Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 8

1. of 0. of of be MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE MAY 1 1933 600 EXPECTED AT HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AL CONGRESS FUTURE FARMERS ALSO TO MEET Two New Features Added to Program Planned at State College. AMES, May -An attendance of more than 600 high school boys and instructors is indicated by advance enrollments for the annual high school agricultural to be held at State May 11 congress, and 12. H.

M. Byram, instructor in the department of vocational education, chairman, announced. More than 550 boys from 51 high schools have already registered, Mr. Bryam said. The annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America, organization of high school vocational agriculture students, will be held during the congress.

Two new features recently have been added to the program. On May 11 the dairy industry department will give 8 demonstration on judging dairy products. Following men this the boys will compete in informal contest for which ice cream and similar products will be the awards. The poultry department will give a demonstration on judging and grading eggs, followed by a trip through the annual poultry and egg show to be here at that time. Other contests for all high schools include the farm forum or public speaking contest, and contests in farm management, livestock and crops farm mechanics and demonstration.

The Future Farmer chapter contest and scrapbook contest are open only to schools with Future Farmer chapters. A project record contest is open to all vocational agriculture departments and a general agriculture contest to all schools teaching general agriculture courses. Wheaton Again Campaigns for Merger of Counties HOKAH, May 1. (P)-Now that the legislature has provided the machinery for the consolidation SHERIFF CRITICIZED Sheriff Ralph E. Rippey (above) of Plymouth county, Iowa, was criticized for his absence from the scene when a mob of farmers at Le Mars threatened to hang a judge.

(Associated Press Photo). of counties, H. E. Wheaton, Hokah editor, has resumed his campaign for the merger of eight southeastern Minnesota counties with renewed vigor. In support of his plan he claims a saving of $1,360,000 would result from merging Mower, Olmsted, Winona, Houston, Wabasha, Fillmore, Dodge and Goodhue counties.

Will Open Hamburger Shop. DECORAH, May er shop will be opened this week in the Frank Helwig building on East Water street by V. R. Newton of Independence. The building is being remodeled.

Out of Small Beginnings Just as the mighty grows from the tiny acorn so may a substantial sum. $100, $500, $1,000 evolve from the amount with which you may open a Savings Account at this strong, friendly bank. Save money then you can take a delightful summer vacation, purchase a home, pay for insurance or taxes, buy a car, and you'll be ready for Old Santa next Christmas. It will pay you to save for a "rainy" day and for emergencies, too. Open a Savings Account here right then watch it grow.

NORTHWEST SAVINGS BANK CREAT BANKING Mason City, Iowa INSTITUTION A Northwest Bancorporation Bank You'll be sorry if you miss our big REORGANIZATION Sale! Hundreds of thrifty North Iowans have bought at this GREAT SALE and SAVED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS on MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS, SHOES, GROCERIES, RUBBER FOOTWEAR, TIRES AND PAINT. It will pay you to BUY YOUR FUTURE NEEDS at the low prices now in effect throughout the store! Don't miss this HISTORY-MAKING SALE. Ask for our double page circular. Come! Shop! Save! SAM RAIZES DEPARTMENT STORE 215 to 301 S. Federal Wholesale or Retail Phone 434 HERE AND THERE Miscellaneous Items From 125 Globe-Gazette Correspondents in North Iowa and Minnesota Surprised on Birthday.

-Ten women friends of Mrs. John Kockler surprised her on her birthday. Taken to Hospital. OSAGE -Mrs Jeremy was taken to Waverly hospital Saturday for examination. Will Mothers.

RUDD, Entertain, Pearl Kollman and Miss Irene Kuhlemeier, leaders of the King's Herald's and the King's Herald members, will entertain the mothers a at the M. E. church basement Friday evening. Submits to Operation. HAMPTON Mrs.

Ernest Jordan, Rockford, underwent a serious major operation in a hospital in Chicago Saturday morning and a telegram received by relatives here states that the operation was satisfactory. Mrs. Jordan, who is a former Hampton resident, was Miss Gail Shafer before her marriage. Visited at Cherokee. WHITTEM The Rev.

John Hyland of Whittemore and his brother, Father William Hyland of Cherokee, returned from Missouri Friday evening, where they spent a few days visiting a former classmate. Guest From Omaha. LONEROCK -Mrs. Mary Kelly, Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs.

Brown, Emmetsburg, visited at the Charles Morris home Friday. Mrs. Kelly 1 is a sister of Mr. Morris. Visitor From Cedar Rapids.

MITCHELL-Bennie Novak, who has a position at Cedar Rapids, is visiting at the Joe Novak home. In Serious Condition. BANCROFT-Gerhard Diers is in a serious condition at his home. He was operated on for a ruptured appendix Friday afternoon. Son Seriously Ill.

RUDD--The Rev. and Mrs. B. A. Fieselman received word of the serious illness of their son, George, who attends school at St.

Louis. He has pneumonia. Mrs. Fieselmann has gone to assist in caring for him. Mrs.

Noble Hostess. RICEVILLE -The Thimble club held social meeting at the home of Mrs. Rob Noble, The members and their husbands enjoyed a fine evening. Fire Is Extinguished. RICEVILLE- -A small fire 00- cured on the Jim Fellows place east of Riceville.

The fire truck from Riceville was called out but no damage was reported. Goes to Des Moines. RUDD- Louis Clay went to Des Moines Saturday to visit her mother, who is ill. She planned to return Monday. Leave for Rowley.

CALMAR Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yager and daughter, Rae Elise departed Sunday Rowley after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. S.

Grundeland. The Rev. Steves to Speak. NEW HAMPTON The Rev. Steves, pastor of the Walnut street Baptist church, Waterloo, will be the main speaker at the county wide prohibition rally to be held here Monday, May 1, at the Methodist Episcopal church here.

Mrs. Thompto President. NORTHWOOD- The New Century club, Northwood, met at the home of Mrs. C. S.

Rue for its regular meeting and had election of officers. Mrs. Laurance Thompto wes re-elected president and Mrs. Morris Borg vice president. Visited at Waterloo.

RICEVILLE Miss Magdalene Lutgen spent the week-end at her home in Waterloo. Home From Hawkeye. GARNER- -C. R. Sweigard drove to Hawkeye Saturday and brought his mother home yesterday.

She spent the winter in the home of her son, Harvey. Visitor From Waterloo. GREENE Miss Theresa Feyereisen of the Waterloo library staff spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. M. Feyereisen.

Attends Convention. GRAFTON- Superintendent Norris attended a convention in Des Moines Friday and Saturday. In Hospital at Algona, IRVINGTON- M. L. Roney is in the Kossuth county hospital, Algona, where he is taking treatments for erysipelas.

Mock Legislature Held. ROCK FALLS The civil government class of the Rock Falls high school, under the supervision of Margaret Dunkleberg, held mock Sessions of the legislative assembly, in which several new bills were passed and signed by the governor. One of the first bills to become a law advocated the shortening of the nine months school term. Mrs. Wolf Hostess.

LUVERNE- The J. J. club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Bernard Wolf. A debate was given.

Arrive From Pasadena. THOMPSON- Mr. and Mrs. Ole Osmundson of Pasadena, Arrived here by auto Saturday to spend an indefinite vacation in this county. visiting his brother and family, Mr.

and Mrs. J. O. Osmundson here and their daughter, Edna, instructor at the Waldorf college. Sister Dies in Los Angeles.

WHITTEMORE- Mrs. Canfield of Los Angeles, sister of Harve Dailey of Whittemore, died at her home in Los Angeles. Barber Shop Moved. LAKE MILLS, May 1. -The Swenson and Ferley barber shop has been moved from the Kruggel building to the Ole Styve building vacated by the Tweed cafe.

Swenson and Ferley opened for business in the new location today. BEECHER RITES HELD IN CHURCH Interment Is at Dougherty; Solemn High Mass Is Celebrated. DOUGHERTY, May solemn high mass was celebrated at the funeral services in St. Patrick's church for Michael J. Beecher.

The Rev. J. J. Collins was celebrant, the Rev. E.

J. Dougherty, Cresco, deacon; the Rev. E. J. O'Hagen, Rockwell, sub-deacon.

servers were Leo Mullen, Bernard, Edward and William Beecher, Elma. Pallbearers were Charles O'Neil of Mason City; Will Dougherty, Redmond McManus, J. B. Rooney, Jim Mullen, Dougherty, and Joe Gallagher, Rockwell. Out of town relatives present were Mr.

and Mrs. Jim Donahue, Mr. and Mrs. W. Donahue, Miss Ella Donahue of Yankton, S.

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ryan of Monmouth, Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. Donahue, Mrs. Hannah Beecher, Mr.

and Mrs. Will Burns, Mrs. Jim Burns, Mrs. A. O'Neill, Jim Beecher, T.

Cusack and son, Miss Dorothy McGlone and Francis Beecher of Iowa City; Ed McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan and Mrs. Alice Barragy of Waterloo; Mrs. Cranny and son, Falls.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Beecher of Creston; the J. F. Beecher family of Elma; Tom Dolan family, John Cahill family, Mr.

and Mrs. Lee Kaplin of Rockwell; Dennis O'Keefe and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith, Mr. and Mrs.

B. Smith of Manly; Dr. and Mrs. Weeks, Mrs. K.

Weeks of Hampton; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O'Conner, Mr. and Mrs. Leo O'Keefe, Mr.

and Mrs. T. Conner family, Mr. and Mrs. W.

Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hogan, Matt Kelsh and son, Leo Donnelly, Rose and Matt Kelsh, Mrs. Evelyn O'Conner, Dave Campbell and family of Mason City, and Miss Viola Kelsh, Coon Rapids.

Others from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. George Brady of Bel- mond; Joseph Campbell of Charles City; M. and Mrs. C.

O'Neill, Harold and Mildred Clayton, Jim Campbell, and the employees of Iowa Hardware Mutual company of Mason City; Charles Sullivan, Art, Nick and George Ganson, Joe, Showlwalter, John and Dave Murray, Elma and Gertrude Rooney of Minneapolis, 1,000 ATTEND MUSIC FESTIVAL 11 High Schools of Kossuth County Participate in Algona Program. ALGONA, May high schools, representing the Kossuth county towns of Algona, Burt, Wesley, Whittemore, Luverne, Grant consolidated, Ledyard, Swea City, Titonka, Fenton and Lone Rock, were participants in a music festival held at the Algona high school auditorium Saturday afternoon and evening. The festival was promoted by the county schoolmasters and was not in the form of a contest. More pupils were entered and an estimated crowd of 1,000 heard the various recitals. Good Progress Made for Depositors' Signatures EAGLE GROVE, May are considered favorable to the opening in a few days of the closed Security Savings bank.

Permission has been granted by the state banking department, with the approval of Governor Herring, to open on a 50-50 basis, which provides for depositors signing an agreement to allow 50 per cent of their deposits to remain with the bank for the present and the other 50 per cent would be immediately available. Good progress is being made with the signatures of depositors. Austria has issued a series of stamps to boost tourist traffic. DECORAH TO BE HOST TO LEAGUE Return From Austin. PLYMOUTH-Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Wilkinson returned Friday from a week's visit at Austin, and other places. They have a daughter and sister in Austin. Daughter Is Born. LUVERNE-Mr.

and Mrs. Wilford Jones are parents of a baby daughter born Friday. This is their first child. Oak Leaf Girls Meet. POPEJOY--The Oak Leaf 4-H girls met with Isabel Dodd Saturday afternoon.

Visit at Guthrie Center. PLYMOUTH--Ira Tulk, accompanied by his mother and niece, Virginia Gharst, drove to Guthrie Center Saturday to spend Sunday with the Byron Gharst family, formerly of Plymouth, Return to Chicago. ROCK FALLS Miss Margaret Wegener returned to Chicago after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wegener.

Miss Wegener was accompanied here by a nephew of Mr. Wegener, Visitor From Clermont, MITCHELL- Miss Bertha Shipton of Clermont is visiting at thee home of her sister, Mrs. L. D. Hungerford and family.

Home From Hospital. CLARKSVILLE Bert Crosby has been brought home from Mercy hospital, Waverly, where he has been two months. Plan for Achievement Day. HANLONTOWN--A farm project meeting of Farm Bureau was held Thursday at the M. O.

Hall farm home. Miss Ada Raake, home demonstration agent, Cerro Gordo county, was present. The topic for discussion was home sanitation and home safety. Mrs. DeGraw was chosen township chairman.

Nine district leaders were chosen. Achievement day was discussed and will be held Aug. 18 at Mason City. Leaders will meet with Mrs. DeGraw May 16 to finish the plans.

Between 300 and 400 Will Attend Municipalities Gathering. YOUR IOWA An Interesting Fact Daily About the State You Are Proud to Call Your Own! Iowa claims 14 gliders. Only one licensed glider pilot is in the state, however. Rites Held in Grafton for Mrs. Urbatch, Who Was Born in Log Cabin GRAFTON, May services were held yesterday afternoon in the Lutheran church for Mrs.

Ida Alvina Urbatch, 58, who died Friday morning. Mrs. Urbatch was born in a log cabin in Union township Sept. 15, 1874. She was married to Casper Urbatsch in 1891.

She had been ill for 16 years with heart disease. She leaves her husbands, sons, Fred, Roy, Lloyd and one daughter, Erma; four grandchildren, four brothers and two sisters. COUNTING PENNIES FOR AUTO LICENSE TAKES MANY HOURS NEW HAMPTON, May Bremer, Williamstown buttermaker, Friday purchased a new automobile. Mr. and Mrs.

Bremer had saved 1,500 pennies to buy the license for the car. All morning Mrs. Bremer counted the pennies to make certain the total was correct. Several were spent by County Treasurer W. Goebel and Bremer in the afternoon counting them after they were taken to the courthouse.

"I have done my bit for the federal government," the ex-hoarder said as he gave the treasurer five pennies to buy Co cigar for the extra work. Mrs. Shay, Thompson, to Be Buried Tuesday THOMPSON, May funeral services for Mrs. E. Shay, who died Saturday, will be held at the home son, W.

R. Shay tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. A. G. Heddle, pastor of the M.

E. church, officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill cemetery, beside her husband. Kendallville Woman's Funeral Is Conducted CRESCO, May Funeral services were held Friday, for Mrs. Lucetta Jane Burton, 85, who died at her home near Kendallville, northeast of Cresco, the Rev.

W. H. Mitchell, pastor of the Methodist church, Cresco, officiated. She is survived by four daughters. Fred Cutler Funeral Conducted at Aredale AREDALE.

May Funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Aredale Sunday afternoon for Fred Cutler, who died Thursday night of heart disease. The Rev. H.

Tiffany and the 1. 0. 0. F. lodge of Dumont, of which Mr.

Cutler was a member, were in charge. Those from out of town who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Lora Cutler of Fairmont, the Rev. and Mrs.

J. J. Gough of Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Anderson, Mr.

and Mrs. William Mahlstadt. Mr. and Mrs. M.

H. Bailey, Mrs. C. Wallace, all of Mason City: Mr. and Mrs.

James Worley of Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Worley of Cedar Falls, Mr.

and Mrs. E. R. Worley of Lakota, Mr. and Mrs.

Homer Worley from near Bristow. Series of Recitals Is Announced at Waldorf FOREST CITY. May 1. -The music department at Waldorf college is presenting a number of students in recitals. Miss Esther Thorson, soprano, of Thor and Bjarne Bjornson, bass, of Rothsay, Saturday gave a joint recital.

Miss Eunice Charlson, soprano, Dennison Waldemar Harang, tenor. Belview will sing on Saturday evening, May 6. Mrs. Alta Pierson, contralto, will sing May 15. On May 19 Miss Mildred Holstad, contralto of Lake Mills, will give her graduation recital in the college chapel.

Gustav Odegaard, bass, Northwood will be presented in recital Monday, May 22. The music faculty, Miss Edith Quist, piano, Prof Odvin Hagen, tenor, and Prof. Soren Lura, violin, will present A May 26. The annual costume recital will be given during commencement week, May 29. Stolen Auto Chase Ends as Motor Trouble Result NEW HAMPTON.

May 1-An auto owned by G. J. Winter, local oil station manager, Sunday morning was stolen while he was attending a 35 minute church service. R. A.

Stolz, New Hampton contractor. and Walter Zierath noticed Winter's car going south on highway 59 and gave chase but stopped when they had motor trouble, DECORAH, May will entertain visitors from the Iowa League of Municipalities in August and between 300 and 400 guests are expected. Plans are being made for a scenic trip through the city and country, and a golf tournament is considered. In June the annual convention of the Norgian Lutheran church of Iowa will be held in Decorah, and about the same number of visitors is expected to attend the sessions of the church. Eagle Grove Seniors Present Play May 24 EAGLE GROVE, May seniors of the high school will give the play, "Robin Hood," May 24.

The cast consists of Jack Wells, Bill Norris, Larry McDonald, Larry Anderson, Donald Lonning, Kermit Hanson, Maynard Quinsland, Jerry O'Toole, James Fraser, Donald Vaughan, Ronald Fielder, Arthur Lonning, Clifford Michelson, Donald Robinson, Mary Jean Noonan, Helen Trout, Helen Wilcox, Ardythe Mellgren, Gail Hall. The play is under the direction of Margaret McCornack. Irvington Residence Is Damaged by Flames IRVINGTON, May house owned by Mrs. Charles Sankey, recently caught fire and was damaged considerably by fire before the blaze could be extinguished. The fire originated between the ceiling and the upstairs floor where a stovepipe goes through and was noticed first by a neighbor.

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