The following is a special contribution to the web site from Kay Ehlers of Texas (formerly of Mason City, IA). She has
chosen a genealogical project of extracting and transcribing items appearing in the Mason City Globe Gazette Newspapers of
genealogical value, such as obits, births, marriages, marriage licenses granted, etc. News pertaining to Chickasaw County
residents has often appeared in The Globe Gazette and we are pleased to have this contribution from Ms Ehlers. All of the
following extractions are from 1939. The number in parenthesis, at the end of the source citation, is simply a tracking number
from her index, it is not part of the source citation itself.
COUPLES GRANTED LICENSES TO WED
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday April 5, 1939, p. 10, col. 7 (CH12)
NEW HAMPTON –
Russell M. ROCKWOOD, 27, and Mary F. LAURENCENIC, 24, both of Kenosha, Wis.
Maynard Charles CULMER, 23, and Phyllis Pauline BROWN, 19, both of Eagle Grove
Gerald Bernard HENDRICKSON, 21, and Dorothy Marie OLSON, 21, both of Minneapolis
Francis JOHNSON, 20, and Blanche Mckay, 18, both of Pine Island, Minn.
Ronald James HARTSON, 20, Fredericksburg, and Gladys Marie ROETHLER, 19, New Hampton
COUPLES GRANTED LICENSES TO WED
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, April 1, 1939, p. 6, col. 8 (CH44)
NEW HAMPTON –
Collins RICHARDSON, 24, Oregon, Wis., and Merle DALE, 24, Madison, Wis.
Roy CHRISTENSEN, 24, Oregon, Wis., and Clarice QUALE, 24, Stoughton, Wis.
Earnest Clayton ROE, 30, Humeston, and Marcia Louise DOTTS, 25, Corydon
Donald HOLTZ, 23, and Dorothy JACOBS, 16, both of Davenport
Earl GITCH, 19, Fredericksburg, and LaVera BUHR, 18, Sumner
Kenneth R. HAMILTON, 27, Davenport and Wanda V. GRINGER, 27, Hills
COUPLES GRANTED LICENSES TO WED
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday April 3, 1939, p. 10, col. 5. (CH77)
NEW HAMPTON –
Vernon H. ROGNESS, 35, and Lillian G. LARSON, 35, both of Minneapolis, Minn.
Stanley HOFFMAN, 26, and Margaret CHALLBERG, 23, both of Rockford, Ill.
Merlyn A. CLARK, 23, Estherville, and Orva G. LEE, 20, Dolliver
CHICKASAW COUNTY MARRIAGES REPORTED in the MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE - 1939
Rio Grande Ranger Has Cowboy Wedding at Church in Vale
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, April 8, 1939, p. 6, col. 6 (CH31)
NASHUA – The marriage of Glen Gene DURNAL to Miss Clara WILCOTT, both of Peoria, Ill., took place at the Little Brown
Church April 6, the Rev. William Kent officiating. Glenn DURNAL, with Gene Durnal’s Rio Grande Rangers, direct from
Hollywood’s western pictures and ZERA, Del Rio, Tex., whose marriage was witnessed by his large company of young men,
went directly from here with his bride to Charles City, where he had been scheduled to appear with his Rangers at the Charles
Theater Saturday night. They took this opportunity while so near to be married in the famous Church in the Vale.
WEDDINGS TAKE PLACE AT THE CHURCH IN THE VALE
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, April 8, 1939, p. 6, col. 7 (CH34)
NASHUA –
Marriages at the Little Brown church by the Rev. William Kent included those of Louis (sic) ZULIFEL, Webster City,
and Frank MORRIS, Livermore; Anne PRESTON and Orlie BAKER, Muscoda, Minn.; Florence PARSON and Herbert CLINK,
Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Linda PODRITZ and Arthur ENTNER, Winthrop, Minn.; Lillian LARSON and Vernon ROGNESS,
Minneapolis; Margaret SHALBERG and Stanley HOFFMAN, Rockford, Ill.
One More Marriage at Church in Vale in Feb. Than March
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, April 3, 1939, p. 10, col. 4 (CH73)
NASHUA – March fell one short of the marriages performed at the Little Brown church, in February, when there were 54 recorded.
March 1938 witnessed 50, and February 46, so that on the whole 1939 still holds the record for the year to date.
The church interior is being repainted, and walls repapered and it is necessary for the work to be
done during the night so as not to interfere with the performing of marriage ceremonies there. The decorators begin their work at
6 p.m. and work until the small hours of the morning. The bad condition of the roads has probably made considerable
difference with the number of marriages the past month.
Marriages performed by the Rev. William Kent at the Little Brown church included those of:
-Wanda GRINGER, Hills, and Kenneth R. HAMILTON, Davenport
-Dorothy JACOBS and Donald HOLTZ, Davenport
-Merle Elizabeth DALE, Madison, Wis. and Collins RICHARDSON, Oregon, Wis.
-Clarice CHORLOG, Stoughton, Wis. and Roy CHRISTENSEN, Oregon, Wis.
LEWIS-KACK
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, April 3, 1939, p. 10, col. 5 (CH78)
NEW HAMPTON –
Miss Evelyn KACK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred KACK, and Paul LEWIS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas LEWIS, all of Cresco,
were married here March 29 by the Rev. W. D. Spiker, Pastor of the Congregational Church. Witnesses were Raymond
and Ruth LEWIS of Cresco. They will live at Cresco where the bridegroom is a farmer.
WELCH-MYHRE
– Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, April 3, 1939, p. 10, col. 5 (CH79)
NEW HAMPTON –
Miss Mable MYHRE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin MYHRE of Kensett, and Roy WELCH, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C.
WELCH of Spencer, were married here March 25, by the Rev. Theodore Fritschel, Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Witnesses were Reynold and Jeanette EISCHEID, both of New Hampton. The bridegrooom is a salesman.
DUNN 25th Anniversary
– Mason City Globe Gazette, April 5, 1939, p. 4, col. 5 (CH11)
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. DUNN, Nashua, married April 9, 1914
