Iowa War Effort and State Institutions Highlight Push
State leaders urge support for drives on the home front as Iowa schools and prisons contribute to the war effort. Toledo Juvenile Home reports 193 graduates serving, with 93 percent in higher ranks and several officers. Anamosa reformatory, Fort Madison prison, and Davenport Soldier Orphans home add hundreds in uniform, while labs at Iowa colleges may yield postwar breakthroughs.
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Iowa
Toledo
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Soldiers Orphan’s Home
Davenport
Fedora
Tures
Uut
Iowa State
East Afton and Elk News Friends and Visitors
Sgt. and Mrs. Karol Fredrickson of Colorado Springs arrive for a week in Aurelia area. Elaine Booth from Buena Vista College vacationing with Booth family. Local households host Thanksgiving visitors and attendances. A large crowd at Opal Cave's sale reported with strong selling.
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Karol Fredrickson
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Ed Pingle Andredrickson
Elaine Booth
Buena Vista College
John Booth
W. M. Booth
Jerry Wwéredintier
M. Hines
Aurelia
Oscar Gustafson
Colonial theater links service members in weekly films
Novel idea brings home pictures of service men and women into sound films. Mr. Colon, manager of the Colonial theater in Hamburg, uses the portraits in a weekly feature that is very popular with local residents.
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Mr. Colon
Colonial Theater
Hamburg
Thanksgiving Visitors Fill Mt Olive Area Homes
Local residents and guests from Cherokee Aurelia Larrabee Sioux City and nearby towns gathered for Thanksgiving meals and social visits at multiple homes. Invitations extended across families including Bengtsons Samborns and Beckers as extended kin and friends joined in holiday hospitality.
Hog receipts marked November on Sioux City market
Receipts totaled about 22 000 Monday and 18 000 Tuesday causing a carryover and producers urged to curb shipments. A 13.45 floor on good to choice 200 to 270 pound hogs went into effect pushing 5 to 10 cent advances for that class while other weights fell 15 to 75 cents. Sows sold 16 to 25 cents higher at 12.25 to 12.40. Fat cattle and lamb prices slipped from gains seen last week with steers 11.25 to 16.00. heifers 11.00 to 15.25. cows up to 12.25. bulls to 11.25. Replacements firm at 10.00 to 12.75. calf prices mixed. Fat lambs 13.00 to 14.25, clipped 13.75, yearlings 13.00, ewes 5.00 to 6.25. Feeder lambs up 25 to 60 cents at 10.50 to 11.75. Shippers listing top $15.90 for steers. County shippers from Cherokee area including Bleil, Davis, Plagman, Rosch, Meinking, Smith, and Phisey appear with various lots and weights.
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Sioux City
Ralph Plagman
Aurelia
Cherokee County
C. M. Bleil
Claude Davis
George Rosch
Steers
Walt Meinking
Guy Smith
Phisey ‘Dull
Lambs
Hanover News Family Gatherings and Births Highlight Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs Fred Trimble and Nancy of Decatur visited the Menke and Lichtenberg families. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Earl Lichtenberg on Thanksgiving Day. Numerous relatives shared Thanksgiving meals at several homes across the area. Families from Galva Aurelia and Sioux Valley Hospital networks joined in celebrations and greetings for Mrs George Johns birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Ohlson
L. C. Bengtson
Sioux City
Leonard Sanford
Tom Gilbert
Larrabee
Raymond Gregg
B. H. Dubes
Mabel Neville
Aurelia
Clarence Simmons
Cherokee
John Towner
Louis Morgan
Alaska
Mt. Olive
John Hanson
Hanson
Gunner Hansen
Carl J. Johnson
Lorne Anderson
Gustafson
Johnson Home
Harry Wilson
Daniel Sweet Home
Storm Lake
Clifford Bruce
Jerry Lee
Lara Stewart
Fred
Lincoln -John
Claude Davis
Phyllis Simmons
I. J. Torrey
Jess Wetherman
Odebolt
Henry Olsen
Will Hahn
Frances
Helen
Oscar Smith
Ellen
Barbara
Eng Anderson
Forrest Lenz
John Lar
Ronald Becker
Walter Simmons
Good Hope
Oscar Gustafson
Eitel Mohn
Vincent Becker
Galva
Harold Johnson
Blanche Kolpin
Crystal
Frank Becker
Will Thede
Holstein
Louis Stellish
Beverly
Hinkey
Earl Crippen
Bernhard Suenger
Levi Lundquist
C. J. Johnson
Conrad Engdahl
Frank Uecker
Victor Swanson
Afton Township
Alfred Simonsen
Lawrence Mongan
August Peterson
Edwin Johnson
Fielding
Dy Anne
Larry Lee
Homer Anderson
George Schafer
Anna Jones
Carl Roseen
Church of Christ
John Larson
Paul Peterson
F. O. Mortenson
Axel Johnson
Lester Gregg
Frances and
John Hahn
Quimby
Amos Hahn
Harold
Spencer
Leonard Anderson
Howard Anderson
Edgar Johnson
Fred Trimble
Nancy
Decatur
Wm. Menke
Earl Lichtenberg
Norman Schroeder
Fred Hustedt
Leslie Millard
Richard Heimbruck
Eugene
Mason
Harold Otto
Albert Otto
Herbert Otto
Louise Otto
Frieda
Clarence
Martin Hinkeldey
Wm- Glienke
Truesdale
Charles
Adele
Irene Zwemke
Harold Hogrefe
Newell
Lester Grieme
Wilmer
Adolf Grieme
Edgar Fahr
Orville Winterhof
Great Lakes
Illinois
Wm. Winterhof
Walter Miller
Lorenz Lietz
Harry Lietz
Martha Lietz
John Grieme
Vernon Otto
C. A. Peterson
Della
Richard Peterson
Ben Galvin
Frank Peterson
Morris Peterson
Oakdale
O. C. Hickey
Ervil Rapp
Walter Radke
Art Hickey
Orlo Shank
Mildred Thomson
C. C. Hickey
Garland Hickey
George Johns
Bertha Daw
Sioux Valley Hospital
Carl Anderson
Nellie Johnson
Diamond Center Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Cherokee Area
Mrs C C Hickey reports Thanksgiving dinners in the Keith McGee home near Cherokee. Erna Otto of Minneapolis spent vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Otto. Sunday guests at H H Otto’s included Vernon Otto and family, Harry Winterhoff and family, Norma Lullmann and Arlin Fievers, and Henry Otto with family.
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Fred Kruetz
Keith McGee
Cherokee
Erna Otto
Minneapolis
Henry Otto
H. H. Otto
Vernon Otto
Harry Winterhoff
Norma Lullmann
Arlin Fievers
Afton Vicinity News Highlights
Local residents report weekend visits and gatherings across Afton area. Guests include Glenn Loucks Terry and George Zwick with Laurine visiting the Harry Anderson home. Henry Stevens group marks a 41st anniversary in Cherokee, while others travel to Des Moines and Texas for family events.
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Glenn Loucks
Terry
George Zwick
Laurine
S. S. Terrill
Oskaloosa
Harry Anderson
Terrill
Loucks
Claus Anderson
Albert City
Ed Matthews
LeRoy
Leone Neimier
Galva
Ray Jones
Gertrude
Richard
Will Sleezer
Messers
Earl
Raymond
Henry Stevens
Cherokee
Lloyd Lauridsen
Storm Lake
Irvin Brewster
Carl Hangon
Max Gilbert
AJC
Dean Gilbert
Texas
Bill Young
Corpus Christi
Ellis Stieneke
Troy Mummert
Dale
Newark
N. J
Ed Kohlhagen
Gertrude Jones
Des Moines
Carl Hanson
Emma
Thanksgiving Gatherings Mentioned Across Ray Jones Home
The passage notes Ray mond Zwick's birthday celebrated at Earl Zwick's with many attending along with guests Arlene Bugh Robert Gates George Zwick Raymond Zwick and Junior Kastengren. It also mentions attendance at the Victor Swanson sale and the Cave sale with gifts from A. C. C. and Afton friends and the Swanson couple moving to Cherokee.
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Cave
Afton
Driving In Winter Hazards Highlight Rural Roads
Ames Iowa winter driving requires extra care warn Prof. Ralph Moyer of Iowa State College. He notes higher death rates on snow belt rural highways and gives rules to reduce skidding and accidents, including adjusting speed, using chains, and selecting safe following distances.
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Roosevelt
National Safety Council
Cadillac
Mich
Ralph A. Moyer
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Engineering Experiment Station
Moyer
College
Hunters Fire On Pheasants From Moving Train
A train crew on a Donnan to Hawkeye run in Fayette County used a caboose perch to spot pheasants. When birds were seen, crew members exited the stopped train and fired at them, raising safety concerns.
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Donnan
Hawkeye
Fayette County
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