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The Washington times., 1937-01-19

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The Minister of Austria and
Nine. Prochnik entertained at
luncheon today for 1S. There
were several out-of-town guests
from New York present.
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Mrs. Daniel ODay will entertain
at a buffet luncheon on Sunday in
honor of Mrs. William Good Of
Brooklyn who is here for the inau-
guration. Mrs. Good is national
committeewoman for New York
State and Democratic leader of
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo
Is here for the inaugural cere-
monies, stopping at the May
flower. Mrs. Mack is Democratic
national committeewoman for the
Virgin Islands. Her late husband
was for many years Democratic
committeeman for New York
State.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Backer
are among the inaugural visitors.
Mrs. Backer is a daughter of Mr..
Mortimer Schiff, New York phil
anthropiSt.
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Mrs. Mary Hubbell, whose sister,
Mrs. Daniel O'Day, is representa-
tive-at-large from New York, is
here for the inaugural. She is
accompanied by Mrs. Clarence
Francis, Mrs. James Smith and
Mrs. Robert Campbell, all of New
Rochelle, N. Y.
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The Misses Arabel P. and Che
shire Cox, of 1705 Rhode Island
Ave-, Washington, are at the
Junior Leagues Club headquarters
at the Waldorf Astoria, New York
City.
The Washington times., 1937-01-19
Miss Kruqer Wed

Miss Lillian Kruger, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Kruger,
of this city, was married to Mr..
Louis Bergart on Sunday.
The marriage was performed by
Rabbi Zemach Green at his home
with only members of the imme-
diate families present. The bride
wore a smart outfit of black and
white.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the couple left for Chicago
where they will spend their honey.
moon. After several weeks they
will make their home here.
The Washington times., 1937-01-19

Dinner at Eight is Sched-
uled on February 7 at Friend
ship, the Low ely rambling
estate of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
McLean's out on Wisconsin
Avenue. 1t was not too long
ago that the Mclean domicile
was the scene of one of the
most colossal parties of the
year, and rumor has it that
movies of the party will be
shown at this dinner.
The always chic Alice Nib
ley Smoot, whom one con-
stantly sees walking in or out
of the various Capital night
spots, is planning to hold open
house at her place at the May
flower on Inauguration Day,
as she has many friends COM
ing in from out of town.
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Fluffiness-in chiffons and
nets-outshone all satins and
velvets the other evening at
one of the debutante affairs.
Mary Tyler Mccormick was
wearing the lovliest frock we
have seen in ages, a pale blue
net with an enormous skirt
which fell in misty folds about
her. 1t was appliqued OH the
bodice with a deep burgundy
velvet-a very stunning affect
was created.
"Jo" Hill is another whose
gown we admired. She chose
an uncut velvet Of brilliant
aquamarine and it was also
made with a bouffant skirt
which was-strangely enough
about the bottom.
A packed house heard tiny
Lily Pons Sunday night and
reacted beautifully to her su-
perb coloratura soprano. Wear
ing a misty gray frock with
a violet scarf, which extended
into a panel down the front,
she made a delightful picture.
Sylvia Merideth was nod
ding to this person and that
one as she trekked down the
aisle-Nannie Chase was
symphony in deep rich browns.
Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison will
entertain at lunch o n
Thursday as l o'clock at the
Hay-Adams House in honor of
Mrs. Albert E. Stefan, Mrs.
Beatrice Aitchison will be
hostess by proxy as she is on
the West Coast at present.
Mrs. Stefan, who was for
merly Miss Katherine Hart,
was married on the West Coast
recently and Beatrice was in
the wedding party.
X
Much to the despair of his
attractive blond mother, Ce-
leste Lutes (Mrs. PauD, young
Paul is frequently taken to be
a girl-and little wonder, with
his big blue eyes and curly
light hair. To make things
more complicated, when he is
taken for a walk in the vicinity
of his parents Decatur Place
home, all done up in his cute
white fur coat and cap-and on
The Washington times., 1937-01-19
Luncheon Held
By Mrs. Draper

Mrs. Ernest G.. Draper, wife of
the Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, entertained at luncheon at
the Shoreham today.
The guests included Mrs. Alfred
N. Phillips, jr., wife of Representa-
tive Phillips; Mrs. Charles Edison,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy; Mrs. Harllee Branch,
wife of the Assistant Postmaster
General; Mrs. Malcolm Kerli1I,
Mrs. Lacey C. zapf, Mrs. Louis
Domerat tzky, Mrs. Lawrence
Groves, Mrs. Lothrop Stoddard,
Mrs. Joseph Fairbanks, Mrs. Frank
Bohn, Mrs. Marshall R. Diggs,
Mrs. Donald r. Richberg, Mrs.
Daniel KnoWlton, Mrs. Clayton
Lane and Mrs. Tom Burke.
The Washington times., 1937-01-19
Dolly Cameron Says:
-WO NEW BAG HELORS ARRIVE
SociaIites Are Rejoicing Over Male Additions tc
Foreign Corps Peruvian Secretary and
Polish Envoy Assume Duties Here

fascinating bachelors the latest additions to the
changing diplomatic corps here
be
plomaica aprai
chaerze nr don Carlos Macnie de Ia Fuente who IS
h newlvar lived
Ludowieg will
a
Was Educated in Eng land and France
IIavngbe in
homLo
of his described him
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being fond of andh
The Washington times., 1937-01-19
Arts Club

Miss Janet Richards will give
one Of her up-to-the-minute talks
on world affairs this evening at
the Arts Club when she will be
guest of honor for dinner. Mrs,
John Wesley Smith and Mrs
Morris D. Wickersham will be
hostesSes,
The Washington times., 1937-01-19
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
DOMINICAN ENVOY ENTERTAINS
Minister to Great Britain
Entertained in Capital
By His Countrymen

The Minister of the Dominican Republic
and Sonora de Pastoriza have as their guest
for days Minister Of the Dominican Republic to Great
Britain Max Henriquez Urena who also chairman of the
Dominican delegation to the PanAmecan Peace Conference
in Airas
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Man Injured in
Runaway Accident

Olivia - Adolph Engebretson,
farmer near here, suffered pain
full accident Wednesday Of last
week while cutting wood. He
had just finished loading wagon
box and was about to drive home
when the wagon started to tip. To
avoid falling with it, he jumped,
catching his foot on the wagon
box as he did so. The horses
started to run, dragging Mr.. En-
gebretson with them. He escaped
serious injury, possibly death, by
heading the horses into a tree. He
lay in the woods more than an
hour before he was able to at
tract help by his cries. Taken to
the office of an Olivia physician,
it was found that he had suffer-
ed a broken leg above the ankle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
James Dunno
of Vesta Dies
RESIDENT OF VICINITY
35 YEARS BURIED
AT REDWOOD

James Dunno, 81, a resident of
the Vesta community for 35 years,
was buried in the Redwood Falls
cemetery Monday morning fol-
lowing rites at the Catholic church
at VeSta at which Rev. StoltZ Of
ficiated.
Born August 81, 1849 at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, James Dunno came
to Redwood county in 1902 and
settled on a farm near Vesta. In
1914 he moved to Vesta which has
since been his home. His wife,
Mary Ann Kilbride whom he
married in 1873 at Otter Creek,
Iowa, died seven years ago.
He is survived by five children,
Bernard, William, Charles and
Joseph of Vesta and Mrs. Frank
O'Connor of Spooner, Wisconsin
and three stepchildren, DR.. j. S.
Kilbride and Mrs. Elizabeth Zeh-
ether of Worthington and Mrs.
James Dunno at Boulder, Colo
RADIO. There also are 33 grand
children and nine great grand
children.
Pail bearers were: Henry Smith
Jr., Joe Engel, Charles Johnson,
John Jaros, Joe Goblirsch and
Ray Eichten. Out of town rela-
tives were: Mr.. and Mrs. Vern
Pryor, Redwood Falls, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Zehetner and son,
Ivanhoe, Mrs. Elizabeth Zehetner,
DR.. J. S. Kilbride and Mrs. Frank
OConner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
County REA
Must Double
Line Mileage
DRIVE ON TO AVOID CON-
SOLIDATION WITH
BROWN

Redwood county will maintain
its own Rural Electrifcation as
ISOLATION, it was decided at a spec
ial meeting of the board of direc-
tors in Clements Tuesday evening.
The board met to consider the
ultimatum from Washington D. c.
that Redwood either combine with
the Brown county organization or
double it's power line mileage.
Believing that the Redwood
county identification project
would be "lost in the schuffle" in
combining and that residents of
the west half of the county would
suffer in being unable to obtain
service, the directors decided to
double the mileage.
Already $4,000 has been APP
propriated for 70 miles of line
here. Mileage must be brought to
40 or more. before a construction
charter may be obtained and work
can begin, REA authorities say.
Members of the association,
canvassing for applications. have
already obtained prospective cleo
tricity users for As additional
miles of lire and it is expected
that the intensive drive planned
will result in reaching the objec-
tive. Redwood Falls, Vesta and
Paxton townships will be includ-
ed in the second project.
Persons wishing to join the as
ISOLATION are asked to contact
members or the county agents Of
fee at once.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
SanbOrn Rejects
New Bond Issue

Sanborn voters who approved
an Sill 900 bond issue for the con-
struction of a community hall
sometime ago, last week turned
down an additional $1,000 bond
issue needed to complete the pro-
ject by a vote of 119 to "a.
The original project started
over year ago was not to ex-
coed $4,000. At that time it was
favorably voted to apply for the
project and an $11, 900 bond issue
was voted by the village. For
time the project was held up be-
cause of lack of federal funds,
but finally it was allowed by the
PWA administration. Repeated
postponements and considerable
wrangling over a suitable site,
carried the building situation be-
yond the limit of the stipulated
date and an extension Of so days
was made the first of the year.
During the period of INDIGESTION
on the part of the government
and Sanborn officials, prices of
material increased considerably
and bids were far over the
amount allowed for the structure.
As a result an additional 1000
was deemed necessary before
work could start.
!. As a result of the vote on the
additional bond issue, members
OF the village council Withdrew
their application and have refus-
ed the federal grant Of $1,000. It
was also voted to cancel the SILL
600 bond issue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Alarm Sales
In Two Weeks
GAZETTE ADS LIST 8
THIS WEEK; FIRST
is TUESDAY

Four large farm auctions offer
ing horses, cattle, feed and full
lines of farm machinery are Stat
ed in this community during the
next IL days.
First on the list is the sale in
which Floyd Schultz and Lloyd
Sinclair have combined the live
stock and machinery from two
farms to be sold March 9 on the
Juhnke farm being vacated by
the Schultz family, one and one
half miles west Of Redwood Falls.
A list of the things offered for
sale will be found on page two in
the second section of this issue.
On the same page is advertised
the sale of Vern Barnum, three
miles east and three miles north
of Wabasso, March H. The large
offering of farm machinery in
cludes threshing machine and
tractor while horses, cattle, hogs,
grain and hay will be sold.
Bonner Brothers, west and
north of Springfield, have a sale
scheduled for March IL which in
cludes IL horses, II cattle, 10
hogs and a line of farm machln-
cry.
March Is is the date of the sale
on the Emma Geske farm, pro-
p~rty Delonging to Mrs. Amelia
Hoffman This farm is four miles
east and a mile north of Wabas-
so. Twenty head of livestock,
hay, seed corn, machinery and
household goods will go on the
block. A full list will be publish
ed next week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
H. F. Hagen
Rites Tuesday
RESIDENT OF COUNTY
SO YEARS DIED
SATURDAY

Funeral services were held
Tuesday at ST. Johns Lutheran
church for Helmuth F. Hagen, 70,
who died Saturday morning. He
had been confined to his bed for
seven weeks critically i'll and died
suddenly after a severe coughing
spell. Rev. E. A. BirkholZ was in
charge of the rites and burial was
in the cemetery here.
Born August 6, 1867 in Pomer-
ania, Germany, Mr.. Hagen came
directly to Redwood Falls from
his native land at the age of 18.
He was employed on a dray line
here for three years and later en-
gagged in farm work.
In 1895, he married Miss Will
helmina Jesse of Morgan, and
they made their home on the farm
in Kintire township which Mr..
Hagen had purchased several
years before. They retired ten
years ago and have resided in
their Bridge street residence since
that time
AS farmer, Mr.. Hagen was &C
tive and progressive and his activ-
ity continued until he suffered a
stroke a few years ago. He was a
life long member of the Lutheran
church and for more than a de-
cade was chosen to represent his
church at conferences and Synodi-
cal meetings, thereby becoming
well known in the Lutheran
church in a half-dozen states.
He is survived by his wife and
ten children, Otto, Esther, Hell
muth Jr., Irene and Hertha of
Redwood Falls, Gertrude (Mrs.
Collings), Minneapolis, Ella Mrs.
Hoppenrath) Carl and Franz of
BelvieW and Alfred of WiIlmar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
PETER PROKOSCH
RITESAT MORGAN
PIONEER FARMER DIED
AT 80 SATURDAY
IN NEW ULM

Morgan Funeral services were
held here Wednesday morning for
Peter Prokosch, 80, whose death
occurred Saturday evening at the
Home of the Aged in New Ulm
where he had spent the last two
years of his life. A kidney all
ment and two paralytic strokes
were the cause of his death.
Born in Germany, Mr.. Pro-
kosch was Is years of age when he
came to America with his par
ents who located near New Ulm.
He owned several farms in the
county and actively engaged in
farming until the failing health
of his wife caused him to retire
and move to Morgan where she
died in 1923.
Three daughters and a son sur
vive. They are Mrs. Anton jan
otta who lives in Morgan, Mrs.
Joe Heiderscheidt whose home is
near here, Mrs. George Petsinger
of Rock Lake, North Dakota and
Anton Prokosch who lives near
Morgan. Other survivors include
IL grandchildren, several great
grandchildren and brother,
Wenzel, of Hinckley.
He was lifelong member of
the Catholic church here and a
charter member of st. Michael's
society. A large crowd of friends
attended the rites at st. MichaePs
church, conducted by Rev. Nor
bert Gerstl, pastor. Pail bearers
were c. C.. Brosch, Frank Heiling
ST., F. H. Scheiffert, Mic Heider-
scheidt, John Steffenmeyer and
B. F. Petsinger. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
MRS. McCONKEY
RITES in IOWA
DIED SUNDAY NIGHT AT
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,
MINNEAPOLIS

Funeral services for Mrs. C..
Forest McConkey of Redwood
Falls who died Sunday night in
University hospital, Minneapolis
were held Wednesday afternoon
at Storm Lake, Iowa.
Her husband, daughter, Lavon-
ne and son, Robert attended the
rites accompanied by Mr.. Neon
keys sister, Mrs. L. Craven of
Faribault and her nephew, Phillip
Steig of Storm Lake who came
here to take them to Iowa.
Other survivors include her ag-
ed mother, Mrs. Julia Crowley,
three sisters and one brother. all
of Storm Lake. Mrs. William
Swigart of Redwood Falls is sis
ter of Mr.. McConkey.
Opha Crowley was born SO
years ago in Storm Lake. She was
married there to Mr.. McConkey
and they moved to washington
Springs, South Dakota where they
lived until three years ago when
they took a farm south of Red
wood Falls. Mrs. McConkey has
been ill since January.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Jig-Saw Puzzle Bug
Bites Postal Bugs

Olivia-Although it is general
ly thought that the jig-saw puzzle
is game of the past, it returned
to Olivia last week and the postal
clerks in the postoffice spent sew
eral hours piecing little bits of
U. S. mail together in hopes of
delivering every letter or message
In its entirety.
It happened when the noon
west-bound flyer reared through
town at mile-a-minute and two
mail pouches thrown off the train
rolled under the wheels. The bags
were ground to pieces and the
mail was widely scattered.
This was the third puzzle" the
Olivia postofice employees have
solved since last fall. The mail
was similarly chewed up once last
August and again in January.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Sub-District Gross
Receipts Over $500

The sub-district basketball
tourney became "big business
this year with receipts amounting
to S511.60.
Friday nights gate was S190.75
with fans of eight teams here
while the first light when six
teams played brought a gross of
$94.40 and the finals, with four
teams involved, crossed $91.95. In
addition, advance sales in schools
competing amounted to $120.50
and students in Redwood Falls
schools bought $14 worth prior to
the meet.
After expenses have been paid,
the balance is pooled with receipts
of the district meet out of which
mileage and expenses of the teams
are paid. The balance is then
divided equally among schools of
the district.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Redwood Youths
Will Broadcast
From ST. Paul

A Redwood Falls girl and
four boys from the city will
broadcast over radio station
KSTP, st. Paul, Saturday,
March Is. in recognition of
their talent displayed at an
amateur contest in Franklin
Tuesday night.
D0nnamae Sinclair, Is year
old tap dancer and a boys
quartet including Robert Tiff
fanny, Tom Crooks, Sidney
Alexander and Richard John
son, were those selected.
The amateur hour was
sponsored by the Boys and
Girls clubs of Franklin high
school and there were about
Is acts entered. Eight anna
teurs or groups were selected
by the judges to broadcast on
the Is minute program to be-
gin at 1890 a. m.
Mo prizes were given and
no places except the bracket
of the eight best selected, as
the audience of approximate
ly 200 indicated to the judges
their choices among the con-
teStantS.
"AnchOrs Aweigh" was the
selection sung by the Red
wood quartet of which May
nard Steele is a regular mem
Der. He was prevented from
taking part by illness and
Richard Johnson substituted
for him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
CandCVotes Down
July 4 Celebration
JUNE FESTIVAL PLAN
ADVANCED; DISCUSS
POSTOFFICE

Redwood Falls will not stage a
Fourth of July celebration this
year it was decided at the Civic
and Commerce association dinner
Tuesday evening at which plans
for a summer festival, probably
in June, were discussed and re-
ferred to the merchants commit
tee for recommendations.
The July 4 event carried out
the last two years was voted
down, principally because the
Fourth comes on Sunday this
year making a double holiday
which is used by many persons
for trips to lakes and other out
ings. This interference last year
when the holiday came on Satur-
day made it impossible to get a
sufficient list of bands for a good
tournament and outside attrac-
tons turned down the one day
celebration in many cases in fav-
or of two and three day events.
The idea of an August festival
was first advanced but was OBJ
jected to because it would detract
from the county fair a few weeks
later later and because a dozen
neighbor towns have established
celebrations during that month
with which Redwood Falls af-
fair would interfere. A June cell
ebration, it was argued, would
not interfere with July 4 cele-
brations elsewhere besides avoid
ing the other objections.
A show troupe which wishes to
come here during the summer is
being investigated by the COM
mittee, headed by E. N. Tersteeg,
after which recommendations will
be made to the club at its next
meeting.
Referred to as form B letters"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
NEW SCHOOL FEATURES
INSPECTED ON TRIP
TO SOUTHLAND

ASlCS VI Slluly OldCh lllQO
strewn with debris and broken
only by desolate homes, their
sides water-marked and their
windows spewing water soaked
mattresses ard other bedding
were the most vivid pictures
which Reede Gray, superinten-
dent of Redwood Falls schools
brought home from his trip to the
convention of the National Educa-
ton association in New Orleans
last week.
MIR. Gray's train took him
through Indiana and Kentucky
where receding flood waters left
their toll. They travelled slowly
on a track newly laid beside the
former one which had been
washed out in the deluge and saw
the countryside for five hours in
daylight.
Sheds, railroad ties, oil barrels
and other debris were scattered
over the country side, he said, and
the mud appeared so thick and
wet that it seemed impossible for
anyone to walk on it.
Mr.. Gray left two weeks ago to-
day for the session during which
he attended several meetings ev-
cry day and went sightseeing
through the historic Old French
quarter of the city.
''It was much harder than my
regular work and I'm very tired"
he said on his return Monday, but
added that the trip was extremely
profitable.
Most interesting of the conven-
ton sights to him, as one vitality
interested in the construction of
the new school building, were the
thousands of exhibits, most of
them on new school equipment
and buildings.
"Ours is going to have the best
of everything I saw" he said. The
schoolhouse in New Orleans
where many of the meetings were
held was entirely new, having
been opened but two weeks before
and it contained many features
planned for the new high school
building here. The two way sound
system which will be installed in
the Redwood Falls institution was
successful there, he said. The
floors were of fir instead of hard
wood used in rev Minnesota
buildings.
Suggestions for modern prac-
tees, policies and procedure in
education were set forth by prom
inent speakers. eve live in a pro-
gressive section of the coun-
try and have a pro-
gressive school using modern
methods. There were no radical
ly different ideas suggested" Mr..
Gray stated. ...-
The only difficulty encountered
in the trip was that of leaving
New Orleans by direct route to
Minnesota. With about 10000
schoolmen pouring out of the city,
railway accommodations were
practically unobtainable and Mr..
Gray's party was forced to travel
east and, then north. The round
about itinerary however, gave
them a pleasant trip through
Washington D. c.
An idea of what the Mardi Gras
is like was given convention at
tendants when a parade featuring
So floats and Is bands, similar to
those in the famous New Orleans
celebration, was put on entirely
for their entertainment. They also
saw a pageant depicting the his
tory of the south in which 400
persons took part.
About 125 persons attended the
Minnesota dinner held the last
evening of the convention, after
many of those attending had left
for home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-04
Mrs. julius Maker
Dies of Pneumonia

Lamberton-Mrs. Julius Maker,
70, died Monday evening from
pneumonia at her home here. She
is survived by six children, Mrs.
Ed Linneman, Mrs. Walter Krin-
Ike, Ed and Frank Maker of Lam
berton, Ernest of Hunter, South
Dakota, Harrison of st. Paul and
Mrs. Esther May whose home is
in Texas.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Methodist
church with Rev. George Kaslow
in charge and burial was in the
family lot at Johnsonville beside
the grave of her husband who
died three years ago.