Iowa
Old Press
The Democrat
Waukon, Allamakee co. Iowa
Wednesday, May 29, 1935
HATCHERY IS PLACE AND INTEREST TO CHICKEN FANCIERS
Everyone interested in raising poultry will be
interested in the A. J. Kosbau poultry ranch located on the
McCullough land north of town on highway 13 where 11 brooder
houses accommodate 6,000 chicks.
Since March 12 almost 11,000 chicks have been raised. Feeding,
heating and watering has been under the supervision of the
experienced Mrs. Joseph Reeder. Though most of the chickens are
sold for broilers, hundreds have been sold to farmers in this
vicinity for early fall laying flocks.
The chicks are given no drugs or medicine but are fed the Bakkum
chick starter and growing mash exclusively by Mrs. Reeder and are
given only pure water to drink. The latest Jamesway electric
incubators and other equipment is used in this modern hatchery.
Mr. Kosbau uses only hatching eggs from the best culled and state
accredited flocks in his efforts to achieve the highest standards
possible. Because of the high quality of the eggs and the modern
equipment the hatchery finds the loss or death rate is so small
as to take the guess rate out of the poultry business.
LUTHER COLLEGE BAND TO PLAY AT GLENDALE
The Luther College Concert band will play at Glendale
park, Waterville, Memorial day, the proceeds going to the band.
Nationally known, the 72 piece band will be under the direction
of Prof. C. A. Sperati. The band has made several concert tours
and is planning a tour of Europe next year.
Mrs. Henry Eldridge Succumbs to Pneumonia
The Henry Eldridge home was cast into the deepest sorrow Sunday
evening upon receipt of a message from Fosston, Minn., that Mrs.
Eldridge had succumbed to pneumonia, following a week's illness.
Although in frail health all winter she had accompanied her
brothers and other relatives from Waukon to Fosston to attend the
funeral of her brother-in-law, Adolph Bakkum. Upon her arrival
there she was stricken with pneumonia and was taken to the
hospital where everything possible was done to sustain her life.
As Belle Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hanson, she was
born in Norway, Feb. 22, 1863. When five years of age she came
with her parents to this vicinity, which had been her home for 43
years. At the age of 15 she went to Bismarck, N.D., where she
secured employment, during which she met Henry Eldridge to whom
she was married on Nov. 11, 1884. Two children were born to them,
Fred of Waterloo, and Mrs. Verlie Clubine, Waukon, night operator
for the Belle Telephone Co., who with their father mourn her
passing. Also five brothers and two sisters, Hans Hanson, Cedar
Falls; Gilman, John, Nic, and Albert and Mrs. (Hannah) Gilbert
Smedsrud, all of this vicinity; and Mrs. Annetta (Agnete/Nettie)
Bakkum of Fosston, Minn. Also four grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Many friends also share in their sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge were privileged to celebrate their golden
wedding in 1934. She was a member of the Baptist church and
active in all the societies connected with it. She was also a
member of the Royal Neighbor lodge and a charter member of the
Normandia Club.
Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. O. Johnson, with
burial in Oakland cemetery. The five brothers and brother-in-law
Gilbert Smedsrud carried the remains to their last resting place.
Waukon Athletes Are Awarded Letters
The senior and junior college classday programs which appeared in
The Democrat were carried out at the high school
auditorium last Wednesday evening and enjoyed by the large
audience in attendance. The following awards were announced:
Miss Evelyn Schon received the P.E.O. Spaulding Memorial Fund
award of $10, as the most outstanding girl graduate.
Pep Squad Awards: Helen King, Ellen Jacobson, Shirley and
Genevieve Griebel, Lois Hager, Jean Dougherty, Ann Taylor, Ida
Collins, Paima Quanrude, Alta Goede, Norma Nesheim, Gertrude
Dravis, Martha McCullough and Dorothy Dasher.
Junior College Girls’ Basket Ball: Irene McWilliams, Marie
Moses, Maria Tapper, Margaret Franks, Gladys Hagen, Gertrude King
and Gertrude Dravis.
Junior College Boys’ Football: Paul Senneff (captain),
Kenneth and Keith Bigelow, Harold Wellendorf, Robert Stilwell,
John Rumph, Lloyd Schneider, Dale Robey, Thomas Monroe, Norman
Gates and Donald Steele. This entire group of lettermen will be
available for competition again next year as all are freshmen
this year.
Junior College Basketball: Walter Howe (captain), Harold
Wellendorf, Keith and Kenneth Bigelow, Merlin Erickson, Dale
Robey, Donald Goede and Donald Steele. Of this group, all except
Howe will be available for competition again next season.
Track Lettermen: Donald Steele (captain), Harold Wellendorf, Paul
Senneff, Merlin Erickson, Thomas Monroe, Walter Howe, James
Intlekofer.
High School Football: Kenneth Senneff (captain), Henry and John
Seibert, Michael Campbell, Henry Schmidt, Iver Thorsen, Robert
Hartley, Francis Regan, Clement Bird, James Molumby, James
Cassidy, Donald Martindale, Nathan Ashbacher, Lawrence Anderson,
Milton Nolting, Herbert Straate, Edward Peck.
High School Basketball: Robert McDonald (captain), Bernard
Feldstein, Donald Martindale, Leonard Feuerhelm, Francis Regan,
Ralph Kosbau, Emmet Whalen and Henry Seibert.
High School Debating Team: Genevieve and Shirley Griebel, Dorothy
Carter and Ida Collins.
Junior College Debate: Paul Hendrick, Robert and James Collins
and Gertrude King.
Night Telephone Calls Early By 1 ˝ Hours
Beginning June 1 night rates on station-to-station long distance
telephone calls will become effective at 7 p.m. instead of 8:30
p.m. and continue until 4:30 a.m. These rates apply to those
calls on which the customer asks to talk with anyone available at
the telephone called for which the day rate is 40 cents or more.
This announcement was made today by Fred Lenstra, manager of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone company. Manager Lenstra explained
that there are several advantages to users of long distance
service that will result from advancing the night rate period to
7 p.m. It will, he said, enable users of long distance service to
place many of their calls at a more convenient hour and still
permit them to receive the benefit of the lowest long distance
rate.
Ruen-Onsager Nuptials
Miss Harriet A. Onsager, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Onsager,
Union Prairie township and Adolph A. Ruen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Olaus Ruen, were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage
Thursday, Rev. P. F. Kjorlaug officiating. Vivian Onsager, sister
of the bride, and Otto Ruen, brother of the bridegroom witnessed
the ceremony. Both young people were born and reared in the
neighborhood. The bride has been engaged in teaching the rural
schools for a number of years, while the bridegroom has been
farming in Glenwood township, Winneshiek county. They will make
their future home on a farm seven miles west of Waukon. Relatives
and friends wish them happiness and prosperity in their new
relations.
Graduates Honored at Church Services
Special services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning in honor of the graduates of this year’s class who
are members of that church. The subject of Rev. L. L. Bond’s
sermon was “Life Worth Living.” The young people who
were honored consisted of Misses Ruth Webster, Gertrude King, and
Olphil Schneider, who completed junior college course, and Misses
Roberta O’Brien, Norma Neshiem, Leona Welper, Shirley
Griebel, Helen King, Lawrence and Clarence Brown, Gordon Goede,
Roger Baymond, Milton Schneider, Kenneth Senneff, and Alfred
Welper of the high school.
Son-in-Law of Mrs. Leo Duffy in Fatal Accident
Today’s dailies contined (sic) news of another terrible
airplane accident in California, when two army aviators and two
civilian motion picture men met their death in the burning plane,
which fell 14,000 feet. One of the aviators was Lieut. Edgar W.
Root, 29, a pilot from Birmingham, Ala. He is a son-in-law of
Mrs. Leo Duffy of San Antonio, Texas, who has been here for
several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Wittinger. Mrs.
Root was formerly Miss Maxine Duffy. Mrs. Duffy’s other
son-in-law is also an aviator.
Notice
To all who have been notified to pay poll tax.
You are hereby notified that the provision of the Old Age pension
act allowing $2.00 credit on poll tax has been eliminated so NO
CREDIT can be allowed on and after July 1, 1935. S. F. 357. 46th
G. A. $2.00 credit will be allowed on poll tax paid before July
1, 1935.
T. B. Thorsen, City Clerk.
Additional Locals
-Mrs. John Schneider, son Milton, and daughter, Miss Olphil, were
business callers at La Crosse Friday.
-Fred Eldridge and family arrived today from Waterloo to be a
comfort to his father and sister in the family sorrow.
-Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Decker, son David, and Mrs. Edna Bender were
visitors with relatives at Waverly, Iowa, over the weekend.
-The interior of Carter & Herman’s drug store is being
given a spring dressing-up with a coat of paint on walls and
ceiling.
-Lee Grove has resigned from The Democrat staff and will
join the reportorial forces of the Daily News, St. Paul,
Minn. June 1.
-Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Duvel of Ludlow, are the proud parents of a
son and heir, born to them this afternoon. Mrs. Duvel was
formerly Miss Ellen Vangen.
-Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hanson and son Norman of Cedar Falls arrived
today to attend the funeral services of Mr. Hanson’s sister,
Mrs. Henry Eldridge.
-Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Dillon were Waterville visitors Sunday. The
latter accompanied the M. J. Kelly family to Gays Mills to view
the apple orchard now in full bloom.
-Miss Eva Collins was hostess to her card club Tuesday evening
following a dinner at the Model Café. High and low scores were
won by Mrs. Lester Westby and Miss Celia Keenan.
-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kolsrud entertained at dinner Sunday. Mrs.
Christine Kolsrud and daughter Anna, Mr. and Mrs. John Rema and
family of Elon, and Mrs. Anna Evenson and daughter Alba of this
city.
-Miss Donna Lou Hermanson came down from Minneapolis Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hermanson. Donna Lou remained to
spend this week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
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Waukon Republican Standard
Waukon, Allamakee co. Iowa
May 29, 1935
NEW ALBIN METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Epworth League 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship 7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday evening there will be a pot luck supper at the church,
followed by an important meeting. The entire membership of the
church is requested to be present.
The midweek prayer meeting will be held at the parsonage Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock. All are cordially invited to attend.
Choir practice at the church Friday evening at 8 o'clock. A good
attendance is requested.
Howard H. Palmer, Pastor
FRENCH CREEK COLONY NEWS
Mrs. William Peters of La Crescent, Minnesota, was a weekend
guest last week of the C.J. Hinrichs family.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Buntrock and daughter Joyce of Cresco drove
home last Sunday to visit with home folks. Charlie Leppert
accompanied them and spent the day with his folks.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hausman and daughter Marie of Waukon spent
monday evening with the Theodore Welper family.
Mrs. Harold Ashbacher visited Wednesday evening with the U.J.
Ashbacher family.
[transcribed by E.W., April 2007]