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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [Palo Alto] !! Ruthven Free Press; Palo Alto Co, IA; June 7, 1939
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:02:40 -0500


The Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, June 7, 1939

MRS. MARY GOFF DIES AT DICKENS
Passed Away Last Thursday at Age of 83 Years;
Came Here in 1873.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Goff, former Ruthven resident, were held
at the Methodist church at Dickens last Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Rev. Ellison officiating. Mrs. Harold Toland sang "Mother's Dear Hands," and
a men's quartette sang two favorite songs of the deceased. Rev. Ellison of
Dickens was assisted by Rev. Weikel of the Methodist church at Ruthven. Mrs.
Goff was laid to rest in the Dickens cemetery on the 60th anniversary of her
wedding day.
The pallbearers were three nephews and three grandsons: Barrison Goff,
Paul Goff, Emory Goff, Verle Goff, and Maxon and Eldon Gadsby. These nephews
and grandsons were pallbearers at the funeral of Mr. Goff almost ten years
ago.
Mary Melissia Brayton, youngest daughter of Permelia Spencer Brayton,
was born in Green county, Wisconsin, December 9, 1855, and passed away at
her home in Dickens on Thursday, June 1, 1939, at the age of 83 years, 5
months and 22 days. She was a member of a family of nine children, all of
whom have passed away, except one brother, John Brayton.
When she was 12 years of age, she moved with her family to Clear Lake,
Iowa, where she grew to womanhood.
On June 4, 1873, she was united in marriage to Dwight Alvin Goff and
they came on a covered wagon to Mr. Goff's homestead 2 miles north and 2 1/2
miles east of Ruthven. Here they made their home for 31 years and in the
spring of 1904 they moved to their place a half mile north of Ruthven, and
in 1908 they moved to Dickens. Mr. Goff passed away on December 20, 1929.
Four children were born to this union.
Mrs. Goff willingly and cheerfully assumed all the duties and
responsibilities of early pioneer life in this section of the state where
she lived for 66 years. Her home was always a community social center where
neighbors and friends found a warm welcome. She was a member of the
Methodist church and took an active part in the Ladies' Aid and missionary
work.
The deceased is survived by one son, Wilmer C. Goff, of Ruthven, and one
daughter, Mrs .Ethel Gadsby, of Dickens. One son, LeGrand Goff, passed away
on February 1, 1930, and another son, Joseph Elmer, died in 1876. She is
also survived by her youngest brother, John Brayton, of Waucoma, Iowa, four
grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Among the relatives and close friends from a distance who attended the
funeral at Dickens last Sunday afternoon were: Mr. and Mrs. John Brayton of
Waukoma, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Leonard of Ventura, Mr .and Mrs .Alex
Anderson from Britt, Mrs. Alden Thompson and son of Britt, Mr. and Mrs. H.S.
Fassett and Mr. and Mrs. Olin Watt of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Myers of
Milford, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hargrave of Webster City.

Rudolph Christianson Weds Miss Center of Estherville.
Rudolph Christianson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Christianson of Lost
Island township, and Miss Magda Center, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Center
of Estherville, were united in marriage at the Lutheran church at
Estherville last Sunday afternoon, June 4th, with Rev. Mathre officiating.
The single ring ceremony was [?]. The interior of the church was beautifully
decorated with peonies, an in pink and white.
The bride was attended by Miss Maxine Rhodes and Alton Simonson was best
man to the bridegroom. Avonell Simonson and Marilyn Christianson were the
flower girls.
A reception was given at the church immediately after the ceremony and
was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the contracting
parties.
Mr. Christianson is a graduate of the Ruthven high school and a young
man who is popular in the Lost Island vicinity, and well liked by all who
know him. The bride is a graduate of the Estherville high school and the
Estherville Junior college, and taught school at Wallingford last year.
The newlyweds will make their home at the Charles Christianson farm in
Lost Island township. Their many friends wish them much success and
happiness.

Condensed State Items.
- Mrs. Honor Allen of Waterloo, Ia., who would have been 102 years old last
Friday, died on Thursday of last week
- Virgil Fisher and Richard Fisher, two brothers, were drowned in the Des
Moines river near Boone last Monday evening.
- Ortlynn Wittrock, 13-year-old Rock Rapids boy, was instantly killed on
Sunday afternoon when he rode his bicycle onto a highway. An automobile
driven by a farm hand, struck him.

Algona Youth Shot Sunday Trying to Rob Pool Hall
Vernon Winter, 18-year-old Algona youth, was shot in the left side in an
attempt to rob a pool hall at Titonka last Saturday night. His brother, Ben,
who was with him, was captured.
The town marshal at Titonka saw someone moving about in the darkness in
the pool hall and began investigating. Young Winter ran from the building.
The marshal commanded him to halt and then fired two shots in the air.
Failing to stop him, the marshal fired two shots at the fleeing youth and
one bullet hit him.

RURAL SCHOOLS HOLD GRADUATION
115 boys and girls of the rural school of Palo Alto county received 8th
grade diplomas at a county graduation program held at Emmetsburg on Monday
evening of this week.
Eighth grade graduates in the western part of Palo Alto county were as
follows:
Highland township - William Boyd, Dorothea French, Darrel Hume, Madine
McKinney, Oscar Norblad, Donald Peglow, Robert Tornow, Harold Wichman.
Lost Island township - Ralph Frederick, Raymond Duhn, Betty Hermansen,
Margaret Hermansen, Iva Nelson, Vance Knutsen, Lowell Nyberg, Doris
Peterson, Leroy Rasmussen, Harris Rogeness, Lillian Vollmert, Orville
Westfall.
Booth township - Kathleen Boles, Deryll Broderson, Don Brown, Eileen
Dahlberg, Lois Dahlberg, Patricia Ford, Ardys Foster, Russel Fuchs, Maxine
Gillman, Leah Lane, Kenneth Rubel, Jean Tinius, Lloyd Triggs.

MISS CARRIE NELSON MARRIED
An account of the wedding of Miss Carrie Nelson and Carroll Ross was
received too late for publication this week. It will be given in next week's
issue. They will live at Nevada, Iowa, where Mr. Ross is a photographer.

MAN ELECTROCUTED AT ALGONA
Austin R. Gardner of Algona, was electrocuted on a farm near that place
on Tuesday night of last week. He was attempting to remove a cow that had
been electrocuted by a line wire that had fallen down because of a broken
insulator. He had apparently touched the wire and was killed instantly. A
farm had found his body.

INTERESTING NEWS IN NEARBY TOWNS

- R.G. Baker of Estherville was sentenced to ten years in prison last week
on charges of breaking and entering a store at Spirit Lake.
- W.O. Johnson, a traveling salesman for the Atwood Coffee Co. of
Minneapolis, Minn., was found dead in his room at a hotel in West Bend last
Thursday morning.
- Dewey L. Groves, stockbuyer at Spencer, was fined $250 and costs last week
on charges of operating an automobile while intoxicated. His driver's
license was revoked for a year. He had recently bought a new car for a trip
east.
- Mrs. Isa Lauman graduated from the Buena Vista college at Storm Lake last
week and her daughter graduated from the Sioux Rapids high school. Mrs.
Lauman will teach at Washta next year.

Murder Sioux Rapids Man Near Phoenix, Arizona
Laurence Stennerson of Sioux Rapids, Ia., was found dead on the
outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona, last Saturday. It is thought that he was
murdered by highwaymen late last Friday night. His body is scheduled to
arrive at Sioux Rapids this Wednesday. Stennerson and a brother had been
working at Phoenix.

Lost Eye in Fishing Accident
Thomas Andrews of Fort Dodge lost his right eye in a fishing accident at
Lost Island lake one day last week. In company with a man from Pocahontas,
he was fishing along the lake shore and a sinker on a fish line that was
being used by the Pocahontas party, struck him in the eye.

Langdon Youth is Injured Fatally Beneath Tractor
Jack Youdes, 22, was fatally injured last Thursday afternoon when he was
pulled beneath the wheels of a tractor on his father's farm near Langdon.
The young man had been plowing and when he did not return home, a search
was started by members of his family. He was found so badly hurt that he
could not move and died a few hours later. He had reached down to turn off
the machine and his clothing caught in a pulley and he was pulled beneath a
rear wheel.

RUTHVEN AND VICINITY

- Miss Georgia LeClair left last Sunday for Storm Lake to attend summer
school at Buena Vista college.
- Mrs. Grant Rice went to Triumph, Minnesota, last week to attend the high
school graduation of a grandson.
- Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Moore of Ames arrived here last Sunday for a visit at
the home of his uncle, L.R. Moore.
- O.S. Lee, who suffered a slight stroke about a month ago, is slowly
improving and is still confined to his apartments over the Lee cafe.
- Mrs. William Booth of Bremerton, Washington, has spent the last six weeks
here with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nelson.
- Mrs. Anna Denham of Little Rock, Arkansas, is visiting here this month
with her mother, Mrs. Kate Fitzgerald and her brothers, Francis and Gerald.
- Mrs .D.W. Prather is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Walter Pitcher, at
Emmetsburg this week.
- A new 26 x 28 foot house is being built on the Iver Oppedal farm east of
Mud Lake. The building will be a story and a half high.
- Miss Iona Organbright, who had been teaching at Swea City, visited her
parents here last week and then left for Fairmont, Minn., where she has
employment.
- Franklin Hastings, who is with an artillery division at Fort Sam, in
Houston, Texas, arrived here last Sunday for a visit with his mother, Mrs.
J.F. Hastings.

Cathy Joynt Labath
Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com/




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