LeMars Sentinel
Tuesday, March 2, 1937
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
The Ladies Aid will meet in the church on Tuesday, March 2, at 2:30 o'clock.
A number from here attended the farm sale at the home of Will Hakins
Thursday.
Jake Mulder has rented rooms in the home of Mrs. Lizzie Connor and settled
in last week.
Charles Carwell, who has been confined to his home with a long illness, is
slowly improving.
Miss Ida Cox, of Marcus, arrived Tuesday for a visit at the home of her
nieces, Mrs. Melvin McArthur.
Miss Eva Rees has secured a position as stenographer at the Farm Bureau
office in LeMars. She began work last week.
Mrs. Ted Langenhorst, of Hospers, returned to her home Thursday after a few
days visit in the home of her sister, Mrs. T.K. Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Donlin, daughters, Elaine of Merrill, and Esther and son,
Donald, were visitors at the home of Mrs. Will Cook on Wednesday.
Relatives from here who attended the wedding of Miss Myrtle Reeves and
Lowell Parks at the Free Methodist church on Wednesday evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Will Reeves
daughter, Vera and son, George, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Arthur Cook.
Frank Becker was the honored guest at dinner party given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Becker on Friday evening, the occasion being his sixty-fifth
birthday anniversary. Those present were E. D. Hathaway, Everett Simon,
Jess Edwards, Ray Golden, John Johnson, A. R. White, John Nemmers, Nick
Holton, Chas. Begg, Gean Harrison, Ray Manning, George Bunt, Pat Swain, and
George Lang, all members of the Iowa State highway working force with whom
Mr. Becker has worked for a number of years. A delicious three course
dinner was served and the evening was spent in visiting. The guests
presented Mr. Becker with a handsome table lamp bearing the inscription, "To
Dad From the Boys," as a token of their esteem.
CHATSWORTH: (From Hawarden Independent)
Mrs. Effel Westover, of Hawarden, visited with friends here the past week.
Chris Westergard had the misfortune to fall on the ice and crack his elbow.
John Kuck, of Centerville, was a visited at the Mrs. D.K. Bennett home,
Sunday.
Prof. H. A. Knief and wife and daughter, Lavon, Miss Fern Wood and Miss
Benita Sidwell visited in Hawarden, Wednesday.
John Dannenbring, of McNally, was a caller at the W. A. Evans home Sunday.
Mr. Dannenbring was just returned from a motor trip to the west coast.
John Towns moved to the Art Adams farm and Alfred Skogman moved onto the
farm vacated by Mr. Towns, and Gus Stephenson moved onto the former J. C.
Bonney farm vacated by Alfred Skogman.
BRUNSVILLE: (Special Correspondence)
E. Harms in on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dirks and children, of Akron, spent Sunday in the Mrs. D.
Richards home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Borchers entertained a number of their friends at a card
party on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Borchers and son, Bill, of near Akron, visited in the Gert
Siebens home on Saturday.
Henry Huls and Marvin and Lester Alberts left on Monday for Klamath Falls,
Oregon, where they will visit friends.
Burglars broke into the Volunteer Food Store on Thursday evening and broke
the dials off the safe, but failed in the attempt at theft.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Gately, who have been making their home in Fort Dodge the
past four months, returned to Brunsville where Mr. Gately operates a garage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Fischer, of McNally, visited Wednesday in the Gert
Siebens home. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer leave for California within a few days
where they will make their home.
Several families in this vicinity have been moving the past wee. The Roy
Jennings family moved east of LeMars. The Schilmoeller family, of
Granville, moved on the Jennings farm. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Pendelton, of
Akron, moved on the G. F. Null farm and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peters moved east
of LeMars.
HINTON: (Special Correspondence)
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Steen returned last week from a trip to California where
they spent the winter.
A. S. Crabb and son, of Luton, Iowa, made a brief visit with Hinton friends
Thursday afternoon.
Emil Jauer shipped another car load of cattle to Chicago last Saturday. He
accompanied the shipment.