Social Events of the Week Honor Lieut Bixby Visit
The Misses Barrett Dooley and Hol Jenbeck hosted a Friday dinner at the Dooley home in honor of Lieut and Mrs Orin Bixby of Moffitt Field California. Pink and white table themes complemented a 7:00 pm service and guests visited afterward. No gifts were given to the honored couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marybelle Barrett
Florence Dooley
Doris Hol Jenbeck
Orin Bixby
Moffitt Field
California
Dooley
Bisby
Dean Vetrem
Maurice Bougess
Joe Woods
Hollenbeck
Barrett
Neighbors honor Mrs Shannon before her winter trip
A group gathered at Mrs J S Shannon's North 8th Street home Friday evening to wish her well. She will visit her son and daughter in St Paul before spending the winter in San Diego, California. The informal party included a gift presentation and a shared treat. Attending were Mrs Glenn Shearmann Mrs Belle Waters Miss Myrtle Waters Miss Prise Wa Booth Mrs Arthur Cadieaux Mrs Harold Keeler Mrs Faye Higgins and Mrs Martin Johnson. Mr Leo Waters and Mr Lloyd Johnson could not attend.
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J. S. Shannon
North 8Th Street
Shannon
St. Paul
San Diego
California
Wrests
Glenn Shearmann
Belle Waters
Myrtle Waters
Prise Wa Booth
Arthur Cadieaux
Harold Keeler
Faye Higgins
Martin Johnson
Leo Waters
Lloyd Johson
Executive board of PT A to meet Wednesday at 4:10
The PT A executive board will convene Wednesday in Miss Giddins room at the high school building. All members are urged to attend this meeting. The Chummy Couples society will not meet Tuesday evening. Announcement of the new meeting date will follow.
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The
PT. A
Miss Giddins
the Methodist Church
Surprise party honors Miss Eilene Mortensen on departure
Miss Eilene Mortensen was guest of honor at a Friday evening party at the Jerry Trood home hosted by Miss Ruby Haahr and Mrs. Hood. The event was a successful surprise to mark her resignation from the flows Trust and Savings Bank and acceptance of a position at the Security State Bank in Independence. Gifts were given and lunch served. Several friends attended or sent regrets.
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Eilene Mortensen
Jerry Trood
Ruby Haahr
Mrs. Hood
Birthday Surprise Honors Leroy York
Leroy York was the honored guest at a Thursday birthday surprise hosted by relatives at the York farm home east of Fa therville. The informal evening ended with lunch as gifts were presented to Mr. York and his wife Mrs. Maye York, joined by Malinda Reed, Donald York and spouse, William Clark and daughter Kathryn Ann, Harold Reed and Henry Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy York
York Farmt
Fatherville
Giets
York
Maye York
Malinda Reed
Donald York
William Clark
Kathryn Ann
Harold Reed
Henry Anderson
Family Reunion at Graver Gathered McDonoughs and Kin
The McDonough family reunion was held at the home of Mr and Mrs G L Miller in Graver on Sunday September 21. Attendees included Mr and Mrs C H McDonough of Salem Oregon, Mr and Mrs Melvin Kelley, Miss Opal Hewitt of Farnhamville, Mr and Mrs Clyde Miller of Ringsted, and other relatives.
Schoolgirls Craft Homemade Jewelry from Nuts and Corks
A narrative describes Mary and Louise making decorative accessories at home using acorn cups, nuts, corks, screw eyes, and string. They assemble acorn corsages, nut pendants, and bracelets with wire, crepe paper, varnish, and boot lace, then extend to bead and thread ideas and crocheted pieces, all in a step by step craft tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elcm- Edo
Mary
Trewy
Louise
Local notes and visits across Glendale and Reinbeck
Eugene McNally visits his sister Mrs Eugene Roach in Glendale as he awaits induction. Mr and Mrs P P H Atwood celebrate their fiftieth anniversary Oct 5 with open house in Reinbeck. Leo Fitzgibbons attended a football game in Iowa City and friends, Lloyd Elwood returned from California. Mrs Jessie Hackett assists at the Iowa Trust bank after Eileen Mortensen’s resignation. Mrs J D Weir of Estherville turns 79, spent day with daughters Ed Sorumt and Elmer Chambers at Roy Weir’s Eldora home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McNally
Eugene Roach
Glendale
California
PP. H. Atwood
Armstrong
Reinbeck
Jessie Hackett
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Eileen Mortensen
J. D. Weir
Estherville
Ed Sorumt
Elmer Chambers
Roy Weir
Eldora
News of Earlier From the September 28 1921 Vindicator
Keith son of Mr and Mrs al lae mee essen leillad suffers an automobile accident on his way to school Sept 26. Miss Imo V Jeglum and Elmer Osher wed Sept 28 at Jeglum home. Dr M R Sathe joins Dr R C Coleman in city practice. Mrs J R Horswell dies Sept 21 at home. Miss Hazel Rose hosted a miscellaneous shower for Hazel Rose. Reb Clark attended Farmers Union meeting in Des Moines. Mike Foley returns from East trip including New York. Daughter Mary Elizabeth born Sept 27 to Mr and Mrs Ray Slis. Wim Logan and wife welcome daughter born Sept 21. Herman Oratusky arrives from Cedar Rapids to supervise new store ready Oct 1. Mrs John Sabo injures foot from boiling water. Inez and Nell Sauer reevisit Waterloo with aunt.
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Keith
Alene
al Lae
R. C. Coleman
J. R. Horswell
Winnie Ruguvy
Hazel Rose
Reb Clark
Des Moines
Farmers Union
Mike Foley
New York
Brooklyn
Mary Elizabeth
Ray Sllis
Wim. Logan
Herman Oratusky
Cedar Rapids
John Sabo
North Ith Street
Inez
Nell Sauer
Waterloo
VLR
Jewelry firm sold and September marriages in 1941
Irving Morse has purchased the Eldred Jewelry store in Dubuque. On September 27 1941 Miss Lomena Fahey and Dennis Bagan wed at the Catholic parsonage officiated by Rev Father J J Murtagh. Marjorie Foshier and Allen Stockdale also married, as did Addie Lyman and J E Morton at family homes. W B Flindt acquired the Charles Dayton barber shop in the basement of the First National Bank building last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vindicator
Republican
Irving Morse
Wennekson Jewelry Co
Dubuque
Eldred
Lomena Fahey
Dennis Bagan
J. J. Murtagh
Marjorie Foshier
Allen Stockdale
Lake Park
Wm. Fashier
Addie Lyman
Estherville
J. E. Morton
Centerville
J. R. Lyman
W. B. Flindt
Chas. Dayton
First National Bank
Flying Blind thrills at the Grand theater
A 600 pound motor block slides through the cabin of a storm plunging airliner in the Paramount aviation melodrama Flying Blind. Richard Arlen, co star and plane owner, notes a real block similar to the film's was shipped insecurely, could have wrecked the flight if not secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Aviation
Grand Theatre
Richard Arlen
Jean Parker
Flying Blind
Arlen
Maxwell Shane
Richard Murphy
Concrete slab on highway 71 ready for travel
The concrete slab on highway 71 from No 9 north to the Minnesota state line was completed Wednesday and will be open to the traveling public within the next fortnight. Much of the equipment has been moved to other points this week.
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Highway 71
No. 9
Minnesota State Line
Sun Valley Serenade at Grand Theatre features Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie and John Payne star in Sun Valley Serenade at the Grand Theatre Sunday and Monday. Glenn Miller and his Orchestra provide music. Cast includes Milton Berle Lynn Bari Joan Davis and the Nicholas Brothers. Bruce Humberstone directs a musical romance from a Robert Ellis Helen Logan screenplay.
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America
20Th Century-Fox
Sun Valley
Grand Theatre
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Sonja
Glenn Miller
Milton Berle
Lynn Bari
Joan Davis
Nicholas Brothers
Mack Gordon
Hal Warren
Prt
Tareer Chalmer
Bruce Humberstone
Robert Ellis
Helen Logan
Art Arthur
Robert Harari
Oklahoma Renegades at Grand theatre this Friday and Saturday
The Republic Three Mesquiteers vehicles headline a Western adventure at Grand theatre. The plot follows Spanish American War veterans who answer a call to homestead land in the newly opened Oklahoma territory.
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Oklahoma
Ruby Keeler Dances In Sweetheart Of The Campus
Ruby Keeler returns to dancing in Columbia's new musical Sweetheart of the Campus. She leads Harriet Hilliard Gordon Oliver and Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra. Showings Friday and Saturday at the Grand Theatre.
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Ruby
Ruby Keeler
Columbia
Harriet Hilliard
Gordon Oliver
Ozzie Nelson
Grand Theatre
Lamblike missteps and film stars in That Hamilton Woman
Alan Mowbray as Lord Hamilton limps on set with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in That Hamilton Woman at the Grand theatre with Wednesday and Thursday showings. Other notes record a private marriage in Spirit Lake, a miscellaneous shower for Addie Lyman, Mrs. Bemis family winter plans in California, and F. E. Allen purchasing the Charles Dayton home on North Sixth Street.
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Alan Mowbray
Mowbray
Lord Hamilton
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Alexander Korda
Hamilton
Grand Theatre
Hollywood
Ing. Martin Noll
Maude J. Coats
Spirit Lake
C. E. Persons
Arlanda Lough
Phil Stine
Addie Lyman
Ladies’ Embroidery Club
John Manson
C. K. Nau
S. E. Bemis
Pearl
Hazel Bemis
California
University At Berkeley
F. E. Allen
Chas. Dayton
North Sixth
Freight service through Ringsted resumes twice daily
Ringsted gains twice daily freight service on the Chicago & Northwestern rail line. A Burt crew runs Des Moines to Ringsted in one day and Ringsted to Burt in the next, with similar round trips between Burt and Elmore and Eagle Grove. Station agent F G Hein notes Ringsted is a major shipping point and local merchants are shifting from truck to rail delivery as volumes justify the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern
Ringsted
Burt
Fox Lake
Elmore
Eagle Grove
Des Moines
F .G. Hein
Chicago ‘& Northwestern Railway
Iowa
Hein
Cooperative, Grain, & Product Company
Ringsted Dispatch
Emmet County Hens Boost Farm Income in 1941
Emmet county hens help lift national farm income toward a 12 year high with 1941 gross income projected above eleven billion dollars, up two billion from 1940. Egg output is set to exceed 600 million dollars, while Iowa production tops 296.8 million dozen eggs. Emmet county alone is seen contributing over 1.33 million dozen.
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Emmet
Chicago Mercantile. Exchange
Iowa
The
A&p
Emmet County
Minnesota duck season opens October 18 in nearby Jackson County
Jackson County's newspaper reports the Minnesota duck season opens October 1 for sixty days with sunrise to four o'clock in the afternoon, plus a later pheasant season from October 18 to November 1. Weathered by drought, waterfowl remain plentiful in larger water bodies while smaller sloughs stay dry. hunters anticipate northern ducks will arrive with cooler weather. The pheasant season starts October 18 with a three-bird limit and six in possession, though pheasant numbers may be down from last year due to an Armistice Day storm and prior conditions.
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V.R. Minn
Minnesota
Jackson County Pilot
Jackson County
Alre
State guards tighten oversight during migratory bird season
The state conservation department has issued instructions to game wardens to enforce game laws diligently. Hunters are warned that wardens will be active, with rules ensuring compliance. Opening and closing hours for shooting wild ducks begin October 1 from 6:11 am to 4 pm, and ringneck pheasants may be legally taken from 7 am to 4 pm.
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State Conservation Department
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard hiring skilled workers in Hawaii
The United States Civil Service Commission invites skilled workers with at least two years of trade experience to join Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Honolulu Hawaii. Open trades include coppersmiths loftsmen machinists shipfitters ironworkers shipwrights boilermakers and sheet metal workers familiar with 16 gauge metal. Transportation and subsistence allowances are provided. salaries vary by position and begin on sailing date from the West Coast. Overtime is common with about 75 percent working beyond forty hours. A nearby cantonment offers affordable housing and cafeteria service. Complete job information is available from the Manager Eighth U.S. Civil Service District St Paul Minnesota.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
West Coast
California
Navy Yard
Commission
Pearl. Harbor
U.S. Civil Service District
Post Office
St. Paul
Minnesota
Missionary in Nanking Sends Word of Faith Amid Cost Surges
Miss Jessie Wolcott, on duty in Nanking, China, writes that she remains at her post despite evacuation rumors. She thanks Spirit Lake Study Club for a $10 check that becomes 180 Chinese dollars for student aid, notes soaring living costs, and explains field work continues with two churches and several schools expanding enrollment amid staff shortages.
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Jessie Wolcott
Nanking
China
Split Lake
Miss Wolcott
Spirit Lake
Land
Histrory
Wolcott
Obidag Ceater
Rand
Wesley
Central
Progressive Dinner sparks Sherburn high school teachers outing
A lively progressive dinner hosted by Sherburn High School faculty featured a tour of four Nord Wallerstedt Honnette homes with unique courses and a mock will. Guests enjoyed fruit cocktails, chicken dinner, jocular contests, and slides from trips to Lincoln’s home Blue Ridge Virginia Mount Vernon and Niagara Falls. An injury to Marvin Stringer prompted a hospital visit, while Lutheran Ladies Aid set October 8 as the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ands
E. Nord
Ralph Honnette
Herman Wallerstedt
Oscar Honnette
Sherburn
Nord’s
Oscar
Ralph
Lincoln
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Niagara Falls
Honnette
William Dittes
Alfred Fisger
Walter
Oja
Robert Ekstrom
Raymond Olson
W. Thompson
Mabel Beck
Gladys
Paulson
Carlson
Evans
Marvin
Stringer
Church Park
Ceylon Hospital
Yromanuel
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Mesdames Clarence, Carlson
Arvid Danielson
Robin Peterson
Lundberg honored at Carver County party by group of women
Mrs August Lundberg of Cokato, a pioneer of Carver County, was honored Friday at an afternoon visit hosted by her daughter Mrs Arvid Danielson. Seventy plus guests included Mrs C Al Bredberg, Christine Oberg, Emma Wenberg, Oscar Olson, Lottie Anderson, Q B Carlson, Ella Swenberg, and others. Supper was served and the gathering centered on reminiscences and companionship among older ladies. Birthday celebrations included Jimmy Kenyon and Mrs E G Swanson was remembered by visiting groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundberg
Cokato
Arvid » Danielson
Lund- Lunborg
Carver County
Honoged
Mesdames C
al Bredberg
Christine Oberg
Emma Wenberg
Oscar Oson
Lottie Anderson
Q.B. Carlson
Ella Swenberg
Meg
Montan
Can sAwanpon
Mabel
Eleanor and
Almay Nelson
Randall Redington
LeRoy Nyquist
Kenneth Lawson
Jackie
Carlson
Wees
E. G. Swanson
Dewey ‘Sidles
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Bixby
Howard Flatland
Floyd McDonough
Lakefield
Minn
Art McDonough
Raymond Miller
Harold Ross
Escherville
Robert Hunt
Jackson
Richard Peterson
Petersburg
E. C. Hanson
Spirit Lake Beacon
Mrs. Shannon
P.T. A
Graver
Mary Ames
Leo Fitzgibbons
Iowa City
Lloyd Elwood
State Line
V.R
Soneed Atdad
Jimmy Miller
Donald
Mil
Jesus Estherville
Dianna Peterson
Laverne. Peterson
Victor Williams Rockwell
City
Willis
Arlene
Harley
Peterson
Tracy
E. Birney
Fatherville Abstract Co
Harley Degen
Eatherville
DE. TO. Mann
Sanborn'’s Store
L. F. Hoffman
Bastag Teh Avenue
Dow
de, B.D. Thompson
Chiropracter
A.T Reed
Tel. Res
Picea
Southeld-Tibbetts
Biathing Btere
Garberiai Stasia Co
Patrenln
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