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(la.) Upper Des Moines Tuesday, December 11, 1956 Tidbits From Evelyn I am anxiously awaiting the T. Sunday evening. the $64.000 challenge. for I have received word from Letha Par11: Nima, of New York City that her son Bruce is taking part in it. and it is possible her daughter Lira will also take part.

Many of the older residents here will remember my very good friend Ethel "Shortie" Lowe who moved from here, with her parents, Mr and Mrs Henry Lowe 1n South Dakota. There Ethel met and married Ralph Parrott. To them were born two children. Ralph Jr. and Letha.

Letha attended Northwestern University and met William Nims whom she married They have two children Bruce and Liza, grandchildren of my friend. "Bill" is associated with the Ford Foundation. Ted Herbst met my cousin Jean Cady when they were students at loa State Teachers College. Cedar Falls, and the other day we discussed briefly where she was polis. Minn.

was quite sick and had been hospitalized for some time. Recently I was talking with his wife's mother. Mrs Ifallard Snyder, and I inquired about He is now at home but will not return to work for a little while. He is employed by an electric and power company. His wife is the former Bonnie Snyder.

While I was talking with Mrs Snyder she told me about transplanting work some trees and doing some in her bed of chrysanthemums. It was December 3---quite a record for Iowans to be able to do such outdoor work so late in the season. take special notice all ye Iowans who are now fugitives in California. One often wonders what OrIG would do in a serious situation. and Ancell Spencer has found out.

to her sorrow, that one's reactions to dangers are often followed by not so pleasant consequences. The other day she was preparing a meal in her brand new and up-to-the-minute kitchen when some butter splattered, caught fire, and the situation seemed to call for immediate action. Just what to do she didn't know, and in sheer fright, she and a few such things. I told him she was teaching music in a lege at Baton Rouge, her second year. I said so far she was heart whole and fancy free.

A letter two days later from her of Mason City) proved how mother Julia. a (Mrs Gerald Cady wrong I could be, for Julia said she had received a recent jolt-Jean has announced to her ily she became engaged at Thanksgiving time to a man whom she met at Interlocken, last summer while teaching there. He i is music instructor at Bloomington. Ind. It was only last week I tioned the bock which was to be published of Raymond Kresensky's poems.

The ink was scarcely dry when a friend informed me the book is already off the press and orders huve been taken. Some time ago I mentioned that Herbert Le Dow of Minnea-' and and ent 000 WONDERFUL GIFT IDEA! Records i AND RECORD ALBUMS Classic Popular Folk and Children's Records in All Three Speeds. Hours of listening pleasure for everyone. 25c RECORD PLAYERS RADIOS Children's RCA Victor and Zenith Rio Records SPECIAL $25.00 Glenn Miller Album For Only $5.00 With Purchase of an RCA Victor Record Player Kossuth Radio Electric Phone 1190 Milt Dahl First Door West of Theater 1, Practical Presents with a happy future! 8 ELECTRICAL BEAUTIFUL GIFTWARE APPLIANCES You'll find the choicest selection of giftware of any store in this area. Just a few of the A wide and complete selection hundreds of gift ideas are listed here: of mixers, toasters, automatic Westmoreland hand -made milk glass.

percolators, electric irons, elec. Shadow Boxes. Woven Baskets. tric frying pans, waffle irons, Figurines. Wooden salad bowls.

electric blankets, men's and ladies' elec. razors, deep fat plaques. Complete assortBrass fryers, corn poppers, hair dry. ment of pottery, vases and planters. Lasy susans.

Aluminum tumbler sets. Cosco stools and tables. Redmon clothes hampers. Revereware. Little Brown jugs and chosts.

Ceramics. Boontonware Unbreakable Dinnerware ers, knife sharpeners and many others those famous manu- CHRISTMAS TOYS facturers Sunbeam, Hamilton Beach. Toastmaster, You'll find Algona's biggest selection eral Electric, Mirro, West in all types and classes for youngsters Bend, Comet and Presto. from 10 months to 10 years. And you can select from just about any price range.

A few suggestions: sled. tricycle, wagon, elec, train, doll, holster set, tool chest, pound bench. action toy, building toys, play kitchen, doll sery, playhouse set, toy musical instrument, elec. phonograph, chemistry and microscope set, wheel toys, games. SPORTING GIFTS Our shelves are full of sporting goods for all types of Power Tools sports footballs, helmets, shoulder pads, basketballs and goals, plus baseballs, gloves, balls, bats, ice skates, We're really the "Do It Your.

sleds, guns, all fishing equipment, croquet sets. self' headquarters for the handyman with the nationally famous brands Delta bench saws. jointers, drill presses. Let Us lathes: Black Decker elec. Gift Wrap drills: Skil portable electric Your Presents saws and many others.

Lots of hand tools, too. A Hall -Strahorn HARDWARE grabbed the pan and set it on the floor. Now the new linoleum is of a very good quality, but after all, it will stand only a cerlain amount of abuse. So right where the pan was set, a red hot utensil, there on that lovely, hew flooring is a spot bearing witness to feminine panic. Well, what would you have done? Maybe worse than she.

I had a chat with Elmer lips down town one of those nice days nearly in the month. We got to talking about his job, driving school bus. I was astonished to learn there are 12 needed to transport the children to and from the halls of learning. It is very systematic too, and carried out "on the dot." I still think he and his wife Ruth should move back from Sexton. I know Ruth agrees with me and I have a snenking suspicion Elmer thinks SO too.

Being a man he probably won't own up to it. It is tough luck when a little guy who has just joined his family has to be left behind with strangers when Mom goes home from the hospital. That is what happened to wee Mark Thiel fan who was born at St. Ann hospital, November 27. The very day he was to take his first little journey, sister Janet Kay come down with the flu and it was safer to leave the little fellow in friendly hands at the hospital than risk cutching sister's disease.

He is now in the bosom of his family and of course is the center of attraction. Here's a remark from another little man, a five year old who likes to go down town with grandma Lizzie. Yes, I am talking about Rickie Post who was with her a few days ago. The windows are so intriguing with all the Christmas displays, a low just can't hurry past, so after quite a lot of urging by grandwho was in a hurry, Rickie said, "Can't you let a poor little boy have any fun?" Lucille Crose Andersen sent me a clipping in a recent letter which was of interest. It showed Priscilla Southgate and her husband.

Nicolas Furjanick of Long Beach, with others who had attended the concert by the Long Beach Symphony orchestra. Mr Furjanick is concert master. Just to identify Mrs Furjanick further, she is sister of Olive Herbst, aunt of Ted, Joel, Ben and Adel and daughter of Mrs Josephine Southgate and the late Rev. Southgate. Not only will there be rejoicing for the Yuletide at the St.

Thomas Episcopal church this year, additional joy comes from the fact that by that important date there will be a new electric organ installed. The members have worked diligently toward this goal and their efforts have bourne fruit. Isn't it odd what happens AS the years go by? Back around 1902 or 03 my aunt Mary Cady (Pat's wife) crocheted what was then called an "opera shawl" for my grandmother Cady. After several years of service, the yarn still being good and useable, the shawl was raveled, yarn carefully put away and portions of it used from time to time, for what, don't remember. Recently made some knitted bedroom slippers for three little Cadys.

One pair of yellow, one blue and one bright red and with appropriate trim. I decided to make black trim on the red ones and needed but a little yarn. So to the work box, and there was quite a ball of the black yarn. How could we have known years ago that grandma's shawl would contribute to the trim of an article for her great-great grandson? Beulah Richardson's canary Dickie tried to out-talk her the other day when I chatted with her. He sang a beautiful song and I commented on it.

She told me of the bird's habits, one of which is that he is most con-he never sings till, the family is up and around. It is not uncommon for him to sing as late as nine o'clock at night. What he misses in the morning, he apparently makes up at night. Often he tries to out sing the piano when Marilyn Black is there. We had a bird Billy that tried to do the same thing when I played my violin--perhaps with good reasun! I was under the impression that all the states had woman suffrage at the sarne time.

Amy Davidson also labored under this delusion and when she saw an item about a woman who had voted 17 times, Amy got to figuring it up and she couldn't see how that could be, the privilege having come, so we supposed, too late for the 17 times be possible. Came an answer, most informative to us, which explained that the state this woman lived in had voted in the law providing for suffrage some time previously. I called the Gordon Schmidts for news the other day. His wife wasn't home and he wasn't sure what there might be of interest. I said, "Do you trust yourself or do you trust your wife?" He laughed and replied, "I trust my wife." Howard Platt has recently returned from Pomona, where he visited his son George.

George is a mechanic on flight lines P.A.C. at Chino. They had dinner with Mr and Mrs Norman Best. They also were guests of Mr and Mrs Alex Dermand who live in a trailer court at Santa Monica. California isn't quite the "bed of roses" and bonny clime that the natives would have us believe.

It was 20 at Indio-Indio of all places, squatted right on the desert-and a friend who lives in Hollywood said it had been 90 for a few days, than a sudden dip in temperature made gas fires necessary. Mabel Samson also related a story of going to see the Rose Parade one New Years day and the flowers on one of the floats had frozen the night before. Just a few items from December 1924 Mrs Nancy Kuhn (grandmother of Gordon) esteemed pioneer lady, died aged 90. Helen Falkenhainer and Henry Pletch wedded. Small pox scare caused inany people to be vaccinated.

Fern Scarborough, school girl, killed by Algona bus near Humboldt. (my gosh, isn't the phone company ever Algona's new telephone system installed. Swea-Harrison Club Holds Xmas Party Swea City--The annual Christmas purty of the Swea-Harrison 4-H club was held Monday night Dec. 3, at Luther hall with 42 members and their parents present. New members include Duane Schmicking, Paul Thoreson and Sam Diaz.

Kevin Thorson of the Eagle 4-H told of his award trip to Chicago. 4-H belts were given to members who received 95 or above on their record books. Certificates and seals were handed out to members belonging to 4-H work four or more years and the program- for the coming year was discussed. The program for the evening included a baritone Christmas selection played by Maurice And. erson and a a a a a a a a vocal solo by Janet 'Thoreson.

Pictures and slides were shown by Alfred Andersor and Richard M. Anderson. After the program games and a grab bag were, featured, and lunch WaS served. Infant Succumbs A son, Douglas Brad, was born Dec. 4 to Mr and Mrs Dennis Looft at an Estherville hospital baby passed away the after.

noon of Dee. 5, having lived only 20 hours. He is survived by his parents, a sister and a brother. A short funeral service was conducted Friday at 2 o'clock at Curtis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ekeberg officiating.

Burial was in Harrison twp. cemetery. left Dec. 6 by rail from Mason Mr and Mrs A. J.

Bilsborough City to spend the holidays with their son and family, Don Bilsborough, Barstow, Calif. It was soon after the Revolutionary War that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. HOSPITALS Nov. 27 Mrs Willard Stetfan, Algona, boy, 7-6; Mrs Donald Holmes, Livermore, boy, Margery Dogotch, Whittemore, Randy Schutjer, Algona, Mary Brink, Bancroft, Mrs Leroy Ditsworth, Algona, surgery; Kathy Farrell, Whittemore, A. Nov.

29. Philip Lynch, Burt, surgery; Mrs Eugene Nurre, Bancroft, medical. Nov. 30 Mrs Harold Thilges, Ottosen, girl, Mrs Phil Bullard, Algona, boy, Robert Pingel, Algona, medical. Dec.

Mrs Richard Zaugg, West Bend, girl. Mrs Paul Lonergan, Algona, medical; Mrs Bill llanover, Whittemore, med(ical; Mrs Daniel Shey, Algona, girl, Dec. 2 Mrs Walter Wood, Renwick, boy, Darrell Fett, Lu Verne, accident; Mrs Wilmer Wichtendahl, Fenton, monia; Ronald Clark, LuVerne, accident; Baby boy Steffah, Algona, do boarder; Vincent Becker, Bancroft. surgery. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt is the only president's wife whose name was not changed when she married.

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THE CHRISCHILLES STORE believes that it has the finest, best assorted stock of gift merchandise it has ever been its pleasure to offer its customers. Different, distinctive items, not found in other retail stores. Quality merchandise you'll love to give your friends; and they'll appreciate receiving it. PLENTY OF MERCHANDISE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCED SALESLADIES In addition to ample stocks of well-selected gift items, THE CHRISCHILLES STORE has a large group of trained, intelligent, experienced and courteous sales ladies to assist you in your purchases. In these busy, rushing days before Christmas, what a relief to be waited on by pleasant, obliging salesladies who.

know their stocks and are able to give valuable suggestions! THE STORE OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT It's a real treat to shop in this beautifully decorated, tastily arranged holiday store. Everything is so well displayed, with a background of rich, gold stars and decorations. And while you're here, be sure to see the moving, life-size Santa Claus in our cast show window and also the lovely Christmas tree on our second floor. Bring the kiddies and let them enjoy the Christmas spirit as reflected in the atmosphere of this popular CHRISTMAS STORE..