Ex service Men Picnic July 9 At Diamond Lake
Sunday July 9 ex service men and families meet at Diamond Lake for a large picnic and program with music sports and boating. organizers urge all veterans to attend with family for a day of clean amusement, food stalls and a Lake Lillian versus New London ball game in the afternoon at the Diamond Lake grounds 12 1/2 miles northeast of Willmar.
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Diamond Lake
Lake Lillian
New London
Willmar
Buddy
Indian missionary parents home visit noted
Mrs. Ian M. Holder a Bengal Orissa missionary left for her parental home in Wadena after stay and treatments at Dr G D Forssell's. Mrs. V G Crouse, another India missionary, visited Forssell's and left for New York to join her husband then plan return to India. Holder previously spoke at the Baptist church.
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Ian M. Holder
Bengal
Orissa
India
Wadena
G. D. Forssell
V.G. Crouse
Kandiyoht County School District 47 Election Notice
Olson notices the annual meeting of Independent School District No. 47 Willmar Willmar High School on Saturday July ath starting at seven thirty to elect two board members for three year terms. Incumbents M W Blomquist and Mrs. C H Sherwood term expirations. Mrs. Sherwood filled an unexpired term after Rev Tegnell moved away.
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Olson
Board of Education
the Tribune
Kandiyoht County
Witmar
Berinning
Sever
M. W. Blomquist
C. H. Sherwood
Sherwood
G. N. Tegnell
Willmar
The Fourth at Diamond Lake at Diamond Lake Resort
The Diamond Lake Summer Resort drew a tremendous crowd with full parking and sold out ice cream and pop. A boxing bout between Otto Nilsson and Fred Hallin entertained guests. Dances, fireworks, boats, and fishing parties drew growing crowds as manager Hellstrom thanked patrons.
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Diamond Lake
Blue Birds
Otto Nilsson
Fred Hallin
Willmar
Hellstrom
Annual meeting of Willmar Farmers Elevator Company
The Willmar Farmers Elevator Company held its annual meeting on a Wednesday afternoon at the company offices on Pacific Avenue West. President N B Lienen presided as reports from officers showed the firm in reasonable condition and by laws were changed to a seven member board with Swan Nelson reelected and T C Sletten and A P Johnson added. The officer slate was reelected for another term. Also noted were the staff officers and their positions. Reverend and Mrs N J Aadland, returning from 12 years in China, passed through Willmar en route to Bengon for rest due to health. They conveyed greetings from Rev P T Konsterlie on the same China field.
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Willmar Farmers Elevator Company
Pacific Avenue West
Pres. N. B. Lienen
Swan Nelson
T. C. Sletten
A. P. Johnson
N. B. Tienes
Willmar
V. Pres
C. A. Halvorson
P. N ‘Olson
Houte
Ole
Olson
Rt. 5
China
N. J. Aadland
Bengon
Willmar to Compete in Detroit Golf Tournament
The Central Minnesota Golf Association plans a Detroit tournament in late July. Willmar will be represented by five men, with ten Willmar players traveling to Detroit and half taking part in the contests.
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Detroit
Central Minnesota Golf Association
Willmar
Guests from North and South Dakota Visit Duntley Family
Anaries Duntey and family from Ga thay North Dakota and Vernon Duntley and family near Milbank North Dakota arrived Friday to visit the George Duntley family and Mrs Delia Duntley. Charles Duntley cashier of Cathay State Bank. They traveled by car. Charles Vernon and George Duntley are brothers and Mrs Delia Duntley their mother.
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Anaries Duntey
Gathay, N .D
Vernon Duntley
Milbank
N. D
Triday
George Duntley
Delia Duntley
Charles Duntley
Cathay State Bank
Charles
Vernon
June Sales Day Announces Success in Willmar
County residents and Willmar shoppers joined the June Community Thrift Sales Day with merchants advertising bargains. The event yielded strong sales, and eleven prizes were awarded, including three $10 cash prizes and five $5 cash prizes. Winners listed: Gist Knutson, Mrs. Elsie Ahlstrom, Mrs. Lew Freuklin, Mrs. H. P. Nelson, Ole Sandberg, Mrs. Maurice Phillips, Victor Bergquist, Mrs. Anna Lundeen, C. H. Herman, Mrs. S. B. Haslett, and Mrs. Olga Turner.
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Willmar
Nichols-Hicky McNairy
Leonard €. Johnson Company
Gamble Robinson Co
Gist Knutson
Elsie Ahlstrom
Lew Freuklin
H. P. Nelson
Ole Sandberg
Maurice Phillips
Victor Bergquist
Anna Lundeen
C. H. Herman
5. B. Haslett
Olga Turner
Martin Sells Barber Shop to Graceville Man
M. J. Martin sold his barber business on Benson avenue to J. E. Pherigo of Graceville. The new owner took possession on June 24. Pherigo has over twenty years in the trade, thirteen years in Enderlin, N. D. The sale was due to Martin leaving the climate for his wife’s illness. Joseph Halldin returned from Minneapolis after over two months in a sanatorium and is greatly improved.
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M. J. Martin
Benson Avenue
J. E. Pherigo
Graceville
Mr. Pherigo
Enderlin
N. D
Martin
Joseph Halldin
Minneapolis
Convention Meets In City This Week
The Willmar District of the Swedish Mission church holds a Sun day School conference in Willmar Friday Saturday and Sunday July 7 8 9 with twelve congregations represented. Sermons lectures and sessions will be led by Rev C G Strom Rev P G Swanson Thure Swanson Rev Nathaniel Franklin and others. Weather permitting meetings may move to the Fair Grounds auditorium.
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Willmar
Swedish Mission Church
Hildar Hoaglund
GA Youngstrom
L. B. Challman
Frank Lake
N. Franklin
S. E. Roslin
Monticello
Strom
Salem
Fair Grounds
Franklin
Mission Church
Pavement Laying Begins This Week in Willmar Streets
Willmar starts concrete paving this week with a large West End mixer ready on Litchfield Avenue. A twelve man crew will lay the 18 to 40 foot wide pavement, using about 90 tons of concrete per hour and 2000 square yards daily. Material arrives by carload from New London and Hawick as excavation and curbing continue.
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Willmar
John McKusick
Litchfield Avenue
New London
Hawick
Lundquist Couple Attend Litchfield Wedding
Mr and Mrs Emil C Lundquist and Mabel Lundquist attended the wedding of Mise Ruth Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Nelson of Litchfield and Helmer N Anderson of St Paul. The ceremony was held at the bride’s home in Litchfield. The bride is a daughter of Mrs Emil Lundquist and Walter Nelson.
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Emil C. Lundquist
Mabel Lundquist
Walter Nelson
Mise Ruth Nelson
John M. Nelson
Litchfield
Helmer N. Anderson
St. Paul
Slater
Emil Lundquist
Legion regular meeting July thirteenth changed to Thursday
The Austin F. Hanscom Post of the American Legion schedules its regular business meeting for Thursday July 15 at the A C Carlson cottage on Eagle Lake north shore. Attendees should meet at the courthouse at 7 PM for carpooling to accommodate a large delegation. the auxiliary meets at the same time. Mrs A C Carlson leads the auxiliary. Amusements and refreshments follow the business portion.
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Austin F. Hanscom
American Legion
A. C. Carlson
Eagle Lake
Gollmar Bros. Circus
A.C. Carlson
Willmar to Meet Starbuck in Sunday Baseball Clash
The Willmar team hosts Starbuck next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the local diamond. Starbuck is reputed to be one of the fastest teams in the region and has beaten Alexandria twice and swept Glenwood last week. Willmar hopes to capitalize on recent improved fielding and 32 hits over the last two games as they prepare for the tough Pope County opposition.
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Willmar
Starbuck
Alexandria
Glenwood
Pope County
Progress of work on the Willmar paying program
Difficulties in starting the travel washing plant at Long Lake delayed concrete paving on Willmar. The ten ton street roller is in place and curb work on Gorton Avenue up to 15th Street will finish soon. Grading to finish within two weeks, conduits and manholes for underground wires to be done by John McKugick as an addendum. City council favors the plan and Water & Light Commission to review this week. Toltz King Day & Co. engineers inspected progress.
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Long Lake
Willmar
Tow
15Th St
Gorton Avenue
John McKugick
Water & Light Commission
Messrs
W. E. King
James E. Carroll
Toltz, King, Day & Co
Lightning Strikes Farm Home of Arthur Erickson
Lightning hit the Erickson farm near Willmar striking the house barn and milkhouse during a storm. Arthur Erickson escaped unharmed after nearing a water pail when the crash occurred. Glass shattered and a stove and milk house fixtures damaged though cattle were unaffected. Damages were reported not great and he expressed gratitude for the narrow escape.
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Arthur Erickson
Willmar
ErickSon
Mr. Erickson
Willmar Union Men Out On Strike
About 150 Willmar union workers including 87 carmen 25 boilermakers and helpers and 36 machinists and helpers walked out at ten o clock Saturday morning in a mass strike. The local shop voted nearly 100 percent for the walkout with only the foreman and two carmen remaining at work. Meetings are held daily at nine at the Odd Fellows Hall, and the strike committee is Sam Evans chairman John Ogren vice chairman and Albert Frogner secretary. Tomorrow the lineman and the telephone inspector are set to walk out.
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Carmen
Willmar Roundhouse
Odd Fellows Hall
Sam Evans
John Ogren
Albert Frogner
County Road Work Underway Across the District
Contractors and county crews are grading and scraping multiple county highways. Projects include a 7 mile stretch between Kandiyohi and Atwater, a 4.5 mile segment east from New London, a 12 mile area near Sunburg, and a 5 mile Sunbury to Pope county line road. Feeler, Fulton, Nelson, Olson, and Carlon crews lead, with completion anticipated in fall and early August for some segments.
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Sunbury
Glenwood
Atwater
Mike Barrett
Olson and
Carlaon
Kandiyohi
Brading
New London
Ehovel and
Wheeler
Fulton
Nelson
Sunburg
Florida Sloughs
Pope County
Willmar
Benson
Feelen & Smith
Fulton & Nelson
Raymond Village
Raymond
50 000 Bottles At Fourth Of July Picnic Grounds
Estimated by a local pop manufacturer a fair weather Fourth of July will bring crowds to county picnic grounds and result in about 60 000 bottles of beverages sold or consumed during celebrations across the county.
Kandiyohi County Telephone Rates Raised July First
The Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission approved Kandiyohi County Telephone Company rate increases effective July 1 for local and rural calls, service connections, and extensions. New charges include monthly line rents, rural multiparty rates, schoolhouse rates, and per message tolls among Olson Willmar Atwater areas, with commission notes on long distance pricing and a modified, fair schedule to cover operating costs and depreciation.
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Minnesota Railroad and~WareHouse Commission
Kandiyohi
Svea
Olivia
Raymond
Willmar
Atwater
Commission
Last Week of Contest Offers Six Winners
The Tribune reports the final week of the Missing Word Contest with six winners named Mia, B. L. DeLong, Mrs. Oscar M. Hogan, Clifford Rykken of Willmar, Oliver Gjerde, Wm. Hagerly of Spicer, and Albert Erickson of Atwater. Prizes of 50c each are listed for two-word completions, plus a $6.00 total payout for the eighth and last issue. Also noted is a Baptist sacred concert next Tuesday by Mrs. K. A. and Edith Lundin, free admission with a free will offering, and a brief note on Miss Genevieve McKinley’s three month extended visit to Fort Dodge, Ta., Milwaukee, Chicago, and Indianapolis.
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Tribune
Will
Mia
B. L. DeLong
Oscar M. Hogan
Clifford Rykken
Willmar
Oliver Gjerde
Wm. Hagerly
Spicer
Albert Erickson
Atwater
Hallin
Mrs. O Ellestad
Bernice
Blur
Lois DeLaHunt
Baptist
K. A
Edith Lundin
Genevieve McKinley
Fort Dodge
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
Graduation Exercises Set for Kandiyohi County Schools
The Kandiyohi County common schools will hold graduation in Willmar’s new high school on Tuesday July 11 at 2 30 PM. A large class is expected with many earning double credits by passing both county and state exams. A record total of 150 state credits were earned this year across the county.
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Duatinn Exerciaea
Kandlyanl_ cou
Willmar
Peartiss
Kandly S
Valeria Beaumont
Helen R Haxen
Dagmar Nepston Pagel
Quentin Erickson
Harold * Fidnn
Florence Nanayae
Gordon Minor
Dorothy Haugen
Marie’ Loven
Alvin
Rao
Lloyd Dably Bur
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Kandiyohi County
Willmar Farmers Co-op
Elev. Co
Dakota
Mission Sunday’ School
Circay
Isaac Gort
Roseland Township
A. F.branton
North Dakota
John Holmdal
Kansas
Enderlin/N.,D
Arthur P. Coliine
George H. Kuntz
Thraout Kandiyohi County
County Telephone CO
Hinaerota Rapud
Tele. Co
LaVerne Johnson
Irene Carlson
Fry
Ethel Kilsberg
Vergelina Dill
Edna Peterson
Ruth’ Jorgénada
Myrtle
Gustafson
Barl Bosch
Hima
Erlékign
Gladys' Elingular
Clarence Johnson
Annie Peterson
Hilde “Johnson
Marcus Elling
Lawrence Fatchald
Ethel Johnson
Mabel Larson
Hattie
Thompson
Clara Rierson
Vern Dadiolaon
Allene Péterson
Muriel Sandberg
Mariel Crommett
Hazel Olson
Alice Steberg
Agnes Heligh
Cinton Haroldson
Mauice
Olvon
Edla Bengtson
Herbert Johnson
Clara Parson
Alice Reigstad
Alice Monson
Jaméd_Croak
Loraine Erickson
Earl Erickson
King Hallblade
Whitefeld Hanson
Melvin Wilg
Eather Hime
Alma Gafkgen
Gladys Halvornon
Vernady Erickson
Oscar Johnson
Elnér Johnson
Ernest Thompson
Linnea Laintiqulat
Gladys Swanson
Rex Zimmerman
Harold Zimmerman
Lenora Tatting
Milton Haatland
Agnes Leverentz
Mildred Leverents
Ales Goetzman
Henry Bradther
Clary Korthina
Chloe Johnson
Harold Granberg
Caroling Kady
Myrtle Orson
Corelle
Golbrack
Lina Neleon
iLinka Njos
Clara Bkindblinn
Apna-Stulén
Pearl Feller
James Daugherty
Myrtle Bosch
Erven Bosch
Gertrude Gusay
Hargig
Gilhes
Alfred Groebner
Leonard Gilbert
Elvera Blomgulat
Sidney Ewanson
Vera Swenson
Myrtle Carlson
Joel
Ripkeen
Bethel Borde
Rose Holihgren
Evelyn Bauman
Florence Carlson
Kendeth Frans
Clara Nieuwenhum
Gerhard
Hoekstra
Melvin Berglund
Sue Rawless
Yor- Vivian Warren
Siemence Berry
Dist
Mildred Peterson
Panstol
Iobnvon
Kermit Hanson
Diet ' Phebe Tacobson
Bil Pederson
Esther Sunte
Datny Tres
Dake VanderVeen
Lilly Reina
Arnold Lundahl
Milo McLouth
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