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Kossuth County Advance from Algona, Iowa • Page 2

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KOfiSttTtt AflVAWCfl, DEMI GIFT ORGAN SUNDAY AT S.G. CHURCH Swa City, April 8 With the I auditorium filled to overflowing, dedication services for the newly installed Hammond electric organ were held at the local Methodist chtirh Sunday morning. The pastor, the Rev. S. H.

Hammer, was in charge, and a guest organist, Vergne Ford, Des Moines, presided at the console. Following the prelude, opening hymn, and prayer by the pastor, Dr. J. R. Forbes sang Thy Will Be Done.

Harold Jones, chairman of the 'board of trustees, then accepted the organ on behalf of the trustees. District Supt. F. Earl Burgess, Algona, led the ritual of dedication and delivered the dedicatory sermon. Other special musical numbers were a solo There Is No Death, by Esther Charlotte Smith, Charles City, music teacher whose home is here, and an anthem My Faith Looks Up To Thee by the church choir directed by Mrs.

Wm. Thompson. A fellowship dinner was then served 'by the women of the congregation. The organ was a gift of Raymond D. Smith, Swea City, in memory of his parents, the late James Monroe Smith and Nancy Sever Smith.

Relatives present included the families of Walter, Floyd, and Elmer Smith, all of Swea City: Mrs. Neal Smith, daughter Leona, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Mrs. Belle Black, Hugh Black, Mr.

and Mrs. Aclolph Girres, and the Wayne Smiths, all of Algona: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webster City: Mr. and Mrs.

R. M. Paul, Dallas Center: Mr. and Mrs. L.

D. Smith Des Moines: Howard Smith, Ledyard: Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Hugason, East Chain, the Ernest and Russell Smiths. Estherville: and Mrs.

Bertha Eckholm and Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, Mason City. A number of out-of-town friends also attended. Mr.

Ford played an organ concert for an evening session in which music by the choir also figured. A COLLEGE JOB FOR DAUGHTER EX-ALGONIANS Mrs. H. D. Hutchins has received a clipping from the Cedar Rapids Gazette giving a picture of her niece Janice F.

Bailey and reporting the latter's appointment to an assistantship in chemistry at Oregon State college, Corvallis, for the academic year 1946-47. Miss Bailey, granddaughter of Mrs. Ida Minkler here, is the daughter of Mrs. W. H.

Bailey, Cedar Rapids. Her mother is the former Florice Minkler. and her father was a son of the late Frank Bailey, for many years a Fenton merchant. Early in the century W. II.

Bailey was a County Savings bank employe here, but for some 30 or more years he has been affiliated with the Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Cedar Rapids, of which he is now a district manager of the loan department. This June Miss Bailey is to be graduated from Coe college, Cedar Rapids, having majored in chemistry. She is senior class president, a members of Chi Omega sorority, of which she is past president, also a member of Chi Delta and A. W.

S. She has treasurer of the women's Athletic association, secretary of the college Y. AV. C. a.

memberr of the Pan-Hellenic religious organization, and a member of the student council. Newborn Baby Dies Following Surgery Union April and Mrs. 'Bud' Nelson mourn the loss of a son born at the Kossuth hospital last Thursday. Eighteen hours after birth it was neessary to operate on the child for hernia, and the operation was successful but the baby's heart failed Monday and death ensued. Father Mailinger conducted burial rites at Calvary cemetery Tuesday.

There are two other Nelson children, a girl, 9, and a boy, 6. Mrs. Frank Miller, 52, Lime Springs, died at her son Lyle's yesterday morning. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 at McCullough's chapel, Algona, and burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens. Algona Girl of 'Gay 90V Re-Visits Old Home Town Mrs.

Bertha Tellier Barnes, Seattle, arrived Saturday and remained till Monday, guest of Mrs. Jean BushhelNWads. worth. It had been 41 years since Mrs. Barnes was here before.

All Algbttians 6f the turn 6f the century and before remember her "arid her family, her brothers Walter, Prarift; and Arthur arid Her sisters Julia arid Belle. She was the fifst pipe organist at the local Congregational church. Mrs. Barnes has been pipe organist in the First Congregational church at Seattle many years, and Sunday morning lit the local Congregational she gave' a special humbef. at in the dflefhobrl'she gave an impromptu recital to which old friends and dthers interested irt music who Could be reached by telephone were invited.

Mrs. Opal Bourne sang selections. The Rev. John Clyde informed the audience that when he was a pastor at Seattle, Mr. and Mrs; Barnes' seven daughters Were attendants of his church and Sunday school.

The girls are now grown up, and all are married with the exception of the youngest, a student in college. From here Mrs. Barnes went to Boone to visit relatives, and she was thence to go to Chicago. From there she goes to Boston to visit a daughter. Later she Will go to' New York City to aliend the 50th anniversary of the organists' Guild.

The Boston Symphony orchestra will give the program, and a special feature will be the participation of the first 100 persons who purchased tickets for this performance. These persons will be privileged to wear choir robes and sit on the platform. The program will be broadcast April 13 from Hunter college. Mrs. Barnes will be among these privileged, and she expects to be thrilled as she marches with the others to the platform wearirici a purple garment presented to her as' a token of appreciation by her own '-hoir.

With her married daughter end husband, who live at Boston, Mrs. Barnes will make a motor trio through the South and into Mexico, artd thence to her home at Seattle. Paul Barnes, the husband, is associated with a glass company at Seattle. BABY- (Continued from Page 1) next week, when farrowing is due. to begffl.

This newest KoSsuth Bride; and he? baBy arrttted on" the j. Bridgeport at'Jfctf They got off the Boat at 4 p. and AVflfe -fikfeh to a railway tion where they entrained Sunday at 6:30. They had been oh the. way if "baptism, feceflttbfl adults into Palms bf tt Ktt onn outh at 6:00, htthi BAPTlSl, ItofcMJk ft church, We MnTsterlal tffrfbi April theme, Lom vfne s'ervicdfj' IfflSff." 1 of -Observe since March 18, when trees, in land were just beginning td green.

They remained at Tidworth till the 23rd, when they sailed from Southampton. Wed In 1344, TWO HUNDRED ATTEND ANNUAL BANQUET Introduced by Secretary Misbach, Tuesday evening, as having given much time and service of a civic nature were Wendell French and Guy Stokes of the ration board, and Eugene Murtagh, county bond sales chairman. Following dinner, which was served by members of St. Cecelia's Guild, entertainment was turned over to Wm. C.

Dau, program chairman, who presented Nels Isaacson's 40-voice all-girl choir from Fort Dodge. For an hour the choir held undivided attention of the more than 200 banqueters. Comment about town Wednesday by persons who know musio-was enthusiastic. The group was credited with being the best talent heard here in a long time. The audience was generous with applause, and the performers were gracious in responding to encores.

During intermissions of choral numbers, a mens' from Fort Dodge, quartet, also sang several numbers. The quartet personnel was Nels Isaacson, director, John Steib, Stanley Nelson, and Ted Soppeland. There were also piano solos by Kay Schwendemann, and two encores. Algonians are interested to know that two choir members, Lois and Corrinne Dubbe, both stenographers at Fort Dodge, are daughters of the Rev. H.

Dubbe, former Trinity Lutheran pastor here, 1927-31. From Algona the family moved to Vincent, and a year ago the Rev: Mr. Dubbe accepted a charge at Wall, S. D. He was last in AJgona in 1944, when he spoke at the 40th anniversary of Trinity Lutheran church here.

PRESBYTERIANS BAPTISE SEVEN At morning worship services at the Presbyterian church Sunday the sacrament baptism was administered the Rev. Gilbert Kuyper to: Richard Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pratt; Robert Mackey, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Merle Pratt; Nathan Wayne John Robert, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Strayer; Merle Ronald, son of Sl-c and Mrs. Merle Cooper, OpaLocka, Patricia Ann, daughter of Scout Executive and Mrs. Walter Dennis; and Douglas Bryan, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Weaver. Elder Frank Geigel assisted the pastor, and David Devine, of the Sunday school junior department, presented baptismal certificates to mothers. The service was prefaced with a song, I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old, by the children's choir. Stainbrook Mattress Works WHITTEMQRE IVo ape getting: a few ujijts along: unrt are taking 1 ilers for inattresses, new or rehuill, Cpuie, write, or call, Orders will be booked and filled 4JJ prderj coine first sen ed, Please state your Jpcfttipp froin given point, beiJiBvp tlie inftterinl we are getting 1 is as good and Jn some cases better tjiau tlie goods, phone call, letter, or card, be ucknow Jedged by froin our representHtive, STAJNiROOK MATTRIiS WORKS IOWA ForuierJy Bmtt Cp, You can pay wore ca.j|»(; SCOTTISH LASS- (Continued from Page 1) return to th'at work, she volunteered to deliver milk.

Clothing Rationed. Rationing of clothing is in effect Dorotny and; 1 met through! a friend of tJorothy's, and they- were married ill a church service" July 15, 1944, at Watford, side London ort the' north. uary 1945 Paul waS sent tb'Be gilim, aftd.lie did not get back' till' August 1945, and itt the meantime the baby had been bprn.July 1. In service years, Mr. Egel returned 'to the States and was discharged Stpt.

11, -1945. He- and brother Stanley are farming ih 1 partnership, Having bought' froin their father all and, equipment, but the elder Mr. Egel retains the ifarm, on which he has lived 36 years, and the boys' rent the land. SOIIKTY Mrs. Rex formerly Mary Bonns'tetteri honoree Sunday at a post-nuptial miscellaneous shower at the'Home of Mrs.

Rudolph Bohnstett'er, West Bend. After gifts had been opened the rest of the time was spent at visiting, and lunch was served. Mrs. Crawford is a daughter of Mike Bonnstetter, and prior to marriage she was employed at a brick and tile plant at Sheffield. The C.

D. of A. will meet at 7 o'clock this Thursday for a potluck supper at the academy. Chairmen are Agnes Miller; Mary Dahlhauser. Laura Ella Bode, in Scotland, and women are allow- i Julia Earth, Helen Benton, Anna ed only 24 coupons a year for all clothing.

On such an allowance it is impossible to buy both a new coat, which takes 18 coupons, and a dress, which requires seven, in the same year. Yard goods also requires coupons. Asked about a pretty bright green dress Jean was wearing she said she made it, but it took 11 coupons for the material, which was more in proportion than for readymades. When people make their own clothing they use more cloth than is used in manufactured garments. Mr.

Marlow, who is in county road maintentance, has bought a tenant house near Bancroft, and it will be moved to Seneca, where the couple will begin Jean hopes she will be able to grow flowers around her house, for at home, to see flowers and trees, one had to go to parks. Americans So Kind. Jean is youngest in a family of six children, four sons and two daughters. During the war one brother was in service in Egypt, the other in Burma. The family had a reunion at Christmas, the first time all had been together in.

five yeai-s. Jean remarks often on the great kindness and consideration with which arriving war brides were treated. Everyone is most helpfitl and friendly. But she felt sorry for French brides, because they couldn't talk with others, due to the language barrier. In the Grand.

Central station, New York, while waiting for trains, a Scotchman asked, "Are any of you Scotch?" Mrs. Marlow said, "We had fun talking Scotch with him." The thing that so far in Iowa has most impressed the young woman is the. peacef ulness of the country, like parts of England. To use her own words, "It is beautiful; you can look and look, and never see the end. In Scotland you do." 4 The Royal Neighbors meet tonight at 8 at the V.

F. W. hall. Miller. Mary Boswell, and Margaret Beringer.

A business meeting will follow. Mrs. John Kirk, Mrs. Gene Hertz, and Mrs Miller entertained Thursday in honor of Mrs. Craig Vinson.

Other guests were Mesdames Roy Ingham, Milton Dahl, Merle Pratt, Francis Livingston, Roy Bjustrom, Frank Moulton, Claude Samson, and J. C. Bussan- mus. Mrs. E.

J. Murtagh entertained informally at luncheon Monday for Mrs. Bertha Tellier-Barnes, who visiting here Satdrday till Monday as guest of Mrs. Jean Wadsworth. Other guests at Mrs.

Murtagh's were Mrs. Wadsworth Mrs. Alice 1 Cowan. Baptist Vqneuard class-met with Mrs. 'Henry FlTr'st "Tuesday evening.

Devotions were given by Myrtle St. John, and officers were elected. Twenty-one members were present, and -two guests, Mrs. Don Orton and Mrs. L.

E. Stephens. Mrs. William Vigars entertained her bridge club Tuesday evening. This was the last meeting till fall.

It was also the last meeting Mrs. Russell Cook attended before go- in to Potato Lake, Minn. Two tables were in play. The 'W. S.

S. of the Sexton Methodist church is meeting this afternoon at Mrs. Taylor's. Mrs. Sim Bemis has charge of devotions, and Mrs.

Fred Brethorst has the lesson. Billfold Size Photos Made while you wait ilic'Wcli, 8 for $1.00 Open 10 a. in. to 10 p.m. Donna's 2-inimito VJiotos (Under White Front Bar) WEN'S TOILETRIES Here's adventure bottled in stone jugs! Yes, CARGp is ftn zdYe good, masculine grooming luxurious toilet preparations with a stimulating scent appeals to men and women- Get KID.

James 1940 corrflfffiation class will be examined atid received into full Church membership. oUowing, ydurig Christians are members of this' clasfc: OloHa FaufstrchY Biah-dade, -Donna Mae-Gronbach, Haggr LaVonne Hanselman, Carol Lau, JKis Gjgorge and Mfttadltie Maundy A'jrtil' 1 Hdly Gdmrriunion at 8 p. m. Gtibd Friday, April. divifte ser- SuppUr Thursday everting.

The Global Gospel Aires sist'the church Jn an, Easter sunrise service and at the wornlng church 'service on Hasten This is a quartet, ot young men from Northwestern Seminary. service of ba Sund Kuypef, 14: Sunday school, 10 'a. morning Pa-im flundayi "Th-ff HfeAfeBtlWl oif bert. YdtHh'Fellowship 1 6 rt, topic, t)UT service at Methodist church 6t -ext day Mr. and Mrs, FI-PCJ Will -celebftjte their Ti April their golfien a thfejfobUfl i's Invited to open h'ouse, ilia MRTIIODtST il.KC Mar Give You -w.

-uf" ays i PR CRISCO 73c ii Hormel's Jack Sprat -Tomato SOUP 3,,, 25c CHILI CON CARME v. Marvliie SOAP POWDER 49c JDrlp or Reg Betty Crocker Vcg. or Pea Skippy Peanut BUTTER Laundry SOAP 8-11). FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Mtttefis LINK SAUSAGE COBBLER ib. Large Solid HEAD LETTUCE 10c BACON SQUARES 19c NEW POTTOES BABY BEEF LIVER Fresh Green CARROTS BEEF TONGUE 36c GRAPEFRUT PEACHES, IN SYRUP PRUNE JUICE Country Garden Fancy.

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