.
The Methodist Episcopal Church hosts a Friday Sept 14 social hour with a playful contest between the Rustlers and the Hustlers of the Sunday School. A lively program is planned and all members and newcomers are invited to join and feel at home with the church and its Sunday School.
Mr Harold Neville Lough and bride Miss Winnie Rugtiv wed in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The groom, a U S Navy sailor just transferred to the Colorado, and the bride, a longtime Estherville resident, were feted at home. Both graduates of Estherville High School, they will begin married life with promising prospects and the bride will continue work at Emmett County Abstract Co. in Estherville.
Miss Dorothy Robinson daughter of I J Robinson united in marriage with Ernest Sampson in Emmet township at her parents home. Rev Joseph H Edge officiated in a three o clock ceremony attended by immediate relatives. Mothers were witnesses. After a lunch the couple departed for Santa Barbara California to establish their future home.
Miss Dorothy Robinson was honored at a prenuptial shower on Tuesday at Mrs. John Smiths home by the D D D Club whose member is her mother. Only club members attended, gifts were miscellaneous and lunch was served by Mrs. Smith. On Wednesday a second shower was hosted by her cousin Miss Helen Robinson with friends of the bride as guests and a dainty lunch served.
Mrs Krohn prepares to leave for Excelsior Springs as Mesdames Beatty Markley and Holmes host a Saturday afternoon gathering at Mrs Holmes home. Eighteen ladies attend and a two course lunch is served before the trip. Friday dinner at Grant's honors newlyweds Mr and Mrs Harold Lough. The couple later visit Spirit Lake and then stay with Mrs Lough mother of the groom.
Miss Helen Robinson hosted a weekend gathering for Armstrong friends at her parents house on Friday night and Saturday morning. Guests included Lenore Kelly Doris Felkey and Ivy Bosworth among others.
Mayme Knutson Velma Barnes and Miss Bosworth leave soon to attend the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and a Kindergarten school in Chicago. All the young women were Miss Robinson’s especial friends during her time employed in the Armstrong bank.
Miss Velma Bell Kenline and Mr. Sigward C. Sevatson wed at the Presbyterian manse on Sept 5 with Rev. Gilbert Voorhies officiating. After a Lake Okoboji honeymoon, the couple will settle on a Wallingford area farm. The event was followed by a visit from friends and a reception. The same issue notes a Woman's Club meeting in American Legion rooms with reports from department chairs and a State Convention recap.
The Producers and Consumers Club will meet at Mrs. C. E. Swates 515 North 8th Street on Tuesday September 18 at 2 o'clock. Important business to discuss includes Current Events Memory Gems and Quotations. The group will review the first two lessons of the Iowa Citizenship study and a question box will be provided. attendees are encouraged to bring a question for the box and to bring their families.
The E. S. Finer family moved back to the city after a summer at Arnolds Park where Mr. Finer managed an amusement place. He has now joined the P. G. Gray Produce Company in a new position.
The fragment notes Elmer and his relatives left Milford for Pant known weeks ago and left unpaid debts. East Side Cafe now run by Mr. and Mrs. Conklin. Gardston Hat Shop advertises latest fall fashions and a play at the Gardston Hat Shop. V.R. Want Ads promise results.
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