Nominate Fred J. Ritchie for State Senator
Cherokee County voters are urged to nominate and elect Fred J. Ritchie from the Marcus district in the Republican primaries on June 5. The three term state representative is a practical farmer with strong farm community ties and senior committee experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Ritchie
Cherokee-Plymouth-Ida County
Ritchie
General Assembly
House
Olive
Homer Anderson
Leonard Anderson
Cherokee
Leonard
Great Lakes
Raymond Gregg
Orville
Vernon
Sioux City
Mr. Gregg
Will Hahn
Darlene Webb
Leslie Gregg
Ed Gearke
E. H. Gillet
Fe Lenz
Bob Lenz
Odebolt
Art Gregg
Larrabee
F. N. C. Club
John Larson
P. Bengtson
Ernie Peterson
Mt. Olive
Hannah Allen
Dale Mummert
Margaret Juber
C. Mummert
Aurelia
Chas. Meyers
L. C. Bengtton
Walter Rasmus
Colette
Donna
Needies Club
John Fredenburg
Forrest Lenz
Dob Lenz
Kleus
Bob
Delores Vengtson
L. C. Bengtson
Hugo Peekenschneider
American Legion and Auxiliary
Storm Lake
Paul Anderson
Curo
Max
B. H. Dubes
Eric Gustafson
Near Larrabee
C. J. Johnson Home. Elmer C. Bierbaum
Carol Sansen
Neale Towner
John Towner
Oscar Smith
Eighth grade grads highlighted in Cherokee theater
Eighth grade graduation exercises were held at the Arrow Theater in Cherokee. Graduates from Afton include Audrey and Billy Melton and several others. Additional notes cover memorial activities, visits, showers, and local social events across Mt. Olive and surrounding areas.
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Arrow Theater
Cherokee
Afton
Audrey
Billy Melton
Jack Carlson
Jack Kudrle
Jeanne Mummert
Alyce Swanson
Egon Hanson
Normand Kolpin
Billy Fox
Larry Kolpin
George Zwick
Fred Zwick
Sioux Valley Hospital
Janice Meinking
Ruth Gilbert
Peter Buretta
Gene
Lyle Whiting
Mesdames
Fred
Horace Martin
Sutherland
Boyd Tilton
Couer d’ Alene
Idaho
Ellis Stieneke
Raymond Zwick
Vera Rudd
Cleghorn
August Peterson
Daniel Sweet
Near Storm Lake
Harry Wilson
Maggie Fritz
Louis Fritz
Anita Michaelson
Holstein
Mike Burgeson
Sioux City
Mt. Olive
Betty
Harold
Earl Crippen
Conrad Engdahl
Jess Pennington
Kenneth Pennington
Linn Grove
George Schafer
Homer Anderson
Storm Lake
Pete Pierson
Ruth Holderness
Anna Martin
Seattle
Washington
Byron Furgeson
Oscar Smith
Lincoln Hahn
Gerald
Charlene Hahn
Bonnie Peterson
Hahn
Kenneth Stieneke
Marvin
Mary Grace
Jackie Jones
West McGregor
Dale Mummert
Clarence Garrett
Cave Lansen
John Towner
Neale
Raymond Gregg
Arrow Theatre
Orville Gregg
Neale Towner
Clarence Simmons
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Diphtheria Up 60 Percent in Iowa in 1944 Start
Iowa 1944 diphtheria cases rose 60 percent from 1943 in the first 18 weeks. Eighteen weeks saw 79 cases across 19 counties versus 49 in 1943, ending a decline trend since 1941 as health officials noted the worst season was nearly over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Health Department
Marcus Farmers Speed Up Hay Harvesting
H. J. Reimers and son John farm near Marcus in Cherokee county. They use a tractor mounted cable lift stacker back to speed hay harvest, stacking 10 acres in half a day with one extra man. They say the mechanized method doubles capacity versus the old system, while warning some Midwestern farmers still cling to primitive haying methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Reimers
John
Marcus
Cherokee County
Reimers
Victory Spirit and War Effort at Illinois Central
The message emphasizes women supporting the home front through victory gardens and domestic tasks, linking civilian effort to military success. It pledges to turn wartime lessons into improved Illinois Central service and to earn the public’s continued goodwill.
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Dad
Mom
Dave
Illinois Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frances Hahn
Earlwick
Phylis Simmons
Walter Simmons
Near Good Hope
Harry Bengtson
Paul Peterson
Ronald Becker
Ralph Johnson
Helen Hahn
Miss Simmons
Raymond Timmerman
Whitfield Adamson
Oscar Swanson
John Hoefer
Carl Scharff
Elgin Stevenson
Neitzke
I. J. Torrey
Lloyd Ohlson
Olive Ladies Aid
Mt. Olive Ladies Aid
Clarence Ohlson
New Aid
Treasury
Clare Ohlson
B. H. Dukes
Axel Johnson
F. O. Mortenson
Lester Jacobs
Elmer Magnuson
Art Ohlson
Roy Ohlson
Hopper
Carl J. Johnson
Vincent Becker
Russell Grey
Lorraine
Eunice Bruce
Darleen Bevins
Rusell Grey
Helen Peters
Vernon Werriner
Paul Lingren
Baby
Near Cleghorn
Claude Davis
Parl Davis
Near
Frank Becker
Wesley Day
Fred Stewart
Nellie Sawwell
Frances
Dan Hahn
Wesley Day and Forrest
Howard
Merlin
John Hahn
Near Quimby
Cliff Bruce
Jerry and
Terry
Edgar Johnson
Donald
Emma Herold
Albert Radle
Louis Stellish
Beverly
Earl Crip
Miss Beverly
Andrew Johnson
Ruby
Clifford Brace
Cass County
Franklin
Woodbury
Monona
Cerro Gordo
Des Moines
Mills
Osceola
Allamakee
Polk
Butler
Humboldt
Muscatine
Winneshiek
Bremer, Carroll, Hancock
Union
the Aurelia Sentinel
E. C. Lighter
Carl J. Lighter
K. A
Ken) Evans For
Friends
K. A. Evans
Don F
Phipps
W. P. McCulla
Republican
Henry Teerink
Aurelia, Towa
Marcus Farmers
Robert D
Blue
Warren J. Simonsen
Jim
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